The Smart Mineralogist help guide is simply an easy to understand, point-based, offline user manual. The guide was composed with the intention of having as few explanations as possible while providing the necessary steps to solve your particular problem. Hence, all sections will be explained in a point based sequence of instructions, as demonstrated below…
The Help menu has 8 expandable titles starting with Introduction ending with Legal. Each title represents a group of related features/information Smart mineralogy has.
Help menu with the 'Introduction' section expanded.
Each of the 8 titles has subtitles when expanded. Tapping any of the subtitles will allow you to read the details of your selection.
Press your device’s back button to return to a previous menu.
Through the guide, explanation points may be accompanied by screenshots detailing the point of discussion, again as demonstrated above. There are several scenarios where special App features may be used or learned. Icons with greyed out text will expound on the special feature you can use. The icons are…
These icons will clarify on features unique to the App’s toolbar. To learn more about the toolbar, read the next section on 'Using the App'.
These icons represent an aspect that can be modified by app settings to follow a different behavior. The 'Settings' guide will cover these in more details.
Smart mineralogist ships with a devoted reading section about the different branches of Mineralogy. These icons will alert you of app features with additional explanations in the 'Learn Mineralogy' section.
Smart mineralogist was designed and optimized for both phones and Tablets. These icons will alert you on features that behave differently on tablet devices.