Directions for the Website Version:

It is recommended that you visit this website using the browser that launches from the Student CD-ROM for Chemistry: The Science in Context, for this is configured perfectly for viewing the media contents of the website.The help sections below cover problems you may encounter if you choose to use your native browser to view the contents of this CD-ROM. Also included below are helpful hints for using key features of the Student Web site for Chemistry: The Science in Context.

General Help

System requirements

PC: Windows 95 or greater, 100 MHz processor or greater recommended.

Macintosh: Mac OS 8.6 or greater, 66 MHz processor or greater recommended.

Software requirements

The media exercises on this Web site require Macromedia Flash 6.

Flash Help

The Student Web site for Chemistry: The Science in Context contains approximately 100 tutorials that require version 6 (or higher) of the Flash plug-in. This is not an issue if you are viewing the content from the browser running off the CD.

If you are getting errors...

If you are having problems with the tutorials, then it is likely that you are using your native browser rather than the pre-installed, pre-configured browser provided on the Student CD-ROM. You will therefore need to obtain Flash 6 to view the animated tutorials.

Tutorial interface

• The stop button pauses the tutorial.
• The play button is used to continue playing the tutorial after you have reached programmed pauses in the tutorial.
• The next and previous buttons take you to another section of the tutorial. These sections are based around major concepts within the tutorial, and may contain more than one screen.

Structure Tutorial interface

• Us the x, y, and z buttons to rotate the molecule around the x-, y-, or z-axis.
• Clicking on the molecule causes it to rotate by "pushing" on the point where you click.