Functions:
The interrelated nature of all Catholic teaching is uniquely fitted to
new "hyperlink" technology. Church documents frequently refer to each
other, to the Bible, and to key historical Catholic Church teaching.
On
Welcome to the Catholic Church, each cross-reference is "hot-linked,"
allowing the user to jump directly to the exact location in the
referenced document (for those documents included on the disc) where
the
text is found. The disc contains over 100,000 hot-links; footnotes can
also be viewed in pop-up windows.
Searching by subject or by a selected word is both fast and powerful
—
the entire contents of the CD-ROM can be searched in seconds. Welcome
to
the Catholic Church also contains other advanced digital functionality,
including the ability to manipulate the text by copying and pasting
into
documents, and the ability to append notes. Text can be copied, printed
and saved to a floppy disc without going through a word processor.
Placement of "Bookmarks" allows quick access to commonly used sections,
and "Annotation" supports the use of notes or comments that are "paper
clipped" to a topic, and can be added, deleted, copied or pasted with
a
click of a mouse or a few keystrokes.
System requirements:
Windows ®: 386 or higher, 4MB RAM, Windows® 3. lx or
Windows® 95, 98, Millenium, XP, Super VGA graphics card, monitor with
256 colors and CD-ROM drive. Sound card and speakers
are needed for audio.
Macintosh ®: LC II or higher, 4MB free RAM, System 7.0
or higher, color monitor with 256 colors, CD-ROM drive. |
