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The Corel ArtView Screen Saver runs on your hard drive and displays images on your screen from your CD-ROM drives, by default, after you've stopped using your computer for a few minutes. When you press a key or move the mouse, the screen saver stops displaying images and waits for your system to become idle again.

The Corel ArtView screen saver can display images of the following formats: BMP (Windows 3.0), PCX, GIF (version 87a), and PCD. Each image must also be smaller than 2 MB or available memory if less than 2 MB. In addition, the image must be at least 64 pixels wide or 64 pixels high.

The Corel ArtView screen saver is installed along with the other Corel Professional Photos applications. The screen saver, unlike the other Corel Professional Photos applications, runs automatically once you've set it up. Therefore, the Professional Photos group doesn't include an application icon for the screen saver.

To set up the Corel ArtView screen saver

1.	Open the Control Panel icon that's located in the Main group of the Program Manager.

2.	Double-click the Desktop icon of the Control Panel.

3.	Open the Name drop-down list box in the Screen Saver area.

4.	Select the Corel ArtView option.

5.	Exit the Control Panel. After your computer has been idle for a few minutes, the screen saver will start displaying images.

Changing the Configuration Options

You can the default configuration of the screen saver. For example, you can specify the drive on which you want the screen saver to search for images if a CD-ROM disc isn't available or doesn't contain any valid images. This drive is referred to as the "default disk".

The screen saver creates a catalog for each volume of information: CD-ROM discs, hard drives, and so on. A catalog contains all the valid images on the volume.

The Corel Professional Photos disc is a volume that includes several directories. The configuration options let you choose the directories within a catalog from which you want images displayed and lets you exclude directories of images. For example, if you set your hard drive as the default disk, then you may want to prevent the screen saver from displaying images from certain directories.

To modify the default configuration

1.	Open the Control Panel icon that's located in the Main group of the Program Manager.

2.	Double-click the Desktop icon of the Control Panel.

3.	Open the Name drop-down list box in the Screen Saver area.

4.	Select the Corel ArtView option.

5.	Use the Delay list box to indicate how long your computer must be idle before the screen saver is activated.

6.	Choose the Setup button.

7.	Verify and, if necessary, modify the Picture Options:

To indicate the smallest image you want displayed, enter the size, in pixels, in the Minimum Size box. The screen saver won't display images smaller than this size.

To indicate the number of seconds that you want each image displayed, enter the time in the View Time box. The time starts from when the screen saver begins loading the images. For example, if you specify a six second View Time and an image requires five seconds to load, then the image is displayed for only one second.

To indicate the location from which you want images displayed if a CD-ROM disc isn't available, enter the drive and, optionally the directory, in the Default Disk text box. For example, you may want to specify that if the compact disc in the CD-ROM drive doesn't include any valid images, then the screen saver should display images your Windows directory on your hard disk.

To indicate that you want images shuffled and displayed in a different order each time the screen saver runs, mark the Random Order checkbox. By default, the screen saver displays images in the order they're located on the CD-ROM disc or default disk.

To fade between images, mark the Fade In/Out checkbox.

To show the file name of each image when it's displayed, mark the Show File Name checkbox. The screen saver shows the file name in the upper left corner of the screen.

To increase the size of small files when they're displayed, mark the Magnify Small Files checkbox.

8.	Verify and, if necessary, modify the Photo CD Options:

To indicate, by orientation, the images that you want the screen saver to display, mark the specific radio button in the Types of Images to View panel.

To display Kodak Photo CD images using the largest and best possible fit on your screen, mark the Fit to Screen checkbox.

To display the description for the image, if one is available, mark the Show Description checkbox.

To use audio options, if your system supports sound, mark the Sound checkbox. If your system has a low memory configuration, you may experience long delays before an image is displayed or intermittent sound output.

9.	Verify and, if necessary, modify the options displayed in the Disk Title panel. These options determine the directories from which the screen saver can display images. The set of directories for a CD-ROM disc or default disk is referred to as a catalog.

To exclude a directory from the selected catalog, select the directory from the Include list box and then choose the Exclude button.

To include a previously excluded directory, select the directory from the Exclude list box and then choose the Include button.

10.	Verify and, if necessary, modify the Password Options.

To indicate that a password must be entered to deactivate the screen saver, mark the Password Protected checkbox.

To specify a password, choose the Set Password button, enter and verify a password, and then choose the OK button.

11.	Choose the OK button.

12.	Exit the Control Panel.

Corel has successfully tested the Corel ArtView screen saver with a number of video cards and drivers. However, with the variety of  available video products, problems may occur with certain configurations.