Help Guides and Documentation for AIMS Users This page provides links to various AIMS documentation. The documents are available as Adobe PDF files. Acrobat Reader is required to open and read PDF versions. If you need a copy of Acrobat Reader download it (for free) from www.adobe.com. Current Documentation: This section provides links to current AIMS documentation. AIMS Full Help Guide The AIMS Help Guide is the main support document for using the many features within AIMS. It contains a section on configuration with instructions to enable the AIMS system administrator to alter the default AIMS configuration set up to better meet the particular needs of your agency. Once you have upgraded to the latest version of AIMS (currently Version 3), you can download the full help guide for this version, and copy it to the same location as the previous version. By keeping the location of the help guide the same, all users' existing shortcuts to the guide should still work. Assuming you used the default destination location when installing AIMS: For the standalone installation of AIMS this will be: C:\Program Files\AIMS SA\Documentation\Help Guide\ For network installations of AIMS this will be in: ..\\Program Files\AIMS NS\Documentation\Help Guide\ which can be found in the directory where AIMS is installed. In either case you will need to rename or delete the previous version of the help guide. AIMS Version 3 Full Help Guide.pdf (2.5 MB PDF document, last updated 27/5/08 to include all version 3.5 additional features) AIMS Pre-configuration Guide Essential information on decisions that you will need to make to configure the AIMS software to suit the needs of your organisation. AIMS Pre-Configuration - Things to do before you get started.pdf (251 Kb PDF document) AIMS Installation Guide Comprehensive instructions for installing AIMS. AIMS Installation Guide.pdf (2.1 MB PDF document, last updated 17/10/07) AIMS Support Contract Outline of what support for the AIMS software covers. AIMS Support Contract.pdf (38 Kb PDF document)   Historical Documentation: If you require documentation for the previous version of AIMS please email us at aims.lasa.org.uk. It is recommended that you upgrade to the latest version of AIMS as soon as possible as support for the previous version will end 3 months after the latest version is released. If you have a current support contract upgrading to the latest version of AIMS is free.		AIMS software What will AIMS do? Costs and Ordering Download a Free Trial AIMS Training Alerts and Technical Updates Help Guides and Documentation for AIMS Users Reports AIMS Accessibility Guide Frequently asked questions AIMS team: Email: aims@lasa.org.uk Telephone: 020 7377 2806
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