Contents
  American History Explorer Online Guide

Welcome to the American History Explorer for Windows Online Guide. The guide has been broken down into the following sections for your convenience. Each section is stored in a Microsoft Write file. Clicking any of the buttons below starts Write and opens the appropriate section.

Once you've opened a section, you can review its contents or print it for easy reference. Consult your Windows manual if you need help operating Write. When you're finished reviewing a section, close or minimize the Write application to return to this screen.

Introductory Material
Includes:  Title page, Copyrights and Trademarks, Preface, and When You Need Help.

Chapter 1: Getting Started
Includes:  Introducing American History Explorer, Registering the Program, Installation Options, Opening and Closing the Program, Navigating the Program, Where to Find Help.

Chapter 2: Ways to Use American History Explorer
Includes:  Some Typical Uses.

Chapter 3: Touring American History Explorer
Includes:  An introductory guide to the program through a time line.

Chapter 4: Multimedia Features
Includes: Playing the Song Book, Viewing Slide Shows, Viewing Movie Theater Videos, Using the Hall of Presidents, Taking a Time Trek, Operating the Finder, Viewing Pictures, Viewing 3D Images, Playing the 5Ws Game.

Chapter 5: Working With Articles
Includes: Viewing Articles, Creating New Articles, Editing Text Articles, Linking Articles, Associating Articles with Maps, Linking Articles to Map Items, Printing Articles, Deleting Articles.

Chapter 6: Viewing Program Maps
Includes:  Opening an American History Explorer Map, What is on a Map?, Measuring Distance, Zooming In and Out, Viewing a Map Legend, Viewing Articles from a Map Window, Performing a Map Search.

Chapter 7: Creating and Modifying Maps
Includes: Creating a Map, Saving a Map, Deleting Maps, Merging Maps, Selecting Portions of a Map, Zooming Selected Areas of a Map, Printing Maps.

Appendix A: Problem Solving

Appendix B: Using Copyrighted Information In Your Own Materials

Appendix C: Bibliography

Index