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Installation and Getting Started 1 Goravani Jyotish Version 2.5 Installation and Getting Started Windows Versions 95, 98, ME, NT, 2000, XP Macintosh OS versions 8, 9, 10, or OSX Dancing Moon Inc. 2852 Willamette St #353 Eugene OR USA 97405 800‐532‐6528 or 541‐485‐8453 [email protected] www.goravani.com For Support, be sure to check our web site. It has a common questions section called “Support”. Goravani Jyotish is Copyright ©1994‐2005 All Rights Reserved Internationally

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Installation and Getting Started 1

Goravani Jyotish

Version 2.5

Installation and

Getting Started

WindowsVersions95,98,ME,NT,2000,XP

MacintoshOSversions8,9,10,orOSX

DancingMoonInc.2852WillametteSt#353

EugeneORUSA97405

800‐532‐6528or541‐485‐8453

[email protected]

ForSupport,besuretocheckourwebsite.Ithasacommonquestionssectioncalled“Support”.

GoravaniJyotishisCopyright©1994‐2005

AllRightsReservedInternationally

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TableofContentsWhat’sNew?..................................................................................................................... 3IfyouareUpgrading,ReadThis! .............................................................................. 5ExportingChartsData .................................................................................................. 6MoviesontheCD ............................................................................................................ 8InstallingGJonMSWindows(allversions) .......................................................... 8InstallingGJontheMacintosh ................................................................................... 9

SPECIAL NOTES FOR OSX USERS .........................................................................10 PRINTING ON OSX ................................................................................................10

ActivationorDemo?...................................................................................................12UsingtheOn­lineManual ..........................................................................................13ImportingChartData..................................................................................................14IntroductiontotheuseofGoravaniJyotish ........................................................17EnteringCharts .............................................................................................................17Howtousemainfeatures..........................................................................................19

LIST OF CHARTS....................................................................................................19 PLANET LIST .........................................................................................................19 DASHA LIST AND CONTROLS ................................................................................20 READINGS LIST .....................................................................................................20 TAGS.....................................................................................................................21 WHERE ARE PRINTOUTS........................................................................................22 ENTERING CHARTS BIRTH DATA ..........................................................................22 USING THE ATLAS.................................................................................................23 PRINTING SETS OF REPORTS ..................................................................................23 CHART SAVE OPTIONS..........................................................................................23 CUSTOMIZING THE PROGRAM ...............................................................................24 USING THE CHARTS LIST ......................................................................................24 HOW TO ACCESS CHARTS .....................................................................................26 CHART LIST CONTROLS ........................................................................................27

JyotishTrainingVideos..............................................................................................31FontProblemsinWindowsXP ................................................................................31AboutCallingUs............................................................................................................32Pricing..............................................................................................................................32Don’thavemultiplecopies .......................................................................................32AboutthebookCD .......................................................................................................32Aboutthecomingversion3......................................................................................33TechSupport­whatit’snot........................................................................................33

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What’sNew?Thefollowingarethekeychangesinthisversion2.5

1. BetterinstallersonbothMacintoshandWindows.RecognizesWindowsversions,moreeasilyinstallsonOSX,andotherthingsmakinginstallationandstartupsmoother.

2. Uninstallersonbothplatformsaswell3. Onbothplatforms,aniconisputonthedesktopforyou.

4. TheKPhoraryfeaturewasfixed.5. TheKPchartprintoutrespondstoyourfontsettingsnow.

6. ThebugonWindowswherethechartwassometimescoveredbyasquarehasbeenfixed.(Youcannolongerminimizethatwindowhowever)

7. Andthemainthing:ThePanchangandEntries/Exitsfeatureshavebothhadtheirdataextendedwellintothefuture.

8. “TheBackDoor”buttonwasmoved,sothosewhoweregiventhispreviouslywillnotimmediatelyhaveitagain.

Thefollowingwerekeychangesinthepreviousversion2.261. ACSAtlasonMacnow,integratedfullyinbothplatforms‐allfeaturesnow

alwaystime‐correctnomatterwhat.2. OnlineHelpthroughouttheprogramnow,withpicturesandrelated

articles.YouwillseeHelpbuttonsonmostwindows.3. Vastlyupgradedusermanualonlineinprogram,aswellasinAcrobat

form.4. Stretchablewindowsandcharts‐yes,thisisgreat,youcannowstretch

windows,andalmosteverythinggrows,soifyouhaveabigmonitorespecially,you’regoingtobereallyhappyaboutthis.

5. Improvedreadingwhenclickingplanetsonmainchartwindows:YoucannowgetreadingsforBhavaandNavamsacharts,andalltheotherVargacharts.

6. ClickandgetreadingsonStylesAandBnow.Previously,onStyleCwindowsonlycouldyouclickontheplanetsandgetreadingsrightthere.NowitworksonStylesAandBaswell.

7. WheelchartsonStylesAandB‐thoseofyouwholikewheelswillnowgetwheelsifyouchoosestylesAorB.

8. Moreartisticchartwindows‐youwilllovetheseportalstobeautyasyoustudychartsonthem.

9. Changefontandfontsizeonmosttextareassuchasreadings,onmostimportantwindows.

10. ImportsdatafromParashara’sLight.

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11. Characteristicsforallthefamouscharts.Wehadanassociategothroughallnow3,200famouschartsandaddatleastone,butsometimes2or3,“Characteristics”toeachchart.Characteristicsisafeaturethatwasalreadyinthesoftware,butisnowreallyuseablebecauseofthisaddition.Characteristicsareoneortwowordsthatdescribesomethingabouttheperson,usuallytheircareer,orthingstheyarefamousfor.Examples:PresidentClintonwouldget“President”aswellas“Politician”.PamelaLeeAndersonmightget“Model”and“SexSymble”.Iwouldgetprobably“Programmer”and“Astrologer”.Sointhisway,youcannowknow,withthisupgrade,thatallthefamouschartsincludedarenowsearchablebykeywordsasabove.Soyoucaninstantlygetlistsofchartsbasedonkeywordsforyourrevieworresearch.Youcanlooksatmodels,murderers,automakers,presidents,armyofficers,religiousleaders,IndianGurus,WHATEVER!....thereareatlastcountnearly600differentcategoriestochoosefrom.

12. Newfamouscharts,includingmorechartsofcurrentandrecentinterestmakingthetotalnow3,200people,alongwiththealreadyexistingroughly1000citiesandcountriesdatesofincorporationscharts.

13. LotsofBasicJyotishreferencetablesincludedinapopupwindowincludingtonsofinformationontheNakshatrastakenfrommanysources.

14. Youcannowrebuildthedataintheentries/exits(movements)featuretosuityourtasteinayanamsaanddaterange,youcanalsodothisbutinsteadoutputthedata,sonowyoucancreateanentries/exitstextfileforyourselecteddaterange/ayanamsa.

15. Youcannowadd/editcitiesintothebuiltinACSAtlas,includinglinkingthenewcitytoapre‐existingACStimetable.

16. YoucannowsetastandardcolorpalletteforthechartsonthemainchartwindowsstylesA,BandC.Youcansetthebackgroundcolorofcharts,thelines,andthesignsandplanetsglyphsallindividually,sothatJupiterisalwaysonecolor,Geminialwaysacertaincolor,andsoon.Youareabletochoosefromalargecolorarray.Youcansaveyoursettings,andtheywillalwaysbeused.

