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ZOOM ■════════════════════════════════════■ USER'S GUIDE TO ZOOM VERSION 2.3 (c) Copyright 1992 by ATI. All Rights Reserved. October 1992 ■═══════════════════════■ Notes If you create stacks that may be of interest to others, you are free to market them. However, we would like to obtain a copy of it as well. If we like your stack and include it with Zoom for distribution, we will also give you a free registration. Disclaimer ATI hereby disclaims all warranties relating to this software, whether expressed or implied, including without limitation any implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. ATI will not be liable for any special, incidental, consequential, indirect or similar damages due to loss of data or any other reason, even if ATI or an agent of ATI has been advised of the possibility of such damages. For technical assistance, contact: Alternative Technology Inc. MIT Branch P.O.Box 118 Cambridge, MA 02139-0902 USA Phone: 1-617-742-5161 FAX: 1-617-253-2514 email: ati@hotstuff.mit.edu The Zoom software has been produced with the assitance of the World Health Organization and the E.M. Clark Foundation. Trademark Acknowledgments All terms mentioned in this Guide that are known to be trademarks or service marks are listed below. dBASE III is a registered trademark of Ashton-Tate. Hercules is a registered trademark of Hercules Computer Technology. IBM, PC-DOS, PC-AT, PC-XT, and PS/2 are all registered trademarks of International Business Machines, Inc. Lotus is a registered trademark of Lotus Development Corp. MS-DOS is a registered trademark of Microsoft, Inc. MultiMate is a registered trademark of Ashton-Tate. PC Paintbrush is a registered trademark of Z-Soft Corporation. ScanJet Plus is a registered trademark of Hewlett-Packard Corporation. Wordperfect is a registered trademark of WordPerfect Corporation. WordStar is a registered trademark of MicroPro International Corporation. Contents Page Chapter 1 Introduction to Zoom 3 Chapter 2 Keyboard Commands 4 Chapter 3 Structure of Zoom 4 Chapter 4 Getting Started 7 Chapter 5 Guided Tour 8 Chapter 6 Getting Around 13 Chapter 7 Glossary of Key Terms 14 Chapter 1 Introduction to Zoom Overview of Zoom Zoom is a software package that functions as an information organizer - Zoom sorts, organizes, and retrieves information that is loaded into the computer. The information that Zoom uses comes from previously created files, called information stacks. The information stacks are created and modified separately using word processing, graphics, and spreadsheet software. Zoom is a tool designed to help the user access information stacks easily and in various ways. In order to reach the largest possible audience, Zoom can interact with the user in either English, French, Spanish, or Portuguese (planned). Zoom can be used as a teaching program and as a reference tool. The program is visually appealing, presenting information in interesting ways as either text, pictures, or spreadsheets. When used as a teaching program, Zoom is capable of creating an interactive medium with the information stacks. This allows the user to make decisions about how to access information. Additionally, Zoom will display Quiz Slides, which test how well the user has retained what is presented in the information stacks. Zoom contains an Index for easy access to any key words that the user needs information on, which makes Zoom an effective reference tool. In addition, the user can define his or her own index entries using the Search option. Simply by typing in the desired topic, Zoom will search through the information stack and retrieve any information contained in the stack on that topic. Zoom was designed with the flexibility to accommodate the beginner as well as the advanced user. The information stack presentation can be modified by Zoom as directed by the user. Zoom can take the user through a general branch of information on a certain topic or through a very detailed presentation of information on that topic, depending on the needs of the user. Computer Software Requirements Zoom requires PC/MS-DOS Version 3.0 or higher. Computer Hardware Requirements Zoom is designed to run on IBM PC, XT, AT and PS/2 computers and compatibles with at least 512 Kilobytes of random access memory (RAM). A hard disk is highly recommended. If a mouse is installed, Zoom will recognize it. A color monitor is a plus, but it is not required. If the information stack consists of only text, then there are no additional hardware requirements. If the information stack consists of text and pictures, a graphics adapter is required. Zoom supports Hercules, CGA, EGA, VGA and compatible graphics adapters. Chapter 2 Keyboard Commands This chapter lists the various keyboard commands associated with Zoom. F1 displays help about the menu item currently selected. F2 if viewing one or more branches of Slides using either the Index, Search, Key Words, or Hot Areas modes, the F2 key will take the user out of that branch and back to the main branch. F4 if the user has branched more than once, the F4 key will take the user back to the previous branch. F5 zoom in on an image F6 zoom out of an image F9 takes the user from the viewing menu to the main menu. F10 