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This document provides an overview and instructions for using Exxon's Engineering International Practices CD-ROM. It summarizes that the CD-ROM contains their complete International Practices Manual updated through March 1998 that can be viewed and searched using Adobe Acrobat Reader. It also includes the practices in Microsoft Word format. Instructions are provided on installing the software and utilizing the search, viewing, copying, and navigation features available.

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Guia para Iluminación en Áreas Petroleras

This document provides an overview and instructions for using Exxon's Engineering International Practices CD-ROM. It summarizes that the CD-ROM contains their complete International Practices Manual updated through March 1998 that can be viewed and searched using Adobe Acrobat Reader. It also includes the practices in Microsoft Word format. Instructions are provided on installing the software and utilizing the search, viewing, copying, and navigation features available.

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Introducing Exxon’s Engineering


International Practices
(including March '98 update)
Version 12.1
Information contained on the CD-ROM is Proprietary to Exxon

This Word-for-Windows file is designed to be viewed on your screen, or printed and read.
Scope
This version of Exxon’s International Practices Manual CD-ROM was created for use with Adobe’s
Acrobat Reader 3.01, for viewing practices and for full-text searching of their contents. Both functions
work directly off actual images of the practices which are provided in PDF electronic file format for easy
viewing of both text and graphics, and for printing exact replicas where required for hard copy distribution.
As noted below, this CD-ROM version contains the complete International Practices Manual updated
through March 1998, and History Background Documents for selected IP's of this manual.

Title Code Owner

International Practices IP Exxon Research & Engineering

IP History Background Documents IP-Hist Exxon Research & Engineering

The CD also contains all of the International Practices in an MS Word 6 format to allow more efficient text
or graphics copy and paste type functions of pertinent practice requirements, as might be needed for
purchase inquiry documents, etc. The document content, however, must not be edited / altered in any
way while still retaining its current Practice designation as an IP. To do otherwise would compromise the
integrity of the practice involved. These document files are located in the wordfile.msw directory on the
CD-ROM which can be easily accessed through File Manager on a Windows 3.1 or 3.11 PC or through
Explorer in a Windows 95 PC. Use them directly from the CD or copy them to your hard drive as
appropriate.
An easy to follow Tutorial is included in the electronic manuals module that will provide an extensive
overview of the functionality of Acrobat Reader. The tutorial points out specific tools and functionality to
help you easily navigate and search for needed information. More detailed information can be readily
found in the Help files that Acrobat provides.

Installation
The set-up program for Exxon’s International Practices CD-ROM is designed to run on either
Windows 3.1, 3.11 or 95 systems. You will be given the option of installing the IP and History Document
contents to your hard drive, running the manuals from your CD ROM drive or from the LAN server. The
LAN drive must be mapped prior to installation. Please see the instructions for mapping a drive in the
READ ME document. The Acrobat Reader 3.01 with Search must be run from your hard drive. The total
hard drive space needed if you choose to copy all of the file contents is approximately 35MB.
IMPORTANT
PLEASE FOLLOW THE INSTRUCTIONS IN THE READ ME FILE BEFORE ATTEMPTING
INSTALLATION OF ACROBAT READER 3.01 OR THE PRACTICE MANUALS.
You can manually install the Acrobat Reader 3.01 with Search on an NT system from the CD if needed
following the Acrobat Reader install instructions. Specific installation instructions will be provided for each
system depending on whether it is intended for an individual PC or LAN application.
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Acrobat Overview
The Acrobat Reader offers a convenient viewer that operates just the way you would expect if you are
familiar with Exxon's recommended suite of Microsoft's Windows applications. Exact replicas of the hard-
copy pages can be seen via the program installation as read by the Reader. Alternatively, users can
associate the *.pdf extension with the Reader and double-click on any of the image files directly. This will
automatically execute into the Acrobat Reader application.
The Reader includes its own Help files. Other popular features include simple search within an open
document, copy-and-paste text, as well as print replicas of the hard-copy pages. Numerous alternatives
are provided to navigate within a document, and images can be magnified up to 800%.

