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s.text = unescape("<SPAN CLASS=bold>1 of 14 - One single place to store data</SPAN><BR>Astragy is an easy to use application to collect and store information about your competitors and markets. It helps you to create competitor profiles and market reports. It automatically collects news and information and links it to the relevant profiles, saving you time and money.");
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s.text = unescape("<SPAN CLASS=bold>2 of 14 - Collect, store and share</SPAN><BR>Astragy is an easy to use application to collect and store information about your competitors and markets. <BR><BR>It automatically collects news and information from various sources and links it to the relevant competitor profiles. <BR><BR>The information is readily available to all employees in easy to read reports, making your company more agile and better equipped to outwit competitors.");
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s.text = unescape("<SPAN CLASS=bold>3 of 14 - General layout</SPAN><BR>The general layout of the screen is based on seven tabs: <UL><LI>Markets <LI>Companies <LI>Products <LI>People <LI>Key Intelligence Topics <LI>Documents <LI>News</UL>Each of the tabs contains reports (called 'profiles') on the respective subjects. The ‘News’-tab contains all incoming information from various sources, such as RSS feeds and e-mail newsletters. You can configure these sources yourself.");
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s.text = unescape("<SPAN CLASS=bold>4 of 14 - Profiles and relations</SPAN><BR>The main screen is divided into two sections: on the left side is the 'Profile' which is divided into foldable 'chapters'. On the right side is the 'relations list' showing all links between the current profile (on the left) and news messages and other profiles.<BR><BR> For example: the current company profile for Volvo is related to several news messages, a number of product profiles, a number of markets and more... ");
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s.text = unescape("<B>5 of 14 - News articles</B><BR>In the News-tab, all incoming news articles are listed. News articles are imported from various sources, including RSS feeds, via e-mail or by manual entry. <BR><BR>News messages are automatically linked to other information in the system on the basis of key words (tags). Whenever a news item includes a key word that is listed in a profile, the two are linked automatically.");
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s.text = unescape("<SPAN CLASS=bold>6 of 14 - Linking from news to info</SPAN><BR>Clicking a headline brings up the complete message. The message is automatically provided with hyperlinks leading to relevant information about companies and products mentioned in the message. In this way Astragy provides relevant context to the content of the news message. For instance about the company ‘Volvo CE’.");
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s.text = unescape("<SPAN CLASS=bold>7 of 14 - Company profiles</SPAN><BR>Clicking the link to 'Volvo CE' in the news page brings up the 'Company profile'. <BR><BR>Company profiles provide instant insight into the competitor's situation. The profile contains factual data about the competitor, ordered in various 'chapters' that can be collapsed and expanded for easy viewing.<BR><BR> The 'relations list' on the right side provides easy links to relevant other information in Astragy, such as news articles about the company, product information, market insights and people profiles.");
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s.text = unescape("<SPAN CLASS=bold>8 of 14 - Tags: the smart way to link automatically</SPAN><BR>Astragy uses tag words to automatically link news messages to profiles. By default, all company names are tag words and serve as 'linking words'. Additionally, you may add news linking words to any profile using the 'tags' entry field in the 'Admin chapter'. ");
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s.text = unescape("<SPAN CLASS=bold>9 of 14 - Adding profiles</SPAN><BR>Adding profiles is easy. In the 'Create' menu, simply choose the type of profile you wish to create, and a new, blank profile appears. All you have to do is fill in the fields and click save.<BR><BR>A profile does not have to be completely filled in to be linked to other profiles and news. Simply enter the name and (optionally) some tag words and the linking process is started automatically. <BR><BR><TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH=90%><TR><TD ALIGN=left><IMG SRC=images/tip.gif WIDTH=40 HEIGHT=40 BORDER=0 ALIGN=top></TD><TD CLASS=BodyText>Start by entering a few of your competitors, markets and key products in the marketplace and their keywords. Then add your preferred RSS feeds and newsletters. They will be automatically linked to the profiles you just created.</TD></TR></TABLE>");
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s.text = unescape("<SPAN CLASS=bold>10 of 14 - Adding news sources is easy</SPAN><BR>You can easily add news feeds from sources you find on the Internet. Most professional news sources offer RSS services and Astragy can receive e-mail newsletters you subscribe to. For instance those from professional services or even from your competitors!<BR><BR><TABLE BORDER=0 WIDTH=90%><TR><TD ALIGN=left><IMG SRC=images/tip.gif WIDTH=40 HEIGHT=40 BORDER=0 ALIGN=top></TD><TD CLASS=BodyText>The Help-section explains in detail how you can set up these news sources and which strategies you can follow to receive competitor news.</TD></TR></TABLE>");
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s.text = unescape("<SPAN CLASS=bold>11 of 14 - Extensive search capabilities</SPAN><BR>Astragy offers the most extensive search capability available today to find exactly what you need. You can choose the Google-like 'Simple search' to quickly find what you need, or use the 'Advanced search' options to perform extensive searches.<BR><BR>After you have found the results you were looking for, Astragy offers a number of actions you can perform with these result, such as an export feature and the possibility to compare results.");
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s.text = unescape("<SPAN CLASS=bold>12 of 14 - Compare anything</SPAN><BR>One of Astragy's famed features is the 'Compare' feature. From the search function, Astragy allows you to generate a side-by-side comparison of all items found. This is ideal when comparing strategic competitor capabilities. Or to compare product features of competing products when pitching to prospects.");
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s.text = unescape("<SPAN CLASS=bold>13 of 14 - From information chaos to actionable intelligence</SPAN><BR>Astragy offers an easy to use platform that helps you to collect and organize external information. So that you can make decisions on your competitive strategy rather than waste your time on surfing the web. Start working wth Astragy today and:<UL><LI>Gain insight into competing companies and products<LI>Analyse market dynamics and trends<LI>Benchmark competitors and their propositions<LI>Detect early warning signals on competitive changes<LI>Increase the competitiveness of sales pitches<LI>Save time and money by providing a single source of intelligence.</UL>");
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s.text = unescape("<SPAN CLASS=bold>14 of 14 - Enjoy working with Astragy</SPAN><BR>You are now ready to start working with Astragy. You may close this walk through and login to Astragy, or click below for the login page:<BR><BR><A HREF=http://www.astragycompetitor.com TARGET=_blank>http://www.astragycompetitor.com</A>. If you do not yet have a registration, you may <A HREF=http://www.astragy.com/freetrial TARGET=_blank>subscribe to the 30 free trial</A> here.");
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