2. Screen. On a brown bar in a top of the screen three menus ("Appendices", "Set-up", "Bookmarks") and two buttons ("Dictionary ", "Search ") are located. In the menu " Appendices " you can select any of three appendices -" Excursions ", " Quiz "or Chronology ", and also to work in the text editor, using materials of the Encyclopedia. MaHITe eO 44 er.tatsh, 6 eCt~ KtO.PbiX oIC3Ae reA M4,OP' fnoNcK senci cpecAH *ce. c T*TaTMi _ Pic. 2. Navigator 4. The quiz gives you possibility to check up the knowledges in the field of classical music. By pressing by"mouse" appropriate line in the menu, you can select a quiz: 10 questions, for the answer on which 3 minutes are given, - 50 questions, for the answer on which 15 minutes are given, - 100 questions, for the answer on which 30 minutes are given. (Pic.3) Hypertext. For transition in other articles use active zones of the text selected by various colors. But you can change both color of the text, and color of active zones, visiting a cursor on the text, to press the right mouse button and, by selecting in the opened menu item " to change color ". Font size. The "Set-up" menu allows to select the installations, necessary to you, of the Encyclopedia, parameters and font sizes, parameters of the printer. Bookmark. If you want to form the "bookmark" menu you can mark the articles, necessary to you. Here the list of the articles, marked by bookmarks is contained. Copy. You can copy or print out any article or illustration of the Encyclopedia, guiding on it a cursor and pressing on the right key of "mouse". You can print out an illustration, by changing it sizes and by supplementing it by any text previously copied in a Folder of the exchange (Clipboard). 3. The Navigator. The search to make your operation with the Encyclopedia even more pleasant. It will help fast to find the articles, which are necessary for you now. It will help fast to find just those articles, which are necessary for you now. The window of search will appear for want of pressing left <PICTURE> Key of "mouse" on the appropriate button located on a brown bar at the top of the screen. This window consists of two parts. In main it the parts are given the names of the articles. They could be formed on sections or are given in alphabetic order. Above the list of the articles, the line of input is located. (Pic.2) Pic.3 The bulbs on the right upper corner warns that the time for release the answer comes to an end. 20 seconds prior to, how the time for the answer to the next question will expire, the yellow bulb lights up. The red bulb warns that the time for answer to all questions of a quiz can not suffice you, if not hurry.The answers to the questions could be search in the articles of the Encyclopedia. 5. The excursions. This block consists of sounded lectures about music cultures from different countries, which could be chosen on a symbolizing world map. Here you can select country, interesting you, and to familiarize with its musical culture. (Pic.4) Pic.4 ICMC Proceedings 1999 - 543 - 0
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