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- Viewing this CD
-
- If you have Netscape 4.5 or Internet Explorer 4.0, you can simply
- open
- "start.html" (in the start here folder of your CD-ROM) in your
- browser.
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- Installation
-
- To fully experience this CD-ROM, you will need:
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- *A protected mode CD-ROM driver
- *A compatible Java-enabled browser
- *The Apple QuickTime(tm) plug-in
- *Adobe Acrobat Reader
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- We strongly recommend using Netscape 4.5 or Internet Explorer 4.0.
-
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- Windows Installation:
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- Open the "installers" folder.
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- Open the "windows" folder.
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- Open either the "acrobat" or "quicktime 3.0" folder.
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- Select the executable file.
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- Follow the instructions on the screen.
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- Macintosh Installation:
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- Open the "installers" folder.
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- Open the "mac" folder.
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- Select either the acrobat installer or open the quicktime 3.0
- folder and select
- the installer.
-
- Follow the instructions on the screen.
-
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- Advanced Netscape Plug-in Modification
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- The Applications Panel
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- Helper applications and plug-ins are external pieces of software
- that work in
- conjunction with Communicator, expanding Communicator's ability to
- interpret
- files of many different formats. The panel contains a scrolling
- field that lists
- the available helper applications and plug-ins.
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- You can use the panel to examine and configure how a file's format
- maps to a
- helper application. When you select an application, its file type
- details are
- displayed below the scrolling field.
-
- File type details include:
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- Extension: the common suffix used by files of this type.
- MIME Type: a standardized naming scheme for organizing divergent
- file
- formats.
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- Handled By: the application or application category capable of
- interpreting the
- file.
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- Buttons in the panel let you add, edit, or delete applications and
- their
- associated file types.
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- Helper Application Background
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- Communicator brings files to your computer using various server
- protocols such
- as HTTP, NNTP, SMTP, and FTP. Each protocol can support different
- file formats.
-
- Communicator has the built-in capability to interpret and display
- on your
- computer several formats, including the HTML format used by HTTP
- servers. When
- Communicator retrieves a file with a format that Communicator
- itself cannot
- read, the application attempts to use a helper application or plug-
- in capable of
- reading the file.
-
- The preferences panel lets you configure new helper applications
- or reconfigure
- current ones. When you click New Type or Edit, a dialog appears
- that lets you
- add or modify information such as file suffix extensions or
- actions associated
- with a helper application or plug-in. If you click New Type, the
- dialog appears
- with empty fields. If you click Edit, the dialog appears with the
- properties for
- the selected application.
-
- To add a new application and associated file type:
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- Click the New Type button (New on the Mac OS and Unix) to display
- an empty
- dialog for adding information about a new application.
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- Type the kind of file or file type in the Description of Type
- field.
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- Type the common suffix or suffixes used by the file type in the
- File Extension
- field (Suffixes on the Mac OS and Unix).
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- Type the file type or MIME type in the MIME Type field.
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- On Windows, type (or use the Browse button to select) the location
- of the
- application capable of interpreting files of this type in the
- Application to Use
- field.
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- On the Mac OS and Unix, select an action in the Handled By area of
- the panel. To
- specify an application to interpret files, select the Application
- Radio button
- and click Choose. On the Mac OS, you can also specify a type from
- the File Type
- pop-up menu.
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- Click OK to store the new information.
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- To edit an existing application and associated file type:
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- 1.Select one helper application from the panel's list.
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- 2.Click the Edit button to display a dialog for changing the
- information
- associated with the selected item. The dialog displays the suffix
- extensions
- used by the selected item.
-
- 3.Edit the file type or MIME type in the MIME Type field.
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- 4.Select an action in the Handled By area of the panel. You can
- designate:
- Navigator. This opens the downloaded file in the content area if
- the file's
- format is supported. Save to Disk: This saves a file to disk after
- the file is
- downloaded. Application. This opens the application at the
- specified location
- using the downloaded file as its document. Click the Browse button
- to select the
- location of the launch application.
-
- 5.Select the Ask Me before opening downloaded files of this type.
- Check box if
- you want a dialog box notification before downloading files that
- are handled by
- applications other than Navigator.
-
- 6.Click OK to store the new information.
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- To remove an existing application and associated file type:
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- 1.Select one helper application from the panel's list.
-
- 2.Click the Remove button (Delete on the Mac OS and Unix). A
- warning dialog
- informs you of the consequences of deleting a helper application.
-
- 3.Click OK to remove the application.
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- To specify a folder for downloaded applications:
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- (This capability is available only on the Mac OS and Unix.)
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- Click Choose to specify the location of the Downloads folder.
- Before a helper
- application runs, Communicator temporarily stores application
- files on disk.
- After the helper application exits, Communicator deletes the
- files. The Choose
- button lets you select a new default folder if, for example, your
- default disk
- is short on space and you want to store temporary files in another
- location.
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