quits the program. This key will take the user immediately to DOS. End takes the user to the end of the Index from any point within the Index. Esc the Escape key on the keyboard. The Escape key takes the user out of his or her current position in Zoom. Home brings the user to the beginning of the Index from any point within the Index. Page Down allows the user to move forward, from one slide to the next. Page Up lets the user move from the current slide to the previous slide. Shift, Arrow to scroll either up, down, or side to side within a slide. Press the arrow key that corresponds to the direction of the desired scroll. Shift, Home redraw the Slide in its original position. Hold the Shift key down while pressing the Home key at the same time. Chapter 3 Structure of Zoom Overview This chapter explains the structure of Zoom, or how the program is set up. Zoom can be thought of as a tree, with many branches of information. There are four main ways to access information from Zoom, called "modes": the Auto, Index, Search, and Key Words modes. Auto In the Auto mode, Zoom takes the user through an information stack in the order in which that stack was created. Select the RUN command from the main menu to start Zoom up in the Auto mode. Users view the data contained in the information stack in the form of Slides and Chapters. Slides A Slide is the basic unit of information in Zoom. A Slide usually consists of a screen full of graphical or textual information. Thus, a Slide displays words, pictures, charts, or a combination of these. Slides can also ask the user a question and wait for the answer (Quiz Slides). If a Slide is too large to fit on one screen, the user can scroll up, down, or side to side within the Slide. On an IBM compatible screen, a Slide usually contains 78 columns (80 columns minus 2 columns for the border) by 21 rows (25 rows minus 4 rows for menu and border) of text. However, if the scroll bars are utilized, one Slide can contain an almost infinite amount of text, though manipulating through a Slide this large would be difficult. Slides usually contain general information on a topic. More detailed information is contained in the Subslides, which cannot be accessed using only the Auto mode. If the user needs more information than what is provided in the Slide, the user can access Subslides through either the Index, Search, or Key Words modes. In the Auto mode, Slides are displayed by using the NEXT or PREVIOUS commands from the menu. Chapter Sets of Slides are grouped into chapters, which function much like the chapters of a book. A chapter, then, can contain both text and pictures. An information stack can have up to 300 chapters, and each chapter can hold up to four hundred Slides. When the user selects the RUN command from the main menu, Zoom will proceed automatically through the information stack, beginning with the first chapter and ending with the last chapter. By proceeding manually through the information stack, it is possible to view the chapters in any order. Index The Index is what makes Zoom a powerful reference tool. The user accesses the Index through the INDEX menu command. Since the Index is located on both the main menu and the viewing menu under the INQUIRE command, it can be used at any point throughout the program. The Index mode in Zoom allows the user to access information from the entire information stack through an Index of key words. In function, the Index mode is similar to the Search and the Key Words modes. The user can view both Slides and Subslides using the Index. Subslides In the Index mode, the user may view additional information on a topic in the form of Subslides. Subslides are connected to Slides, which together form various branches of information. These branches can be very simple or very complex. The following is a simple diagram showing how Slides and Subslides are linked together to form branches. When the user looks up a word in the Index, Zoom sorts through the entire information stack and displays a branch of Slides and Subslides that are in some way related to that word. The user then moves through the branch of Slides using the NEXT or the PREVIOUS menu commands. For example, suppose there is an information stack on the French Revolution and the user looks up in the Index the name: "Marie Antoinette." In this case, Zoom will display not only all of the Slides that contain the name "Marie Antoinette," but also any Slides that are related to her role in the French Revolution. Main Slides - Auto mode-----> Slide no. 1 Slide no. 2 Slide no. 3 Slide no. 4 XXXXXXXX------->XXXXXXX-------->XXXXXXX------>XXXXXXXX | ^ | | V | Subslide no.1 Subslide no. 2 | XXXXXXXX------->XXXXXXXX | | | | | V | Subslide no.3--->Subslide no.4--->Subslide no. 5 | ^ | | V | Subslide no. 6 | XXXXXXX------------------------------ Ex. 1: Example of Branches The subject of each Slide and Subslide in the Example above could be expressed as either text or pictures. It is important to keep in mind, however, that in the Auto mode, only the Slides are connected, forming one branch of information. For instance, in the diagram above, the Auto mode would only display the Slides, "Marie Antoinette's Wardrobe," "Marie Antoinette's Little Hamlet," and "Marie Antoinette's Death by