• WWII.pdf: WWII.pdf is an exact reproduction of the printed version of World War II on the Web with the added interactive feature of linking, which allows the reader to “jump” to the web sites discussed simply by clicking on the blue, underlined web site address. This file can only be viewed with Adobe’s Acrobat Reader, which must be installed on the user’s computer.
• README: Provided in text, rtf, and pdf formats, this document lists system requirements for using Arobat Reader, describes the interactive features of WWII.pdf, and provides important information for users new to Adobe Acrobat.
• ACROBAT READER 5.0: Acrobat Reader 5.0 for Macintosh and Windows is provided on this CD. See the last page of World War II on the Web for instructions on installing Acrobat Reader. Acrobat Reader is provided free of charge by Adobe (http://www.adobe.com) and can also be downloaded from their web site at:
• Microsoft Windows 95 OSR 2.0, Windows 98 SE, Windows Millennium Edition, Windows NT 4.0 with Service Pack 5, Windows 2000, or Windows XP
• 64MB of RAM
• 24MB of available hard-disk space [additional 70MB of hard-disk space for Asian fonts (optional)]
Macintosh
• PowerPC® processor
• Mac OS software version 8.6(*), 9.0.4, 9.1, or Mac OS X(*)
• 64MB of RAM
• 24MB of available hard-disk space
• Additional 70MB of hard-disk space for Asian fonts (optional)
* Some features may not be available.
THE INTERACTIVE FEATURES OF WWII.pdf
WWII.pdf is an exact reproduction of the printed version of World War II on the Web with three major interactive features added: Bookmarks, Web Links, and Interior Links.
• Bookmarks: The bookmarks in the navigation panel (to the left of the viewing area) reproduce the entries in the Contents. A single click on any bookmark entry will take you to that page in the document.
• Web Links: A click on any of the blue, underlined web site addresses in the document will take you directly to that web site on the Internet.
• Interior Links: These are links that take you from one part of the document to another part of the document. Interior links are indicated in red and include:
— Table of Contents: All entries in the Contents are linked to the page on which the corresponding text appears.
— Title Page and Introduction and User’s Guide: The authors’ names are linked to the About the Authors section, which appears at the end of the file.
— Cross-references: Cross-references that refer the reader to a related discussion in the text are linked to that section.
— Web Site Names: All of the web sites reviewed in Part I are also listed in Part II where they are accompanied by the Best WWII Site logo. Clicking on a red web site name in Part I will take you to its entry in Part II. Similarly, clicking on a Best WWII Site entry in Part II will take you to the discussion of that particular site in Part I.
— Headings: The sites listed in Part II are organized under the same headings as the sites reviewed in Part I. These headings are linked to take you from a section in Part I to the corresponding section in Part II and vice versa. Thus, clicking on the heading “MacArthur, Douglas” in Chapter 2 of Part I will take you to the heading “MacArthur, Douglas” in Part II, where related sites not reviewed in Part I are listed. Similarly, clicking on “MacArthur, Douglas” in Part II will take you to the related reviewed sites in Part I.
IF A WEB SITE CANNOT BE FOUND: As mentioned in the Introduction and User’s Guide, the web sites reviewed and listed here are in a constant state of development and, occasionally, demise. However, it is often the case that a missing site has not been closed, but rather the information moved to a different part of the site and the address changed slightly. Traversing the site will often result in locating the desired information. Also, when the authors of a site are working on it, the web site might not be accessible to viewers. Linking to the site at a later time might bring you to the desired location. Viewers can also try to access the site via the Internet Archive, http://www.archive.org, which stores old web sites.
A FEW NOTES ON USING ACROBAT READER
Adobe provides a guide to using Acrobat Reader along with the program. After installation, you can locate this guide (Reader.pdf) in the ENU folder located in the HELP folder. For those of you new to Acrobat, here are a few pointers on using several of its important features:
MAGNIFICATION: The pages in WWII.pdf are set to appear at 100% magnification. If you traverse the document using bookmarks or interior links, each new page will appear at 100% magnification.
However, if you traverse the document by alternative means—such as scrolling in the side bar, or typing the desired page number into the page number display in the bottom status bar, or clicking on the forward/backward arrows also in the bottom status bar—you are able to control the magnification of the page you are moving to. This is done by changing the magnification setting, located in the menu bar. In the menu bar you will see a down arrow next to the current magnification setting of 100%. Click on the down arrow and the range of magnification settings will appear. If you choose, for example, 50%, each page you scroll or click to will appear at 50% magnification. Other ways of adjusting the size of the page are discussed in the Reader.pdf document mentioned above.
ACTIVATING THE LINKS: When it is traveling over the document page, the cursor takes the form of a little hand with the fingers outstretched. When the cursor moves over a linked area, only the thumb and index finger remain outstretched. It is sometimes difficult to get the cursor to change from the former position to the latter in order to activate a link. Increasing the magnification of the page can help in locating the linked area of the text more easily. Sometimes the cursor is simply slow in responding to the presence of a link; moving it slightly up and down or right and left will result in its recognizing the link.
FIND FEATURE: You can access the Find dialogue box in three ways: (a) choosing Find under the Edit menu, (b) using keyboard commands (Ctrl-F; Cmd-F), or (c) clicking on the binoculars icon in the tool bar.
PAGE NUMBERING: Page numbers are indicated in the status bar at the bottom of the window. The numbers in parentheses show the page numbers of the pdf document (not the printed page numbers), with the first page number indicating the page that you are on, and the second indicating the total number of pages in the document. The page number that precedes the parentheses conforms to the printed page number that appears on the actual document page. Thus, in keeping with the printed page numbers, roman numerals i through xvi will appear as you navigate through the front matter, and arabic numbers 1 through 208 will appear as you navigate through the rest of the text.
