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Welcome to Simon & Schuster New Millennium Reference Series
Welcome to The Simon & Schuster New Millennium Reference Series

Welcome to The Simon & Schuster New Millennium Reference Series with

25,000 informative articles and 13,000 photographs.


Technical Support

Technical Support

Contact the following for technical support:

Phone: 303-739-4020

e-mail: support@ssi.teksupport.com


Versabook Help File - Simon & Schuster

Written by Michael Sedley; edited by Bruce Brill

Compiled on 28 December, 1998.


Main Menu

Click a Main Menu feature for an explanation:


Browse

This opens the Research Center with the Book tab chosen.


Search

This opens the Research Center with the Search tab chosen


Infocenter

This opens the Infocenter on the Web.

Note - you must be able to connect to the Internet.


Guided Tour

This opens the Guided Tour, explaining many of the features of The Simon & Schuster New Millennium Reference Series.


Bookstore

This opens the Versabook Internet Bookstore.

Note - you must be able to connect to the Internet.


Media

This opens the Research Center with the Media tab chosen.

The View pane displays an icon of each media category available.

Click a media icon to display a list for all the media items of that type.


Binder

This opens the Research Center with the Binder tab chosen.


Wizard’s Library

This opens the Versabook Graphical library

The Library can be used to organize your books or purchase new books.


Pop up Library

This opens the Versabook Standard library

The Library can be used to organize your books or purchase new books.


Users Manual

Opens the Users manual which shows you how to use reference library features.


The Research Center

Click a feature for an explanation


Menu Bar

Click a Menu Item or press ALT and the underlined letter to get a drop-down menu.


Close button

Click here to close Versabook.


Maximize Button

Click here to view Versabook on a full screen.


Minimize button

Click here to minimize Versabook.

When minimized, Versabook is represented by a taskbar button at the bottom of the screen.


Title Bar

The window can be moved by clicking and dragging here.

Double click here to change from a full-screen view to frames.


Books

Click here to view a list of all the books in the Research Desk.


Research Desk Books

A list of books in the Research Desk is displayed here.

Click a book to display its contents below.


Title Search

Type the first few letters of the desired article here.


Browser List

The main Control Pane feature, listing the contents of books or binders; or a list of media items or search results.

Click an item to open it.


Library

Click here to open the Versabook Library.

The default library (Graphical or Standard) can be changed by selecting Options in the View menu.


Books

Click here to open the List of Books dialog box.


Toolbar

A graphical bar at the top of the screen with buttons that perform many of the commonly used features of Versabook


Book Title bar

The title of the book is displayed here.

Double click here to view the article full screen.


Previous History Item

Click here to view the previous item in the History list.

The History list contains all the items viewed during this session.


Next History Item

Click here to view the next item in the History list.

The History list contains all items viewed during this session.

This button is enabled only if the current item is not the last item on the History list.


Title of the Item

The title of the current item is written here.

An earlier item from the history list can be selected by clicking [image].


Scroll bar

The current item can be scrolled up or down by clicking and dragging the moveable button in this bar.


Binder

The name of the current Binder is displayed here.


Search

Click here to set and run a search.


Media

Click here to search for a media item e.g. photo, video or animation.


Binder

Click here to create and manage binders and their contents.


View Pane

The current item is displayed here.


Stop Icon

Click here to stop an internet search in progress.


Internet Connection

Indicates whether there is an active Internet connection.

 - Connected to the Internet (by modem or permanent connection)

 - The modem is not currently connected to the Internet

 - Cannot connect to the Internet. (as set in the Internet tab on the Options dialog box)

Click the icon to connect or disconnect the modem from the Internet.