I listened to Fandango music and then looked at a set of Spanish phrases and their meanings. Spotlight also gives tips on use of the World Book. In Around the World, click on an area in a world map or search for a specific place. Zoom in until the level of detail is right and read a related article on that place. Similarly Time Frame lets you start at a very high level, focus in on a specific century or decade, and then follow the links to information of interest.
Search works on all the topic areas, maps, dictionary, time frame and online information.
I also found their use cumbersome. Getting Via Voice to read an article to me was sometimes difficult. It often said that it could not find selected text. I tried to dictate a Sticky Note and saw 'last coach to back' when I said 'let's go to Tibet'. There is a way to make corrections, but the speech recognition feature needed a lot of training for my voice.