17. NowwhenyoumoveyourmouseoveraplanetinthechartonStylesAandByouaregiveninformationabouttheplanetinstantly.Ifyouclick,yougetquickreadings,andalsotheaspectsoftheplanetandit’slordshipswillblinkinthechartquiteclearly,showingyouwheretheplanetaspectsandlords.

18. TheRosterwindowfromVersion1wasaddedbacktoVersion2becausesomanyfolksmissedit’ssimplicityandsortingcapabilities.

19. Furthermore,onthe“Sort”menuthatappearsonchartwindowsStylesB,C,S,andaswellthe“ChartList”windowwhichisalwaysavailableunderthe“Main”menu,therehasbeenaddedsortsofthemainchartlist(presentonallthesewindowsandothers)bythePlanetsSigns,DegreesandHouses,andalsoapowerfulnew“ComplexSorts”menuline,whichpopsupawindowwhichallowsyoutobuildcomplexsortsfromallthe60orsoavailablefields.

20. Anewcolorreportwasadded.ThisoneisnicebecauseithaspicturesofRadha‐Krishna,VishnuandSivaonit.

21. ForthosewhousetheNorthernChartformatandliketousetheChandraLagnachart,thereisgoodnews.Youcannowsetanoptiononthe“OtherPrefs”windowwhichtellstheprogramtoprinttheChandraLagnachart

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insteadoftheBhavaonthemainchartprintouts(theone’sthatShowRasi,NavamsaandBhava).

22. IfyouenteraCity,StateandCountryforthechartsubject’s“CurrentResidence”onthe“Address/Note”window,thenthatcityyouenterthereisusedastheir“CurrentLocation”whenaccessingwindowslikeTransits,Panchang,andVarshaphal.

23. NumberHoraryor“KPHorary”wasadded.24. Similarly,butdifferent,isanewfeaturewhichallowsyoutosetthe

ascendantforacharttoanyexactpointinthezodiacthatyouenter.Thisisusefulforcreating“ChandraLagnaCharts”.

25. SiderealAsteroidswereadded.26. Advancedayanamsapreferencesandcontrolswereadded.Althoughyou

canignorethisnewfeaturecompletely,andtheprogramwillfeelnodifferentlytoyou,ifyouwanttonowyoucancontroltheayanamsasmuchmorecarefully.Weaddedtheabilityforyoutocontroltheinternalayanamsasettings‐enteringyourownfiguresforalltheayanamsasasyouwish.Besidesbeingabletosettheyearofalignmentandyearlyrateofprecession,youcanalsoentertablesofcheckpointdatesandayanamsas,orwhatI’vechosentocall“adjustmentdatesandayanamsas”‐whichareessentiallynothingmorethanadateandthecorrespondingayanamsaforthatdate.

27.CompleteTransitHitsfeature.Fullyconfigurable,widerange,manypointsofhitspotstotrack.Addyourownpointstoo.Ithinkthisisthemostawesometransithitsfinding,listing,andprintingfeaturethatonecanpossiblydreamof.

28.NewMoon,FullMoonsandEclipsesListingWindow.29.HinduMonthsinthePanchang,alongwithSunrisetimes,andanumberof

newwaystooutputPanchanginformation.

IfyouareUpgrading,ReadThis!Note:NewasofVersion2.5:Thisversion,2.5,nolongerover‐writesyourolddatafileaspreviousversionsdid,so,youcantendtothefollowingmatterlaterifyouwant.OnWindows,whatitdoesnowisRENAMEyourolddatafile,appendingtheword“old”toitsname.OntheMac,thefoldercreatednowisnotthesamenameastheoldone,so,youroldinstallationisnotoverwritten.Itisadvise‐ablehoweverthatyoudeletetheOmnis7outoftheoldfolder,soasnottohavetwooftheOmnis7iconsonyourMacintosh,whichcancreateproblems.ButyoucanandshouldleaveyouroldDatafileintheoldfolder,soyoucanaccessthechartsinitlater.Toswitchbetweendatafiles,youusethe“Change/SelectDatafile”commandundertheFilemenuinsidetheGJprogram.Inotherwords,youruntheprogram,thenyoupull

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downtheFilemenutothatline,andselecteitherdatafile,andasdetailedbelow,youcanexportandimportbetweendatafiles.Ifyouareupgrading,thenyouneedtoansweronequestion:DoyouhavechartsenteredinyourcurrentcopyofGoravaniJyotish,whichyoucouldnoteasilyre­enterintothenewversioneitherbecauseyou’veenteredmany,oryoudon’twanttohavetore­enterthem.IfyouanswerYEStothisquestion,thenyouneedtoexportthechartdatafromyourcurrentcopyofGoravaniJyotish,forimportationintothenewupgradedcopy.

Ifyoucaneasilyre‐enterthechartsyouhavecurrentlyentered,thendon’tbothwiththeexportandimportprocess.Butifyoudowanttosavesomecharts,thenyouhavetodotheexport/import.

Basically,theprocessgoeslikethis:Youexportthebirthdetailsforthechartsyoucurrentlyhaveentered.Thiscreatesa“textfile”onyourdisk(floppyorharddisk)whichcontainsthebirthdetailsforthechartsyouwanttosave.YoutheninstallthenewGoravaniJyotish,andafterit’srunning,youselectthe“Importcharts”featureandselectthefileofbirthdetailsyoucreated,andtheyarebroughtintothenewversion.It’sthatsimple,thoughittakesanumberofstepsasfollows.

ExportingChartsDataYoumaywishtowatchtheExpImp.exemovieaboutexportingandimportingchartsinthe“Movies”folderontheCD.Justdoubleclickonittoviewit.(Hopefullyyourmachinewillshowthemovieandplaythesoundforyou.Ifnot,sorry,wecan’tgetinvolvedindebuggingmachinesformultimediapurposes.Inthatcase,justcontinuewiththismanual‐it’scompletebyitself.)

Steps:

GointoyourcurrentcopyofGoravaniJyotish.Ifit’saversion1copy,gounderFiletoToolstoExportCharts.Thenselectthechartsyouwantfromthelist(youcanuse“Select

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All”undertheEditmenuifyouwantthemall).YoucanhighlightcertainonesbyholdingdowntheControlkey(onWindows)ortheCommandkey(onMac)andthenclickingonebyoneonthechartsyouwant.

or

Ifit’saversion2copy,thendothis:GototheFilemenu,thento“Export/Import”,andthenunderthepopoutmenuselect“ExportAllCharts”.

Onversion1,besuretoselect“BirthDetailsOnly”asthefileformat.Donotselect“Completechart”becauseimportingthatformatisnotavailableinVersion2andlaterofGoravaniJyotish.UseONLYthe“BirthDetailsOnly”format.Youwillthenbeallowedinbothcasestosaveatextfilecontainingthebirthdataforthechartsyouhaveselectedtoexport.Thisiswhatsucha“filesave”dialogwindowlookslike:

Noticethatyoucannamethefile,andthedefaultis“printfile”,whichismisleading.Renameit“Charts.txt”.

