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The Primary Navigation Bar is located on the left side of the screen. This contains links to the main informational areas and tools on Newscom. The Big List, Video Collection, Creative Content, Stories, Reuters, BBC, PR Newswire, Free Content, and Resources - plus links to Lightboxes, Subscription information, My Account. These links may vary slightly depending upon whether or not you are logged into the site.
The Secondary Navigation Area is located down the right side of the
screen. This contains links to a variety of hot news stories/content.
The Content Area is located in the middle of the screen. This section contains rotating highlights of key stories and provider spotlights. Once you choose to access any content on Newscom, your Search Results will appear in this area.
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You can download the latest versions of the browsers at:
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Internet Explorer:
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Safari (Macintosh):
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Login/Logout 
You may enter the Member site by entering your User Name and Password, then clicking the Login button found in the upper-right corner of the Home Page.
NOTE: In order to successfully log into Newscom, you must set your browser to Accept Cookies. Newscom uses them to determine such things as your Home page and your Preferences. Please refer to your browser's Help section for assistance.
Save Your Password
For Firefox or Mozilla users, this option is turned on by
default. The first time you log in to the new site, your browser will ask you if you
want to save your User Name and Password for this site. For Internet Explorer users,
to save your User Name and Password you must have "Prompt Me To Save Passwords" enabled.
You may do so through Tools->Internet Options->Content->Auto Complete.
Primary Navigation Bar
From the Primary Navigation Bar you may view the following tools and resources:
- The Big List: This page provides users with immediate access to a large selection of pre-made stored searches from a variety of major topics including anniversaries, business, education, entertainment, health, politics, religion, science/technology, sports, travel/tourism, world stage and our content partner listing.
- Video Collection: This page provides users with an overview of the video offering on Newscom. Users can read bios on our video content partners and view content on a partner-by-partner basis.
- Creative Content: By clicking the .Creative Content. icon, users are taken to an area of the site dedicated to our creative offering containing both rights-managed and royalty-free images and illustrations. Users can view content by collection or by pre-made stored search topics.
- Stories: This page allows you to search and view all of Newscom.s text-based offering.
- Reuters: By clicking on this link, you will land on our Reuters page. From here you can search across our offering from Reuters including a very comprehensive video collection.
- Resources: From this page, you can access the various landing pages and Resources Centers Newscom has created to assist users in finding content for specific events and new stories.
- BBC: This link takes you to our BBC landing page where you will find descriptions and links to our large offering of the BBC Shorts video collection.
- PR Newswire: This page allows you to view and search the PR Newswire collection from Newscom.
- Free Content: By clicking on the Free Content icon, you will view a page containing a complete list of collections offered free-of-charge on Newscom.
- Resources: From this page, you can access the various landing pages and Resources Centers Newscom has created to assist users in finding content for specific events and new stories.
After logging into your account, the Primary Navigation Bar will also display the following three icons:
- Lightboxes: By clicking this link you can access the lightboxes you have already made and stored within your Newscom account.
- My Subscriptions: This icon will take you to a page listing out all of the subscriptions and collections you have within your Newscom account.
- My Account: The My Account icon will take you to a page that allows you to view your purchase history by month and set your preferences.
Find and Advanced Find
The Search and Advanced Find tool contains a number of elements that can help you define or refine your searches in order to obtain the optimal results.
- Keyword: You can search for words or phrases by typing them into the Keyword box.
- Match: The Newscom search engine defaults
to All Words. But you may use the drop-down menu to the right of the
Match field to select other connectors for your search terms.
- All words - assumes the spaces
between the words are treated like the logical AND. All of the terms
are required to be in all of the items found.
- Any words - assumes the spaces
between the words are treated like the logical OR. Any one of the
terms is required to be in the items found.
- Exact Phrase - assumes the words
must be adjacent to each other in the exact order in which you entered
them.
- Boolean Query - allows you to use
additional search syntax and combine different operators in one search
statement if you want to use more sophisticated searching capabilities.
If you type the connectors into
the Keyword box, keep the following guidelines in mind.
- AND - All terms must be in the
items found.
- OR - Any one of the terms is
required to be in the items found.
- AND NOT - Terms following this
connector must not be in items found. Multiple terms to be excluded
should be encased in parentheses ie squash NOT (game OR sport).
- Date Range: The default date range is All.
This searches Newscom's entire database of content. But you may use
the Date Range drop-down menu to limit your search to specific pre-set
time periods. Your choices include photos posted to Newscom within the
Last Year, the Last 30 Days, the Last 7 Days, the Last 24 Hours, or
the Last 1 Hour.
- Date Start/Date End: If you are looking
for content posted to Newscom on a specific date or dates, enter those
dates in the Date Start and Date End fields. Search results will be
limited to content posted to Newscom between those dates.
- Search by location:
This allows you to search by a specific geographic location, e.g. "Italy" or "Los Angeles" or "Middle East".
- Search by byline:
This allows you to search by the photographer, artist or author.
- Search by source:
This allows you to search by the content partner.
- Orientation/Style:
The check boxes underneath the first half of the Advanced Find menu allow you to limit your searches by:
- Orientation: Horizontal, vertical, panoramic or square; and/or
- Style: Color, black & white
The search engine currently defaults to all of the Orientation and Style options, but you may choose any combination that you need.
Search Results
Once a search has been conducted, your Search Results will appear in the
Content Area. There are a number of elements to the Search Results page.
Select Display View: This icon-based menu at the top-right of your Search Results
allows you to choose the way you would like your results to display on-screen.
The options include:
- Compact Text - Results are presented in a list showing the file name, the date and time the item was added to the database, and a two or three-letter code indicating the name of the provider. Thumbnails do not display in this view
- Text with Thumbnails - Results include
a thumbnail plus the expanded text.
