Help for 3500 BOOKS on CD ROM 

How do I open the files?
How do I use the index to find the title or author that I want?
How can I open just one file?
How can I unzip the whole CD to my hard drive?

For these questions and more...
read the following step by step instructions.

How do I open the files?  You need to first install the "WINZIP" program that is on the disc. You can then use this program to unzip a single text. Or you can install the program called "Alex50". Both of these files are found in the "extras" directory.

Go to your "start" icon on the bottom left hand of your screen.
(Win 98 and Win 95). Right click on that. And then click on "Explore".
Go to your CD ROM drive (usually the "D:" drive)
Click on the "+" in front of the drive name.
Then click on the "+" in front of the "Gutenberg" directory.
Then click on the "+" in front of the "Extras" directory.
Click on the "unzip" directory.
Then double click on "Winzip80".
If you want to be able to unzip the whole disc to your hard drive then use "Alex50".
If you just want to unzip one file at a time....use the "Winzip80".  Either way, I recommend installing "Winzip80" so that you have this on your hard drive when you want to open any single file.
Double click on either "Alex50" or "Winzip80". The installation process will begin for that program. Follow the on screen directions. It will guide you through the installation process.

Once you have installed "Winzip80", you can unzip any file on the disc just by double clicking on it (Open "explore" as instructed above and then open the "Gutenberg" directory. Then open the "zipped" directory. Double click on any zipped file in this directory. Because you installed "Winzip80" as your default zip file handler, the file will automatically cause Winzip80 to open and walk you thru the steps to unzip the file and save it where you choose to.

You should use the "index" file to find the book you want to open.
Here's how: Using "explore", open your CD ROM drive (click on the "+" in front of your CD ROM drive ....usually drive "D".) Then click on the "+" in front of "Gutenberg", then click on the "+" in front of the directory called "extras", then click on the folder called "Index". In that directory you will see one file called "index". Double click on that. A screen will open asking you if you want "WordPad" to open. Click "Yes". Once that file is open you may search for an author or title using the string search feature of that program (Ctrl F). Type in the name of the author or title and hit "Enter". In this way you can find the filename for any author or title. Once you find the file name of the book you want .....open the directory "zipped" and find that file and double click on it. Winzip will open the file for you to read.

If you want to use the "Alex50" program to unzip multiple files or your whole CD ROM, install it using the instructions above.   Then just open that program from your "start" button and then "programs" and look for "Aladdin Expander 5.0" and click on
that to open. Once you open that, the help menu will guide you through its use.


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