       HELP FOR COMPTON'S SMARTDR FOR DOS                                                                               ( U. S. PRESIDENTS )                                                                                       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                                7.  NOTEBOOK OPERATION                                                                                                                                              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 an article'stext), 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 an article                           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 article referred                      to by an article title), move                        the mouse pointer onto that                          item and then click twice in                         rapid succession.                                                                                                                                       ADVANCED KEYBOARD USAGE                                                                      Alt-T (Table Of Contents)                                                                                                     In a list of article titles you                      can see the table of contents                        for each article by                                  highlighting the article title                       (click with the mouse or use up                      and down arrows keys), and                           pressing Alt-T.  To do so, hold                      down the Alt key, and while                          doing so press and release the                       T key.  Once in the table of                         contents, you can double-click                       on (or highlight and press                           Enter) any item to go directly                       to that section of the article.                                                                           In any article you can see the                       table of contents for that                           article by pressing Alt-T.                                                            Alt-N               Go to the next alphabetical                          title in the list.                                                                    Alt-A (Article)     In any picture, to see the                           related Article, press Alt-A,                        unless you were in the article                       when you brought up the                              picture.                                                                              Alt-S (Select Flag) In an article 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.                                                                         Alt-X (Get Tools)   In an article display, you may                       bring up a list of tools that                        will allow you to:                                                                         Print Article Window -                                                                                                   Prints the article window.                                                                 Copy Window to Notebook -                                                                                                Copies the article window                            to the Notebook.                                                                           Dictionary Lookup -                                                                                                      Looks up a word that may not                         be in the article.                                                                         Research Path -                                                                                                          Displays a list of Title                             Finder, Idea Search, and                             Picture Finder selections that                       you have made so that you may                        conveniently return to a                             previous point at which you                          have been.                                                                                 Add a Bookmark -                                                                                                         Allows you to create a name                          for a Bookmark that will                             identify the current place in                        the article.                                                                               Go to a Bookmark -                                                                                                       Brings up a list of the                              Bookmarks that you have                              created.                                                                                   Clear All Bookmarks -                                                                                                    Eliminates the entire list                           of Bookmarks.                                                                                                                                            ADVANCED MOUSE USAGE                                                                        SCREEN-UP/DOWN      When an article 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 an article 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:                                                                                             TITLE FINDER        Find articles by article title                                                        IDEA SEARCH         Find articles according words                        that describe your topic of                          interest                                                                              PICTURE FINDER      Find pictures by article title                       and caption.                                                                          PICTURE TOUR        See pictures in random order.                                                         DATABASES           Select the database which is                         to be current                                                                                             For the U. S. Presidents,                            there is only one                                    database available.                                                                   TOOLS               Displays the Tool channels:                                                                NOTEBOOK       Displays the Notebook screen,                        and allows editing of the                            information in the Notebook.                         For more detail on using the                         Notebook, see "Notebook                              Operation" below.                                                                          RESEARCH PATH  Displays a list of Title                             Finder, Idea Search, and                             Picture Finder selections that                       you have made so that you may                        conveniently return to a                             previous point at which you                          have been.                                                                                 CLEAR RESEARCH PATH                                                                                                      Eliminates the entire                                Research Path. Since the                             Research Path does use your                          hard disk space, it is                               recommended that this be done                        when you no longer need your                         Research Path.                                                                             BOOKMARKS      Brings up a list of bookmarks                        you have created. You may                            select from the list in order                        to return to a particular                            point in an article.                                                                       CLEAR ALL BOOKMARKS                                                                                                      Eliminates the entire list of                        Bookmarks. This list of                              Bookmarks also uses hard disk                        space. It is recommended that                        this be done when your                               Bookmarks are no longer needed.                                                       HELP                Get help on using the                                encyclopedia (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 articles contain pictures.  These are indicated bspecial word in the left margin called a Left Margin Flag.  It is denoted by:                                                                                    Picture           Clicking on this flag will                           display a picture related to                         this part of the article.                                                                                                                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.                                                                                                                 NOTEBOOK OPERATION                                                                       After you select Notebook from the Tools channel, thedisplay shows the contents of the Notebook.  At that point you can insert, modify and delete text in the  Notebook, using the keys below.                                                                             Esc                 Quits the Notebook and returns                       to the Tools channel.                                                                 Up, Down, Left and Right Arrows                                                                                               Move the highlight on                                character in each direction.                                                          Home                Move to the left side of the                         current line.                                                                         End                 Move to the right side of the                        current line.                                                                         PgUp                Move up one screen.                                                                   PgDn                Move down one screen.                                                                 Ctrl-PgUp           Move to the beginning of the                         text.                                                                                 Ctrl-PgDn           Move to the end of the text.                                                          Backspace           Delete the character to the                          left of the highlight.                                                                Alt-M               Mark a region of text by rows.                                                        Alt-C               Mark a region of text by                             columns.                                                                                   (Note:         the "Grey" + and - keys listed                       below are those in a group with                      the numeric group of keys on                         the far right side of the                            keyboard.)                                                                            Grey -              Moves (copies and then deletes)                      the marked text into a                               temporary storage area, from                         which it can be retrieved using                      the Ins key.                                                                          Grey +              Copies (without deleting) the                        marked text into a temporary                         storage area, from which it can                      be retrieved using the Ins key.                                                       Del                 Delete the highlighted                               character, or the marked text                        if any is marked.                                                                     Ins                 Insert the contents of the                           temporary storage area at the                        highlight.                                                                            Alt-S               Search for a specified text.                                                          Alt-R               Search for a specified text and                      replace it with another                              specified text.                                                                       Tab                 Insert a tab character.                                                               Alt-P               Print the contents of the                            Notebook.                                                                           