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Nero Scout Manual
Nero AG
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Copyright © 2006 by Nero AG, Karlsbad, Germany.
Copyright © 2006 by Nero AG
REV2, SW 1.5.999.9
Contents
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Contents
1 General information 5
1.1 Conventions of the manual 5
1.2 About Nero Search 5
1.3 About Nero Scout 5
2 Enabling and configuring Nero Scout 7
2.1 Enabling Nero Scout 7
2.2 General options 7
2.3 Indexing 9
2.3.1 Adding folders 10
2.3.2 Selecting file types 11
2.3.3 Selecting e-mails 12
2.4 Internet services 13
2.4.1 Creating an entry 14
2.4.2 Deleting an entry 15
3 Quick search using the task bar 16
3.1 Overview 16
3.2 Nero Search Index Status window 17
3.3 Searching the desktop using the quick search function 17
3.4 Searching web pages using the quick search function 19
4 Nero Search main window 20
4.1 Desktop Search tab 20
4.1.1 Performing a desktop search 21
4.1.2 Performing an advanced desktop search 22
4.2 Web Search tab 23
4.2.1 Performing a web search 24
4.3 Saved Searches tab 26
4.3.1 Saving a search query 27
4.3.2 Editing a search query 27
4.3.3 Deleting a search query 28
General information
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1 General information
1.1 Conventions of the manual
In order to make best use of this manual, please note the following conventions:
Symbol Meaning
Indicates warnings, preconditions or instructions that have to be
followed strictly.
Indicates additional information or advice.
1. Start …
A number at the beginning of a line indicates a request for
action. Carry out these actions in the order specified.
Æ
Indicates an intermediate result.
Î
Indicates a result.
OK
Indicates text passages or buttons that appear in the program
interface of Nero Search. They are shown in bold face.
Chapter
Indicates references to other chapters. They are executed as
links and are shown in red and underlined.
1.2 About Nero Search
Nero Search is a search wizard that allows you to search for files on your computer quickly
and easily. Note however that the desktop search function can only find files indexed by
Nero Scout (see
Indexing). Nero Search also provides a web search function. Nero Search
can be accessed in the task bar. It is also integrated in the following Nero applications:
Nero Burning ROM
Nero Express
Nero Vision
Nero WaveEditor
Nero SoundTrax
Nero Recode
Nero PhotoSnap
Nero PhotoSnap Viewer
Nero Search is a permanent feature of Nero and does not have to be installed separately.
Nero Scout must be enabled to be able to use the desktop search function of Nero Search.
1.3 About Nero Scout
Nero Scout is a database program which indexes and catalogs all media files on your
computer and makes this database available to all programs in the Nero product package. In
General information
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contrast to other databases, which are created by different media players and only catalog
the files belonging to this program, Nero Scout makes its universal database available to all
playback programs.
Nero Scout creates an entry in Windows Explorer, so that you have a complete overview of
the media library at all times. The structure of the Windows
®
Media
®
Player library with
details such as artist, year of release, etc. is generated by Nero Scout in the entry.
The Nero Search application provides lightning quick access to the files indexed by Nero
Scout.
Nero Scout is of particular significance for Nero Home, since file searches using Nero Home
only find and display cataloged files. We therefore recommend that you always leave Nero
Scout enabled.
Enabling and configuring Nero Scout
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2 Enabling and configuring Nero Scout
In Nero Scout you can define the folders and files to be indexed and consequently searched
by Nero Search.
Nero Search will only search for files previously indexed by Nero Scout. To be able to use
Nero Search, you must enable Nero Scout.
2.1 Enabling Nero Scout
If Nero Scout is not enabled, proceed as follows:
1. Select Start > Programs > Nero 7 (Premium) > Tools > Nero Scout.
Æ The Nero Scout Options window opens.
2. Check the Enable Nero Scout box.
Î You have opened Nero Scout. You can now proceed to change the general options
(see
General options).
2.2 General options
Define the general options for Nero Scout in the General entry.
Fig. 1: Nero Scout Options window, General navigation item
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To define the general options, proceed as follows:
1. Select Start > Programs > Nero 7 (Premium) > Tools > Nero Scout.
Æ The Nero Scout Options window opens.
2. Click on General in the navigation tree.
3. If you want to make the Nero Search quick search feature available in the task bar, check
the Integrate Nero Search in the Task Bar box.
4. To see Nero Scout as a separate folder in Windows Explorer, check the Show Nero Scout
in Windows Explorer box.
5. Click on the Apply button.
Î You have changed the general options in line with your requirements. You can now
continue to make settings for indexing purposes (see
Indexing).
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2.3 Indexing
The Indexing entry in the navigation tree offers you an overview of the already indexed files.
These files are available when searching using Nero Search.
You can see how many files are already indexed, as well as the status of the indexing
process.
Nero Scout indexes the "My Documents" folder by default. You can manually add other
folders that are also to be indexed.
Fig. 2: Nero Scout Options window, Indexing navigation item
You can now use the Index Now button to start indexing. Use the Snooze button to stop
indexing for the period indicated in the drop-down menu.
