Orchids Plus v. 1.0 - American Orchid Society
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1. 4 ES Current selected Ss MM 1 ins eek CHM 84 Mara 2 t ans Memori CCM d Mardi liz 3 Lag FFarm z Lire PLE zd 7 1 R J l ul I ma dl Dendro aberrans Autre V Hee T Dec 19 ay Dendro aberrans Februar CCM 83 Feb 4 aug ige Records checked to MEE Dendro show averages using Jan L C Dendro green button above Dec 3 B Tips and Details There is quite a bit more to the search results than what is specified above but we ll get into those features such as sorting grouping hidden columns and other special features later in the manual e lf you do not see the full number of records returned or search result message it is because the window width is too narrow Try dragging the left or right edge of the window to lengthen the window width Alternatively you could maximize the window by clicking the square button in the upper right of the window e You select a record by clicking anywhere in the row The current selected record details will appear in the panel on the right We ll be looking at that panel in a few pages aah 00 e To average a few awards simply check the box in front of those records and press the Show Averages button When you check records those rows will be highlighted in green At present there isn t an easy way to uncheck all but that is a feature we are working on so look forward to an update shortly Group columns b2. Allows you to manually initiate a check for updates as frequently as you like without waiting to be manually prompted to check for updates Support FAQs Videos This opens a browser window with the Orchids Plus information page You will find some overview information how to videos and a link to the support desk with numerous questions and answers as well as the ability to create a support ticket for prompt assistance with any problem you are experiencing ORHIDS Magazine Sample PDF This opens the September 2013 issue of ORCHIDS Magazine in your PDF viewer If you do not have a PDF viewer installed we recommend downloading Adobe Reader which is free Visit the AOS Website A convenient link to htto www aos org which will open in your browser Access Orchids Plus Online Opens up Orchids Plus online in your browser providing up to the minute award data Orchids Plus online can also be used from tablets and Macs without the need for Windows emulation About Orchids Plus Shows the current program and file version user information and subscription status This dialog window is particularly useful if you experience a problem with the application as the File Version tells us how current your program features data and images are On the following few pages we ll take a closer look at Check for Updates ORCHIDS Magazine and About Orchids Plus VV Check for Updates Orchids Plus has the ability
3. e Docs amp Guides provides documents accessible via the internal viewer so you don t have to have Adobe Acrobat installed to access the documents The document viewer allows printing zooming in or out and searching the document for specific text h m Judging Handbook The judging handbook Training Aids Manual The training aids manual for judges Judges Style Book The style guide for award descriptions outlining the format and sequencing of elements in descriptions SITF Forms Species Identification Task Force information form AOS Specialty Awards Documents specialty awards with historical data AOS List of Judges This provides a regularly updated list of judges including the ability to search filter the list sort and group the list for instance you could drag the Status column to the header and see judges grouped by status The list can be exported as well Preferences Allows you to specify program settings Currently this simply allows you to specify how frequently you want to be prompted to check for updates the default is 15 days but can be changed from Never to 180 days Help Provides various information web links and support options Check for Updates Allows you to manually initiate a check for updates as frequently as you like without waiting to be manually prompted to check for updates Support FAQs Videos This opens a browser window with the Orchids Plus
4. e photographer e event location 6l e award date e award number e button to show family tree if the orchid is a hybrid e statistics number of flowers buds and inflor plus nat spr Through pouch I e two more tabs for description and images Dendrobium A Ding Y Crystal Star HCC AOS 78 points Dendrobium 4 Ding TBS Dendrobium lasianthera Exhibitor poral tan seme Double click to view the Photographer photo larger Jay Morris Event Toronto Center Monthly Judging Toronto Ontario August 05 2012 Award Ma 20122636 Family Tree Click this tab to view the award photos This tab General Information Description Images also allows saving images to your computer Num Flowerz Num Buds Num Inflor 7 Click this tab to view the award description Hat Spr HS Vert DSW b 4 E Z 08 Petal Ww Petal L DSL 0 4 47 3 6 Lat Sepal Y Lat Sepal L 0 7 3 5 Lip Y Lip L Syn Sepal W A 3 0 0 0 Syn Sepal L Pouch W Pouch L 0 0 0 0 0 0 IMPORTANT Sometimes if an orchid name is too long it will be cut off since there was no space to wrap it to the next line In this case you can simply put your cursor over the name and a bubble will appear with the full name in it The same goes for hybrid parents and event information When you double click on the award image a Show Picture window will appear as displayed on the following page N SHOW PICTURE WINDOW Show Picture You can res
5. DVDs were distributed in early May 2014 along with the final AQ Plus DVDs They were sent to current subscribers and centers Organize v Burn to disc Ww Favorites RE Desktop Downloads 5 Recent Places de Google Drive al Libraries Mame 4 Files Currently og de AutoPlay E autorun exe t autorun inf 2 lua5 1 dil Date modified 4 7 2014 6 28 PM 4 7 2014 6 28 PM 4 7 2014 6 28 PM 9 24 2013 5 26 PM 9 24 2013 5 26 PM Type File folder Application Setup Information Application extens 6 377 KB 1 KB 319 KB 8 ua51 dll Application extens 11 KB 24 458 KB 3 25 2014 2 43PM Icon 105 KB 4 7 201410 08 AM 2File 667 737 KB 4 7 2014 10 10 AM 1 953 133 KB ORCHIDS Magazine PDF Sample Es Documents 2 Music i Pictures im Videos T ORCHIDS Magazine September 2013 pdf 4 7 2014 2 34 AM amp amp OrchidsPlus ico OrchidsPlusSetup 2 amp OrchidsPlusSetup exe Adobe Acrobat D Application ed Homegroup jE Computer Orchids Plus Installer amp os C cs HP RECOVERY D E DVD RW Drive E vr autorun exe Date modified 4 7 2014 6 28 PM Date created 4 7 2014 6 28 PM Application Size 6 22 MB Simply double click on autorun exe to launch the DVD Installer Menu THE INSTALLATION WIZARD When you click Install Orchids Plus from the DVD Installer Menu the installation wizard will begin F J E Welcome Welcome to the installer For O
6. The Parent Search uses RHS data to find hybrid parents We then cross reference that data with award data and provide View Awards links where applicable DETAILS Parent Search Nis ne Ex m seam Click Grid For Additional Info 781 matches found Parents of the selected hybrid SocA Drag a column here to group by this column Genus optional e Hybrid Parent DEAR Dendrobium Starlet Beauty peer Dendrobium Abbey Louise Caris View Awards 2 Name Name is required Dendrobium Adrian Lorne E Parent Easily view parent Contains r Dendrobium Afterglow Dendrobium Catewhe awards with one lo Dendrobium Alice s Jeff Bloxsam View Awards 1 click Opens a new Basic Award Search Dendrobium Alien Glow Clear Dendrobium Aloha The links above open the awards in a new tab oy can switch back to this tab to view awards for Dendrobium Aloha David the other parent as well Dendrobium Aloha Koharu Dendrobium Aloha Mui Dendrobium Aloha Parade Dendrobium Aloha Queen Grex Progeny Search Hybrid Search OVERVIEW The Grex Progeny Search uses RHS data to find grex or progeny records We then cross reference that data with award data and provide View Awards links where applicable Parent 1 is required parent 2 is optional Note that parent 1 simply means the first parent you want to specify It does not mean Seed parent or Pollen parent it can be either The same goes for parent 2
7. as Show Averages E e 3390 matches award search Dendrobium A Ding Y Crystal Star Drag a column here to group by this column HCC AOS 78 points Dendrobium amp Ding TES x Dendrobium lasianth assi Genus Speci Cultivar Award Score Date Photo ee A You can easily switch between the two by clicking on the tab you want to work with You can also dock one above the other by dragging the inactive tab on top or bottom of the existing search window as shown in the image below d Award Search Award Search Me Show Averages il gat 3390 matches Dendrobium A Ding Y YY 5 AMADOS 81 paints award search simply clicked on this tab with my left mouse button Search and dragged it downward L Photo ES Dendrobium 4 Ding TBS Dendrobium lasianthera NE Exhibitor Award Number gt Dendr ADin ws AM 81 Mardi PY x Ding ome Dendr A Din Crysta HOC 78 Aug 2 B Denar ii e Eid 5 Photographer Genus Ll When you have multiple tabs open and drag a Jea shang Dendrobium Og tab downwards the docking options will appear Event Taiwan International Abbreviation Species Hybrid Mende EE E XB i ree Orchid Show 2010 k Al E O Dendr abera H Paru CH 84 Marl BY Tainan Hsien y Family T O Dendr abera Memo CCM 84 tlar L 3 March 04 2010 Award Mo 20105748 EN amily Iree C Dendr abera Ruby HCC pm 75 et ds General Information
