User Guide

INTERFACE CONVENTIONS

You play Civilization II using a combination of both mouse and keyboard. Many people find

that the short-cut keys on the keyboard significantly speed up their play.

Using a Mouse: Throughout the text, we assume that you understand basic mouse

functions and terms, like “clicking and dragging.” Since not everybody knows these

things, we’ve provided brief definitions of how we use the most common terms.

One preliminary note: Civilization II puts both buttons on a two-button mouse to

use. If you are using a three-button mouse, the center button has no function for

this game.

• “Clicking” refers to placing the mouse pointer over an area of the screen and

clicking with the left mouse button.

• “Right-clicking” is clicking with the right mouse button.

• “Click-and-hold” means keeping your finger on the mouse button longer than

usual (long enough that the game recognizes the “hold”).

• “Dragging” means holding the left button down while moving the mouse.

• “Selecting” means clicking on something.

• “Pressing a button” with the mouse means clicking on one of the on-screen

buttons.

• You can “scroll” some of the menus and boxes in the game by dragging the

button along a slider bar that’s on one side of the box.

Menus: The MENU BAR runs across the top of the screen. As is standard in Windows games,

clicking on the name of a menu opens that menu, giving you access to the menu

options. If you prefer not to use the keyboard and have enabled mouse movement

of units, you can play Civilization II using the mouse and menus exclusively.

Short-Cut Keys: Almost all of the menu options in Civilization II have a short-cut key

(

for Roads, for example), which is noted on the menu. Pressing this key (or

combination of keys) has the same effect as selecting the option from the menu.

Another quick way to use menu options is also a Windows standard. The name of

each menu has one underlined letter. Holding the

key and typing that letter opens

the menu. The name of each option on the menu also has one underlined letter.

Typing that letter when the menu is open activates the option.

Cursors: The mouse pointer, or cursor, has many different shapes in Civilization II,

depending on what task you’re currently attempting.

INTRODUCTION

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