A new enhanced online version of The Almanac is now available on TheAlmanacOnline.

This new "virtual edition" enables users to flip through the paper electronically, turning pages and zooming in on specific stories and ads. Users can print out and e-mail pages of interest.

The edition is similar to a PDF (also available to online visitors) but doesn't take as long to load on a computer screen and offers intuitive tools and features that closely resemble the process of reading a physical newspaper.

In addition to current and past issues of The Almanac, special publications such as the Visitors Guide, Home & Garden Design, Info Menlo, Neighborhoods and Living Well will also be available in the new format.

The "virtual edition" can be accessed from TheAlmanacOnline home page by clicking on the "The Almanac Recent Editions" link near the top of the left-hand navigation bar.

"Introducing this new online presentation is a logical extension of our multi-media focus," said Tom Gibboney, publisher of The Almanac. "It's not groundbreaking, but it offers our growing online audience another attractive option for viewing the newspaper and our many special publications."

The virtual edition is powered by Issuu Inc., a Menlo Park company offering digital-publishing platforms. Founded in 2006, it was named one of the 50 best Web sites in 2009 by Time.com.