Ancestor as a Flipbook FAQs

A Digital Flipbook is an interactive, digital recreation of a print publication. Digital Flipbooks copy the look and feel of reading a physical book, magazine or brochure. When you turn the page, it feels like you are turning the page in a printed publication with page-turning sound effects and page shadows.

You can view Ancestor as a Digital Flipbook on your computer or your mobile device (smartphone or tablet).

When you are viewing Ancestor on your computer, you will have a toolbar at the bottom of the page with buttons that enable you to request certain functions such as Fullscreen mode, zoom in and out, turn sound effects on or off, download some or all of the pages of the original PDF, or print one or more pages from the original PDF.

When you are viewing Ancestor on your mobile device, you will be able to request those same functions but many of them will be performed using touch controls instead of toolbar buttons.

When you are viewing Ancestor on your computer, the display screen consists of these elements:

• A control bar at the top of the page where you can navigate to a particular page number.  There is also a “Contact Us” button to make it easy to contact the GSV and a “Search” button so you can search the document.
• A panel on the left-hand side that shows a set of thumbnail images, one for each page of Ancestor.  When you click on one of those images, the corresponding page will be displayed.
• The body of the display where you can view the content of each page.  To move between pages, click on the arrow on the left or the arrow on the right.
• A toolbar at the bottom of the page with buttons that enable you to turn the thumbnails on and off, download one or more pages of the original PDF, turn the sound effects on and off, select Fullscreen mode, or zoom in and out.

When you are viewing Ancestor on your mobile device, the display screen consists of these elements:

• A control bar at the top of the page where there is a “Menu” button to enable you to save one or more pages from the original PDF and a “Search” button so you can search the document.
• The body of the display where you can view the content of each page.  To move between pages, simply swipe left or swipe right.
• A toolbar at the bottom of the page with a button that enables you to display the thumbnail images for the pages of the document so you can select a particular page.

Yes, you can search an issue of Ancestor using the search function.

When you are viewing Ancestor on your computer, look for the magnifying glass button in the top right-hand corner of the page.  Once you click on that button, you will be able to enter the text for your search.  You will then see a list of pages where that text appears.  You can then select a particular page of interest.  All instances of the search text will be highlighted in yellow.

When you are viewing Ancestor on your mobile device, the same method is used.  The same magnifying glass button will appear in the top right-hand corner of the page.  Once you click on that button, you will be able to enter the text for your search.  You will then see a list of pages where that text appears.  You can then select a particular page of interest.  All instances of the search text will be highlighted in yellow.

Please note that the scope of your search is within a particular issue of Ancestor, not across multiple issues.

Unfortuntely not.  The system only allows you to search within a particular issue of Ancestor, not across multiple issues.

If you visit the GSV, you can access digital copies of all Ancestor issues and there is a word or phrase search allowing searches across all these issues.

Any hyperlinks, i.e. links to web pages or email addresses, that appear in the orginal publication will be preserveed within the Flipbook.

When you are viewing Ancestor on your computer, you can use your mouse pointer to hover over what appears to be a hyperlink.  If the background colour changes to light blue, this indicates the link is active.  You can then click on the link to go to that address.

When you are viewing Ancestor on your mobile device, simply tap the screen where a hyperlink appears to go to that address.

Yes.

When you are viewing Ancestor on your computer, look for the Fullscreen button which is the second button from the right on the toolbar at the bottom of the page.  Once you click on that button, you will be able to view the pages of Ancestor without the distraction of the other elements of the display screen.  To exit Fullscreen mode, press the escape key (Esc).

When you are viewing Ancestor on your mobile device, simply tap the screen once to enter Fullscreen mode.  To exit Fullscreen mode, tap the screen again.

Yes.

When you are viewing Ancestor on your computer, look for the Zoom button which is the button on the right on the toolbar at the bottom of the page.  Once you click on that button, you will be able to zoom in.  A slider bar will then be displayed where you can control the zoom level.  To zoom out, press the Zoom button again.

When you are viewing Ancestor on your mobile device, simply tap the screen twice to zoom in.  To zoom out, tap the screen twice again.

Yes.

When you are viewing Ancestor on your computer, look for the Sound button which is the button in the middle of the toolbar at the bottom of the page.  Once you click on that button, you will be able to turn off the page turning sound.  To turn the sound effect back on, press the Sound button again.

When you are viewing Ancestor on your mobile device, you can control the sound effects by using the volume button on your device.

Yes.  You can download one or more pages of the original PDF.

When you are viewing Ancestor on your computer, look for the Download button which is the second button from the left on the toolbar at the bottom of the page.  Once you click on that button, you will be able to save the current page as a PDF or the full publication as a PDF.

When you are viewing Ancestor on your mobile device, look for the Menu button at the top left-hand corner of the page.  Once you click on that button, you will be able to save the current page as a PDF or the full publication as a PDF.

Yes. You can print one or more pages of the original PDF.

When you are viewing Ancestor on your computer, look for the Download button which is the second button from the left on the toolbar at the bottom of the page. Once you click on that button, you will be able to save the current page as a PDF or the full publication as a PDF. Once you have saved the PDF, you can print the page or pages of interest.

When you are viewing Ancestor on your mobile device, look for the Menu button at the top left-hand corner of the page. Once you click on that button, you will be able to save the current page as a PDF or the full publication as a PDF. Once you have saved the PDF, you can print the page or pages of interest.