HELP PAGE

Third Party Time?

Site Map: A clickable map of the pages that make up "Third Party Time?"
The Web And Netscape: What is the World Wide Web?; What is hypertext?; How do I use Netscape?
Using Netscape as a Research Tool: How do I use Bookmarks?; How do I save text to a file? [Windows ][Macintosh ]
Conventions Used for this Assignment: What do the highlighted words at the top and bottom of each page mean?; What do the red diamonds and the blue balls on the THEMES and SOURCES pages mean?; What's a [THEME KEY] and how do I use it to browse through pages?
Starting Or Returning To The Assignment: How do I begin or return to the assignment?

Site Map

The map below shows you the pages available at this site.
Click on names within the map to jump to the corresponding page.

These pages are indicated by a red diamond on the THEMES and SOURCES pages.

The Web and Netscape

What is the World Wide Web?

For fifty years, people have dreamt of the concept of a universal information database - data that would not only be accessible to people around the world, but information that would link easily to other pieces of information so that only the most important data would be quickly found by a user. It was in the 1960's when this idea was explored further, giving rise to visions of a "docuverse" that people could swim through, revolutionizing all aspects of human-information interaction, particularly in the educational field. Only now has the technology caught up with these dreams, making it possible to implement them on a global scale.

From Kevin Hughes, Entering the World Wide Web: A Guide to Cyberspace

What is hypertext?

The operation of the Web relies on hypertext as its means of interacting with users. Hypertext is basically the same as regular text - it can be stored, read, searched, or edited - with an important exception: hypertext contains connections within the text to other documents. For instance, suppose you were able to somehow select (with a mouse or with your finger) the word "hypertext" in the sentence before this one. In a hypertext system, you would then have one or more documents related to hypertext appear before you - a history of hypertext, for example, or the Webster's definition of hypertext. These new texts would themselves have links and connections to other documents - continually selecting text would take you on a free-associative tour of information. In this way, hypertext links, called hyperlinks, can create a complex virtual web of connections.

Also from Kevin Hughes, Entering the World Wide Web: A Guide to Cyberspace

How do I use Netscape?

Netscape Handbook: The makers of Netscape offer an excellent tutorial on its use. Click on the reference above to jump to the tutorial. When you are finished with the Netscape Tutorial, look under GO in the top menu bar for the entry "3PT - Help Page" to return to this page.

Using Netscape as a Research Tool

How do I use Bookmarks?

During your session online, you may want to save references to sites that you visit frequently or that you'd like to examine in greater detail later on. Using the Netscape Bookmarks feature allows you to tag these sites. When you are at a site you'd like to tag, go to the menu item Bookmarks in the upper-most menu bar of your screen. Click on Add Bookmark. When you return to the Bookmarks menu, you will see the name of the site you saved at the end of the pop-up menu. The pop-up menu can hold several dozen bookmarks. As you browse this assignment, you'll notice that the names of Third Party Time? pages in the Go and Bookmarks menus begin with the prefix 3PT (e.g.: 3PT - Help Page). This is to help you identify the pages specific to this assignment.

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How do I save text to a file?

Saving the entire contents of a Web page

You can save or print the entire contents of a Web page by using the appropriate commands under the File menu in the top menu bar.

Saving excerpts to a file

As you browse pages, you'll probably want to keep track of bits of information important to you. The easiest way to do this is to run Microsoft Word along with Netscape so that you can highlight text on a Web page, copy the text, and paste it into Word.

Windows

Once you are in Netscape, you can launch Word by holding down the Alt key and pressing Tab until you see the Program Manager icon in the message box.
When you see the Program Manager icon, release Alt, and the Program Manager window will appear.
Launch Word.
Once Word is open, use Alt + Tab again to go back to Netscape.
Highlight the text that you want to save, then press Control + C to copy it.
Use Alt + Tab to return to Word.
Paste the text with Control + V.
Return to Netscape with Alt + Tab.

You can append more text to the same Word document by going back and forth from Netscape to Word.

Macintosh

Once you are in Netscape, return to the Finder and launch Word.
Once Word is open, go back to Netscape.
Highlight the text that you want to save, then press Command + C to copy it.
Return to Word.
Paste the text with Control + V.
Return to Netscape.

You can append more text to the same Word document by going back and forth from Netscape to Word.

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Conventions Used for this Assignment

What do the highlighted words at the top and bottom of each page mean?

Above the topThird Party Time? banners appears a series of highlighted words that do the following (try them out!):

HELP: Takes you to this Help Page.
SEARCH: Takes you to the Search Page.
OVERVIEW: Takes you to the overview of the assignment.
SOURCES: Takes you to the Sources Page.
THEMES: Takes you to the Themes Page.
COMMENTS: Takes you to the Comments form.

Clicking on the top banner itself will take you to the Third Party Time? home page.

The strip of words beneath the bottom banner includes all the links above, but begins with:

TOP: Takes you to the top of the current page.

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What do the red diamonds and the blue balls on the THEMES and SOURCES pages mean?

A red diamond or a blue ball forewarns you of where you'll end up when you follow the link next to the icon.

indicates a link to pages that are part of the "Third Party Time?" case.

indicates a link to pages at other sites on the World Wide Web.

For a complete map of the pages that comprise "Third Party Time", see the sitemap above.

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What's a [THEME KEY] and how do I use it to browse through pages?

Many of the Third Party Time? pages include a Theme Key, a table that lists sections of the current page by the nine thematic areas outlined on the Themes Page. The Theme Key can help you quickly browse a document by a particular area. You can bounce back and forth from the table to the sections by using the [THEME KEY] link at the end of each section.

Moreover, the column titles in every theme key link back to the corresponding section of the Themes Page.

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Starting Or Returning To The Assignment

Click on the HOME link beneath the bottom banner to return to the Home Page.

TOP | HELP | SEARCH | OVERVIEW | SOURCES | THEMES | COMMENTS

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