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Asia Alive GUIDisc Help Contents

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1.  BASIC OPERATION

MENUS

CONTROL BUTTONS

MAPS

TEXT WINDOW

CALENDAR

SLIDE WINDOW

MOVIE WINDOW

2. COMMANDS

FILE MENU ITEMS

PRINTING

EDIT MENU ITEMS

PREFERENCES

TEXT MENU ITEMS

3.  QUESTIONS & COMMENTS

TECHNICAL SUPPORT


Menu
MENUS

This section describes the menus on the top of the screen.

File and Edit

Most of the functions available under these two menu items are related to customization.  You can read more about this in Section 2.

Window

This menu contains a list of windows that can be opened and brought forward at any time.  The available windows are the Main Map, Sub Maps, Text, Movies, Slides, and Calendar.

If a window is checked then it is already opened.  If it is not visible then it is behind another window.  Selecting this window again will bring it to the front of the screen.

Slide

This menu contains a list of operations that can play and stop slides.  You can read more about this in Section 2

Movie

This menu contains a list of operations that can play and stop movies.  You can read more about this in Section 2.

Sound

This menu contains a list of operations that can play and stop sound.  You can read more about this in Section 2

Text

This menu allows you to change Text Categories.  You can read more about this in Section 2.

Location

Users can use this menu to quickly go to any country or city.


CONTROL BUTTONS

The Control Buttons for all locations are located in the bar along the top of the screen, the Tool  Bar.

The Control Buttons include from left to right:

Main Map Selection Buttons

Country Button

City Button

Four Media Buttons

Text Button

Slide Button

Movie Button

Sound Button

Go To Button

Main Map Selection Buttons

The first two buttons on the left are Country and City Main Maps.

By clicking on this button, the Main Map will display countries.

By clicking on this button, the Main Map will display cities.

Media Buttons

These four buttons, located in the center of the Tool Bar, are used to open the text, slides, and movie windows and to play the sound for any active map.  These four buttons will appear dimmed if the slide, movie, or sound buttons are not available for that active map.

Text Button:  Click on the first button to bring up the text window.  The text contains information about the country or city displayed in the active map.

Slides Button:  Click on the second button to bring up the slide window and a slide show of the active map.

Movie Button:  Click on the third button to bring up the movie window.  This shows a movie about the location displayed in the active map.

Sound Button:  Sound is the fourth button from the left.  Click the sound button to turn sound on or off.

Go To Button

The Go To Button will allow you to quickly access another location.

Note:  To close a window, double-click on the small box in the upper left hand corner of the window you wish to close.

Country Button

The Country Button will appear in the upper right hand corner of the Toolbar when you are viewing a City Map.  Clicking on the Country Button will quickly take you to the Country Map in which the City you are viewing is located.


US maps; State maps; city maps
MAPS

The first map that you see when Asia Alive GUIDisc opens is the Main Map.  This map has Glass Buttons identifying each Country.  Click on a Country Glass Button to open a Country Map.  You will see Glass Buttons on all of the Main Maps as well as many of the Country Maps.

Location

The title of the map is written in the bar across the top of the map.

Countries

Map Behavior:   Country Maps have several things differentiating them from the City Maps.  The Country Maps always have Glass Buttons like those on the Main Map.  These Glass Buttons, when clicked on will take you to a specific city within that country. 	Traveling Onward:   There are several ways of moving on from the Country Map.  You may go to an adjacent country by clicking the Glass Buttons of the neighboring country or you can choose a location from the Go To Button of the Tool Bar.  Another option is to click on any part of the Main Map, bringing that map forward, then selecting a location from the Main Map.

Cities

Map Behavior:   The City Maps do not have Glass Buttons.   	Traveling Onward:   Clicking on the Country Button in the upper right hand corner of the Tool Bar will take you to the Country Map in which the city is located.  You can move to another location by going to the Go To Button of the Tool Bar.  Another option is to click on any part of the Main Map to bring that map forward so that you can select a location from the Main Map.


Text Windows
TEXT WINDOW

Text Buttons

Across the top of the Text Window is a row of buttons representing different categories of information.  Click on these buttons to switch Text Categories.