8. the changes will not appear until you Ba open a new search tab B arie TA Remembr to save your changes a Score 84 81 82 84 82 82 82 84 82 83 81 85 81 Bu Y OV DOCS amp GUIDES Overview The documents and guides in Orchids Plus include Judging Handbook The judging handbook Training Aids Manual The training aids manual for judges Judges Style Book The style guide for award descriptions outlining the format and sequencing of elements in descriptions SITF Forms Species Identification Task Force information form AOS Specialty Awards Documents specialty awards with historical data AOS List of Judges This provides a regularly updated list of judges including the ability to search filter the list sort and group the list for instance you could drag the Status column to the header and see judges grouped by status The list can be exported as well The documents and guides are all in PDF format except for the AOS List of Judges which is more like a filterable spreadsheet Internal Document Viewer Orchids Plus currently uses an internal PDF viewer in case users don t have a PDF viewer such as Adobe Reader installed on their computer However we may add a feature soon that allows users to specify in the preferences whether they want to use the internal viewer or their standard PDF viewer installed on their computer The internal document viewer is shown bel
9. Description Images Dendr aberas Autre HCC 76 Deci reme i nnn k et F k I E LE O Exact match Es CCM 87 dani gy dropped the Award Search la EC E O Dendr aceros Okemos cor m i tab over this icon wich represents O Dendr acinifo Bryon CER 0 Augl d the bottom half of the screen Iti E aid Dendr acumi EEE 0 lan B 31 40 C Dendr acuti Tropic CHM 81 Der I 2 Petal W Petal L E Include Synonyms search takes longer Dendr adae D amp M CBR Mar D 0 5 35 International Award L Dendr Adastra Owen CCM 0 Jan gu Lat Sepal W Lat Sepal L ADS All O Dendr Adastra Owen ccM of Jan 0 12 28 C Dendr Adastra Berkel AM a0 Marl a rom ih Lip W Lip L Syn Sepal W 1 1 1932 4 20 2014 uw IE Dendr Adastra Crest Hee Ta Apr 1 A Dendr Adastra Cotto CCM 85 amp pr 2 3 Las e au Clear C Dendr Adastra Bart HCC 75 Apr Syn Sepal L Pouch W Pouch L Dendr Adastra Can CCM 85 Mar 1 0 0 0 0 0 0 Docked Tabs See the docked tabs displayed on the following page Notice that you can scroll each docked tab independently and adjust the space allocated to each area pr When you want to view awards or other searches side by side this is the way to do it for now Note you can also dock vertically to the left or right rather than horizontally to the top and bottom LE File Search Docs amp Guides
10. Images Mat Spread Mat Spread Vert Alternatively you can drag a column to position It where you like in the Num Flowers visible column header Mum Inflor a J cl i mp header tram the Besides right clicking z grid here to remove it from visible column and chosing Hide Column from the context menu vau can also drag a visible column here to hide it vt Conditional Formatting Want to highlight all award records in the search result with a score above 80 No problem Simply right click on any column and choose Conditional Formatting from the context menu Right click on any column name and choose Conditional Formatting Genus Species H ENT Dendrob Ding LY Sort Ascending Dendrob 4 Ding Sort Descending Cendrob 4 Ding Clear Sorting Conditional Formatting Grann Ar this column Dendrob 4 Ding aaa e Dendrob aberra The Conditional Formatting Rules Manager window will appear Click Add new rule vou can have multiple rules s x FI Conditional Formatting Rules iangfTer Rule name Enter a rule name Add new rule Remove Highlight awards with score 50 aiemmin a Score Score j Indicate what column the rule applies to Format only cells with this can even be a hidden column 8 Condition P Specify the rule condition Cell value Y Enter Yalue1 for the selected condition AO E M value 1 wal
11. Plant Families Royal Botanical Gardens Kew search allows you to search by full or partial genus and name Genus is required Tip There are 3 additional columns available Infra Rank Infra Epithet Geo Area See Showing Hidden Columns further in the manual to learn how to include those columns in the results These columns are very tight because reduce the window with for screenshot purposes We recommend maximizing the window You can also hide columns you don t need by right clicking an the column header and selecing Hide Column WCSPF Search 3 extra columns are available see Showing Hidden Columns Genus is required further in the manual but you can use T ar Additional Info matches Tound search a partial name selected Entry Details EN En a column 4 group by this column Genus Acampe lorngiolia Genus Species Par Pri Pu Vol Pu Starts With Lindl Lindl Fol Orchid 4 7 1653 Acam Gastroc longifolius Lindl Kun Rew 2 La Family Name optional Gastroc longifolius Lindl Ku Rew 25 La Orchidaceae Enters hd Saccala longifolium Lindl How Fhe 6 62 18 View Awards 3 long Wanda longifolia Lindl Ge 215 18 Accepted Name One click to view Acampe rigida awards where Seach d If the selected entry is a synonym applicable we also show the accepted name View Awards 1 Perform search The link s above open
12. We may add this feature in a future update G3 ADVANCED DATA FEATURES Overview Most of the search forms provide some advanced features in terms of organizing the search results These features include e Grouping by one or more columns Including nested groups or dual grouping with a breakdown of record counts in each group the ability to collapse or expand the group to see subgroups where applicable and records and more e Sorting by one or more columns in ascending or descending order e Column rearranging adjusting the order of columns and pinning columns e Hiding one or more columns e Showing hidden columns including columns that were pre hidden e Conditional formatting which allows highlighting columns or entire rows based on record values You can add any number of rules For instance you could make highlight scores over 90 with one color and those under 50 in another color There are numerous formatting options e Side by Side comparison which is currently implemented with a docking capability You can doc tabs vertically or horizontally See the following pages for more details including screenshots of the features listed above Le Grouping Records Grouping functionality is great for research and quickly getting at subsets of your search results To group by a column you simply drag that column into the group by area with your mouse and drop it Subgrouping You can even drag a group onto another
13. and is a feature of Windows Vista and higher Please select Yes to proceed with checking for updates and note that the AOS is the verified publisher see a screenshot of this dialog window on the following page GU jJ Do you want to allow the following program to make V changes to this computer Q Program name Orchids Plus Check for Update Verified publisher American Orchid Society Inc File origin Hard drive on this computer v Show details Click res ta proceed with checking far updates CHECK FOR UPDATES WIZARD W Orchids Plus Update Welcome Welcome to the Orchids Plus update checking process This program will connect to an update server to find aut if a new version of Orchids Plus is available Please make sure that you are connected to the Internet and then click Mest to continue Reminds you that you will need an Internet connection to check for updates Click Next to continue 9r The application will check our update server to see if an update is available a Orchids Plus Update Checking for Updates Checking for updates of Orchids Plus Downloading Update Information from Server H 1 Estimated time lett 00 00 Transfer rate 0 00 RB Sec If no update is available you will see the following window W Orchids Plus Update Update Complete Orchids Plus is up to date 3 ou already have the most recent version of Orchids Plus installed on pour system Plea
14. group to perform grouping within an existing grouping as well as doing side by side grouping which is somewhat complicated to explain but look for an upcoming video at htip www aos org opinto which will demonstrate advanced grouping and other features in the near future Group by Award X d ah Genus Species Cultivar Date Photo 5 Genus Species n alb Undoing Grouping To undo the grouping click on the X on that group header Sorting Groups Also notice that groups can be sorted by clicking on the group header E Award Search Drag arly Search result nee header columns to the award search grouping area to group by hesfound A unen that columnis Group br Search Award Number Genus Species Cultivar Score Date Photo 2 AD 16 records found All groupings will be initially Genus v AM 1004 records found collapsed showing the number of records in each group Dendrobium 7 10 records found Abbre Expand Contract Denari agui a group by clicking the arrow in front of the group Dendrob Carllud Gilbert i Movis Dendrob CarmencW Dendrob Carole C Dendrob cuthbert Dendrob Frosty D Dendrob Hawail gt ES 59 9 SS SF Fale Dendrob Impact 5 Sep 10 Dendrob Memori j Mow 25 d Dendrob Silver Be apriga 0000 5 CBM 57 record