Guillotine." If the user looks up "Marie Antoinette" in the Index, however, the user would see all of the Slides and Subslides in this diagram, since they all relate in some way to Marie Antoinette. The Index, Search and Key Words modes all make more complicated links than the Auto mode between Slides and Subslides. Search The Search mode allows the user to search an information stack for a word or phrase that the user wants information on. The Search mode is similar to the Index mode in that Zoom will search the entire information stack for both Slides and Subslides that contain the user's chosen word or phrase. The main difference between the Search mode and the Index mode is that when the user runs a Search, Zoom will not display other Slides and Subslides that are related to the Search, but only the ones that actually contain the selected word or phrase within them. In the French Revolution diagram (Ex 2), for example, suppose the user ran a Search of the words; "Marie Antoinette." The Search would not show all of the Slides and Subslides in the diagram. Instead, Zoom would display the following Slides: "Marie Antoinette's Wardrobe," "Marie Antoinette's Little Hamlet," "Marie Antoinette's Death by Guillotine," and "Peasant Women Demand Bread from Marie Antoinette at Versailles." In all of these Slides and Subslides, the words "Marie Antoinette" appear. Main Slides - Auto Mode------> Slide no. 1 Slide no. 2 Slide no. 3 XXXXXXX---> XXXXXXX---> XXXXXXXXXX Marie Marie Marie Antoinette's Antoinette's Antoinette's Wardrobe Little Hamlet Death | ^ | | V | Subslide no. 1 Subslide no. 2 XXXXXXX---> XXXXXXX Versailles The Bastille | | | | V | Subslide no. 3 | XXXXXXX | Peasant Women | Demand Bread from-------- Marie Antoinette at Versailles Ex. 2: French Revolution Example In another example using the diagram above, suppose the user ran a Search of the word: "Versailles." Zoom would then display the following Slides: "Versailles" and "Peasant Women Demand Bread from Marie Antoinette at Versailles." If the user looks up "Versailles" in the Index, however, Zoom would also display, along with these two Subslides, the Slide: "Marie Antoinette's Little Hamlet," since the Little Hamlet is located on the grounds of Versailles. There are, then, many different ways to access information from Zoom. Key Words A final way to access data from Zoom is through the KEY WORDS menu command located on the viewing menu. The Key Words mode is similar to the Index mode, but on a micro level. Most basically, each Slide can have its own Index of terms, which are called Key Words. When a Slide appears on the screen, the Key Words associated with that Slide are highlighted. When the user chooses one of the words from the KEY WORDS viewing menu command, Zoom will display a branch of Slides and Subslides that are related to that word. The user moves through this branch using the NEXT menu command. In this manner, the user can obtain very detailed information on a certain topic. We'll use the same French Revolution example above to explain the Key Words mode. The branches created by Zoom in the Key Words mode can only be accessed through the individual Slides that contain those words. All of the Key Words in your information stack, however, are listed in the Index, which functions as a master list of Key Words. XXXXXXXXXXX Marie Antoinette's Death by Guillotine Key Words: | v 1) Guillotine----> Subslide no. 4--------> Subslide no. 5 | XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX | Weaponry from the Pikes | French Revolution | v 2) Death---------> Subslide no. 6--------> Subslide no. 7 XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXXXXXXXX Reign of Terror Treason Ex. 3: Key Words Example Using the example above, then, the user could access the word "Death" in several ways. The user could look "Death" up in the Index or run a Search of the word "Death." If the Slide "Marie Antoinette's Death by Guillotine" is already displayed on the screen, however, and the user wants more information on the topic "Death," then the user can use the Key Words mode to view other Slides on this topic. Chapter 4 Getting Started 1) To start up Zoom, users must first make sure that they are in the same directory that Zoom is in. Zoom is stored as the file "Zoom.EXE." From this directory, users type in "Zoom" at the DOS prompt ( >Zoom ). Initially users will see the Zoom logo on the computer screen, along with a main menu bar at the top of the screen (see diagram below). ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ File Help Run Options Chapter Inquire │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ The line at the bottom of the screen is a "message bar"; it displays messages about the different menu commands. 2) Zoom asks the user for identification, and the user types in his or her name and presses the Enter key on the keyboard. 3) The user must then select the LOAD command from the submenu located under the FILE command. This tells Zoom to load an information stack for viewing (see the diagram below). ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ File Help Run Options Chapter Inquire │ ├───────┬─────────────────────────────────────┘ │ Load │ │ Print │ │ Shell │ │ Quit │ └───────┘ 4) A window appears on the screen listing all of the information stack files, from which the user selects one. 5) When the desired stack file is loaded into Zoom, the user proceeds by selecting the RUN command from the main menu. RUN will start the program up with the first slide of the first chapter. As the user switches from starting up Zoom to viewing the chapters of an information stack, the main menu will change to the viewing menu, which lists the following commands: ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ File Help Run Options Chapter Inquire │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Viewing Menu 6) To continue on through the stack, the user selects the NEXT command from the viewing menu. The NEXT command takes the user from one slide to the next. To move backwards to the previous slide, the user selects the PREVIOUS command. If the user wishes at any point while viewing the stack to return to the main menu, the user selects the F9 key on the keyboard. Pressing the F10 key takes the user out of Zoom and into DOS. 7) In order to exit Zoom, press the F9 key to go to the main menu, and select QUIT under the FILE command on the main menu. Refer to the following chapter of this manual for a guided tour of all the commands available in Zoom. Chapter 5 Guided Tour This chapter describes how to operate Zoom, taking the user step-by- step through the program. Command Line Parameters Before beginning Zoom, there are certain parameters of the program, called the Command Line Parameters, that the user must define. Some of the parameters allow the user to save time by taking shortcuts to the portions of Zoom that the user wants to access. Other parameters allow the user to change the language that Zoom operates in and to change the colors on the screen. While still in DOS, type "zoom -h" to see the directory of Command Line Parameters, which are listed below. This is the Command Line Parameters "Help" command. -r When the user is in DOS and types "zoom -r", this will start up Zoom with the viewing menu and bypass the main menu. -s Type "zoom -s" to turn the sound on. -q The command "zoom -q" takes the user directly to the Quiz mode, bypassing the rest of the information stack. -f By typing in "zoom -f" and then the name of the information stack file that the user wants to access ("zoom -f filename"), the user can start Zoom up with that information stack. -l The user types in "zoom -l", then the language that the user wants Zoom to run in. For example, the user would type: "zoom -l French" for Zoom to interact with the user in French. The languages that Zoom runs in are English, French, Spanish, and Portuguese. -bw The command "zoom -bw" makes Zoom operate in the black and white mode - everything on the screen will appear only in black and white. -ch# With the command "zoom -ch#", Zoom immediately displays the selected chapter number, bypassing the rest of the stack. For instance, type "zoom -ch5" to begin with chapter five of the information stack. The user may also define a string of Command Line Parameters, as in the example below: >zoom -l French -r -ch5 -f mid_age In this example, Zoom would start up in French, bypass the main menu, and begin with Chapter Five of the Mid_Age stack. To Begin Zoom Zoom will first ask the user for identification. The user types in his or her name and presses the Enter key on the keyboard. Main Menu Located at the top of the screen is a menu of commands, called the Main Menu. The bar at the bottom of the screen, called the "message bar", explains each menu choice as the user moves along the menu. Use either the horizontal arrow keys on the keyboard or the cursor of the mouse to select a command from the Main Menu. As the cursor moves to each item, that selection will be highlighted. File ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ File Help Run Options Chapter Inquire │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Use the arrows on the keyboard to select FILE. To use the arrow keys, press the Enter key on the keyboard when FILE is highlighted. The submenu under FILE will now be displayed. Use the vertical arrow keys to move down the list. When a desired command is highlighted, press the Enter key. Using a mouse with ZOOM If the user has a mouse, select FILE from the main menu by positioning the cursor on FILE. To display the submenu listed under FILE, press the mouse button, keep the button depressed, and move the cursor down the screen under FILE. To select a function from the submenu, simply release the mouse button when a desired command is highlighted. Any time that the user chooses not to select an item from a submenu, the user presses the Esc key on the keyboard. The Esc key returns the user to the main menu from any submenu. Load ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ File Help Run Options Chapter Inquire │ ├───────┬─────────────────────────────────────┘ │ Load │ │ Print │ │ Shell │ │ Quit │ └───────┘ Select LOAD (select LOAD with the arrow keys and press the Enter key or click the mouse on LOAD). The LOAD command allows the user to unload the current information stack and load a different information stack into Zoom. When LOAD is selected, a Files window will display a list of all of the information stack files, like the sample Files window