About this manual
This user manual is divided into five chapters.
Chapters 1 and 2 provide background information,
chapters 3 and 4 provide detailed user information
and chapter 5 provides import and export
information as follows:
• Chapter 1 - Multi Voting - containing a brief
overview of the Digital Congress Network Next
Generation and an overview of the functionality
of the Multi Voting application.
• Chapter 2 - Getting Started - containing details of
how to start the Multi Voting application from
the Startup screen and a description of the Help
facility.
• Chapter 3 - Preparing for a Conference - containing
details about how to prepare for a voting session;
creating and editing votings, specifying vote
settings and type, display contents and styles,
working with script files, and printing.
• Chapter 4 - Controlling Voting - containing details
about how to initiate and control a voting session,
voting with a script, voting without a script, and
how to exit Multi Voting.
• Chapter 5 – Voting import/export - contains details
about the import scripts and exported files.
Manual conventions
For clarity this user manual uses consistent styles,
symbols and typographical conventions. They are:
i Note
General notes are contained within rules and
indicated with this symbol in the left margin.
Notes are used to draw attention to special
actions or information.
i Caution
A caution is contained within rules and
indicated with this symbol at the left margin.
Cautions are used to draw attention to actions
or commands that could lead to a loss of
information or damage to equipment
i Tip
A tip is contained within a box and indicated
with this symbol at the left margin. Tips are use
to provide supplementary information that may
make an action quicker or easier to carry out.
• An action (to be carried out by the user) is shown
with a larger round bullet mark.
Typographical conventions
The following typographical conventions (text styles)
are used in this manual:
• Typed input - information to be typed in using
the keyboard is shown as:
Filename
• Single key - input via a single key (or keys) on
the keyboard is shown as:
<enter>, <shift>, etc.
• Multiple keys - input via a combination of keys
pressed together is shown as:
<ctrl>+<p>, <alt>+<f4>
• Screen text - information that appears on screen
is shown as:
‘Choose Startup Modules:’
Hyperlinks
This manual is also available as a digital document in
the Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF). All
references to pages, figures, tables, etc. in this digital
document contain hyperlinks to the referenced location.