15. here to sus by this column Allows gauping Group by center or status First Name Last Name Email Address Center Center Chair Status Cortains Joe Y Contains Y Contains f Contains V f Contains Y Joe No filter Joe L v Contains a Joe F Does not contain F Joe Starts with ad Ends with Filter applied Mame Joe Various filter search features by column Equals SE A P A are center chairs Mot equal to PREFERENCES At present the preferences dialog window simply allows you to indicate how often you want the application to prompt to check for updates You can select Never if you don t want to be prompted or as far out as every 180 days to be prompted twice a year The initial value is set to every 15 days Howe often would you like ta be prompted to check for updates Every 30 days We will be adding more features to the preferences dialog soon So be sure to check for updates I QJ HELP amp SUPPORT Overview The help menu contains some important features including the Check for Updates capability and the About Orchids Plus dialog window which provides details about the precise version of the program you are using among other things The help menu also contains links to important web pages soon to include the link to the new AOS help desk which you can reach at http aoshelp treshdesk com Help menu options Check for Updates
16. i dai Orchid Show 2010 5 Denda aber H Par CHM 84 Mara i s Taipan en EE pena abem Mem mee t e 2 March 04 2010 Award Mo 20105748 EN Family Tree C Dend abem Ruby HOC 75 Ort 1 General Information Description Images C Denda aber Autre HCC 76 Dec gv E Side by Side Docking ss a Orchids Plus v 1 0 Licensed to Anthony Tanner ceu Soe File Search Docs amp Guides Preferences Help X bl Mward Search gt a rd Search P i Awa rd Search EH un A Ding Y Y RI AMYAOS 61 points Dendrobium A Ding Y Y D AMYAOS 81 points Dendrobium A Ding Y Crystal Star HE 2005 16 points Dendrobium amp Ding TBS Dendrobium lasianthera Exhibitor 2 Ding Orchids Photographer Jea Shang Event Taiwan Internati Orchid Show 20 Tainan Hsien March 04 2010 Award Mo 20105748 EN Famil Images Description General Information Hum Buds 2 1 Hum Flowers Hum Inflor 20 Dendrobium 4 Ding TBS Dendrobium lasianthera Exhibitor Crystal Star Orchi Photographer Jay Morris Event Toronto Center Monthly Judging Toronto Ontario August 05 2012 Award Ma 20122636 EN Family General Information Description Images Hum Inflor 4 Hum Buds o Hum Flowers bd Dendrobium Ding TBS Dendrobium lasianthera Exhibitor 2 Ding Orchids Photographer Jea Shang Event Taiwan International Orchid Show 2010 Tainan Hsien Marc
17. search on the following page Orchids Plus Offline Software Awards Search Example Show Averages 3390 matches found award search Dendrobium A Ding Y Crystal Star Drag a column here to group by this column HCC AOS 78 points Search Other Searches Genus Specie Cultivar Award Score Date Photo ES enisi A ig rds OR E i Exhibitor Award Number Dendro 4 Ding Y Crystal HCC 78 Aug OS B Crystal Star Orchids k E Dendro A Ding Ellen Lee AM a1 Aug 05 A O 3 2 3 Photographer Genus C Dendro amp Ding X Xs 2 AM 82 Mar 04 A lay Morris Dendrobiurn Ld IF Dendro aberrans Sandhills CBR Feb 03 mS y Event 2 Toronto Center Abbreviation Species Hybrid Dendro aberrans H Park CHM d Mar 27 335 Monthly Judging i A z Dendro aberrans Memori CCM 84 Marile Toronto Ontario E Denar aberrans Rub e m aa August 05 2012 Award Mo 20122636 Family Tree C Dendro aberrans Autre HCC T6 Dec 13 2 General Information Description Images Dendro aberrans Februar CCM 3 Feb 04 C Dendro aberrans Lisa CCM af Jan 12 2 Hum Flowers Num Buds Hum Inflor Dendro acerosu Okemos CBR Sep 16 E E b4 0 4 Dendro acinifor Bryan CER 0 Aug 19 E a o Mat Spr HS Vert Dendro acumin CEE 0 Jan Dl Dendro acutilin Tropica CHM a1 Dec 03 35 de e O Dendro adae D amp M CBR 0 Mar 06 Petal W Petal L i E Include Synony
18. time the program will be positioned in the center of your screen You can resize the window and move it by dragging the title bar the top of the window with the orchid icon anywhere on your screen You can change the height and or width of the window by dragging one or more of the window edges with your cursor You can also maximize the window if you like recommended Orchids Plus will remember the position the next time you run the program so you don t have to resize and reposition every time Changing Window State and Accessing Hidden Tabs Minimize If you open a lot of tabs some of them may not fit in the tab bar In that case you can switch to any of the hidden tabs use the down arrow at the end of the tab bar Maximize Restore Thes are special far Close X multiple monitors you may nat have these buttons You can also use the X at the end of tras the tab bar to close the current tab Access hidden tabs forms Keep in mind that more tabs Resize the window width by dragging requires more computer memory the program edges e Program Menu The menu allows you to select which search screens or other forms or documents you want to work with File Search Docs amp Guides Preferences Help e File simply allows you to Exit the program through the menu You can also close the program using the X in the upper right corner of the program window e Search provides the main s
19. to digitally deliver application data and image updates including fixes and new features To check for updates simply select Check for Updates from the help menu You will see the following dialog window Orchids Plus Updates Appz m Orchids Plus Updates software updates require an Internet connection Check for Software Updates Online set the latest updates and new features by automatically updating Orchids Plus to the latest version Simply click the Check for Updates button below to proceed This Program Will Close In Order to Check for Updates The application cannot be updated while open When you press Check for Updates this program will close and the Check for Updates process will begin Use the Preferences screen to set how often this window should automatically appear You can also check for updates at any time from the Help menu Cancel Check for Updates Click this button to close the window without checking Click this button ta check for updates for updates You can also click twill clase the program as the the X in the upper right of the program can t be updated if itis In use ACI When you check for updates the program will close since it cannot be updated when in use Be sure you are ready to close the application before checking for updates On some computer systems you will be prompted to allow the update program to run J This is called User Account Control
20. Autre Vie s Dec 19 E Dendrobium aberrans Adel HCC 6 2009 2 August 05 2012 Award No 20122636 Dendrobium aberrans RubyWyne HCC 75 Oct 14 2006 Num Flowers Num Buds Num Inflor Memoria 64 0 4 Dendrobium aberrans Christina CCM 34 Mar 11 2004 Nat Spr NS Vert DSW DSL 6 4 6 2 0 8 3 6 _ Dendrobium aberrans H Parker Sharp CHM 84 Mar 27 1998 Petal W Petal L Lat SepalW Lat SepalL Dendrobium aberrans Sandhills CBR 0 Feb 03 1995 0 4 47 07 3 5 Sep 16 Lip W Lip L Syn Sepal W Syn Sepal L Dendrobium acerosum Okemos CBR 0 2006 2 20 30 0 0 0 0 Pouch W Pouch L wie Aug 19 Dendrobium aciniforme Bryon CBR 0 2000 2 0 0 0 0 International Award Dendrobium acuminatum CCC 0 Jan 01 1965 Description AOS v X Tropical aJ vr o Dec 03 Sixty four flowers on four inflorescences flowers white 1 Dendrobium acutilingue Gardens CHM 81 2011 2 twisted sepals and petals veined magenta petals suffused From To Orchids brown distally lip overlaid magenta lime green distally anthe al RA x cap yellow substance firm texture matte Dendrobium adae D amp M CBR 0 Mar 06 1987 Search Clear uy er Add Checked to List Clear List Calculate Averages Compare List 0 awards 9 P NEW Check awards above and add to your list to calculate averages or compare side by side There are some minor differences between the online and offline versions but the data is the same for both oee the offline software version of the same
21. Jj li E 4 _ L_ gt rr III III III II U U UU gt t SE The only difference between the basic and full award search is that the full award search has an Other Searches tab award search Search Other Searches E This tab allows searching by a number of other criteria such Award Number as searching by exhibitor event event location center or the latest 25 or 50 5 ar 100 awards OTHER SEARCHES TAB Award Search 4 im a e award search m B Search by Award Number you can do this in the main search pr Search Other Searches tab as well so you have that functionality in the basic award search too Award Number Award Number When you click an any of the Search by Exhibitor First and or Last Name vertical tabs below the related The names can be partial So entering Jo for search farm will appear in the the first name will match Joe Jahn etc white area above where Award Number is shown above The Event Search allows you to select an event name from a dropdown list then choose the date of the event to view all avvards from that event Award Number Use this form to search awards by Event Location Exhibitors Simply select a country then optionally enter a city state province and specify a date range the initial date range will be set ta the prior 60 days Evert Location Center The Center search allows you to search awards by ce
22. ORCHIDS PLUS V 1 0 USER MANUAL This document provides information about installation licensing and using the application Details are also provided about the digitally delivered update capabilities that provide you with new images data fixes and features as they become available Online Info Videos Support Email TABLE OF CONTENTS cnd PIS OVNIS NE mmm 3 BS ACKO FOUGHT Mila VON AE E e o o 3 sica UIC NEL 4 Ann A aa 5 Metalno Ac NAS PIUS iaa 5 Autorun automatic loading of DVD Menu occcccnoccnncccnccnncnnnncnnonnncnnonnnncononnnnrnnnnnnnrnncnnnnrnnconanrnnennnariness 5 Loading the DVD Menu Manually ccccccccoocncnncccccnnccnncccnnoncnnncnononnnnnnnnnnnnncnnnonnnncnnnnnnnnnnnnnnononnanennncnnnnos 5 The Installation Wizard ccccccccccssssececceesececceesececseaececseaeeecseaeeecssueeeessaeceessageeeessaeeesssageeesssageesenes 6 Activating or Evaluating Orchids PlUS ooccccccccocnnconncccononcnnnonononncnnnononancnnnnnnoncrnnnononannnnnnnonannrnnnnnnnnns 10 The Orchids plus Welcome Screen ooonccnncccccccccconnccnnnncccnnnnonncnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnonnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnannrnnnnnnnns 10 Splash Screen amp Loading oocccccccccccccooonnccnnnnnononononnncnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnonrnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnannnnnnnnnnnss 12 Orchids Plus Overview cccccccccceeesseeceeceeeceaeesseeeeeeeesssaaseseceeeeeessaeeusseeeeeeeesssaasaeeeceeessaaauaeseeeesessaaaagsses 13 Exploring the User Inte
