tmstranger Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 This book comes in an ebook and a print version. Has anyone here used the ebook? I would like to print out the sheets for my son to use since he hates writing in a workbook (doesn't lay flat). I'm just wondering how easy the ebook file is to use. Thanks. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlktwins Posted October 12, 2016 Share Posted October 12, 2016 I have purchased this, but haven't needed it yet. I will go download it later today (we have an outside class soon). I know with Building Thinking Skills, Mindbenders, and some other e-books I've purchased, it is kind of a pain to get them downloaded to your computer. However, once you've done that, it is easy to print out. I'm assuming US History Detective will be the same way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mlktwins Posted October 13, 2016 Share Posted October 13, 2016 Sorry, I didn't get to this until this morning. It is a pain to set-up. You have to download an installer and then you type in (or copy and paste) the serial number to activate it. Once you have that done, you just need to click on the US History Detective icon on your main screen and it will pop up the PDF. From what I have found, you cannot save the ebook to your hard drive. When I went to print the 2 pages of TOC, I didn't get to print the way I was used to. I could print the whole file, the current page, or a certain set of pages. I did not see a way to make it non-color, but I didn't mess with it that long. Hope this helps. I used to love the CTC ebooks that came as just a regular PDF file. I have bought several new ebooks (I have twins and it is cheaper for me to buy the ebook and print 2) and it is not the most user friendly. It protects them from more than one person getting the PDF though. I happen to really like their products (Mind Benders, etc.) so I am willing to deal with it. Let me know if you have anymore questions. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
tmstranger Posted October 13, 2016 Author Share Posted October 13, 2016 Sorry, I didn't get to this until this morning. It is a pain to set-up. You have to download an installer and then you type in (or copy and paste) the serial number to activate it. Once you have that done, you just need to click on the US History Detective icon on your main screen and it will pop up the PDF. From what I have found, you cannot save the ebook to your hard drive. When I went to print the 2 pages of TOC, I didn't get to print the way I was used to. I could print the whole file, the current page, or a certain set of pages. I did not see a way to make it non-color, but I didn't mess with it that long. Hope this helps. I used to love the CTC ebooks that came as just a regular PDF file. I have bought several new ebooks (I have twins and it is cheaper for me to buy the ebook and print 2) and it is not the most user friendly. It protects them from more than one person getting the PDF though. I happen to really like their products (Mind Benders, etc.) so I am willing to deal with it. Let me know if you have anymore questions. Thank you! This is great to know...both formats are the same price, so I may just order the print version and cut the spine off, so I can have it spiral bound. He likes that much better than the workbook with the spine in the way. 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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