Important:Rememberwhereyouaresavingthisfile,andwhatyou’venamedit.TheTXTextensionisa

goodonetouseonWindowsmachines.Theimportantthingistorememberwhereyouareputtingit,andthenameyouaregivingit,orallowingittohave.Noticethattheabovewindowshowsyouwhatfolderanddriveyouareputtingthefileinandon.Simplytakegoodnoticeofthenamesitisshowingyou.YouWILLNEEDTOKNOWthisinformationlater.Sinceyouareexportingyourchartsfromanoldversion,there’sagoodchanceyouaregoingtowanttothrowoutthatoldversion,atleastafterthenewoneisrunningfineforyou.So,becarefulaboutputtingyourchartexporttextfileintheoldversionfolder,asitmaygetthrownoutwiththerestofthefolder,shouldyoudothatlater.It’sjustathought‐thinkaboutwhereyouaresavingit.Puttingitonafloppyisagoodideaifyou’reunsurewheretoputit.

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SothatcoversgettingyourchartsOUTOFyouroldcopy.AfteryouhaveinstalledthenewversionofGoravaniJyotish,youcanthenimportthosechartsintothenewversion.Sonowgetthenewprograminstalled,andwhenit’sworkingnormally,useit’sImportMenulineasdetailedlaterinthisbooklet.

MoviesontheCDTherearetrainingmoviesontheCDinthe“Movies”folder.Openthatfolderanddoubleclickonthemovies.Thereisalisttherealsowhichtellsyouwhateachmoviecontains.Doubleclickonthelistcalled“Movies.txt”.Therearemoviescoveringinstallation.Youcanwatchthembeforedoingthefollowinginstallationtogetacquaintedifyoulike.YoucanalsowatchtheExpImp.exemovieaboutexportingandimportingcharts.

InstallingGJonMSWindows(allversions)ForMacintosh,seethenextsection.

1.RunInstall.exeontheGoravaniJyotishCD

Select“Run”undertheStartmenu,thentypeD:\INSTALLintothe“Run”window.(useyourCDletterifitisn’tD,ie,tryEifDdoesn’twork)or,justopentheCDanddoubleclickonINSTALL.EXE.Open“Mycomputer”thentheCD,thenInstall.

Nowbepatientandwaitfortheinstallertocomeup!

3.ThenapprovetheC:\GorJyoV2destination.(It’sbest)

4.ThenapprovetheGoravaniGroupStartMenuProgramsGroup.

5.ItwillthenrunthroughtheinstallationofGJ.

6.Rebootaftertheinstallerfinishes.Thiswillactivateyourfonts.

9.RuntheprogrambytheicononyourdesktoporfromtheStartmenu,toPrograms,toGoravaniGroup,toGJ2.5

10.Ifyouget"Change/SelectDatafile"(ifitcomesup)selectData_Med.df1.DoNOTcreateanewdatafile(itwontwork!)Mostwillnotbeaskedto“ChangeDatafile”‐thiswindowwillnotappearusually.

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11.Ifademo,click“RuninDemoMode”.Ifyoupurchasedtheprogram,clicktheactivatebutton,andthencallforanactivationcode(orusee‐mailasdescribedontheactivationwindow)..Ifwesentyouaseparatesheetforself‐activation,followthoseinstructionsinstead‐they’rebetterthansending/callingforacode.

12.You'rein‐enjoytheprogram.Besuretoreadthemanual.

13.Ifthefontslookwrongonthewindowsintheprogram,i.e.,theylooktoolargeandoverruntheirallottedlocationsandboxes,ordon’tlookliketheydidinoldversions,etc.,then,itmaybethattheyfontsdidnotgointothesystemcorrectly.WehavenoticedthisbehavioronXP.Ifso,openyoursystemfontsfolderthroughSetup,DisplayControlPanel,andseeAccujen,Accumon,andAccushi.Theseareour3mainfontsbesides“Jyotish”whichdoesn’tsufferthisproblem.Simplyhighlightthethreefontsbeginningwith“Accu”,thendoacut,thenapaste.Thiswillcutthemoutofthefontsfolder,thenpastethembackin.ThiswillcauseWindowstorunit’sOWNfontinstalleruponthem,whichtendstofixtheproblem.

14.See“ActivationorDemo”followingtheMacintoshinstructions.

InstallingGJontheMacintoshThisinstallerworkson68000machines(oldones),PPCmachines,andthelatestG3,4,5machines,andsystems8throughOSXincludingPanther,asofthetimeofthiswriting.ItmaywellworkonlaterversionsofOSXalso.

Becausethefolderhasanewname,itwillnotreplaceyouroldfolder.Soyourdatafilewillstillbethere.Youcanexportyourchartsfromitandimportthemintothisversion.Youmayhaveproblemsifyouleaveyouroldfolderonyoursystemhowever.IwoulddeleteitexceptfortheDatafilecontainedinsideit.Keepthattogetyouroldcharts.YoucanlogintothatdatafilefromthenewprogrambygoingundertheFilemenuto"Selectdatafile".Thenexportthecharts.Thenlogbackintothenew"Datafile"insidethenewGJ2.5folder,andimportthechartfileyoujustcreated.

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SpecialNotesforOSXUsersOthers,skipdownto“Installing”

ThisversionofGoravaniJyotish,2.5,runsinClassicmodeofOSX.SoyouhavetohaveSystem9installedonyourmachine,forClassicmodetooperate.Thisismostlikelythecasealready.YounolongerneedapatchforOSXwiththisversion.It'sbeenpre‐applied.

Iamworkingonthenewversion,whichisOSXnative.Iambringingitoutstill,andI'mcloserthanever(asofthiswriting).Eventuallythiswillbeoldinformation.Imayalreadybeoutwithitasyoureadthis(writtenOctober2004)OnOSX,theinstallerplacesthe“GoravaniFonts”,whichareFontsneededfortheprogramtoappearcorrectly,inanunusuallocation.ItputsthemintheFontsfolderassociatedwiththecurrentuser.OnOSX,eachuserhasanidentity,evenifyouaretheonlyuseronthecomputerandyouneverhaveto“login”,youstillhavea“user”folder.Inthisfolder,orinanyuser’sfolder,isaFontsfolder.ThisiswheretheGoravaniFontsareinstalled.Thisworks,andthefontswillbeavailableforGJtouse.Themainfontsfoldersaresomewhat“offlimits”toinstallers,andIwasn’tabletomakethatwork,soIhadtogoforthisoptioninstead.Thisparagraphisjustlettingyouknowthis.There’snothingyouneedtodoaboutthis.

PrintingonOSXBesuretologintoyourclassicversion,bootfromsystem9orjustgointoclassicmode,andseeifyoucanprintfromotherprogramsthere.Makesurethatyourprinterisvisibleinthesystem9chooser.Youmayhavetoinstallprintdrivers,orgetprintdrivers,foryourprinterforsystem9,andmakesuretheyarevisibleinthechooser,andselected,andthenmyprogramhasabetterchanceofbeingabletoprint.

Installing

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InserttheCD,openit,andruntheInstallerontheCD.

