You do not have to register at all if you merely wish to use the viewer’s many functions, print pages, or to read any of TCE’s issues.

To download a full .pdf copy, comment on an issue, or to subscribe to The Centrifugal Eye, you must register with http://issuu.com/, create a profile, and then log in to your account at Issuu before attempting to download. 

There are several ways to "customize" your preferred viewing: 

To enter the “fullscreen” method, locate and click the icon found on the left side of the browser window.  Once in the fullscreen mode, if you find the font is too small to read for your vision, you may click any page to zoom in.  Take time to move your cursor over the icons at the top and sides of the window to learn what they do.  Once you've clicked to zoom in, the icons at the top of the screen change to a new menu of fucntions.  Now you’ll find that the left icons are part of a slider bar, with a plus and minus sign on either side.  These icons control incremental settings for the zoom function.  Some mouse settings make clicking and dragging the slider bar's button easy, but if your mouse is overly sensitive, try clicking slowly on either side of the slider button (or handle) to make finer incremental adjustments.  Once you’ve gotten the page / text  to a comfortable size for reading, the zoom size stays the same until and unless readjusted.  You may then leave your cursor positioned over the arrow icon on the right side of the journal page and click it to advance pages, without the need to move the cursor through the pages unless you'd like to click hyperlinks, for example.  

These same steps may also be followed in the main browser / default Issuu-viewer page.  However, adjustment may seem more temperamental, and the need for magnification greater, because the browser toolbars take up a large percentage of viewing space, forcing the base zoom size to start smaller.

If you have difficulty adjusting the pages for comfortable reading in fullscreen mode, try the alternative viewing methods.  Look for the icon just to the right of the “fullscreen” button (3 rectangles, overlapping), while in the default magazine-viewing mode.  This button icon offers additional viewing-mode choices besides "magazine."

You may view in presentation form.  This is similar to the magazine format, except that you view single document pages without page-turning animation.  You may zoom in and make adjustments, use the index, and search the publication. 

Or try paper view, which is the viewing of the actual pdf files;  viewing moves up and down, allowing you to scrolling vertically like you would through a word-processing document — for this latter mode, page magnification is controlled like in WORD and Adobe, by choosing a percentage from a pull-down menu.

If you can't get the double-page-spread magazine view to work for you, please try one of these other methods.

One of the important things to keep in mind when using the virtual format is that readers will have to stop thinking of it as a website or webpage.  It no longer functions that way.  If approached as you would a "paper magazine," your expectations will probably change, and so will your intuitive interactions. 

If you're not interested in reading the entire issue of the magazine  and want to find a specific page, a simple method is to leaf to the contents page first, just like you would a hardcopy magazine.  It's near the front.  Then there are several ways to find "page 48," or “the reviews.”

One way to do this is to “leaf through” by clicking pages until you get to your goal.  Another way is to click on the magnifying glass icon above the journal and a search box will open.  Type in the name of an author you'd like to read and hit enter.  The number of times that name appears on a page will be noted, and the first appearance will be highlighted.  You can hit the right arrow on the side of the search box to forward to the next use of that name (or word).  This is a good way to quickly find and zoom in on an author on the contents page.  You can also hit "enter" while a name is selected in the search box, and the page will turn.  You may search each page this way, if you wish. 

Yet another method is to click on the index icon (4 squares) above the journal to view dbl. page thumbnails for an overview of the whole magazine.  Or click on the thumbnail dock below the journal image, which are numbered in page ranges.  Click on the dbl.-page spread that shares the page number you found on the contents page.  The horizontal row of dots below this dock allows you to change ranges quickly.

Another shortcut is to refer to the contents page, then type in and enter the page number you want in the "page # box," which may be found to the right of the magnifying glass icon in the central navigation bar above the magazine image.

In most cases, authors' names are completely legible on the pages, the exception being when using the pictorial indices of thumbnails (above and below).  If you prefer the index methods over others, then you just need to get the corresponding author / page # from the contents list.

Of course, if this was an ideal world for poetry, everyone would want to read the whole magazine, or at least thumb through for the art until they got to the 1 or 2 pages they wanted to read . . .

I hope you’ll take the time to familiarize yourself with the many ways to use the Issuu viewer;  The Centrifugal Eye is well worth any initial confusion while getting used to the viewer's navigation.

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