NOTE: All these commands also have buttons in the toolbelt for easy use. Play with the toolbelt and create the one that works for you!

NOTE: Not all these commands show in every version of FOLIO Views; most of them do show in the INFOBASE Collectors‘ Library, however, and most of them show in, for instance, the FOLIO HELP file. Play with your product and see what’s there.

First, an explanation as to why you can‘t create new documents with Folio Bound VIEWS when you first buy it:

There are two versions of VIEWS - there is VIEWS and there is Bound VIEWS. (You are using Bound VIEWS.) VIEWS is a $1,500 program sold only to developers, and it gives them a whole lot more options, features, utilities, etc. These are the folks who ’develop‘ the files the rest of us can read with our read-only Bound VIEWS. But before the developers’ files can be read in Bound VIEWS, the developers have to call Folio Corporation and get a serial number that will ‘bind’ the newly created file. They have to tell Folio how big the program is, how many copies they are making, how much they are selling them for, etc, etc, and then Folio sets their price for the ‘secret’ number that will ‘bind’ it into something that can be ready with a copy of Bound VIEWS. This way Folio makes a royalty for each copy sold. The ‘binding’ also gives the file a lot more security against change, etc.

So, the whole point as far as Folio is concerned is for us to continue on as ‘read-only’ customers. Fortunately for us, someone has figured out how to allow us to also create!

Second, highlight this whole section and print it so you can be reading the directions as you follow them. NOTE: These directions are written for those using INFOBASE Collector‘s Library ’97 and Windows 95; all others will have to modify accordingly. These instructions are taken mainly from Ryan‘s website and from conversation with him, but are rewritten to suit completely computer-illiterate people like me.

If you’re like me you aren‘t satisfied just viewing with the Folio VIEWS; you’re going to want to create a few totally non-profit files of your own to complement your store-bought files. You‘re going to need an application of Folio Bound VIEWS with which you can write as well as view!

I have also found it profitable to have one single opening screen for all my Folio-VIEWS files - this way there is only one icon on my desktop to access all of my Folio files. I call this file [index.nfo].

Gee, this is almost like turning it into a word-processor!

To do this, you will first need a blank info (.nfo) file. Normally one could do the FILE|NEW command, but with Infobase’s version of Bound VIEWS the only thing this does is create a shadow (.sdw) file of the [.nfo] file you are in (after all, it is a read-only program!), so, if you are using Infobase, follow these instructions:

1. Go to Ryan‘s LDS FOLIO BASE website and download the [blank.nfo] file. What this is is an empty [.nfo] file waiting for you to fill it. Put this in a subfile for storage sake, and then copy it to the main file while renaming it [index.nfo].

If you are using Infobase’s COLLECTOR‘S LIBRARY ’97 and Windows 95, then the following instructions will work; modifications will have to be made for other program setups:

2. Make a second copy of the [foliohlp.ini], and call it [editor.ini]. This will allow you to edit within the VIEWS application.

3. Copy the entire [AddOns] section from the [views.ini] to the newly-created [editor.ini] - this will give you the extra tools in the Infobase menu bar. (Of course, they can only be used by an Infobase product, but this way they are at least there for them.)

4. At the main desktop, make an icon to this new [index.nfo] file.

5. Right-click on the icon, click on [properties], and choose the SHORTCUT file tab. In the TARGET box, input a target line simular to this:

[c:\ldscl97\bviews.exe c:\folio\index.nfo -cc:\ldscl97\editor.ini]

To break this down:

[c:\ldscl97\bviews.exe] is the path to the Collector’s Library version of Folio Bound VIEWS on my hard drive;

[c:\folio\index.nfo] is the path to my newly-created index page;

[-c] tells Folio that the next file is the correct [.ini] file to use (If you do not include this then the program chooses the [.ini] file it wants to use and you have wasted your time with all these instructions). If an .ini file isn‘t specified, then the program looks for a views.ini in the same directory as it is, and if it doesn’t find one there, it looks in the windows directory for a views.ini. If it can‘t find one, it creates a "default" views.ini in the windows directory and uses it, and

[c:\ldscl97\editor.ini] is the path to my newly-created [.ini] file.