ThereareacouplewindowsthatarestandardthatyouclickOKon.MuchofwhatiswrittenonthefirstwindowIrepeathere.Thesecondwindow,the“License”isforhumorpurposesmainly.ThenawindowappearsthatyoujustclickContinueon.Ifyouwanttouninstall,youcangoto“Custom”andselectthat.Butifyouareinstalling(thenormalcase),justclickContinueorInstallorGoorOK,whateverthepositivebuttoninthelowerrightcorneris.Also,whenthewindowpicturedbelowappears,it'sonlyaskingyouwheretoputthesoftware.DONOTclickthe"newfolder"button.Youdon'tneedto.Justhilitethedisk,orfolder,withinwhichyouwantittoplaceafolderitwillcreatecalledGJ2.5.

Sojusthiliteyourdisk,andafolderwithinyourdisk,andthencontinue.

AlthoughthisistheOSXversionofthewindow,thoseofyouonSystem8or9willgetasimilarwindow,andshouldheedthesameadvice.

Afterthis,itjustinstallstheprogram.Ifyougetanerror,onOSX,it’sbecauseyoudidn’tunlocktheSystemyet.ReadaboveaboutOSXforhowtohandlethat.

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Attheendoftheinstallationitshouldcomeupwithadialogthatsays“Installationwassuccessful”.Thisinstallerwillputanicononyourdesktop.Justdoubleclickittostarttheprogram.It’sagreenballthatsays“GoravaniJyotish2.5”.

ActivationorDemo?Theprogramwillpresentyouwithawindowwhichchecksifyouareademouser,orsomeonewhohaspurchasedtheprogramandneedstheiractivationcode.Ifyouareviewingthedemoonly,thenclickthe“RuninDemoMode”button.Ifyouhavepurchasedtheprogramandwanttoactivateitnow,thenclickthatbutton.Youwillhavetocallore‐mailusforthecode.Readthewindowthatappearsformoreinformationonthisprocessandthebesttimesandstrategiesforactivation.

Theprevious"BackDoor"isnolongerwhereitusedtobe.Userswillhavetoaskforactivationcodes,orthenewbackdoor,andinbothcases,besuretofullystatewhoyouarewiththenameyoupurchasedtheprogramwith.Idoneedtotrytoprotectmyselffrompiratingofmyprogram.Thanksforunderstanding.

Youwillthencometothe"MainCharts"window,whichisthemainwindowoftheprogram.

TheMainChartWindowStyleAThewindowshownhereisthemainwindowyouworkfrom.It’seasy‐clickNewtoenteranewchart,doubleclickonachartinthelisttobringitup,add

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chartstothelist(likesearchthefamousfile)byusingtheOpenChartsbutton.

UsingtheOn­lineManualThenewAcrobatformaton‐lineUserManualwillappeartoyouonscreeninanAcrobatwindowlikethisone:

Noticethetableofcontentsontheleft.Whenyouclickthelinesthere,ittakeyoutothatsectionrightaway.Youcanalsoleafthroughthepagesinanysection,inorder,oneatatime,asyouwoulddowhenreadingthemstraightthrough.Acrobatisprofessional,andeasytouse.Ihopeyouenjoyandgetmuchbenefitfromthisnewformat.IMPORTANT:Noticeintheabovepicture,thatacoupleofthetrianglesontheleftarepointingdown,revealingindentedsubdirectoriesunderthem­DOTHAT­clickthosetrianglestoseetheseindentedsubdirectories,oryou’llmissoutonhugesectionsofimportantonlineinformation!Saidagain:Noticethetrianglesonsomeofthetableofcontentsentriesatleftintheabovepicture.Byclickingontheseonce,theyrotateopenorclosed.Whenopen,theydisplaythesubtitlesthatresidewithinthem.Thisisahierarchicaltableofcontentsin

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otherwords.Sobesuretoclickthesearrowsopentoseewhat’sunderthem.Tousetheon‐linemanual,justselectitfromStart,ordoubleclickonit’sicon.Youcanviewitonscreen,andfromthereyoucanprintitout.ItisformattedforstandardAmericanLetterSizepaper(8.5by11inches).Ifyouprintittoacolorprinter,thenthecolorscreenshotswillprintincolor,whichisnicerthanblackandwhite.

Thereareanumberofotherfilesforyoutoreadandstudy.You’llfindJyotishinstruction,andspiritualmatters,whichmayormaynotinterestyou.Therearesomeinteresting,neverbeforepublishedtablesofvargasandkarakas,andotherthings,containedinthosefiles.Youmightwanttospendsometimecheckingitout.

ImportingChartDataThissectionassumesthatyouhaveexportedchartsintoafile,andthatyouknowwherethatfileislocatedandwhatthefileiscalled,eitheronyourharddiskoronafloppy.

SelectundertheFileMenutheExport/Importlinethento“ImportCharts”.Youwillthenseethefollowingwindow:

Selecttheappropriatebutton.IfyouarebringinginchartsfromaVersion1.xcopyofGoravaniJyotish,thenselectthetopbutton,whichisalreadyselectedprobably,becausethatisforVersion1filecompatibility.Ifyouare

bringinginchartsfromacopyofGoravaniJyotishVersion2.x,thenselectthenextbuttondown,whichgivescompatibilitywithVersion2chartfiles(version1and2havedifferentformats).

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Thenclickthe“Proceed”button.YouwillthengettwomessagestowhichyousimplyclickOKafterreadingthem.Youarethenfacedwiththestandardfileselectiondialogwhichlookslikethisorwhateveryouroperatingsystemshows(thesethingschange):

Thefunctionistotonavigateonyourdisk(s)tofindthefilethatyoupreviouslysavedcontainingthechartdata.Youhavetousethebuttonsandmenusonthisorsimilarwindowtofindthechartfileyoupreviouslysavedfromthe

oldversion.Oncefound,openit.Youwillthencometotwowindowswhosepurposeistoverifythatthechartdataappearstobecomingincorrectly.Yousimplylookatthetopwindow,thengiveyourOKonabuttononthebottomwindow:

Thetopwindowshowsthefirstchart.Ifthedataappearstobeliningupwiththecorrectfieldlabels,thenyouclick“Import”.

Theprogramwillthenquicklyimportthecharts,afterwhichthe

processisdifferentdependingonifyouarebringinginaversion1orversion2file.Ifthefollowingwindowsappear,youcanfollowalong.Ifit’sdifferent,justfollowalongwiththepromptsastheypresentthingstoyou.

Onthiswindowyouhighlightallthechartsyouwant.Youcanclickonceinthelistandthendo“SelectAll”undertheEditmenutohighlightthewholelist.OryoucanCommand/Controlclickondifferentonestoselectvariouslines.

