Title Page Help

What is the 'Title' Page?

The 'Title' page allows the Principal Investigator to specify a project TITLE and an ABSTRACT defining the observations proposed. The TITLE is a brief (generally one line) description of the project while the ABSTRACT summarizes the observations proposed and their scientific aims.

Length of the Abstract

The abstract should normally be expected to fit into the white text area without requiring a scroll-bar.

Title Page Layout

The 'Title' page is divided into two sections, at the top the TITLE section, below it the ABSTRACT section. In the ABSTRACT section there are five icon buttons. From left to right they are: 'Open', 'Save', 'Cut', 'Copy' and 'Paste'. Click on the above links for information on using these buttons. These buttons refer explicitly to the ABSTRACT section, not the whole proposal.

Defining a Title

To define a TITLE, click in the white 'Title' box and type the title of the project.

Defining an Abstract

To define an ABSTRACT you have two options:

Option 1 is to click in the large white 'Abstract' box and type in your abstract text.

Option 2 is to include a previously prepared abstract from an ASCII/text file. To include text from a file click on the 'Open' button. A window will appear entitled 'Open' and will list the contents of the current directory. Navigate through your directory structure using 'Up' and 'Home' or double-clicking on the green folder icons next to the folder name in the list of files. Once you have located the file containing the abstract either select it by clicking (once) on it and click the 'Open' button at the bottom right of the 'Open' window or double-click on the file icon.

To manipulate text in the abstract box, use the 'Cut', 'Copy' and 'Paste'.