You will have to modify this command to fit how you have your FOLIO Bound VIEWS application arranged and named on your drive.

6. Click on the icon and let the file open up. You should have a blank screen when it opens as it is an blank file.

7. Click on FILE|PREFERENCES.

8. Choose the MENU - FULL option. This allow all the menu options to show. And if you’re like me, you need all the options you can get! :-) In the VIEW section, choose all the items you want to show in the Document Window. (like scroll bars, status lines, toolbelt, etc.)

9. TOOLBELT - Customize to one‘s heart’s delight. Play with it and find out which buttons you really need.

10. Now, write the names of all the FOLIO [.nfo] andor [.sdw] files you are going to work with on to this screen and then jump link the name to the actual file. (But first you will have to open those destination files and establish a jump destination to go to when the file is opened this way.) And there you have it - a single screen to open up all the knowledge!

11. If you are going to want to use the spell checker, (again, I am working from a Collector‘s Library point of view), copy the [folioenu.lex] file from your CD to the file on your hard drive where the rest of the Collector’s Library is located. This does not install when you installed the program, so you will have to do it yourself.

Now, whenever you want to create a new [.nfo] file, just copy the [blank.nfo] from its storage area and give it a new name befitting the file you are going to create. Make sure you hold on to the [blank.nfo] as it will always be your source for future files!

FILE | NEW ... In an INFOBASE program the only new thing you can create is a shadow file for the info file you are working with. Why is this? As explained above, Bound VIEWS was created to be a read-only program, so logically you don‘t need to be creating anything other than shadow files. (But if you have followed the WRITE instructions, you’ve taken care of this, right?)

So, about Shadow [.sdw] files. What good is a shadow file? Think of the last time the church published a new edition of the scriptures (or your old set of scriptures were worn out) and you rushed out to buy a new set... and had to re-mark all those important verses and rewrite all those margin notes. Well, if you had owned a shadow file, you could have just applied it to the new set and had them all nicely re-marked for you automatically! (A shadow file will even reconcile itself when its [.nfo] file has been updated!)

Or, what about this - I have it third-hand that one of Elder Bruce R. McConkie‘s scripture study methods was to have a shelf of Book of Mormon’s - one per subject; that particular subject would be the only thing marked in that particular Book of Mormon. With a shadow file, he could have used one Book of Mormon with as many overlays (shadow files) as he wished - just naming the shadow file for whatever topic.

And how about this one - next time Infobase (or Deseret or whoever else puts out the Folio VIEWS products you use) updates an [.nfo] file and you buy the update, then you loose ALL your notes and highlights and everything else!... unless of course you are using a shadow file; then you just reconcile the shadow file to the updated [.nfo] file and continue merrily on your way!

Are you convinced yet? I could come up with lots more but I think you get the picture.

FILE | OPEN ... This will retrieve an existing [.nfo] or [.sdw] file.

FILE | CLOSE ... This will close the file your cursor is in (the ‘active file’) and remove it from the screen.

FILE | SAVE ... This saves and closes a file that has been previously saved.

FILE | SAVE AS ... This does the same as FILE|SAVE except that it gives you a chance to establish a name.

FILE | PAGE SETUP ... This allows the user to set various page parameters.

FILE | PRINT ... This will print your active document. Notice it automatically chooses to print what you have tagged or highlighted if you have something tagged or highlighted.

FILE | PRINT SETUP ... This gives the user a chance to review the print parameters before printing.

FILE | LOGON ... For those programs which you or the manufacturer have set a security measure, this is where you would go to log on and get past the security so you can make changes.

FILE | SECURITY ... This is where you would go to set your own security measures. Notice that by clicking on PREFERENCES a box opens up to allow you to decide what the unsecured user can do with the file.

FILE | INFORMATION ... This is where you can load information about the file itself. Notice that the top line is the file name the computer will know. I advise adding at least a title so when you open the file the title will then appear at the top of the screen - right after the words [Folio Bound VIEWS]. Additionally, it will also then appear in a choice box when you are creating jump links between files.

FILE | PREFERENCES ... This is where you can set some permanent parameters for what your screen will look like every time you open it. By clicking on the TOOLBAR box you discover the chance to really customize by changing out buttons to your heart‘s content.