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Onceyouhavethechartsyouwanttosaveallhighlighted,youclickthebutton“SaveSelectedCharts”,whichwillactuallyputthemintothechartsfile.Youwillbeaskedtoconfirmthisaction,justclickYES.Afteritisfinisheddoingthat,youwillgetamessagelikethis:

Despitewhatitsays,someoftheMainChartWindowoptions,includingthedefault,donothavethebuttonitisreferringto.Ifyourmainchartwindowthatappearshasa“Calc”button,thenthatiswhatthisisreferringto.Youcanclickthatbuttontocalculateallthe

chartsjustimported.Thisappliestobothversions:

Calculatingthemallnowisonewaytogo.Youcanalsonowjustforgetaboutthemuntilyouneedthemnexttime,atwhichpointyoucouldcalculatetheoneyouneed.Thechartshavenowbeenimportedandtheyresideinthechartsfile,buttheyare“birthdataonly”rightnow,untilyoucalculatethem.So,ifinthefuture,youdoubleclickononeoftheminthechartslistandyetachartfailstoappear,thenitsimplymeansthatyouneedtocalculatethatchartfirst.AnytimeyouneedtodothisjusthighlightthechartandclickCalc,ortheCalculatorbutton,orclickEditandre‐savethechart(samething).

IfyouhavefollowedtheseinstructionscarefullythenyouhaveexportedyourchartsfromoneversionofGoravaniJyotishandimportedthemintoanothersuccessfully.Ifyouhavenothadsuccessatitforsomereason,thencarefullyconsiderthefollowing:Ifyoureallycareaboutthesecharts,eithermakesureyoukeepthechartfileyoucreated,or,ifyouareunsureifyouevendidthatcorrectly,bettersavetheoldversionoftheDatafileuntilyoucancarryoutthisprocessfully.

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IntroductiontotheuseofGoravaniJyotishIt’sallabout“thechart”,or“thegroupofcharts”.Whenyouenterachartandareviewingit,orwhenyou“pullupachart”bydoubleclickingonitinalistofsavedcharts,youareinbothcasesviewingthecurrentchartinmemory.Mostotherfeaturesfeedoffthischart,usuallyshowingsomethingastrologicalaboutthatchart.Thisisnatural,whenyou’re“onachart”thenallwindowsapplytoit.Otherfeaturesdealwiththecurrentlyselectedgroupofcharts,likebycomparingthemtoeachotherforexample.

Enteringchartsisaseasyasselecting“New”underfileorclickingoneofthe“Newbuttons”.YouthenenterthebirthdataandclickOK.It’sthatsimple.Thereareoptions,sure,butthemainordefaultbeginnersflowofusecanbequitesimple.Pleaselearnthesimplebeforeyougooffintothecomplex.LearnhowtoclickNew,enterachart,clickOK,letitcalculateandappear,andthenmaybeselectareporttoprint,thengoontoopeningotherfeaturewindowsandcruisingaroundtheprogram.Mostlyastrologyisjustaone‐entrykindofthing‐youenterchartsonce‐youdon’thavetodoalotofdataentryafterthat‐it’smostlyaboutopeningwindowsorprintoutsthatshowinterestinginformation,whichyouthenponderetc.,andpossiblyspeakabout.Socruisingwindowsisabigpartofit.

EnteringChartsOnceyou’reallinstalled,gointotheprogram.PulldownFiletoNew,notethecontrolkey,whichisN,useitinthefuture.Thenewchartwindowappears.Typeinthefirstname,tab,lastname,tab,birthdate,tab,andsoon.

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BirthDates:Whenyouenterdates,it’sfairlyflexible‐youcanuse10/12/1992orOctober121992,or10‐12‐92etc.Tryyourdesiredstyle,itwillprobablyunderstandit.Samewithtime‐justgiveitashot,thoughwhatit’sgoingtochangethingstoislike10/12/1992andmilitarytimelike13:50:00for

1:50PM.Notethatthe“European”dateformatisanoptionunderPrefsMenu(seetopofyourscreenwhenintheprogram)under“Othervariousprefs”.

DSTWhenyougettoDST/WT,don’tenteranything,asitwillbedoneforyouwhenyoutaboutoftheCountryfield.

EntertheCity,State(ifany),thenCountry,andTAB.Tabtoleavethecountryfield.TheAtlaswillbeaccessedautomatically,andtheotherlongitude,latitude,timezone,andpossiblytheDSTfieldshouldallfillinbythemselves.Ifnot,thentypejustthefirsttwolettersofthecityname,andputinthecountry,andtab‐you’llgetalistofcitiesthatstartthatway,inthatcountry,andthenyoucanselectone.

BasicChartEntryChecklist:SoaftertheAtlashasbeenaccessedandfilledin,youshouldhavethebasicsnowfullyentered:

● NAME ● DATE ● TIME

● LONGITUDE● LATITUDE ● TIMEZONE

● ACCURATEZEROORONEINDST/WT

✈ thedescriptionandnotefieldsareoptionalAfterthebasicsarecorrect,youjustclicktheOKbutton.OKwillcalculatethechartfully,andfindthereadingsthatapplytoit,

These are thefields you enterbasic birth datainto. Type eachvalue then TAB

Description isoptional-use it forcareer names or

notoriety keywordslike “actor”,

“astrologer”, etc.

Later, you can set upyour favorite groups ofreports and then youcan print them directlywhen entering newcharts

These other Save Typebuttons you can learnabout later. At first, youmay just want to use theOK button which givesyou a good, default setof calculated and savedfeatures to learn with.

NT users need toclick this buttonto paste in atlasdata if using the

ACS atlas windowin tandem with GJ

Enter a noteoptionally, thefield holds hugenotes. It willalways bestored with thechart, and isexported andimported in V2.1and later- so it’ssafe- use itfreely. You candrag and dropfrom the wordprocessor tohere, so that, ifyou write them aletter, you couldput it in here ifyou wish.

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andthendisplaythefinishedcharttoyouonthemainchartwindow.Youcantakeitfromthereinmanydirectionsbyaccessingfeatures‐cruisingtheliststhatareonthemainwindow,andsoon.Besuretotryeverything.Clickonbuttons,anddouble‐clickonlists.Someofthemthendothingsforyou.Trythemenustoo!

HowtousemainfeaturesThesearesomeofthemainthingsyou’llseeintheprogramondifferentwindows.Sothisisyourmapofcrittersthatwillappear:ListofChartsThereisalwaysalistofcharts.Youcancontrolwhoseinit.Youcansavelistsandbringthemuplater.Youcansearchforandbringfamouspeople’schartsandthoseofcitiesandcountriesintothelist.Youdoubleclickonachartinthelisttobringitup.Ifyoubringupachartandthere’snothingthere,useEditandSaveorCalctoCalculatethechart.Remember,doubleclickinthislist.

PlanetListOnceachartiscalc’dandsaved,itwillhaveaplanetlist,whichshowstheexactplacewhereeachplanet

wasforthechart,andmanyotherthingspertinenttotheplanets.ThislistACTUALLYCONTAINSABOUT10DIFFERENTLISTSthatyoucanleafthroughoneafteranother,eachwithit’sownlistofsomekeyastrologicalpoints.Usethecontrolonthetopofthelisttoleafthroughtheotherlistswhichwillshowhere.USETHESELISTS!Forexample,findtheonewith“velocities”onit.Ifaplanetismovingslow,likelessthan.5normalspeed,it’seffectsbecomestrengthened­whatevertheymaybe.Checkitout.

