> Navigation using our frame organization

> Frames navigation is available only for Navigator browsers, version 2 or greater. If you are using a browser which does not support the frame tags and wish to see what all the fuss is about you can download Netscape Navigator by clicking on the appropriate symbol on the home page.

> While exploring this VA 2000 site, your browser screen will be split into three sections, each with a particular role.

> - Tabs: a bottom frame which displays tabs for the major sections, chapters if you will, for the selected material - for navigation.
> - Topics: a left-side frame which displays the topics within the selected tab - for navigation.
> - Content: the largest, right-hand frame, displays the information which you requested by choosing a particular tab and a particular topic.

> So, to move forward serially through the material, click on each topic, then click on the next tab, then click on each of those topics. Of course, you can navigate to the topics in any order you like, one of the great things about the frame organization.

> One special note: in the Inventory and Assessment section, you will see this icon: . These are links to the associated Assessment 2000 material. To view this material, you must have purchased that CD.

> Even if your browser supports frames, but you would prefer not to use them, you can select the non frames environment by clicking on one of the "no frames" buttons on the home page. This will give the TOC (Table of Contents) for that section; from it you can navigate to each "chapter" and topic. There will be some links that do not work, but you can get to the majority of the material.

Printing from frames

> To print information displayed in any of the three frames you must first ensure that you select the frame you wish to print by clicking on it with the left mouse button. Then either select the F ile pull down menu and click on P rint frame or click on the Print icon. This can be done at any time with any frame.

Placing a bookmark

> You can still create a bookmark for any frame you wish within the frames environment. To do this, first select the page, then with the cursor over that frame, click the right mouse button, which will bring up a small menu bar. Select A dd bookmark and the file name is added to your list. Note that selecting this bookmark will bring up that individually marked frame, not the frameset that was active when you placed the bookmark.

Using the 'Back' function with frames

> As you are navigating around the VisualAge 2000 site within the frames environment, you may find the actions of the 'Back' and 'Forward' buttons in the top left hand corner of your browser disconcerting. The action will be more usable with a little understanding of what these buttons are doing. When you click on a tab, three frames are loaded: tab, topic, and content. When you click on a topic, two frames are loaded: topic and content. When you click on the "Back" button, the browser will reload the last file into the appropriate frame. Clicking "Back" again will cause it to reload the last file into its appropriate frame. So you will need to click back two or three times go get back to the last frameset, depending on whether your last navigation was by tab or by topic.

> You can also use these functions by clicking the right mouse button, which will bring up a small menu bar on which you can select either B ack or F orward.

The VA 2000 "book" home page

> Click on this VA2000 icon to go back to the main ("home") page.

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