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The Guinness Encyclopedia
Quick Start:
1. Start Windows
2. Select Run from the Program Manager's File Menu.
3. Type D:\INSTALL in the Command Line box (if your CD-ROM
drive is a different letter use that letter instead).
4. Install QuickTime -- by clicking on the Install QuickTime
2.0.3 icon (install QuickTime if you don't already have it)
5. Double click on the Guinness Encyclopedia icon.
At the MAIN interface, there are three options to approach the
Encyclopedia.
1: The MULTIMEDIA GALLERY, this gets at the multimedia
elements of the encyclopedia.
2. The EXPLORER, gives four methods to searching the
encyclopedia. The outline method gives an overview of how
everything is organized and how it all fits together.
3. The ENCYCLOPEDIA, an hierarchical organization with topics
narrowing in focus through three layers of organization. This
organization is best viewed in the EXPLORER Encyclopedia
Outline option.
At the Encyclopedia interface, you are given choices that narrow
the topic or subject down, until finally you arrive in the main
encyclopedia text/image window. This window has seven
functional areas:
1. The Outline box in the upper left corner shows you where
and how you got here (by your narrowing choices) and allows
you to go back up the hierarchy of choices.
2. The Left and Right arrows, allows you to move through all
the text in this section. This includes text directly related
to this text (Each Text portion is marked (1 of 4), (2 of 4),
etc... and also text in related areas.
3. The Caption box, provides more information about the
illustrative image/photograph/movie or animation provided.
4. The TEXT, gives detailed information about this topic.
5. The See Also Box, provides a "hot" link to other sections
or text that gives more information on topics related to this
one.
6. The Tool Bar, a standard set of functions available
everywhere within the encyclopedia. A good tool within this
bar is the "GO BACK" button. The "GO BACK" button allows you
to backtrack out of wherever you have ended up.
7. The Image area, illustrates the topic discussed.
Optionally has a "PLAY" button that allows a movie or
animation window to be displayed and the movie or animation
to be "played".
In the EXPLORER interface, there are four optional ways of "exploring" or
searching for information.
1. The Encyclopedia Outline is an outline of the contents of
all the information in the encyclopedia. This gives an overview
of how everything is organized and how it all fits
together.
2. The Subject Finder, is a list of many different subjects
covered in the encyclopedia. This then gets you started on a
subject that interests you. The See Also boxes will allow
expanding on this subject.
3. The Image Finder, allows you to locate a portion of the
encyclopedia by the image that is used to illustrate it.
4. The Search Encyclopedia, can be used to search portions of
the encyclopedia (by section) or the entire encyclopedia for
a particular word or words.
In the GALLERY interface, there are five different multimedia types
of illustrations etc. to see. Each has an alphabetical list that can be
searched for particular elements.
The five multimedia types are:
1. Photographs.
2. Illustrations.
3. Languages (sound).
4. Movies.
5. Animations.
In the Countries interface, (on the companion disc) each of the countries
of the world are described and a map provided. The first screen gives
a searchable list of the countries in alphabetical order, each country
is just one click away. Once at the country, there are four functional
areas:
1. The TEXT, describing the country and relevant details.
2. A MAP of the country.
3. The Tool Bar, with at set of uniform functions.
4. Buttons to facilitate access and printing of the map and
text.
In the Languages interface, phrases in 34 languages are accessible.
These common phrases allow the flavor of the language to be sampled
and some learning of the language to take place.
The Countries interface will bring up the language relating to the
country that is currently being displayed (if it is among the 34).
Click on the phrase to hear, or
Click on "To Language Choices" to select a different language.
Playing the animations or movies: The movie or animation window is
a simple window with a play button in the lower left corner,
(toggles pause or play function.) A slide bar on the bottom, shows
where in the movie the current frame is. and a close box in the
upper left corner.
Where do I start?
A good place to start is the "Explorer" => "Encyclopedia Outline".
Mainly because it gives an overview of the contents in a concise
manner and any subject is just one click away. It also is just
click to get back to this outline (just as you left it) by using
the "Go Back" button at the bottom of every encyclopedia page.
How is the information organized?
This is a fresh approach to encyclopedic reference.
A thematic organization, which allows for the entire story to be
told on a related topic.
There are 11 main sections, including:
The Nature of the Universe, including space, physics and sciences.
