Welcome to IDEA SOURCE! Please take a minute to read over the following information. It has been provided to help you configure and optimize your system for running IDEA SOURCE. You must have Quicktime installed into your system before you run Idea Source. Simply enter the SETUP directory and run the QTINSTAL.EXE. Follow the on-screen instructions to install the Quicktime software and then restart your system. Idea Source will then run properly. IDEA SOURCE was designed to function on a computer equipped with no less than 8 meg of available RAM, a 13 inch color monitor (640 x 480 pixels) with 256 colors, and a double- speed CD-ROM drive. Make sure that the driver software used to access your CD-ROM drive is as up-to-date as possible. Check the version number and contact the manufacturer of the CD-ROM drive for upgrades. If you are using a CD-ROM drive that has multiple speed setting, make sure that the driver software is set to the fastest possible speed. IDEA SOURCE was designed to function with your monitor set to 256 colors. If your monitor is set to anything other than this, the color pallettes in IDEA SOURCE may not appear correctly. Network users - To insure smooth performance of all of IDEA SOURCE QuickTime movies, make sure that you are not connected to a network. We in the New Media Studio want to thank you for using IDEA SOURCE We hope that you have as much fun as we do creating it. If you have any creative comments or questions we want to hear from you. Call us at 1-800-255-8800 or fax us at (309-688-3075).