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- WELCOME TO RESOURCE PRO(r) v2.2
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- This document contains the following information:
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- - WHAT IS RESOURCE PRO?
- - SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR INDIVIDUAL SOFTWARE COMPONENTS
- - INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
- - KNOWN ISSUES
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- WHAT IS RESOURCE PRO?
- Resource Pro consists of a set of tools to make your job
- of teaching easier. The tools are
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- Planning Express (r)
- * Customize your lesson plans
- * Automatically create schedules for your classes
- * Import local objectives
- Local Objectives Editor
- * View national and state objectives
- * Customize national and state objectives
- * Enter your own local objectives
- Teaching Resources Library
- * Support your teaching with thousands of pages of resource material
- * Print resources for classroom use
- Computer Test Bank
- * Quickly create practice tests and exams
- * Utilize Prentice Hall developed questions or create your own
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- Use the Resource Pro CD-ROM in school or at home to plan your
- lessons and view resources normally found in many separate resource booklets.
- The Teaching Resources Library allows you to quickly see all of the resources for a chapter
- or lesson. You can also search the entire library using a quick and efficient search engine.
- Print only what you need.
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- How do I register my software?
- There are two ways of doing this.
- 1. BY MAIL OR FAX. Print the "Mail_fax.pdf" file and complete the form.
- This file is found in the "Registration" folder on the CD-ROM.
- 2. ON-LINE. Make sure that you are on the Internet first. Then open the
- file "Using Netscape" or "Using Explorer" (Mac users) or "Online.htm" (Windows
- users). Fill out the form and click on the Submit button.
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- What do I need to view the resources in the Teaching Resources Library?
- Adobe(r) Acrobat(r) Reader is required for viewing and printing Teaching Resources Library
- files. Acrobat Reader 4.05 is included on the Resource Pro CD.
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- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS FOR INDIVIDUAL SOFTWARE COMPONENTS
- Note: All of these components are installed by Resource Pro when you select the
- full installation. Minimum requirements and supported operating systems may
- vary between components.
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- Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.05
- (For use in viewing Teaching Resources Library materials)
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- Windows System Requirements
- Minimum Requirements
- * i486 processor-based personal computer
- * Microsoft(r) Windows 95, 98 or 2000
- * 8 MB RAM
- * 10 MB available hard disk space
- Recommended Requirements
- * Pentium processor-based personal computer
- * 16 MB RAM
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- Supported Operating Systems
- Windows 95, 98, NT4.0 Service Pack 3 or later
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- Macintosh System Requirements
- Minimum Requirements
- * Apple Power Macintosh computer
- * 4.5 MB RAM
- * 8 MB available hard disk space
- Recommended Requirements
- * 6.5 MB RAM
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- Supported Operating Systems
- Apple System Software version 7.1.2 or later
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- Planning Express version 2.2
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- Windows System Requirements
- Minimum Requirements
- * Pentium processor-based personal computer
- * Monitor capable of a minimum of 640 x 480 resolution at 256 colors
- * 16 MB RAM
- * 14 MB available hard disk space
- * Double speed CD-ROM drive
- Recommended Requirements
- * Monitor capable of 16-Bit or higher color resolution
- * 32 MB RAM
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- Supported Operating Systems
- * Microsoft Windows 95, 98, or 2000
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- Macintosh System Requirements
- Minimum Requirements
- * 68040 processor or faster
- * Monitor capable of a minimum of 640 x 480 resolution at 256 colors
- * 16 MB RAM
- * 14 MB hard disk space
- * Double speed CD-ROM drive
- Recommended Requirements
- * Monitor capable of 16-Bit or higher color resolution
- * 32 MB RAM
- * 16 MB available hard disk space
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- Supported Operating Systems
- * System 7.5.3 or later
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- INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS
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- GETTING STARTED
- If you do not already have the Adobe Acrobat Reader 4.05 (or later) software
- with Search installed, you need to install it at this time.
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- Windows
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- Installation
- (Do this the first time you use the Resource Pro.)
- 1. Turn off disk-security, virus-protection, and screen-saver programs, as well
- as any other open program(s).
- 2. Insert the Resource Pro CD into your CD-ROM drive.
- 3. Click on your Start button and select Run from the pop-up menu.
- 4. Type: "d:\setup" (where "d" is the letter of your CD-ROM drive) and click
- on OK to continue.
- 5. Follow the directions on your screen. Choose the file path where you want to install
- the Resource Pro.
- 6. Deselect any components you do not wish to install. You can always install them later
- by running the installer again.
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- Windows Quick Start
- (Do this if you have already installed the Resource Pro and Adobe
- Acrobat Reader software.)
- 1. Insert the Resource Pro CD into your CD-ROM drive.
- 2. From your Start menu, select Programs, and then Prentice Hall.
- 3. Select the course level to start the software.
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- Macintosh
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- Installation
- (Do this the first time you use the Resource Pro.)