EDIT | UNDO ... This will reverse - or undo - the last change... but unlike, say, Microsoft WORD, it only undoes the VERY LAST thing... in other words, if you erase an entire paragraph, it only undoes the last character of the paragraph as that was the last thing it did (unlike WORD, which considers the whole last thing highlighted as one thing, even if it’s a full paragraph... or chapter...).

EDIT | CUT ... With this you highlight the offending material, give the command, and then - poof! - it‘s gone. (But it is copied to that mysterious, virtual clipboard for pasting somewhere else.)

EDIT | COPY ... Highlight and do this command, and whatever it is will be copied to that mysterious, virtual clipboard in your computer.

EDIT | PASTE ... Place the cursor and do this and whatever is in the clipboard will be copied right in. The previously-edited parameters will not always follow, so check it over after pasting.

EDIT | PASTE SPECIAL ... This is one of my favorites! This can be used when copying material from a non-FOLIO or non-HTML format. When I copy a new poem I wrote in WORD to a FOLIO file for storage, I copy it from WORD, open VIEWS, and then do this command. I choose the option UNFORMATTED TEXT, and like magic it’s converted to FOLIO format. But, then I have to reedit the margins, paragraphs, etc.

EDIT | OBJECT ... An object is something that is not text. Like a picture or a chart.

EDIT | OBJECT MANAGER ... Click on this to find objects to paste into wherever your cursor happens to be flashing. The first column is the types of objects according to the applications that created them - click on one of the types and any objects belonging to it that are in the file are listed in the second column.

EDIT | SPELLING ... If you are using INFOBASE Collector‘s Library, copy a file titled [folioenu.lex] to the INFOBASE file on your hard drive, and then you can use this feature. It works just like most any other spell checker. A simular move can also cure your lack of spell-checker with Infobase’s LDS FAMILY HISTORY SUITE; I checked this out by ‘restoring’ it to my wife‘s program... and became the Hero of the Day for at least an hour.

EDIT | REPLACE ... Do this command and a box opens up to find out what you want to replace and with what you wish to replace it.

EDIT | SHADOW ... This brings up the three following options:

EDIT | SHADOW | View Master Record ... This shuts down the Shadow File and opens up the info file you are viewing the shadow of.

EDIT | SHADOW | Remove Reconcile Marker ... You can only really use this when you are reconciling a shadow file to a info file that has had a change made to it. When you reconcile, you will first tell the program to TAG all the reconciled records (like the highlightings and yellow sticky notes), and then as you view them and decide you want to keep them you will use this option to remove the big ugly black "X" that is marking it as a reconciled record.

EDIT | SHADOW | Tag Reconciled Records ... What you do so you can view each reconciled record to decide if you are going to keep it or not.

EDIT | TAG RECORD ... This works the same as the TAG button - it puts a tag (a red line) along the edge of the paragraph you are tagging.

EDIT | INVERT TAGS ... If you do this, everything that was tagged is now untagged and everything that was not tagged will be tagged.

EDIT | KEEP TAGS ... After you have several records tagged, you may want to view just them and nothing else. So, do that and that’s what happens. There is also a function for it when reconciling a shadow file to an info file; read about this in the help files.

EDIT | CLEAR ALL TAGS ... It does just what it says it will do.

VIEW | HOME ... This takes you right back to the very beginning of your active file.

VIEW | TABLE OF CONTEXT ... This brings up the Table of Contents for your active file.

VIEW | REFERENCE WINDOW ... This opens a small window at the top of the document window to keep you informed as to where in the document your cursor is at. A check right before it means this option is already in use.

VIEW | REFERENCE LINES ... This either hides or reveals the little blue line that is the reference title for each paragraph. A check before it means this option is being used.

VIEW | HIDDEN ... This does the same as VIEW | REFERENCE LINES - some VIEWS setups call it one thing; others call it the other.

VIEW | CODES ... This puts a little diamond wherever there is an [ENTER], or [RETURN] typed into the data... sort of acts as an indications that there‘s an end to the paragraph at that spot. A check before it means this option is in use.

VIEW | RECORDS WITH HITS ... If you are conducting a search, you may activate this command and then only the paragraphs with hits in them will show on the screen.