Text Categories

Text Categories include (from left to right):

Information

Climate & Geography

Sights & Recreation

Hotels, Dining & Entertainment

Phone Numbers & Addresses

Transportation Information

Text Indexes

What are they?

A text index is a quick way to get to the beginning of a subject you are specifically interested in.

How To Use Text Indexes

By clicking on the subject of interest marked with a number and » (Text Index Jump To), the text scrolls to the beginning of that subject.

Returning to the top of the Index

Clicking on any subject heading in the text, marked with a number and « (Text Index Jump Back) brings you back up to the Main Text Index where you began.

Notes

The seventh button opens up the Notes section.  In this section you may record your own notes.  These notes are global.  Things written here can be read in the Notes section of any country or city.

To enter your notes, click on the Notes Button to open up the notebook.  Proceed to type in your notes.  You can save your notes by selecting Save Text from the File Menu or by changing categories and selecting Yes from the ensuing Save dialog box.

The length limitation of your Notes section is 32,000 (32K) characters.

Find

The eighth button of the Text Window is the Find Button.

Click the Find Button to search for a word or words in the displayed text category.

When you click the Find Button, a Find dialog box will appear.

Type in the word or words that you are looking for and click the find button or return on the keyboard.

If the word exists in that text category, the text will scroll directly to the word.

If it exists more than once, you need to click on the Find Button to bring up the Find dialog box and click the find button again or press F3 on the keyboard.

If the word is not in the text, it will notify you that the text could not be found.

To exit the find mode, click on Cancel in the Find dialog box.


CALENDAR

Opening the Calendar

Select the item Calendar from the Window Menu.  The Calendar will automatically open to the current month and today's date will appear highlighted.

Dates Corresponding to the Notes

To the right of the Calendar there is a notes section.  You can input notes here for the date that is highlighted on the Calendar.  To save your notes, go to another date or location and GUIDisc will ask if you want to save changes.  If you select Yes, your notes will be saved and a red box will appear in the upper left-hand corner of the date that you added your notes.

Moving Around the Calendar

You can change dates in the Calendar by clicking on the arrows next to the month name and year.  You can change days by simply clicking on the day.  You can also move around using keystrokes.

To change the year:  Press Control and either Page Up or Page Down.

To change the month:  Press Control and either Home or End.

To change the day:  Press Control and any of the arrow keys.


SLIDE WINDOW

Window Behavior

You can open the Slide Window by clicking on the Slide Button on the Tool Bar.  You can also select Slide from the Window Menu or select Play from the Slide Menu.  This will bring up the active map's slide show.

Controlling the Slides

To stop the slides, click anywhere in the slide window to pause the slide show. You can also stop the slides by selecting Stop in the Slide Menu.  To start the slides, click anywhere in the slide window to play the slide show.  You can also start the slides by selecting Play in the Slide Menu.

The Loop command, located under the Slide Menu allows you to play the slide show continuously until you stop it.  If Loop is not activated, the slide show will stop after it has shown all the slides once.


MOVIE WINDOW

Window Behavior

You can open the Movie Window by clicking on the Movie Button on the Tool Bar.  You can also select Movie from the Window Menu.  This will play the active map's movie.

The movie button on the Tool Bar for the location will appear dimmed if a movie is not available for that location.

Controlling the Movie

The Loop command, located under the Movie Menu allows you to play the movie continuously until you stop it.  If Loop is not activated, the movie will stop after it has shown all the movie once.

The Mute command under the Movie Menu allows you to turn off the sound for the movie.  To restore the sound, select Mute again.


FILE MENU ITEMS

Export Text

Export text can be used to transfer your information.

Export text will save all of the selected text from the current location to an Export file.  When you select Export Text, an Export Text File dialog box will open allowing you to designate where you would like to save the Export file.

Save Text

This saves changes you have made to the Notes section or the Calendar notes section.  To save the changes, click on Save Text in the File Menu.

The printing commands are also located under the File Menu.  For more information, refer to the section entitled Printing.


