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- VIRTUAL WORLD PILOT ISSUE
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- This readme contains the most up-to-date information with regards
- to the installation and usage of the iView 1.0 browser for the
- Virtual World publication. Please read this file completely before
- proceeding to install or use iView.
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- CONTENTS
- ========
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- 1. About Virtual World
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- 2. System Requirements
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- 3. Installing iView 1.0
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- 4. Using Virtual World
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- 5. iView Settings
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- 6. Questions and Answers
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- 1. About Virtual World
- ===================
-
- Welcome to the world's first virtual publication on a CDROM.
-
- This pilot issue of Virtual World includes iView 1.0, an extremely
- user-friendly page-oriented browser which, amongst other things,
- simulates a page-turning effect to enhance the realism of reading
- the virtual publication. You will find no buttons, menus, windows
- or dialog boxes that are so typical of today's CDROM applications.
- Instead, you will be able to use just the most simple commands to
- flip to the next or previous page, to the contents page or the next
- section. To play or stop an audio or video embedded in a page,
- simply allow them to play or stop automatically, or click on them
- once to start and another to stop. Refer to the "Using Virtual
- World" section for the full list of commands that you may use with
- the iView browser.
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-
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- 2. System Requirements
- ===================
-
- Minimal:
- -------
- MPC-1 Specifications
- Processor : 386 and above 100% IBM PC-compatibles
- Memory : 4 Megabytes
- Video : SVGA (640x480x256 colors)
- Harddisk : 3 Megabytes of free harddisk space
- CDROM Drive: Single-speed (150Kbs transfer rate), Single Session
- Sound Card : Required if you wish to hear sounds from the magazine
-
-
- Recommended:
- -----------
- MPC-1/MPC-2 Specifications
- Processor : 486+ 100% IBM PC-compatibles
- Memory : 8+ Megabytes
- Video : SVGA Windows Accelerator (640x480x256+ colors)
- CDROM Drive: Double-speed (300Kbs+ transfer rate), Single/Multi-
- Session
- Sound Card : Windows 3.1* -compatible stereo sound card
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-
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- 3. Installing iView 1.0
- ====================
-
- It is extremely easy to install iView 1.0. Use the following
- instructions:
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- 1. Run Windows 3.1*.
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- 2. From the Program Manager, click on the File menu item and select
- Run...
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- 3. Type:
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- X:\SETUP
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- at the prompt, assuming that your CDROM drive is drive X .
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- 4. Follow the instructions to install iView onto your harddisk.
-
-
- Notes:
-
- - You will NEED Video for Windows 1.1* if you wish to enjoy any of
- the many videos that are embedded in the Virtual World publications.
- Please do not uncheck the Install Video For Windows 1.1* option if
- this is the first time you are installing a Virtual World
- publication.
-
- - Use the Install Publication Icon option ONLY if you do not have
- enough disk space on your harddisk. This option merely creates an
- icon in your Program Manager for the publication in the Virtual
- Publications Folder. If you change your video drivers or switch
- resolution without the publication CDROM in your CDROM drive, you
- will probably lose the icon picture. Note that installing the
- iView browser will take up less than half a megabyte of harddisk
- space.
-
- - The pilot issue of Virtual World has been optimized for a screen
- display of 640x480 resolution (with 256 colors). Please change the
- resolution of your display if you are using resolutions higher than
- 640x480. This is to ensure the maximum readability of the magazine.
- If you wish to retain your higher resolutions, the Virtual World
- publication will be centered in the middle of your monitor.
-
- - If you have a high or true color card, it is recommended that you
- use the 640x480x32K (or higher) resolution for your windows display.
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- 4. Using Virtual World
- ===================
-
- The iView 1.0 browser comes with the following simple commands:
-
- 1. Before reading a publication, make sure you have installed it
- properly into your windows environment using the above
- installation procedure. Check that the publication CDROM is in
- your drive. To read the publication, double-click on the its
- icon in the Program Manager.
-
- 2. To flip to the Help page while reading the publication, press the
- <F1> key.
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- 3. The cover page will ALWAYS auto turn to the contents page if you
- do not respond within half a minute.
-
- 4. The mouse cursor will change to icons that represent the function
- of specific areas as you move the pointer around the publication
- page.
-
- 5. To turn to the next page, move the mouse to the right border
- region of the publication and click on the left mouse button.
- Alternatively, press the <RIGHT> arrow key on your keyboard.
-
- 6. To turn to the previous page, move the mouse to the left border
- region of the publication and click on the left mouse button.
- Alternatively, press the <LEFT> arrow key on your keyboard.
-
- 7. To enter the quick "browse" mode to scan the pages quickly, click
- and hold on the right mouse button while the pointer is in either
- the left or right border regions. To momentarily stop the browse
- mode, simply move the pointer away from either border region,
- WITHOUT letting go of the left mouse button. To re-enter the
- browse mode, move the pointer back into either border region.
- The browse mode will end only if you release the left mouse button.
-
- 8. To flip to the contents page from ANY page, double click on the
- left border region or press the <LEFT> arrow key while holding
- down the <CTRL> key.
