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- Welcome to Hello Kitty Big Fun Shapes & Numbers
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- Technical Requirements
- Windows 3.1 or higher:
- CD-ROM drive
- 640 x 480 or higher video card w/ 256 colors
- 100% Windows compatible Sound Card (Sound Blaster or other make)
- 4 MB RAM (minimum), 8MB recommended (Win 95 requires a minimum of 8MB RAM)
- 2 MB Hard Disk space available.
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- Shapes & Numbers MANUAL:
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- We developed Big Fun Shapes & Numbers with Lucinda Karstedt, a twelve
- year veteran computer teacher at the elementary school level. Lucinda
- directed the educational content working with our animators and
- programmers throughout each step of development.
-
- Lucinda insisted on three things:
- 1. The program must include a variety of essential disciplines
- taught with solid educational methods.
- 2. A three year-old child must be able to use the program
- independently, as well as with an adult.
- 3. The program must be fun.
-
- We think we've succeeded, but we need to know what you think. Please
- contact us and give us your opinions, suggestions and comments.
- We welcome your thoughts.
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- Installation
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- Insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive. Double click on the File Manager
- (located in the Main Program Group). Click on the drive icon where the
- CD is located. Double click on INSTALL.exe. The installer program will
- then ask if you wish to install the entire program onto your hard drive
- or just the support files.
-
- Please note that while installing Hello Kitty Big Fun Shapes & Numbers
- onto your hard drive may improve performance, the program requires
- 12 MB of hard disk space. After installation is completed you will see
- a new Program Group in Program Manager named Hello Kitty, and an icon
- named Hello Kitty Big Fun.
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- Starting the Fun
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- Double click on the Hello Kitty Big Fun icon. The Big Top dancing logo
- will greet you. Click at any time to go to the opening animation. Click
- again to enter Hello Kitty's playroom.
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- The Blocks represent the Big Fun Shapes activity. The Chalkboard
- signifies the Big Fun Numbers activity. Simply click on the activity
- of your choice to begin playing.
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- Quitting
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- To quit any of the programs, first click on the little house located in
- the upper right corner of the main screen. Once you are in Hello Kitty's
- playroom, click on the teddy bear icon in the lower right corner of your
- screen.
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- Big Fun Shapes
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- Levels
- To change the level of difficulty, click on the number of the level you
- wish to enter, located in the upper left corner. If you continue to
- answer correctly, the level will advance automatically.
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- Level One teaches shape and color recognition using large shapes in a
- puzzle format. You will see either different shapes or colors, and will
- be asked to click on the correct one.
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- Level Two teaches advanced color and shape recognition by combining
- different shapes with different colors. Level Two also changes the sizes
- of various shapes.
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- Level Three is the most difficult of the three levels, integrating shape
- and color recognition. You will be asked to find a particular shape or
- color within a scene. Click once on the correct object to select your
- answer.
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- Big Fun Numbers
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- Changing the Scene
- To change scenes, locate the miniature picture in the upper left
- corner of the screen. Click once on the picture to go to a different
- scene.
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- Levels
- To change the level of difficulty, click the number on the level meter
- in the upper left corner of the screen. If you continue to answer
- correctly, the level will advance automatically.
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- Level One teaches counting and number recognition. The narrator will ask
- you to choose a number on the screen. The numbers will then be counted
- by the narrator, using different objects, familiarizing you with counting.
- To change the item being counted, click on either the right or left blue
- arrow, underneath the HOME button, which looks like a picture of a little
- house.
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- Level Two teaches basic adding and subtracting. The narrator will ask how
- many items are on the screen. Select the correct amount by clicking on
- the appropriate number at the top of the screen.
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- Level Three introduces complex addition, subtraction, number recognition,
- and keyboard skills. Like Level Two, a combination of objects appear at
- the same time. After the objects appear on the screen, enter your answer
- using the keyboard and then press the ENTER key.
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- Trouble Shooting Guide
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- RAM: 4MB or higher, 8MB recommended
- Windows 3.1 or higher : YES
- Hard Disk Space: 2MB or more free
- Video Card w/ latest drivers: 640 x 480 or higher, with 256 colors
- Sound Card w/ latest drivers: YES
- Other Applications: OFF
- Windows 3.11 users: Make sure you are running with 32-Bit Disk Access
- and 32-Bit File Access on. (Located in the 386 Enhanced Mode Control
- Panel).
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- Also Included on this CD is Under The Big Top. In Under The Big Top
- you can watch demos of our other fine programs. Also included in
- Under The Big Top is an interactive demo of Big Top's Cartoon Toolbox
- Starring Felix the Cat!