23. Preferences Hel E and Scroll each docked tab _ Award Search independently X Show Averages 3390 matches award search Dendrobium A Ding Y Crystal star Drag a column here to group by this column HCC AAOS 78 paints Search sa cnn Award Score Date ct E Dendrobium amp Ding TBS Dendrobium lasianthera Exhibitor Award Number Dend ADin WAS AMO 8l Mar D Crystal Star Orchid iia Lal e dd T NONE BINE TOTEM Photographer Genus Dend A Din Ellen AM a1 Aug M lay Norris Denadrobium BDend A Din Mae AM 82 Mar 3 Event Toronto Center To r C Dend l A E arr pem You can drag this bar to adjust the space Monen cue x al E available for the top and bottom areas ward No 20122636 MS F C Dend abem Ruby HEC 75 Oct L General Information Description Images eS C Dend abem Autre HCC 7 Dec 5 E select different or records to compare Y a NEW palr Show Averages 3390 matches found a Dendrobium A Ding Y Y 45 Drag a column here to group by this column AMAOS 81 paints Search css cs ala d ERES ES Dendrobium 4 Ding TBS s Dendrobium lasianthera lt Exhibitor ee M Dendu ADin v amp S AM alo D A Ding Orchids h Dend A Din Cryst Hee 78 Aug d Den sl Ls Bis Photographer Genus Dend 4 Din Ellen AM al Bug lea Shang Dendrobium Dend amp Din Ae AM Be har 3 Event Taiwan International Abbreviation Species Hybrid Denda aber Sando ESR
24. You search for a grex by specifying both parents You can find progeny by only specifying a single parent Tip Make your search as specific as possible to reduce search time as progeny searches in particular can take a long time We will work on improving performance as part of a future update Until then being specific with your search will help Z DETAILS Grex Search Parent 1 is required Click Grid For Additional Info 1 matches found search Hybrid of the Selected Parents Drag a column here to group by this column Parent 1 FPaphiapagilum Long Look View Awards 2 Seed Genus Seed Parent Pollen Ge Pollen Par Genus optional Paphiopedilurn The link above oper the awards in a new tab Mame Parent 1 and Parent 2 can match either the ou can switch back t yhis tab to view awards for Equals seed ar pollen parent so Parent 1 does not the other hybrids as well mean Seed Parent One click to wiew awards sitet where applicable Being specific is recommended for better Parent 2 search performance Ve are working on Leave blank fo perform a progeny search inprowIng performance for less specific searches Genus optional Paphiopedilum Marne Equals Leave Parent 2 blank ta perform a progeny godetroyae search Otherwise if you provide both parents a grex search will be performed Gem WCSPF Search Species Search The WCSPF World Checklist of Selected
25. computer while Orchids Plus is installing However you may want to consider starting the installation before retiring to bed for the night and let the installation proceed so it will be complete when you start your day Support for Installation Questions or Challenges If you have any difficulties with the installation please check our online help desk for solutions at http aoshelp freshdesk com Welcome x American Orchid Society Help Desk Login Sign up See nur numerous installation and licensing activation answers Solutions If you are still having difficulties create a ticket or email suppartiaaos arg How can we help you today New support ticket A Check ticket status Activating or Evaluating Orchids Plus THE ORCHIDS PLUS WELCOME SCREEN Once installation completes Orchids Plus will automatically run and the welcome screen will appear If you close the application at this point you will see the welcome screen the next time you run the program amp Welcome to Orchids Pus EE Orchids Plus Version 1 0 Copyright 2014 American Orchid Society All rights reserved Enjoy the benefits of the new Orchids Plus Immediate access to award data since the 1930 s with photos Quickly sort and group award data for rapid research View full family trees of awarded hybrids with photos Search the WCSPF and RHS data simultaneously Search for photos and save them to your computer Automatic updat
26. earch and other screens o Award Search full the full awards search with an Other Searches tab to search by Exhibitors Event Event Location Center and Latest Awards o Basic Awards Search similar to the full awards search but without the Other Searches tab This search loads slightly faster and is the form that appears when you first run the program or when you click to view awards from other search screens o Search All Orchids searches RHS and WCSPF data based on the search criteria you specify If an orchid has been awarded there will be a link to view the awards o Parent Search easily search for hybrid parents If awards are found for either parent of the selected hybrid links will appear to view awards o Grex Progeny Search enter both parents to perform a grex search or just the first parent to perform a progeny search Please note that the parents are not ordered So parent 1 can match either parent for instance o WOCSPF Search search for species and get genus species author publication date volume and page and published information When you select a record you will also see the family accepted name and links to awards if applicable o Images search for over 67 000 award images by genus and species hybrid or by photographer o Genera complete list the full list of genera with pronunciation guide and hybrid make up o Synonyms perform a synonym search uses AOS RHS and WCSPF data
27. email address associated with my S What are the minimum installation requirements j lam NOT a current subscriber how do get my serial Can install Orchids Plus on a Mac just purchased renewed my Orchids Plus subscripti Orchids Plus Installation Instructions Gan try the software before paying for a subscription See all 11 articles Gee all 11 articles You can search the knowledge base click on answers or create a new support ticket describing your question or any issue you may be experiencing with Orchids Plus or any other issue relating to the American Orchid Society You can also send an email to support aos org and a support ticket will automatically be created for you O1
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29. es that is all that is desired We later fine tuned performance so that the family trees load within seconds so we may load the full tree in the future but for now you would just lick the Show Full Tree button to view the full tree N N Printing Family Trees When you click the Print button the print preview button will show what appears in the family tree window If the tree extends beyond the visible area more than one page will be required to print the tree Again you can resize the tree see the Hint on the previous page to adjust what will fit on a printed page 4 Family Tree Print Preview setup print close al Page 1 1 In the example above first clicked the Show Full Tree button then resized it to fit on one page and then clicked the Print button Tip When you click to view a family tree in the award search window we change the Family Tree button to say CLICKED and disable it This is simply to prevent double clicking which would load the window more than once To re enable the button for the current record just select a different record then select the original record again We may adjust this functionality later to handle the double click issue differently and not require this workaround to view the same tree again if you close the family tree window NO GO SHOW AVERAGES OF SELECTED AWARDS Select Awards to Average Simply check the boxes in front of the award
30. es with an Internet connection and MUCH more Click Evaluate below for a time and feature limited evaluation or Activate your license Easy activation Get your serial for current subscribers number instantly One click instant evaluation You get 15 days access to try award searches view family trees and view and save images by ordering renewing Access all program your Orchids Plus features subscription See common licensing activation answers at our online help desk hitp aoshelp freshdesk com mb Evaluation Trial License If you are not a current Orchids Plus or AQ Plus subscriber you can obtain a 15 day evaluation trial license instantly by clicking on the Evaluate button Evaluation licenses do not provide access to all program features but you can search for awards view family trees view and save award images to your computer Purchasing an Orchids Plus Subscription You can purchase or renew your Orchids Plus subscription instantly online either with your membership registration renewal http www aos org store RegisterRenew aspx or by ordering Orchids Plus from the online store http Awww aos org Products 142 aq plus online and software aspx When ordering Orchids Plus directly rather than with AOS membership you can set the quantity to 1 or 2 which corresponds to the number of years you want for your subscription Once you have completed you
