Getting Started

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options dialog.

First Time Setup

The first step to using Domain Name Pro is to configure the 

firewall and proxy settings

 and

search performance

 relevant for your Internet connection. This only needs to be done once. Close

the Welcome Screen and select Options from the Tools menu. See the 

Configuration

 section for

more details.

How to Use Domain Name Pro

Domain Name Pro includes 

six

 searches: A 

direct

 search, 

simple words

 search, a 

word terms

search, an 

advanced

 word search, an advanced 

pattern

 (character) search, and a 

whois

 search.

You should familiarise yourself with each and choose the appropriate search to use.

The general procedure for the simple, word terms, advanced, and pattern search is outlined in the

following steps:

1.

Select the 

domains

 that you need to check, for example .com and .co.uk.

2.

Select the search that you would like to use (

simple words

, 

word terms

, 

advanced

, 

pattern

),

by clicking the appropriate tab heading in the centre of the Domain Name Pro window.

3.

Enter or 

load

 the search terms, for example a list of key and add on words for the desired

domain name, or a 

pattern

 term.

4.

Set any search specific options, such as the number of 

thesaurus alternatives

, or the position

of the words in the domain name.

5.

Set any general search options, such as how 

hyphens

 will be used, the number of

popular domain name alternatives

, whether to use 

Net Speak

  or 

Acronyms

, or set 

limits

 for

the generated domain names.

6.

Press the Search! button. Domain Name Pro will generate the domain names and check their

availability.

7.

Sort

, 

filter

, 

print

, 

register

, 

browse

 or 

export

 the results.

For the direct and whois searches follow these steps:

1.

Select the search that you would like to use (

direct

, 

whois

), by clicking the appropriate tab

heading in the centre of the Domain Name Pro window.

2.

Enter or 

load

 the domain names to search. You can enter URLs or even paste text from a web

page or email.

3.

Set any search specific options, such as extract domain names only.

4.

Set any general search options, such as 

limits

 for the domain names.

5.

Press the Search! button. Domain Name Pro will check the domain names.

6.

Sort

, 

filter

, 

print

, 

register

, 

browse

 or 

export

 the results.

See also:

User Interface Overview

Configuration Overview

Searching Overview

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