THIS IS SHAREWARE: ================= You probably obtained this program from a shareware distributor or a bulletin board system. No matter how you received it, don't forget to support the programmer by registering the software. It is easy to do. Each time you exit the program, you will be asked whether you would like an order form printed out. Just print out the form, fill it out, and mail it along with your payment to Progressive Products, P.O. Box 1575, Paso Robles, CA 93447. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS ------------------- IBM or Compatible 286 or greater VGA monitor Mouse Dos 3.3 or greater 530k conventional memory, 1 meg. extended memory recommended Sound Blaster & compatible music cards supported HOW TO GET STARTED ------------------ Once you have loaded all files onto your hard drive and have de-compressed them, type GO to start the program shell. From within the shell, you can run Krazy-Christmas and any future programs you obtain from Progressive Products. If you prefer to bypass the shell and run Krazy-Christmas from DOS, type Kxmas. Questions or Comments about this or any other Progressive Products program should be mailed or Faxed to: Progressive Products P.O. Box 1575 Paso Robles, CA 93447 FAX/BBS (805) 239-7672 Krazy-Christmas Manual ====================== Starting Kid-Shell ------------------ Type GO to start Kid-Shell. Kid-Shell is a shell program used to run all of Progressive Products kid programs. This allows your child to enter and exit from Krazy-Christmas, Krazy-Face, Krazy-Creatures, Krazy-Kritters, Picture-Surprise and Scrambled-Kids all by themselves. (Note: Krazy-Christmas is distributed through shareware and comes by itself. To receive any other Progressive Products programs mentioned above, see the ordering information when exiting Krazy-Christmas or call Progressive Products for the latest selection of the finest children's software). If for some reason Kid-Shell does not run, try running Krazy-Christmas directly from DOS. To do this, type kxmas. General Commands ---------------- Controls: The left mouse button is used to select items, the right mouse button is used to open or close the over head menu screens. When horizontal menu screens have more on them than what will fit on the screen, a large arrow will appear in a green box on the side of the menu which contains more selections. By placing your mouse cursor over the green arrow box, you can advance the menu in that direction. Also, by holding down the left mouse button when the cursor is over the green arrow box, you can speed up the scrolling of the menu. Music: If you have a sound card and want to turn the music off, simply click on the musical note icon located in the main menu. Starting Krazy-Christmas from Kid-Shell: Once in Kid-Shell, click on the top icon with the picture of the face on it. This will bring you to the main screen of Krazy-Christmas which contains the blank face selections. From here, you may do one of two things: select a blank face by clinking the left mouse button on it, or click on the GO icon at the top of the screen without selecting a face. If you choose a blank face, a red blinking box will indicate which selection you have made. Once a face has been chosen, click on the GO icon to enter the paint portion of the program. The blank face will be loaded and ready for drawing on. If you did not choose a face then the paint area will be white, ready to be used as a children's paint program. Creating Faces, Paintings and Drawings: The paint menu contains seven icons: EXIT, FACE, STAMP PAD, SHAPES, COLOR PALETTE, DRAWING PEN, ERASER. The function of each icon is as follows: EXIT: Exits you back to the main menu. FACE: Brings up the facial features menu which contains: eyes, noses, mouths, and eyebrows. Left click the mouse button over a feature to select it. Once selected the feature will track with your mouse. Click the left mouse button in order to place the feature onto the screen. If you want to erase a feature you have placed on the picture, you can do this in one of two ways. The first way is to use a different feature than was used the first time, but it must be in the same family of features. For example: if you place an eye on the face and want a different eye instead, simply grab a different eye and wave it over the old one to make the old one vanish. You cannot use a nose or anything else to erase an eye. Using different features to erase old ones works as long as you do not exit the facial features menu. If you leave the facial features menu and re-enter it with the same face, the features you have chosen will not be able to be erased using the above method. You will have to use the erase menu which is located at the very right in the paint menu. The erase menu will erase anything except the blank face you originally started with. STAMP PAD: Accesses colorful pre-made pictures to add to the face or drawing. SHAPES: This contains various shapes to use in the pictures. COLOR PALETTE: This contains a large selection of colors that can be used to fill in different areas of the picture. DRAWING PEN: This menu gives the artist a large selection of colored pencils to use on his or hers picture. ERASE: Located in the erase menu are various shaped erasers to use on the pictures. Exiting ------- To leave Krazy-Christmas and return to the blank face menu, simply click on stop and exit until you get to the save or no save menu. Here, you will be asked to select the Gallery (save for future display or changes) or the Garbage (not saved). Once you have returned to the blank face menu, you can either select another blank face or blank screen or exit to the Kid-Shell. Upon exiting Krazy-Christmas, you will go into an order screen which gives you all the information you need to register Krazy-Christmas. SOFTWARE SUPPORT: There is both telephone and mail support for registered users of Krazy-Christmas. Once you have registered this product, Questions or problems with the software will be answered or fixed for the first year at no charge. After the first year, There will be a $5.00 charge to answer questions or send updates. OMBUDSMAN STATEMENT: Progressive Products is a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442-9427 USA, FAX 616-788-2765 or send a CompuServe message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536. DISCLAIMER: =========== Progressive Products disclaims all warranties for this product either expressed or implied and is not responsible for any loss which may arise from the use of this software. ENJOY!!!