31. etails subscription Status VALID Use this button to copy the contents of this window to Orchids Plus is license the clipboard You can then paste inta Notepad Word or to access the full sett an email message 305 740 2010 WWW ans org membershiptaaos org Note that membership aos org will be changed to support aos org which will result in much faster support particularly since Orchid Plus is not tied to membership 67 Orchids Plus Support ORCHIDS PLUS INFO PAGE INCLUDING VIDEOS Be sure to visit the Orchids Plus information page for more information and how to videos at http www aos org opinto NEW AMERICAN ORCHID SOCIETY HELP DESK In addition be sure to visit the new American Orchid Society Help desk We re kicking it off with Orchids Plus questions and answers but plenty more content will be added soon and you can create a support ticket for any issue related to Orchids Plus or anything else related to the American Orchid Society htto aoshelo freshdesk com x American Orchid Society Help Desk iain sinu Home Solutions How can we help you today New support ticket E SEARCH 3 Check ticket status Knowledge base Orchids Plus Software nstallation Licensing Trials Evaluations ic How do receive the Orchids Plus Installation DVD J lama current subscriber where is my serial number j My computer doesn t have a DVD player how can ins How do update the
32. eup AC Aberconwayara See Aganisia Agni Abr othallis Pths Pronunciation dea Calc avy kah EAL lis Ee Acacallis See Aganisia Agn Ach Acampe Genus pronunciation Acampodorum Acampe x Armadorum Synonyms The synonym lookup searches the WCSPF RHS and AOS data simultaneously and is significantly faster than attempting to include synonyms in an award search We recommend using this form to search for synonyms then clicking the View Awards links for the synonym and accepted name p simonrmLookup Synonyms and accepted names Genus is required both appear in E results und search a partial genus is AS selected Entry Details acceptable Drag a ca n here to orale by this column Genus EA Synonym nony Syn 5p Accepte Acc Sp e TS Conai Modi Hs ns s us Acampe longifolia Acampe View Awards 3 Acampe longifolia Lockhartia parthen Species Cine click to Name optional Gastrac longifolius Acampe rigida Species Accepted Name VIEW awards i by synonym or Pon T saccolab longifoli amp campe rigida Species Acampe rigida seed long Vanda longifolia amp campe rigida Species View Awards 1 search Clear The View Award link s above opens the awards in a new tab ou can switch back to this tab to view awards forthe other hybrids as well Synonym searches are one way You can enter a synonym to search by but that will not pull up other synonyms for the same accepted name
33. freshdesk com mm SPLASH SCREEN amp LOADING The Orchids Plus splash screen randomly displays 60 award images We would like to thank the following photographers for agreeing to allow their photos to be showcased while Orchids Plus loads Greg Allikas Charles Marden Fitch Maurice Marietti and Arthur Pinkers EL A m Orchids Plus gt American Orchid Society Me i i we o ie x Orchids Plus American Orchid Society Photo by Greg Allikas Orchids Plus Orchids Plus American Orchid Society American Orchid Society Photo by Afffiur Pinkers lOrchids Plus Orchids Plus American Orchid Society lt x Se American Orchid Society The first few times you run Orchids Plus it may take a bit longer to load than usual due to some special background processing mb N ORCHIDS PLUS OVERVIEW Exploring the User Interface VARIOUS ELEMENTS OF THE ORCHIDS PLUS INTERFACE Menu bar for accessing various search forms and windows Search farms and windows You can have multiple Award Search forms open at the same time for Instance Program name d Licensee name and version ac Orchids Plus v 1 0 Licensed to Anthony Tanner pe File Search Docs amp Guides Preferences Help Award Search Parent Search A WCSPF Search l Image Search Resize the window width by dragging a A the program edges Window Resizing and Positioning When Orchids Plus runs for the first
34. h 04 2010 Award No 20105748 EN Familw Tre General Information Description Images Hum Buds Hum Inflor B 1 Hum Flowers 20 Notice there is an anomaly with the Show Averages button for the third award search not sure why that happened However we intend to roll out a number of fixes and improvements as time allows O 00 Undocking a Docked Tab To undock a docked tab you simply drag the tab you want to undock When the docking symbols appear drag the tab to the center icon and the tab will be undocked Award Search x a E Show Averages 3390 matches Dendrobium A Ding Y Crystal Star i Drag a column here to group by this column HCC AOS 78 points Search Dendrobium amp Ding TBS Dendrobium lasianthera award search Exhibitor Award Humber De A Wes AM wold Crystal Star Orchids Oj pe A A AAA t T e O 1 T TES ial ee Photographer m al b i Genus A De JA Elle lay Morris Dendrobi m c id Event UT Drag the bottom tab here Gal iic ME Abbreviation to undock it i is s ELE Den s g n a August 05 2012 Award No 20122636 Mame Epithet T T General Information Description Images Contains EI ward Search x You Could Also Simply Close a Docked Tab If you no longer want to work with the tab you could simply close it as well by clicking the X to the right of t
35. he docked tab Filtering Capabilities Some of the searches provide the ability to filter your search results by additional criteria Filtering allows you to hide all rows except those that match your criteria There are several benefits to this feature but the most important are 1 Filtering allows you to quickly much faster than a new search narrow your search results by only showing rows that match your criteria 2 With filtering you can clear a filter to bring back rows that were previously filtered out 3 Filtering also allows you to narrow your search results based on all columns of the search results not just those available in the search form Here are just a few practical examples of what you can do with filtering e Only show awards that have photos by filtering with the hidden column Has Images e You could filter award search results to only show awards with a score of 80 or above e You could display the MonthNum column see information about hidden columns in the award search and show only those awards in May or even during the summer months for the range of years 2000 through the current year e Filter the RHS Hybrid Search data by columns that aren t in the search form GO O Let s see what the filtering feature looks like Me 2 A Each column has a filter Second put your cursar award search You can set the condition in the header just after the and value s Firs
36. hich the selected award photo would not change when moving to another record if the other record did not have an award photo This was fixed in the first Orchids Plus update So if you haven t updated the application we recommend it There are some great features that will be provided soon as part of future updates DETAILS Orchid Search e et Em search Click Grid For Additional Info 1 matches found Acampe longifolia scercr Drag a column here to group by this column Genus optional Genus Species Hybrid Acampe longifolia Mame Contains lan This is the selected record Indicates if the orchid is a species or hybrid Species Hybrid ou can enter a full ar date synonym Accepted Name Clear ig I Acampe rigida Search The View Awards links will open anew tab with a Basic Award Search l for the orchid am View Awards T Al partial surname This searches author for For VVCSPF records we see author pecies Hybrid Registrant Surname WOSPF data and information For RHS records we species registrant for RHS data see registrant information Primary Author 7 Publication Author P F Hunt Date Registered First Published This appears From To For WCSPF we show the published 1370 a 1711753 4 30 2014 date For RHS we show the registration l View Awards 3 ass Searches both WCSPF and RHS data 9c Parent Search OVERVIEW
37. ify the search criteria to include other images Double click a photo RN AS Lo view a larger image m La Pag am Y Le er y Ey Sve A scrollbar will appear on the right if there are mare than two rows of images in the search results rds cave Dendrobium Bellflower Estelle Long names may get cut aff Place your cursor aver the name and a bubble Will appear showing the full name DO e oe Dendrobium Gloucester Sands Alan J Miller 6c Genera Complete List This is a full list rather than a search but a species hybrid search is performed when a genus Is selected This form shows the genus pronunciation as well as the hybrid makeup where applicable You can double click on a species hybrid in the right panel to view details for the orchid We hope to make some improvements to this form in a future update which will bring it more in line with some of the other search forms in terms of features and consistency Species Hybrids for selected genus a Double click on species hybrid to Genera Names open a new window with details Species Hybrid Click Grid For Additional Into Click Grid For Additional Info Genera Complete List a of ar r i a genus details Click a Genus to view more details Abbrevation Genus Makeup Hame Genus Name Acacallis Aa a hoehnei Genus Abbrevation Ab Abaxianthus See Flickingeria Flkga Ac Hybrid makeup Abd Abdominea Mak
