Copyright: Copyright © 1995 by Modern Age Books, Inc.


Contents
Contents for Electronic Book Help

This Help file covers only electronic book commands and options.

The main screen

How to

Annotate a chapter

Change the colour of your text

Choose advanced printing options

Choose a paper orientation for printing

Choose a paper size for printing

Choose another printer

Copy a topic to the clipboard

Customise the highlight colour

Customise the search hit colour

Define and use bookmarks

Export text

Hide highlights

Highlight text

Make a hypertext jump and return

Print a chapter

Print the book

Print a selection

Search for information

Unhighlight text

Use the index

Use the right mouse button

Menu commands, buttons, and icons

Bookmark menu

Edit menu

File menu

GoTo menu

Help menu

Options menu

User menu

Go Back button

History button

Index button

Paper clip annotation icon

Search button

Left-right arrows icons

Numbered bookmark icons

Yellow "Sticky Notes" bookmark pad icon

Font-size slider control

Magnifying glass


The main page

The Main Page is arranged according to the standard Windows format. At the top of the page is the title bar. Beneath the title bar is the menu bar. The menu bar displays the File, Edit, Bookmarks, GoTo, Options, User, and Help menu commands.

Below the menu bar is a series of command buttons for quick access to the Table of Contents, an alphabetical Index, the History and Search dialog boxes, and a Go Back button which will return you to the previous window.

The main page also displays a book-like image of the book or document described in the title bar. It looks like and reads like a printed book with the following added enhancements:

Index tabs

Extending from the right side of the book is a bank of electronic index tabs, one for each section or chapter in the book. These tabs work just like the index tabs in a printed book. Clicking on an index tab takes you to the beginning of the chapter designated on the tab.

Vertical scroll bar

To scroll through a chapter one line at a time, click once on the up or down scroll arrows. Clicking and holding on arrows produces continuous scrolling, The PgUp and PgDn keys produce the same effect. To quickly advance to another part of the same chapter, click and drag the scroll box. Position of the scroll box indicates relative position in the chapter. Halfway down the bar, for example, indicates chapter midpoint.

Left/Right pointing arrows

The arrows in the lower right-hand side of the window serve the same function as the index tabs. The right-pointing arrow will advance you one chapter. The left-pointing arrow will step you backward in the book one chapter at a time.

Yellow bookmark pad

First, assign a user, and then click on this yellow "sticky note" icon at the bottom of the Main Page window to display the Define Bookmark dialog box. The dialog box will automatically fill in the bookmark name with the name of the chapter. The chapter name will be highlighted. You may either substitute a name of your own by typing it in the text box, or accept the assigned name. A yellow, numbered bookmark will automatically be placed at the top of the page you are reading when you click on the OK button. To return to the Main Page window, click on the Cancel button. To revisit a bookmarked page, simply click on the yellow bookmark at the top of the page. To remove a bookmark, highlight the bookmark in the listing window and click on Delete. The bookmarks will automatically change when the assigned user is changed.

Footer

Each chapter heading is displayed in a "footer" at the bottom of each as a navigation aid. It helps you quickly find your place in the book.

Font size slider

Allows you to adjust the size of the type on the page for reading comfort. Type size is adjustable from 50% of normal size to 150% of normal size. To adjust size of type, place cursor arrow over the slider icon at lower left of page. Click and hold down left mouse button and drag slider left to reduce size of type. Drag slider right to increase size of type. Illustrations will remain normal-sized. To increase the size of an illustration that is too small to read comfortably, move the cursor over the illustration. The cursor will change to a magnifying glass icon. Click and release the left mouse button to magnify the illustration. Press the left mouse button again to reduce the illustration to its original size.

Annotation icon

In the lower righthand corner of your screen is an annotation icon. Drag this icon to a location in your current topic to annotate your book.

Bookmarks

Yellow, numbered bookmarks will appear at the top of the book whenever you place a bookmark. A descriptive listing of each bookmark will appear in a drop-down menu when you click on the Bookmark command in the menu bar.

The cursor

The normal arrow-shaped cursor changes to a pointing finger icon when the cursor is placed over a hypertext link or "hotspot". Hypertext links are shown in green underlined type. Click the left mouse button when the cursor changes to a pointing finger icon to make a hypertext jump to the indicated topic.

Magnifying glass

If you see the magnifying glass icon when you pass your cursor over an illustration, you have the option of expanding that illustration. Just click your left mouse button to expand the illustration. Click again to unexpand the illustration.