shown below. Use the arrow keys to select a file, then press the Enter key. In the example below, the selected stack file is "Biology", since it appears highlighted. ┌────────────■Files■─────────┐ │ HISTORY American History │ │ BIOLOGY Cellular Biology │ └────────────────────────────┘ If the user wants to remain in the current information stack, the user presses the Esc key on the keyboard, and it will take the user back to the main menu. Print ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ File Help Run Options Chapter Inquire │ ├───────┬─────────────────────────────────────┘ │ Load │ │ Print │ │ Shell │ │ Quit │ └───────┘ When the user selects Print, the window Print Chapters will appear. This command allows the user to print individual chapters, the entire document (All the chapters), or your current branch of information (The Current Queue), as shown by the sample window below. ┌─────────■Print Chapters■───────────┐ │ All the chapters Chapter Three │ │ The current queue │ │ Chapter One │ │ Chapter Two │ │ │ │ Cancel OK │ └────────────────────────────────────┘ Using the arrow keys, the user selects his or her choices from the list, pressing the Enter key after each selection. When all of the choices are highlighted, the user selects OK from the Print Chapters window and presses the Enter key. This will print all of the selections. If the user does not have a mouse, Shift-Arrow must be used to access the "Cancel" or "OK" selections. If the user chooses not to print, the user may cancel the selections either by selecting Cancel from the Print Chapters window or by pressing the Esc key on the keyboard. Shell ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ File Help Run Options Chapter Inquire │ ├───────┬─────────────────────────────────────┘ │ Load │ │ Print │ │ Shell │ │ Quit │ └───────┘ When the user selects SHELL, the user will leave Zoom and enter DOS. The SHELL command allows the user to temporarily exit Zoom, operate another software program, then re-enter Zoom at the same location that the user left off. Type the word "exit" at the DOS prompt to re-enter Zoom. Quit ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ File Help Run Options Chapter Inquire │ ├ ──────┬─────────────────────────────────────┘ │ Load │ │ Print │ │ Shell │ │ Quit │ └───────┘ Select the QUIT command from the main menu when you wish to exit Zoom. When you select QUIT, a Quit? window will appear on the screen, asking you whether or not you want to exit Zoom (see the example below). Press the Y key to exit or the N key to return to the program. ┌──────────────────────■Quit?■─────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Do you really want to Quit? │ │ Enter Y to quit, N to return to the program. │ │ │ │ │ │ [ Yes ] [ No ] │ │ │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Help ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ File Help Run Options Chapter Inquire │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ The HELP command on the main menu explains all of the menu items in Zoom. Press the Page Down key to read all of the Help pages. To go back to a previous Help page, press the Page Up key. Additionally, the F1 key is a Help key. At any point in the program, the user may select an item and press the F1 key to obtain further information about that item. Run ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ File Help Run Options Chapter Inquire │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ To begin Zoom, select the RUN command from the main menu. A different menu bar will appear at the top of the screen, called the Viewing menu (see the example below). To move from one Slide to another, use either the NEXT command on the viewing menu to move forward to the next Slide, or the PREVIOUS command on the viewing menu to go back to the previous Slide. ┌───────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ File Help Next Previous Key Words Inquire │ └───────────────────────────────────────────┘ To Return to the Main Menu In order to return to the main menu from any point within the viewing menu, the user selects FILE from the viewing menu, then selects QUIT. A Quit? window will appear on the screen, as in the diagram below. The user presses the Y key to go to the main menu or the N key to return to the user's current position in Zoom. ┌──────────────────────■Quit?■───────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Do you really want to return to the main menu? │ │ Enter Y to quit, N to return to the program. │ │ │ │ │ │ [ Yes ] [ No ] │ │ │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Options ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ File Help Run Options Chapter Inquire │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ When OPTIONS is selected from the main menu, there are seven menu choices - AUTO, LESSON, SOUND, Set printer, Set output, Set directory, and Save setup. A check mark next to the first three command indicates that it is currently "turned on". Lesson The LESSON command should be set each time the user wishes to run an information stack. Selecting the LESSON command changes the format to a QUIZ command. When selected, the QUIZ command will run only the Quiz Slides in the information stack. Note that the Quiz Slides are not