This page explains how to navigate between web pages on this server, and a number of features that (hopefully) make these pages easier to view.
The page you are currently reading is a typical web page on this server. It can be controlled with buttons, mouse actions, and touch-pad actions, as described below
Most of the web pages on this server have buttons. Images of the typical buttons are shown in the table below. Tap or click on these images when you see them on a web page, to activate the function listed in the table.
| Buttons | Function | Help |
|---|---|---|
| Show table of contents | More Help | |
| Show previous page in book | ||
| Show next page in book | ||
| Show preferences window | ||
| Return to this page | ||
| Hide Control Buttons | More Help | |
| Show Control Buttons | ||
| Jump to another web page |
Pop-up windows can supply a little more information about the text you are reading. You can find these pop-up windows by watching for text that is light blue with a dotted underline, like this. When you spot highlighted text like that, hover your mouse pointer over it, to see the pop-up window. You can also click (or tap on a touch screen) the highlighted text to display the pop-up window. To close the pop-up window, click or tap on an area of the screen outside of the window.
Links to other web pages (or other portions of the page you are viewing) show up as usual, as dark blue text with a solid underline, like this. Click or tap on this highlighted text to activate the link. Please note that some of these links may take you to web pages on other servers.
Many pages have figures and/or mathematical expressions. These may be initially displayed at a low resolution, to allow the page to load faster. Higher resolution are often available, by clicking or tapping on the figure or mathematical expression.
The higher resolution images will show up in a new window, where it should be easy to magnify to allow you to see details. Click here for more details.
The Table of Contents page looks like this:
The web pages on this server are arranged like the pages in a book. The Table of Contents page allows you to quickly see all the pages in the book, and jump to any of them. Typical pages have a button that will allow you to jump to the Table of Contents.
There are a few buttons which only appear on the Table of Contents page. The operation of those buttons is summarized in the table below.
| Button / Action | Function |
|---|---|
| Expand the table of contents to its maximum size | |
| Collapse table of contents to its smallest size | |
Tap or click on name of section | Expand this section |
Tap or click on name of section | Collapse this section |
Typical web pages have a button that will bring up the preferences window, which looks like this:
In the preferences window you may:
- View a QR code for the page, to allow mobile devices to quickly location this page on the internet.
- View the URL (web page address) for the page. You can use this to link to the page.
- Change the font size. All pages uses the same font size, so any change you make will impact all the pages on this web site.
- Contact the author of this page, via email.
- Reset all settings to the original values. This not only resets the font size, but will also reset all collapsible sections and some other settings of these pages.
The buttons which will trigger these actions are listed below.
| Button / Action | Function |
|---|---|
| Close window | |
| Use a smaller font | |
| Use a larger font | |
At top of page - use default font size At bottom of page - reset all features of the web site | |
Put a copy of the URL in your clipboard (It can then be pasted somewhere else) | |
| Send email |
Some pages have sections which can be collapsed to save room. The sections appear like this:
These sections are particularly common when there is computer code to display. The table below summarizes the buttons that control the actions of these sections.
| Button | Function | When Visible |
|---|---|---|
| Show section details | On all sections | |
| Hide section details | ||
Put a copy of the code in the clipboard (It can then be pasted somewhere else) | Only on sections which contain computer code | |
| Download code to a file |
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- View a QR code for the page
- View the URL (web address for page)
- Change font size
- Contact author of this page
This is an example of a pop-up window
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