Standardized Occupation & Industry Coding

• What is SOIC?
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• SOIC Manual (HTML)
  • Welcome to the SOIC System
    • 1.1 What is Industry and Occupation Coding?
    • 1.2 The 1990 Architecture
    • 1.3 Entering Vital Records Data Into the SOIC System
    • 1.4 Conventions Used in This Manual
    • 1.5 A Quick Tour of the SOIC System
      • 1.5.1 The Help System
      • 1.5.2 Starting the SOIC System
      • 1.5.3 Opening a Table
      • 1.5.4 Moving About the SOIC System
      • 1.5.5 Coding a Record-and Then the Whole Table
      • 1.5.6 Leaving the SOIC System
  • User's Reference Guide
    • 2.1 The Parts of the SOIC System
      • 2.1.1 The Data Entry Form
      • 2.1.2 The Title Bar
      • 2.1.3 The Menu System
      • 2.1.4 The Button Bar
      • 2.1.5 The Status Bar
      • 2.1.6 Dialog Boxes to Manage Files and Tables
        • 2.1.6.1 Moving the Focus in a Dialog Box
        • 2.1.6.2 How to Tell if a Dialog Box Element is Selected
        • 2.1.6.3 Text Entry Fields
        • 2.1.6.4 Display Fields
        • 2.1.6.5 List Boxes and Drop-Down Lists
      • 2.1.7 The Message Boxes
    • 2.2 Hot Keys
      • 2.2.1 Hot Keys in Brief
      • 2.2.2 Accessing Help Through F1
      • 2.2.3 ALT+F4
      • 2.2.4 ESC
      • 2.2.5 ENTER
      • 2.2.6 TAB and SHIFT+TAB
      • 2.2.7 The ARROW Keys
      • 2.2.8 DELETE and BACK SPACE
      • 2.2.9 PAGE DOWN and PAGE UP
      • 2.2.10 HOME, END, CTRL+HOME,and CTRL+END
      • 2.2.11 CTRL+C, CTRL+X, and CTRL+V
      • 2.2.12 Field Menu Hot Keys
      • 2.2.13 Record Menu Hot Keys
      • 2.2.14 Code Menu Hot Keys
    • 2.3 How the SOIC System Manages Tables and Files
      • 2.3.1 Userdata.mdb and Other Access Files
      • 2.3.2 How the SOIC System Handles Its Own Tables
      • 2.3.3 How the SOIC System Handles Access Tables
      • 2.3.4 How the SOIC System Handles Xbase Files
    • 2.4 The File Menu
      • 2.4.1 The New Option
      • 2.4.2 The Open Option
        • 2.4.2.1 Opening a Non-SOIC Access Table
        • 2.4.2.2 Opening an Xbase File
      • 2.4.3 The Close Option
      • 2.4.4 The Save Option
        • 2.4.4.1 Save Coded
        • 2.4.4.2 Save Uncoded
        • 2.4.4.3 Save 998 Codes
      • 2.4.5 The Save As Option
      • 2.4.6 The Delete Option
      • 2.4.7 The Import Option
      • 2.4.8 The Export Option
      • 2.4.9 The Print Option
      • 2.4.10 The Exit Option
    • 2.5 The Field Menu
      • 2.5.1 The Undo Field Option
      • 2.5.2 The Suppress Fields Option
    • 2.6 The Record Menu
      • 2.6.1 The First Record Option
      • 2.6.2 The Prior Record Option
      • 2.6.3 The Next Record Option
      • 2.6.4 The Last Record Option
      • 2.6.5 The New Record Option
      • 2.6.6 The Find Record Option
      • 2.6.7 The Undo Record Option
      • 2.6.8 The Delete Record Option
    • 2.7 The Code Menu
      • 2.7.1 The Code Record Option
      • 2.7.2 The Code Table Option
      • 2.7.3 The Code Rest of Table Option
      • 2.7.4 The Code Uncoded Option
      • 2.7.5 The Cancel Option
    • 2.8 The Tools Menu
      • 2.8.1 The Settings Option
      • 2.8.2 The Sort Option
      • 2.8.3 The Show Coding Stats Option
      • 2.8.4 The Database Information Option
      • 2.8.5 The Convert Access Database Option
      • 2.8.6 The Trash Can Option
    • 2.9 The Help Menu
      • 2.9.1 The Help Contents Option
      • 2.9.2 The Help Index Option
      • 2.9.3 The Help Search Option
      • 2.9.4 The About SOIC Option
  • Appendices
    • Appendix A. Installing the SOIC System on Your Computer
      • A1. Installation
      • A2. Copying or Deleting the SOIC System
      • A3. Possible Error Conditions
    • Appendix B. SOIC System Data File Formats
    • Appendix C. The 1998 Insufficient Information Code
  • Index
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