user -thought the person's last name might be just "William" then he 

 should enter "william*". Asterisks are often used this way in 

 programs as "wild cards," that is, an asterisk stands for all 

 possible entries except blanks.. 



At this point, the user has completed Step 1 of the Three Steps in 

 searching . 



[Note that our user might have gone to the screens shown in Figures 

 S, 8 or 9 If he/she had pressed a 1, 3 » or 4 during the previous 

 screen.] 



Screen 7. Screen 7, as shown in Figure 10, now appears. Kote that 

 this screen loolcs very similar to Figure 5. In fact, the only 

 difference is that in the upper right-hand part of the screen, the 

 number of "hits" for "Williams*" is displayed. A "hit" is a piece of 

 data that indicates the number of records fulfilling the search 

 requirements. In -our case, there are 30 records that contain 

 "Williams" as all or part of a person's name. Notice that the 

 message "30 - Williams*" appezirs on the same line as "Person's 

 Name". This should help you remember what category you %rere 

 searching. (This feature is particuleurly helpful when doing 

 combination seeurches . ) 



Our user decides to look at the 30 records and see if he recognizes 

 the person's name. At the prompt, the user types in "Z" (for execute 

 the search) and presses Return/Enter. This begins the collection and 

 display of the 30 records. 



Screen 8. Screen 8, as shown in Figure 11, now appears. This screen 

 offers the opportunity to narrow the search criteria to a more 

 manageable number of records. Because our user only found 30 "hits", 

 and because he/she does not mind looking through 30 records for the 

 right name, the user selects "no" for the questions asked by pressing 

 "n" and RETURN. 



At this point, the user has completed Step 2 of the Three Steps . 



It is possible that zero hits might have occurred. If you get zero 

 hits, it means that there are no data in the database that meet your 

 search criteria. If you are conducting a combination search (see 

 Advanced Techniques ) , it may mean that yoiir combination does not 

 exist. Anytime you get zero hits, you should press "C" (Cancel 

 current search) as soon as you return to the WCON or HPRO menu. You 

 will know if you have successfully cancelled the search if no zeroes 

 appear to the right of the search categories. 



[Additional screens that allow narrowing of the search appear if "y" 

 is entered. These screens are shown in the Advanced Techniques 

 section of this manual . ] 



Screen 9. Screen 9, as shown in Figure 12, now appears. This screen 

 is the "Output Menu" and offers the user several alternatives for 

 seeing the results of his search. To select any item, type in the 



