Viewing the Ephemeris

>> To start the generation of the ephemeris according to your selections

•Click on the Start button.

You will then see the View Ephemeris screen which displays the ephemeris in a grid as it is generated. The percentage of the ephemeris completed is updated continuously in a display at the top right of the screen. This disappears when the generator has finished.

>> To stop the generator at any point, before it is finished.

•Click on the Stop button.

You can browse through the ephemeris by clicking on the horizontal or vertical scroll bars.

>> To print the output

•Click on the Print button. This will open the print dialog allowing you to choose printer setup options and send the ephemeris to the printer. Note that if your ephemeris will take more than one page to print, then you will be given an estimate of how many pages are required, and given the option of canceling without printing. This is to avoid paper wastage should you accidentally choose to print an ephemeris which is longer than you intended.

The ephemeris is automatically formatted to fit as many columns as possible onto each page. However, if the ephemeris is wider than a page, then extra pages will be generated to print the additional columns.

Note: If the formatting of the printed output is not ideal for you purposes, then it is recommended that you export the ephemeris listing instead, and use the options in your spreadsheet program to create your required formatting and layout.

>> To export the listing to Excel or an ASCII file

1.Click on the Export button. This will display a standard File Save dialog.

2.Select a Save as Type option

3.Select a file name and location to send the output to.

4.Click on the OK button.

Under "Save as Type", you may select any of the following...

•Excel Spreadsheet - This will generate a file with a ".xls" file extension, and after generation, if MS Excel is installed on your computer, then it will be automatically sent to Excel, and Excel opened if necessary in order to display it.

•ASCII Text - This will generate a file with a ".asc" extension, and will be a comma-quote delimited file.

•All Files - In this case you can choose any file name and extension you like. It will also generate a comma-quote delimited file.

Note: When exporting the output, any astrological glyphs are automatically converted to text abbreviations, ensuring that the listing will be comprehensible without the need for special astrological fonts.