On a WINDOWS computer: A menu screen should appear when the CD is loadedùthis may take a minute to start up. If this screen does not appear, double-click the ôautorun.exeö file on the CD (or click the main Windows Start button, then Run, and type in D:autorun ...where ôDö is the letter of your CD drive, for example, yours could be ôE:autorunö).
From this opening screen you have the option of installing the Acrobat Reader software required to view the CD, or if you already have Acrobat on your computer, you can go directly into the NatureWatch Menu. Version 6 of Acrobat Reader for Windows is on the CD, so if you have an older version 4 or 5, you should upgrade it with the version included here. You wonÆt have to reinstall the Reader software on subsequent uses of the CD, so when the opening menu screen appears, just click "NatureWatch Main Menu" button.
NOTE: On subsequent uses of the CD you can also skip the autorun menu and open ômain-menuö file.
On a MAC computer: If you do not have Acrobat Reader, go to ADOBE.COM and download the free Reader software for your system.
NOTE TO ALL USERS:
If you are unable to install the version of Acrobat Reader on this CD, go to the adobe.com website, click "Get Acrobat Reader" icon, and download the correct version of Acrobat Reader for your computer.
The Reader software is free. Then refer to instructions above.
IMPORTANT ACROBAT READER TIPS (These tips are also in the "acrobat-tutorial" file):
When moving around the CD, close any of the documents or files you have opened but donÆt intend to use or go back to. Do this by clicking the ôXö in the upper right corner of that documentÆs window (donÆt click the ôXö in the very top right corner or you will close Acrobat Reader) or with ôFile... Closeö pull down menu. Important note: Go to ôEditö... ôPreferencesö... ôGeneralö and make sure the box for ôOpen cross document links in same windowö is NOT checked. This allows you to ôXö the document window you are in and have the previously open document still visible.
There are some documents that contain text that can be highlighted with the text tool, copied, and pasted into your word processing or drawing program. There are also documents that are just bitmap images and contain no actual text. These can only be viewed and printed.
If you have internet access, most of the web site addresses can be clicked to automatically launch your web browser and access that particular site.
if you canÆt read any of the scanned files (appearance depends on monitor and video controller quality) try printing to a laser printer. However, there are printers that may not have enough memory to print the larger files, so you will have to print to the best printer in the office. On some of the documents, you may have to click ôShrink to Fitö in the print dialog box.
Move your mouse over the little yellow Notes icons to read about the document youÆre looking at.
You can also use the right side scroll bar to move from page to page. Holding down the middle bar as you drag also tells you what page youÆre on. The Page Up and Page Down keys work also.
Remember, you canÆt damage or delete any of the contents of the CD as it is ôRead Onlyö .... so click away!
For questions and free (yes, free!) tech support for the CD or the software, contact:
Dan OÆConnor on the Wenatchee National Forest at: 509-664-9362
