Apple MC172Z/A Administration Guide - Page 137

Using Report Windows to Work with Computers, rows, select Export Selected Items Only.

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6 Select a text encoding. Â Western (Mac OS Roman): Best choice if the report information uses the Roman alphabet, and the exported document will be opened in an application or on an operating system that does not support Unicode text encoding (for example, some installations of Mac OS 9). Â Unicode (UTF-8): Best choice if the exported file will be opened on Mac OS X and contains no Asian language characters (such as Chinese or Japanese). Â Unicode (UTF-16): Best choice if the report contains Asian language characters. 7 Select a field separator. Â Tab: Inserts a Tab character between column values. Â Comma: Inserts a comma between column values. 8 If you have selected only some rows of the report and want to export only the selected rows, select Export Selected Items Only. 9 Click Save. Using Report Windows to Work with Computers After you've created a report, you can use it to select computers and then do any of the following: Â Create new computer lists. Select computers in the report window and select File > New List From Selection. Â Generate other reports. Select any number of rows in a report window; then choose another report from the Report menu. The new report will be generated based on the computers in the selected rows. Â Initiate any management task. Select any row in a report window; then choose a management task from the Manage menu. This has the same effect as selecting the computer in an Apple Remote Desktop computer list. Â Interact with users. Select any row in a report window; then choose a task from the Interact menu. This has the same effect as selecting the computer in an Apple Remote Desktop computer list. Â Delete a file from a computer. Select a file in any file or software report window and click the Delete button. Â Copy an item to your computer. Select an item in any software report window and click Copy to This Computer. Chapter 8 Administering Client Computers 137

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Chapter 8
Administering Client Computers
137
6
Select a text encoding.
Â
Western (Mac OS Roman):
Best choice if the report information uses the Roman
alphabet, and the exported document will be opened in an application or on an
operating system that does not support Unicode text encoding (for example, some
installations of Mac OS 9).
Â
Unicode (UTF-8):
Best choice if the exported file will be opened on Mac OS X and
contains no Asian language characters (such as Chinese or Japanese).
Â
Unicode (UTF-16):
Best choice if the report contains Asian language characters.
7
Select a field separator.
Â
Tab:
Inserts a Tab character between column values.
Â
Comma:
Inserts a comma between column values.
8
If you have selected only some rows of the report and want to export only the selected
rows, select Export Selected Items Only.
9
Click Save.
Using Report Windows to Work with Computers
After you’ve created a report, you can use it to select computers and then do any of the
following:
Â
Create new computer lists.
Select computers in the report window and select File > New List From Selection.
Â
Generate other reports.
Select any number of rows in a report window; then choose another report from the
Report menu. The new report will be generated based on the computers in the
selected rows.
Â
Initiate any management task.
Select any row in a report window; then choose a management task from the
Manage menu. This has the same effect as selecting the computer in an Apple
Remote Desktop computer list.
Â
Interact with users.
Select any row in a report window; then choose a task from the Interact menu. This
has the same effect as selecting the computer in an Apple Remote Desktop
computer list.
Â
Delete a file from a computer.
Select a file in any file or software report window and click the Delete button.
Â
Copy an item to your computer.
Select an item in any software report window and click Copy to This Computer.