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What is the AP Server?
The AP Server is a multimedia news storage system that lets you store News Objects, browse or search through your libraries, view, edit and output news. This User Guide is a learning and reference tool to be used when working with the AP Server at your location.

How does the AP Server work?
The AP Server functions in a client/server relationship. Your computer, running a Web Browser is one of many clients of the AP Server computer that functions as a Server at your site. The AP electronically delivers News Objects to the AP Server at your location where they are stored. Users may also enter News Objects into the AP Server. Objects in the AP Server may be accessed from any client computer on your network or via the Internet.

What is a News Object?
A News Object is the smallest piece of information in the AP Server. It can be a Photo, Story, Graphic or Ad. Each of these shares similar header fields as well as headers unique to each type of News Object.

What can I do with the AP Server?
The System Administrator sets up your user rights and privileges which determine which news objects you browse and what you can do with them. For example, if your User rights permit, you can copy objects from the AP Server to your local disk drive and edit, save or delete them. News objects that enter your AP Server may be exported to another computer for image processing, archiving, etc. The speed, versatility and accessibility of the AP Server make it your premiere choice for a news management system.

Using this Online Help Guide

Click on Show Topics at left for a list of help topics about the AP Server.
Unsure of your question? Click on Show Q&A for a list of Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ).
You can also search the current page for help by entering a word or words into the Search this Page: box. Any matching words in the currently displayed page will be highlighted.
To view IPTC Header codes, click Show IPTC Codes, State & Country Codes. To find a specific code, Enter the name in the Search this Page field.

Browser Notes

For proper operations, use one of the following Internet Web Browsers:

Windows PC: Netscape Communicator 4.6.1 or newer. Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0.1 or newer.	Apple Macintosh: Netscape Communicator 4.6.1 or newer.
The following must be enabled in your Browser's preferences: Javascript must be enabled. Accepting Cookies must be enabled. The browser must always check for Newer versions of cached pages - Every Time (See your Web Browser Documentation for details.)

Download Links:
If you have Internet access from your computer, you can get the latest Web Browsers and Utilities software from these sites.

Click for Netscape Communicator 4.7
Click for Microsoft Internet Explorer
Click for Adobe Acrobat Reader
Some files must be decompressed before use. Click for:
Stuffit Expander for Macintosh (with Dropstuff Enhancer),
or Aladdin Expander for Windows

Technical Support

	In the United States, call:	Outside the United States, call:
Ads	AdSEND Support Desk 1-800 TADSEND (800-823-7363)	(609) 860-7180
Photos & Graphics	Phototechnology Support Desk 1-800-848-3356	(609) 860-7140

Related Help Topics:

Working with Ads	Working with Graphics	Working with Photos
The Main Screen	Uploading Files	Searching For Files
Setting Preferences	Downloading Files	IPTC Header Codes

	Click for Netscape Communicator 4.7
	Click for Microsoft Internet Explorer
	Click for Adobe Acrobat Reader
	Some files must be decompressed before use. Click for: Stuffit Expander for Macintosh (with Dropstuff Enhancer), or Aladdin Expander for Windows