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- Macintosh:
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- The World Factbook data can be accessed in a variety of ways.
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- There are 2 folders of additional resource materials beyond
- what is available directly within the World Factbook Database.
- * MAPS folder has the maps for the 247 countries in the
- following formats: PICT, PCX, and TIFF -- with and without
- city names. These are made available for import into your
- graphics program.
- * DATABASE folder has numerical data in a variety of formats
- so that you can import them into your favorite database or
- spreadsheet program and compare the data about all the
- countries! -- Find out which country has the lowest or
- highest birth rate / death rate / economic growth rate
- / GNP / etc.
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- **** HyperCard Navigator Stack -- NEW FOR THIS RELEASE ****
- "World_Factbook_1991_Navigator"
- In HyperCard we have built a HyperCard "stack" to access the data in the
- following ways: search for country names, search for any text,
- find countries geographically, "zoom" in or out of geographic
- regions, and finally select countries alphabetically.
- Features include: 16 color maps of each country and b/w region maps,
- text descriptions of each country, 3 search types, and on-line help.
- The TextWare version below has additional text appendices about world
- organizations.
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- **** TextWare retrieval ****
- "WWFB_91M.CTL"
- We have a full database in TextWare, which includes text
- descriptions of each country, color maps for each country,
- and text appendices about the United Nations, world
- organizations, and measurements.
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- See the file "Contents.txt" for details on the contents of this CD-ROM.
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- Getting Started:
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- 1. Open the "MAC" folder.
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- 2. Choose which method you wish to access the data
- a) TextWare:
- double click on the "WWFB_91M.CTL" icon.
- (Features full text, plus appendices, fast searches,
- and the ability to print the maps! )
- b) HyperCard:
- double click on the "World_Factbook_1991_Navigator" icon.
- (Features Geographical Navigation + selection)
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- 3. HyperCard Hints
- Help is available under the "Help" Menu
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- 4. TextWare Hints
- Help is available under the "Apple" Menu.
- For more detailed help, double click on the "_TWDOC.CTL" icon.
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- * You may choose to run TextWare from your own hard drive, to do this:
- 1. copy the folder "MAC" to your hard drive.
- 2. make sure the CD is in your CD-ROM drive and mount
- on the desktop.
- 3. The data starts with an Introduction on card 1
- and has a table of contents on card 2.
- * Image Printing Note: Choose "Black&White" in the print dialog
- (Color/Grayscale takes a long time...)
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- Wayzata Technology 1-800-377-7321 or (218) 326-0597
- FAX (218) 326-0598
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