How to annotate a chapter

You can add your own comments or "marginal notes" to any paragraph in the electronic book. To annotate:

1.	Define a user if you have not done so.

2.	Click on the text position you want to annotate.

3.	From the Edit menu in the menu bar, choose Annotate.

The Define Annotation dialog box appears.

4.	In the Text box, enter your notation.

If you need to make corrections, the backspace key erases the last character typed.

5.	Click on OK.

OR

1.	Define a user if you have not done so.

2.	Drag the Annotation icon to a location.

3.	Repeat steps 3 through 5 above.


How To Make a Hypertext Jump
How to make a hypertext jump and return

The normal arrow-shaped cursor changes to a pointing finger icon when the cursor is placed over a hypertext link or "hotspot" shown in green underlined type.

1.	When the cursor changes to a pointing finger icon, click the left mouse button to make a hypertext jump to the indicated topic.

2.	Click on the Go Back button at the top of the page to return to the original “hotspot.”


How to copy a topic to the clipboard

1.	Go to the topic you want to copy.

2.	From the Edit menu in the menu bar at the top of the screen, choose Copy Topic as Text.

The topic is copied to the clipboard. You can now paste the topic into any file that accepts text files.


How to define and use bookmarks

1.	Define a user.

2.	Click on the yellow "sticky note" bookmark pad icon at the bottom of the main page window

The Define Bookmark dialog box appears.

3.	Change the user name if desired.

4.	Click on the OK button.

A yellow numbered bookmark will automatically be placed at the top of the page you are reading.

To return to the main page window, click on the Cancel button.

To revisit a bookmarked page, simply click on the yellow bookmark at the top of the page.

To remove a bookmark, highlight the bookmark in the listing window and click on Delete.


How to export text

To export the entire chapter:

1.	From the Edit menu, click on the Copy Topic item.

2.	Paste the information into your word processor.

To export a portion of the text

1.	Press and hold down the left mouse button and drag the cursor to highlight the passage of text to be exported.

2.	Release the mouse button.

3.	From the Edit menu, click on the Copy Selection item.

4.	From Windows File Manager, choose Clipboard Viewer.

5.	Click on Clipboard Viewer File menu command.

6.	Choose Save As.

7.	Designate drive and directory destination of text to be saved (e.g. B:\Notes\export.clp).

8.	Click on OK.


How to print the book

1.	From the File menu in the menu bar at the top of the screen, choose Print...

The Print dialog box appears.

2.	Click on the Selected Topics option.

3.	Click on the Select All button.

4.	Click on OK.

The entire book, including all illustrations, will automatically be printed out. To stop printing, click on the Cancel button.


How To Print a Chapter
How to print selected chapters

1.	From the File menu in the menu bar at the top of the screen, choose Print...

The Print dialog box appears.

2.	Click on the Current Selection option if you want to print the topic you are currently viewing in your book

-or-

Select the topics you want to print from the list box.

4.	Click on OK.

The selected chapters or the current topic, including all illustrations, will automatically be printed out. To stop printing, click on the Cancel button.


How to choose a printer

1.	From the File menu in the menu bar at the top of the screen, choose Print Setup.

2.	Click on Specific Printer option button. Default printer will be highlighted.

3.	Click on scroll arrow at right of specific printer window to display available printers.

4.	Highlight desired printer.

5.	Click on OK.


How to choose a paper size for printing

1.	From the File menu in the menu bar at the top of the screen, choose Print Setup.

2.	Click on the Properties button.

2.	Default paper size is displayed in the Paper Size command box.

3.	Click on scroll arrow at right of source window to display available paper size options.

4.	Highlight desired paper size

5.	Click on OK.


How to choose a paper orientation for printing

1.	From the File menu in the menu bar at the top of the screen, choose Print Setup.

2.	Click on the Properties button.

3.	The default paper orientation (portrait or landscape) is displayed in Paper Orientation dialog box.

4.	Click on Portrait or Landscape option button.

5.	Click on OK.


How to choose advanced printing options

1.	From the File menu in the menu bar at the top of the screen, choose Print Setup.

2.	Click on the Properties button.

3.	When Properties dialog box appears, choose Paper, Graphics, Device Options, Postscript options from the dialog boxes.

5.	Click on OK.


How to search for information

1.	Click on the Search button.

2.	Type the word or phrase. Use backspace key to make corrections.

You can substitute the last characters in a word with an asterisk (*) to find all the forms of a word. For example, typing bat* would find the words BATCH, BATTERY, BATTERIES, BATTERY-POWERED and BATTERY-SAVE.

Use parentheses to group complex phrases. For example, to find batteries while excluding information about battery charging, type the following phrase: batteries NOT (charging).