Acrobat Search Features for Windows


• Select Manuals - Searches can be restricted to any individual manual or a combination of manuals by
selecting or deselecting the check boxes in the Index Selection Window.
• Full-Text Search Features - Users will benefit from powerful full-text search capabilities. The
Search command has powerful tools for limiting and expanding the definition of the term for which you
are searching. Search allows variations of wild-card characters, Boolean operators, word
stemming, sounds like, and the thesaurus option. These terms and explanations for how they can
be used are explained in more detail in the Acrobat Search Help File.
• Word Search - provides simple searches within the open PDF document and augments global (full-
text) searching across all documents. This feature is engaged from the toolbar by selecting the
“binoculars” button.
• Search by Title, Subject and Keyword – the practices have been indexed to allow you to search by
title, subject and keywords. Just key in any part of the term in the applicable field to help narrow your
search results. Examples of what terms were used to populate those fields are as follows:
+ The title field was indexed with the manual ID, (IP) practice number and title: IP 10-7-1
General Purpose Steam Turbines

+ The subject field was indexed with the practice number: IP 10-7-1

+ The author field has been indexed to show the technology network owner of the practice:
Machinery

+ The keyword field was indexed with the words from the title, practice number, and date:
General, Purpose, Steam Turbines, IP 10-7-1, March 1998.

• A new Search Plug-in has been created for this version of the Engineering Practices CD-ROM. The
results window will display the number of hits per document and the hit list can be copied and pasted
into any text application. Searching for information is similar to Acrobat search. Future development
will allow you to launch the documents from the results window.

Acrobat Viewing Features for Windows


• Hyperlinks - enable jumping to cross-referenced practices, tables, and figures with a single click of
the mouse. All hyperlinks in the electronic manuals are color coded by blue text.
• Copy-and-paste - to insert text into other applications like Word for Windows simply by copying
selected text to the Window's clipboard or by saving an entire practice on diskette. Select the “abc”
button from the toolbar for this function.
• Bookmarks - are included in every practice file that will link you back to the Main Screen, the
Numerical Index for that manual and to the Table of Contents for that section. Just double-click on
the applicable title and the applicable practice will automatically open.
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Acrobat Viewing Features for Windows (Cont)
• Thumbnails - are included in every practice file. Thumbnails provide a full page view of each page in
the document. Use them to navigate to a specific page by just clicking on that page. Resize or move
the marquee box on the thumbnail to zoom in or scroll to a specific location on the page. The “Display
Thumbnails” button is the third button from the left on the toolbar.
• Open Multiple Documents – is another feature that gives you the flexibility of viewing multiple
practices at the same time. The first time you execute into Acrobat, you will need to set the
preference setting to allow for this function. Go to FILE, PREFERENCES, GENERAL. Uncheck
“open cross document links in same window.” When you have more than one document open, you
can easily navigate through them by selecting the Windows Menu. The active documents will be
listed.

Questionable Characters and Images in Acrobat


As much as we tried, we still may have not attained 100% fidelity in the conversion of fonts and some
graphics displayed and printed by Acrobat. Some characters have been especially troublesome and may
display incorrectly at some levels of zoom. For example, the degree symbol ( ° ) might display as an
underline ( _ ) until you zoom in. Printing is usually reliable in spite of questionable screen displays.
Please advise us of any problems, so they can be eliminated in future versions.

Word 6 Reference Files


The CD contains a file copy for each of the IP documents in MS Word 6 format for reference purposes as
may be needed to extract pertinent text or graphics from a particular practice for purchase inquiry
documents or project specifications. Word 6 files are located for this purpose in the wordfile.msw
directory of the CD ROM for all International Practices (IP). The source word document must not be
altered from their current state, i.e., changes that might add, delete or revise practice requirements or
wording, and still retain the designation of an Exxon IP.
The contents of the CD-ROM, including the Word and PDF files, contain Exxon proprietary information
and are intended for authorized company use only. Please refer to IP 0-0-1 for additional information in
this regard on the use and explanation of the International Practices.

Practice Data Structure


The Acrobat.PDF and Word.DOC files are logically named according to their practice number and are
located within respective directory / subdirectory structures for each Manual / Section that the source
practice resides.

QUESTIONS?
Contact: R. T. (Rod) Mueller
ER&E Engineering Practices Coordinator
E-mail: AMERICAS (RTMUELL)
(973) 765-2900
To Order the CD-ROM: EE Manuals / Document Services Distribution
ER&E, Florham Park, NJ
E-mail: AMERICAS (SJTORPP)
(973) 765-3115

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