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To review a document, click the link. If it's not the right one, clicking the Back button on your browser will take you back to the search results. | To review a document, click the link. If it's not the right one, clicking the Back button on your browser will take you back to the search results. | ||
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For information on how to build a custom book based on pages in the DDI wiki, please review this document: [[Creating a Wiki Book]] | For information on how to build a custom book based on pages in the DDI wiki, please review this document: [[Creating a Wiki Book]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 12:32, 1 August 2012
Contents
Using the DDI Wiki
Welcome to the DDI Documentation Wiki! Our goal is to provide you with a comprehensive, searchable self help site. The pages on this site are constantly being updated and added to as new features and functionality are added to our products.
Using the Search
In the upper right corner of each Wiki, you will see the Search bar:
To search, use as many key words as possible. For example, if you are looking for information on how to perform a refund on a loan, you might type "loan refund". You would then see the following results:
To review a document, click the link. If it's not the right one, clicking the Back button on your browser will take you back to the search results.
You can also search for the document related to a particular screen within DDI Connect. For example, let's say that you wish to see documentation regarding the Loan Principal/Interest Estimation report. If you look at the top left corner of the report parameters screen, it shows you the program name for the report - in this case, IL437:
If you type IL437 in the search bar on the Wiki and hit enter or click Search, the Wiki will route you to the appropriate document:
You can do the same with DDI Connect screens. In the lower left corner of each screen, you will see that screen's program name:
If you type the program name in the search bar of the Wiki, it re-directs you to the appropriate document:
Using the Categories
On the front page of the Wiki, you will see a table of the primary categories for the DDI Wiki:
To drill down into a category, click the link. You will now see an overview of the category, along with links to any subcategories that may be present:
When you reach the root of a category, all pages within that category will be displayed in alphabetical order:
To launch a page, click the link.
DDI Glossary
Throughout the DDI Wiki, you will see words that are underlined in a blue dotted line:
If you hover your mouse over an underlined term, the definition will appear:
If you discover a term on the DDI Wiki that does not have a definition but you feel that it should, please notify DDI Client Support. We'll get it added right away.
Creating a Book
For information on how to build a custom book based on pages in the DDI wiki, please review this document: Creating a Wiki Book
Downloading a Page as a PDF
If you wish to create a single PDF (rather than a book), you can easily do so. From the page you wish to download as a pdf, click the Print/export link on the left:
Click the Download as PDF link:
As the document is being created, you will see this screen:
When it is complete, you will see this screen:
Click Download the file to view and save your pdf.
Printable Version
From the Print/export screen, you also have the ability to view a printable version of a document. From the Print/Export menu, click the Printable version link:
This will display your document in a format compatible with printing the page. You can then click the Print button on your browser's toolbar.