VIEW | RULER ... This will activate the ruler at the top of the document window. A handy thing when you are trying to space things out. A check before it means this option is in use.

VIEW | RIBBON ... The ribbon is the line of information between the toolbelt and the document window and gives you level, font, and paragraph formatting information. As you can make changes to a shadow file, especially while highlighting, this is a good thing to keep showing. A check before it means this option is in use.

SEARCH | QUERY... ... This command will open up the box for you to input your search parameters.

SEARCH | NEXT HIT ... This takes you to the next hit in your search.

SEARCH | PREVIOUS HIT ... This takes you to the most-previous hit in your search.

SEARCH | CLEAR QUERY ... It does exactly what its name says - it clears away the search you are currently performing.

SEARCH | GO TO... ... This brings up a box with the paragraph numbers... if you happen to know the number of the paragraph you want, this is a good feature.

Here is some additional information from Ryan on ’records‘ and ’paragraphs‘: "When you search an infobase, it finds "hits" if your search parameters were found in a record, not simply a paragraph. A record can be only one paragraph, or it could be the entire infobase. When you just hit [RETURN], a new record is created, but if you hit [SHIFT-RETURN], it moves the cursor to the beginning of the next line, inserting a blank line, but not creating a new record. This new line also retains the paragraph style and level of the previous line. Doing a [CTRL-SHIFT-RETURN] creates a new paragraph. It is still inside the same record as the previous paragraph, but can have independent paragraph styles and formatting.

SEARCH | BACKTRACK ... This takes you backwards to the place you were at before your last jump link move.

SEARCH | SHOW TRAIL ... This will bring up a box that will show you your ’trail‘ though your active file. You may then click on any site you’ve been to and go directly back.

SEARCH | QUERY TEMPLATE ... Infobase did not include this option in the Collector‘s Library. This allows one to create a query template... such as searching conference addresses by Apostle or some such thing.

SEARCH | POWER SEARCH ... This comand is for Collector’s Library ‘97 only. This is the command to do searches of specific Power Sets.

SEARCH | QUICK CONCORDANCE ... This comand is for Collector’s Library ‘97 only. This is so cool - you input what you’re searching for, like you would doing a regular query, but what happens is that the Table of Contents opens up with each hit being shown within the contents of the sentence it is in. Try it out; you‘ll get addicted!

LAYOUT | CHARACTER ... This allows you to change the varouis parameters of the characters you have first highlighted.

LAYOUT | PARAGRAPH ... This allows you to set paragraph parameters for the paragraph the cursor is in or the paragraphs you have highlighted.

LAYOUT | TABS ... This allows you to set tabs.

LAYOUT | BORDER ... This allow you to do all kinds of things with borders... play with it and have fun.

LAYOUT | CHARACTER STYLE ... Let’s say you are going to be formatting a whole lot of different character styles - or making the same character style change a whole bunch of times in the same file... like the red, boldfaced titles you‘ve been seeing a lot of here. This command lets me create a category so all I have to do is highlight and then do this command and choose which category of character styles will apply. (Do customize your categories ahead of time!)

One cool thing about using the Character Style feature is that if you want to make a change to everything you formatted with this command, all you have to do is go back to the LAYOUT|CHARACTER STYLE box and make the change to the parameter, and the computer will then make the change everywhere you applied that parameter.

LAYOUT | PARAGRAPH STYLE ... This does what the CHARACTER STYLE option does, only it does it for paragraphs. So let’s say I am writing a book in which I‘m inserting a lot of quotes - I can choose the quoted paragraph and then apply a specific customized style to it which I would probably title ’Quote‘, and in a matter of one or two clicks I’ve formatted an entire paragraph!

One cool thing about using the Paragraph Style feature is that if you want to make a change to everything you formatted with this command, all you have to do is go back to the LAYOUT|PARAGRAPH STYLE box and make the change to the parameter, and the computer will then make the change everywhere you applied the parameter.

LAYOUT | LEVEL ... Headings are how you can put book, chapter, and section headings and divisions into a VIEWS file. This is where you create them and customize them. Once you have applied them, the Table of Contents can create itself and will be ready to work for you. (Obviously there would be no table of contents until you have applied book chapter, andor section headingslevels, right?) Go for it!

