Materials & Methods v4.0 (miniM&M) Read Me file

1/4/90 by JWBrown

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     Because Materials & Methods (M&M) uses standard Macintosh Human 
interface features, you should be familiar with the Macintosh interface 
before using this or any other program on the Macintosh.  Because it is a 
Hypercard stack, M&M uses standard Hypercard features, such as arrow 
buttons, with which the user should also be familiar.  For an introduction 
to the Macintosh Human interface, run the "Introduction the the 
Macintosh SE (or whatever) disk that came with the computer.  For an 
introduction the Hypercard, run the "Introduction to Hypercard" stack that 
comes with Hypercard.  If you are familiar with earlier versions of M&M, 
you will find that the special M&M menubar is missing - it has been 
replaced by the use of a single pull-down menu within the normal 
Hypercard menubar and the use of a few icons on procedure cards for the 
most commonly used functions.

     Version 4.0 should run on any Macintosh computer that can run 
Hypercard. Unlike previous versions, version 4.0 of M&M does not use pop-
up menus (other than the "M&M" menu in the menubar), so that menus do 
not pop-up in unexpected locations on large-screen monitors.


INTRODUCTION
     M&M consists of a number of "Procedure cards".  To go from one card to 
another, choose "Choose card" from the Functions menu in the menubar at 
the top of the screen, or click on the "Choose card" icon to the right of the 
card.  After an interminable delay, you'll be shown a list of all of the 
procedures stored in M&M.  When you've decided on a procedure to 
examine, just double-click on it's name (or single-click on it, then click on 
the "Select" button) & you'll be taken to that Procedure card.
    The procedures can be modifed, printed, or saved as MacWrite files using 
the pull-down menus from the menubar (There is no need to "save" the files 
after modification or after adding new procedures, unless you want 
MacWrite files, since Hypercard automatically updates the stack).  
Although the Title and References are always visible, the Introduction, 
Materials, & Methods windows can only be shown one at a time - use the 
menu items of the same name from the M&M menu, or click the 
"Windows" icon, to switch from one to the other.  Modifying a procedure is 
easy - the windows (Introduction, Materials, Methods, References, & Title) 
are standard Text windows & can be edited just like in a word-processing 
program.
    When you're finished with that procedure card, select "Choose card" 
from the Functions menu to go to a different card, or choose "Quit 
Hypercard"  from the File menu.  To browse through the stack at your 
leisure, start with card & click on either the left or right arrow buttons to 
scroll through the procedure cards.


DESCRIPTIONS OF FEATURES

   Left arrow button - takes you to the previous Procedure card.
   Right arrow button - takes you to the next Procedure card.
   Home icon - takes you to your Home stack.
   Printout icon - prints out a copy of the procedure on the current card.
   Windows icon - switches between the Intro., Materials, & Methods 
windows.
   HELP! icon - brings you to this M&M Help stack.
   Choose card - Let's you choose from a list of procedures on file.
   Scrolling windows - work just like all Macintosh scrolling windows.
   Menu features:
       About M&M - takes you to a screen giving you info about M&M.
       Choose card - Let's you choose from a list of procedures on file.
       Read text file - to load an ASCII file into an empty Procedure card.
       Create text file - saves the procedure as an ASCII (MacWrite) file.
         (NOTE - Hypercard AUTOMATICALLY SAVES changes to M&M!)
       Read M&M file - loaded a previously saved M&M file into a new card.
       Create M&M file - saves this procedure as a special file for easy 
          loading into another M&M stack.
       Print procedure - prints out the procedure on the current card.
       Print all procedures - dumps the whole M&M stack to the printer.
       Introduction - shows the Introduction window of the Proc. card.
       Materials - shows the Materials window of the Procedure card.
       Methods - shows the Methods window of the Procedure card.

          If you have any questions, comments, or nasty remarks regarding 
M&M, please contact the author.  Feel free to pass copies of M&M to anyone 
who wants to use it, at no charge.

                                              James W. Brown
                                              Biology Department
                                              Indiana University
                                              Bloomington IN 47405
                                              BITNET : BROWNJW@IUBACS