MONTANA RIVERS INFORMATION SYSTEM 

 Rivers Report 



1 THE MONTANA RIVERS INFORMATION SYSTEM RIVERS REPORT 



1.1 OVERVIEW 



The Montana Rivers Information System Rivers Report contains information 

 on fisheries, wildlife, recreation sites, natural and cultural features for more than 

 3,500 stream reaches within Montana. This information can be retrieved and 

 reported in a variety of ways. The Rivers Report is completely menu-driven, that 

 is, you will be presented with a series of menus from which you will make 

 selections. The menu selections allow you to retrieve information easily without 

 having to know dBase III. 



The purpose of this manual is to show you how to use the Montana Rivers 

 Information System (MRIS) Rivers Report, and specifically, the menu system to 

 retrieve data. 



1.2 THINGS TO REMEMBER 

 1.2.1 Commonly Used Keys 



Key conventions used with the MRIS Rivers Report are as follows: 



<cr> 



<esc> 



Fl 



Arrow keys 



Home 



End 



PgUp 



PgDown 



Backspace 



Enter or Return key. 



Escape key. * 



Fl function key. ** 



Cursor control keys. 



Home key on the numeric keypad. 



End key on the numeric keypad. 



Page up on the numeric keypad. 



Page down on the numeric keypad. 



Backspace or <-- key, usually found above the Enter 

 key. 



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