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Leader Index
Leader Detail
Previous Leader
Next Leader
Leader Search
Session Index
Session Search

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How to navigate the screens of The Jazz Discography CD-ROM, Version 1.1

When the program first loads The Jazz Discography logo appears on the screen along with the tool bar. Moving around between the various screens can be done either with the Mouse or the Page Up/Page Down and Arrow keys on the keyboard.

Leader Search

In Leader Detail, click on the Search button in the leader section of the tool bar, or press F2

A dialogue box appears in the center of the screen. Enter the first and last names of the leader, or the last name only, or just an initial (e.g. "d" to go to the first "d" leader). Capital letters are not essential. If only the first-name field is entered, the program will assume the input as being a last name. To move from field to field in the dialogue box use the Tab key.

After entering the leader name or names, click OK or press Enter (Return)

The Leader Detail of the selected leader will appear on the screen with the selected leader's first recording session appearing at the top of the screen.

Leader Search can also be used in the Leader Index. In this case the cursor in the Leader Index will highlight the leader selected.

Session Search Session Search

In Leader Detail, click on the Search button in the Session Section of the tool bar, or press the F4 key.

A dialogue box appears in the center of the screen. Enter the date using numbers in a Year/Month/Day sequence. If the exact date is not known, enter the year only.

Click OK or press Enter (Return)

The leader detail of the selected session will appear on the screen, with the session selected at the top of the screen. If only the year was entered, the first session for that year (or closest year) will appear on the screen.

Session Search

can also be used in the Session Index. In this case the cursor in the session index will highlight the selected session.

Musician Search

In Musician Detail, click on the Search button in the musician section of the tool bar, or press F6

A dialogue box appears in the center of the screen. Enter the first and last names of the musician, or the last name only, or just an initial (e.g. "d" to go to the first "d" leader). Capital letters are not essential. If only the first-name field is entered, the program will assume the input as being a last name. To move from field to field in the dialogue box use the Tab key.

After entering the musician name or names, click OK or press Enter (Return)

The Musician Detail of the selected musician will appear on the screen with the selected musician's first recording session (alphabetical or chronological) appearing at the top of the screen.

Musician Search

can also be used in the Musician Index. In this case the cursor in the Musician Index will highlight the Musician selected

Tune Index

Click on the Index button in the Tune section of the tool bar, or press the F11 key.

This screen displays each tune entered in the database in alphabetical order and the number of sessions the tune is on. It provides the "big picture" of the 653,644 tune entries in this version of the CD-ROM.

To move to the last tune, press the End key.

To move to the first tune, press the Home key.

To move anywhere in the Tune Index, click on the Purple Square in the scroll bar and drag it up or down.

To scroll down or up screen by screen - click once on the gray scroll bar below or above the purple square, or use the Page Down or Page Up keys.

To scroll down or up tune by tune - click on the cursor and move it up or down to the desired tune, or use the Down Arrow or Up Arrow keys.

Once the desired tune is selected, double click on the musician's name or press Enter to go to the Musician Detail (see next section).

Or

Select Session Index or Press the letter "i" to go to a session index for that tune. In the header bar along with the tune's name you will find two buttons: Alphabetical and Chronological. The highlighted button sorts the displayed sessions either alphabetically by leader name or chronologically in ascending date order. To change from one mode to the other simply click on the button that is not highlighted.

Tune Search

In Tune Detail, click on the Search button in the tune section of the tool bar, or press F9

A dialogue box appears in the center of the screen. Enter the tune name. Capital letters are not essential.

After entering the tune name, click OK or press Enter (Return)

The Tune Detail of the selected musician will appear on the screen with the selected tune's first recording session (alphabetical or chronological) appearing at the top of the screen.

Tune Search

can also be used in the Tune Index. In this case the cursor in the Tune Index will highlight the Tune selected

Search Information:

Important!

- In Leader or Musician Detail, if no purple square appears in the scroll bar, there are no other sessions for this leader.
- In Leader or Musician Detail, when the last session of a leader is reached, the purple square will be at the bottom of the scroll bar.