Instructions for 60 Years of BTG

60 Years of Back to Godhead

Detailed Instructions On Using 60 Years of Back to Godhead

Startup and Installation

There are two ways to access the index and issue PDFs of the BTG collection. One way is from the DVD disc itself, the second way is from your computer's hard drive.

On a Windows PC, the following screen should appear when you insert side one:

Click here if this screen does not appear when you put the disc in your computer or if you are using a Mac...

This window allows you to either access the collection from the current disc, or install the contents of the disc to your hard drive.

	Advantages	Disadvantages
From DVD	Requires no hard drive space	May run slow on your computer Access to only one side at a time
From hard drive	Runs very quickly Access to entire collection	Requires over 6 GB of hard drive space

If you choose to install the collection to you hard drive, you will be notified if you do not have enough free disk space.

Once you install side one, an icon will appear on your desktop, start menu and quick launch bar. This icon allows you to access the installation you just performed. Please note that unless you have installed side two (as described below) you will only have access to side one from your hard drive.

You can choose to install only one side of the disc, but you must turn the disc over and install the other side if you wish to access the full collection from your hard drive. When you turn the disc over and reinsert it, the following screen should appear:

The above screen informs you that you have inserted side two and have already installed side one. From here you can finish installing the rest of the collection, or just access side two from the DVD disc itself. The installation process of side two is identical to the installation of side one.

Once you have installed side one and two the entire collection is available for access from your hard drive through the icon on your desktop, start menu or quick launch bar.

Navigation Whether you choose to access the collection from the disc or your hard-drive, navigating through the collection remains the same. The initial page displays a list of options that allow different ways to view the collection:
Access by Covers
	This option displays a graphical list of BTG covers by year, with links to the PDF, articles and full text.
Clicking on the cover image of an issue or PDF will open the PDF for that issue. Clicking on Articles will take you to the article index of that issue. Clicking on Full Text will take you to a searchable full text reproduction of that issue, without images or layout.
Access by Articles
	This option displays a list of the issues sortable by article titles and authors.
Clicking on one of the column headers, Sort by Issue, Sort by Title, or Sort by Author will sort the list by that column. Clicking on the issue id (1969 Vol 1, No 22) will take you directly to a searchable full text reproduction of that issue, without images or layout. You can also search the list of articles by using your browser's find function. The find function is usually located in the Edit menu.
Install Adobe Reader
	Install Adobe Reader 6.0 (PC or Mac) to view the full issue PDFs.
Adobe Reader is required to view the full issue PDFs. If it is not already installed on your computer, you may install from the DVD disc, your hard drive or from Adobe's website. Click here if you have installed Adobe Reader but are still unable to access the PDFs...
Full Issue PDFs Depending on how your particular computer is configured, the full issue PDF may or may not open inside of the browser window. Adobe provides information on how to make PDFs open in your browser. The default layout displays the magazine as it would appear if you had it sitting in front of you. This view is called Continous Facing and forces pages to be displayed side by side in a continuous vertical column. This ensures the proper display of two-page spreads. You can alter the layout using the buttons located in the lower-right corner of the window: You can also alter the zoom level. You should adjust the level to the most comfortable setting for your eyes:
Searching Searching within the cover and article indexes is done with you browser's Find feature. This is usually invoked by clicking on Edit, then Find at the top of your browser's window. Your browser's search feature will only search one page at a time. To do searching across multiple issues, desktop search software such a X1 does an excellent job. Otherwise, the latest version of the Bhaktivedanta VedaBase® contains the full text of issues up to mid-2003.