The documentation for Matrix maker 3.0.2 comes in .html format and should be used in conjunction with your favorite Web browser.
If you are using, for example, Netscape Navigator, you should simply double-click the file called "Starting_point.html" on the root level of the Matrix maker 3.0.2 folder to open it using Netscape.
If you are using Apple's Cyberdog , you will need to have Jeff Moore's Cyberdog Open Document Helper configured in Internet Config as your helper application for .html files. (Unless Jeff's URL has changed, you can obtain this little applet at
<http://www.dreaming.com/cdstuff.html>.) Open the file called "Starting_point.html" in
the Matrix maker 3.0.2 folder from the "Open File..." item in the "Cyberdog" menu. (Even though it is specifically a Netscape file, you should have no trouble opening it with "Cyberdog"—or any other browser, for that matter. However, if you do have problems and you are not using Netscape Navigator, you should change the file creator from "MOSS" [the Netscape file creator type] to "ttxt" [the "SimpleText" creator], using one of the many file utilities, such as Snitch or FileTyper, that enable the user to change the file type and/or creator. DO NOT change the file type; it should remain "TEXT"!!)
If you're using Microsoft Internet Explorer, you should change the file creator from "MOSS" [the Netscape file creator type] to "MSIE" [the "Microsoft Internet Explorer" creator], using the procedure outlined in the preceding paragraph.
NOTE: If you have configured a specific application always to open .html files (most likely in Internet Config ), then double-clicking on the "Starting_point.html" file in the Matrix maker 3.0.2 folder may not open it in the expected browser. Should this be the case, you must open the file from within the browser as described above. Netscape Navigator 4.x, for example, may require you to open it from the "Open Page..." item in the "File" menu.
The file "Starting_point.html" in the Matrix maker 3.0.2 folder contains a link to the Table of Contents for the documentation and links to the other files within the "Documentation" folder. Once this file is open, you should have no problem with the instructions unless you have no knowledge at all about how to use a Web browser—in which case we advise you to learn about it, since more and more programs are using .html documentation in lieu of the older files that are word-processor specific.
NOTE: Do not rename the "Table_of_Contents.html" file or any other file in the "Documentation"folder—if you do, it will royally screw up the workings of the .html documentation! Under ordinary circumstances, you should never find it necessary even to open this folder. (I say this with great fear and trepidation, lest the user react in a way similar to that of Bluebeard's wives! Some things are best left alone.)
