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- ^Main Menu HELP screen^
-
- IdioMagic's Main Menu presents six options. Select an option by pressing the
- appropriate number.
-
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- ║ [1] ~Lesson~ Each lesson will show you ten idioms from the current ║
- ║ lesson and level. ║
- ║ ║
- ║ [2] ~Exercise~ An exercise gives you an incomplete sentence and ║
- ║ ask you to give the appropriate idiom for that sentence. ║
- ║ ║
- ║ [3] ~Quiz~ A quiz asks you to match an idiom and its definition. ║
- ║ ║
- ║ [4] ~Reference~ The reference has two features, the dictionary and ║
- ║ the thesaurus. ║
- ║ ║
- ║ [5] ~Utility~ Choose this option to set up various configurations, ║
- ║ such as screen color/shading, sound, difficulty level and ║
- ║ lesson number. ║
- ║ ║
- ║ [6] ~Quit~ Exit IdioMagic. You should ALWAYS use this option when ║
- ║ you want to stop using IdioMagic. ║
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-
-
- Detailed HELP screens are available after you make a selection [1] - [5].
-
- ^CURRENT LESSON^: The current lesson and level numbers are displayed at
- the bottom of the IdioMagic Main Menu. There are three levels of difficulty:
- 1) beginning, 2) intermediate, and 3) advanced. Within each level, there are
- a number of lessons (20 in level 1, 20 in level 2 and 11 in level 3 in
- commercial version of IdioMagic and 1 in each level in demo version), and
- there are ten idioms in a lesson. The current lesson refers to the very last
- lesson you have studied by choosing the option [1].
-
- When you choose an exercise or quiz from the Main Menu, you will be
- tested on idioms from the current lesson, unless you change the scope to
- Previous or All lessons.
-
- When you choose a lesson, IdioMagic advances you to the next lesson and
- shows you ten idioms from that lesson. After you have completed an entire
- level, it advances you to the first lesson in the next level. You can always
- go back or skip ahead to another lesson or level by choosing the utility
- option [5] and changing the lesson and/or level numbers.
-
-
-
- This flowchart shows how IdioMagic works at a glance:
-
- ╔═══════════════╗
- ║ Main Menu ║
- ╟───────────────╢
- ║ 1. Lesson ║
- ║ 2. Exercise ║
- ║ 3. Quiz ║
- ║ 4. Reference ║
- ║ 5. Utility ║
- ║ 6. Quit ║
- ╚══════╤════════╝
- │
- ┌─────────┬──────────┬─┴──────────┬───────────┐
- │ │ │ │ │
- ╔═══════╧══════╗ │ ╔═══════╧═══════╗ │ ╔═══════╧═══════╗
- ║ 1. Lesson ║ │ ║ 2. Exercise ║ │ ║ 3. Quiz ║
- ╚════╤════╤════╝ │ ╟───────────────╢ │ ╟───────────────╢
- │ │ │ ║ Ex. Type A ║ │ ║ Quiz Type A ║
- │ └-------│--╢ Ex. Type B ║ │ ║ Quiz Type B ║
- │ ┌───────┘ ╚═══════════════╝ │ ╚════════╤══════╝
- └----│-------------------------------┼------------┘
- │ │
- │ │
- │ │
- ╔════════╧════════╗ ╔══════════╧═════╗
- ║ 4. Reference ║ ║ 5. Utility ║
- ╟─────────────────╢ ╟────────────────╢
- ║ A. Dictionary ║ ║ 1. Name ║
- ║ B. Thesaurus ║ ║ 2. Progress ║
- ╚═════════════════╝ ║ 3. Sound ║
- ║ 4. Screen Color║
- ║ 5. Diff. Level ║
- ║ 6. Lesson # ║
- ║ 7. Reset ║
- ╚════════════════╝