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v List of books
v Tables of contents of frequently used books
v Frequently referenced articles, such as the ALTER TABLE topic
v The Search form
For information about setting up a search, see the NetQuestion Appendix in
Installation and Configuration Supplement book.
Searching Online Information
To search for information in the HTML books, you can do the following:
v Click on Search the DB2 Books at the bottom of any page in the HTML
books. Use the search form to find a specific topic. This function is not
available in the Linux or Silicon Graphics IRIX environments.
v Click on Index at the bottom of any page in an HTML book. Use the index
to find a specific topic in the book.
v Display the table of contents or index of the HTML book, and then use the
find function of the Web browser to find a specific topic in the book.
v Use the bookmark function of the Web browser to quickly return to a
specific topic.
v Use the search function of the Information Center to find specific topics. See
“Accessing Information with the Information Center” on page 154 for
details.
Printing the PostScript Books
If you prefer to have printed copies of the manuals, you can decompress and
print PostScript versions. For the file name of each book in the library, see the
table in “DB2 Information – Hardcopy and Online” on page 146. Specify the
full path name for the file you intend to print.
On OS/2 and Windows platforms:
1. Copy the compressed PostScript files to a hard drive on your system. The
files have a file extension of .exe and are located in the
x:\doc\language\books\ps directory, where x: is the letter representing the
CD-ROM drive and language is the two-character country code that
represents your language (for example, EN for English).
2. Decompress the file that corresponds to the book that you want. Each
compressed book is a self-extracting executable file. To decompress the
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