Contents
Contents for Electronic Book Help

This Help file covers only electronic book commands and options. Windows help is available from the Windows Program Manager when the electronic book is minimised.

The Main Screen

How To

Annotate a Chapter

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

Define and Use Bookmarks

Export Text

Make a Hypertext Jump

Print a Chapter

Print the Book

Print Text

Search for Information

Menu Commands, Buttons, and Icons

Bookmark Menu

Edit Menu

File Menu

GoTo Menu

Help Menu

User Menu

Go Back Button

History Button

Index Button

Search Button

Paper clip icon

Yellow "Sticky Notes" bookmark Pad Icon

Numbered bookmark icons

Left-Right arrows icons

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, Bookmark, GoTo, 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.

Paper clip icon

A green paper clip icon will automatically appear 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.

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 place in the electronic book. To annotate:

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

2.	Type your notation when the Annotate screen appears. If you need to make corrections, the backspace key erases the last character typed.

3.	Click on the Save Button.

4.	A green paper clip icon will appear at the top left corner of the beginning of the chapter to remind you that the chapter has been annotated. Click on the paper clip icon to read the note.


How To Make a Hypertext Jump

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.	To return to the point of origin one jump at a time, click on the Go Back button at the top of the page.


How To Copy a Topic to the Clipboard

1.	From the Edit menu in the menu bar at the top of the screen, choose Copy.

2.	To copy the entire chapter onto the clipboard, click on the Copy button.

3.	To copy a portion of the text to the clipboard, place the cursor over the first letter of the text to be copied.

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

5.	Release the mouse button and click on the Copy button to copy the highlighted text to the clipboard.


How To Define and Use Bookmarks

1.	Define User.

2.	Click on the yellow "sticky note" bookmark pad icon at the bottom of the main page window to display the Define Bookmark dialog box.

3.	Change name if desired, and click on the OK button. A yellow numbered bookmark will automatically be placed at the top of the page you are reading.

4.	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.

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


How To Export Text

1.	From the Edit menu in the menu bar at the top of the screen, choose Copy.

2.	To export the entire chapter, click on the Copy button.

3.	To export a portion of the text, place the cursor over the first letter of the text to be exported.

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

5.	Release the mouse button and click on the Copy button to copy the highlighted text to the clipboard.

6.	From Windows File Manager, choose Clipboard Viewer.

7.	Click on Clipboard Viewer File menu command.

8.	Choose Save As.

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

10.	Click on OK. button to export text.


How To Print the Book

There are two versions of the File menu. You need to decide which set of instructions to follow.

If your File menu looks like this:

then follow these instructions:

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

2.	The entire book, including all illustrations, will automatically print. To stop printing, click on the Cancel button.

If your File menu looks like this:

then follow these instructions:

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

There are two versions of the File menu. You need to decide which set of instructions to follow below.

If your File menu looks like this:

then follow these instructions:

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

2.	The current chapter, including illustrations, will automatically print out. To stop printing, click on the Cancel button.

If your File menu looks like this:

then follow these instructions:

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're 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 Print Text

1.	From the Edit menu in the menu bar at the top of the screen, choose Copy.

2.	Place the cursor over the first letter of the text to be copied.

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

4.	Release the mouse button and click on the Copy button to copy the highlighted text to the clipboard.

5.	Paste the text into NOTEPAD or other word processor, and print from that application.


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, and click on OK button.


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.	Default paper size is displayed in Paper command box.

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

4.	Highlight desired paper size, and click on OK button.


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

3.	Click on Portrait or Landscape option button.

4.	Click on OK button.


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 Options Button.

3.	When Options dialog box appears, click on the Advanced button.

4.	When advanced options dialog box appears, choose advanced type fonts, memory, and graphics options from dialog boxes.

5.	Click OK button after selecting options.


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

Copy: 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 button. To copy a portion of the text, position the cursor at the beginning of the passage to be copied, click and hold the left mouse button and drag the mouse to highlight the text to be copied. To copy, release the left mouse button, and click on the Copy button.

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

A green paper clip icon will automatically appear 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. You can append several notes to one chapter by typing separate messages on the same notepad.

You can also copy and paste any word or phrase that you've already typed by clicking on the Copy button, positioning the cursor at the point where you want the text to be placed, and then clicking on the Paste button. Erase words or letters with the backspace or Del key. To delete the entire note, click on the Delete button.


File Menu

There are two versions of the File menu. You need to decide which set of instructions to follow.

If your File menu looks like this:

then:

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

Print Topic: Click on this menu item to print the entire topic.

Print Book: Click on this menu item to print the entire book, including illustrations.

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. Clicking the Options button in this dialog box displays an advanced printer options dialog box, with its own help file.

If your File menu looks like this:

then follow these instructions:

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 Topic: Click on this menu item to print the entire topic.

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. Clicking the Options button in this dialog box displays an advanced printer options dialog box, with its own help file.


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 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.


Menu bar

The menu bar consists of six menu choices:

1.	File

2.	Edit

3.	Bookmark

4.	Goto

5.	User

6.	Help

Use this menu:	To:
File	Open another book Print all or portions of the book Print the current topic Change print settings
Edit	Copy a section of text Annotate a section of text
Goto	Go to a section of the book
User	Define a user Select a user
Help	Get more help


Button bar

The button bar consists of four features:

1.	Contents

2.	Go Back

3.	History

4.	Search

Use this button:	To:
Contents	Return to the table of contents
Go Back	To return to the previous location in the book
History	Select a section in the book that you previously viewed
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.