This User's Guide is available to you in several forms, all of which can be downloaded from Alventis web site. No matter which form you choose, they all have much in common:

On the whole, the Guide is organized more like a book than application Help. In particular, you will not find any single-sentence Help screens whose sole purpose is to answer the question "what is this button?". Answers to such questions, no matter how precise, always tend to result in more questions, such as "so what?". Which is why we chose to write lengthier chapters that try to explain important concepts and ideas first, and only then deal with specific interface elements related to the subject at hand.

You may want to read this Guide sequentially, in the order in which the topics are listed. Users who are less familiar with basic Principles of Databases may want to read that chapter earlier rather than later. The Table of Contents lists all topics and some sections, so you should be able to find your way.

This is likely the most boring topic of them all, so let's move on to more exciting stuff, shall we?