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DashaListandControlsOnceachartiscalc’dandsaved,itwillhaveadashalist.TheseareVimshottaridashas,themostpopularandcommonlyusedtype.Thestartdatesandperiodlordsareshowninthelistalongwiththeperson’sage.

TakesyoutoCurrent,BirthorEntereddates.

Showsthismanylevelsofdasha.

Switchbetweenthedisputeddashayearlength.

Createdashalistsfromotherplanets/cusps.

Scrollsthelisttoselectedbhuktiquickly.

ReadingsListWhenyousaveachart,youcansavealistofreadingswithitalso.Readingsareplacementsofplanets,sometimeswithanassociated“yoganame”,sothislist

showsyouthetagsrepresentingtheplacementitself,andtheyoganameisshown.Ifyouclickonalineinthislist,thetextofthereadingwillappearinanadjacentlittlesquareonthesamewindow.Youcanmovetheverticaldividerlinetoshowmoreorlessinformation.Asyousavecharts,ifyou“SaveLinks”withthem,thentheWhobuttonwillworkbyshowingyouwhoelsehasthesamereadingsasyouclickthroughthemonthe“Who”window.(foruserswhowanttoseriouslystudythetrueeffectsofreadingsonmultiplechartsforpersonstheyknowwell.Thisisthekeytolearningtoreadeffects.)

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TagsThroughouttheprogramthesetagsareused.TheyareshorthanddescriptionsofJyotishfactsaboutthechart.Theyareembeddedintothechartintheinternalattributesfield,andsavedwiththechart.Thereareover3,000savedwitheachchart.Theyareusedtoselectreadings.Readingsrequirecertainplacements‐example,

“Jupiterin9inSagittarius

andVenusinAries”‐ifareadingrequiredthesethings‐thenwewouldhavetaggeditthisway:/JUPIN9/ARIIN1/VENIN1/whichisavariationoftheoriginalEnglishstatement.Whenyousavereadingswithachart,theprogramcomparesthetagseachreadingrequires,andiftherequiredtagsarefoundinthesubjectchart’stags,thenthechartgetsthatreading.Inthisway,eachchartendsupwithanassortmentofreadingsthatapplytothatchart.Onceyoulearnthetagshorthand,youcanreadthetagsveryfast‐it’smoreefficientbyfarthanplainEnglishforthispurpose.

ThesebuttonsaccompanytheplanetList.Thefirsttwoaremenus‐pullthemdownandselectlineswhichwillshowyouimportantinformationabouttheperson’splanets.Thenexttwograybuttonspointinginoppositedirectionsrotatethelistthroughthepossiblechoicesoneatatime,likeflippingthroughthepagesofabook.Besuretousethisfeature,it’sveryimportant(someofthelists)ifyouaregoingtolearnJyotishseriously.Forexample,oneofthelistsshowsyouthespeedstheplanetsweretravelingatwhenthischartoccurred.Ifaplanetisslow,itismorepowerful.Thisonelistisveryimportantforseeingthis.Andthere’smore...

TheseothertwobuttonsappearintheplanetlistonStyleAChartWindowsand

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theypullupalistingoftheshadowplanets,orupaGrahas(non‐materialplanetsdiscussedintheclassics),andanimportantwindowwhichisalistingofhowcloseplanetsaretothecentersofthehousesusingboththeSripatiandEqualhousesystems.

Here’stheFeatures!!!

IfyouuseStyleAChartwindows,thenyouwillseethisbutton.ItleadstoallthemanyFeatureWindowstheprogramoffers.

WherearePrintoutsIfyouuseStyleAChartwindows,thenyouhavethe

PRINTbutton‐itbringsupawindowfullofbuttons,thatleadtoallthemanyreportsandprintoutstheprogramoffers.

EnteringChartsBirthDataThesefieldsappearwhenyouenteranewchart.Tabtomovethroughthem.Typedataintothem.Thedateandtimefieldsautoformatthemselvesacceptingquitearangeofentrystylesincludingnumbersornamedmonths,variousabbreviations,the

useofAMandPMormilitarytime.Inotherwords,they’resmartfields.Thedescriptionfieldisoptional,butifyouuseit,useitformaindescriptionsofthepersonsuchas“Politician”,“Writer”,etc.Mostlyitisusedforcareerornotorietyissueswhenitisusedwiththeincludedfamouscharts.TheDST/WTfieldisforenteringa1ifdaylightsavingtimeorwartimewason.Enternon‐adjustedclockonthewallbirthtimesinthebirthtimefield‐thenentera1inDSTifitwason‐andtheprogramwilladjust.On

timezones,they’realwayspositive‐theprogramknowsit’sEast(anegativetimezone)fromtheWest/Eastradiobuttonslower

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downonthewindow.Sodon’ttrytoenternegativetimezones.Maleandfemaleselectiononlyaffectssomereadingswhicharetaggedonlyforonesexortheother,especiallythereareanumberofreadingsjustforwoman.

UsingtheAtlasEntertheCity,State(ifUSorCanadaONLY),Country,ANDTHENTABandthedataappears.Builtin250,000cityatlas,with

completetimechangeinformation.YoumusttaboutoftheCountryfield.Rememberthat!Tosearch,type2lettersofthecity

only,thentheCountryandTAB.You’llgetalist.Thenclickone.

PrintingsetsofreportsYoucancreatesetsofreports,choosingfromthelargemasterlist.Youthenseeyoursetsavailableonvariouswindows,

suchasnewchartentry,andmultichartcalculation,andmultichartentry.Whereveryouenterorcalculatecharts,thereyoufindthisoption.Itisforprintingoneormorereportsautomaticallywhenthesavefinishes.

TypesofSavesofCharts

Youcansaveachartwithmoreorlessinformationcalculatedandsaved.TherearemanycalculationsthatGJcanperformonachartwhenyouenteritandsaveit.GJgivesyoucontroloverwhichthingsarecalculated.Ifyoujustwantthebasics,whywaitfortheFullcalculation.So,Quickoffersyoujustthebasics,whereasFullcalculateseverythingaboutthechart.

ChartSaveOptionsThesearethebuttonsavailabletoyouafterenteringchartbirthdata.Theseareyour“SaveOptions”.

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TheOKbuttonisthenormalchoice.ItsavesthechartwithallJyotishcalculations,savesthereadingsandresearchattributetags.Theotheroptionalbuttonssaveotherarrangementsofthesekeycomponents.Quicksavesjustthebasics,FulladdsadvancedJyotishcalculationsontopofthebasics,andFullw/EssentialsavesthechartwithallJyotishcalculations,andtheresearchattributetags.

WhoshouldSaveAttributes

Attributesarealsocalledtags.Theseareover3,000smallstringsoftextoptionallysavedwiththechartrecord.Theyareusedtogatherthereadings,andtheyareusedintheComparingchartsfeature.IfyouaskforReadingsalongwithachartwhensaving,butyoudon’taskfortheattributestobesaved,theyarecalculatedanyway,thenusedtogatherthereadings,thenflushedbeforethechartrecordisactuallysavedtodisk.Thosewhowanttocomparechartsshouldsavetheattributes,andsomayusethisbuttonforthispurposeiftheydon’twantthereadings.