38. information page You will find some overview information how to videos and a link to the support desk with numerous questions and answers as well as the ability to create a support ticket for prompt assistance with any problem you are experiencing ORHIDS Magazine Sample PDF This opens the September 2013 issue of ORCHIDS Magazine in your PDF viewer If you do not have a PDF viewer installed we recommend downloading Adobe Reader which is free Visit the AOS Website A convenient link to htto www aos org which will open in your browser Access Orchids Plus Online Opens up Orchids Plus online in your browser providing up to the minute award data Orchids Plus online can also be used from tablets and Macs without the need for Windows emulation About Orchids Plus Shows the current program and file version user information and subscription status This dialog window is particularly useful if you experience a problem with the application as the File Version tells us how current your program features data and images are mb 21 SEARCH FORMS Basic Award Search OVERVIEW When you run Orchids Plus the Basic Award Search form loads automatically allowing you to begin searching right away The screen starts out as shown below pse Search Search form Search results alerta ad data END award search y y Drag a column here to group by this column Search Genus Specie Cultivar Award Score Da
39. ize this window by dragging any of the corners or window edges You can also scroll the window when the image is larger than the visible area To close the window click on the X in the upper right corner You can leave the Show Picture window open then select a different record and show another picture the same way Note that the first Show Picture window may be behind the application if you didn t move it to the site but you can switch to it using Alt Tab on your keyboard or just minimizing the application Tips and Details General Information Description Images Double Click Image For Larger Version Double click the image to wiew in a larger window Click this link to save the image to your computer Dendrobium 4 Ding Crystal Star Lo FAMILY TREE When you click the family tree button within Award Search the following window will appear Family Tree Cy If there are more than 5 levels this button will appear a Ele E e allowing you to views the full tree if desired Shaw Full Tree Click this button to print the family tree Den lasiamthera Hint ou can resize the tree by right clicking your mouse and dragging The aspect ratio is not maintained sa you will just need to drag appropriately so the dimensions look good Some family trees can contain hundreds of orchids For this reason we limited the initial tree to 5 levels deep for performance reasons and because many tim
40. l Orchids Plus to C Program Files 86 MOrchids Plus We recommend that you leave the install directory as is and Space required 2 97 GB simply click Next to continue Space available on selected drive 134 93 GB Specify the shortcut name Again we highly recommend leaving this as is ul X ere would you like the shortcuts to be installed The shortcut icons will be created in the folder indicated below If you dont want to use the default folder you can either type a new name or select an existing folder from the list Shortcut Folder Orchids Plus Vie highly recommend leaving the shortcut folder as is Install shortcuts for current user only Make shortcuts available to all Click Next to continue The installer now has enough information to install Orchids Plus on your computer The following settings will be used Install folder C Program Files amp 6 Orchids Plus Shortcut folder Orchids Plus Please click Mext to proceed with the installation Click Next ta start the installatian Installation will begin and you will see the progress as it proceeds Installing Files C Program Files amp 86 Orchids Plus Mmages 461 0017512031 jpg Installation Can Take Several Hours Please note that there are over 67 000 images installed with Orchids Plus and installation can take several hours You can certainly use your
41. ms search takes longer O Dendro Adastra Owen COM 0 Jan Od 0 4 4 International Award L Dendro Adastra Owen d NB Lus Lat Sepal W Lat Sepal L ah ADS All x F Dendro Adastra Berkeley AM a0 Mar 15 A5 07 35 h Fj Dendro Adastra Crest Hee 78 Apr 14 BaN To Lip W Lip L Syn Sepal W iri i932 T 4 16 2014 IF Dendro Adastra Cotton CEM 85 Apr 21 E IF Dendro Adastra Bart Mi Hee 75 Apr 08 x o Me Search Clear Bendm Adastra C Wade CCM 85 Marile Syn Sepall Pouch W Pouch L C Dendro Adora HAR amp M 83 Mar 03 0 0 0 0 Primary Features e All AOS awards since 1932 through March 2014 with update capabilities to stay current e Over 67 000 award images e Award searches by numerous criteria including award number genus name cultivar award class date range exhibitor event event location center or latest awards e HHS hybrid data with typical updates a few times per year under license from the RHS e WCSPF species data with typical updates a few times per year under license from Royal Botanic Gardens Kew e Orchids Search searches RHS and WCSPF data simultaneously with the ability to search by genus name species hybrid all registrant surname and registration date range e List of all genera with pronunciation guide for genus and make up of hybrid e Hybrid parent search e Grex and progeny searches e Synonym search e Image search by genus and species hybrid or by pho
42. nter select from a dropdown list and date range Again the initial date range will be set to the prior 60 days Keep in mind if you haven t update the application you mas not have the latest data Even then the data will anl he as current as the last update Latest Awards The latest awards simply allows you to view the most The Search button wil This button recent 25 50 75 or 100 awards in the database be disabled until you simply clears enter search criteria the form N 31 search All Orchids Orchid Search OVERVIEW Orchid Search allows you to search the WCSPF and RHS data simultaneously Once you perform a search the details of the selected record will appear on the right A few of the labels change depending on whether the record you have selected is from the WCSPF data or the RHS data The search treats registrant and author equivalently between the two data sources Likewise publish and registration dates are used for the date range If the selected orchid has any awards we provide a View Awards x link where X represents the number of awards for that name Clicking the View Awards link will open a new Basic Award Search tab and automatically search for those awards If the selected record is a synonym the accepted name will also appear In that case we provide another View Awards link for the accepted name when applicable Note There was an error in the initial Orchids Plus release in w
43. onnnonoonnnonncnnnnnnonononnnnnnnnnnncnnnnnnnos 50 ORCHIDS PLUS OVERVIEW Background Information Orchids Plus has been available online within the American Orchid Society website for a few years The goal of the software program was to put the same information and roughly the same look and feel in the hands of users with or without an Internet connection We often refer to the web version as Orchids Plus online and the software version as Orchids Plus offline We wanted to keep program features between the website and software in sync but in some ways each one has unique strengths Orchids Plus Online website Awards Search Example Here is what the Awards Search looks like online http www aos org aaplus searchawards aspx AE 3399 Awards Click on a Genus Species or Hybrid name below to view award details ward searcl Genus Species or Hybrid Cultivar Award Score Date SD on A Ding TES ra Ae IV on Search Clear HCC AOS 78 points Dendrobium A Ding V Crystal Star Search Other Searches View Gallery Award Number r1 Aug 05 Dendrobium A Ding V Ellen Lee AM 81 2012 2 NADO Tide Dendrobium A Ding V V 5 AM 81 Mar 04 2010 Genus Demiiobaim t Dendrobium A Ding X X 2 AM 82 Mar 04 2010 include Synonyms Dendrobium aberrans Lisa CCM 97 Jan 12 2013 5 iati ies i Ribsevition Raman neg C Dendrobium aberrans February Snow CCM 83 Feb 04 2010 Den M Al Ds
44. our rule and click the Remove button Pinning Columns You can right click on a column and pin it to the left or right or unpin it This would be more useful if we allowed horizontal scrolling for the data grid which we currently do not If you are familiar with this feature in Excel for instance it works in a similar way The reason we don t allow horizontal scrolling for the results grid is because that area needs to be resized when the window changes width and we needed a way to make that happen automatically We may allow horizontal scrolling in the future in which case pinning columns will come in handy Side by Side Comparison If you have seen Orchids Plus online the web version you might have noticed that we provide the ability to view more than one award side by side You may be wondering why the Show Averages button is there but not the Side by Side comparison The reason is that we provide a special Docking feature in Orchids Plus offline that provides a similar side by side effect Keep in mind we expect to add a Side by Side record comparison feature that more closely matches the online version shortly For now take a look at the docking capability on the following page 9 Docking Capabilities With Orchids Plus Offline you can easily have two Award Search tabs open at the same time by selecting Basic Award Search from the Search menu twice for instance A Award Search Award Search