"Near" or proximity searching allows you to look for related words likely to appear in the same context, but not necessarily together. Searching for BATTERY within 10 or 15 words of CHARGING will take you quickly to information on battery charging, even though the phrase BATTERY CHARGING does not appear in the book.

3.	Click on OK to start the search.

4.	To start a new search, or to refine the current search, press the Search button again and type in the new text to search on. (Click on Hints button for specific examples).


Bookmark menu

Displays index of numbered bookmarks. Clicking on an indexed bookmark takes you to the bookmarked topic. The Define command allows you to change or modify the bookmark description.


Edit menu

Search: You can activate the Search dialog box by clicking on Search.

Annotate: Clicking on Annotate displays a blank notepad dialog box to record marginal notes for future reference. Click on the Add button to append the note to the current topic.

A paper clip icon will automatically appear at the begining of the previously selected paragraph whenever you append a personal note using the Annotate command in the Edit menu.

Highlight Selection: Selecting text then this menu choice highlights the text for easy visual retrieval of important information.

Unhighlight Selection: Use this menu choice to “erase” the highlight you previously applied to sections of your document. Just select the text you want to unhighlight and click on Unhighlight Selection.

Copy Selection: It’s often handy to enter key information into another document by copying portions of the Modern Age Book for insertion into another project. Just select the text you want to copy and choose this menu item to copy the selection to the clipboard.

Copy Topic: Clicking on Copy displays the complete text of a topic to be copied to the clipboard. To copy the complete topic, click on the Copy Topic item.


File menu

Open: Allows you to open another electronic book in the same directory or in another directory on any available drive.

Print: Click on this menu item to select chapters to print or to print the entire book.

Print Setup: This menu item displays a printer dialog box, with command buttons for choosing paper orientation, list of available printers, and paper size setting.

Exit: Click on this menu item to exit the Modern Age book.


How to copy a selection

You can select text and copy it to the clipboard.

To copy a selection:

1.	Select the text you want to copy.

2.	From the Edit menu, choose Copy Selection.

3.	Paste the selection into another program (e.g., word processor).


How to highlight text

Just as you can use a highlighter marker to highlight traditional print books, you can highlight text electronically.

To highlight text:

1.	Select the text you want to highlight.

2.	From the Edit menu, choose Highlight Selection.

Your selection is highlighted.


How to highlight text
How to unhighlight text

You can unhighlight previously highlighted text.

To unhighlight text:

1.	Select the text you want to unhighlight.

2.	From the Edit menu, choose Unhighlight Selection.

Your selection is unhighlighted.


How to print a selection

You can select a portion of a topic and print it.

To print a selection:

1.	Select a portion of text.

2.	From the Edit menu, choose Print Selection.


How to use the index

A convenient way to locate information is to use the index feature.

To locate information using the index:

1.	Click on the Index button.

The index dialog box appears.

2.	Scroll to the index word closest to your subject.

3.	Double-click on the topic.

The topic expands to one or more choices.

4.	Double-click on the appropriate choice.


How to change the colour of your text

You can change the colour of the book’s body text.

To change the colour of your text:

1.	From the Options menu, choose Set Text Colour.

The Colour dialog box appears.

2.	Click on the colour you prefer.

3.	Click on OK.


How to customise the highlight colour

You can determine the colour of the highlights you apply to your text.

To change the highlight colour:

1.	From the Options menu, choose Set Highlight Colour....

The Colour dialog box appears.

2.	Click on a colour.

3.	Click on OK.


How to customise the highlight colour
How to customise the search hit colour

You can determine the colour of highlights search uses to visually show searched out words.

To change the search hit colour:

1.	From the Options menu, choose Set Search Hit Colour....

The Colour dialog box appears.

2.	Click on a colour.

3.	Click on OK.


How to hide highlighted text

In certain instances, you may not want to see text you have highlighted. You can temporarily hide highlights.

To hide highlighted text:  From the Options menu, choose Show Highlights.


How to use right mouse button
How to use the right mouse button

An easy way to access Edit menu commands, is to click on the right mouse button.

To quickly access the Edit menu, click on the right mouse.


GoTo menu

This is a fast-access button to the beginning of each chapter. Move cursor to chapter heading of interest, and click once to display chapter.


User menu

Choose Define to define and register a new reader. Simply type in the name of the new reader when the dialog box appears. This allows the same electronic book to be used by many readers. Once registered, the new reader's name will be displayed with other registered readers in the drop-down menu when the reader clicks on User. Once a new reader is registered, only those bookmarks and annotations made by the registered reader (user) will display during the current session. To initiate a new session with a different reader, choose the appropriate reader from the list.


