Tips about using the online edition of Transformation
While you may find that the online edition of transformation is easy to use without any extra assistance, following are some tips intended to help get our visitors quickly up to speed with this new electronic publication.
Viewing the online version of Transformation requires that you have Adobe's "Flash Player" installed on your computer. If you open the online magazine and don't see the cover image (as depicted below), then you need to install Flash. You can do that at the Player Download Center, and you can test your installation of Flash at this Adobe page.
Here's what you should see when first opening the online edition of Transformation (be sure to take a look at the helpful items on the "Welcome" page on the left-hand side):
We recommend that you first "maximize" your browser window to fill your entire computer screen. Navigating through the pages is simple, as there are several ways to do so. You can click on the upper-outside corner of any page, which will flip to the next (or previous) page (or two-page spread). Or, you can use the forward and reverse navigation buttons above the magazine (they look like orange triangles). Or, you can use the "Thumbnail" navigation feature, by clicking on the "Thumbnails" link at the top of the "Contents" page (where the Welcome message is displayed).
When you close the Contents page, you should see two-page spreads. You can change to single-page viewing by clicking on the single-page icon at the top of the magazine screen. Clicking (a single, not a double click) anywhere on one of the pages will zoom in to that portion of the page. Another single click on the page will zoom back out. You might also want to try the "Full Screen" mode, which is accessed by clicking on the button in the far lower right-hand corner of the screen. (You should be able to exit Full Screen mode by pressing the "Esc" key on your keyboard.)
We will add to these tips as we receive feedback from the magazine's viewers. Please send any feedback to: communications(at)desertsw.org