Searches
- Search engines and information sources grouped
under categories corresponding to their specialization.
- Search categories grouped in domains
of interest to simplify selection.
- Possibility of contacting up to 32 information
sources or links simultaneously in order
to search results, verify broken links,
extract data from Web pages and download
pages.
- Availability of a free version
with no expiration date, Copernic
Agent Basic, giving access to more
than 90 information sources within 10
search categories: The Web (plus one
of the 14 language or country-based category),
Newsgroups, E-mail Addresses, Buy Computer
Hardware, Buy Software, Buy Electronics,
Buy Books, Buy Movies and Buy Music.
- Availability of two commercial versions, Copernic
Agent Personal and Copernic
Agent Professional, mainly focused
on business and specialized needs and
providing access to more than 1000 information
sources within some 125 search
categories.
- Possibility of adding search
engines and categories, when
available (commercial versions only).
- Possibility of creating custom
categories with existing engines
and categories (commercial versions
only).
- Possibility of quickly accessing most
used search categories through a customizable
group of favorite categories (commercial
versions only).
- A quick search bar to
make search creation easier in most situations.
- Possibility of checking spelling
of keywords (commercial
versions only).
- Possibility of verifying and
deleting broken links automatically .
- Possibility of extracting data from
Web pages (Copernic Agent Professional required).
- Possibility of detecting page languages
(Copernic Agent Professional required).
- Possibility of detecting duplicate
pages with non-identical addresses.
- Possibility of autonomous removal
of irrelevant results following analysis
of page contents with search
keywords or a Boolean query (Copernic
Agent Professional required)
- Possibility of saving Web pages for
offline browsing and searching in found
pages.
- Possibility of extracting key
concepts from Web pages in
order to add them in result lists (Copernic
Agent Professional required).
- Possibility of summarizing
a Web page linked to a selected search
result (Copernic Agent
Professional or Copernic Summarizer required).
- Possibility of using Boolean
operators (AND, OR, EXCEPT,
NEAR), parentheses and quotes to find
words in results and analyze Web page
contents in order to refine results
(Copernic Agent Professional required
for refining of results).
- Possibility of automating tasks to
validate links, analyze Web page contents,
extract data from Web pages and download
them for offline browsing and searching
(commercial versions only; Copernic
Agent Personal allows only to automate
the link validation).
- A detailed and unlimited search
history allowing search follow-ups
and various usages.
- Possibility of creating folders
and sub-folders for the searches.
- Possibility of updating searches
to find new results (new results highlighted).
- Possibility of modifying search
parameters to obtain more
accurate results.
- Possibility of duplicating a
search with all its parameters and results
to quickly create a similar search.
- Possibility of copying and moving searches
from one folder to the other.
- Possibility of e-mailing search
results in HTML or text format.
- Possibility of exporting search
results in various file types: HTML,
Word (.doc), Text (.txt), XML, Comma
Separated (.csv).
- Possibility of importing results
in XML files.
- Possibility of sorting searches by
keywords, update dates, matches, notes,
categories or schedules.
Results
- Found results scored and displayed according
to their relevancy.
- Automatic consolidation of results
with identical links.
- A detailed result list for
each search with extensive information
such as result titles, excerpts, relevancy
scores, Web page links and languages,
user notes, dates, search engines and
key concepts.
- Result lists including visual features
such as icons, underlining, bold fonts
and colors.
- Highlighting of keywords in
result lists and Web pages opened with
Internet Explorer (single-color or multi-color).
- Progressive display of the results
obtained during a search.
- A page preview pane to
determine the relevancy of results before
browsing through them. Loaded pages are
saved in the Internet Explorer 5.x (or
later) memory cache to save browsing
time.
- A filter bar with
multiple and advanced features to filter
result lists (features differ depending
on the installed version).
- A toolbar with multiple
and advanced features to find
words in result lists or Web pages.
- Possibility of sorting any
result list by titles, excerpts,
addresses, scores, dates found, dates
visited, dates modified or search engines
.
- Possibility of grouping any
result list by by scores,
states (new, visited, saved, checkmarked
or annotated), annotation contents,
dates found, languages, last modified
dates or same contents (commercial
versions only; advanced features require
Copernic Agent Professional).
- Possibility of annotating results (commercial
versions only).
- An integrated Internet Explorer Favorites
menu, mainly to facilitate
addition of favorites from a result
list.
- Possibility of deleting results.
- Possibility of consulting Web pages
during a search operation.
Search & Web Page Tracking (Copernic
Agent Professional required)
- Possibility of setting search tracking to
autonomously retrieve new results on a periodic
basis and report them.
- Possibility of setting page
tracking to autonomously detect
changes on a periodic basis over a
default number of words and then report
occurred changes by highlighting them
in pages.
