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Adobe PageMill 3.0 for Windows Try-Out ReadMe
February, 1998
Adobe Systems Incorporated
THANKS FOR TRYING ADOBE PAGEMILL 3.0!
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PageMill 3.0 - Easily Create and Manage Pages for the Web
PageMill 3.0 combines advanced features for web content creation with powerful
site management capabilities, allowing you to manage your Web links,
search-and-replace across your site, and more, all in an intuitive environment.
Adobe is providing this Try-Out version of PageMill 3.0 so that you can
evaluate it to create fully functional Web pages. This try-out version of
Adobe PageMill 3.0 is fully functional, but will expire 15 days after it has
been installed.
This Try-Out version of PageMill 3.0 includes full online documentation.
Once you have launched PageMill 3.0 Try-Out, choose Help > Contents.
To purchase PageMill, call Adobe at 800-411-8657 and mention offer code 32906,
or visit our web site at:
http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/pagemill/
The full version of PageMill 3.0 also includes a CD full of powerful tools
and rich content, including Adobe Photoshop LE and more than 10,000
ready-to-use images, sounds, Java Applets, ShockWave animations, and more!
This software is subject to the terms and conditions detailed in the license
agreement which you must read when you install this software.
Adobe Systems will not provide any technical support for the Try-Out version
of PageMill 3.0.
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INSTALLATION NOTES
PageMill 3.0 Tryout is fully functional, but it expires 15 days after it has
been installed. Changes to your system clock may cause the PageMill Tryout to
expire prematurely. Before installing the PageMill Tryout onto your system,
disable any utilities that synchronize your system clock to a remote time
source (e.g., network server or atomic clock). After you install the PageMill
Tryout, do not change the time on your system clock.
1. Double-click the Tryout5 or Tryout5.exe file.
2. Follow the on-screen instructions to complete the installation.
After the PageMill Tryout expires, you can remove it from your system using
its Uninstaller utility. Choose Start > Programs > Adobe > PageMill 3.0
Tryout > Uninstall PageMill 3.0 Tryout to start the Uninstaller. After you
uninstall the PageMill Tryout, you cannot reinstall the application again
on the same computer.
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ONLINE TECHNICAL SOLUTIONS DATABASE
Answers to many questions about PageMill features are available on the World
Wide Web. Point your Web browser
to: http://www.adobe.com/supportservice/custsupport/database.html
to access an extensive English-language database of technical documents.
KNOWN ISSUES WITH PAGEMILL 3.0 TRY-OUT VERSION
Animated GIFs with per-frame transparency
An animated GIF file saved with per-frame transparency (for example, from
Adobe Premiere) may not display correctly in PageMill Preview mode. The
image is displayed correctly in Microsoft« Internet Explorer Preview mode
or in a browser.
Display problems in the Image window
If an image is displayed incorrectly in the Image window, check that your
computer is using the latest video driver available from its manufacturer.
Not using the latest video driver is one of the most common causes for
incorrect-looking images and colors. Most video card manufacturers let you
download updated drivers from their Web sites.
Dragging transparent GIFs
Copying or dragging a transparent GIF from some applications (such as Internet
Explorer and Adobe Photoshop) and pasting or dropping it on a PageMill page
places the GIF file without its transparency. You can open the image in the
Image window and reapply the transparency if you want. Dragging from Netscape
Navigator into a PageMill page retains the image's transparency.
Dragging URLs from Eudora
You can drag text from a message in Eudora 3.0 and drop it into a PageMill
page. However, when you drag a URL from Eudora, it is copied as text into
a PageMill page, not as a link.
Filenames on Novell Servers
Novell file servers sometimes provide incorrect filename information to
applications (such as PageMill). This is especially true when accessing remote
folders that contain files with only "8.3" filenames. If you need to access
files on a Novell server, copy them locally or rename at least one file in
your site to have a long filename (one that uses more than 8 characters in
its name or more than 3 characters in its extension).
You may be unable to rename folders using the PageMill site-management
features when accessing a Novell server in a prerelease version of Windows 98.
(This is due to a case-sensitivity issue in the registry entry settings
in some pre-release versions of Windows 98.) If you encounter this problem
with the final, shipping version of Windows 98, check the PageMill online
support database for up-to-date information. (Adobe Systems does not support
PageMill running under a prerelease operating system.)
Inserting PDF files
When you insert a PDF file in a Web page using the PDF ActiveX control, the
PDF thumbnail appears using the settings that the PDF file used in Adobe
Acrobat. For example, if the PDF file was saved in Acrobat with the view
option set to Fit Page, it's inserted that way as well in PageMill. You can
adjust the open settings in Acrobat by choosing File > Document Info > Open.
Inserting Tab characters
When you press Tab, PageMill inserts a space character instead of inserting a
tab. To simulate tabs in text, insert multiple nonbreaking spaces (press
Control+Space) or first format the text in the Preformatted format and then
insert multiple spaces. To insert a nonbreaking space on a Japanese system,
be sure you are working in ASCII encoding before pressing Control+Space.