Edit Text
EDIT MENU ITEMS

In the Edit Menu use Undo, Cut, Copy, Paste and Delete in the same way they function in other word processing programs to edit your Notes section and Calendar notes section.

You can also set your preference options by selecting Preferences...  For more information, refer to the section entitled Preferences.


PRINTING

Print Text

1.  While the Text Window is open, go to Print Text... from the File Menu.

2.  A Print dialog box will appear.

3.  Select OK and it will print the text.

Print Map

1.  Go to Print Map... from the File Menu

2.  You will then be given a menu in which you choose which map you wish to print, the Main Map or a Sub Map.

3.  Select the map you wish to print and a Print dialog box will appear.

4.  Select OK and it will print the active map.

Print Slide

Print Slide will print the slide that is currently showing.

1.  Stop the slide show on the frame you would like printed.

2.  Select Print Slide... from the File Menu.

3.  A Print dialog box will appear.

4.  Select OK and it will print the slide.

Print Movie

Print Movie will print the movie frame that is currently showing.

1.  Play through the movie to the desired image you want.

2.  Stop the movie on the exact frame you wish to print.

3.  Select Print Movie... from the File Menu.

4.  A Print dialog box will appear.

5.  Select OK and it will print the movie frame.

Printing Tips

When you are printing a slide, map, or movie, select grayscale printing for best results.

When printing graphics (maps, slides and movies) you need to have the entire window visible and not overlapped by another window.


Preference
PREFERENCES

Slides

Here you can select the delay in between slides and also the size of the border.  The border is measured in pixels.

Comm Port

You can select a communication port that your modem is set to.

Dial To

Select Modem to dial telephone numbers through a modem.

Speaker will play the dialing tone through the computer speaker.  Hold the telephone receiver next to the speaker when dialing from the program.

Prefix

Select this if there is a number that must be dialed before all phone calls, local or long distance.

Area Code

Select Area Code to enter the area code you are calling from.  The program will not dial the area code if this number matches the number in the parentheses of the phone number.

Long Distance

Select this option if you need to dial a long distance prefix.  The program will dial this number if the number in the area code does not match the number in the parentheses of the phone number.

Use Default Window Positions

When this item is checked, the windows will be in the same positions every time they are opened.

Play Button Click Sound

When this item is checked, there will be a click sound every time you click a button.

Play Text Chime Sound

When this item is checked, there will be a chime sound every time you click on a Text Index.

Play Voice-Over Sound

When this item is checked, there will be a voice-over sound every time you go to a location.

Use System ID Palette

When this item is checked, the color of your maps will use the Windows default system color palette.  Use this item when the color of your maps, movies or slides seem to be distorted.


TECHNICAL SUPPORT

Getting Help

If there is something that you have been trying to figure out and you have tried everything, or if you would like to share an interesting idea or new application for this product, please contact our Technical Support Department.

Please write or call:

MediAlive

Customer Service

766 San Aleso Avenue

Sunnyvale, CA 94086

Between 8:30 AM and 4:30 PM

Pacific Standard Time

Monday through Friday:

Phone  (408) 752-8500

Fax  (408) 752-8501

Compuserve 71762,3512

AppleLink D3777


Text Menu
TEXT MENU ITEMS

Text Categories

The Text Menu items are used to view the Text Windows.  Once you open a Text Window for any location, the Text Categories under the Text Menu will become enabled.  By selecting any of the Text Categories under the Text Menu, you can change the Text Category that you are currently viewing.  You can also open the Notes Window by selecting Notes under the Text Menu.

Find

The Find command allows you to search through the text for a particular word or set of words.  Select Find to bring up a Find dialog box that will appear over the Category Buttons.  Type in the subject that you are looking for and click the Find Button or press Enter on the keyboard.  If the word exists in the text for that category, it will scroll directly to that word.

If the word appears more than once, you can select Find Again under the Text Menu (or press F3) and the text will scroll directly to the next occurrence of the word or words.

If the word(s) does not occur within the Text Category, you will be notified by a Find dialog box.  To exit the Find mode, click Cancel.