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- IPJ is a journal and insight-sharing system. The Interactive Personal
- Journal is a tool for gleaning, applying and sharing insights.
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- IPJ encourages this process by providing text (written by various
- authors on a wide range of subjects), questions, and a place for
- responding, and the ability to link and search the user's notes.
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- If desired, the notes can be easily exported to disk, sent to a
- clearinghouse, and re-distributed for sharing with other IPJ users.
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- The IPJ concept has elements of:
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- * A conversation with a new acquaintance, where one person tells about
- some event, and this reminds the other of his or her own experience,
- and the interaction between the two generates an energy for gaining new
- understanding. Here, the interaction is between you and the author(s),
- with IPJ serving as a prompter and note-taker.
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- * When insights are shared, the resulting thread is similar in appeal to
- that of a Bulletin Board System (BBS) forum, or a Letter to the Editor
- column, where the comments of others can be quite interesting and
- thought-provoking.
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- The text and questions, as well as the attractive and easy-to-use
- interface, are the keys to IPJ's vitality and appeal. Permission has
- been obtained from various publishers to include portions of text from
- popular books which lend themselves well to the IPJ concept.
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- Suggestions for learning IPJ:
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- 1. Select each menu item and each button, read the screens and respond
- to the prompts. This will help you to become familiar with the many
- features and capabilities of IPJ. Use your Tab key and Enter button
- or mouse to select the "Text" button in the upper right corner of the
- screen. Select it again to see how that button operates.
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- You may want to learn HyperPAD, the authoring system used to create
- the Interactive Personal Journal. A demo, tutorial, highly acclaimed
- manuals and technical support are all available. Select "Navigate",
- "HyperPAD" from the menu bar for more information. Try it now!
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- 2. Select "Navigate," "Maps" from the menu bar to see some of the ways
- you may approach your use of IPJ, such as by themes, by systematic
- chapter-by-chapter study, and so on.
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- IPJ is designed so that the text, questions and your thoughts may be
- explored. There is no right or wrong way to use IPJ, and the benefit
- you derive from it will depend to a great extent on your attitude,
- inquisitive and responsive nature, and committment of quality time
- to your Interactive Personal Journal. If you haven't yet been there,
- a visit to "Navigate, Documentation" is suggested.
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- Happy Exploring!
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