displayed automatically by Zoom. Rather, the user proceeds through the Quiz Slides in the same manner as viewing Slides in a stack - by using the NEXT and PREVIOUS commands on the viewing menu. Sound The user may choose to listen to the sound effects. The SOUND command allows the user to turn sound effects on or off. Set printer Selecting this menu choice will provide you with a list of the 120 supported printers. You need to set this before ZOOM can print. Set output Selecting this will provide you with a list of output devices. You can choose to send the output from a print request to various COM ports, LPT ports as well as to a graphics file for later printing. You need to set this before ZOOM can print. Set directory Selecting this will provide you with a dialog screen for selecting the directory that is holding the stacks. This can be other directories than that which is holding ZOOM program. This may be useful for use on a network. Save setup Select this to save the current setup. The setup information will be saved in a file in the default ZOOM directory. Chapter ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ File Help Run Options Chapter Inquire │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Listed under CHAPTER are all of the chapters in the current information stack. If the user does not wish to run the entire program, the CHAPTER command enables the user to view one chapter at a time. Inquire ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ File Help Run Options Chapter Inquire │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ There are two commands listed in the submenu under INQUIRE - INDEX and SEARCH. The INQUIRE command allows the user to manipulate the data in the information stack in various ways. Index ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ File Help Run Options Chapter Inquire │ └───────────────────────────────────┬─────────┤ │ Index │ │ Search │ └─────────┘ By selecting INDEX, the user can access the index of the current information stack. Use the Page Down and Page Up keys to move throughout the Index. The user may also move through the Index by typing in the first few letters of the desired word. When the user selects an Index entry, ZOOM will display all the Slides and Subslides associated with that entry. For easy reference, the index phrase/word is highlighted in each Slide. Search ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ File Help Run Options Chapter Inquire │ └───────────────────────────────────┬─────────┤ │ Index │ │ Search │ └─────────┘ The SEARCH command is an advanced function that allows the user to run a word or phrase Search in the information stack. When the user selects SEARCH, a Search Chapters window appears, as in the diagram below. The user may run a Search in an individual chapter, in the entire stack (All the chapters), or in the current queue (The Current Queue). After the user chooses where to run a Search, the user selects OK from the Search Chapters window. If the user chooses not to run a Search, Cancel is selected from the Search Chapters window, or else pressing the Esc key cancels a Search. ┌─────────■Search Chapters■───────────┐ │ All the chapters Chapter Three │ │ The current queue │ │ Chapter One │ │ Chapter Two │ │ │ │ Cancel OK │ └─────────────────────────────────────┘ If the user selects OK, another window appears on the screen asking the user to enter the phrase that the user wishes to search. The word or a phrase is typed in, and the user presses the Enter key (see the example below). If using Zoom without a mouse, you can select the responses by using the Shift+Arrow key. ┌─────────────■Search Chapters■─────────────┐ │ Enter phrase to search: │ │ > Versailles │ └───────────────────────────────────────────┘ The Search Chapters window will now display data about the Search, including which chapters the user has searched and how many times the user's word or phrase was found. Zoom will also let the user know the status of the Search in progress. The percentage of the stack in which the Search has been completed is displayed on the screen as the Search is running, as in the diagram below. Sometimes a Search can take a few minutes to finish. The user can press the Esc key to stop the Search at any point while it is running. ┌──────────────────■Search Chapters■──────────────────┐ │ │ │ Enter phrase to search: │ │ > Versailles │ │ │ │ Chapter Number Found Searched │ │ 10 2 100% │ │ │ │ Do you want to add this search to the index? (y/n) │ │ [ Yes ] [ No ] │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ At the bottom of the window, Zoom will ask whether or not the user wishes to add the current Search to the Index (see the diagram above). Adding the Search means that the user retains a permanent record of that Search, which the user can access in future Zoom sessions through the Index. When the user presses the Y key to add the Search, Zoom will ask the user to enter in an Index label. A label is typed in as it should appear in the Index, and the Enter key is pressed. The Slides that contain the desired word or phrase will now appear on the screen, and the user will find this Search listed permanently in the Index. If the user does not wish to add this Search to the Index, the user presses