Copyright: (c) 1994 Compact Publishing, Inc.


Introduction
NewsQuest

Copyright 1994 Compact Publishing, Inc.

Introduction

Welcome!  NewsQuest challenges your knowledge of the news reported in TIME Magazine while you uncover the words of the most notable and quotable people of the 20th Century.  As a researcher for TIME Magazine, you must acquire five quotes from famous people in the 20th Century before the 5:00 deadline.  The five categories in the in-boxes provide you with questions and quotes for your research assignment.  As you work, the clock keeps track of your day.  Solve the quote in each of the five categories and your assignment is complete!

See Also:

Your Assignment

Categories

Questions

Quotes

The Clock

Using Search to Find Answers

Saving Your NewsQuest Game

Restoring Your NewsQuest Game

NewsQuest Tips


Your Assignment
NewsQuest

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Your Assignment

To go to your NewsQuest office, select NewsQuest from the Toolbar. Read a message  from your editor by clicking on the computer screen's blinking E-Mail message.  Your assignments for the day are in the five in-boxes on your desk.

Begin your assignment by clicking on any of the five in-boxes. Each category in the in-box provides you with 20 questions and a quote.  Each question that you answer correctly uncovers letters in the quote.  You may also add letters to the quote if you know them.

As you work, the clock keeps track of your day.  Once you've finished researching one or two of the categories, feel free to take a coffee break by clicking on your coffee cup!  And don't worry about getting lunch because NewsQuest will prompt you when it's lunch time.

Solve the quotes in all five categories and your assignment is complete!  So sit down, get comfortable and don't forget, you have a 5:00 deadline!

See Also:

Introduction

Categories

Questions

Quotes

The Clock

Using Search to Find Answers

Saving Your NewsQuest Game

Restoring Your NewsQuest Game

NewsQuest Tips


Categories
NewsQuest

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Categories

NewsQuest contains  five categories, all of which must be successfully played to win the game.  Each category is a collection of 20 questions and one hidden quote.  Your goal as a NewsQuest researcher  is to uncover the hidden quote in all five categories before 5:00 p.m.

DECADES - Questions about events from 1900s-1970s

ELECTIONS - Questions about U.S. Presidential Elections 1900-1992

1980s - Questions about events of  the 1980s

1990s - Questions about events of the 1990s

EDITOR'S CHOICE - Questions randomly selected by the editor from any category

You may select the categories in any order.  In each category, a quote is displayed with all letters replaced with boxes.  You can uncover the letters by correctly answering a series of questions. Your goal for each category is to complete the quote by answering questions and adding letters.

You can work with only one category at a time.  You must uncover the quote in the current category before selecting another category. If you do not  completely uncover the quote in a category, the game is over and you must exit NewsQuest to begin again.

Note:  If you exit NewsQuest while attempting to solve a quote, you must play that category again when you restore your game.  NewsQuest does not remember the current category's quote information when you leave.  Any work in that category will be lost, and you  cannot regain any of the time spent researching the quote for that particular category.  As a rule, you should only exit NewsQuest when you have completed a category.  NewsQuest saves only the FINISHED category information and current clock setting for your NewsQuest day.

See Also:

Your Assignment

Questions

Quotes

The Clock

Using Search to Find Answers

Saving Your NewsQuest Game

Restoring Your NewsQuest Game


Clock
NewsQuest

Copyright 1994 Compact Publishing, Inc.

The Clock

As a newsmagazine researcher, you must complete your work before the 5:00 p.m. deadline.  As you work, the clock keeps track of your day. The clock moves ahead:

7 minutes for each attempted Question

8 minutes for each Hint taken

10 minutes for each Multiple Choice option taken

2 minutes for each incorrect letter attempted in the Quote

You may use Search for help with questions and quotes without a time penalty.

There is no time penalty for coffee breaks or lunch.

See Also:

Your Assignment

Using Search to Find Answers

Saving Your NewsQuest Game

Restoring Your NewsQuest Game


Questions
NewsQuest

Copyright 1994 Compact Publishing, Inc.

Questions

You can answer up to 20 questions in each category. Correctly answering a question reveals letters in the hidden quote.  While uncovering the quote is your ultimate goal, answering the questions can be quite challenging and fun!

When you first select a category from the in-boxes, NewsQuest provides your first question.  After answering the question, you must click on the Question button to get the next question.

If you know the answer to the question, type it in the answer box.   Click on OK.

If you need help with an answer, you may click the Hint or the Multiple Choice buttons. There are time penalties for hints and multiple choice. A hint adds 8 minutes to the clock and multiple choice adds 10 minutes to the clock.

To save time on your work clock, use Search to look through articles to find the answer or the actual quote. There is no time penalty for using Search.

If you know the quote, you do not have to answer all 20 questions.   Each question selected adds 7 minutes to the clock. The best strategy is to answer only enough questions to reveal as many letters as you need to identify the quote.

If you do not solve the quote after attempting 20 questions, the game is over and you must exit NewsQuest to begin again.

