Pond Aquarium 3D Read Me 1. Using the Pond Aquarium Control Panel: ----------------------------------------- Below is a description of what each section of the control panel does. This controls both the Active Desktop and Screen Saver: Logo Defaulted to show the Pond Aquarium 3D Logo at the bottom right corner. To turn off, uncheck this box. Sound Defaulted to Surface (above the water sound). You can choose "Underwater", or turn it off ("None"). Detail When moving the bar to Less Detail, Pond Aquarium will remove certain elements, such as the waterfall, and the number of fish will be reduced. Adjust to your preference. Lowering the Detail will increase performance on lower-powered systems. Species Defaulted to randomly choose from all the selected species. Uncheck any species that you don't want to appear. The maximum amount of sea creatures displayed is determined by the Detail settings. You must have at least one species checked at all times. 2. Turning on Active Desktop: ----------------------------- If you have selected to install Active Desktop module for Pond Aquarium 3D, you will need to turn on Active Desktop in the Display Properties. To activate Pond Aquarium 3D as your Active Desktop, follow these instructions: 2.1 For Windows XP Home/Pro: ---------------------------- 1) Click "Start", then "Control Panel", then double click on the "Display" icon. You can also right-click on your desktop and click on "Properties" to open the "Desktop Properties" console. 2) When the "Desktop Properties" console is opened, click on the "Desktop" tab (2nd to right tab after "Themes"). Then click on the button "Customize Desktop..." at the bottom. 3) Under the "Desktop Items" console, click on the "Web" tab. Check the Box next to "Pond Aquarium Active Desktop." Deselect any other current active desktops. Click "OK" to close the "Desktop Items" console. 4) Click "OK" again to close the "Display Properties" console. Pond Aquarium Active Desktop will load (may take a few seconds to load). See "Section 3. Using Pond Aquarium Active Desktop" below for further instructions. 2.2 For Windows 2000/98/Me: --------------------------- 1) Click "Start", then "Settings", then "Control Panel", then double click on the "Display" icon. You can also right-click on your desktop and click on "Properties" to open the "Desktop Properties" console. 2) When the "Desktop Properties" console is opened, click on the "Web" tab (4th tab to the right). Make sure the "Show Web content on my Active Desktop" is checked. Deselect any other active desktop's and select "Pond Aquarium Active Desktop." 3) Click "OK" to close the "Display Properties" console. Pond Aquarium Active Desktop will load (may take a few seconds to load). See "Section 3. Using Pond Aquarium Active Desktop" below for further instructions. 4) Depending on your Windows version, you can also turn on Active Desktop by right-clicking on the desktop. Select "Active Desktop" then select "Pond Aquarium Active Desktop." If that option is not available, select "Show Web Content" first. Then right-click again on your desktop. 3. Using Pond Aquarium Active Desktop: -------------------------------------- 3.1 Maximizing Pond Aquarium Active Desktop: --------------------------------------------- Depending on your screen size, Pond Aquarium Active Desktop may only occupy a small square of your desktop. If so, move your mouse over the top part of this square and click the "Maximize" button that appears on the gray bar (third button from the right). You can also click on the down arrow button on the left hand corner, then select "Cover Desktop." If the active desktop does not fill your screen, you may need to click and drag the edges until your screen is completely filled. On some systems the Pond Aquarium 3D Active Desktop may leave a thin black border on the right side of your monitor. In full screen maximized mode, you cannot right- click on your desktop. 3.2 To Split the Active Desktop with Icons ------------------------------------------ Move your mouse to the top of the screen until the gray bar appears. Click on the down arrow button on the left hand corner. Select "Split Desktop with Icons." (You can also click on the 2nd button from the right to activate split desktop mode.) This mode will allow you to right-click on your desktop. 3.3 To restore back to Windowed mode ------------------------------------ If you have a dual display monitor and want to move the active desktop to the other screen, you can restore back to windowed mode, resize it, then move it. To do this, move your mouse to the top of the screen until the gray bar appears, then click on the down arrow button on the left hand corner. Select "Reset to Original Size" or "Restore" (depending if you are in Maximized or Split mode). Then resize the window and drag it to the other monitor. 3.4 To close Pond Aquarium Active Desktop ------------------------------------------ Move your mouse to the top of the screen until the gray bar appears. Click on the X button (far right) or click on the down arrow button on the left, then select "Close." 3.5 To turn on Pond Aquarium Active Desktop after closing ---------------------------------------------------------- On Windows XP systems, to turn Pond Aquarium Active Desktop, please refer to section 2.1 Turning on Active Desktop for Windows XP. On Windows 2000, 98, and Me, right click the desktop and select "Active Desktop" then "Pond Aquarium Active Desktop" to turn back on. Refer to section 2.2 for more information. 4. Troubleshooting Notes on Pond Aquarium 3D --------------------------------------------- Users may experience slow performance during the Pond Aquarium Screensaver if the Pond Aquarium Active Desktop is being run simultaneously. It is not recommended to run both the Active Desktop and the Screen Saver on slower computers. If you are running Pond Aquarium 3D Active Desktop for the first time and experience only a black square screen, please reboot your computer. Macromedia Shockwave may need to be reinitialized. To turn off the Pond Aquarium 3D Screen Saver, go to the "Display Properties" console, then click on the "Screensaver" tab. Under Screen Saver, click on the down arrow button to drop down the options, and select (None). In some cases when running the Active Desktop simultaneously with the Screensaver, the "Start" menu does not refresh after returning from the Screensaver mode. To refresh or to make the "Start" menu reappear, right-click on the desktop, click on "Screen Saver" tab, then select "Pond Aquarium" and click the "Preview" button. You can move your mouse button to exit the "Preview" mode and the Start menu will reappear. In some cases, the Active Desktop will fail to redraw when you show the desktop. You will see only a black box. To make the Active Desktop show up, either left-click in the black box, then press F5, or right-click in the black box and choose "Refresh". For more support questions, please go to our 24-hour web support site: http://support.selectsoft.com