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Using AP Exchange |
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Using AP Exchange |
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To perform a simple search, enter text or a query in the Search box and click 
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to open a quick reference card for query creation assistance. Click Advanced Search to perform an advanced search query.
For more search details, see Performing Searches.
The Search within results option allows you to perform a search against the current search results.
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If Search within results is... |
Then your search results... |
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Are a subset of the current search results. |
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Cleared |
Are a subset of your entitled news products and services. |
Alternatively, you may also search within your results by selecting an AP subject from Pinpoint.
The Press Releases Enabled/Disabled option is only available to those AP Newspaper organizations that are entitled to it. This feature allows you to perform a one-time search through all AP press releases, yielding a greater number of search results. Press releases are not typically returned from a normal search.
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Then your search results... |
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Contain content from the:
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Cleared |
Only contain content from AP products to which you are entitled (content viewed via satellite). |
In addition, you can select both Search within results and Press Releases Enabled to search within the results retrieved from a press release search.
The Left column contains search portlets with categories (also referred to as search topics) that were either created by you or entitled to you. Click a category heading (with the 
icon) to expand it, displaying all categories under the heading. Once expanded, click the heading again (now, with the 
icon) to collapse the heading, hiding its categories.
Click any category link to refresh the Center column with that category's news items. Clicking category headings may sometimes yield search results; it depends on the AP products and services that were assigned to them and whether any news occurred for that product or service during your entitled time period.
When you click a particular story/media link, the Content window appears with any associated linked and/or similar media (if available).
Click 
in the search portlet's title bar to minimize the entire portlet. Click 
to maximize the portlet.
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Contains links to past searches that were created using the Search box, which allows you to quickly re-run a previous search. The most recent searches appear at the top of the list. Click Clear to clear the search history. You cannot remove a single item from the list. There is no limit to the number of searches retained during your current login session. However, the list is cleared each time you log off from AP Exchange. So, the next time you log on, this portlet will initially display [None]. The CCI NewsGate Feed link only appears for customers who use the CCI NewsGate system to manage their news. |
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Allows you to view selected news items from the Center column and perform bulk downloads. Click Clear All to deselect all selected items in the Center column. |
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(Where enabled) Contains search categories that reflect the news to which you are entitled. You will not have access to content to which you have not subscribed. So, the topics within this portlet differ for various customer types and entitlements. For instance, a category under Sports entitled "Olympics" provides access to stories on each 2010 Olympic sport, but not all customers have access to the news on each state's local Olympic athletes. Additionally, the Essential AP pane contains links to Regular Features (AP feature news products). Categories of such products include Sky News Package, History and Arts & Entertainment. |
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Contains news topics that consist of hand-picked news items (using the watch list functionality) that interest their customers. Bureau Chiefs are responsible for managing the Showcases portlet. |
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Contains the saved searches that you created with AP Exchange. Saved searches are editable by clicking either the Advanced Search link in the Top pane or the Saved Searches button in the Navigation bar. If you have more than 20 saved searches, click More Searches at bottom to view all searches from the Saved Searches page. |
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Contains the stock ticker symbols of companies that you displayed using the My Local Companies page. These tickers were either created by you or a colleague within your organization. Click a ticker symbol to display all available financial content related to that company. Click All to display financial content for all of the companies listed in the portlet. |
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Contains links to external websites, such as the AP Images application and the Iraq and Afghanistan War Casualties databases (contains casualty information for members of all coalition forces). The content provided in this portlet is dependent on your customer type. |
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(Where enabled) Contains links to other AP products and services beyond those shown in the Essential AP section. The content provided in this portlet is dependent on your customer entitlements. |
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(For participating AP Newspaper customers only) Contains links to third-party content submitted by AP Newspaper customers. The Marketplace allows members to freely share their content with other newspapers. College and Not-for-Profit organizations will only see their respective Marketplace categories. |
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(Where enabled; for AP Newspaper customers only) Contains links Datafeatures content, third-party content distributed by AP from Public Relations companies, syndicates, members or other media companies. |
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(Where enabled; for Digital customers only) Contains links to third-party content. |
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(where enabled; portlet title can vary) Contains links to internal AP Exchange Web pages, such as the Marketplace Contribute and/or Contribution Lineup pages. |
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Note: Depending on your entitlements, other topical news portlets may be available in the Left column. |
(Where enabled) The CCI NewsGate Feed link allows customers to place selected AP Exchange content directly to their CCI NewsGate content management system or set up WebFeed deliveries.
To send AP Exchange content to CCI NewsGate:
Select the desired news items; then drag CCI NewsGate Feed to the CCI NewsGate application. The selected content will appear in XML format for parsing and redistribution.
To create a WebFeed delivery:
Select the desired news items; then click CCI NewsGate Feed to set up the feed in your default reader application.
To download multiple news items:
Select the desired items.
Result: The number of selected items in the Recent Searches portlet is updated.
Click Download from the portlet.
Result: The Download page appears. Your default file formats for downloaded content appears in the Renditions column.
(If necessary) Select your preferred rendition for each news item.
(If necessary) Unselect the Download option for the items that you do not want to include in your download. By default, the Download option is enabled for all news items.
(Optional) Unselect the Deselect items on successful download option to keep your items selected for future downloads. By default, this option is enabled; it is more common to remove items from the Selected list that have already been downloaded.
Your selected items are combined into a ZIP file. Included in the ZIP file is a download manifest, a text file that contains a file listing of all ZIPPED content along with some supporting metadata.
A new Download page appears, indicating the name of the ZIP file and its file size.
If successful:
Select Save to Disk; then click OK to save the ZIP file to your local machine. Your downloaded ZIP file appears in the Bulk Download History page.
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Tip: If you disabled Download options for any items on the initial Download page, the items will appear at the bottom of this page to download into a separate file. |
If unsuccessful:
AP Exchange indicates the nature of the failure. Retry your bulk download.
To view your selected items:
Click View from the portlet. Only the selected items appear in the Center column as search results.
To clear the download list:
Click Clear from the Bulk Downloads portlet. If you do not clear the download list between bulk downloads, then your previously selected items will appear in the Download page.
Expand Pinpoint to narrow your search results. For fast retrieval, Pinpoint organizes results into hierarchical news subjects. The news subjects displayed are dependent on the current search results. Broad subjects appear in the left-most box. The subjects become most specific as you select subject options from left to right.
Alternatively, you can click View all topics to view all subjects at once. Click 
or 
to expand or collapse the subject hierarchy, respectively. Click the subject title to display its results in the Center column.
Notice that the search’s name displays a “search breadcrumb” trail – the original search (tennis) plus the selected topic (U.S. Open Tennis Championship).
To further narrow your results, enter a keyword search in Pinpoint's own Search box to further narrow your results.
Click any link in the trail to return to that previous search.
AP Newspaper Customers
