Contents: Proceedings of the 2008 URSI General Assembly in Adobe Acrobat PDF format Acrobat Reader 6.0 with Acrobat Search software for Windows 2000 in the form of self executing exe files. Compressed file for the MacOs 10.2.2-10.3. How to Get Started Step 1 - Install Acrobat Reader 6.0 with Acrobat Search software from this CD or download and install the latest Acrobat Reader from the Web. The free Acrobat Reader 6.0 or higher with Search software is available at the www.adobe.com web site. Acrobat Reader with Search software is available on the web for most Operating Systems in most commonly spoken languages. Step 2 - Use Acrobat Reader to open the start.pdf file on this CD to navigate, search and then view the contents of the CD. Step 3 - Read the Getting Started section of the CD and Acrobat Online Help to understand the different search tools that are available. If your Operating System is not covered by the acrobat reader versions on the CD then you may download the free Acrobat reader software from the web site: http://www.adobe.com/ Make sure that you download the version 6.0 or higher with Search. After you have installed Acrobat Reader then click on the file start.pdf Please be sure to read the Getting Started section of the CD. You can get to it by using the Getting Started bookmark. If you do not know how to use bookmarks just click on the green arrow on the first page. There are several navigation aids. 1) The Session Lists are linked to the session pages. 2) The session pages are linked to the papers. Note: To search an Adobe PDF index file, you must open Adobe Reader as a standalone application, not within your Web browser. On MacOS, indexes created with some older versions of Acrobat are not compatible and cannot be searched in Adobe Reader 6.0 using the current Search feature until the indexes are updated. - YOU MUST USE ADOBE 6.0 OR LATER FOR THE SEARCH OPTION TO WORK PROPERLY - Adobe 5.0 and Abobe 6.0 are not search index compatable. To search an index: 1 At the bottom of the Search PDF pane, click Use Advanced Search Options. 2 Type the word you want to find. 3 For Look In, select Select Index. 4 In the Index Selection dialog box, do one of the following: - Select the index you want to use. - If the index you want to use is not listed, click Add, locate the index file (.pdx) you want, and then click Open. - To view information about an available index, highlight the index name, click Info, and then click OK. The information displayed includes the title, information provided by the builder of the index, location of the index, the build date, creation date, number of documents in the index, and the index status. 5 In the Index Selection dialog box, click OK, and then proceed with your search. All papers were submitted as electronic files or images scanned from hard copy and converted to Adobe Acrobat PDF file format for cross-platform access. Since some of the papers were scanned from hard copy, the viewing quality will vary with the size and quality of fonts used. Even though the viewing quality on your monitor may vary, all papers print clearly. Support: If you have problems or questions related to the installation of this disc, please contact the 3WAIsmen at FAX: 818-952-0183 or e-mail: wais3men@yahoo.com