- 1. Turn off disk-security, virus-protection, and screen-saver programs, as well
- as any other open program(s).
- 2. Insert the Resource Pro CD into your CD-ROM drive.
- 3. Double-click on the Installer icon.
- 4. Follow the installation instructions that appear on the screen.
- 5. a. Custom install will allow you to select individual parts of the Resource Pro
- software package. This procedure may leave off vital portions of the program and
- is only recommended for Advanced users.
- b. Easy install is the recommended option. This will install all necessary
- components of the Resource Pro software package onto your system. Using this method,
- you can still skip the installation of Adobe Acrobat Reader if you already have
- version 4.05 installed on your system. Do this by clicking "Decline" on the license
- agreement page of Acrobat Reader's installer program.
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- Macintosh Quick Start
- (Do this if you have already installed the Resource Pro and Adobe
- Acrobat Reader software.)
- 1. Insert the Resource Pro CD into your CD-ROM drive.
- 2. Locate the Prentice Hall Resource Pro folder.
- 3. Open the folder and double-click on the Resource Pro icon for the course level you want.
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- KNOWN ISSUES
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- Windows:
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- 1. Creating custom lesson plans will create a lesson one day in length.
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- 2. Color problems sometimes occur when the monitor is set to 16-bit or 256 colors.
- See recommended system requirements.
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- 3. When using the calendar within Planning Express, if the selected date is the
- 31st day of a month and you attempt to advance one month, the calendar will actually
- advance two months.
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- 4. When using the Local Objectives Editor to export local objectives to a
- diskette, make sure there is a sufficient amount of space on the diskette. The application
- will attempt to copy the file but it will not report an error if there is
- insufficient space.
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- 5. Local objectives files are becoming corrupt when sent via Netscape mail.
- You must compress and encrypt the file prior to transfer, or use
- another mail service.
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- 6. When entering comments about a class, you must use the Ctl+Enter method to enter a line break.
- Hitting the enter key will have the same effect as clicking the OK button.
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- 7. Occasionally when moving a viewable resource from the Lesson Summary into the
- Resource Library, the View button will become disabled. To remedy this, simply
- select a different resource from any list and then select the resource that you
- wish to view. This will enable the button.
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- 8. When installing on Windows 95 or 98, clicking on the Browse button to select a
- directory may cause the following (rare) Operating System error:
- Mprexe Caused an Invalid Page Fault in Module Kernel32.dll.
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- 9. Creating a new lesson plan over an old lesson plan while its Resource Library
- is open causes new lesson plan to appear with disabled Resource Library. Clicking on
- the Resource Library tab causes application to regain focus and allows normal functionality.
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- CAUSE: This behavior can occur if your password list (PWL) file is damaged.
- RESOLUTION: To resolve this issue, use the following steps:
- 1.Click Start, point to Find, and then click Files Or Folders.
- 2.In the Named box, type *.pwl, and then click Find Now.
- 3.In the list of found files, right-click each file, and then click Delete.
- Repeat step 3 until all of the .pwl files are deleted.
- 4.On the File menu, click Close.
- 5.Restart the computer. The password list files are re-created automatically
- when you log on to Windows.
- 6.Download the Mspwlupd.exe file from the following Microsoft Web site, and
- then double-click the file to run it: http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q187/9/65.ASP
- NOTE: You do not need to perform this step if you are running Windows 98.
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- Please note that this error is an internal Operating System error.
- Please contact Microsoft if this fix does not work for you.
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- Macintosh:
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- 1. Certain low memory conditions may prompt a -108 error message to appear
- and the Teacher's Resource Planner to close. If this happens, close any other
- open programs and try running the Teacher's Resource Planner again.
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- 2. Objectives viewed in Planning Express may sometimes not fit in the viewable
- window, and scrollbars do not appear. Users may view the text by scrolling with
- the cursor arrow or by dragging with the mouse.
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- 3. Do not use the Local Objectives Editor while Planning Express is open. It
- will appear to function normally, but changes will not be saved.
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- 4. When using the search feature of Adobe Acrobat, if you have several copies of
- Resource Pro installed on your machine, make sure that the only index selected is
- for the course that you are currently using. Having multiple indexes selected can
- cause problems with Acrobat, potentially damaging Acrobat system files.
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- 5. The grey (inactive) items in the file menu reading "Recent Document" are simply
- programmatic placeholders for any classes you have recently opened. After opening more
- than one class file, the list will be populated with the class names, replacing the
- "Recent Document" text.
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- 6. Under certain conditions the boundary limit on the calendar year will not operate
- properly. Moving from the year 2039 to 2040 will occasionally roll the year back to 1904.
- If this happens, use the buttons to reselect the current year and continue using the
- program as usual.
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- For Resource Pro CDs containing the ExamView Pro Test Builder:
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- Please note that you must install the ExamView Pro software into the default directory.
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