LAYOUT | FIELD ... I call this the ‘invisible highlighter’ function; read on:

Okay - say I am teaching classes on ‘The Sign of the Abrahamic Covenant Prior to Christ’s Ministry‘ - first, I will do a Search|Query to find all relevant scriptures and statements concerning circumcision (that was the sign). Then, each worddatesentanceparagraph I want to include in the field I will highlight, then I will do this command and tell it to include it in a field named ’Circumcision‘. Then next time I want to search just through the previously-selected material (ignoring all the other passages on the subject) I will do a SEARCH|QUERY and then hit the open bracket ( [ ) button - this will bring up several options in the WORD box, one of which is ’Fields‘. I will double-click on Fields and then the word will appear in the search box while at the same time the titles of the fields I have created will appear in the WORD box. I will choose ’Circumcision‘ and then hit the close bracket ( ] ) button and then the OKAY button (or the APPLY TO ALL button) to begin searching - and instead of every usage of the word, it will only search the passages I have already included in the field.

(When I have tried to create new fields in the Collector’s‘ Library, I get a message that I don’t have the correct security level.)

So what use is this? When I first got my Collector‘s Library I went nuts trying to mark everything with highlighters - One color for each of the temples in Jerusalem, one for the temple in the New Jerusalem, one each for the Independence, Kirtland, Far West, Nauvoo, St. George, Logan, Manti, and Salt Lake temples... and then gave up on temples.

Highlighters eat up a lot of computer space, you only have so many colors, and you can only apply one highlight to a character. Fields, however, are much smaller to store, there’s no colors to run out of, and you can apply as many fields to a character as your heart desires... but if you try to remove one field they ALL remove from the character, so be careful!

There is some good help in understanding what a field is and how to use them in the [foliohlp.nfo] file - go to the ON-LINE REFERENCES section and read the chapter titled FIELD.

LAYOUT | REMOVE FIELD ... This command removes fields. But be careful because it will remove all the fields applied to what you are trying to remove one from.

LAYOUT | OBJECT ... This let you define an object‘s border and size.

CUSTOMIZE | POWER SETS ... Power sets are only found in the Collector’s Library ‘97. When you walk into a public library, you find all the books arranged in specific order - by subject on the non-fiction shelves; by author on the fiction shelves. You can walk right to the shelves you want and find what you are looking for without having to wade through all the rest. In like manner, there are already some ’shelves‘ built into the Colector’s Library, but this option allows you to build more shelves by creating a set of books that you can Power Search, ignoring all the other books.

CUSTOMIZE | BOOKMARK ... Place your cursor where you want an electronic bookmark and do this command. Name the bookmark accordingly. You can have as many bookmarks as you heart desires. I have bookmarked many meaningful confernce talks.

CUSTOMIZE | HIGHLIGHTER ... Many of us carry several different colors of pencils or markers for marking our scriptures... Well, how would you like a set of markers that won‘t run through the paper and can also make changes in style, size, and color of the font as well?! Just select the text to mark, do this command, and a box will come up where you can choose which highlighter you will color it with, or, you can create a new highlighter category. You can also change the font for what you are marking! Play with it and get comfortable!

CUSTOMIZE | NOTE ... This creates a ’‘yellow sticky’ popup box for you to make notes in. When you close it, there will be a yellow sticky in the margin at the beginning of the paragraph. NOTE: you can only have one yellow sticky per paragraph!

CUSTOMIZE | REMOVE NOTE ... It does what its name says.

CUSTOMIZE | JUMP DESTINATION ... To establish a jump link, you have to first have a destination! In the Collector‘s Library, all the scripture verses already have a destination established, but not the rest of the file. So, place your cursor where you want the destination to be, do this command, and give the destination a name you will remember as being that place in the file.

CUSTOMIZE | JUMP LINK ... After you have a destination named andor identified, you can highlight the wordphrase you want linked to that destination, do this command, and then tell it the name of the destination. NOTE: the INTER INFOBASE button allows you to link to a destination in another [.nfo] or [.sdw]! But, that other file has to be open (minimized or otherwise) on your desktop to do so!

