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INTERNET EXPLORER SETTINGS, ADOBE PDF SETTINGS, OR DIALOGUE BOX ISSUES 1
INTRODUCTION 1
INTERNET EXPLORER SETTINGS 1
USE COMPATIBLITY VIEW FOR INTERNET EXPLORER 8 1
CONFIGURE INTERNET EXPLORER POP-UP BLOCKER 1
CONFIGURE OR UNINSTALL BROWSER TOOLBARS 2
ADD TRUSTED WEB SITES 3
MANUALLY DELETE TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES 4
AUTOMATICALLY EMPTY TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES 4
DO NOT SAVE ENCRYPTED FILES TO DISK 5
CHECK FOR NEWER VERSIONS OF STORED PAGES 5
REFRESHING THE BROWSER 6
ADOBE PDF DOCUMENT ISSUES 6
RE-INSTALL ADOBE READER 6
CHANGE ADOBE PREFERENCES OR SETTINGS 6
VIEWING A DIALOGUE BOX OR SCROLL BAR 7
MAXIMIZE THE BROWSER WINDOW 7
USE THE APPLICATION’S NAVIGATION BUTTONS 7
CHANGE THE DIALOGUE BOX ZOOM LEVEL 8
CHANGE MONITOR SETTINGS 8
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SCO ACCOUNTING APPLICATIONS
INTERNET EXPLORER SETTINGS, ADOBE PDF
SETTINGS, OR DIALOGUE BOX ISSUES
INTRODUCTION
A variety of problems may be related to specific settings on a users’ computer To solve these, you may need to make following changes to your browser settings, to Adobe
Reader settings, or to your monitor settings If more than one user signs on to a
computer, be sure to change the settings for each user profile
INTERNET EXPLORER SETTINGS
Be sure to use Internet Explorer 7.0 or 8.0
USE COMPATIBLITY VIEW FOR INTERNET EXPLORER 8
In IE8 you may need to use the Compatibility View button next to the URL or Address
bar
Figure 1 - Compatibility View Button
CONFIGURE INTERNET EXPLORER POP-UP BLOCKER
Payment Services displays reports, etc in pop-up windows Be sure your pop-up blocker
is configured to allow pop-ups from SCO Web sites using these steps:
1 Open Internet Explorer
2 Click Tools, select Pop-up Blocker, and then Pop-up Blocker Settings…
Figure 2 - IE 7 Pop-up Blocker Settings
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b Click the Privacy tab
c In the Pop-up Blocker section, click Settings
3 In the Pop-up Blocker Settings dialogue box, Address of Web site to Allow:, type the URL of these web sites one at a time, and click Add after typing each Web
site:
*sco.idaho.gov
*.idaho.gov
Figure 3 - Pop-up Blocker settings
4 Click Close
5 Click OK
You may need to close Internet Explorer and re-open it for the settings to take effect
CONFIGURE OR UNINSTALL BROWSER TOOLBARS
Browser toolbars, such as Yahoo or Google toolbar, are sometimes installed into your browser as part of the installation of other software These toolbars can also block pop-ups A toolbar typically can be uninstalled using Windows Control Panel, Add or
Remove Programs
Alternatively, you may be able to configure the pop-up blocker feature of the toolbar to allow pop-ups from SCO Web sites as described in the Internet Explorer Pop-up Blocker
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Figure 4 - Example of the Google toolbar
ADD TRUSTED WEB SITES
Add SCO Web sites to your list of Trusted Sites in Internet Explorer:
1 Open Internet Explorer
2 Select the Tools menu, then Internet Options
3 Click the Security tab
4 Click Trusted Sites
5 In the Add this Web site to the zone: field, type:
https://sas.sco.idaho.gov
You may also need to add: https://www.sco.idaho.gov or https://*.sco.idaho.gov Figure 5 - Trusted sites
6 Click Add, click OK, and then OK again You may need to close Internet Explorer
and re-open it for the settings to take effect
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1 Open Internet Explorer
2 Click the Tools, and then Delete Browsing History… (If you do not see this menu option, click Tools, then Internet Options.)
