Operational Issues

Q. I don’t see a Pathagoras icon on my desktop or in the listing of programs in my start menu. How do I start the program?

A. You actually don’t start Pathagoras, you just start Excel. When you are in Excel, Pathagoras is automatically running. (Pathagoras is an Excel add-in and runs from within Excel. It has no ‘stand-alone’ capacity.)

Q. When I press the <Alt-G> key (or any of the other HotKeys) nothing happens. Why?

A. The hotkeys that were available in Pathagoras for Word are not operational in the Excel version. You must click the icons and buttons.

INSTANT DATABASE

Q. I am not able to read the entire variable name (or the replacement value). Is there any way to make the fields wider?

A. Yes. In the lower right hand side of the IDB screen is an left and right pointing arrow. Click it to make the screen, and its primary elements, wider.

Q. I have lots of variables and want to get to the last page of variables. Is there a way to do so without turning the pages one at a time?

A. Yes. Shift-click the right arrow next to the page numbers at the top of the screen. (And if you are near the end and want to go to the beginning, Shift-click the left arrow.) Except for the extreme positions, however, you will have to turn individual pages.