Contents

The following Help Topics are available:

Main Screen

Menu Bar

Chronology

Characters

Geography

Search

Politics

Timeline

Trivia Quiz

Media Room

Technical Support

For Help on Help, press F1.


Main Screen

When you run Doonesbury Flashbacks, Zonk surfs by on the title animation, then the Main Screen appears.

To view the Main Screen animations, right-click each character.

Click the hotspots on the illustration below, or on the scrolling descriptions beneath it to jump to an explanation of that feature.

Point to a character to select a feature; click to use it as follows.

Rick Redfern

Choose a Chronology from listed eventful times.

Zonker

Meet the cool Characters in the comics.

Duke & Honey

Go to Geography and pick your place in the past to peruse.

Roland

Search the Doonesbury database.

Lacey Davenport

Ponder Politics in the places of power.

Mike Mirrored

Trip through the Timeline of Doonesbury strips from then til now.

Mike At The Podium

Take a test with the Trivia Quiz.

Mark

Make Mark manipulate the Media Room.


Rick Redfern

Choose a Chronology from listed eventful times.


Zonker

Meet the cool Characters in the comics.


Duke & Honey

Go to Geography and pick your place in the past to peruse.


Roland

Search the Doonesbury database.


Lacey Davenport

Ponder Politics in the places of power.


Mike Mirrored

Trip through the Timeline of Doonesbury strips from then til now.


Mike At The Podium

Take a test with the Trivia Quiz.


Mark

Make Mark manipulate the Media Room.


Chronology

In this screen, you can view each Doonesbury Flashback comic strip in relation to the surrounding events it was created.

1  Click the Red Arrows at the turned page corners to advance through the strips one by one.

2  Click the Blue Arrows to go to the beginning or end of the list.

3  Read About Doonesbury, get the News of the Week, and find out Who Said What when each strip was created.

4  Click the Flashbacks Main Screen button to return to the Main Screen.

The Chronology feature defaults to View By Date, this allows you to view all of the strips ever written to date, in chronological order.

To only view strips from a certain list:

1  Select a list from the List pulldown menu.

2  Click the View By List button.

3  To go back to viewing by date, click the View By Date button.

See Also:

Lists


Characters

1  To read a characters short biography, move your mouse cursor over a face or a name.

2  To read a characters full-length biography, right-click a characters face or name.

3  To see the list of strips each character appears in, double-click the left mouse button on a face or name.

4  To see a list of strips in which two specific characters appear in, click two faces or names, then click the Show Relationship button.

5  Click the Flashbacks Main Screen button to return to the Main Screen.


Geography

1  Click any of the red Doonesbury icons on the US map to see a list of the strips related to that geographical location.

2  To view a strip, double-click your choice from the list.

3  To hear fun sounds, click the other symbols.

4  Click the Map button to toggle between the Asia and US maps.

5  Click the Flashbacks Main Screen button to return to the Main Screen.


Search

Peruse the database with Roland to find the exact strip you want.

How to search:

1  In the Search By column, click the arrow next to the search criteria you want to use.  For example, click the gray arrows next to Cast and Word.

2  Enter text in the Search By fields.  For example, enter Zonker in Cast field #1, Duke in Cast field #2, and Colorado in Word field #1.  Note:  You can also find a character name by clicking the down arrow next to the field and selecting it from the pulldown list.

3  Click any pertinent And or Or buttons.  For example, click the And button between Zonker and Duke.  The button turns green.

4  Click the Search button.  A list of strips, which contain the above criteria, appears in the Search Results window.

5  To view a strip, double-click your choice from the list.

6  To clear the Search By fields and begin a new search, click the New button.

7  Click the Flashbacks Main Screen button to return to the Main Screen.


Politics

Select with Lacy Davenport a political comic.

To view a political comic strip:

1  Click a political characters name.  A list of related strips appears.

2  To view a strip, double-click your choice from the list.

3  For a list of political topics, click Topics. If you want to view a strip from a specific topic, click the topic you like and a list appears. Double-click the strip of your choice from the list.  If you want to leave the Topic list, click anywhere else on the screen.

4  For more political characters choices, click Others.

5  Click the Flashbacks Main Screen button to return to the Main Screen.


Timeline

Skip through time with Mike Mirrored.

To use Timeline:

1  Click the left and right arrows, at the bottom corners of the screen, to move through time.  (A faster way to move through the years is to select a year and move the mouse slightly to the left and right, the years go scrolling by.)

2  Each cartoon represents a series of strips related to a story line.  Click a cartoon to see the list of strips for each story line.

3  As you move through time, the music of that age plays in the background.

4  Click the Flashbacks Main Screen button to return to the Main Screen.

Note:  Gary Trudeau took a sabbatical in 1983, so there are not any strips available for that year.


