Understanding Anesthesiology - The Global Regional Anesthesia ...

GETTING THE MOST FROM YOUR IBOOK
There are many unique features to the iBooks format. Please read
on in order to get the most out of your book. A video demonstration
is available at www.understandinganesthesiology.com
Orientation
The book can be viewed in both landscape and portrait modes. In
portrait mode, all of the “widgets” (the figures, tables, movies and
review quizzes) appear along the left-hand column in order not to
disrupt text flow. In either orientation, just touch the widget to get
a full-screen view.
Table of Contents
Regardless of which orientation you are in, by “pinching” the
page, you will achieve the overall table of contents. In portrait
mode, this appears as a typical table of contents, where sections for
each chapter can be expanded and accessed from each chapter
heading. In landscape mode, the table of contents appears as a series
of white dots along the bottom of your ipad screen, with each
dot representing a chapter. By clicking from dot to dot, you will access
the specific chapter title page and see the pages for that chapter
running along the bottom of the screen. The chapter title page
displays the subsections of that chapter, each of which can be accessed
with a touch.
Glossary
The glossary can be accessed by tapping anywhere on the screen,
from any page. A menu appears at the top of the ipad, with three
buttons on that menu. The glossary button sits beside your library
button. Touching the button will allow you to access the entire glossary.
The glossary can be accessed in a second way. When you are reading
the text, you will notice bolded words. The bolded words are
glossary words, and touching on the word will open up its definition
in a window. From that window, you can access the glossary,
where you will be able to see related terms and access their definitions.
Also, in the glossary, you will see the index for each term.
Index
When viewing a term in the glossary, you will find the index for
that term below its definition. The index lists all the relevant references
to that given term in the text, each of which you can access
with a touch. Each of the index references has a definition embedded
when you touch on the word where it appears in the text, even
the ones that aren’t bolded.
Highlighting, Note-making and Searching
You can highlight any part of the text that you want by a “double
tap and swipe” motion on the text, using your finger. Doing so also
unlocks other options, such as underlining the text, adding a sticky
note with your own comments or searching for a listing of other
places in the text where a given word appears.
You can even use different colour highlighters to differentiate between
sections that require further study and sections that you
want to ask your preceptor about, for example.
“My Notes” and Study Cards
In addition to the library and the glossary, there is a third button
that appears at the top of the ipad when you touch anywhere on
the screen. This is the “My Notes” feature. At “My Notes”, you will
find all your highlighted sections brought together into one area.
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