            HELP FOR GUINNESS                                                                                         TABLE OF CONTENTS                                                                                  1.  BASIC KEYBOARD USAGE                             2.  BASIC MOUSE USAGE                                3.  ADVANCED KEYBOARD USAGE                          4.  ADVANCED MOUSE USAGE                             5.  CHANNEL SUMMARY                                  6.  LEFT MARGIN FLAGS                                                                                                                                                 BASIC KEYBOARD USAGE                                                                          In a FILL-IN FORM, such as Idea Search or Title      Finder, you can use the following keys:                                                                     Backspace           Deletes the character to the                         left of the cursor, and moves                        the cursor left one space.                                                            Del                 Deletes the character the                            cursor is on.                                                                         Left-arrow          Moves the cursor left one                            space.                                                                                Right-arrow         Moves the cursor right one                           space.                                                                                Home                Moves the cursor to the                              beginning of the line.                                                                End                 Moves the cursor to the end of                       the line.                                                                             Enter               Accepts the form as complete                         and carries out the indicated                        action.                                                                               Esc                 To erase the form from the                           screen and start over.                                                              In a TEXT WINDOW (such as the display of a record's  text), you can use the following keys:                                                                      Home                Moves to the beginning of the                        text.                                                                                 End                 Moves to the end of the text.                                                         PgUp                Moves up one screen in the                           text.                                                                                 PgDn                Moves down one screen in the                         text.                                                                                 Up-arrow            Moves up one line in the text.                                                        Down-arrow          Moves down one line in the                           text.                                                                                 Esc                 To go back to the previous                           window (i.e. what was shown                          before this text window).                                                                                                                                  BASIC MOUSE USAGE                                                                         CLICK:              To highlight something on the                        screen (such as a record                             title), or to cause an action                        directly indicated by an item                        on the screen (such as a                             picture flag), move the mouse                        pointer onto that item and then                      press and release the left                           mouse button.                                                                         DOUBLE-CLICK:       To cause an action implied by                        an item on the screen (such as                       to display the record referred                       to by a record title), move                          the mouse pointer onto that                          item and then click twice in                         rapid succession.                                                                                                                                       ADVANCED KEYBOARD USAGE                                                                      Alt-T (Topic)                                                                                                                 In the text window or a list of                      record titles, displays the                          basic title for the record.                          This is particularly useful in                       Title Search to show a more                          explanatory title for the                            highlighted item.                                                                     Alt-N               Go to the next alphabetical                          title in the list.                                                                    Alt-A (Article)     In any picture, to see the                           related Article (ie. Record),                        press Alt-A, unless you were                         in the record when you                               brought up the picture.                                                               Alt-S (Select Flag) In a record display, if you                          do not have a mouse and wish to                      activate a margin flag,                              pressing Alt-S will activate                         the uppermost margin flag in                         the display.  You can then view                      that flag by pressing Enter, or                      move to the next flag by                             pressing Tab.                                                                                                                                            ADVANCED MOUSE USAGE                                                                        SCREEN-UP/DOWN      When a record or caption                             shows small triangles in the                         upper and lower right corners,                       you can click on these to move                       up or down one screen.                                                                NEXT/PREV (picture) When a picture display shows                         the symbols NEXT and PREV you                      can click on these the see the                       picture after or before this                         one.                                                                                  SEQ+/SEQ- (picture) When a picture display shows                         these symbols, this means that                       there is a sequence of related                       pictures. You may click on                           these symbols to access the                          other pictures in the sequence.                                                       DICTIONARY LOOKUP   In a record display, you can                         see the definition of a word by                      double-clicking anywhere in the                      word.                                                                                                                                                       CHANNEL SUMMARY                                                                        Your screen has seven channel buttons down the right side, labelled:                                                                                             TOPIC TREE          Find records by browsing in a                        hierarchical display of the                          contents of the disc. Select                         each title to see the subjects                       underneath that title.  At the                       last level (usually the third                        or fourth), click on the title                       to see the record itself.                                                             IDEA SEARCH         Find records according words                         that describe your topic of                          interest. Enclose your idea                          in double quotes (") to cause                        Idea Search to use it exactly                        as stated, rather than                               searching for similar words.                         Use hyphens between words that                       you do not want separated                            during the search.                                                                    TITLE SEARCH        Find records by the first                            word(s) in the record title.                         After the first match, press                         Alt-N to see the next match.                                                          PICTURE TOUR        See pictures in random order.                                                         PICTURE SEARCH      Find pictures by the first                           word(s) in the caption.                                                               SOUND SEARCH        Find sounds by the first                             word(s) in the caption.                                                               HELP                Get help on using Guinness                           (what you are looking at now).                                                      To select one of these channels, move the mouse      pointer to the channel button and click it.                                                               Alternatively, you can move the highlight from one   channel button to the next by using the up and down  arrow keys, and then pressing Enter for the one you  want.                                                                                                                       LEFT MARGIN FLAGS                                                                       Many records contain pictures, sounds and references to other related records.  These are indicated by a  special word in the left margin called a Left Margin Flag.  Here are the various kinds:                                                                          Picture           Clicking on this flag will                           display a picture related to                         this part of the record.                                                              Sound             Clicking on this flag will play                      a sound related to this part of                      the record.  The sound plays                         through the earphone jack on                         your CD-ROM drive.                                                                  If you do not have a mouse you can highlight the     uppermost margin flag by pressing Alt-S.  To view    that flag press Enter, or to highlight the next flag press Tab.                                           