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|A║ |6Try Before You Buy|A ║═══ ^1Electronic Crayon Series Demo |A══║ |6Try Before You Buy|A ║
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^CBy
^CPOLARWARE
This Electronic Crayon Demo contains 10 pictures that can be colored
again and again. And it's simple to use, too! With a cursor that looks like
a crayon, just point and click to choose a color, then point and click to fill
the area you want to color. If you don't like the way the color looks, you
can fill the same area with another color. Or you can erase the colors form
the entire picture and start all over! If you have a printer, you can print a
picture alone or with a calendar of any month and color the pictures by hand.
^1 How to use the Electronic Crayon Series Demo ^0
Every child is different, but most preschool and primary-aged children will
need some help in getting started. After your child has had a little
practice, he or she will probably be able to select and color pictures
without any help. Your child will, however, need your guidance in starting
the computer, choosing the setup options, and printing the pictures.
The term "point and click" refers to pointing of the crayon (cursor) at a
color or an area on the screen and pressing a button or key to select a color
or fill an area.
^1 Setup Options ^0
To change options, press the up/down arrows or the number of the option you
want, then press RETURN (or ENTER). What keys do what will always be printed
at the top of the screen, with mini directions printed at the bottom.
SHOW CURRENT SETUP - This is a quick and easy way to verify what options are
currently selected.
CHANGE INPUT DEVICES - The Electronic Crayon Series Demo is set for the
keyboard as the input device, although you may change
this setting to Automatic, Mouse, Joystick, or
Keyboard.
1. AUTOMATIC : Your input device is automatically determined.
2. MOUSE : The Electronic Crayon Series Demo works with a Microsoft
compatible mouse only. You must have a device driver installed to use
the mouse. Please see your mouse manual for proper installation.
3. JOYSTICK : On the PCjr, the joysick must be plugged in the port
farthest from the keyboard port.
4. KEYBOARD : Use the four arrow keys to move the crayon up, down, left
and right. Pressing <CTRL> or <ALT> and an arrow key at the same
time, will cause the crayon to move faster. Also <PgUp> and <PgDn>
will move the crayon up and down quickly. Press <ENTER> to click on
an item. You can also activate the other commands represented in the
boxes at the top and bottom of the screen by pressing <ALT> and the
first letter of the command.
CHANGE DISPLAY MODE - The Electronic Crayon Series Demo will work on a CGA
card (4 colors), and EGA card (16 colors), or the Tandy 1000 16 color mode
(which is the same as the PCjr 16 color mode). With the CGA card, you may
choose which 4 color set you use by pressing the <F1> and <F2> keys. To save
this set, press <F3>. To display 16 colors on the PCjr, you must have at
least 256K and your memory expansion driver must allocate 32K for graphics.
Please read your memory expansion documentation! IBM PS 2 owners: while your
computer is equipped with a 16 color card, the VGA, it is NOT the same as an
EGA card. If you do not have an EGA card, you must select the 4 color CGA
mode.
CHANGE PRINTER SETUP - Prior to printing a picture from the Electronic Crayon
Series Demo, you should setup the disk for your printer. You must specify
which port the printer is connected to: LPT1, LPT2 (parallel ports), or COM1
or COM2 (serial ports), or PRN (usually the same as LPT1).
CHANGE PRINTING OPTIONS - You may print out pictures with one of two options:
1. Print Picture Alone : This option prints the picture alone and
upright.
2. Print Picture with Calendar - After selecting this option, type in
the month MM and the year YYYY for the calendar that you want printed
below your picture. For example, to print the month July 1988, type
07 for MM and 1988 for YYYY.
EXIT/SAVE SETUP - When you've choosen all of your options, this selection will
save your new setup and exit to the title screen.
We hope that you have enjoyed the Electronic Crayon Series Demo. To
purchase a fully-functional version of any Electronic Crayon program for
$9.95 (that's $3.00 off the retail price), call Softdisk Publishing at:
^C1-(800)-831-2694
^C^1ELECTRONIC CRAYON SERIES DEMO requires a Graphics Adapter.^0
^CTo run this program outside ^1Big Blue Disk^0, type: ^1EC^0.
DISK FILES THIS PROGRAM USES:
^FEC.EXE
^FPICTURES.TXT
^FMESSAGE.TXT
^FDEMO <DIR>
^FPICTURES <DIR>
^FDESC <DIR>
^FBERWYN7.FNT
^FPRINTERS.TXT
^FCGA.DAT
^FPARM.DAT
^FOPTIONS.TXT
^FTITLE.TXT
^FVGA.DAT