See Also:

Your Assignment

Categories

Quotes

The Clock

Using Search to Find Answers

Saving Your NewsQuest Game

Restoring Your NewsQuest Game


Quotes
NewsQuest

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Quotes

Your assignment is to uncover the hidden quote displayed at the top of each category screen.  The author(s) of each quote is identified just below the quote box.  Each correctly answered question randomly reveals 1/4 of the remaining hidden letters.  The final four letters are never uncovered.  You must type in the final letters.

Click on the Add to Quote button and type in the missing letters of the quote.  Letters can only be added in correct order.  You may not skip around.  Each incorrect letter attempted advances the clock 2 minutes.

You may add to the quote at any time.  When the last letter is added to the quote, the category is complete. If you do not successfully complete a quote, the game is over and you must exit NewsQuest to begin again.

Complete all five quotes by 5:00 p.m. and you win the game!

See Also:

Your Assignment

Categories

Questions

The Clock

Using Search to Find Answers

Saving Your NewsQuest Game

Restoring Your NewsQuest Game


Saving Game
NewsQuest

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Saving Your NewsQuest Game

You can exit NewsQuest at any time by clicking on the Exit button or on your Out-box.  If you have not finished playing all five categories, NewsQuest assigns a password to your game so you can easily restore the current game settings later. Write down the password that appears in the dialog box. You will need it to restore your game.

NewsQuest remembers all FINISHED category information and your NewsQuest time of day, or clock setting, when you exit.   If you exit NewsQuest before you solve a quote, you  must play that category again when you restore your game.  NewsQuest does not remember the current category's quote information when you leave.  Any work you have done for that category is lost and you cannot regain any of the time spent researching the quote for that particular category.

As a rule, you should only exit NewsQuest when you have completed a category.

See Also:

Restoring Your NewsQuest Game


Restore Game
NewsQuest

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Restoring Your NewsQuest Game

You can restore any previously unfinished NewsQuest game when you enter the NewsQuest office.  Click on the  NewsQuest computer keyboard.  When NewsQuest asks for your password, type in the password you wrote down when you last saved the game.  NewsQuest restores your old game, complete with clock settings and finished category information!

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Saving Your NewsQuest Game


Using Search
NewsQuest

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Using Search to Find Answers

To save time on your work clock, use Search to look through TIME articles to  find the answer or actual quote.  Using key words that appear in the questions or the quote, you can narrow the search to just a few or even a single TIME article.

Click on SEARCH and type as many key words as you like in the Search box. Deselect everything except Articles from the Include list by clicking on each item.  A red X in front of the item indicates that it is not selected.  When you click the OK button, Search finds all articles that contain any of the words typed in the Search box.

If you enter two or more words, you can click on the Adjacent Words button to search for articles that contain those words only when they occur next to each other. When you click the OK button, Search finds articles that contain your specific words only in the order that you entered them. This is especially useful when searching for a person's name.

To return to your NewsQuest game from the Search dialog box, click on Close and then select NewsQuest from the Toolbar.

See also:

Search

Search Dialog


Search
NewsQuest

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Using Search

The Search feature is a tool to help you find specific articles and graphics. Instead of browsing through the TIME Almanac looking for them, you can enter specific words that describe the information for which you are looking.

1.	Click on SEARCH on the Toolbar.

2.	Type your search words in the search word box. You may enter up to nine words separating each with a space.

3.	After you have entered the search words you want, click on OK or press [ENTER].

4.	If you are satisfied with the number of entries you have found, you can view an item by clicking on its title or using the [Up/Down] arrow keys to highlight the entry and pressing [ENTER]. Selecting a title takes you to the first place where a search word appears in that entry. The word appears highlighted. Use the Find function by pressing F3 to find other occurrences of your search words within the entry.

5.	Press [ESC] to return to the Search dialog.

Refining Your Search

If your search results in a long list of entries, you may wish to use several Search features that help refine the results.  Return to the Search Dialog by clicking on the Search Button.

1.	After your first search results are posted, you may reduce the results by entering more words in the Search word box, then clicking on the Refine Search button.  Search looks for the new words and the old words and produces a list of files that contain both sets of words.

Example:  Searching using the keyword "WAR" results in over a thousand entries.  To search for additional keywords, within these articles, click on the Search button, type in other keywords like "GERMANY", then select the Refine Search box.  After clicking the OK button, a list of articles including the words "WAR" and "GERMANY" will be displayed.

2.	Use the  "Include" box to select types of files. You may limit your search to words found in articles, charts,  video and photo captions, or covers.  Click the graphic icon to select or deselect  a file type.  The green check mark indicates that the file type is selected.  A red X indicates that the file type is not included in the search.

Example: A search for the two words "COMMUNIST" and "REVOLUTION" results in a list with over 150 articles.  While the same keywords, using the Adjacent Words option results in only a manageable few.

3.	Use the "Search for:" feature to search for paired words, like proper names. When you type two or more words into the search box, the Adjacent Words button becomes available. If you select Adjacent Words, your search will be limited to finding the exact phrase that you enter into the search word box.

See Also:

Word List

Search Hints

Search Dialog

Find


Article Popup
All text entries, including TIME articles and Almanac statistical charts are referred to as "articles."


Graphics Popup
All videos, photos, and covers are referred to as "graphics."  Videos cannot be printed or cut to the clipboard.


