1). The installation program installs Presentation King. 2). There are two types of tutorials. One is a multimedia tutorial, for basic lessons only. The other is a Help System, for basic and advanced lessons. 3). Do not simply copy PK files. Use menu command "File | SaveAs" or "Distribute" to 'copy' your presentation. If you want to copy MGC onto your hard disk, you should copy the whole MGC directory. 4). The easiest way to browse through Presentations (.PK or .sk files) is to open File Manager (Windows 3.1) or Explorer (Window 95) and double click the .PK file name. 5). How to install: 1. Insert the floppy disk into your drive (for example A:). 2. Start File Management of Windows 3.1 or Explorer of Windows 95. 3. Click the drive icon denoting your drive (for example A:). 4. In the directory window, double-click file 'install.exe'. The installation will automatically start. 6). Shareware package un-zip warnings: If you use pkunzip.exe to un-zip shareware package and did not give option -d, you will get warnings, saying install.txt and readme.txt exist. You can ignore those warnings. If you give -d option, you will get a clean file structure, otherwise, all files are under one directory. The program should work either way. FEATURES OF PRESENTATION KING ============================= * Designed for Multimedia Greeting Maker and business presentation. * Coming with Multimedia Greeting Cards * Your own voice and signature can be your ingredients. * Coming with two types of tutorials. * All visual objects can be dragged and dropped. * Simple animation is provided. * Bitmaps can be painted anywhere and in many Fashions. * Sound can be one of the ingredients. * Wording(text) can be painted in different fonts with optional shadows and angles. * Designed for multilingual use. * Very powerful yet easy to use. * Much MORE! Minimum Requirement =================== * 386 CPU * Windows 3.1 * 4 MB of memory (less may work, but may need more for sophisticated presentation; Slide King needs much less memory than Presentation King) * 3 MB of disk space for Presentation King(including Slide King) * 1.5 MB of disk space for Slide King History ======= Version 3.30: Nov., 1995 Enhancement: * Installation adds File | Associate support: you can double click file name on File Manager to view .pk and .sk files. Improvement: * Remove space(s) in bitmap and music file name, so they will not cause error. * Act Number and Scene Number "New" work well under Windows 95 as well. Bug fix: Open bitmap and music file should not change the current directory. Version 3.2: Oct., 1995 Improvement: * File open, save with default extension(*.PK). * Coordinates allow negative values. * Print (Slide King) prints full page, supporting color printers. Changes: * Default window size is VGA size (640 * 480). * Drop command Distribute-BMW: not very useful. * Change default file name extension from BMW to PK. Version 3.1: Sept., 1995 Enhancement: * Add new Fashion: Sprite - Stay. * Add new Fashion: Sprite - Flash making 'walking' animation easier. * Allow bitmap and music files in any directory. * Refine the behavior of buttons on Rehearse window. * Refine the behavior of Copy buttons for both Act and Scene. Changes: * Change fashion name 'Sprite' to 'Sprite - Replace' to avoid misunderstanding. the behavior is not changed. Bug fix: * Parameter Window does not read properly. * Slide King does not start correctly without control bar. * snooze may not always work properly. Version 3.0: Aug., 1995 Enhancement: * Simplified Edition Management. Please see Difference in Editions on Help System. * Shareware Edition has the same functionality as Regular Edition, but with Shareware Window. * Come with an uninstaller, convenient for your evaluation. * Wording length increased from 40 to 80 * Rewrote Distribution module. * Distribution distributes an installer and an uninstaller: convenient for greeting card receiver. * All windows in Tutorial arranged well, even you have VGA monitor. * About Window has co-copyright area for corporate uses. * Read only presentation for corporate uses. Bug fix: * Distribution: when there are errors, error message may keep coming. * Support Sound Blaster 16 bit card. * Rehearse: previous button works ok. Version 2.10: Feb., 1995 Enhancement: Slide King does not show logo window, nice for your distribution Bug fix: Window Caption updating correctly (Parameter Window) fix spelling errors and missing topic in Help System fix memory leak in Rehearse (you may/may not notice) Version 2.01: Feb., 1995 Version 2.0: Oct, 1994 Enhancement: Rehearse facility Drag and drop Bitmap, Wording Drag and drop Escapement Showing toolbar optional Re-draw faster Auto backup save New parameter to control repeat show Can terminate an act before it finishes Sprite fashion for animation Fashions can be slow and fast New pattern for moving Wording And more! Bug fix: Distribute copies right files Version 1.1: Aug. 1994 Enhancement: accept bitmaps with 16 or 256 colors, compressed or not, generated by wide range of tools. File | New bring to Act-Scene. Better exception handle. Add tutorial. Bug fix: Show command brings to the current Act. Shrink to the right icon. Version 1.0: July, 1994 Version 1.01: July, 1994 Version 1.02: July, 1994 version 1.03: Aug., 1994