- Availability of preset tracking
schedules (multiple times
per day, on a daily, weekly or monthly
basis) making it easier to set tracking
tasks.
- Automatic logging onto and off the
Internet through the modem at the beginning
and end of a tracking schedule.
- Automatic sending of tracking
reports by e-mail to one or
more particular addresses.
- Possibility of customizing the default
tracking schedules.
- Possibility of customizing recipient
addresses for a specific tracking task.
- Possibility of combining tracking tasks
with other automated tasks (e. g. downloading
pages, validating links, refining results).
- Possibility of grouping together several
tasks in the same tracking schedule.
- Possibility of postponing indefinitely
the execution of tracking tasks, individually
or globally.
- A tracking task manager with many useful
features and shortcuts.
- A tracking task progress report while
a tracking is underway.
- An icon, appearing in the Windows
Taskbar, while a tracking operation
is underway, that can be clicked to
open the tracking progress window.
Windows Integration
- Availability of a Copernic Agent shortcut
on the Windows desktop.
- Availability of a Copernic Agent shortcut
on the Windows Quick Launch
toolbar.
- Availability of a Copernic Agent search
extension in the Windows Start
menu through the Search command.
Software Integration
- Availability of a Copernic Agent bar
enabling users to conduct searches from Word
2000/2002, Outlook 2000/2002, Excel
2000/2002 and PowerPoint 2000/2002 (commercial
versions only).
- Possibility of configuring Internet
Explorer 4x (or later), Netscape
Navigator/Communicator 4.x or 6.x or Opera browser,
the system default browser or another
compatible browser as the Copernic
Agent default browser.
- Availability of displaying a result
list in an HTML result page via the default
browser.
Internet Explorer Integration
- Availability of the Copernic Agent Toolbar
that allows users to trace keywords in Web pages
using a highlighting function and tracing buttons,
create new searches, set page change tracking,
and so on (IE 5.0 or later required).
- Replacement of the Internet Explorer search
bar by the Copernic Agent Search component,
allowing use of Copernic Agent when
the Search button of
the Internet Explorer toolbar
is clicked.
- Possibility of launching the Copernic
Agent Search component for
a selected word or group of words directly
from any Web page displayed in Internet
Explorer using the Search button
or a command added to the right-click
menu.
- Additional button on the Internet
Explorer toolbar and command added
to the Internet Explorer Tools menu
in order to launch Copernic Agent (IE
5.0 or later requires)
- Availability of a Copernic Agent result
bar with advanced browsing features that
may be displayed via Copernic Agent or
the browser.
- Availability of a HTML search history
page to make selection of result lists
easier among existing searches.
- Additional features included in the Copernic
Agent result page.
Customizing & Configuration
- Possibility of customizing the number of simultaneous
transfers (up to 32) for searching, verifying,
analyzing, extracting and downloading operations.
- Possibility of personalizing toolbars
and menus by adding, removing and rearranging
buttons and items, creating custom toolbars
and using many other related options.
- Possibility of disabling or enabling
default engines available by category.
- A search category manager to customize
categories.
- Possibility of customizing default
maximum numbers of results to report
by engine and search for each category
and any search (Basic: 300/3000; Personal: 500/5000; Professional: 700/unlimited).
- Support of all Internet connection
modes, including HTTP or Socks proxy
servers (imports configuration from browser,
manages the authorization procedure for
proxies).
- Possibility of changing multiple configuration
settings (e.g. visual settings, summaries,
e-mail reports, prompts, timeouts).
- Possibility of customizing the default
browser and Internet Explorer, Windows or
software integrations.
- Customizable toolbar locations in the
main window, Internet Explorer and
other integrated applications.
- Possibility of customizing search and
result layouts.
- Automatic engine and software updates
with customizable options.
- Possibility of entering a new password
only once in Windows Task
Scheduler for preset tracking
schedules of Copernic Agent Professional .
Compatibility
- Minimum equipment requirements: Pentium 120 MHz,
32 MB of RAM, 15 MB of disk space.
- Operating system required: Windows
95/98/Me/NT4/2000/XP.
- Browser required: Microsoft Internet
Explorer 4.0 or later, Netscape
Navigator/Communicator 4.x or 6.x.
- Supports multi-user configurations
for individual searches and settings.
- Windows compliant software
uninstall procedure.
- Accessibility to the program from Windows Start/Find menu.
Other Specifications
- Availability of a dynamic menu allowing quick
and contextual access to most commonly used tasks.
- HTML Help file including fully contextual
Help Contents with menus and windows.
- Help menu commands to access technical
support from the Copernic Web
site, report a problem or suggest a new
feature directly.
- Technical support available at http://www.copernic.com/support/.
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