This manual has been prepared in HTML (Hypertext Markup Language) which makes it very easy to maneuver around it.

You may have already noticed that your screen has been divided into four panels or frames as they are called. Each of them is scrollable for some of the longer text passages.

In the scrollable Table of Contents frame you will find the complete outline of the course.

You may scroll through it to find a subject that interests you and then by clicking on one of the icons or highlighted text, go directly to the information contained in that section.

The outline stays in view at all times.

All links load into the Text and Graphics Frames.

As you move the cursor over a link, the status line at the bottom of the screen will give you a clue as to what will happen if you actually click the mouse over the link.

You will notice that no matter what colors you have selected for links and followed links in your browser, there are some words that are highlighted in red.

These are not links, as you will notice if you click on one. Links are underlined on most browsers.

One clue is that the status line below does not change when your cursor is over them.

There are four different icons to help you.

This tutorial was designed for and works best using Firefox browser or Macintosh Safari. It was written on a Macintosh but should work on PCs as well and with most browsers although some features might react a little differently depending on which version of which browser you use.

Additionally, there is as yet no text only version available.

(In fact there may never be due to the visual nature of most dental subjects)

It fits the screen better if you will turn off Toolbar, Directory and Location selections Under the Options Menu Item and adjust the width to accommodate the picture box in the upper right. The rest of the boxes will then adjust themselves.

You won't need them for this tutorial and they occupy valuable screen space.

For your information, the BACK function which would ordinarily be in the tool bar can be activated by hitting "command [" instead.

You can of course choose any type face and font size that you choose but the frame and picture sizes were chosen to fit an 18 point font.

Choose any easily readable font you choose.

The colors in the drawings were chosen to blend in with a medium grey background, but again, you can choose any color that makes your top spin, but you will have to go into your options menu and turn off file colors in favor of your own, i.e. Choose Let Document Override.

We suggest that you not do that.

When I decided that this (HTML) was going to be the media choice and authoring method for my 'book' it was because writing a book usually means that what you say is etched in stone.

Thus this is a disclaimer. This electronic book is not finished...it never will be! I will keep adding to it as new information becomes available.

You can get telephone support on this tutorial by calling Special Products, Inc. at (800)538-6835 during normal business hours.

You can also find me on line most of the day and night and can initiate a chat session with me. I do not consider this an imposition. So feel free to contact me any time. We do not offer Netscape, Internet Explorer, Safari or general computer help.

Three main subjects will be taught using plastic blocks with straight and curved simulated root canals.