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Browsers Supported:

The notes were originally developed using NETSCAPE 1.22 and deliberately primitive HTML. They are now being updated to use proper font tags, tables, frames, subscripts, superscripts, animated GIFs, and JavaScript, all of which work under NETSCAPE Navigator 3.0 but not under earlier versions.

Internet Explorer 3.0 works fine, using the medium font.

The notes are designed for a 640x480 (or larger) display with HiColor or TruColor. At 640x480 use the NETSCAPE options (or IE view) menu to turn off the location (IE - address), tool-bar, and directory buttons (or IE status bar).

If you are viewing the notes in a window, the color bar that appears at the top of most screens shows the minimum horizontal size.

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Lecture use:

These notes will be displayed during lecture in order to provide visual aids and a focus for discussion.

That is why they are mostly in large type.


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Study use:

The notes will help you to focus on exactly what you need to know. The material is broken down into self-contained modules, each summarized by a single statement, expanded by detailed implications, and demonstrated by examples. You can test yourself using the built-in questions -- the same questions that are used for quizzes in class.

If studying bores you, the notes also contain some visual, interactive "toys". Some of them are clearly labeled. Others hide behind innocent looking images, which do weird stuff if you click on them!

If you get curious about things that are not covered in the course syllabus, you will find that the notes let you explore additional topics and even visit other introductory physics courses to see how they do things! Use the * Navigation Button to find things.

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Print the Notes (Not a good idea!)

The notes are an extreme example of a hypertext that is designed to be read interactively from a computer screen. Much of the information content of the notes is in the cross-links that connect one topic with another and those are lost when you print.

If you must print, use the "print preview" to see what you will get and then print only the page numbers that you need. Otherwise you may end up with a lot of mostly blank pages.

The best printing method is to cut and paste from the screen to a word-processor file, edit that until it makes sense, and then print from the word-processor. This method was used to create the printed version of the notes that will be available at the VCU bookstore.

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On the World-Wide Web:

List of publicly available computer labs at VCU.
Also check out the new computer labs in the basement of Hibbs.

Access the notes from any World-Wide-Web browser. VCU browsers usually come up on the VCU home page. Otherwise, use the mouse to place the cursor in the location box at the top of the screen. Replace what is there by

http://www.vcu.edu/
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