CustomizingtheProgramGJcanbecustomizedanumberofways.Thecustomizationispowerfulandcomprehensive.YoucanusetheColorPickertocolorizemostobjectsonmostwindows,choosingfromalargecolorpalette.Soyoudon’thavetoacceptthewaythewindowslook.Rememberthat.Then,youcanfullyshape,sizeandmanipulatetheChartWindowobjectsonChartStyleB.Furthermore,Europeanuserscanswitchthedateformattotheirwayofputtingthedayfirst.Youcanalsomovewindows,stretchthem,thensavetheirplacementssothatwindowopenwhereyouwantthem,andhowbigyouwantthem.Sobetweencolorizing,windowplacements,andafullyshape‐ablemainwindow,theprogramisfairlyflexiblein“personalization”.

UsingtheChartsListLikeallastrologyprograms,chartsareenteredasjustanameandbirthdetails.However,whenyouSavethechartyouareentering,

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GJ(theprogramGoravaniJyotish)calculatesmanythingsaboutthatchartandsavesthosethingsalongwiththebirthdata.So,thesavedchartrecordismuchlargerthanjustbirthdetails.(Alegendofsavedrecordsizescanbefoundneartheendofthemanualasoneoftheappendices).

Allsuchchartrecords,enteredandsavedintheprogram,arestoredinonelargebucket,whichisinternallyknownsimplyas“thechartsfile”.Youhavetoseparateandsearchthemoutoftherewhenyouneedthem.Onewaytodothat,isjusttotypepartofaname,hittab,andlettheprogrampullthoseupforyou.Otherwaysareavailablebyclickingsomebuttons.

Onthewindowsyouuseintheprogram,thechartsarefirstdifferentiatedfromeachbybeinggroupedintooneoffour,namely,1.Charts,2.Famous,3.Archiveand4.Mundane

Chartsiswhereallthechartsyouentergo

Famouscontains3,200famouspeople’sbirthdataArchiveiswhereyoucansendchartstoarchivethem

Mundaneholds1,000cityandcountrybirthdata’sYouwillseethesebuttonsonwindows:

Thesefourclassificationsdeterminewhichchartstheothersearchfunctionswillaccess.Thisisthe“primarykey”whendoingallchartsearches.GJmakesmanagingchartsingroupsverypossibleandeasytodo.Butwiththatpowercomesthepricetagoflearninghowtousesomethingmorethanonelargelistofcharts,whichiswhatGJhadinversion1,andwhatmanyotherprogramsstilluse.Don’tbeputoffbythecontrolsplease.PreviouslyIhadasimplelist‐allyourcharts,allthetime,nocontrols.Manyusersaskedfor“groupingofcharts”,soIgiveyou“savingchartlists”and“groupingbycharacteristic”assolutions.Thenthere’stheissueofprovidingyouwithahugelistoffamouscharts.Soalongcamethepowerandfeaturestodoitall.NowI

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encourageyouseriouslytolearnhowtousethesemanyfeaturesandbethusaheadofthecurveofthosewhoarenotgiftedwiththeabilitytostudyandfocus.

Whenaccessingcharts,youaregivenvariousbuttonsandsearchfeaturessothatyoucanpullupexactlythechartyouarelookingfor,whetherit’soneyou’veentered,orsomeofthefamouschartsincludedwiththesoftware.MainPoint:Toaccessyourcharts,youneedonlyhave“Charts”checked.Ifyouwantyoursearchtoapplytothefamouscharts,youneedtohave“Famous”checked.

HowtoAccessChartsYouwillneedthisasahandyreference,sopleasekeepthefollowingtablearoundwhilelearningtheprogram.Thechartscontrolsmaylookdifferentondifferentwindows,buttheyfunctionthesame.Herearethetwowaysthechartcontrolarelikelytoappear.Thisisthe“OpenCharts”windowthatappearsovermainwindowstyleA:

AndthisisthecontrolthatappearonotherMainChartWindows:

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Eitherway,thefunctionsimilarly.Lookforthebuttonsandotherobjectsinthetablebelowandreadabouttheirfunctionality.Youcanreferbacktothisforguidanceasyoubegintousetheprogramandwishtoaccesscharts.

ChartListControls

Thesearetheprimaryfilterswhenfindingcharts.Select“Charts”foryourchartsandalsocheckfamousifyouwanttocheckthatfilewhensearching.Ifyoudon’twantfamous,uncheckit.Theseaffectallothersearches.Inotherwords,ifChartsisn’tchecked,nomatterwhatyoudo,yourchartswillnotappear.

Thisisthelistofcharts.Thebuttonsareforsortingthecolumns.Thereisonlyonesuchchartlistin

memoryatatime,butyoucansavechartlistsandpullthemuplater.Thechartlistissavedwhenyouquit,andwillreappearwhenyoucomebackin.Doubleclicktoloadachart.Youshouldenduphavingaveryeasytimegettingexactlythechartsyouwant.Afterlearningthesefeatures,youwillbeabletomanageyourchartseasily.Youshouldbeabletosearchforpeoplewithcertainplacements,thenaftercheckingthemout,pullyourmainlistofchartsrightbackontoscreenforyourusualwork,thendepartagainfromtheusualpullingupsomechartsthatapplytosomequestionthatjustcrossedyourmind,thenmomentslateragainyou’rebackwhereyouwere.DoyougetwhatI’msayinghere?Itshouldendupbeinganeasyandfastexperience,butonlyafterlearningwhatthecontrolsalldo.

Thisisaplacewhereyoucanputchartsyouwanttokeep,butwishtomoveoutofyourway‐getthemoutofthemainchartsfile.It’saholdingbin.YouassignchartstothisbyusingtheRe‐FilebuttonfoundonmostoftheMainChartwindowsincludingstylesC,B,S.

Thisisafileofchartsforholdingchartspertainingtono‐livingthingssuchascities,

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countries,andthelike.Ithas1,000citiesandcountriesbirthdata’salreadyincludedforyourstudy.

Whenchecked,thisindicatesthatyouwantyournextsearchtoreplacethecurrentlist.

Whenchecked,thisindicatesthatyouwantyournextsearchtoaddtothecurrentlistofcharts.

Thisisthenametypingfield.Enterpartsofnames.Forexample,gor(tab)willbringupAlGore,DasGoravani,GordenLightfoot(assumingtheFamefileischecked).Theprogramuseswhatyoutypeheretosearchbothfirstandlastnames.Longerentriesnarrowthesearch.Typeonlyonename‐DONOTtypefirstandlast‐onlyoneoftheother.TABKEYafteryoutype.

Thisbuttonissimple‐itlistsonlychartsfromthechartsfile‐itautomaticallyexcludestheother3files,namely,famous,mundaneandarchive.Ittakesonly“charts”filecharts,andliststhemallwithoutexception.So,it’saneasywaytogetatallyourstuffrightnow.