DANGER! DANGER! An item (letterword, etc.) can only have one jump link attached to it (although the jump destination can be a destination to as many visitors as you can send it). So, if you have a word you just have to link to more than one place, do the first few letters for one jump link and the rest for the other - it looks geeky but it works.

Are jump links worth the trouble to learn? Well, at the beginning of this file was a list of the options on the menu bar (click here if you don’t remember and then do a SEARCH|BACKTRACK to come back {or, hit the BACKTRACK button}); you probably clicked on one of them to get more details... well, that was a jump link. So was the ‘click here’ you just used to refresh your memory. This is a great way to set up cross-referencing in the scriptures! In fact, it‘s probably the main reason a lot of us have begun using the computer for our scripture study!

CUSTOMIZE | POPUP LINK ... Click here to see what a popup link is.

CUSTOMIZE | QUERY LINK ... This sets up an automatic query-search of the wordphrase highlighted. What you do is highlight the wordphrase, do this command, and a QUERY box comes up for you to tell the computer what wordphrase will be queried. (Click on this for a query of the word click.)

CUSTOMIZE | OBJECT LINK ... Say you would like to see a picture of the Kirtland temple every time you read D&C 109 (the dedicatory prayer for that temple) - so, highlight something at the beginning of the section (I highlighted the word ‘Place’), do this command, and select the correct file name. (It helps if you have searched ahead through the MULTIMEDIA|GALLERY and already have the file name written down.) On my screen, the pictures look better if they are not full-screen size.

CUSTOMIZE | PROGRAM LINK ... This opens up a whole ‘nother program to perform a specific task whenever you click on it. I have not tried it yet... wait; I have too done it - a good example of this would be the Guided Tours on the Collector’s Library - you click on the appropriate item and a program - in this case a specific tour - opens up and runs.

CUSTOMIZE | REMOVE LINK ... This disconnects and removes the link you have highlighted for termination.

CUSTOMIZE | GROUP ... This works much the same way as the FIELDS function but on a purely-paragraph level. Like Fields, you can include a paragraph in more than one group... but the good thing is that you can remove the paragraph from one group without loosing it from all the groups in which it is included. The [foliohlp.nfo] has some good things to say on this.

CUSTOMIZE | UNGROUP ... This lets you take a paragraph out of a grouping.

WINDOW | NEW WINDOW ... This opens up a second window of the active file you are working on. So, why on earth would you want two windows of the same file opened up? How about when you‘re studying the Creation and you want to read Genesis, Moses, and Abraham all at the same time on the screen... of when you’re studying the Sermon on the Mount and you want to read Matthew and 3rd Nephi at the same time... when you‘re reading most anything in the Four Gospels and want to compare...when you’re reading the life of King David and want to compare 2nd Samuel and 1st Chronicles... (Sorry; I get carried away...) After you do this command make sure you do a WINDOW | TILE VERTICALLY or WINDOW | TILE HORIZONTALLY, depending on the way you wish to tile.

You‘d not beleive how excited I got when I discovered I could do this...!

WINDOW | CASCADE ... This will arrange all the files you have open in a cascading fashion... like a bunch of neat file little folders all lined up in a row. Too neat for me, but even I’ve used it at times.

WINDOW | TILE VERTICALLY ... This takes all the document windows you have open and tiles them vertically. Also, if you are only using one file but have one or more minimized, you can do a tile command at then the document window for the document you are working with will shrink enough that you can see the titles for the files that are minimized.

WINDOW | TILE HORIZONTALLY ... This takes all the document window you have open and tiles them horizontally. Also, if you are only using one file but have one or more minimized, you can do a tile command at then the document window for the document you are working with will shrink enough that you can see the titles for the files that are minimized.

WINDOW | ARRANGE ICONS ... Say you have several [.nfo] and [.sdw] files open - this will arrange them in a nice little pile at the bottom of the Document Window.

WINDOW | CHOOSE ALL ... The only thing this does for me is shut down all the files I have open when I want to shut down.

WINDOW | AUTO DAILY THOUGHT ... This has nothing to do with cars! :-) There is a program in Collector‘s Library that will put up a cheery, inspirational thought in a popup box every thing you turn it on. As I usually turn it on at four A.M., I am not in the mood for cheery thoughts, so there is no check mark next to it on my computer.

