Palimpseste 3D Navigator uses keyboard and mouse. Options are available throught a graphic interfacr, most of them can also be activated directly by keyboard shortcuts.

graphic interface

option
open/closes the option window

- auto on/off
Manual or Automatic navigation. Auto selects words and displays webpages. Background changes its colour.
- ride on/off
activates/desactivates the dynamic camera
- sound on/off
activates/desactivates the sound
- detail 1 2 3
displays more(3) or less(1) words
- env. 1 2 3
choice of graphic envirronement.
- close
proposes to close the "Palimpseste" window.

about
displays the HTML page Palimpseste concept
help>>
displays the HTML page Palimpseste how to use
click here to see the website
displays the correspondant webpage.

Control

keyboard

arrows
turn around the central point
PgUp
zoom +
PgDown
zoom -
shift
speed up

1-2-3: choose the level of detail
s: activates/desactives the sound
r: activates/desactivates automatic mode
e: changes graphic environnement
spacebar: activates/desactivates dynamic camera

souris

The cursor changes when it rolls over active words.
click: choose a word/activate a link