MONTANA DEPARTMENT FISH, WILDLIFE, AND PARKS 

 MRIS Reporting Program 



on the right side and the bottom of the menu box. This indicates there is more 

 information below the last line and to the right but there is not enough room to show 

 it in the window. Use the arrow keys to move across the screen. To locate the stream 

 reach of interest, you can use the up or down arrows; the page up or down keys; and 

 Control Page Up (Ctrl-PgUp) or Control Page Down (Ctrl-PgDn), to move to the top 

 or bottom of the list, respectively. With such a large data set, the MRIS Reporting 

 Program also has a built-in search utility available. The utility can be activated after 

 you enter a pick-list window by pressing the (Alt) key and the letter S at the same time. 

 You can then begin typing the name of a stream and the cursor will locate the stream 

 name as you type (the stream name will appear on the bottom of the screen as you 

 type). Once you have located the stream reach, pressing enter deactivates the utility. 



For this example, find Arrastra Cr (mouth to N Fk, 17010203 057 00.00, Section 

 0) using the search utility described above. Press Alt-S and begin typing the name of 

 the stream. (If you are working with only a subset of the master stream database 

 (region, management area, etc.), these stream reaches may not be in your pick-list. 

 Use two other stream reaches from your area for the example. Once you have located 

 the stream name from the pick-list, press Enter to deactivate the search utility. Select 

 the stream by pressing Enter again. A check mark t/) will appear next to your 

 selection and the highlight bar will advance to the next stream name. Next locate 

 Kootenai R (Parmenter to Flower Cr, 17010101 035 00.00 Section 0), again using the 

 search utility. (In future queries, you can select as many streams as you desire. If you 

 want to change any selection and remove the check mark, place the highlight bar on 

 the selected stream name and press Enter again. The check mark will be removed, 

 indicating the stream name is no longer selected. Selecting a stream from a pick-list 

 insures that you are selecting a specific stream reach. 



Once you have selected the streams from the pick-list, press the Control (Ctrl) and 

 Enter keys at the same time and you will return to the Select a Category menu (Figure 

 3) and the highlight bar will be on the menu item Enter Stream Names. Move down 

 to Return to Previous Categories by pressing R or by using the Down Arrow key and 

 Press Enter. You will return to the menu shown in Figure 2; move down to Return 

 to Main Menu and press Enter. 



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