Using
Microsoft Encarta
- Insert
the Encarta CD-ROM in the CD drive and launch Encarta.
- A
screen will appear with about six options on it. The first is
entitled Overview of Encarta Encyclopaedia. Click this, and
it will give you full directions in the many ways to use Encarta.
- Click
onto the 'Encyclopaedia Articles' link.
- A
new screen appears, with the Pinpointer window active. In the
space below 'Type in an Article title', type in the word or
words which you wish to research, for example 'Quantum Theory'.
- If
the search term is recognised by Encarta, it will appear in
the list below. In this example, click on the term Quantum Theory
in this list - it should be highlighted automatically.
- The
Pinpointer screen will disappear, and you are returned to the
main window - which should now have the article on Quantum Theory
visible.
- Click
on the scroll arrow on the bottom right to move down the page.
If available, images and pictures will appear to the left-hand
side of the article window.
- Once
you have finished reading the article, you might wish to look
for another article. To access the Pinpointer, click on the
word Find located on the toolbar at the top of the screen. The
Pinpointer appears again. Follow the above steps to enter your
new search term.
Alternatively,
if you wish to return to the very beginning, click on the word
Home which is located on the toolbar at the top of the screen.
Navigating
Microsoft Encarta
In a similar way to the Internet, articles in multimedia encyclopaedias
are usually linked to related terms, for example inventors, definitions
of terms, video clips and audio clips. In Encarta, these links
are usually displayed in brown letters.
- Place
your mouse cursor over the desired link. The cursor will then
change to a pointing finger.
- Click
once. The visible page then changes to the relevant page.
Using
the Quantum Theory example mentioned above, placing the mouse
over the brown Bell's Inequality takes you directly to that page.
Once
you have read the information, you can easily return to the previous
page or main article by clicking on the Back pointer as illustrated
below:
There
is also a Forward pointer - greyed out in the above illustration
as there is no page to move forward to. It will become highlighted
after you have clicked the Back button so that you may move back
and forth between pages you have accessed.
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