Figure 6 – IE 7 example: Delete Browsing History
3 If you need to save other browsing history, only click Delete Files next to
Temporary Internet Files
4 Click Yes to delete the files
AUTOMATICALLY EMPTY TEMPORARY INTERNET FILES
1 Open Internet Explorer
2 Select the Tools menu, then Internet Options
3 Click the Advanced tab
4 Scroll down to the Security section and check the Empty Temporary Internet
Files folder when browser is closed check box
Figure 7 – Temporary Internet Files
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5 Click Apply
DO NOT SAVE ENCRYPTED FILES TO DISK
In Figure 6, note the Do not save encrypted pages to disk option You may have to
check this to comply with other SCO applications such as I-Time or with other secure Internet sites However, if an error message is displayed that reads, “Internet Explorer cannot download… Internet Explorer was not able to open this Internet site…”, you may need to temporarily uncheck this in order to download or open reports
Figure 8 - Internet Explorer cannot download
CHECK FOR NEWER VERSIONS OF STORED PAGES
1 Open Internet Explorer
2 Select the Tools menu, then Internet Options
3 Click the General tab
4 In the Temporary Internet files section, click Settings
5 In the Check for newer versions of stored pages: section, select Every visit to
the page
Figure 9 - Check for newer versions or stored pages
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and re-open it for the settings to take effect
REFRESHING THE BROWSER
Some users may use the F5 key to refresh the browser when an application is open in order to maintain their Internet connection This function has been disabled in Statewide Accounting Systems applications except P-Card If you need to maintain your Internet
connection, use a function within the application, e.g., click Find on the Status screen
ADOBE PDF DOCUMENT ISSUES
If you are having problems with documents, reports, or print preview screens that the web applications present in PDF format (such as PDF reports), try the following suggestions
RE-INSTALL ADOBE READER
Re-installing Adobe Reader or install the latest version Click here to go to Adobe’s Web site During the download or installation, be sure to uncheck or disable any option to install a browser toolbar You can also try another PDF reader, such as PDF-Xchange Note that if you have Acrobat Professional or some other PDF software (e.g.,
PDF-Xchange), you do not need Adobe Reader Installing both Reader and Acrobat may cause problems
CHANGE ADOBE PREFERENCES OR SETTINGS
If you cannot re-install/upgrade Adobe reader, try the following:
1 Open Adobe Reader
2 Click Edit, and then Preferences
3 Click Internet
4 Check or uncheck the Display PDF in browser check box (On most computers,
this setting is checked, so try unchecking it as a workaround.)
Figure 10 - Internet settings
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5 Click OK You may be prompted to restart your computer
VIEWING A DIALOGUE BOX OR SCROLL BAR
If you do not have the application maximized or your monitor settings are too low, you may not be able to view some dialog boxes completely, such as a Vendor Look Up dialog box For example, you may not be able to see the scroll bar of the dialog box
MAXIMIZE THE BROWSER WINDOW
Click the browser’s Maximize button in the upper right corner of the browser window NOTE: Setting a font size or text size in the browser usually will not have an effect, unless you have chosen to ignore font sizes in your browser’s Accessibility settings Figure 11 - Maximize the browser window
USE THE APPLICATION’S NAVIGATION BUTTONS
You must use the application’s navigation buttons (such as the Home, Back, or Previous
buttons) rather than Internet Explorer’s toolbar button If you click the back button of Internet Explorer (especially if you have not saved or completed a step in the
application), you may see an error message that says, "Warning: Page has Expired." Figure 10: Browser's Back button
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Figure 11 - Refresh button
2 When you click the Refresh button, a dialogue box appears that reads, "To display
the webpage again, Internet Explorer needs to resend the information…"
3 Click Retry in the dialogue box and the application should be displayed Any
changes to transactions may have to be entered again
CHANGE THE DIALOGUE BOX ZOOM LEVEL
Click the arrow in the lower right corner of the dialogue box and choose a zoom level that allows you to view the contents of the dialogue box
Figure 12 - Internet Explorer 7 dialogue box zoom level
CHANGE MONITOR SETTINGS
Adjust your monitor’s screen resolution depending on the size of your monitor (or laptop screen) and the capabilities of your video card Computer monitor and video card settings vary among make and model, so you may have to experiment with your settings if the issue you have is related to the monitor settings
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1 Right click on your Windows desktop
2 Click Properties
3 Click the Settings tab
4 Adjust the screen resolution - try 1024x768 Try other resolutions if you still
cannot view dialog boxes completely