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^C== Quick Start ==

Geotutor has two modes; Teaching and Quiz-taking.  You may
begin or end a quiz from the Quiz menu.  Teaching mode,
(the default mode) allows you to explore the continent at
your own pace.  Click in a country to select it, then
click again for information on that country.  If you don't
have a mouse, just use TAB/SHIFT-TAB to select a country,
then press ENTER for information.  When taking a quiz that
asks you to find countries, you will select a country,
then click again or press ENTER to confirm it as your
answer.

^C== Mouse Emulation ==
If you don't have a mouse, you can use mouse emulation.
The arrow keys move the mouse cursor, and the space bar
substitutes for the left mouse button.  You can also just
use TAB/SHIFT-TAB as described above and operate the menus
as you would any standard menu.  Just press TAB to select
a country, then press ENTER to get information on it or
confirm it as your answer.
To get into the menu without a mouse, just press the ALT
key along with the first letter of a menu name.  Once
there, use the arrow keys to move around; press ENTER to
choose the selected item, ESCAPE to close the menu.  Items
that are not available at the moment will appear dimmed.

^C== Main Menu ==
With a Mouse:
Click on a main menu option to pull down its menu.  Then
click on an option to select it and click again to
execute.  Clicking outside an open menu closes the menu.

With the Keyboard:
Press ALT along with the first letter of a main menu item
to pull down a menu.  Use Left/Right arrow keys to move
between pull-down menus.  Use Up/Down arrow keys to move
the menu bounce bar to highlight an option on the open
menu, then press ENTER to execute the highlighted option
or press ESC to cancel and close the menu.  Some main menu
items have an equivalent hot-key assignment (placed in
parentheses following the item)--see Keyboard Hot Keys
below.


^C== The Menus ==

* File:
   Locate: Locate the country or region of your choice.
   Use a pick list to choose the name of a region and
   Geotutor will highlight it for you.

   Quit: Exit program

* Quiz:
   Quiz Type: Presents a pick list with the following quiz
   selections.

      Find country (default): You must highlight the
      country named in the lower left corner of the screen
      using the mouse or TAB/SHIFT-TAB, ENTER controls.

      Find country with this capital: You must highlight
      the country with the capital named in the lower left
      corner of the screen.

      Identify country: You must match the country that is
      highlighted on the screen with the correct name in
      the pick list.

      Identify capital: Same as ID country with capital
      names in the pick list.

      Identify currency: Same as ID country with currency
      names in the pick list.

   Take Quiz: Start the quiz selected under the Select
   Quiz item.

   Abort Quiz: Quit quiz in progress.

   Show Score: Display the scores of all quizzes taken.


 Help:

   Instructions: Displays these instructions on how to
   use Geotutor.  Press F1 at any time for this
   information.

   About: Displays credits and copyright information.

^C== Learning About the Different Countries ==

You can click the mouse in any of the countries (or in
the Continent icon) to get information about that country.
You can also use the keyboard to bring up the
information.  Use TAB/SHIFT-TAB to highlight the
different countries and ENTER to select one.

^C == Taking a Quiz ==

Geotutor gives two kinds of quizzes; those that ask you to
find a country and those that ask you to pick the name of
the highlighted country, its capital or its monetary unit.

When taking the first kind of quiz, just highlight a
country using the mouse or TAB/SHIFT-TAB as you do in
Teaching mode, then click again (or press Enter) to
confirm it as your answer.  Geotutor will tell you whether
you were right and blink the correct country.  You can
skip this blinking and go on to the next question by
clicking the mouse or pressing a key.

When taking the second kind of quiz, Geotutor will
highlight a country, ask you a question, and present you
with a pick list from which to choose an answer.  Pick
from the list the same way you pick countries; use
TAB/SHIFT-TAB and ENTER or click twice on your choice.
If there are too many answers to fit on one screen, just
select More to go to the next screen, or use PAGE-UP and
PAGE-DOWN to move between screens.  You can also press the
first letter of the answer to quickly skip to it.

^C == Scoring ==

Geotutor keeps a running score for each test.  When you
view your scores, you will see a chart showing how many
times you have started each test, how many answers have
been right and wrong, and the percentage correct for each
test.  Each time you view your scores, you have the
opportunity to send them to a printer or clear them.

^C == Keyboard Hot Keys ==

Press Alt along with the first letter of a main menu item
to pull down the menu.

Use the following hot-keys to quickly bypass the menus:
(hot-keys are inactive when a menu is open)

             Control-X      Quit Geotutor
             Control-L      Locate Region or country
             Control-Q      Choose Quiz Type
             Control-T      Take quiz
             Control-A      Abort Quiz
             Control-S      Show Score


Escape also quits the program and F1 will open the help
screen.