Ordering, Printing and Saving
STANDARD INTERNET PEDIGREES:
ORDERING:
Start your Internet connection and go to Holstein's website at:
http://www.holsteinusa.com
Click on Online Ordering!
Click on Official Holstein Pedigrees
Click in the User ID box and type in your User ID*
Click in the Password box and enter your Password*
On the Animal ID line, click in the ID Number
box and type in the animal's identification number. If the animal is other
than a USA, Female then make the appropriate selection by clicking on
the pull-down menu.
If you wish to establish alternate "format options" for your
pedigree (No A-Values, No PTAs, No Owner), use the pull-down menus on
the line Pedigree Options.
Click on Click to Process Pedigree Order
The confirmation page appears. It confirms the animal you requested,
your format options, and how much you'll be charged for the pedigree order
you are placing. The price you pay for Internet Pedigrees is based on
the number of 3 generation pedigrees purchased in the last 365 days.
Click on Run Now and the requested pedigree will appear. (Clicking on the Back button will cancel the pedigree request and place you back at the pedigree ordering screen.)
* - If you do not currently have an online account with us, contact Customer Service at 1-800-952-5200 and set one up today!
PRINTING
YOUR PEDIGREE(S):
Once your pedigree has been run and you are viewing it on the "Product
Retrieval" page you can print a copy for your files. We have provided
some simple steps below for you to follow.
Prior to ordering and printing your pedigree, you can test these print
procedures using our sample pedigree, which is available by clicking here.
Print Procedures
These procedures should work in most window environments, including
MS Windows, Mac and Linux:
- Be sure your pedigree is displayed in your browser.
- Click once in the midst of the pedigree text to be sure this is the "active" frame.
- From the browser menu, find the option which allows you to "Select all" (in Windows, Edit->Select All).
- From the browser menu, find the option which allows you to "Copy" (in Windows, Edit->Copy).
- Open a suitable text editor (in Windows, WordPad).
- In the text editor, be sure you have an "active" blank document (in WordPad, a blank document appears by default).
- In the text editor, perform a "Paste".
- The text of your pedigree should be displayed within the document.
- In the text editor, Perform a "Print Preview" and/or a test print.
- In the text editor, you can optionally save your pedigree.
Troubleshooting the Printed Pedigree
While in the text editor it might be necessary to remove blank lines and/or
reduce the font size so as to fit a pedigree on a single page. (This can
be accomplished by finding the "Select All" option and then
revising the text font.)
It might be necessary to revise margin settings to prevent undesirable
wrapping. You can usually find a Page Setup option in the text editor
which will allow you to revise your margin settings to our recommended
settings:
Top
0.5 Bottom
0.5 Left
0.25 Right
0.25
SAVING:
If you wish, you may save Pedigrees on your p.c. for later use.
Click on File
Click on Save Frame As
A "Save As..." dialog box will appear on your screen.
In the Save in: location, you will see your current directory. If you wish to save your Pedigrees to another directory (ex. your word processing directory), locate and choose your desired directory.
Under File name: type in the name you wish the file to have.
Either give your file name a .txt extension manually, or under Save as type: choose Plain Text. If you do not save the pedigree as a text file, the file will contain html codes that you will not want in your document.
Click on Save
HINT: When you retrieve pedigrees into your word processor, you will
need to make the same adjustments (Margins and Font) that are described
above under "Printing".
