Copernicus has a streamlined graphical user interface focussing on making it fast and as easy to operate as possible. Copernicus is primarily used to store internet usernames and passwords and doing this is simple. The steps for an example user session are detailed below.
To record new login details for an internet site, firstly click on the Create New Site button and enter the name of the site. This could be for example ``Hotmail''. Then you can enter your login details to the right in the username and password field. If there is extra information that you would like associated with this login then you can enter it in the comments text box underneath the password field.
If you have two different logins associated with the one site (using the Hotmail example if you have two email accounts) you can create a second Account in Copernicus simply by clicking Enter New Account and then entering the username and password as you did for the first one.
Once you have entered some data it is probably a good idea to save the file. Do this by pressing Ctrl+S on your keyboard or selecting File->Save from the menu.
While Copernicus is geared towards remembering username and passwords, you can also use it to store other information for example the purchase date of your computer hardware or perhaps software serial numbers for easy reference.
Looking up information in Copernicus is even easier than entering it. Simply pick a site from the list displayed on
the left of the window and click on it. The details for the first login will then be displayed.
To view any other logins associated with the site either select them from the drop down box or click the ``next
login'' shortcut button denoted by the '
' symbol.
If the list of sites gets very large (and it probably will) - you can filter the list by typing some text in the text field labeled search and pressing enter. For example, if you type the word ``mail'' into that text field and press the enter key - all sites with titles containing the word ``mail'' (this would include our example of Hotmail) will be displayed and the others will be hidden from view.
To display all of the sites again, simply delete all of the text from the search text field and the list should revert back, showing all sites alphabetically.
That is essentially how you use Copernicus. There are various other operations that you can perform such as renaming a site or login by using the menus. These operations are much less frequently used than the ones above. Refer to the ``Menu Command Glossary'' section for details on all available operations accessed though the menus.