Search Hints
NewsQuest

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Search Hints

The more search words you use, the more accurate your search results will be.  Entering only one word in the Search word box can result in an unusually long list of items.  Many may simply contain your search word but have little to do with your topic of interest.

If the entries do not provide the information you are looking for, you can change the search words and repeat the process until you find what you want.

In the Search results list the titles of all the articles appear first, followed by the titles of all photos, videos, charts, and maps, in that order. Since any search most likely finds many more articles than any other type of entry, remember to go to the end of the list to see if there are any graphic entries.

If your search results in no entries, review those words not found and check them against the Word List.

If the words you enter are too vague or general, Search may yield a much greater number of items than you want to look through.  By clicking on Search again, then selecting the Refine Search option, you can search for additional words in articles that were found in the previous search.  The scope of the search can be further reduced by unchecking items from the include section of the search dialog box.

See Also:

Using Search


Search Dialog
NewsQuest

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The Search Dialog


SearchAdvanced
Advanced

Allows a more precise search


RefineSearch
Refine

Allows you to add additional keywords to your previous search.


SearchPhrase
Search for:

Allows you to search for adjacent words.


SearchInclude
Include

Allows you to limit your search to text or graphic types: articles, covers, photos, charts, and videos.


SearchWordList
Word List

A list of words that are indexed in the Almanac.  You can use this list as a guide for spelling.


SearchWordBox
Word Box

Enter keyword about the topic to search  You can type up to nine words.


Word List
NewsQuest

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The Word List

The Word List contains every word that occurs in the contents of the TIME Almanac. If you type a word, and you're not sure if the word is in the database or if you want to check its spelling, the Word List will automatically display the  closest word that matches alphabetically .

1.	To replace the word you typed with a word from the Word List, press [TAB] or click on the Word List box, then scroll through the list using the [Up/Down] or [PgUp/PgDn] arrows or the mouse.  As you scroll through the Word List, the program automatically replaces the word you typed with the highlighted word.

2.	When you are ready to make your selection, press [SHIFT]+[TAB] to return to the Search word line (or click there with the mouse).

3.	Press [ESC] to return to the Search form without choosing any words from the Word List.

4.	At this point you can add more search words or select the OK button to begin your Search

See Also

Using Search

Search Hints


Every Word Qualification
(It does not include words from menus or unimportant words such as a/an, in, the, etc.)


Find
NewsQuest

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Find

The Find dialog allows you to search for specific words within an article. (If you want to search for specific words within all articles, use the SEARCH function instead.) The search can be case sensitive or insensitive and can be limited to whole words.

To display the  Find dialog while viewing an article, press the F3 button. Type the word you would like to find in the "Find What" box.  Select the FIND NEXT button to find the first occurrence of that word in the open article.  Continue selecting FIND NEXT to advance through all occurrences of your search word in that article.  Select CANCEL to escape from the Find function.

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Using Search


NewsQuest Tips
NewsQuest

Copyright 1994 Compact Publishing, Inc.

NewsQuest Tips

Running Out of Time?  If you are approaching the 5:00 deadline and need to save some time, use Search to find the answers.  Using Search does not advance the clock and is a good way to brush up on your research skills!

Fringe Benefits! There is no time penalty for coffee breaks or lunch.

A  Researcher's Instinct! Try to fill in the quote as soon as you can make a good guess, trying incorrectly only adds 2 minutes to the clock rather than the 7 minutes added for another question.

Check Out Your Press Pass! Write down your password when you save an unfinished game.

Your Editor Thinks You Are a Bad Speller!  If you don't know how to spell a word for an answer, use Search. Type the first letter or two and then scroll down the word list.

Research Tip! When using Search, include only  Articles. Videos, charts, photos, and covers are sources for your quotes.

Don't Lose Your Work! Finish a category before you exit the game.

Fast Lane on the Information Highway! You do not have to read the E-mail message if you are a regular player and understand the game instructions.

A Hot News Tip! The author of the quote is identified on the right of the screen below the quote.  Use the author's name as an adjacent search term. Example: If Winston Churchill is the quote's author, type Winston Churchill in the Search box and click on the Adjacent Words button. This could lead you to the actual quote itself!

See Also:

Using Search to Find Answers

The Clock


Add to Quote Popup
Add to Quote

Click on the Add to Quote button at any time to type letters to the hidden quote.  Remember, NewsQuest advances the clock 2 minutes for each incorrectly typed letter!


Hint Popup
Hint

Click on the Hint button at any time and NewsQuest provides you with a helpful hint to answer the current question.  Remember, NewsQuest advances the clock 8 minutes each time you request a hint!


Multiple Choice Popup
Multiple Choice

Click on the Multiple Choice button to view a list of three possible answers.  Remember, there is a 10 minute time penalty each time you request the Multiple Choice list!


Time Penalties Popup
Time Penalties

 As you work, the clock keeps track of your day. The clock moves ahead:

7 minutes for each Question

8 minutes for each Hint

10 minutes for each Multiple Choice

2 minutes for each incorrect letter attempted in the Quote

No time penalty for using Search!