45. ow LY m lt p Jh il 436 Oh E 100 00 56 Find i k es A WW xr rq Prev f Next 4 search match Next Search dacument Page for specified text Prev Jump Selection tool Preconfigured Page to Page copy text etc Zoom values H Fan taal grab page Scrollbar move left fright AQ Plus STYLE BOOK January 1990 by Anita Aldrich Edited April 2009 by Gary Kraus Large documents can take a minute or so to load In addition the internal document viewer does not currently support bookmark navigation This is one of the reasons we will likely provide a new option in the preferences window to indicate whether you want to use the internal document viewer to view these PDFs or the PDF viewer installed on your computer Look for an update shortly AOS List of Judges The list of judges is not a standard document but rather a searchable sortable spreadsheet The list can be exported to Excel or a PDF document However you may find the searching filtering Capabilities more convenient See the following page for a screenshot CV List of Judges American Orchid Society List of Judges Sort the list of judges below es list ar Ege to Excel or POF the text boxes page i f iudqes at a specifica See Grouping under Advanced Data Features i Sart columns by mih f Metal Export ta Excel Export to PDF clicking col header I tie manual far mare DELAS Drag a column
46. r order you will instantly be assigned a serial number in our system and you can proceed to the activation step below to retrieve your serial number we will be working on a feature to email your serial number upon successful order soon but for now just use the activation screen in Orchids Plus Activating Your License If you have a current Orchids Plus or AQ Plus subscription simply click the Activate button on the welcome screen then use the quick and easy two step process below to activate your license AS Welcome to Orchids Plus Orchids Plus Version 1 0 Copyright 2014 American Orchid Society All rights reserved Enter your AOS account email address and click STEP 1 Obtain Your Serial Number this button to have your If vau are a current subscriber enter your email below to retrieve your serial serial number emailed to Your Email Address you instantly Email My Serial Number Now o Once YOU receive your STEP 2 Activate Your License serial number simply Enter your serial number or license cade below and press Activate Now enter it here and press Serial Number or License Code Provided Activate Mow Activate Mow Manual Activation Call or email us with the code below to activate manually This takes longer Manual Activation Code Dbdua 1 cdzilyeKPohyY yen Tw Back gt gt See common licensing activation answers at our online help desk htip aoshelp
47. rchids Plus 1 0 Simply click Next to start the installation process It iz strongly recommended that you exit all Windows programs before continuing with this installation IF You have any other programe running please click Cancel close the programs and run this setup again Otherwise click Next to continue es Review the license agreement and terms then click I agree and press Next to continue FS Orchids Plus Setup le Summary of Terms No commercial use of data or images is allowed unless permission is granted in writing by the American Orchid Society The data contamed within the program is to be used for research purposes only and is not to be exported for use in another application Select agree to the terms and and press Next to continue Me l agree to the terms and license agreement do not agree to the terms and license agreement Select your installation directory we highly recommend leaving the directory as is and simply pressing Next to continue A shortcut will be added to your Desktop and start menu to make it easy for you to run Orchids Plus Orchids Plus Setup Installation Folder Where would you like Orchids Plus to be installed The software will be installed in the folder listed below To select a different location either type in a new path or click Change to browse for an existing folder Instal
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49. s found E Include Synonyms search takes longer ee ce Sorting Records To sort by a column you simply click on a particular column header such as Genus Clicking again sorts in the opposite direction Sorting by Multiple Columns You can sort by more than one column by holding the Shift key on your keyboard when clicking on column headers Click a column to sort Click again to sort in the Show Averages opposite direction n here to group by this column Drag a cg Genus Species Cultivar Award 5c Date Photo F Dendrob 4 Ding Crystal 5 Hoe 6 Aug OS Dendrob E Press Shift an your keyboard e J Dendrob 4 and click another column to sort 5 Dendmb 4 by more than ane column a Rearranging Columns If you want the Date column to appear right after the Species column for instance simply drag the Date column with your mouse and drop it next to the Species column A marker will appear showing you where the Date column will be positioned when you drop it The marker shows where the column will appear when you drop it by releasing the mouse ere Drag a colur Cultivar Award 5c Mart Genus Species F Dendrob 4 Ding h crystal 5 HEC To Dendrob amp Ding v Ellen W hug 05 O Dendrob amp Ding V W 5 Mar 04 3 Dendrob 4 Ding X Mar 4 Dendrob Click the Date column vith E Denaro
50. s in the image above but the form is fairly intuitive Still there are a few tips that may help when using the award search form e If you enter an award number all other search criteria will be ignored e You cannot enter a partial genus but you can start typing a genus name which will narrow the list of results to make it easier to select your choice Simply select a genus or type the full name e f you want to include synonyms you must specify a genus and name epithet The more specific your search is the better as this option will slow down the search considerably For general synonym searches we recommend using the Synonym Search from the search menu which does provide a one click link to search for awards for the selected synonym or accepted name mb n SEARCH RESULTS PANE The search results pane is the area in the center of the window where matching records appear when you perform a search Search Result Features Number of records returned Show average values num towers num inflar Lip L far checked records or search results message Scrollbar to 3350 matches found See records Drag a column here to group by this column belowe the current page Genus Specie Cultivar Award Score Date Photo pub YEW Dendro ADing W 5 AM 81 Mar 04 2 Dendro A Ding Crystal HEC fa Aug 05 3 Dendro 4 Ding Ellen Lee e al Aug 05 3 ti Le E AM 22 Mar
51. s the awards in a new tab You can switch back to this tab to view awards for the other hybrids as well N 00 Image Search The image search performs a search for award photos You can search by genus and or species hybrid or by photographer first and or last name partial names are acceptable Special features Double click a photo to view a larger image e e Click Save to save a photo to your computer e Click View Awards to open a new tab with awards for that record e Place your cursor over an orchid name if part of the name is cut off and a bubble will appear with the full name e Click the Photographer tab to search by photographer Image Searc Search by genus and ar name search Image Search Genus andlor SpeciesfHybrid TENUS Dendrobiurn Species Hybrid Contains T Sew Awards cave Sew Awards cava lo Dendrobium Yellow Dendrobium Yellow Jacket Edwin Jacket on Scholl Genus andor Species Hybrid You can search by photographer first and ar last name as well Photographer Clear Search Clear form llc V Ey ae ee TES e Dendr S 7 n Floy ay Click to save the large susan image to your computer Click to view awards in BL a new tab La fed a w Awamis Perform search Results are limited to 250 images per search Modify search criteria to include other images Search results are limited to 250 images per search Simply mod
52. s you want to average as shown below 3390 matches found step 2 Click the Show Average button LLL REDE erg Dendro amp Ding v ws Ale al Mar 04 z Dende ADinaw Casta Hee 7 aua 85 Step 1 Check the boxes in front of the awards you want to average dro aberrans Sandhills Feb 03 Sher Han MMT Eae sms ne V Ht 9 Dendro aberrans Ruby HOC Oct 14 Ew ewm mn MEO Mens S Dendro aberrans Februar Feb 04 Viewing the Averages Once you click the Show Averages button you will see the following window AS Averages for Selected Awards Selected Awards 20040323 Dendrobium ero Hee Christina 0097367 Dendrobium aberrans Autre Wie s Angel 20105749 Dendrobium A Ding x AG Averages Hum Flowers Hum Budz Hum Inflor 49 58 39 13 Nat Spread NS Vert DS DSL 2 98 3 12 0 58 1 6 Petal Y Petal L Lat Sepal W Lat Sepal L 0 26 2 0 62 1 62 Lip W Lip L Syn Sepal W Syn Sepal L 1 36 1 54 Oo 0 Pouch Y Pouch L O O vd Award Search Full OVERVIEW The primary search form search results and detail panel on the right are equivalent in every way between the Basic and Full award search The difference is that the full award search has another set of search forms in another tab labeled Other Searches File Search Docs amp Guides Preferences Help O Full Avvard Search has a in the tab Award Search Award Search EN 0L 5 3
53. se click Close ta exit LV If an update is available it will be downloaded and another wizard will begin to install the update Simply walk through the steps on the screen to perform the update We will plan on uploading a video showing the update process on the Orchids Plus information page soon at http www aos org opinto ORCHIDS Magazine Sept 2013 Issue PDF We have included a sample PDF issue of ORCHIDS Magazine for Orchids Plus users that are not members or haven t explored the magazine It truly is a valuable aspect of membership with the American Orchid Society full of incredible photography and amazing articles Since the Orchids Plus software can be licensed to non members we wanted to make sure to provide some exposure to the magazine See the cover of the PDF below File Edit View Window Help 81 About Orchids Plus Window The About Orchids Plus window provides some information that may be useful if you are experiencing a problem with the application and need support amp About Orchids Plus Orchids Plus Version 1 0 Copyright amp 2014 Amercan Orchid society All rights reserved Product Name Orchids Plus Product and File versions we Berle EISE 1 0 may need these numbers when M providing technical support if you FUE MEUM Wel are expriencing a problem Licensee Anthony Tanner aerial Number MOGRZ LS8x H TT SUBz 1B8F 81VWB wWwSAG aly subscription Expiration 2 2019 E Licensee d
