2. HOW TO USE. Each simulation works in a different way. The narration will walk you through each simulation, prompting you for input or inviting you to investigate the various sections of the simulation in whatever order you wish. 57675 1. WHAT IS A BUBBLE VIEW? A bubble view is an interactive "circular" picture. You use your cursor to move within the picture, so that you can look completely around various locations.
2. MOVING AROUND. First, put your cursor anywhere on the picture. A hand icon will appear. Move your mouse until the hand points in the direction you want to go -- up, down, or sideways. Then, to move within the picture, click or hold down your left mouse button.3. SPEED. To move quickly, position the hand icon near the edge of the picture. To move slowly, position the hand icon near the center of the picture.4. ZOOM. To zoom in to a spot, place your cursor in the center of the picture on screen. When you see a magnifying glass with a plus sign, click or hold down the left mouse button. To zoom out, place your cursor just below the center of the screen. When you see a magnifying glass with a minus symbol, click or hold down the left mouse button.57676 5. MULTIPLE VIEWS. Some bubble views contain more than one viewpoint of a location, such as both an inside view and an outside view of a building. A door symbol on the picture means there is another view. To see the other view, click on the door.
6. RESET VIEW. To position the bubble view back to its starting point, double click on the circle at the bottom that says "RESET VIEW." 57677 Sound clips are represented by a sound icon (a small picture of a speaker). Sound icons are usually placed within the body of the article, near related text information. You can quickly locate sound clips within articles by scrolling through the article outline. When playing a sound clip, you will see a caption describing what you are hearing. In some cases, you will also see a related picture. 57678 To control playback of an animation or video, use the grey control bar beneath the media window.1. STARTING AND PAUSING. An animation or video will automatically start playing when you open it. To pause playback, click the second button from the left which has two vertical lines. To start playback again, click on this same button which will have changed to a left arrow.2. VOLUME CONTROL. To adjust the sound level, use the speaker button.3. FAST FORWARD/REVERSE. The control bar contains a slider that moves during playback. To move quickly through an animation or video, drag the slider to the left or right.4. FRAME-BY-FRAME PLAYBACK. To move forwards or backwards one frame at a time, use the two arrow buttons at the right. 57679 1. WHAT IS A BUBBLE VIEW? A bubble view is an interactive "circular" picture. You use your cursor to move within the picture, so that you can look completely around various locations.2. MOVING AROUND. First, put your cursor anywhere on the picture. A hand icon will appear. Move your mouse until the hand points in the direction you want to go -- up, down, or sideways. Then, to move within the picture, click or hold down your left mouse button.3. SPEED. To move quickly, position the hand icon near the edge of the picture. To move slowly, position the hand icon near the centre of the picture.4. ZOOM. To zoom in to a spot, place your cursor in the centre of the picture on screen. When you see a magnifying glass with a plus sign, click or hold down the left mouse button. To zoom out, place your cursor just below the centre of the screen. When you see a magnifying glass with a minus symbol, click or hold down the left mouse button.57680 1. WHAT IS A SIMULATION? A simulation is like a hands-on science experiment. For each topic, you may control certain variables and then see what happens. Behind-the-scenes, the computer calculates the results based on scientific formulas.
2. HOW TO USE. Each simulation works in a different way. The narration will walk you through each simulation, prompting you for input or inviting you to investigate the various sections of the simulation in whichever order you wish. 57681 There are thousands of pictures in World Book articles.
1. OPENING THUMBNAILS. You can see a small "thumbnail" version of each picture within the body of the article. Click on a thumbnail to view a larger version of the picture along with a caption describing the picture.2. PICTURE PREVIEWS. To quickly see what pictures an article contains (as well as any videos or animations), click on the Article Media icon (a picture of a film canister), which appears at the top of each article. A media strip will roll down, with one tiny picture representing each picture media item. Click on one of these tiny pictures to jump to the appropriate section of the article.3. TYPES OF PICTURES. Some pictures have related sound clips. If you see a speaker icon on the picture, click on it to hear the sound clip.A sequence of related pictures may be broken up into screen-sized "pages." For pictures like this, there will be a control bar above the picture window. Use this control bar to advance through th