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ªUsing Options and Menus
COPYING PICTURES TO THE CLIPBOARD OR DESKTOP
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You can copy a variety of pictures or screens from Microsoft Ancient Lands to the Clipboard. If you copy to the Clipboard, you can paste
the picture into other Macintosh programs.
To copy a picture:
1. Click the Options button to display the list of choices.
2. Click Picture Gallery.
3. Display the picture you want using the arrow keys
or the Gallery List.
4. Click Copy Picture to copy the picture to
the Clipboard.
To copy a screen:
1. Go to the screen that you wish you copy.
2. Click and hold on the Edit menu to display a list of choices.
3. Select Copy to copy the screen you are currently viewing to the Clipboard.
PRINTING
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You can print any article screen or popup window in Microsoft Ancient Lands. Both pictures and words on the screen will be printed, so
printing may take a few minutes.
To print:
1. Make sure what you want to print is shown on the screen.
2. Click and hold on the File menu to display a list of choices.
3. Select "Print Page..." to display the Print dialog box.
4. Click OK to begin printing.
CONTROLLING SOUNDS
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Microsoft Ancient Lands has several kinds of sounds:
* Background sound effects
* Narrations that you hear with article transitions
* Pronunciations of glossary words when you click
a highlighted word or a sound icon in a glossary popup
* Guide paths
* Movie sound tracks
You can turn off the background sound effects and narrations. To turn off
the background sound effects and/or the narrations:
1. Click the Options button to display a list of choices
2. Click Sounds to display the Sounds dialog box
3. Do one or both of the following:
* To control the narrations, check or clear
the Narration check box.
* To control the background sound effects,
check or clear the Sound Effects check box.
4. Click OK.
STARTING A SLIDE SHOW
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You can set up Microsoft Ancient Lands so that the program will
display articles randomly on the screen. It's a great way to find out
what's in Microsoft Ancient Lands.
To start the slide show:
1. Click the Options button to display a list of choices.
2. Click Slide Show.
The slide show starts automatically, displaying screen after screen
of Ancient Lands. To stop the slide show, just click anywhere on
the screen.
CLOSING WINDOWS AND QUITTING
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You will open many windows as you explore Microsoft Ancient Lands. It's easy to close them.
* Click the close box in the upper-left corner of the window.
When you've finished exploring the world of Microsoft Ancient Lands:
* Click and hold on the File menu and select Quit.