FIRST STEPS:
After logging into the application through the e-hoof.com homepage, the site’s main page will open automatically.

LANGUAGE:
To select your preferred language (English / Deutsch), click on the language in the top right corner above the search icon.

FEATURES:
The various features are listed in the menu on the left hand side and can be accessed by a single click. All features can also be accessed through the icons at the top of the screen; these are visible from within each features site, allowing you to switch between different features without having to return to the main menu.

• Topic: takes you to the main topic selection page – this is where the majority of e-hoof’s content is found
• Anatomy: takes you to our interactive anatomy pages
• Glossary: takes you to the multilingual glossary of equine and farriery terms
• Scripts: takes you to the printable manuscripts of the content in PDF form. FEATURE NOT YET FULLY AVAILABLE
• Workbook: takes you to a list of bookmarks which you can set when navigating through the tool, there is also a notes feature where a user can write his own personal records. FEATURE NOT YET FULLY AVAILABLE
• References: takes you to a list of the literature references and sources that are referred to in the text. Where available, a link to the article in the online PubMed database is provided.
• Questions: takes you to a self-assessment module where you can test your knowledge of the content. FEAUTRE NOT YET AVAILABLE
• Cases: takes you to a selection of case studies of disorders of the hoof. FEAUTRE NOT YET AVAILABLE
• Video: takes you to the database of all the training videos available in e-hoof
• Help & Information: contains information about how the site is structured, a list of contributors and frequently asked questions. FEATURE NOT YET FULLY AVAILABLE

A click on the e-hoof.com icon at the top left of the screen will take you back to the main menu page.

NAVIGATION:
There are two ways of navigating through the content in the Topics section:

• You can navigate through the content of e-hoof using the list of contents in the narrow window on the left side of the screen much as you would in an explorer tool of a computer’s operating system. A click on a topic will open the list of chapters, and a click on a chapter will show the various paragraphs within that chapter. A second click will collapse the list again.
• Chapters can be accessed by clicking on the topic picture which is displayed in the main window. A second click on the enlarged image will open a list of chapters within each topic on the main screen.
• Clicking on the term ‘Topics’ at the top of the list of contents will take you back to the main topic selection page.

Navigating within a chapter:
To navigate through the content of a chapter, you can use the list of contents on the left hand side – a click on the chapter will open the chapters subsections, many of which are further subdivided into fact groups. The chapters subheadings are also displayed in the main window and can be accessed by clicking on the headings.

If you would like to read through a chapter in a linear fashion, arrows on the bottom of the main window will take you though each of the chapter’s facts in chronological sequence. Alternatively, individual fact pages within a fact group are numbered and can be accessed directly by clicking the number underneath the fact group title at the top of the main window.

Other features within the topics:

• Terms that are described in the Glossary are linked and displayed in a different colour.
• The file icon within the text denotes a reference and a click on the icon will link you to the relevant entry in the references feature.

Navigation in other features:
In other features (e.g. Anatomy), navigation is essentially the same as in the main content feature (Topics). The contents or menu of a particular feature appear on the left and can be accessed through a single click. In the features References and Glossary, entries are arranged alphabetically.

IMAGES & FILMS:
By clicking on an image, it will open in full size in a pop-up window. Copyright information can be seen by clicking on the © icon in the top left hand corner of the image. To close the image, click on the main screen behind the pop-up window.

The circled ‘f’ in the bottom left of an image thumbnail denotes an interactive Flash animation. By clicking on the image, this will open up automatically. To close the flash animation, click on the main screen behind the pop-up window.

Films are denoted by a circled arrow (play icon). Clicking on the film thumbnail will automatically open and play the film in a pop-up window. To close the film, click on the main screen behind the pop-up window.