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How do I use my laptop and check email?
1 of 3: You have three important applications on your laptop to aid you in your investigation: your to-do list, your journal, and your e-mail. Each are represented by an icon, and clicking on any of the icons brings up the application. Clicking any of the envelope icons in your email inbox displays that particular email. Scrolling through envelope icons can be done by clicking and holding down the up or down arrows located above and below those icons. Scrolling through any text can be done by clicking and holding down the up or down arrows located on the scrollbar to the right. Clicking on the "X" at the top right closes the application.
2 of 3: First, you keep a to-do list of tasks you feel are important steps to take next. This is an excellent resource, for as the mystery progresses you adds tasks to your to-do list, and as you accomplish them you check them off. Second, you keep a journal of the mystery, writing out your observations and conclusions. It helps when you read back thoughts like this. Last, your e-mail is important, partly because of your subscription to Sassy Detective, an online tip service for young detectives. You never know when these detective tips may come in handy! Every time you return to your hotel room you will want to consult these three applications.
3 of 3: What's a computer without a computer game? Of course, there is one more application: the flag game. It's quite fun to play once you get the hang of it. The board is covered in a variety of maritime flags, each with a different color pattern. (At sea, each flag is a different letter of the alphabet, and sailors can spell whole phrases to communicate with other ships.) The object of the game is to line the same patterned flag, three, four, or five in a row. Three in a row is easy, four in a row is harder to find, and five in a row only happens once in a while. You line them up by clicking on the flag you want to move, then the place you want to move it. When three of the same flag is lined up in a row (horizontally or vertically), points are scored. For that reason, be sure not to line up three in a row if you intend to line up four or five -- instead line up two, then skip a spot and line up another one or two, then drop the last flag in the spot you skipped. After you start to get good at the game you will start to move faster and faster, and the game gets more and more fun. Note: It is not necessary to play the flag game in order to solve the mystery.
