How to use a Chinese Abacus:
A Computer-Based Tutorial
Using the Tutorial
How to use the Tutorial
When the program opens, you may page through the title screens to get to the Main Menu, or go to the Main Menu directly by using the pull-down "Go To" menu at the top of the screen.
The Main Menu
There are 5 areas of the tutorial to explore from the Main Menu:
- Introduction
- How to Make a Simple Abacus
- Representing Numbers
- Addition
- Practice
The Main Menu allows you to go to any of the 5 sections of the tutorial by clicking on the title of the area you wish to explore. You can also use the pull-down "Go To" menu from any screen.
How to Proceed Through the Tutorial
If this is your first time using the program, you should start with the "Introduction" and "How to Make a Simple Abacus." After reviewing these two sections, you will be better able to follow the instructions in the other sections.
It would be helpful to have a real abacus to use for the "Addition" section and for the addition portion of the "Practice" section.
Title Bar Menus
Title bar menus are available at the top of the screen. They are useful for moving around in the program, for quitting the program, getting more information, or to print.
- File
- Quit
- About
- Help
- About This Program
- About the Chinese Characters
- Go To
- Main Menu
- Introduction
- How to Make a Simple Abacus
- Representing Numbers
- Addition
- Practice
- Print Options
- Print Screen
- Print Make a Simple Abacus (Available on Mac download only)
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© 1996 Jan G. Hogle, all rights reserved.• Last updated: January 13, 2005
