This manual was written with newcomers to EMBOSS in mind. You will benefit from at least a basic appreciation of molecular biology and some familiarity with UNIX and the C programming language. You should know how to open, use, save and close files using a text editor. It will also help if you've used the EMBOSS programs and are familiar with the command line (see the EMBOSS Users Guide).

All of the material in the EMBOSS Guides is available on the EMBOSS web site: