Copyright: Visual Help ® 1993-1994 Firas Bushnaq


Contents
Using Beginner's Guide to the Internet

Searching for a file

Viewing a file

Running a program

Copying a file

Printing a file

Running Zip Menu


Search
Search for a file

To search for a file, type the text to search for in the Search Box on the main screen, or press the Search Button and a Search Prompt will appear.  Type a key word, such as "modem" and all of the file descriptions containing the key word, "modem" will be displayed.

Select "Goto" to display the listing of the matching file.


View
Viewing a file

To view a file, select a file using Search or by selecting from the Main Window.  Press the View Button or select View from the menu.  The file will be displayed in the View Window.


Run
Running a program

Some of the files on Beginner's Guide to the Internet are executable programs.  When a program is selected in the Main Window, the two areas at the bottom of the screen will display a brief description of the file, and all of the files in the programs directory.

Double-click or press <ENTER> while the program is highlighted to run.


Copy
Copying a file

To copy a file from the CD, select a file in the Main Window.  Press the Copy Button or select Copy from the menu.

A prompt will appear asking for a destination drive and sub-directory to copy the file to.  The destination directory will be created if it does not yet exist.  Press OK to copy the file.


Print
Printing a file

To print a file, select a file in the Main Window.  Press the Print Button or select Print from the menu.


Zip
Running Zip Menu

Some of the files on Beginner's Guide to the Internet are "zipped" (a type of file compression).  To access these (*.zip) files, a program which expands these files is included on the CD.  Select "Zip Menu" from the Main Menu or press the "Run Zip Menu" button on the toolbar.


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