CD-ROM Instructions
The CD-ROM for The Buzzards Have Landed! is referenced throughout the book and is arranged by chapters. It is set up as a web site so you can navigate it with your default internet browser (for example, Internet Explorer). It contains three types of files: ".htm", ".jpg" and ".pdf." In order to view the ."pdf" files you will need to have Adobe Acrobat Reader, version 5 or newer, installed on your computer. Adobe Acrobat Reader is a free program and can be downloaded at www.adobe.com. Make sure you choose the appropriate version for your operating system.The CD-ROM has been specially formatted to automatically fire up when inserted into your PC. If it doesn’t, double-click My Computer, then double-click the CD drive icon, and then double-click index.htm. For those of you who are using a Mac, the CD icon should appear on your desktop after you put the CD in your drive. Click on the CD icon, find the index file and click on that. Your web browser should then open to the CD-ROM index page, which is the starting point.To locate a CD reference, all you need to do is click on the chapter that contains the document you wish to view and go to the specific citation. For example, if you want to see CD 58-1 (the letter referred to in Chapter 58 that proves Kennecott drafted Wisconsin’s Local Agreement Law), here is what to do:
Please note that due to the many types of articles and formatting on the CD-ROM you may have to scroll side to side and up and down to see an entire reference. In Adobe Acrobat Reader you can zoom in and out to make a reference easier to read. Also, the web links are live and will take you to a web site if you are connected to the Internet.Certainversions of Internet Explorer have the annoying habit of resizing large images to fit the screen (those in the ".jpg" format). That means many of the ".jpg" references on the CD-ROM may pop up too small to read. If this happens to you, move the mouse cursor to the lower right corner of the image and pause it there. A square button will eventually pop up under the cursor, and if you click on it the image will expand to its correct size. You can then use the scroll bars along the bottom and right side to navigate. To avoid having to deal with resizing issues you can turn off Internet Explorer’s auto-resizing option. Just go to the menu bar and click on Tools, then Internet Options. Click on the Advanced tab along the top and scroll down to the Multimedia area. Uncheck Enable Automatic Image Resizing and click OK.Also know that on occasion there will be some lag time between when you click on a reference link and the time it appears in your browser. This is normal and due to the fact that the CD stops spinning when you are reading a reference and needs to spin up to speed before it can find and load your next selection. If you have the hard drive space available you can copy the entire contents of the CD-ROM to a folder on your hard drive. This will greatly speed up your searches.Happy navigating!If you are having problems and need further information please email us at:
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