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ADOBE PERSUASION PLAYER README
This file contains important information about using the Persuasion
Player as a standalone application, and how to use the Player to
prepare and deliver your presentation. Most of the information is
also available in the Presentation Tips guide.
This file contains these sections:
--Installing the Player without Persuasion
--Checklist to prepare for a Player presentation
--Minimum system requirements for running Player files
--Setting up your presentation
--Copying Player files to a Macintosh
--Copying Player files to Windows
--Starting your slide show
--Running your slide show
--Annotating your slides
--Ending your slide show
--Persuasion Player for Windows and the Radius MultiView 24 board
========================================
Installing the Player without Persuasion
========================================
If you received the Windows Persuasion Player as a standalone
application (without Persuasion 3.0), double-click the Player icon
immediately after installation. This action will register the Player
with the Windows File Manager.
Note: If you install the Player when you install Persuasion, you
do not need to do this.
==============================================
Checklist to prepare for a Player presentation
==============================================
--Export your presentation as a Player file in slide show
format and save it on a disk formatted for the destination
computer (Macintosh or Windows).
--Include all movie and sound files and any files your Player
files jump to in the same directory as your Player file.
--Make sure the computer you'll be using meets the recommended
system requirements.
--Include the appropriate Player application (Macintosh or Windows).
--If you'll be running a slide show you created on a Macintosh or
in Windows (or vice versa), remove any movies or sounds that won't
play on the other platform. Only QuickTime movies and sounds will
play on both platforms (with QuickTime or QuickTime for Windows
installed on their respective platforms).
--If you'll be running your slide show in Windows, make sure your
Player filenames have PPF extensions (for example, 3QSALES.PPF).
====================================================
Minimum system requirements for running Player files
====================================================
Macintosh requirements: 68020* processor running under
System 6.0.7 or later with 4MB available RAM. Your monitor should
be at least 13 inches.**
Power Macintosh requirements: PowerPC RISC processor running
under System 7.1.2 or later with 4MB available RAM. Your monitor
should be at least 13 inches.**
PC requirements: 80386 processor running under Windows 3.1 with
4MB available RAM. Your monitor should be a VGA,
256 colors.**
* Mac II or higher
** On black-and-white or 16-color monitors, colors and patterns will
be less smooth; on monitors smaller than 13 inches (640 x 480 pixels),
Player screens displayed at full screen may be cropped.
============================
Setting up your presentation
============================
1. Copy the Player application, your Player file(s), and related file(s)
onto the computer's hard disk (see the next two sections for
information on how to copy Player files).
2. Disable screen savers, mail, or any other programs that might
interrupt the slide show.
3. Double-click the Player application icon ("PLAYERW.EXE"
in Windows).
4. In the "Open" dialog box, check "Show settings" to view or
change the settings for running and ending your slide show.
===================================
Copying Player files to a Macintosh
===================================
Insert the floppy disk(s) into any disk drive, and then drag the folder
containing the Player application, Player file icons, and any packaged
movie or sound files from the floppy disk onto the hard disk.
===============================
Copying Player files to Windows
===============================
1. Start Windows and then insert the floppy disk into the disk drive.
2. In the Program Manager, open the Main group and double-click
the File Manager icon.
3. In the File Manager, choose "Copy" from the File menu.
4. In the "Copy" dialog box, type "A:\*.*" for "From" and type "C:\"
for "To," and then click "OK." If you're using disk drives other than
a and c, type those letters instead.
5. In the File Manager, click the icon for the c drive, and then
double-click the C:\ directory to view your Player files.
========================
Starting your slide show
========================
From the Finder on a Macintosh, or from the File Manager in Windows,
double-click the Player application icon ("PLAYERW.EXE" in Windows)
to start the slide show.
=======================
Running your slide show
=======================
The following information is available in printed form in the
Presentation Tips guide included with the product documentation.
To... Do this...
Display or hide the menu bar Press Ctrl + m
Display or hide the control bar Press Shift + Ctrl + c
Change settings Press Ctrl + t
Go to the next slide or layer Click the mouse, or press the right arrow
Go to the previous slide Double-click the mouse, or press the left
arrow
Go to the previous slide layer Press Shift + the left arrow
Go to a specific slide Type the slide number and press Return
Go to the first slide Press Home
Go to the last slide Press End
Pause or resume a slide show Press the spacebar
Switch between a blank screen
and the current slide Press b or press , (comma)
Switch between a black screen
and the current slide Press Shift + b or press . (period)
Turn the cursor on or off Press a
Exit the slide show Press Esc (Windows) or
Command + . (period) (Macintosh)
Note: If you're running your slide show on a Macintosh, press Command
instead of Ctrl.
======================
Annotating your slides
======================
1. Press Ctrl + m (Command + M on a Macintosh)
to display the menu bar.
2. Choose "Show annotation tools" from the Annotations menu.
3. Choose the color you want to use.
4. Choose text or pen size, and then type or draw on a slide. To save your
annotations with the Player file, save your file before you exit.
======================
Ending your slide show
======================
--If your slides are set to advance automatically, you can determine
how you want your slide show to end. Press Ctrl + t (Command + t
on a Macintosh) to open the "Settings" dialog box, and then choose an
option from the "After last slide" popup menu.
--To exit your slide show, press Esc in Windows or Command + . (period)
on a Macintosh.
===============================================================
Persuasion Player for Windows and the Radius MultiView 24 board
===============================================================
You must have a VGA video board installed on your PC in order to
run the Persuasion Player. The Radius MultiView 24 board is not
VGA; however, you can use the terminator plug that is shipped with
the board and plug it into the monitor output connector of the VGA
adapter to allow the system to recognize VGA. If you do not have
this terminator plug, you can attach the monitor to the VGA board
before you turn on the PC, then start the system to the DOS prompt,
and then switch the monitor cable to the Radius board. This will
enable applications that check for a VGA, such as the Player, to run.
________________________________________________________________________
Copyright © 1993-1995 Adobe Systems Incorporated. All rights reserved.
Adobe and Persuasion are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated or
its subsidiaries and may be registered in certain jurisdictions.
Windows is a registered trademark of Microsoft Corporation. Macintosh
and Power Macintosh are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.
All other brand or product names are trademarks or registered trademarks
of their respective holders.
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