Youcanassigncharacteristicstoyourcharts,suchasthewordsshownatleft.Youenterthewords,thenyouassigneachwordtoanychartanytimeyouwant.Asyouenteryourfamilymembers,youcanassign“family”tothemifyouwish.Youcansetupasmanycharacteristicsasyoulikeandassignthemtowhoeveryoulike.Whydothis?Simple:Youcanpullupchartsby

characteristic.So,atleftnoticeI’veselectedFamilyonthemenu‐nowreadbelow:

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IthengetalistofmyfamilymembersbecauseI’velinkedthemallbysimplyassigning“family”toeachoneofthem.Assigningcharacteristicsthereforeisagoodideabecauseitallowsyoutosuddenlyandeasilybringupalist

ofchartsthatshareanattributeamongstthemselves‐anythingyouthinkof‐nobodywillknowwhatwordsyouenterintoyourprogram‐goaheadandcallyourfriendsandrelativeswhateveryouwant!ThenyoucanbringupagroupandrunaComparisonresearchrunonthemtofindoutwhattheyallshareastrologically.

etc...Thesearesortbuttons.Theysimplysortthelistofcharts.Alsoseethe“Sort”menuonsomewindows.

ThesearethecontrolbuttonscoveredbelowasfoundontheStyleBChartwindow,whichisthecustomizableone.Despitetheirsmallsizeandbrief

wording,theyareineverywaythesamebuttonsthatIamabouttocoverbelow,andIthinkyoucantellwhichoneiswhichonceyouarefamiliarwiththeconceptsofwhattheselistcontrolsdo.

Thisallowsyoutonameandsavethecurrentlistofcharts.Sayyoutook

timetobuildalistofallyourfavoritefamousfolks.Onceyou’vebuiltthelist,whatdoyoudotopreservethatwork?Savethelist.Nameit“FavoriteEntertainers”anditwillalwaysbethereforyou.Use“OpenSavedList”toretrieveandusethislistatanytimelater.

Thisopenslistsofchartsyou’vesavedsothatyoucanusethemagain.Seethenotejustabove.

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Theseallthesamebutton.Itpopsupalargewindowwithsearchchoicespertainingtocharts.Youcansearchforchartsbymostbasicplanetaryplacementsincludinghouse,signsandnakshatras,aswellasmanyotherthings.It’sapowerfulwaytosearchforanlistcharts.Goahead,findoutwhichfamouspeoplehavethesameMoonasyourself(oranyotherplanet,ascendant,midheaven,andmore....

Thisbuttonlistsallthecharts.IfyouhaveChartschecked,thenyougetallyourcharts,ifyouhaveFamouscheckedthenyougetallthefamouscharts,whichcantakeafewminutestoload,andextramemory.

Thislistsyourrecentlyenteredchartsorthelastgroupoffamouschartsenteredifyouhavethatfilecheckedalso.

Thisselectsorhighlightsallthechartscurrentlyinthelist.Thereareanumberofthingswhichapplytothechartshighlightedinthelist,includingdeletingandremoving,aswellascomparingforresearch.

Thisreversestheselectedlinesinthelist.Selectedlinesbecomeunselected,andunselectedlinesbecomeselected.Letssayyouhavealistofcharts,butonlywantacoupleoftheminthelist.So,selectthosefew,thenhitthisbutton,andeverythingelsewillbeselected,thenhittheRemovebuttonandthehighlighted,unwantedchartswillberemovedfromthelist.

Thisremovestheselectedlinesfromthelist.ItdoesNOTdeletethem.Itsimplyremovesthemfromthelist.Youwillstillhavetheremovedcharts‐theyjustwon’tbeinthelist.

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OntheOpenChartswindow,thereisanOKbutton.Itloadsthecurrentlyhighlightedchartinthelist.It’sthesameasdoubleclickingonachartinthelist.

Thisbuttonallowsyoutomovethechartshighlightedinthelisttoadifferentfile.Forexample,youmighthighlightanumberofyourchartsandmovethemtoArchivejusttogetthemoutofyourwayiftheyareusedlessoften.Ifyouentersomenewfamouscharts,theywillinitiallygointotheChartsfile.YoumaythenhighlightthemandwiththisbuttonmovethemtotheFamousfile.

Thisstripofcontrolssimplymanipulatesthehorizontalscrollbaronsomeofthechartslists.ThecoloredcircledotsrepresenttheplanetsinorderofthedaysoftheweekstartingfromSunday.TheDescscrollsyoutothechartdescriptioncolumn,theLscrollsyoutotheLagnacolumn,whereasLordsscrollsyoutothatcolumn.

JyotishTrainingVideosDancingMoonInc.alsosellsasetofthreetrainingvideosinthescienceofJyotish.Theseare2hourslongeachforatotalof6hoursoftraining.Theyassumenopriorknowledge;thustheybeginatthebeginning,andhelpatotalbeginnergetstartedinJyotish.TheyarenarratedbyDasGoravaniandincludemanycomputergraphicsofplanets,signs,houses,andphotographs,allasaidstohelpintheunderstandingofhowJyotishworks.Manyhavepurchasedthemandhavelikedthemgreatly.TheseareseparatefromthevideoswhichareonthesoftwareCD,whichinsteaddealwiththeprogram,notthescienceofJyotish.

FontProblemsinWindowsXPIfthefontsdon’tlookrightonWindowsXP,openyourFontscontrolpanel,bygoingthroughthedisplaycontrolpanel,andcut

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the3fontsbeginningwiththeword“Accu”outofthefolder,thenpastethembackintoit.Justcut,thenpaste.Thisshouldcorrecttheproblem.Youmayhavetoreboot.

AboutCallingUsWe,I,amaone‐mancompany.Idomanythingstorunthiscompanyalone.Iamalsoabitimpairedintermsofnervesandemotions.So,Icannotalwaysanswerthephone.Tryemail.Itendtoemailbetterespeciallyifthematterisurgent.Usedas@goravani.com.

PricingThesoftwareis$295.Thedemoofitis$10.Upgradeshavegenerallybeen$50to$100dependingontheupgrade.Thesetof3videosonJyotishis$49intheUS,$64forPALversion.Atthistime(late’04)westilldonothavethemonDVD,sorry.Howtojointhefreediscussionlist

Tojointhe“VALIST”,VedicAstrologyList,sendanyemailtovalist‐subscribe@yahoogroups.com.Youwillbesentfurtherinformationbydoingthis.It’sfree.It’sagreatlearningtool!

Don’thavemultiplecopiesIfyouhavemultiplecopiesofOmnis7andtheGoravaniprogramonyourcomputer,youmayrunintoproblems.Theymightcross‐linktoeachotheranderrorswillresult.So,it’sOKtokeepyourolddatafile,infactyoucanuseadatafilefrom2.26withthisversion2.5,butdon’tkeeptherestofthestuff.HaveonlyoneGoravanifolderonyourmachine.

AboutthebookCDSamethinggoesforifyouinstalledtheBeneathaVedicSkybookCD.Ifyouhavethatonyourmachine,getridofthatbeforeinstallingthisone.Also,thebookCDdoesn’tworkonWindowsXPor2000.It’stooold.

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Aboutthecomingversion3IamworkingonVersion3.Thiswillbeamajorupgrade.Youcanseeaboutitonthewebsitehttp://DancingMoonInc.comItwillrunnativeonOSX.Ithasmanynewfeatures.It’sacompletere‐write.It’snotatalllikethecurrentversion.Idonotknowwhenitwillbeready,sodon’task.

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