The EMu Help is a browser-based help tool that operates like a modern, responsive website (adapting to the device on which it is viewed), with side navigation (or slide-out menu on smaller screens) and a powerful search utility.
When working with EMu this Online Help can be accessed in several ways:
- Click the Help button in the Command Centre to open the EMu Help in your device's default web browser.
- Alternatively, select File>Help in the Ribbon of any open module.
English language (spelling convention)
Previously, two English language versions of the EMu help were produced, one for the US and the one for other English speakers (this was a broadly International English (IE) variant); this was achieved by marking up the source documentation with language variables and condition statements, and duplicating screen captures of the EMu client whenever labels were different for different regions (Catalogue / Catalog; colour / color, etc.).
Accommodating English language variants introduces a degree of complexity that affects maintenance of the English documentation, as well as its translation; translators work with the underlying xml and the more mark-up in the code to accommodate language variants, the more complex the code is to work with. To simplify the maintenance and translation of the EMu Help, it has been decided to produce a single English version of the EMu Help based on the Oxford English Dictionary. As a result, users familiar with either of the previous versions of the EMu Help will notice changes to the spelling. While the IE version was broadly British English, it adopted ise verb endings (organise rather than organize, for example); as verb endings in British English can be either ize or ise, we have adopted the former as a concession to our users in the US, where ize is preferred.
Two English language variants are available in the EMu client: English and English US. There are minor differences in the spelling of some module names in the English and English US clients (notably, Catalogue / Catalog), and tab and field names (Organisation / Organization; Colour / Color, etc.); when the EMu Help indicates that you should open the Catalogue module, it implies the Catalog module, and a request to select Organization from the Party Type drop list should be understood as a request to select Organisation if that is how it is spelt in your EMu client.
While this change means a loss of English language localization of content based on region, it will simplify the maintenance and enhance the accuracy of the content for users in all regions.
Tip: When following examples in the Help, be sure to update values to reflect spelling in your environment: for example, if the Party Type drop list in your Parties module has an Organisation Party Type, specify Organisation when building an import file that updates Parties records.
Keep in mind
EMu is a customizable system and can be tailored to the requirements of any institution that adopts it.
As a result, each implementation of EMu may differ. In this documentation a generic version of EMu is used. Although you may find that the screenshots do not match your implementation of EMu in all details (field, tab or module names may differ for instance), the techniques demonstrated in this documentation are relevant to all EMu systems.
Also keep in mind that there are often several ways to accomplish a task in EMu. For instance, a new record can be created by clicking New Record on the Home tab, by selecting File>New Record in a module Ribbon, or by using the keyboard shortcut, CTRL+N. The first time a process is documented in this Help, every method to complete it is given. Thereafter only one method is given (we don't list every method to create a new record every time a process instructs you to create a new record). Be aware that there are often several ways to accomplish the same task.