If you are working with a laptop, you can set whether indexing is also to be activated in
battery mode. Check the Scan in Battery Mode box if you want this.
Reduced battery operating period
Indexing in battery mode can shorten the battery operating period of your laptop because
the processor is required to perform more calculations.
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2.3.1 Adding folders
You can use Nero Scout to define special folders for indexing.
To add more folders for indexing, proceed as follows:
1. Click on Indexing > Folder in the navigation tree.
Fig. 3: Nero Scout Options window, Folder navigation item
2. Check off the folders you want to index in the directory structure on the right-hand side.
You can select a folder and all its subfolders or just precisely the folder you want.
Check boxes
This selects a folder and all its subfolders.
This just selects the folder you want.
The folder is not selected.
3. Click on the Apply button.
Î You have added the required folders for indexing. You can now proceed to add certain
file formats (see
Selecting file types) or e-mails (see Selecting e-mails) for indexing.
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2.3.2 Selecting file types
Nero Scout allows you to select the file types you want to index.
To select file types to be indexed, proceed as follows:
1. Click on Indexing > Files in the menu tree.
Fig. 4:Nero Scout Options window, Files navigation item
2. To index all file formats, select the All option button.
3. If you only want to index certain file formats:
1. Select the Selected option button.
2. Check the boxes for the formats you want.
4. If you want to exclude certain file types from indexing:
1. Enter the extensions for the file types you want to exclude from indexing in the Exclude
the following file types from indexing text box.
2. If you want to return the settings to their original state, click on the Restore Defaults
button.
The file extensions must always start with a dot and must be separated from the other
extensions with a semicolon. For example: ".exe; .dat".
5. When you have selected all the required folders, click on the Apply button.
Î You have selected files for indexing. You can now continue to select e-mails for
indexing (see
Selecting e-mails).
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2.3.3 Selecting e-mails
Nero Scout allows you to select folders from your e-mail management program for indexing.
The directory structure on the right-hand side displays the e-mail management program you
have installed and its folder structure.
At present, Nero Scout supports Microsoft
®
Outlook
®
and Microsoft
®
Outlook
®
Express.
To define certain folders from the e-mail management program, proceed as follows:
1. Click on Indexing > E-mails.
Fig. 5: Nero Scout Options window, E-mails navigation item
2. Check off the folders from your e-mail management program you want to index in the
directory structure on the right-hand side.
You can select a folder and all its subfolders or just precisely the folder you want.
Check boxes
This selects a folder and all its subfolders.
This just selects the folder you want.
The folder is not selected.
3. Click on the Apply button.
Î You have added the required folders for indexing.
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2.4 Internet services
You can enter, save, and update the URLs of the following media in the Internet Services
entry in the navigation tree:
Web radios
Web TV
Audio casts
Video casts
Image casts
You can select these Internet services in Nero Home or Nero ShowTime and use them
there.
Fig. 6: Nero Scout Options window, Internet Services navigation item
The Internet Services entry in the navigation tree contains the following elements on the
right-hand side of the window:
Tabs
Web Radio
Displays the subscribed web radio stations, their URLs, and the
status of the update.
Web TV
Displays the subscribed web TV stations, their URLs, and the
status of the update.
Audio Casts
Displays the subscribed audio casts, their URLs, and the status
of the update.
An audio cast is a series of audio recordings in the Internet that
can mostly be automatically accessed in a newsfeed (mostly
RSS).
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Video Casts
Displays the subscribed video casts, their URLs, and the status
of the update.
A video cast is a series of video recordings in the Internet that
can mostly be automatically accessed in a newsfeed (mostly
RSS).
Image Casts
Displays the subscribed image casts, their URLs, and the
status of the update.
An image cast is a series of images in the Internet that can
mostly be automatically accessed in a newsfeed (mostly RSS).
Buttons
Subscribe
Opens the Dialog window. A new entry on the tab can be
created there (see
Creating an entry).
Unsubscribe
Deletes an entry from the tab.
RSS (Really Simple Syndication) is used to save articles on a web site or their abstracts
and to make them available in machine-readable form.
A so-called RSS feed consists of an XML file with just the structured content as it might
appear on a news page but no layout, navigation or other additional information.
Many web services that regularly publish articles provide an automatically generated RSS
file containing the new articles.
2.4.1 Creating an entry
To create an entry on one of the tabs, proceed as follows:
1. Click on the Internet Services entry in the navigation tree.
2. Click on the Subscribe button on the right-hand side of the window.
Æ The Dialog window appears.
Fig. 7: Dialog window, Web Radio drop-down menu
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The Dialog window contains the following elements:
Category
list box
Provides the entry categories and therefore the tabs on which
the entry appears for selection.
Title
text box
Defines the name of the entry.
URL
text box
Defines the URL of the entry.
Update Interval area
Automatically
(recommended)
option button
Automatically updates the entry.
Once a day
option button
Updates the entry once each day.
Never (only
manual)
option button
Only updates the entry when an update is manually initiated.
Update Now
button
Initiates the update manually.
