by Kei/Crn

First of load the magazine (it tends to help).

The  menu  has  been changed since issue 15.  I got bored with those big
blocky  icons  so  I  changed  them  to  words  and made everything more
colourfull.  You might not like this change however so please tell us if
so and what changes should be made.  We appreciate ANY feedback.

The  menu bar (that thing at the bottom of the screen) controls both the
menu and the text articles that you load, the buttons are...


 Menu     Returns you to the main menu if viewing an article.
          Shortcut - <ESC>


 Prefs    Takes you to the prefs screen where you can change the
          environment controls, look and sound.
          Shortcut - "?"


 Up       Scrolls up through the current article/menu.
          Shortcut - Up Cursor (slow), SHIFT+Up Cursor (fast)
                     CTRL+Up Cursor (Jump to top)
          Tip - You can use RMB and LMB as well. Try "T" key.


 Down     Scrolls down through the current article/menu.
          Shortcut - Down Cursor (slow), SHIFT+Down Cursor (fast)
                     CTRL+Down Cursor (Jump to bottom)
          Tip - You can use RMB and LMB as well. Try "B" key.


 Load     Load current file under highlighted bar.
          Shortcut - <ENTER>


 Quit     Return to ADOS. Works from main menu only.
          Shortcut - <F10>

    F1          -   Main Menu - Toggle Colour on/off
                    Article   - Toggle Colout on/off

    F2          -   Main Menu - Rotating Logo on/off
                -   Article   - Rotating Logo on/off

    F3          -   Main Menu - Slider on/off
                -   Article   - Slider on/off

    F4          -   Reserved
                -   Reserved

    F10         -   Main Menu - Quit to DOS

    Cursor Left -   Pictures  - Previous Picture (if any)

    Cursor Right-   Pictures  - Next Picture (if any)

    Esc         -   Pictures  - Return to Main Menu (If more than one)
                -   Prefs     - Return to Main Menu or Article

    Any Key     -   Pictures  - Return to Main Menu (If single pic)

From  issue  11 there's a natty little slider bar on the right hand side
of  the  screen, you can use this to move to any position in the file by
simply clicking on it with your mouse and dragging it up and down.  Note
that  the  dragbar  *DOESN'T*  alter  it's size to indicate how long the
article is, sorry!

The preferences section displays options for changing several attributes
about the way The Word is running, they are as follows:

    Music   -   1/2/Off         -   Set music, choice of 2 mods
    Speed   -   1/2/3/4/5/6/7/8 -   Speed of article scroll
    Colour  -   1/2/3/4/5       -   Pre-Defined colour palettes
    Font    -   1/2/3/4         -   4 different 8-point fonts.

 A new feature in The Word. Press <R> at any time to reset the clock.



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