Tutorial

Chapter 4

USING THINKTANK: A TUTORIAL

ThinkTank’s extensive prompts, menus, and explanations on the screen make it virtually self—teaching. This tutorial will help you begin mastering the program.

We assume you have already spent some time browsing through command menus, reading explanations of the options, and selecting options with their command keys. If not, please look over “Starting Up ThinkTank” and “Exiting from ThinkTank” in Chapter 2, and the “Brief Tour of ThinkTank” in Chapter 3, before plunging into this chapter.

This tutorial is meant to be read while sitting at your computer, trying out the examples. If you are not already operating ThinkTank, start it up and load in the sample outline according to the instructions in Chapter 2. Then restore it to its original condition as shown in Figure 3—1 and described under “Getting Synchronized” in Chapter 3.

At the end of this tutorial you will create a new outline. You will need a formatted disk to store it; prepare one now if you don’t have one. Instructions for formatting disks are contained in Appendix C.

LEARNING MORE ABOUT THINKTANK

There are three important tools for learning about Think— Tank. First, the reference guide provides a full description of each command, arranged alphabetically. Second, the reference card provides a concise summary of the entire Think— Tank command structure, organized functionally. Third, Think— Tank’s system of screen prompts, menus, explanations, cursors, highlights, and keystrokes —— The command system —— allows you to explore ThinkTank’s command structure directly. Let’s take a closer look at each of these resources.

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