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- This Help file covers the electronic book commands and options.
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- Buttons
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- Note: Before creating annotations and bookmarks, please define a user first from
- the User Menu. Annotations and Bookmarks are kept separately for each user.
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- Paper Clip - Used to add annotations to an electronic book.
- To Use:
- Click on the Paper Clip and drag the pointer onto the
- paragraph in the text that you would like to be annotated.
- A dialog box will appear and text can be entered for this
- annotation. When done, click OK and a Paper Clip Icon will
- now appear in the text. Click on the icon to bring up the
- dialog box again and view the annotation text.
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- Yellow Stickies - Used to add bookmarks to an electronic book.
- To Use:
- Click on the Yellow Stickie and a dialog will appear with
- the suggested title for the bookmark. The text can be
- changed, if desired. After clicking OK to save the
- bookmark, a yellow tab at the top of the book will
- appear representing the bookmark. Click on the tab
- to bring you back to that position in the electronic book.
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- Browse Arrows - Used to move forward or backward one chapter in the electronic
- book.
- To Use:
- Click on the right arrow to go forward one chapter.
- Click on the left arrow to go backward one chapter.
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- Contents - Displays the book table of contents.
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- Index - Displays the Index Window.
- To Use:
- Click on the button to bring up the window. The window can be
- repositioned. Select an index entry and click the Goto
- button to move to that location within the book.
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- Back - Returns to the last known position within the book.
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- History - Displays the History Window.
- To Use:
- Click on the button to bring up the window. The window
- can be repositioned. Select an entry in the list and
- click the Goto button to move to that location within
- the book.
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- Search - Displays the Search Window.
- To Use:
- Click on the button to bring up the window. The window
- can berepositioned. Type a search string into the field
- next to the Search Button. When done, click the Search
- button or hit the return or enter key to begin the search.
- Matching entries will be displayed in the list. Double
- Clicking on any entry will expand the items list for that
- entry.
- The Previous / Next buttons at the bottom of the screen
- will bring you from entry to entry within the text of
- the book.
- The Rev / Fwd buttons move one complete section at a
- time, ignoring the individual entries in the search window.
- The View button expands or contracts the search window to
- allow more room for viewing the book while browsing the
- search results.
- The Options button brings up a dialog that allows the
- search to be restricted to just one chapter within the book.
- The Exit button closes the search window.
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- Font Scale Slider - Used to adjust the display size of the electronic book.
- The scale can be set from 50% to 150%. Double Clicking
- the the percentage (starts at 100%) will reset the scale
- to 100%.
- To Use:
- Click and drag the font scale knob and move left to
- reduce the scale. Move right to increase the scale.
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- Menus
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- File Menu
- Open... - Opens an Electronic Book.
- Close - Closes an Electronic Book.
- Page Setup..- Define the page setup for a print.
- Print... - Print selected chapters from the electronic book.
- Quit - Exit the application.
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- Edit Menu
- Copy - Places the displayed text onto the clipboard.
- Annotate - Brings up the annotation dialog box.
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- Goto Menu
- Menu items vary with each electronic book. Each Item brings you to a
- specific area of the book.
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- User Menu
- Define - Brings up the define user dialog box.
- User List - The remaining menu items are Users that are already
- defined for this book.
- Choosing the Item makes that user active.
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- Bookmark Menu
- Define - Brings up the define bookmark dialog box.
- Bookmark List - The remaining menu items are bookmarks that have been
- defined for this book by the current user. Choosing
- the bookmark will bring you to that location in the book.
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- Tabs
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- Each electronic book will have a unique set of tabs located on the right side
- of the book window. Clicking on a tab will bring you to a specific location
- in the book. Usually this will be the beginning of a chapter.
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- Leaving the cursor over a tab for a few seconds will bring up a description
- of where the tab will bring you within the book.
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- ©1995 Modern Age Books
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