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Q177758: Bookshelf: How to Use the Parental Control Feature

Article: Q177758
Product(s): Microsoft Home Multimedia Titles
Version(s): MACINTOSH:; WINDOWS:
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbtool kbui kbimu
Last Modified: 24-JUN-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Bookshelf 98 for Windows 
- Microsoft Bookshelf 98 for Macintosh 
- Microsoft Bookshelf 99 
- Microsoft Bookshelf 2000 
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SUMMARY
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You can use the Parental Control feature of Microsoft Bookshelf to hide
potentially offensive content. When enabled, the Parental Control feature hides
articles in Bookshelf that contain words which are labeled as vulgar, vulgar
slang, offensive, offensive slang, or obscene in the American Heritage
Dictionary.

Because many words have more than one definition or usage, some words that are
not usually considered offensive may be hidden, and some words that are
potentially offensive are not hidden. For example, the word "yellow" is hidden
by Parental Control because one of its definitions is labeled as offensive, and
the word "sex" is not hidden because none of its definitions are labeled as
vulgar, offensive, or obscene.

NOTE: This issue has been resolved in Bookshelf 99.

You can enable or disable Parental Control at any time after you install
Bookshelf. Parental Control restrictions are always applied to Bookshelf Daily
and the QuickQuote tool, even when Parental Control is disabled.

You can also restrict the ability to enable or disable Parental Control with a
password.

MORE INFORMATION
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To enable or disable Parental Control, follow these steps for your version of
Bookshelf:

Bookshelf for Windows
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1. Start Bookshelf.

2. Click Tools, and then click Options.

  NOTE: If you are using Bookshelf 99 or Bookshelf 2000, click Options, and then
  click Settings.

3. Click Parental Control, and then type a password in the Please Enter Your
  Password box.

  NOTE: The first time you use Parental Control, type a password in the Type
  Your New Password box, and then type the password again in the Confirm Your
  New Password box. The password must contain five or more alphanumeric
  characters.

4. Click OK.

5. Click Enable Parental Control, or click Disable Parental Control.

6. Click OK until you return to Bookshelf.

Bookshelf for Macintosh
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1. Start Bookshelf.

2. On the Edit menu, click Preferences.

3. Click Parental Control, and then type a password in the Please Enter Your
  Password box.

  NOTE: The first time you use Parental Control, type a password in the Type
  Your New Password box, and then type the password again in the Confirm Your
  New Password box. The password must contain five or more alphanumeric
  characters.

4. Click OK.

5. Click Enable Parental Control, or click Disable Parental Control.

6. Click OK until you return to Bookshelf.

NOTE: If you enable Parental Control when a restricted article is open, Bookshelf
may not hide the article immediately. In order for Parental Control restrictions
to take effect, close the article or open a different article.


Additional query words: multi multi-media media mm censor

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Keywords          : kbtool kbui kbimu 
Technology        : kbHWMAC kbOSMAC kbHomeMMsearch kbBookshelfSearch kbBookShelf1998Mac kbBookShelf1998 kbBookShelf2000 kbBookShelf1999
Version           : MACINTOSH:; WINDOWS:
Issue type        : kbhowto

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