Recorder 3 Resources
There are a number of resources available which can provide help
and guidance on a range of subjects within Recorder 2002. As well
as support and advice available from the approved Recorder experts,
the Recorder Wiki and the Old Recorder category of the NBN
Forum are useful reference sources for potential issues or general
advice. For written assistance you can use the Help within
Recorder or make use of the select library of documents which
cover a range of subjects. There is also technical documentation
available covering topics such as the data model and
additional documents that may be of interest eg National
surveys.
The Recorder section of the NBN Forum, although generally
focused towards Recorder 6, now has an additional category called
'Old Recorder'
for users of Recorder 2000, 2002 and 3. The Forum itself is a
valuable focal point for the recording community for both
announcements (eg software or dictionary version releases) and
troubleshooting. It is an active arena for Recorder users
with a range of technical skills to assist one another
with problem solving, free of charge. There are links to
other related projects as well as the Recorder Wiki and a search
facility. If you can't find what you're looking for on the forum
you can type the following text into an internet search engine
and then the words you are searching for:
site:forums.nbn.org.uk. This cleverly restricts
the search to the NBN forum and often yields better results than
searching within the forum itself.
Recorder Wiki
The Recorder
Wiki is a set of webpages, accessed through a link on the NBN
Forum, where the user community are invited to get involved in
creating posts to assist other users in completing a range of
tasks related to Recorder. Existing posts can be edited and added
to and can provide a very useful source of information for all
Recorder users. Visitors can access and view Wiki entries but to be
able to edit the Wiki you will need to register as a Forum
user. Again the contents of the Wiki are more focused towards
Recorder 6 functionality.
Recorder Experts
There are currently three JNCC approved Recorder experts providing support for
Recorder 3 users: Sally Rankin, Mike Weideli and Richard Weddle. As
well as supplying Recorder 6 they can
provide support, training and advice as well as additional
services such as data transfer, customised installations and
the development of larger projects to fit a range of budgets for
both Recorder 2002 and 6.
Recorder Help
Recorder 3 has a extensive context sensitive help built in to
the software.
Documentation - Tutorials and Guides
There is a very limited library of written guides and
tutorials covering aspects of Recorder 3 functionality
including Data transfer from Recorder 3 to Recorder 2002 or
Recorder 6.
NFBR Recorder 3 Help Pages
The National Federation for Biological Recording has a
help page for
Recorder 3 users. It contains some useful information and
answers to frequently asked questions.