Entries which appear in Found Entries mode are special collections of entries containing whatever word you have searched for. Thus, any entries you may see in Found Entries also exist elsewhere in the Omnipedia, but are merely grouped together for convenience.
What You Can Do
1. Browse: Click a MODE button to select a mode, then browse through the index you see using the scroll bar, arrow keys, or NEXT or PREVIOUS buttons.
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2. Look for a particular entry: Open the Find Strip. Select ENTRY. Begin typing the beginning of the entry name you are looking for. Pause for a second. The Omnipedia will automatically set the mode appropriate to what you typed, and jump to a point in the index as close as it can get to what you typed. (Only up to the first four of the letters you type are used for this automatic search.) If you see the entry you want, you can then just click on it in the index. You can also click SEARCH or hit <return> even without finishing your typing.
HINT: If you start typing a letter of the alphabet, the program will start looking in the Encyclopedia.
ANOTHER HINT: The Omnipedia knows the difference between capitals and lower-case letters, so if you land in an unexpected place in the index, it may be because the first letter you typed doesn't match the case of the letter in the index.
B. Word Searches
If you wish to search for any reference to a particular word, do a WORD search.
How A Word Search Works
A WORD search automatically creates a collection of entries which contain that word anywhere in their text. It then takes you to FOUND ENTRIES mode, where that collection is displayed.
What You Can Do
1. Click on almost any noun in the text of an entry. (If the word is part of a hyperlink, however, you will initiate an Entry search instead.) The program will try to find other entries within the mode you are currently viewing which contain that word.
2. Type a specific word into the Find Strip. (Select WORD, rather than Entry, before you start typing, or the program will think you are looking for an Entry.) You may at this time also select any or all of the indexes within which to search. Type the entire word and click SEARCH or hit <return>.
In either case, the search begins. Almost all nouns contained in two or more entries will be found. The collection of entries is automatically displayed in FOUND ENTRIES mode for you to browse.
This collection of found entries will be remembered by the program until you do another word search.
C. Hyperlinks
You may jump around freely among the entries in the Omnipedia. As you are reading you may encounter a name or an episode reference which sparks your curiosity. Very often you can simply click on the text you are reading to link to additional information. Then click BACK to return to the screen you had been reading.
Any word or phrase in bold text in the Omnipedia is a hyperlink to an individual encyclopedia entry. (The program is smart enough to adjust certain hyperlink phrases, such as names, to make an exact match with the index. Most of the time it is successful at this, sometimes it isn't.)