the N key. This allows the user solely to view the Slides that contain the word or phrase of the Search. If the user searches a word or phrase that is not contained in the information stack, the message bar at the bottom of the screen will display the phrase, "Nothing found". Logical Search When the user is in the Search mode, it is possible to run Logical Searches, using "and" and "or" to limit or extend the scope of searches. For instance, the user may search for the phrase: "Antoinette and Versailles". Zoom will then display all information with both words appearing on the same screen. On the other hand, if the user search for the phrase: "Antoinette or Versailles", ZOOM will display all information with either one of the words or both. user may also search a string of words, as in the following example: "Antoinette and Versailles and Bread". The same example can be done as an "or" search: "Antoinette or Versailles or Bread". Chapter 6 Getting Around Zoom has several ways of letting the user explore the information held within the stacks. Some of the methods were discussed previously. Another way of jumping around the stack is through the use of Hot Areas. Scroll can be used to view slides that are too big for the monitor screen. Hot Areas Hot Areas, which are similar to key words, are located on individual Slides. Hot Areas are areas defined on the screen by the creator of the stack to identify links to other pieces of information. Hot Areas are linked to other information through the Key Words menu. A Hot Area can be selected with either the arrow keys or the mouse. To use the arrow keys, move the arrow to the last item on the viewing menu, and continue pressing the arrow key. The arrow key then takes the user around all of the Hot Areas on the Slide. When the user's choice is highlighted, the user presses the Enter key. This allows the user to view the branch of Slides associated with that Hot Area. To select a Hot Area with a mouse, the user moves the cursor to an outlined Hot Area, and it will become highlighted. The cursor will also change from a pointing hand to a page, like the page of a book. This lets the user know that the Hot Area has been selected, and the user can then click on it to view the branch of Slides related to that Hot Area. Scroll It is possible to Scroll up, down, and side to side within a Slide. The user presses the Shift key, then holds this key down while pressing the arrow key that corresponds to the direction the user wishes to move in. This will move the user along the scroll bars at the bottom and right hand side of the screen, as well as along the Slide (the position of the arrow on the scroll bars corresponds to the place within the Slide that the user is currently viewing). The user may also use the mouse by clicking on the scroll bars in the direction that the user wants to move in. In order to restore the Slide to its original position, the user selects the small box located at the bottom right corner of the screen. Otherwise, the screen is restored by holding down the Shift key and at the same time pressing the Home key on the keyboard. Chapter 7 Glossary of Key Terms The following Glossary constitutes a majority of the main terms that the user should know in order to run Zoom. Menus Main menu - The Main menu, located at the top of the screen when the user starts up Zoom, lists all of the primary commands of Zoom. The diagram below shows the Main menu. ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ File Help Run Options Chapter Inquire │ └─────────────────────────────────────────────┘ Viewing menu - Once Zoom is running, this is the menu that will appear at the top of the screen. It is similar to the main menu, but contains some different commands (see the diagram below). ┌───────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ File Help Next Previous Key Words Inquire │ └───────────────────────────────────────────┘ Submenu - Most of the commands listed on both the main menu and the viewing menu contain their own submenus. Submenus are additional listings of commands, like the sample submenu under "File" in the diagram below. Refer to Chapter Five, "Guided Tour," for information on how to access the submenus. ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ File Help Run Options Chapter Inquire │ ├───────┬─────────────────────────────────────┘ │ Load │ │ Print │ │ Shell │ │ Quit │ └───────┘ Menu Commands AUTO located under the OPTIONS command on the main menu, this command allows Zoom to proceed through the chapters in the order in which they were created. . If the user does not select AUTO, then the user proceeds manually through Zoom. CHAPTER located on the main menu, this command allows the user to view chapters in the current information stack. FILE located on both the main menu and the viewing menu, this command allows the user to manipulate an information stack file. Located under the FILE command are the LOAD, PRINT, SHELL, and QUIT commands. HELP is listed on both the main menu and the viewing menu. The HELP command provides information on all of the menu commands in Zoom. INDEX located under INQUIRE on both the main menu and the viewing menu, this command enables the user to access the Index of the current stack. An Index to an