Bookshelf: How to Use the Parental Control Feature

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.

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

Bookshelf for Windows

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

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.