- Thumbnail Grid - Results include the thumbnail
and the compact text. The default display is a grid of 40 items with
4 items across and 10 down.
Note: You can change the display of the grid in your user preferences
under Toolbox > Set Preferences.
Related Content:
When executing a search, Newscom will default to returning all types of content available within the search, e.g. photos, illustrations, graphics, caricatures, video and news text. However, should you wish to refine your search to a specific content type, simply click on the desired content type from the tabs located just above the Search Results section.
xxxx Objects found: This indicates the
number of documents found in the selected database(s) that satisfied your
search criteria. The Results Page and arrows allow you to navigate through
the pages of Search Results.
Object Detail
To view the Document Detail of any item in your Search Results,
- In Compact Text - Click on the link with
the document name.
- In Text with Thumbnails - Click on the
thumbnail or click on the link that includes the document name and headline.
- In Thumbnail Grid - Click on the thumbnail
or click on the Detail link below the thumbnail.
For still items (photos, illustrations, caricatures, cartoons), the page will refresh and you will see a larger watermarked preview of your item, the expanded caption information for that item, and your purchase options.
For Text, the page will refresh and you will see the first 20% of the text
item and your purchase options.
To see the Document Detail of a different item in your Search Results, you may leaf through your results in Document Detail view by using the "Previous" and "Next" links just above the thumbnail or text preview. Or you may choose "Return to Results" to scan through by page.
From the Document Detail view, you may add an item to your Lightbox by choosing
the appropriate Lightbox from the drop-down menu just above and to the left
of the thumbnail or text preview.
If you would like to print the preview image, click on the "Print This!" icon. Your system will launch a new browser window and from there, you may print the comping image.
To exit the Document Detail view, click on "Return to Results" just above
the thumbnail or text preview.
Tag Id
Each item in our database is assigned a unique Tag Id or number
which can be found in the Document Detail view of the item, directly beneath the Headline.
(Example: afplive562184). This can be useful when browsing through results that may have similar object names or headlines.
You can make note of the Tag Id of items that interest you, then return later and find those
items easily by searching on the Tag Id. This can be done by entering the Tag ID (afplive562184)
into the Keywords field and choosing "By Tag ID" from the Match drop-down menu. A search on the Tag Id
will be performed and the item will be returned in the Search Results.
Lightbox Management
Adding images:
From standard Search Results: Click the checkboxes below the thumbnails you wish to add
to the Lightbox. Choose the appropriate Lightbox from the drop-down menu
just above the Search Results. Click on the "Add Selected to Lightbox" bar.
From the Detail View: Choose a Lightbox from the pull-down menu
provided in the Detail View of the image and then click on the Add to Lightbox
bar.
PLEASE NOTE:
- If you are adding images to a lightbox from multiple pages of search results, you must
click on "Add Selected to Lightbox" prior to moving on to the next page of results.
Otherwise, the clickboxes for your chosen images on the previous page will be cleared.
- Each Lightbox is limited to a total of 50 items.
Deleting, Moving or Copying Images:
Items are removed from your Lightbox by clicking
the checkboxes below the thumbnails that you wish to delete from the Lightbox and
then hitting the "Remove Selected" bar.
Items can be moved or copied from one Lightbox to another by clicking the checkboxes
below the thumbnails that you wish to move or copy, choosing the Lightbox that you wish
to move or copy them to using the drop-down menu, and then clicking on the Move or Copy
buttons.
You may easily navigate between Lightboxes using the "Jump to Lightbox" drop-down menu.
LightBox Functions:
Access to My Lightbox can be found by clicking on
Lightbox at the top of the Primary Navigation Area of any Newscom page.
The Lightbox view will default to My Lightbox. Once you are in a Lightbox,
the Secondary Navigation area changes to display the Lightbox Options
available to you. These include:
- Create Lightbox: From any Lightbox, choose Create Lightbox.
A popup window will appear allowing you to type in the desired Lightbox
name. Hit Submit, and you will be taken to that new Lightbox. You may
create an unlimited number of Lightboxes. They do not expire.
- Empty Lightbox: Enter the Lightbox you wish to empty and click
Empty Lightbox under Options. The page will refresh and the Lightbox
will reappear emptied of its contents.
- Rename Lightbox: From any Lightbox, choose Rename Lightbox
and a popup window will appear allowing you to type which Lightbox you
want to rename, and the new name. Hit Submit, and you will be taken to
the newly renamed Lightbox.
- Delete Lightbox: Enter the Lightbox you wish to delete and
click on Delete Lightbox under Options. This will delete the entire
Lightbox, not just the contents. (Note: My Lightbox cannot be deleted.)
- Email Lightbox: Enter the Lightbox you wish to email and click
on Email Lightbox under Options. A popup window will appear allowing
you to type your name, email address, the email of the recipient and
a short message. The recipient will receive your message along with
a link to a view-only HTML version of that Lightbox. You may email a
Lightbox to any recipient. They do not need a Newscom User Name or Password
in order to view it. If you are sending the Lightbox to multiple recipients,
you should separate each address with a comma.
- Exit Lightbox: You can exit the Lightbox section by clicking
on Exit Lightbox under Options. You will be taken to your default Member
Home Page.
You may buy or download an image from your Lightbox
the same way you do from a Search Results page.
My Account
You may view the purchase history of your account by clicking on My Account
on the Primary Navigation Area on any page and then choosing Purchase History from
the Secondary Navigation area. A list
of available billing periods will appear. Click on the billing period
you wish to view. A popup window will appear giving you an overview of
the purchases that were made during that billing period.
If you wish to review an item on the list, click
on its Tag Id. A search on the Tag Id will be performed and the item will be
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