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Application No. 08/479,569
functions for assisting the user in finding information while
using the database system, such as the Idea Search entry path
which "assists the user in finding information regarding any
topic for exploration," and discloses that a step-by-step
tutorial is provided, entitled "Getting Started." In addition,
Reed further discloses (col. 6, lines 64-65) that a help function
is provided, but is not illustrated. A large part of the
encyclopedia database consists of articles which contain text,
photographs, etc., as well as audio and animation data (col.11,
lines 56-59). Some of the terms in the articles are underlined
(col.11, lines 66-68). By clicking on an underlined word with a
mouse, a window appears showing the definition of the word. An
audio pronunciation of the word also occurs. An audio icon is
also displayed in the glossary window prompt line. Accompanying
the text are numerous functions represented by icons. These
include a Moving Picture display function, and an Audio function
(col. 12, lines 5-16). As shown in figure 7, if an associated
audio icon exists adjacent to text at step 300, the user can
click on the icon causing the audio selection to be played at
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