If you are new to the FAB resource then we recomend that you take a few moments to read this short section on how to use the resource most effectively.
Everything which is highlighted and under lined in blue, is a link. Links can be to places within the document you are looking at or to another document.
If a pagefails to down load properly, or there is an animation working incorrectly try reloading the page using the 'Reload' button
If you want to go back to a document that you viewed previously press the 'Back' button 
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If you then want to return to the original page use the 'Forward' button 
If you are in the middle of downloading a tutorial and you want to stop, press the 'Stop' button 
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If you decide to move to another page you can use the 'Go' option in the menu. The 'Go' option in the menu stores a list of the last 10 pages you have visited.
You can use this option to navigate between tutorials.
There are a few changes to your Netscape window that we recommend you make. These changes maximise the viewing area enabling you to get the most out of the FAB resource.
We recomend:
If you want to view the tutorial text and not the pictures, go to 'Options' in the menu and click on the 'Auto Load images' selection.
The FAB resource is tutorial based. Each tutorial is divided into several sections which follow each other in a linear fashion. A diagram of the structure of the hip tutorial is shown below.
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It is possible to view any tutorial as an undivided whole if you prefer this or if you want to print it out. The whole tutorial is always the last item in the contents list of a tutorial.
At the top of each tutorial there is a contents section, these provide links to the relevant sections.
Everything which is highlighted and underlined in blue, is a link. Anything highlighted and underlined in purple is a link you have already visited. All of the links within the text of tutorials provide more information about the specific thing highlighted, the majority of these links are glossary links. The glossary is a large reference resource which can be accessed directly from a relavant word highlighted in tutorial text, or searched for specific entries. A glossary entry will provide a definition of the term and often an appropriate picture. To return to the page that you were viewing previously just press the 'back' button.
There are banners at the top and bottom of each section which provide links to contents pages etc. they look like this:
Try them out, use the 'Back' button to return to this page.
Each time you see this logo an activity which you can do will be descibed.
This logo means that the page is under construction. Usually this will mean that the text is complete but that the relevant pictures are missing. It will also mean that the page has not been peer reviewed and may contain some errors.
Some pages have simple animations in them, there is one below, you will need at least Netcape 2.0 to view these. If an animation stops and you want it to continue then re-load the page.
Some tutorials have video files in them, these can take quite some time to load from the FAB server onto you computer to enble you to see them. Be patient, all clips should take less than 2 minutes to arrive. If they take longer tell us! These clips can played any number of times. In order to see the video clips which are in some tutorials you will need a suitable 'plug-in', one that will play 'Quicktime' movies. Your computer may already be set up with a suitable movie player, if you are are not sure visit the plug-ins page where there is a complete set of instructions and the correct software.
New tutorials and features will be added frequently during 1996 - watch out for them.
If you have any queries or problems then e-mail us: fab-ras@gla.ac.uk
fab-ras@gla.ac.uk