Cumulus Desktop 4.0

* Overview
* CD Contents
* Product Documentation
* Installing Cumulus
* Catalog Converter
* Registration
* Contacting Canto Software

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Overview
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Thank you for purchasing Cumulus(R) Desktop Media Management 
Systems(TM) for Windows(R) 95/NT or Mac OS. Cumulus is an 
indispensable media management system designed to organize and 
manage digital media assets.

With Cumulus you can organize, track, preview, copy, move, annotate
and archive virtually any type of digital media. Cumulus sets the 
standard for professional media administration and offers multi-
level Boolean search, similarity search, drag and drop, automatic 
thumbnail optimization and hierarchical categories.

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CD Contents
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* Read Me - Provides information about Cumulus before installation
* License - Please read this before installing Cumulus
* Catalogs - Sample Cumulus catalogs
* Media Gallery - Source files for the sample catalogs
* Language Folder(s) - The folders with language names 
  (e.g. English, Deutsch) contain the application folder(s) and the
  corresponding documentation
* Canto Distributors & Int. VARs - A list of international partners

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Product Documentation
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Cumulus Desktop 4.0 ships with the "Cumulus Desktop/Desktop PLUS 4.0
User Guide" in print format and the most current version in PDF 
format. The PDF version of the manual and a version of Adobe Acrobat 
Reader can be found on your Cumulus CD-ROM in the Documentation 
folder. The Documentation folder is located within the folder 
specified by language version.

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Installing Cumulus 
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Complete installation instructions can be found in the 
"Cumulus Desktop/Desktop PLUS 4.0 User Guide".

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Catalog Converter
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The Mac OS partition of this CD contains a Catalog Converter that 
makes it possible to convert Cumulus catalogs created by earlier 
versions.

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Registration 
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Three easy ways to register:
1) On-line Registration - Quick and painless.
2) Fax Registration - Simply print the Fax registration form using 
   Cumulus.
3) Reply Card - Fill out and mail back the reply card found in the 
   product box. 

Registration entitles you to technical support by e-mail free of 
charge.  Visit our Website (www.canto.com) to purchase a Canto 
Service Agreement, which entitles you to priority technical support.
 
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Contacting Canto Software
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Contact your local distributor. For a listing of distributors in 
your area, visit our Website (www.canto.com). Or contact

North and South America:

Canto Software, Inc.
290 Division Street  (Suite 400)
San Francisco, CA 94103
Tel: (415) 703-9800
Fax: (415) 703-9823
E-Mail: info@canto.com
www.canto.com

Europe, Asia, Australia and Africa:

Canto Software AG
Alt-Moabit 59-60
D-10555 Berlin
Germany
Tel: +49-30-390-4850
Fax: +49-30-393-1093
E-Mail: info@canto.de
www.canto.com

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