Japanese filenames and folder names
When working on a Japanese system, avoid using double-byte characters or
single-byte (half-width) katakana for filenames or folder names. Doing so
might cause errors when you create links to these files or folders.
Previewing form objects in Internet Explorer
If you insert a password field, a text field, or a text area on a Web page
and preview that page in Internet Explorer mode, you won't be able to type
sample text in the fields. This is an Internet Explorer preview problem
only; the page works as expected when displayed in PageMill Preview mode
or when opened in Navigator or the full version of Internet Explorer.
Proxy settings
If you are using PageMill in a corporate environment that has a firewall
between you and the rest of the Internet, make sure you set the correct
proxy information in the Internet control panel. (From the windows desktop,
choose Start > Settings > Control Panel > Internet, and then click the
Connection tab.) Otherwise, PageMill may be unable to verify external URLs.
Ask your system administrator for what the proxy setting should be.
If your computer does not have an Internet control panel, install Internet
Explorer from the PageMill CD. This will add the Internet control panel.
Searching in Japanese
When working on a Japanese system, you can search for double-byte characters
and replace them with single-byte ones (or vice versa) by choosing Search>
Find and then choosing Transliterate from the Find pop-up menu. When working
in HTML source mode, Transliterate is not available.
Selecting more than a page of text
If you need to select text that's off the screen, dragging over the window
edge autoscrolls the window and extends the selection. However, if you then
use the scrollbars to go back to the top of the page, you may find that
you can't drag the selection anymore. Dragging the selection from the bottom
of the window instead of from the top solves the problem.
Switching to multiple versions of Navigator
Because the executable filenames for Netscape Navigator version 3 and
version 4 are the same, you cannot set up both of them in the Switch To
menu of PageMill. If you need to view a file in different versions of
Navigator, you can run one version from the Switch To menu and start another
from the Windows Start menu.
Targeting a link to New Window
If you target a link to New Window and preview that link in Internet
Explorer mode, the link opens another instance of Internet Explorer,
instead of displaying the linked page or object in a separate window within
the same instance of Internet Explorer.
Uninstalling
If you want to uninstall PageMill 3.0 Try-Out, be sure to quit the
application first. If you don't, the uninstaller won't be able to remove
the main executable file.
You can uninstall PageMill by doing one of the following:
╖ From the Windows Taskbar, choose Start> Programs> Adobe> PageMill3.0
Tryout>Uninstall PageMill3.0.
╖ Use the Add/Remove Programs control panel and choose Adobe PageMill
3.0 Tryout from the list.
To prevent accidental removal of data, the uninstall program does not clear
out all PageMill folders and may leave some files behind such as shortcuts
you may have created to the PageMill application. For complete removal,
inspect the PageMill 3.0 folder and delete any unwanted files and folders
still there.
Uploading
The uploader feature in PageMill is not designed to let you browse the
directory structure of the site you're uploading to. If you're unsure what
the correct path is for uploading, ask your webmaster or your ISP for that
information. You can also use a general FTP utility to browse the directory
structure of the remote server.
Uploading Java applets
Some applets use multiple .class files. If your site contains Java applets,
make sure all the .class files associated with the applet are within the
local root folder. PageMill tracks the top-level .class file but may not
recognize that an additional .class file is missing when it uploads the
site if the .class file is stored outside the local root folder.
Uploading nested folders
If you've set up Uploader settings for a site and then choose to upload a
folder within that site, PageMill uses the settings for the site as a whole.
If you want to use a different set of Uploader settings for the single folder,
you should create a site for it alone and then define upload settings for it.
Using Internet Explorer 2.0
PageMill 3.0 Try-Out has been extensively tested with Internet Explorer
3.0 and 4.0. Using earlier versions of Internet Explorer (for example,
setting up Internet Explorer 2.0 on the Switch To menu) is not recommended.
Working with <!--SELECTION--> comment tags
PageMill keeps your cursor position constant between Source and Edit
modes by using a special <!--SELECTION--> comment tag. When you choose
View > Source Mode, PageMill generates selection comment tags before and
after whatever you had selected in Edit mode. If nothing was selected,
the two comments appear side-by-side at the location in the HTML that
corresponds to the cursor's position in Edit mode. While working in Source
mode, you do not need to move or delete these tags; PageMill automatically
removes them when you switch back into Edit mode. By default, these tags
are not written into your saved HTML files; they appear only onscreen.
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⌐ 1998 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved.
Installshield 3 ⌐ 1990-96 Installshield Corp, Inc.
Adobe, the Adobe logo, Acrobat, PageMill, the PageMill logo, the PageMill
product signature, Photoshop, SiteMill, and the SiteMill logo are trademarks
of Adobe Systems Incorporated. Microsoft, ActiveX, Microsoft Internet
Explorer, Windows, and Windows NT are either trademarks or registered
trademarks of Microsoft in the United States and/or other countries.
All other trademarks are property of their respective owners.