Trivia Quiz

Test your knowledge with Mike at the Podium, take the Trivia Quiz.

To play the game:

1  Wait for the question.

2  Select A, B, C, or D in the time allotted.

3  If you need a hint, click the Show Me button.

4  If you answer correctly, you get 10 points.  If you answer incorrectly, you get -10 points.  Every 50 points, you get a prize.

5  To see another question, click the Question Mark.

6  To turn the music off or on, click the Musical Note.

7  Click the Flashbacks Main Screen button to return to the Main Screen.


Media Room

Hang out with Mark in the Media Room.

1  To view Doonesbury-related news articles, click the Articles button.

2  To see one or all of the six Doonesbury cartoons, click the Video button.

3  To find out the author, publisher, and date for all Doonesbury comic strip books, click the Books button.

4  Go to the Misc. area and look through posters, scripts, magazines and other various merchandise.

5  Just click Bio, to read a biography of Gary Trudeau.  While you are there, click the picture to page through Garys photo album.

6  Click the Flashbacks Main Screen button to return to the Main Screen.


Lists

A list is a series of strips relating to a certain topic or character.

If you have just begun a session, you do not yet have any lists.

To select a list:

1  A list can only be selected from the Chronology and Search Screens.

2  Move your cursor to the top of the screen.  The Menu Bar appears.

3  Click List on the Menu Bar, or press Alt+L.

4  Move your cursor down the menu until the list you want is highlighted.

5  Let go of the mouse button.

Note:  You can have a maximum of nine lists.  The tenth list becomes list number nine and the first list is dropped.  To clear your lists, select Clear Lists from the List pulldown menu.


Menu Bar

To use the Menu Bar, move your cursor to the top of the screen.

The following options are available from the Menu Bar:

Use:	To:

File Menu

Print	(Alt+F,P) Print the strip you are currently viewing.

Printer Setup	(Alt+F,U) Set up your printer.

Exit	(Alt+F,X) Quit the program and return to Windows.

Screens Menu

Main	(Alt+S,M) Return to the Main Screen.

Chronology	(Alt+S,C) Go get news in the Chronology Screen.

Characters	(Alt+S,H) Go learn about the Characters.

Geography	(Alt+S,G) Go travel to the Geography Screen.

Search	(Alt+S,S) Go Search the database.

Politics	(Alt+S,P) Go get into Politics.

Timeline	(Alt+S,T) Go  view the Timeline.

Trivia Quiz	(Alt+S,R) Go play Trivia Quiz.

Media Room	(Alt+S,E) Go to the Media Room.

Options Menu

Sound FX	(Alt+O,X) Turn sound effects on or off.

Music	(Alt+O,U) Turn music on or off.

Animations/Opening	(Alt+O,A ,O) Turn the Opening animation on or off.

Animations/Wait	(Alt+O,A,W) Turn the wait animations on or off.

Animations/Other	(Alt+O,A,T) Turn all other animations on or off.

Help Menu

Contents	(Alt+H,C) View Help Contents

About	(Alt+H,A) View program version information and credits.


Technical Support

Before calling for technical support, please have the following information ready:

•	Detailed description of your problem, and the exact steps described in order of occurrence so we can try to reproduce the problem.

•	Name/make/model/speed of your computer.

•	Copy of your CONFIG.SYS file.

•	Copy of your AUTOEXEC.BAT file.

•	Name/make/model of your sound card.

•	Name/make/model of your video card.

•	Print out of the MS-DOS Check Disk command (type CHKDSK and press Enter).

•	Make/make/model of printer you are using, and whether it is color or black & white.

•	Version of Windows and MS-DOS you are using.

•	For Windows and MPC products, we also need a copy of your WINDOWS.INI and SYSTEM.INI files; both of which are in your Window subdirectory.

VERY IMPORTANT: WHEN MAILING IN YOUR PROBLEMS, SUGGESTIONS, OR QUESTIONS, PLEASE INCLUDE THE FOLLOWING INFORMATION:

•	Fax number.

•	Work phone number.

•	Home phone number (or where your computer is most of the time).

For technical support in the USA, please contact:

Mindscape, Inc.

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FAX:	(415) 897-5186

Telephone:	(415) 898-5157

BBS:	(415) 897-2867

Automated 800 Service:	(800) 409-1497	Find your own answers--no charge!

America Online keyword:	MINDSCAPE

CompuServe:	GO MINDSCAPE

Customer Service	(800) 234-3088

For technical support in Europe, please contact:

Technical Services

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England, United Kingdom

From outside the UK:

FAX:	<International Code> 44 1444 248996

Telephone:	<International Code> 44 1444 239600

From inside the UK:

FAX:	01444 248996

Telephone:	01444 239600

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