INSTALLATION AND IMAGE DISPLAY:  

IMAGES OF CREATION v1.5 for WIN 95 and WIN 3.1+

1) INSTALLATION
 
   a) Make certain you are in Windows. The installation program
   will not run in DOS. Be certain that you are in the proper OS,
   either Windows 3.1+ or Windows 95, if you run a double boot
   system.
   
   Windows 3.1+
 
   b) Put Disk 1 (or the shareware disk) into your floppy drive.
   In Windows 3.1+ from Program Manager's File Menu choose the 
   Run option. Type a:\setup.exe or b:\setup.exe, depending upon 
   whether a or b is the letter assigned to your 3.5" diskette 
   drive. Click on OK.
 
   c) Alternatively, open the directory and file display for
   your floppy drive, or working directory wherein you unzipped 
   the shareware archive, and double click on setup.exe.  
   
   Windows 95
   
   d) From the Start Menu choose Settings ... Control Panel ...
   Add/Remove Software. The installation wizard will find setup.exe 
   on your floppy disk. Alternatively you can use Explorer to 
   access the floppy disk, or directory where you unzipped the 
   shareware archive, and double click on setup.exe.
   
2) Either accept the default path and directory for installation or 
   edit to your own specifications. Choose whether or not to install 
   IMAGES OF CREATION as the default screen saver in the Desktop 
   Item of the Control Panel. 

   Notice that the word 'default' in the dialog is confusing. 
   If you choose this option, IMAGES OF CREATION will be installed as 
   just one of your screen saver choices under the name MINICAT in 
   the proper alphabetical position. However, it will become the active 
   screen saver immediately. If you do not enable this installation 
   option, IMAGES OF CREATION will still be installed as a screen saver 
   option but will not be active until deliberately enabled by you. 
   See 'Your  Windows Screen Saver" in the album for information 
   about IMAGES OF CREATION as a screen saver and how to configure it. 
 
3) The installation will create a program group called MINICAT
   with a single item in it also called MINICAT. You may change
   the name of this icon to IMAGES OF CREATION if you wish but there 
   are reasons not to do so as explained in the manual.

4) Double Click upon the MINICAT icon and the opening screen of
   MINICAT is displayed. Notice the long horizontal button in the 
   right window which is labeled IMAGES OF CREATION. Click on this bar 
   and you will be presented with the IMAGES OF CREATION album main 
   screen. 
 
   If you pause at this opening screen for several seconds, 
   a slide show of all images in the album will begin in the left
   hand window. Notice that you can exit the program from this 
   opening screen using the Exit Button. See the manual within
   the Media Album for additional instructions.
 
5) IMAGE QUALITY: SUPER IMPORTANT!! DON'T SKIP THIS!!
 
   a) To view these images with all the brilliance and resolution they 
   contain, set your monitor for 24 bit (16 million colors) if at all
   possible. They look OK at a monitor setting of 256 colors but not 
   superb. If you enable these images as a screen saver, they will look 
   best at 640 x480 because the images then occupy most of the screen 
   area. 
   
   b) Unless you have an old pre-1990 monitor, you already have 
   installed software to change the resolution of monitor. Such 
   software comes with all graphics cards and is preinstalled 
   when you buy a computer in the retail market. I cannot give 
   specifics here for the dozens of different graphics cards on 
   the market. If you haven't discovered this monitor utility, which 
   will be a Windows applet, consult the manual that came with 
   your graphics card. If you lost it, call the store where you 
   bought the computer or the manufacturer of the computer.

6) Our E-text catalog (ASCII) does not install: it remains on your disk 
or in the directory within which you unzipped the shareware. This file 
is too large to be handled by Notepad in Windows 3.1+ or Texto'LE in 
Windows 95. In Windows 3.1+, open it in your word processor or a text 
editor. In Windows 95, open it in a word processor or Word Pad.
   
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P.O. BOX 105
WALDOBORO, ME 04573-0105
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