onCue Icon Guide


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Icon Guide

onCue gives you fast access to a range of services on the Internet and on your computer. Most of the services require you to be connected to the Internet to access them, but onCue will suggest them whether you are connected or not. Some services, marked A, are available even when you are not on-line. Here are the icons for services available at the time of this release. We are continually adding new services, and an updated icon guide is included with each onCue update.

System

	the aQtive icon double-click here to iconise onCue, single click to get the onCue menu, or drag with the mouse to move the window A
	Feedback allows you to send aQtive an email message or takes you to the aQtive online feedback forum A
	Help! access to local onCue help files, or extra documentation on the aQtive website A
	Update onCue onCue has detected that an updated version is available - double-click to update your copy

Words and Spelling

	Dictionary look up word in the online dictionary or thesaurus - click once on the icon and choose the one you want (defaults to the dictionary)
	Mirriam Webster look up word in Mirriam Webster's dictionary
	Word Spell Checker a word is misspelt - choose alternative using the Microsoft Word spell checker A

Numbers and Graphs

	SumIt! add up numbers A
	Dancing Histograms draw a table as a dancing histogram: use the chart in another document; include it as a dynamic applet in your own web page A
	Excel Charts use Excel to chart a table A

Names and Postcodes

	Mail To send an email to the selected email address using your default mail tool
	Switchboard looks up a person's name in Switchboard - the online USA telephone and address directory
	Scoot looks up a person's name in a UK telephone and address directory - from a UK postcode will also give you access to cinema information for that area
	BT PhoneNet looks up a UK telephone number, given a name
	MultiMap from a UK postcode takes you to the MultiMap page of the area (zoom-able road map) - this also gives access to other local information
	MapQuest from a UK postcode takes you to MapQuest for driving directions or a map
	UpMyStreet looks up a UK postcode in UpMyStreet, which gives information about the area including house prices, schools, etc.
	Royal Mail looks up a UK postcode in the Royal Mail postcode database and gives the addresses of houses in that area

Information sources and searching

	AltaVista search for words on the Internet using AltaVista
	Ask Jeeves search for words on the Internet using the Ask Jeeves meta-search
	Deja.com search for relevant online discussion groups and forums
	Encyclopaedia Britannica look up word in the online Encyclopaedia Britannica
	Encyclopedia.com search encyclopedia.com for information about words or phrases
	Excite search for words on the Internet using Excite
	Google! search for information using Google
	HotBot search for words on the Internet using HotBot
	Lycos search for words on the Internet using Lycos
	Yahoo! search for relevant web sites using the Yahoo! directory
	Hansard search for information in Hansard
	About.com search for relevant web sites using About.com
	WebRing search for relevant web sites using WebRing
	Infoseek search for information on the Web using Infoseek
	WebCrawler search for information on the Web using WebCrawler
	LookSmart search for goods on the Web using LookSmart
	Meta Crawler search for information on the Web using MetaCrawler

URLs

Web Browser
go to a web address using your default web browser

Internet Address Utilities

	Code to Country converts the 2 letter country codes used in Internet domain names (ma, au, etc.) into their corresponding country names (Malaysia, Australia, etc.)
	Country to Code converts country name (Malaysia, Australia, etc.) into its 2 letter country code (ma, au, etc.)
	WhoIs look up .com, .org or .net domain name using Network Solutions "Who Is" service - tells you whether the name is available and, if not, who owns it!
	Host to IP address converts an internet host name (e.g. www.hiraeth.com) into its corresponding IP address (e.g. 147.19.27.34)
	IP address to Host converts a numerical IP address (e.g. 147.19.27.34) into its corresponding host name (e.g. www.hiraeth.com)

Dates

On This Day
search On this Day for the selected date

We are often asked 'How can I make such and such a Qbit appear in onCue?' You may want to exploit onCue's abilities by deliberately copying items to evoke particularly useful shortcuts. These are some examples of the forms of data onCue recognises.

a word or series of words
a URL http://www.hiraeth.com, www.hiraeth.com
an email address feedback@aqtive.com
a series of numbers 22 45 1 367 (SumIt! will be suggested)
a table of data (see example in the walkthrough tutorial)
a UK postcode B15 2SQ
a date in the form 25/12/00 or 25/12/2000; and 12/25/00 or 12/25/2000
a capitalised name Amanda Jones
IP address 149.19.27.34
domain names aqtive.com, aqtive.net or aqtive.org
country Malaysia and country code ma (country to code and vice versa will be suggested)

N.B. the Internet services that onCue refers you to are not run by aQtive limited and aQtive is not responsible for their accuracy or content.

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