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GRAPHICS GEMS READ ME
Welcome to our CD-ROM. Along with this text file you will find a GEMPDF directory
(folder) and operating system specific directories (folders). The GEMPDF
directory (folder) contains the Acrobat data files. The individual directories
(folders) for DOS, Macintosh, Windows and UNIX contain Acrobat Readers and a
directory (folder) labeled APPENDIX. The APPENDIX directory (folder) contains
source listings for that particular operating system.
Installation for Macintosh:
NOTE: If you use the font utility Suitcase¬, close all unnecessary font suitcases
before running the Acrobat reader installer - if you have a large number of fonts
open, the installer may crash.
1.) Open the folder called "Acrobat Reader 2.0."
2.) Double-click on the file "AcroRead.mac."
3.) The installer program will start and prompt you for further information.
How to use this CD-ROM:
NOTE: If you need to learn about how to use the Acrobat Reader in general,
please see the "Reader Help" and the "Reader Tour" Acrobat files included on
this CD-ROM.
1.) The basics: Acrobat presents a set of pull down menus and, below this,
a tool bar. The pull downs -- File, Edit, View, Tools and Window -- are fairly
self evident and, in any case, the more useful functions are replicated in the
tool bar.
2.) Getting started: You are initially presented with a "main" PDF file.
This is the launching point to all of the books included in the CD. We present
the user with a "book mark" view initially e.g.the screen is divided between a
subject -- initially an image of the cover of the CD-ROM -- and, to the left, a
list of book marks. Click on "Starting Point". This takes you to a main menu of
books. Click on the book that you desire to browse.
3.) Using a book: You can change the presentation of the book in a number of
ways. In the tool bar from the left, if the first (page) icon is clicked the
book mark will no longer be displayed. Clicking the next icon to the right will
redisplay the book marks. The size of the page on the display can be altered by
either the "zoom" icons (+ & -) or the "page" icons to the right. When zoomed,
one can move the page around by using the "hand" icon or using the scroll bars.
The recorder buttons (arrows) allow the user to navigate from page to page, start
or end and fast forward or fast rewind.
4.) Finding things: There are several ways to find things other than simply
looking through the document page by page. Using the book mark you can select
CONTENTS and find hyperlinks to each content item. Similarly, the INDEX is also
hyperlinked to each indexed item. Finally, any keyword item that you may need
to search on is available through the "binocular" icon in the tool bar or "find"
selection found in the "tool" menu. For subsequent finds use the "find again"
function in the "tool" menu.
Also, for each book in the book mark window, there is a "contributors" section
which contains the names and locations of the contributing authors for the volume.
NOTE: Each book is a single search area -- e.g. you CANNOT search across books.
5.) Printing: Acrobat allows you to print a single page or a range of pages by
simply selecting the "print" option from the "file" menu.
6.) Source code: Each operating system directory (folder) contains not only a
READER directory (folder) but also an APPENDIX directory (folder). Within this
directory (folder) are a series of ASCII files containing source code used by
the text, one or more readme files and errata files for errors in the
source. Also here is a table of contents file relating the source files to the
text pages where they are referenced.
Please note that file names were truncated for the DOS and UNIX APPENDIX
listings as the original file names were too long.
For more information:
For the most recent updates to code or errata please go to the anonymous FTP
site:
princeton.edu (128.112.128.1)
and look at:
pub/Graphics/GraphicsGems/GemsIV
Acrobat is the trademark of Adobe Systems, Inc.
AP 5-4-95