Here are a few things to check out in the Mindscape World Atlas 5.0 ...

This orientation will get you into the World Atlas and show a few of the more important features of the program:

1.	Press the Try button for World Atlas to get started.

2.	When you first start the World Atlas, you will find 
	yourself looking at the copyright splash screen for 
	the product.  Click to see an overview map of the 
	world.

3.	To look at some of the maps in the World Atlas, click 
	on the region of Europe.  Check out the overview 
	map of Europe.

4.	Click on the Relief map icon on the left side of the 
	screen.  You will see a shaded relief map of the 
	European region.  Then try clicking on the Topomap 
	icon on the left.  World Atlas contains topographic 
	and relief maps of each region of the world.

5.	Turn off the topographic map by clicking on the 
	topographic icon.  Now view a map of the country of 
	France by clicking on that country.

6.	As you see the French map, you will note that your 
	system plays the French national anthem and raises 
	the flag of France.  The flag and anthem features 
	are turned on by default when you first enter the 
	program.  You can turn them off by clicking first on 
	the anthem icon, then the flag.

7.	As you move around the map of France, look for 
	Paris.  When you see it, click on the Paris label.  You 
	will see a map of the city of Paris.  Click again on the 
	Paris label on the city map.  You will see city 
	information like population and weather for Paris.

8.	Zoom back to the national level by clicking on the 
	Zoom out Icon.

9.	Now try clicking on the Info icon.  You’ll get a screen 
	full of interesting data on France.  You can access 
	several categories of information by clicking on the 
	green “next category” at the bottom of the Info 
	screen.  World Atlas contains hundreds of facts on 
	each county, organized into 13 major categories of 
	information including people, travel, economics, 
	agriculture, crime and others.

This just shows some of the key features of the World Atlas.  You may want to experiment with the time and distance functions, or try the Statistics to create colorful statistical maps.  Additionally, the maps in the World Atlas can be printed on most common printers.

To exit the World Atlas, choose File, Exit from the menu at the top of the screen.