The Restless Earth, the earth, its physical makeup, properties and
climate etc.
The Living Planet, covers plants and animals, biology etc.
The Human Organism, man and how we function.
The World Today, society and mankind as we are today.
Technology and Industry, the uses of technology in today's world.
A History of the World, the development of society.
Religion and Philosophy, thought, reason and greater beings.
The Visual Arts, the development of artistic expression in art.
Music and Dance, the development of artistic expression in music
and dance.
Language and Literature, The art of oral and written expression.
Yes, but how do I get to all of it?
Access it by section topic, subsection or section through the
main Encyclopedia interface. Note the Outline boxes in every top
left corner. It tells you where you are and allows you to go back
to previous levels of the interface.
What other ways are there to "find" something?
The Explorer option allows searching in four different ways:
By Encyclopedia Outline list, scroll the list, search the list,
get an overview of just how the Encyclopedia is organized.
By Subject, find an text by subject matter.
By Image Title, find an image an go to it through the search routine.
By Text Search, select all the sections or just one to search all the
text for any word.
Cool, but can I just look and the media elements without going through
the Encyclopedia interface?
The Gallery option, allows accessing/searching for images by title.
Lets say that you want to see an image of the Blue Mosque in Istanbul.
You can search and find an image in the Gallery.
Each type of media is separated: photos, movies, animations,
illustrations, languages. Search any or all.
What features are within the Encyclopedia?
The outline boxes in the upper left corner (see above)
A "See also" box in the lower right allows one click access to
related topics. (This appears in every encyclopedia page.)
Navigation Bar at the bottom of each page, allows quick access
to other ways of accessing the data.
Note the "Go Back", much like Hansel and Gretel's bread crumbs
-- this allows a path to be traced back out from where you are now.
(you're never lost.)
Some images will have a Play button on them, this indicates
that they are either a movie or an animation. Click on the
button to start the movie/animation. The movie/animation
opens a separate window with a controller bar at the bottom.
At the left side of the bar is sound control and a play/stop
button. The slider bar allows the movie to be "panned" at the
speed you move it.
Text starts with the Title and (1 of 4) press the more buttons
to access more text for each topic covered.
Wayzata Technology Inc.
21 Northeast Fourth Street
Grand Rapids MN 55744
800-377-7321 Tech Support
800-735-7321 Sales
218-326-0598 Fax
HTTP://Wayzata-Tech.com World Wide Web
WayzataTec@aol.com E-MAIL
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IMPORTANT NOTICE:
The Guinness Encyclopedia is licensed from Guinness Publishing Ltd.
Text copyright (c) 1990-1995 Guinness Publishing Ltd. All rights
reserved. The contained on this CD-ROM, including any text,
images, photographs, maps, animations, video, audio and music
incorporated in the Software, is owned by Wayzata Technology Incorporated
or its suppliers. Copyright (c) 1995 Wayzata Technology Incorporated.
All rights reserved.
This CD-ROM may be used only on a single computer.
No part of this CD-ROM may be reproduced, transmitted, performed or
displayed, for any purpose, except as permitted by United States
copyright law or as authorized in writing by Wayzata Technology
Incorporated.
GUINNESS is a registered trademark of Guinness Publishing Ltd.
WAYZATA TECHNOLOGY is a trademark of Wayzata Technology Incorporated.
All other company and product names are the trademarks or registered
trademarks of their respective owners.
LIMITED WARRANTY: Wayzata Technology Incorporated ("Wayzata")
warrants that the Software on this CD-ROM will be perform substantially
in accordance with the setup instructions and any accompanying printed
materials for 90 days from the date of receipt. Any implied
warranties on the Software are limited to 90 days.
Some states do not allow limitations on duration of implied
warranties, so the above limitation may not apply to you.
Wayzata's entire liability and your exclusive remedy shall be,
at Wayzata's option, either return of the price paid, or
replacement of the Software that does not meet Wayzata's
warranty and that is returned to Wayzata with a copy of your
receipt. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Wayzata disclaims all
other warranties, either express or implied, including
implied warranties of merchantability and fitness
for a particular purpose, with respect to the Software and
any accompanying printed materials. This limited warranty
gives you specific legal rights. You may have others,
which vary from state to state.
To remove the Guinness runtime files from your hard-drive
at a dos prompt type d:\deinstal -- where d is the drive
of your cd-rom.