-
- Awarded Best of Show at MacWorld '95 by the Boston Computer Society,
- the Cartoon Toolbox lets users easily create their own professional
- looking cartoons. It's packed with hundreds of character animations,
- special effects, props, sound effects, music and more. All the
- characters from the original TV series are also here: The Professor,
- Poindexter, Rock Bottom, Master Cylinder, Vavoom and, of course,
- Felix the Cat.
-
- The Cartoon Toolbox is so easy to use, you'll make great cartoons the
- first time you use it! Standard editing concepts are presented in a
- manner that anyone can grasp immediately. You can edit frames,
- characters, backgrounds, music and effects. Simple visual tools allow
- you to add or delete at any time. You can also save and edit up to
- 8,949 cartoons! The Export feature includes a Cartoon Projector which
- allows you to play your cartoons on any computer without having the
- Cartoon Toolbox software installed. Thus, you can easily share your
- cartoons with your friends and family.
-
- To fully appreciate the Cartoon Toolbox, you have to play with it.
- This demo gives you a taste. We've included animation clips of almost
- every character, props, special effects, and one background music loop.
- The red DEMO banner indicates which of these you can use. To access the
- rest, you'll have to buy the full product. But, we think once you've
- played a little, you'll want more!
-
- If you have any questions or want to find out about ordering please call
- us at 1-800-900-PLAY or e-mail us at info@bigtop.com.
-
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- Getting Started:
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- Creating your own cartoons is as easy as 1-2-3 using Big Top's Cartoon
- Toolbox! With a few swift clicks of the mouse, you'll be well on your
- way.
-
- Here's how:
- 1) Click on the big Felix Button.
- Just as an artist has a palette of colors to paint a picture, the Cartoon
- Toolbox provides you with palettes of animated characters to make your
- cartoon.
- 2) Click on one of the Felix animated clips marked with a red DEMO
- banner to begin your cartoon. You'll notice that Felix has now become
- your mouse cursor. He's ready for you to direct him across the stage.
- 3) Find a point on the stage where you want to begin animating Felix.
- Now CLICK and DRAG Felix across the stage. Clicking and dragging within
- the Cartoon Toolbox is the same as clicking and dragging on your desktop,
- or in any paint or draw program.
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- To see your new animation, go to the CONTROL AREA below the stage.
- Click on the REWIND button, then click on the PLAY button.
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- Congratulations! You just made your first cartoon starring Felix the Cat!
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- There is more to learn, so the full product comes with an easy-to-read,
- illustrated manual that will explain all of the tricks in Big Top's
- Cartoon Toolbox
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- Big Fun
- PRODUCERS
- Rob Pratt & Cynthia Decker
- EXECUTIVE PRODUCERS
- Jake Myrick & Jim Myrick
- PRODUCT MANAGERS
- Noriko Kamei & Gary Manfredi
- GRAPHICS AND ANIMATION
- Sonny Sta. Maria, Noriko Kamei, Arnel Torres, Luis Liwanag
- & Margene Filson
- PROGRAMMING
- Gary Manfredi, Marc Blanchard, & Ian Bigelow
- NARRATION
- Deanna Grams
- MUSIC & SOUND EFFECTS
- Jeff Essex
- SPECIAL THANKS (in alphabetical order)
- Robert Bactad, Robert Dellas, Erica Eusebio, Mary Leigh Henneberry,
- Lucinda Karstedt, Lori Ludington, Christine Nagle, Warren Pfahl,
- Jonathan Schwartz, Matt Sloan, Peter Sylwester, Lisa Van Cleef,
- Joe Vella, David Wallington, and everyone else who helped
- make this product!
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- Copyright ⌐1994 Big Top Productions, LP. All rights reserved.
- All other company names and product names are the property of their
- respective holders. Hello Kitty¿ is a registered trademark of Sanrio Co.,
- Ltd. Used under license. ⌐1976, 1994 Sanrio Co, Ltd. Not for Broadcast
- transmission. Big Top Productions, Inc. has made the instructions and
- information in this guide as accurate as possible. However, Big Top
- Productions, Inc. disclaims any warranty of any kind as to any matter
- relating to this user guide. Big Top Productions, Inc. reserves the right
- to make changes of any kind to the software described in this manual
- without notifying purchaser. It is a violation of Federal Law to make
- any copies of the mentioned software, except for the recommended back up
- copy, without the express written permission of Big Top Productions.
- This manual may not be reproduced in any form or by any means without
- the express written permission of Big Top Productions.
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- Technical Support
- If you are still having technical difficulties, please call our technical
- support department at (415) 995-9747, Monday to Friday 9am-5pm Pacific
- Standard Time.
- You may also send a fax to (415) 978-5353.
- Or mail questions or comments to:
- Big Top Productions 548 Fourth Street San Francisco California 94107
-