WINDOW | AUTO TILE ... If there is a checkmark next to it on your computer, then when you open up a second (or third, etc) document window they will automatically tile.

If you are using the Collector’s Library ‘97, forget about using the Menu Bar for Help as they have it programmed to go to an [.nfo] file that does not exist. If you need to access any of the help features associated with the Collector’s Library 97, do a FILE|OPEN command and find a file named [CL97hlp.nfo] in the Collector‘s Library file on your hard drive - this includes all the INFOBASE help features, including the guided tours which I highly recommend. Just open it up and treat it like any other [.nfo] file, including use of the Table of Contents. Once you are ready for some stronger training in the use of Folio Bound VIEWS itself, though, open up the file titled [foliohlp.nfo] and go through its lessons.

MULTIMEDIA | PHOTO GALLERY ... There are many pictures in the Collector‘s Library, and this is your index to them!

MULTIMEDIA | MAPS ... There are many maps in the Collector’s Library and this is your index to them.

MULTIMEDIA | LDS HYMNS ... This gives you an index to midi files of all the hymns in the hymnbook - enjoy; it makes great background music for scripture study. Make sure you put the Collector‘s Library Disk 1 in before you try to use this!

MULTIMEDIA | BACKGROUND HYMNS ... With a check by this, the hymns automatically play when you open up the Collector’s Library.

MULTIMEDIA | SLIDESHOWS ... With this you can put together a specific slideshow from the pictures in the Collector‘s Library, and even turn them into a screen saver. But you’d better have a lot of RAM and ROM or it will overburden your system!

LOOK UP | WORD ... This brings up a box that lets you search a specific word. I don’t see much difference in this and using the regular SEARCH | QUERY.

LOOK UP | PERSON ... This gives you a box through which to search by a specific name. Did you know the Baroness Maria Von Trapp once spoke at BYU? I didn‘t know until I did a LOOK UP and just for fun put her name in. It’s really a good speech! (Did you know she once met with cannabals in New Guinea and asked crusine questions of a shocking and personal nature?)

LOOK UP | PLACE ... This gives you a box through which to search by a specific place.

LOOK UP | DATE ... A search engine according to date.

LOOK UP | SCRIPTURE ... A search engine to find that one, specific scripture you are looking for and already know the reference.

LOOK UP | TOPICAL STUDY GUIDE ... A wonderful thing to use! Find the general topic in the TOPICS box, and watch all the specific topics that come up in the SEE ALSO box - click on something in the SEE ALSO and it will transfer to the TOPICS box and give you even more SEE ALSO‘s. You’ll get lost and love it!

LOOK UP | CONFERENCE SCRIPTURE INDEX ... Yes, someone has actually done an index of scriptures used in General Conference talks! And here it is for your access! I have used it quite a bit. Just click on the scripture of interest and then on the talk of interest that comes up on the CONFERENCE TALK box. NOTE: The Collector‘s Library only has conference texts through 1970; so anything after that will not show... but go to Ryan’s LDS FOLIO BASE website and see how to remedy that...

LOOK UP | WARD LIBRARY INDEX ... This is an index of everything that should be in a fully-loaded ward library. So, if it‘s on the list and you don’t own it at home - now you know where to get it.

LOOK UP | LDS PHAMPLET INDEX ... There are phamplets in this collection that will wet your pallette, so go for it! There are classic phamplets you‘ve heard your grandparents talk about as well as some you may have used on your own mission or even been given by the missionaries who taught you!

LOOK UP | EOM KNOWLEDGE TREE ... Sort of a topical index to the Encyclopedia of Mormonism.

LOOK UP | GREEK AND HEBREW LEXICON ... The title says it all.

LOOK UP | CARD CATALOG ... What would a library be without a card catalog? Well, here it is!

LOOK UP | DAILY THOUGHT ... This allows you to conduct searches through the DAILY THOUGHT feature spoken of earlier. While writing my church newsletter, I use to find new and interesting quotes.

WEB | LDSWORLD... This will open a box that will allow you to pick and choose sites on Infobase’s LDSWORLD website. As long as you have internet service to the computer you are using, you can use this feature.