54. t click on condition you selected You h Seach the filter icon and choose will be able to enter a value s the condition from the list y Award Number that appears Contains Y Equals CHM Y Greater Dendrobium aberrans CHM eae Clear the filter by acutilingat CHM Dendrabium clicking the filter ET E E CHM o icon again and Abbreviation Species Hybrid selecting No Filter alexandrae Starts with CHM All zm L I enerremererme auriculatum Ends with CHM This list changes a bit based on the type of data in the column For instance if it were an integer value like the Score column there would be conditions such as Less than Greater Than etc Equals eu Mot equal to SM CHM Is null CHEA Is nat null pculare CHIM Custom ianense CHIM amiforme Jardin Batanique CHIM a sokie CHIM You can turn filtering on or off from the Preferences menu File search Docs A Guides Preferences amp Preferences Help Click the Preferences menu to bring up this dialog window General column here to How often would you like ta be prompted to check for updates Cultivar Every 30 days ni E T Would you like search filtering capabilities where applicable larker Sharp Yes enable filtering capabilities eal Gardens Check this box to show the filtering row a jnifica s Selby Uncheck it ta hide the filtering ron Note that regardless of your selection pus
55. te Photo Award data will appear here once a record is selected Award Number Genus Select v Abbreviation Species Hybrid All v Search for awards using the form on the left 9 S1 1LC O Include Synonyms search takes longer International Award AOS v All v From To 1 1 1932 z 4 18 2014 z Search Clear General Layout Most screens in Orchids Plus follow this same format You will see a search form on the left an area for search results in the center and details about the selected record on the right The Impact on the Layout When Resizing If you were to resize the window you would find that the left and right areas would remain the same size but the center area would expand or contract based on the window width Default Values Several forms such as the Basic Award Search have fields pre set to common values or limits so you can search faster without having to specify values for every field that is required o THE AWARD SEARCH FORM You could actually leave the search criteria as is and perform a search with the default pre filled form values What you would get would be all AOS awards since 1932 Form Field Details Award Search If you enter an award number ee Be ae bu begi i t all other search criteria will be m nae e a enter award search narrow the options in the dropdown list Keep in mind that yeu will need to either select an option or t
56. tographer e Full family trees with award photos where applicable e Judging handbook training aids manual style book and AOS list of judges e Species Identification Task Force forms e AOS specialty awards e Digitally delivered software data and image updates and more INSTALLATION Installing Orchids Plus AUTORUN AUTOMATIC LOADING OF DVD MENU When you insert the DVD the Orchids Plus DVD Menu will appear on some computers It looks like the following Orchids Plus Welcome Install Orchids Plus once Installer can take a minute to load Orchids Plus Help Videos ORCHIDS Magazine PDF New Installations Exit Copyright O 2014 E American Orchid Society American Orchid Society All Rights Reserved Education Conservation Research Simply click Install Orchids Plus to start the installation wizard If the installation wizard does not begin within 60 seconds please try turning off your antivirus software and try again LOADING THE DVD MENU MANUALLY If the Orchids Plus DVD menu does not load automatically when you insert your DVD you may be prompted with an Auto Play option If so you can simply click on autorun exe to indicate you want to load the DVD menu Alternatively you can open the DVD with Windows Explorer and double click on autorun exe to load the DVD menu See the screenshot on the following page ORCHIDS PLUS DVD FIRST MAILED IN MAY 2014 The first Orchids Plus
57. ue 2 a0 Choose how you want the mar cell or row formatted In this case clicked an the cell back color Lasesensitive a ee to change tha background color of cellBa lor E 255 247 0 the cell A color picker appeared and CellPoreColor selected a shade of yellow Enabled RowBackC olor Row Fore Color cauld have applied the formatting to the entire row but decided to CellBackCol just apply it to the column ellbacktolor Enterthe background colorto be usedforthe cell Click OF to apply and see the amp pplvthis formatting to entire row results b e Apply this formatting if the row is selected o cancer St This is how the rule specified on the following page appears Drag a column here to group by this column Genus Species Cultivar Award Sc Date Photo Dendrob amp Ding v Cristal S HOC T8 Aug 3 Dendrob A Ding Ellen Lee AM a Aug D Dendrob ADing V Wes AM Bl Mar Dendmb ADingx X 2 AM A Mar 0 all Dendrob aberrans Autre wi Het fan Dec 1 3 Dendrob aberrans Februam CCM A Feb ll dl Dendrob aberrans H Parker CHA ga Mar 2 3 di Dendrab aberrans Lisa CCM Gr Jan 12 3 F Dendrab aberrans Memoria CEMI EE har 1 3 Dendrob aberrans Ruby HOC 75 eth Removing a rule You can remove a rule by pulling up the Conditional Formatting Rules Manager again select y
58. y dragging them here Sort direction indicator 3390 matches found MA Drag a column here to group by this column ll Genus Specie Cultivar Award Score Date Photo _ TM i F Dendro amp Ding v W 5 AM TERIS E Dendro amp Ding v Crystal PRO ynu can click these to sot in acending order Click again Dendro amp Ding X Xs2 AM to sort decending Dendro aberrans Sandhills CBR Dendro amp Ding v Ellenlee A To sot by more than one column Dendro aberrans Memori CCM hold Shift on your 0 keyboard when you click the column headers Dendro aberrans H Park CHM Dendro aberrans Autre HCC Dendro aberrans Februar CCM You can also resize columns by dragging the separating line to the left or right See information further in the document about hiding columns to make space for the columns you want to view Remember that maximizing the window will provide the best overall experience SELECTED AWARD DETAIL PANE When you select an award by clicking anywhere on the row except the checkbox that is used for selecting records to show averages the details of that award will appear on the right The detail pane displayed on the following page shows standard details such as e genus e name and cultivar e award and points e parents if the orchid is a hybrid e award photo more images may be available in the images tab e exhibitor
59. your left mouse button and drag it between the Species Dendrob and Cultivar columns for Dendrob Instance eS Showing Hidden Columns Didn t see that one coming did you On some forms we have additional columns available if you want to see them but we hide them so they don t take up too much space particularly when you haven t maximized the Orchids Plus window Right click on a column to pull up the context menu Yes you can sort and group columns this way as well Drag a column here to group by tT alumn pn Ir a few mm WE m Sot Descending same hidden calumns They may be valuable in some cases but were initial hidden to avoid taking Up space when not needed found Clear Sorting Conditional Formatting Group by this column a Column Chooser Hide Column Click Column Chooser to pull up the window that allows you to showy hidden columns Pinned state Dendrob aberrans Lisa CC i Best Fit LIE You can hide columns too aq H Fl Dendrob aberrans ALEA 75 Oc ld When you select Column Chooser from the context window the following window appears when applicable Tip You can t sort by the Photo column in the awards search But IF you want to do so show the Has Images column and sort by that itis mapped to the Photo cal Double click a column to add it ta the search results grid Has
60. ype the full genus name Partial genus names Will not be accepted This is an optional ignored because award numbers are unique aia Award Murnber field The genus abbreviation will appear Genus once if you select a genus n A y d select You can optionally specify if you want only species only hybrids ar All far both Abbreviation Species Hybrid AJ Y You can specify a Name Epithet and decide if the name should contain start with end with ar exactly match the text you enter You can request ta include synonyms This requires selecting a genus and entering a name At present this checkbox can significantly increase the time needed for your search This is where you can enter the full or partial name epithet You can specify a cultivar if you like Partial names are accepted here IF you need to perform synonym searches there is a much faster synonym search in E Include Synonyms search takes longer pg A e O International Award Select the award class BM CBM CC CCC searches from the selected synonym or accepted name ADS All z E pe Specify a From and To date range or just leave them as is which should include all Specify the international option if desired Wisse gt 4 18 2014 M awards since 1832 AUS JOGA TOGA TRS or ALL cs A Clearthe search form to enter new search Perform your search E Search Tips There are quite a few detail
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