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- IconForge
- "The Ultimate Icon Editor for Windows"
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- * IMPORTANT INFORMATION *
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- CONTENTS
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- * About IconForge
- * Installing IconForge
- * Customer Services & Technical Support
- * Purchasing/Registering IconForge
- * Other Products from CursorArts Company
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- About IconForge
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- IconForge, from CursorArts Company, is quite simply the best, most
- comprehensive utility available for creating and editing Windows
- format cursors, icons, multi-resolution icons, animated
- icons/cursors, and bitmap images. Its tools include: brush, line,
- curve, polygon, circle, rectangles, flood, color replacement fill,
- color eraser, smudge, scatter, rotate, flip, area select, text,
- nudge, zoom and more. Transparent and inverse video effect areas
- may be easily painted onto images to allow backgrounds to show
- through. Works with multiple icons at the same time for easy cut and
- paste between images. Special effects filters such as whirlpool,
- tile, mosaic and sharpen/unsharpen help to make painting your own
- icon-sized pictures a snap, and common animation effects may be
- produced automatically! IconForge handles ICO format icons (it will
- even read Win 2x and OS/2 ICO formats), Cursors (CUR), animated
- Icon/Cursor (ANI), Cursor Library (CUL) and Icon Library (ICL) files.
- IconForge imports from and exports to BMP, GIF, PCX, JPG, TIF, and
- PNG format bitmap images. Animation formats supported include AVI, FLC,
- FLI, and animated GIF. It can also read images from and write to Windows
- EXE, DLL, OCX, VBX, DRV and CPL files. Images may be edited in standard
- and custom sizes from 8x8 to 72x72 and in resolutions from 2-color up
- to 24-bit (16-million) color. Icons and cursors may also be exported
- as stand-alone EXE's (complete with Setup and Viewer utilities).
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- Requires Windows 9x/NT4 compatible (both 16 and 32-bit versions
- are included with purchase). $37.95 + S&H
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- INSTALLING IconForge
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- Before you can begin using IconForge you must run the IconForge
- Setup program from Windows. In most cases you cannot simply copy
- the software onto your hard drive. The files on the CursorArts
- distribution disks are stored in a special compressed form to
- save space. The Setup program is the only way to insure that
- IconForge is properly unpacked and installed. To install
- IconForge, follow the steps below:
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- 1. Start Windows.
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- 2. If you received IconForge on diskette, place it into
- the floppy drive now. If you downloaded IconForge in
- archived format, use FileWrangler or PKUNZIP to uncompress
- the files to a working directory on your hard disk.
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- 3. Activate the Start button, File Manager or Explorer.
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- 4. Select "Run..." from the "Start" menu or File Manager.
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- 5. In the "Command Line" field enter one of the following:
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- - If you placed the IconForge diskette into drive
- A:, type: A:\SETUP
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- - If you placed the IconForge diskette into drive
- B:, type: B:\SETUP
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- - If you downloaded IconForge, type:
- C:\DIRNAME\SETUP (Remember to replace DIRNAME with the name
- of the directory where you uncompressed the IconForge.)
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- 6. Follow the instructions on the screen.
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- 7. If you decide not to continue to use IconForge, open the Windows
- Control Panel and click on the Add/Remove Programs icon, then
- select IconForge from the list to remove it from your system.
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- CUSTOMER SERVICES & TECHNICAL SUPPORT
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- CursorArts Company provides its registered software customers with free
- technical support. We also provide limited technical support to
- persons evaluating our products during the 30 day trial period.
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- We do, however, strongly encourage people to purchase a full version
- of IconForge. Software development and support is very expensive and
- we need your help if we are to continue to provide quality programs
- at affordable prices. If you haven't already, please take a few
- moments to register. This will assure you of eligibility for
- technical support, product update notification, special discounts,
- new product announcements, etc.