3. Select the required category for the entry in the Category drop-down menu.
4. Enter the name for the entry in the Title text box.
5. Enter the URL for the entry in the URL text box.
6. Specify the frequency with which the entry is to be updated using the option buttons in the
Update Interval area.
7. To update the entry immediately, click on the Update Now button.
8. To discard the entry, click on the Cancel button.
9. To confirm your entries, click on the OK button.
Î You have made an entry on a tab.
2.4.2 Deleting an entry
To delete an entry on one of the tabs, proceed as follows:
1. Click on the Internet Services entry in the navigation tree.
2. Select the entry to be deleted.
3. Click on the Unsubscribe button on the right-hand side of the window.
Î You have deleted an entry.
Quick search using the task bar
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3 Quick search using the task bar
3.1 Overview
The quick search function of Nero Search can be accessed in the Windows® task bar.
The text box for the search is located to the right of the task bar.
Fig. 8:Nero Search text box
Clicking on the white arrow opens the Nero Search main window (seeNero Search main
window
).
Clicking on the black triangle to the right of the text box opens the quick search context
menu. The following options can be selected:
Menu items
Snooze Indexing
15 Minutes
This interrupts indexing for 15 minutes. This function is
particularly useful if you want to use the computing capacity
used in indexing for other applications.
Index Status
Opens the Nero Search Index Status window. The number of
files already indexed and the current index status are shown
here. Indexing can also be stopped completely or just for a
predefined period of time (see Nero Search Index Status
window
).
Index Now
Starts indexing the files selected with Nero Scout.
Advanced
Search
Opens the Nero Search main window. The main window
shows the search results in greater detail than the quick
search window. In the main window you can also define search
criteria to refine the desktop search (see
Nero Search main
window
).
Show History
Shows the last ten search entries.
Options
Opens the Nero Scout options (see
Enabling and configuring
Nero Scout
).
Help
Opens the online help.
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3.2 Nero Search Index Status window
The Nero Search Index Status window displays information about the number of files
already indexed. Indexing is automatically stopped as soon as you start working on your
computer. This happens to offer you the best possible computing performance when using
other applications. You can enable and disable indexing manually via the Nero Search
Index Status window. You can stop indexing for an unlimited time or simply interrupt it for a
particular period of time.
Fig. 9:Nero Search text box
The following buttons are available in the Nero Search Index Status window:
Buttons
Index Now
Starts indexing the files selected in Nero Scout.
Deactivate /
Resume
Stops indexing. Clicking on the button again resumes indexing
after the period of time selected in the adjacent selection menu.
Close
Closes the Nero Search Index Status window.
3.3 Searching the desktop using the quick search function
To search for files on your computer using the quick search function, proceed as follows:
1. Click in the Nero Search text box and enter the required search text.
Æ The Nero Search window in which the results are displayed opens while you are
entering the search text. The Desktop tab is opened by default. Depending on the media
type, the results will already be allocated to the correct category.
Fig. 10:Nero Search window, Desktop tab
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The results adapt dynamically to the search text while you are entering it.
2. If you want to open a file, click on it with the left mouse button.
Æ The file opens in the default application for the selected file type.
3. If you want to open further options for the selected search result, move the mouse over it
and click with the right mouse button.
Æ The context menu opens.
Menu items
Open
Opens the selected file in the default application for the file type.
Open With
Here you can select the application in which the selected file is to
be opened. This option is not available for the Documents
category.
Copy
Copies the selected file to the clipboard.
Properties
Opens the Properties window.
4. If you want to define further search criteria to refine the search, click on more.
Î The Nero Search main window opens (see Performing an advanced desktop search).
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3.4 Searching web pages using the quick search function
To search for web pages using the quick search function in the task bar, proceed as follows:
1. Click in the Nero Search text box and enter the required search text.
Æ The Nero Search window in which the results are displayed opens while you are
entering the search text. The Desktop tab is opened by default.
2. Click on the Web tab.
Æ The results are displayed.
Fig. 11:Nero Search window, Web tab
The results adapt dynamically to the search text while you are entering it.
3. If you want to open a web page, click on it with the left mouse button.
Æ The web page opens in the browser.
4. If you want to open further options for the selected search result, move the mouse over it
and click with the right mouse button.
Æ The context menu opens.
Menu items
Open
Opens the selected web page in the browser.
Copy Link
Copies the address of the web page to the clipboard.
5. If you want to display all search results, click on more.
Æ The Nero Search main window opens (see Performing a web search).
Î You have performed a web search using the task bar.
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4 Nero Search main window
The Nero Search main window contains the full functional scope of Nero Search. It
comprises the following three tabs:
Desktop search (see Desktop Search tab)
Web search (see Web Search tab)
Saved searches (see Saved Searches tab)
4.1 Desktop Search tab
The Desktop Search tab allows you to define advanced search criteria to refine the desktop
search. You can save your search settings for use again in the future. The search results are
listed in the various categories and can be displayed in various views.
Fig. 12: Nero Search window, Desktop Search tab
You can open or close the Advanced Search and Results areas using the and
buttons or by clicking on the area name.
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