What do you do if you don't know the abbreviation that SpecsIntact's system uses for a reference organization? ASTM and ANSI are pretty easy to find, but how about the American's with Disabilities Act? What is it filed under? There is not Architectural Transportation Board organization listed. There are lots of U.S. agencies listed, but non appear to include the ADAAG. No organization seems to be listed that is intuitively related to accessibility.
Hmmm... what can you do to quickly & easily find it? You know it's gotta be in there SOMEWHERE. Try using your UMRL file to find it.
1. Go to C:\Program Files\SpecsIntact (or wherever you installed the SpecsIntact program to).
2. Open \UMRL\umrl.ref.
3. Use Ctrl+F, adaag, whole word. Voilà! It is under one of those CFR's, specifically 36 CFR 1191. Scroll up to find the organization. Turns out to be U.S. NATIONAL ARCHIVES AND RECORDS ADMINISTRATION (NARA)
4. So now go back to the dialog box, and look under NARA! After dealing with the fact they do not sort in a logical numerical order, you can easily add it to your section.
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