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- However, if you are experiencing problems, please contact our
- technical support department so that we can solve your problem
- BEFORE you purchase. Purchasing can solve many problems but it
- does not always endow the program with features and functions that
- do not exist.
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- If you should encounter a technical problem or question not covered
- in the manual or on-line help, you may use one of the following
- avenues to obtain technical assistance:
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- MAIL POSTAL CORRESPONDENCE TO:
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- CursorArts Company
- Customer Support
- P.O. Box 1379
- Bend, OR 97709-1379
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- TELEPHONE SUPPORT:
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- Technical support and product update information are available
- between the hours of 9:00 AM and 5:00 PM (Pacific Standard Time),
- Monday through Friday.
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- Please have the following information available for the support
- staff when you call:
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- * Brand name and model of your computer system, mouse, video
- adapter and monitor.
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- * Operating system (DOS & Windows) version numbers.
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- * A listing of the contents of your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS
- files.
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- * A description of the problem, how it occurred, and how to
- reproduce it.
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- Telephone support may be obtained by calling (541) 383-7156. You
- may also FAX your questions to (541) 388-7366 (24 hours).
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- INTERNET BASED SERVICES:
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- Technical support, updates, product information and evaluation
- copies of all our products are available from the following on-line
- services:
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- Internet E-Mail:
- techsup@cursorarts.com
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- World Wide Web:
- http://www.cursorarts.com/
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- PURCHASING/REGISTERING IconForge
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- If you purchased a registered copy of IconForge, a registration
- card was included in the package. Please take a moment to complete
- the card and mail it to:
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- CursorArts Company
- Customer Registration
- P.O. Box 1379
- Bend, Oregon 97709-1379.
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- This will enter you as a registered user in our records and insure
- that you receive technical support, major upgrade notices and
- information about future products.
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- If you received IconForge from a friend, BBS, catalog or anywhere
- other than from CursorArts Company or an authorized commercial software
- dealer or distributor, you may evaluate the program for a period of
- up to 30 days before purchasing the product.
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- To obtain a complete IconForge package including serial number and
- manual call CursorArts Company at (541) 383-7156. We can process your order
- with VISA or MasterCard over the phone. The purchase price of IconForge
- is $37.95 + $5 U.S. Mail or $9 FedEx 2 Day for shipping & handling.
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- For international shipments please include:
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- $5 Air Mail for Canada and Mexico;
- $13 Air Mail for all other nations.
- (see IconForge's Help for other shipping options)
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- If you prefer, FAX your order to us at (541) 388-7366. If you would like
- to mail a check or money order, make sure it's drawn against a U.S. bank
- in U.S. funds. Our address is:
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- CursorArts Company
- P.O. Box 1379
- Bend, Oregon 97709-1379
- U.S.A.
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- You may also purchase IconForge from any one of our many dealers
- worldwide. For a list of dealers see the IconForge.HLP file, or visit our
- internet site at http://www.cursorarts.com/ca_order.html
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- LICENSE, WARRANTY, COPYRIGHT AND TRADEMARKS
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- Your use of IconForge is governed by a License which appears before
- you install IconForge and in the user manual. If you purchased
- IconForge, a limited warranty is also included to cover the original
- IconForge disks. Please read these documents before using IconForge.
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- Copyright CursorArts Company 1997, 1999. All Rights Reserved.
- This software and all accompanying documentation are protected by
- both United States and International Copyright laws and treaties.
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- IconForge, ActivIcons, ActivLibrary, ImageForge and CursorArts are
- trademarks of CursorArts Company. All other brand names are trademarks
- of their respective owners.
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- OTHER GREAT PRODUCTS FROM CURSORARTS COMPANY
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- Evaluation copies of most CursorArts Company products can be obtained from
- better vendors or downloaded from most major on-line services, as well as
- on the Internet (http://www.cursorarts.com/). For additional information,
- pricing or dealer information contact the CursorArts Sales Department
- at (541) 383-7156.
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- Thank you for supporting CursorArts Company Products
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