information stack is a list of main words or phrases, much like the index of a book. The user can look up a word or phrase in the stack's Index when he or she wants information about that word. INQUIRE is both a main menu command and a viewing menu command that allows the user to access the information stack in various ways. Commands listed under INQUIRE are: INDEX and SEARCH. KEY WORDS located on the viewing menu, this command allows the user to access a branch of Slides directly from the Slide that is currently displayed. LESSON located under the OPTIONS command on the main menu, this command enables the user to run the program in the manner in which it was created. If the user does not select LESSON, then only the Quiz Slides will run. LOAD is located under the FILE command on both the main menu as well as the viewing menu. LOAD allows the user to unload the current information stack from Zoom and load another stack. NEXT a viewing menu command that moves the user from one Slide to the next. OPTIONS located on the main menu, this command lists user defineable options of Zoom - AUTO, LESSON, SOUND, SET PRINTER, SET OUTPUT, SET DIRECTORY and SAVE SETUP. PREVIOUS a viewing menu command that enables the user to move from the current Slide to the previous one. PRINT located under the FILE command on both the main menu and the viewing menu, the PRINT command enables the user to print from the current information stack in Zoom. QUIT is the final command listed under FILE on both the main menu and the viewing menu and is selected when the user wishes to exit Zoom. When QUIT is selected from the viewing menu, this command takes the user to the main menu. If QUIT is selected from the main menu, the user will leave Zoom and enter DOS. QUIZ a Slide that asks the user a question, waits for an answer, and gives the correct response. Quiz Slides are displayed with the rest of the information stack when Zoom is in the Lesson mode. If the user wishes to view only the set of Quiz Slides, the user may select QUIZ under the OPTIONS command on the main menu. RUN a main menu command that allows the user to start up Zoom in the Auto mode. SAVE SETUP located in the OPTIONS menu choice. Saves the current user default values for printer, directory and output device. SEARCH located under the INQUIRE command on both the main and the viewing menus, this command allows the user to search the information stack for any key word or phrase. SET DIRECTORY located in the OPTIONS menu choice. Defines the directory where the stack is loaded. SET OUTPUT located in the OPTIONS menu choice. Defines the device written to during the PRINT process. SET PRINTER located in the OPTIONS menu choice. Defines the type of printer connected to the computer. SHELL listed under the FILE command on the main menu and on the viewing menu, the SHELL command allows the user to leave Zoom temporarily and enter DOS. Upon exiting DOS, the user will re-enter Zoom at the same place. SOUND allows the user to either add sound to the program or take sound away. This command is located under the OPTIONS command on the main menu. Operational Terms Branch a series of Slides on the same topic. The Slides are linked together in a certain order, called a branch, so that the user can view them. Commands tell the computer what to do. The commands also signify what the program is able to do. Cursor marks the position of the user's mouse on the screen of the computer. The cursor moves as the user moves the mouse. Executable brings the user to another program from Zoom. When the external Slide program is finished, the user exits that program and re-enters Zoom at the next Slide in the current queue. Highlight means that the word or phrase appears on the screen in a different form than usual, such as bold or underlined. Hot Area when a box around an item is highlighted, this is a Hot Area. The user can access a branch of information on the topic of the highlighted area by selecting that area. Information the data that Zoom reads and organizes for the user to view. Stack Message located at the bottom of the screen, the message bar tells the user Bar what each menu choice does. Queue refers to the current branch of Slides that the user is viewing in Zoom. Screen includes everything that is displayed on the face of the computer. Scroll to move a Slide up, down, or side to side. Scrolling is accomplished with either the arrow keys or the mouse. Refer to Chapter Six, "Getting Around", for information on how to scroll. Scroll Bar Scroll bars are the lines along the right side and the bottom of the screen, above the status line. This is used to scroll through a larger-than-screen size image using either the mouse or the combination Shift+Arrow keys. Slide the basic unit of information in Zoom. A Slide is a screen full of information, either text, pictures, or a combination of both. A Slide may take up more space than one screen, however, in which case the user would have to scroll up, down, or side to side to view the entire Slide. Subslide contains more detailed information than a Slide. Subslides can be viewed using either the Index, Search, or Key Words modes. User the person who is currently using the software. Window a box of information that appears on the computer screen. The End