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Thankyou for trying SLIDE 2.4 for the Psion Series 3a
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New for v2.4 (over v2.2)
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New Rolling demo mode in the slide player; a small bug-fix which prevented
registration code from working!; a mod to allow correct playing of WVE
files on the B drive; new code to allow you to move PIC and WVE files from
drive to drive and SLIDE and SLIDEDIT will both track the changes and
still find the files;
New for v2.2
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The main change from the prototype v1.1 is the addition of a proper
hand-holding slide editor, which lays things out like 'real' slide
presentation programs, and which allows slide sorting, editing, deleting
etc.
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There are many other detailed improvements, which you'll find out by
reading through all the on-line help and by trying out the three 'example'
slide-shows.
Please note that I have deliberately restricted the file format and
effects/features etc to allow complete compatibility with v1.1 slide
shows. There may well be a place for a v3.x, with a whole new format and
way of doing things, including many more fonts and special effects etc,
but this isn't it!
Synopsis
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SLIDE 2.4 is a slide-show/demo/tutorial system for the 3a, with graphics,
WVE sound files and special effects.
Registration etc (please read)
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SLIDE 2.4 is (C) UK 1995 Steve Litchfield and is released as shareware.
The program is NOT free, and anyone making serious use of it should
register with the author (address at end) by sending the appropiate
amount in Sterling, US dollars, German Marks or French Francs, cash is
most welcome if other methods of payment don't appear suitable.
This program is NOT heavily nagged, and the only indication of having an
unregistered version is the welcome screen displayed at the start of each
SLIDEDIT session and the inability to *delete* slides from the main
SLIDEDIT screen. Upon payment of the registration fee, a code will be
supplied to disable the welcome screen, enable the delete function, and
emblazon your name in large 'friendly' letters on the slide editor
backdrop.
The registration fee is 10.00 UK pounds of equivalent in $, DM or ff.
Installation of the SLIDE program
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The Easy way: modify INSTALL.SCR to suit your disks (.DBF files on RAM or
internal disk, everything else on a Flash??) and execute from MC-LINK and
then install the two OPAs ...
The long way:
(i) Copy SLIDE.OPA and SLIDEDIT.OPA into an \APP\ directory of
your choice on any drive and use Psion-I to install each of them,
as usual. You'll see two icons, one showing the RECORD video
buttons and one showing PLAY/PAUSE buttons. It should be obvious to
you that the RECORD icon is for SLIDEDIT etc ....
(ii) Make a \SLIDES\ directory on your working (not Flash) disk and copy
the SDEMO, 3LIBDEMO & CORPORAT.DBF files across into it. These are
example slide-show files.
(iii) Put the .PIC files into \PIC\ on any drive and the .WVE files into
\WVE\ on any drive.
Editing
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Use SLIDEDIT to modify existing slide-shows or create your own, in the
usual Psion way ... The system screen will show up any slide-show DBF
files it finds inside any \SLIDES\ directory ...
Playing
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Just press ENTER on the correct filename under the SLIDE PLAY/PAUSE icon
and your chosen slide-show will kick off. Use the Menu button whilst
playing a slide show to alter the way the show is presented ....
Note: PIC files wider than 80 pixels will be centred on the screen
and displayed for 'background' effect in the grey plane unless the
'Gallery' option is used, as shown in the example slide shows. PIC files
less than 80 pixels wide will remain in the black plane and will appear
on the left of the slide text.
Note: The pause is the wait time in seconds at the end of each slide
before the screen is cleared and the next slide shown. The user can press
any key to go directly to the next slide without waiting for the time
delay to expire. If no pause is specified, the default is 5 seconds. If
the user wishes to pause for longer on a particular slide, pressing
'Psion-P' will pause the slide-show until another key is pressed. For
'infinite' pause, you can specify 0 seconds.
Slide-show distribution
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If you want to upload your slide-shows to bulletin boards etc for
others to try, please keep them separate from the SLID24.ZIP file that
you obtained this program in. If you wish, send me a copy as well
(with your registration fee !! 8-] )
Summary
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That's about it. I do hope you find SLIDE useful and that you will want to
support development of this and other 3a products by registering. I can be
contacted as follows:
Steve Litchfield
8 Grove Farm
Mytchett
Surrey
GU16 6AQ
ENGLAND
email: slitchfield@cix.compulink.co.uk
Tel: 0(1252) 515431
NB: Reverse engineering of SLIDE is strictly forbidden. If you really
want a say in what the code of SLIDE does, then please contact me and
discuss your requirements. If the suggestion is helpful to the product I
may consider registering you free of charge anyway! If you suspect the
copy of SLIDE that you received has been hacked or altered in some way,
please contact the author at once, stating where you received the
program.
For more information about how this program is protected against reverse
engineering, please contact Marco Aircardi, Via G Acerbi 6/3, 16148
Genova, Italy.
NB2: Please note also that I run *the* public domain/shareware library
for Series 3 and 3a users, called 3-Lib and established since January
1993, please send me a stamped self-addressed envelope for a free catalogue.
3-Lib distributes on SSD and/or floppy disk.