Help menu

Displays only the Help file for electronic book commands and options. MS-Windows help is available from the Windows Program Manager when the electronic book is minimised.


Index button

Displays an alphabetical index of all topics contained in the electronic book. Typing the first letter of a word or topic heading brings you to that point in the list. Click on the OK button when topic of interest is highlighted.


Go Back button

Returns you to the previous screen. Repeatedly clicking on the Go Back button will return you to your starting point.


History button

Displays a dialog box recording your search path through the book during the current session. Up to 40 visited topics are automatically recorded off-screen as you progress through the book. To revisit a topic, highlight the listing and click on the Go To button


Search button

Displays the Search dialog box, which allows you to search for information in the electronic book using keywords, character strings, or Boolean operators (AND, OR, NOT) to refine your search. For example, Bees NOT (honey OR Hive). Proximity searching allows you to look for related words likely to appear in the same context, but not necessarily together. Searching for BATTERY within 10 or 15 words of CHARGING will take you quickly to information on battery charging, even though the phrase BATTERY CHARGING does not appear in the book.


Paper clip icon

This green paper clip icon automatically appears at the top left corner of the first page in the chapter whenever you append a personal note using the Annotate command in the Edit menu.


Yellow "Stick Notes" Pad Icon
Yellow "Sticky Notes" pad icon

This is the Bookmark pad. Clicking on this icon displays the Define Bookmark dialog box.


Numbered Bookmarks Icon
Numbered bookmark icon

These yellow markers are automatically placed at the top of the book when you click on the bookmark pad in the sequence in which they are placed. To visit a bookmarked topic, click on the numbered bookmark. To identify a bookmark, Click on the Bookmark menu in the menu bar.


Left-right arrows

The arrows in the lower right-hand side of the window serve the same function as the index tabs. If a chapter is subdivided into sections, the right-pointing arrow will advance you one section at a time within a chapter. The left-pointing arrow will step you backward in the book one chapter or section at a time.


Font size slider

This icon, located on the lower left hand corner of the screen, adjusts the size of the type on the page for reading comfort. Type size is adjustable from 50% of normal size to 150% of normal size. To adjust size of type, place cursor arrow over Font Size Slider icon at lower left of page. Click and hold down left mouse button and drag slider left to reduce size of type. Drag slider right to increase size of type. Illustrations will remain normal-sized.


Magnifying glass

To increase the size of an illustration that is too small to read comfortably, move the cursor over the illustration. The cursor will change to a magnifying glass icon. Click and release the left mouse button to magnify the illustration.


Annotation Editor
Annotation icon

To add a note to your document, drag this icon onto any location, select Annotate from the Edit menu and enter your note.


Options menu

Set text colour: Click on this Options menu item to change the colour of the main body of text.

Select search hit colour: Click on this Options menu item to change the colour of the highlight imposed on words searched out and found.

Select selection colour: Click on this Options menu item to change the colour of the highlight that appears when you select text.

Select highlight colour: Click on this Options menu item to determine the colour of text you highlight.

Show highlights: Click on this Options menu item to click here to turn on or off highlighted text you previously applied.


Menu bar

Use this menu:	To:
File	Open another book Print all or portions of the book Change print settings Exit
Edit	Search for text Annotate Highlight and unhighlight text Copy a selection or topic Print a selection
User	Define, select or delete a user
Goto	Go to a section of the book
Bookmarks	Enter a bookmark at a specific location
Options	Set text colour Select search hit, selection, or hightlight colour Show/do not show highlights
Help	Get more help


Button bar

Use this button:	To:
Contents	Return to the table of contents
Index	Search for topics by index word
History	Select a section in the book that you previously viewed
Go Back	Return to the previous location in the book
Search	Search for your topic


Bookmark

You can insert bookmarks that allow you to quickly return to a subject.


Tabs

Click on a tab to jump to its corresponding chapter.


Scroll bar

Click on the arrows or drag the box to move up and down the page.


Browse arrows

Click on the left or right arrow to move to the previous section (left arrow) next section (right arrow).


Bookmark editor

Click here to insert a bookmark.


Section title

Tells you which section of the book you are currently viewing.


Font scale

Drag the arrow to make the type larger or smaller.


Magnifying Glass icon
Magnifying Glass

Allows you to magnify an illustration that you can not read comfortably. Click the left mouse button to expand the illustration. Click again to unexpand the illustration.


Annotation Editor
Annotation icon

To add a note to your document, drag this icon onto any location, select Annotate from the Edit menu and enter your note.