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- Holt Researcher: American History CD-ROM
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- Copyright Information, Installation
- Instructions and License Agreement
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- Copyright © by Holt, Rinehart and Winston
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- All rights reserved. No part of this program
- may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or
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- Produced in the United States of America
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- ISBN 0-03-054996-5
-
- Minimum System Requirements:
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- Macintosh Æ
- Any PowerPC CPU or faster
- 16MB RAM / 12MB RAM free for application
- (24MB RAM/ 16MB RAM free preferred)*
- Monitor displaying 256 colors at
- 640 x 480
- Double-speed CD-ROM drive
- System 7.5.1 or later
- QuickTime tm for Macintosh Æ
- 10 MB free space on local hard drive
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- Windows Æ
- 80486/25 MHz processor or faster
- 16MB RAM / 12MB RAM free for application
- (24MB RAM/ 16MB RAM free preferred)*
- Monitor displaying 256 colors at
- 640 x 480
- Double-speed CD-ROM drive
- Microsoft Windows 95 O or higher
- QuickTime tm for Windows Æ
- 10 MB free on local hard drive
-
- *NOTE: To launch a web browser and gain access
- to the internet directly from within the Holt
- Researcher program, a minimum of 24MB RAM is
- required.
-
- **SPECIAL NOTE FOR MACINTOSH USERS: If your
- display is set to "millions of colors" and you
- are experiencing memory problems, go to Control
- Panels - Monitors and select "thousands of
- colors" as your color depth. You can also add
- more memory to the application by clicking once
- on the Researcher icon, selecting Get Info from
- the File menu, then changing the Preferred Size
- under Memory Requirements to a larger number
- (make sure you actually have that much RAM
- available).
-
- Installation Instructions:
-
- Macintosh Æ
- 1. If virtual memory is on, use the Memory
- control panel to turn it off. If you have
- limited RAM, leaving virtual memory on may
- result in better performance.
- 2. If you are using RamDoubler and Optimem turn
- these applications off.
- 3. Quit all open applications.
- 4. Insert the Holt Researcher: American History
- CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
- 5. Double-click the American History CD-ROM
- icon.
- 6. If you don't have version 4.0.2 or later of
- QuickTime tm installed then double-click the
- QuickTime 4.0.2 folder, double click the
- QuickTime Installer and the on-screen
- instructions.
- 7. Double-click the Install American History
- icon and follow the on-screen instructions.
- 8. Once installed, the HRW American History
- folder will reside on your hard drive at the
- location you selected during installation.
- Double-click on the American History icon in
- this folder to start the program.
- 9. Search.pdf contains help on searching the
- American History database and UserGuide.pdf
- contains information about the Holt Researcher
- CD-ROM. To view these documents, you must
- install Adobe Acrobat Reader. Open the Adobe
- Acrobat Installer 3.0.1 folder, double-click
- the Reader 3.0.1 Installer icon and follow the
- on-screen instructions.
-
- Windows 95/98
- 1. Remove or turn off any programs that may
- adversely affect multimedia applications and/or
- installers.
- 3. Quit all open applications.
- 4. Insert the Holt Researcher: American History
- CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive.
- 5. From the Start menu, select Settings then
- Control Panel.
- 6. From the Control Panel, select Add/Remove
- Programs and follow the on-screen instructions.
- 7. Once installed, the HRW American History
- folder will reside on your hard drive at the
- location you selected during installation.
- 8. To run the Holt Researcher: American
- History program, select Programs from the Start
- menu, then select HRW American History and
- American History.
- 9. If QuickTime tm 4.0.2 or higher is not
- installed, open the 4.0.2 folder, select
- QuickTimeInstaller.exe follow the on-screen
- instructions.
- 10. Search.pdf contains help on searching the
- American History database and UserGuide.pdf
- contains information about the Holt Researcher
- CD-ROM. To view these documents, you must
- install Adobe Acrobat Reader. To install this
- program open the Acrobat 3.0 folder, select
- Acrobat Installer.exe and follow the on-screen
- instructions.
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- over a year old, check with the
- manufacturer for software updates.
- This will enhance the operation of your
- system and minimize the potential for
- incompatibilities with the Holt
- Researcher CD-ROM and other software.
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