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- Welcome to Clip-Art Connection, the most comprehensive
- online source of clip-art images available today.
- Preview thumbnail sketches of clip-art images from
- over a dozen respected publishers off-line, then download
- individual images via modem, or order entire libraries.
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- CONTENTS of the README FILE
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-
- This README file is organized into two short sections:
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- Section 1: Contains important information about
- your FREE subscription to Clip-Art
- Connection as a TestDrive user.
-
- Section 2: Offers a couple of Clip-Art Connection tips.
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- SECTION 1
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- FREE SUBSCRIPTIONS FOR TESTDRIVE USERS
-
- As a TestDriver user, ConnectSoft guarantees you a free
- subscription to Clip-Art Connection, a $25.00 savings.
-
- All you have to do to take advantage of this special offer is to:
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- 1. Install Clip-Art Connection and turn on your modem.
-
- 2. Click the NEW USER button on the main Clip-Art Connection
- screen and fill in the dialogs that follow. Once you have
- completed the COMMUNICATIONS SETTINGS dialog, Clip-Art
- Connection will try to access the ConnectSoft Server.
-
- Once you are logged on, the ConnectSoft Server will give you
- a User ID that entitles you purchase and download over 30,000
- images, including over 100 FREE IMAGES. You should definitely
- take advantage of all the free images to test the software and
- to find out how easy it is to have thousands and thousands of
- clip-art images at your fingertips 24 hours a day, seven days
- a week.
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- SECTION 2
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- 1. Using clip-art in your applications.
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- 2. Let keyword searches speed up your work.
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- 3. Keeping your database up-to-date with free upgrades.
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- 4. What to do if you need help.
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- 5. Contacting ConnectSoft with your suggestions.
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- USING CLIP-ART IN YOUR APPLICATIONS
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- If you are fairly new to the world of clip-art, take a
- few minutes to read the documentation that came with your
- word processor, illustration program etc., to find out
- which graphic file format(s) it will allow you to use.
- Most applications have a limited set of graphics filters.
- In other words, they will only let you work with graphics
- that have been formatted in a very specific way.
-
- Some of the file formats available to you through Clip-Art
- Connection include: .EPS, .AI, .CDR, .CGM, .TIF, .DRW,
- .PCX, and .TBK.
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- Before you download an image, make sure your application
- can display and/or print the file. Probably the most
- universally accepted format is .EPS (Encapsulated PostScript).
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- Many Windows applications allow you to import graphic files
- directly into your work, but others do not. In those cases,
- you may need to place the image in a graphics application first,
- copy the image to the clipboard, then paste it into your work.
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- LET KEYWORD SEARCHES SPEED UP YOUR WORK
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- The Keyword Search is the easiest way to find just the right
- image quickly. If your search does not succeed right away,
- try using another variation of the keyword. Even try what may
- at first seem to be an offbeat chance.
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- KEEPING YOUR DATABASE UP-TO-DATE WITH FREE UPGRADES
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- To keep your software, your local database, and the "What's
- New" file up-to-date, log on to the ConnectSoft server
- regularly.
-
- It is not necessary to make a purchase through Clip-Art
- Connection in order to receive a free upgrade.
-
- We add new vendors every couple of months, so if you haven't
- logged on for a while, a search for an image may fail on your
- local database even though the master database has been updated
- to include the image.
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- WHAT TO DO IF YOU NEED HELP
-
- Almost all Clip-Art Connection screens and dialogs have a HELP
- button. Each button ties into a text file that explains the
- function of the current screen/dialog, and details how to use
- each field.
-
- If the HELP does not answer your question, please contact us
- at any one of the following:
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- Telephone: 1-800-234-9497
- FAX: 1-206-869-0252
- Internet: techsupp@adonis.com
- CompuServe: 71333,2244
- MCI Mail: 586-6931
- PRODIGY: ABSD54A
-
- In addition, ConnectSoft maintains a forum in CompuServe.
- The forum is in a subsection of the WINAPB forum and contains
- technical and user support information. To enter the forum,
- log on to CompuServe and type GO WINAPB at the prompt. Select
- OPTIONS, then select SECTION. Choose ConnectSoft.
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- SUGGESTIONS?
-
- If your favorite clip-art publisher is not on our system,
- please contact us at any of the numbers above. We will try
- to add the publisher to our libraries as soon as possible.