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- 9. To flip to the next section from ANY page, double click on the
- right border region or press the <RIGHT> arrow key while holding
- down the <CTRL> key.
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- 10. To stop reading the publication, double click on the top or
- bottom border region or press the <ESC> key.
-
- 11. To toggle sound on or off, press the <S> key while holding down
- the <CTRL> key.
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- 12. To set the autoturn mode on, which will allow the pages to turn
- automatically after a delay of about half a minute (read the
- "iView Settings" section for information about how change this
- delay), press the <A> key while holding down the <CTRL> key.
- This autoturn mode will end if you click the mouse's left button
- or if any key is pressed. The direction of the page turn will
- depend on the direction of the last page turn before the autoturn
- mode was initiated.
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-
-
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- 5. iView Settings
- ==============
-
- This section is meant ONLY for users who have some understanding of
- how to modify Windows 3.1* .INI files, and who NEED to change the
- default settings of iView for some reason. For most users, iView's
- default settings will be satisfactory.
-
- iView will look for users' preferred settings stored in a file named
- IVIEW.INI in the following order:
- 1. The user's Windows directory.
- 2. iView's current working directory.
-
- If you do a full installation of iView onto your harddisk, the setup
- program will automatically configure and copy a IVIEW.INI file to
- your Windows directory. You may modify the settings in this file to
- suit your needs.
-
- If you choose the Install Publication Icon option during the setup
- process, no IVIEW.INI file will be copied over to your machine. If
- you still wish to manually change the iView settings, you must first
- copy the IVIEW.INI file that is found in the VWORLD directory at the
- root of the publication CDROM to your Windows directory.
-
- The following is an explanation of the profile strings in the
- IVIEW.INI file. Values shown in all capitals are the default. Please
- do NOT change the values of strings that are not documented in this
- readme file.
-
- Note that 1000 milliseconds = 1 second.
-
- [IVIEW]
-
- PUB_PATH= {location of directory on Virtual World CDROM}
- This directory should be of the form X:\VWORLD where X is the drive
- letter of your CDROM drive.
-
- AUTOPLAY= {TRUE|false}
- This enables the autoplaying of media objects each time you
- turn to a page that has any media object. We strongly
- recommend that you leave this option set to TRUE.
-
- AUTOTURN= {true|FALSE>
- This switches ON|OFF the autoturning of iView on startup.
- Please read the "Using Virtual World" section on how to use
- this option.
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- AUTOPLAY_DELAY= <2000|number of milliseconds>
- This sets the number of milliseconds before the autoplay of
- media objects is initiated. The default value is 2 seconds.
-
- AUTOTURN_DELAY= <30000|number of milliseconds>
- This sets the number of milliseconds before the autoturn of a
- page is initiated. The default value is 30 seconds. Set this
- value to a higher number if your reading speed is moderate.
-
- PAGETURN_DELAY= <800|number of milliseconds>
- This sets the number of milliseconds that a page turn will
- take. The default value is 800 milli-seconds (< 1 second).
- Set this value to a higher number if you wish to slow down
- the page turning effect.
- You should not set this to a value smaller than 100 milliseconds.
-
- IGNORE_BUSY_CLK= <true|FALSE>
- If this option is set to TRUE, mouse clicks registered while
- the hour glass cursor is ON will be ignored.
-
-
-
-
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- 6. Questions and Answers
- =====================
-
-
- Q: I selected the Install Video For Windows 1.1 option in the
- installation program. However, the installation only sets up iView
- and did not install Video for Windows.
-
- A: On certain machines, you may encounter a problem starting the
- installation of Video for Windows 1.1 automatically using the iView
- installation program. In such a case, please retry the installation
- of iView again. If Video for Windows does not install, you may
- install it manually by running the SETUP.EXE program from the
- WINVIDEO directory on the Virtual World CDROM.
-
-
-
- Q: When I double-click to go to the next section or to the contents
- page, I only get 1 or 2 page turns to the next or previous pages
- instead.
-
- A: Try setting your double-click time SLOWER using the mouse
- settings program in the Control Panel of your Windows 3.1 Program
- Manager. Note that for a double-click to register properly, you
- should not move the mouse between each click.
-
-
-
- Q: The videos seem to take a long time to load before it plays.
- When the video plays, the motion seem jerky.
-
- A: There are 2 possible reasons for the degradation of video
- playback on some machines. The amount of memory is the usual cause
- for slow video loading. If you have less than 8 megabytes of memory,
- Windows will have to swap out as much virtual memory as possible in
- order to read in the the video. This becomes more apparent on
- larger sized videos. You may want to increase your RAM to more than
- 8 megabytes to get better performance for your general multimedia
- needs.
- Another possible reason is the speed of your CDROM drive. If your
- CDROM drive is single speed and you are using a computer that is
- slower than a 486, the videos will be jerky during playback.
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- Note:
- ====
- * Windows 3.1 is registered by Microsoft Corporation.
- * Video for Windows 1.1 is copyrighted by Microsoft Corporation.
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