Categories and Engines

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To view or modify search categories:

Click "View" from the main menu bar, then "Categories." Or click the "Category" button located to the right of the "Categories:" drop-down list.

The Categories tree consists of category groups and their categories.

The topmost field on the right contains the description of the category. You can modify it.

Columns
FirstStop WebSearch™ Version 3 allows the formatting of search results based on search specialty (category). For example: If searching auctions, you might want "prices" and "ending dates" and "times" to be displayed in corresponding columns. The list columns show you the columns defined for the selected categories, their captions, and sizes (widths of columns). If a column is checked, it will be displayed in the results viewer.

To change the title and the width of any column, double-click it and specify new values in the "Modify Column" dialog box.
To change the order of the column, drag and drop it to the desired position.

Engines
1. Select the category
2. To add an engine, highlight the "available" engine located in the right panel, and then click the left pointing arrow "<". The selected engine should now appear in the left panel. Or use the "<<" button to move all engines at one time.
3. To remove an engine, highlight the engine located in the left panel, and then click the right pointing arrow ">". The deselected engine should now appear in the right panel. Or use the ">>" button to move all engines at one time.

Notice: In the engine lists you will see only those engines that conform to the columns set in the selected category.

"My Categories" is a predefined category group. Users can create their own categories only in this group.

To edit the name of the category:
1. Select the category and click it once.
2. Edit the name and press "Enter" to apply the changes.

To add a new category:
1. Select the "My Categories" group.
2. Right click and choose "New Category" from the pop-up menu.
Note: Once the process of creating a new name for a category is completed, relevant search engines will need to be assigned to the new category.

To copy a category:
1. Select the category you want to copy.
2. Right click and choose "Copy Category".
3. The copy will be created in the "My Categories" group.

To move a category from a category group to the "My Categories" group:
1. Select the category you want to move to the "My Categories" group.
2. Right click and choose "Move <category_name> to 'My Categories'".

To remove a category:
1. Select the category you want to remove.
2. Right click and choose "Remove Category".

To remove a category group
1. Select the category group that you want to remove (Note: you cannot remove the "My Categories" group).
2. Right click and choose "Remove Group".