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- Shortcuts and Hints
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- NAVIGATION
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- Several shortcuts have been built into CD-Runner to help an experienced user
- more quickly navigate through screens and options. One of the biggest shortcuts
- involves the mouse; although you can use the pulldown menus and/or command
- buttons to access everything in CD-Runner, a faster and more efficient way is
- to click directly on the item or "hotspot" on the screen. These hotspots are
- easy to spot; when the mouse is moved over one, the mousepointer will change
- from the default arrow pointer to a "hand" pointer.
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- For example, in the Audio CD player you may click on the Menu button and then
- click on the CD Jacket button to select a desired display type, or you may
- left-click the mouse on either the CD Jacket text in the music calendar window
- or directly on the display itself to directly bring up the display selection box,
- saving a step in the process.
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- Another useful hotspot is the Audio CD and CD-ROM Runner disc drawers; simply
- left-click the mouse on this hotspot to eject the audio CD or CD-ROM. Note that
- you can also identify the hotspots by bringing up the CD-Runner help module
- (press function key F1 anywhere in CD-Runner to see context-sensitive help).
- Simply move the mouse to the different parts of the faceplates and a pop-up
- help box will display the hotspot and describe its function.
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- Note that both left AND right mouse clicks are available on some hotspot areas.
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- TIPS
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- The CD-Runner Main Menu screen includes a Tips popup box. Even if you have
- disabled the "display on startup" option on the tips box, you may view any or
- all of the tips by selecting the Main Menu Tips option.
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- The following tips are available:
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- 1. To move the Audio CD, CD-ROM, RD or Media Runner faceplates, simply click
- and hold down the left mouse button and move the faceplate to the desired
- position.
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- 2. To re-center the Audio CD, CD-ROM, RD or Media Runner faceplates, simply
- click the right mouse button on the faceplate.
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- 3. To exit or quit a screen, press the Esc key (this is the same as clicking
- on the Cancel, Quit or Exit command buttons).
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- 4. To get help at any time, press function key F1.
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- 5. To access the menu bar selections or commands buttons using the keyboard,
- press and hold down the Alt key and press the letter which is underlined
- (e.g. press "Alt F" to access the "File" menu selection).
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- 6. To play a movie file (*.avi or *.mmm) or a wave or midi file directly,
- enter the command line "CDLAUNCH <drive\path\filename>"
- (e.g. CDLAUNCH C:\WINDOWS\MEDIA\CLOUDS.MID). This will load the Media Runner
- and automatically play the file.
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- 7. To run an application using CD-Runner directly, enter the command line
- "CDLAUNCH <drive\path\filename>" (e.g. CDLAUNCH C:\WINDOWS\WORDPAD.EXE).
- This will run the specified application and unload CD-Runner.
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- 8. To change your default Web Browser for use with CD-Runner, access the
- Setup-Advanced section.
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- 9. If you minimize the Audio CD or Media Runners while they are playing a
- desired selection, a convenient popup volume and track control will be
- displayed on top of all screens. This allows you to change volume or
- access the track commands while using another Windows application.
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- 10. To move to any position in an Audio CD or Media Runner track, click directly
- on the horizontal status bar (under the track number and time display).
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- 11. If you are using multiple CD-ROM or Removable Drives, if you originally
- entered a new application on the default drive and later place the CD-ROM or
- RD in a different drive, CD-Runner will automatically find it and run it.
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- 12. All hotspots in CD-Runner are designated by a "Hand" mousepointer. Any time
- the mousepointer changes from a arrow-type pointer to a hand, you may click
- directly on the text or graphic to perform the associated action.
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- 13. Click directly on the Audio CD or CD-ROM Runner Disc Drawer to automatically
- eject the CD in the default drive.
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- 14. Click directly on any time display to change it's format type (e.g. click on
- time when in elapsed mode to change to a remaining time display).
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- 15. When playing a movie in the Media Runner, click and hold the left mouse button
- and move the playback screen or faceplate to any desired position. Click the
- right mouse button on either screen or faceplate to re-center both.
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- 16. If there is no CD in the primary drive and the Disc Prompt screen is shown, you
- may click on the "Ejected CD" icon to automatically load the CD and close the
- drive door if you are using a "caddyless" CD-ROM drive.
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- 17. You can easily turn your PC into a screen saver which plays audio CDs by using
- the "CD-Jacket" option in the Audio CD Runner Library and selecting a directory
- containing your favorite bitmap (BMP) files!
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- 18. To hide the CD-ROM and RD Runners control panel, click anywhere on the recessed
- panel. To open the door, click anywhere on the door panel. You may also set the
- default control panel door state (open or closed) in the Setup section.
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- 19. To remove the "on-top" volume and track controls popup screen (visible when
- Media or Audio CD Runners are minimized and playing), click the right mouse
- button on the popup screen.
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- 20. You may remove the main CD-Runner screen from loading and go directly to the
- Audio CD or CD-ROM Runners by changing the "display main menu on startup"
- checkbox in the Setup section.
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- 21. You can easily modify the colors and/or fonts used on all of the CD-Runner
- faceplates and Disc Prompt screen by accessing the "Customize" option in the
- Setup section.
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- 22. The CD-Runner background wallpaper used may be changed (select new bitmap or
- BMP file), eliminated, set to a custom solid color, tiled or stretched to
- fit full screen in the Setup section.
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- 23. You may select a custom Mixer to be used with CD-Runner or modify the internal
- CD-Runner volume control options in the Setup section.
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- 24. The CD-Runner Setup section contains an "Advanced" section which allows you to
- set your Web Browser, Enhanced CD players and Password and other Miscellaneous
- options.
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- 25. Click the left mouse button on the Title or Description display in any of the
- faceplates to display a drop-down selection box to select songs, movies,
- applications, etc..
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- 26. If you are using the background wallpaper, you may minimize or restore it by
- clicking on the "WP-On" or "WP-Off" hotspots in the faceplate display windows.
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- 27. To register CD-Runner to be used by the Windows 95 Autoplay feature, select
- "My Computer", "View", "Options", "File Types", and "Audio CD"; highlight
- "Play", click "Edit" and in the "Application Used..." line type:
- C:\CDRUNNER\CDLAUNCH.EXE (or if using a different CDRUNNER directory
- enter the correct name).
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- 28. If CD-Runner is registered to be used by the Windows 95 Autoplay feature, then
- you may use the Windows Explorer to display the Audio tracks on the CD loaded
- & launch the Audio CD Runner to play a desired track simply by clicking on it.
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- 29. To launch the Audio CD Runner directly from Windows, setup a shortcut using the
- following command line: C:\CDRUNNER\CDLAUNCH.EXE AUDIOCD (or if using a
- different CDRUNNER directory enter the correct name).
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- 30. To add CD-Runner to your Start button, right mouse click on the Windows taskbar,
- select "Properties", "Start Menu Programs", "Add", at command line box enter
- CD-Runner executable (e.g. "C:\CDRUNNER\CDLAUNCH.EXE") or Browse, select
- the Folder to place CD-Runner in (or create new folder), and enter a shortcut
- name (e.g. "CD-Runner").
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- 31. To launch an Audio CD or CD-ROM and bypass all CD-Runner screens, use the
- CD-Runner Lite menu option (Start/CD-Runner Applications/CD-Runner Lite).
- Note that CD-ROMs must initially be setup in CD-Runner to use this option.
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- 32. To create a "CD Runner Lite" shortcut, add a new shortcut using the following
- command line: C:\CDRUNNER\CDLAUNCH.EXE CDLITE (or if using a different
- CDRUNNER directory enter the correct name).
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