EXTutor will help you learn EXTRACT

EXTutor is a series of learning aids designed to teach you about
Census Bureau CD-ROMs and your software options for working with
the data.  The focus is particularly on the EXTRACT software, and
the series currently includes 3 step-by-step tutorials,
accompanied by text that helps you learn how to set up your own
inquiries into the databases on CD.

The text is actually adapted from presentation notes Paul Zeisset
and Bob Marske have been using in their own workshops for EXTRACT
users.  The text and format are now primarily designed for users
who want to go through the recommended keystrokes in becoming
acquainted with EXTRACT at their own PCs.  The style is similar
to that of the BBS "monographs".  Advanced users may adapt these
materials as the basis for their own presentations about CD-ROM
and EXTRACT.

There are currently four main components to the EXTutor package:

   EXTutor     An introductory text discussing CD-ROM advantages,
               software options, and the structure of the
               economic census CD-ROMs.


   EXTutor1    An exercise going through EXTRACT at its most
               basic:  simple item and record selection, creation
               of new headings, and extraction of data to a file
               for import into Lotus 1-2-3.  Economic Census CD-
               ROM 1C or 1D may be used.

   EXTutor2    An exercise dealing with a more complicated data
               query:  adding labels and selecting records in
               more than one way, with a discussion of search
               strategies.  Uses disc 1C or 1D.

   EXTutor3    An exercise acquainting the user with EXTRACT's
               ability to perform simple calculations through
               "user-defined items", as well as various
               formatting options, such as toggling between
               rowwise and columnar display and adjusting column
               widths.  This exercise uses PL94-171 discs, and
               discusses search strategies appropriate to those
               files.

   EXVwGrph    Text contained on a series of viewgraphs and a
               handout designed to be used in the presentation
               contained in EXTutor.  If you would like a paper
               copy of the formated viewgraphs and handout, you
               may request a copy of the entire EXTutor package
               from--

                    Economic Census Staff
                    Bureau of the Census
                    Washington, D.C.  20233
                    Phone (301) 763-1792

EXTutor is a work in progress.  Eventually, additional exercises
or demos will be added to the series of tutorials.  Tutorials for
the 1990 census STF 1A discs and the foreign trade discs are
planned, and will be released by way of the Census Bureau
electronic bulletin board at 301/763-7554 (-1580 for voice
assistance.)

If you have comments on the tutorials, feel free to contact Paul
Zeisset or Bob Marske at the address or phone number cited above.