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VIRTUAL WORLD PILOT ISSUE
This readme contains the most up-to-date information with regards
to the installation and usage of the iView 1.0 browser for the
Virtual World publication. Please read this file completely before
proceeding to install or use iView.
CONTENTS
========
1. About Virtual World
2. System Requirements
3. Installing iView 1.0
4. Using Virtual World
5. iView Settings
6. Questions and Answers
1. About Virtual World
===================
Welcome to the world's first virtual publication on a CDROM.
This pilot issue of Virtual World includes iView 1.0, an extremely
user-friendly page-oriented browser which, amongst other things,
simulates a page-turning effect to enhance the realism of reading
the virtual publication. You will find no buttons, menus, windows
or dialog boxes that are so typical of today's CDROM applications.
Instead, you will be able to use just the most simple commands to
flip to the next or previous page, to the contents page or the next
section. To play or stop an audio or video embedded in a page,
simply allow them to play or stop automatically, or click on them
once to start and another to stop. Refer to the "Using Virtual
World" section for the full list of commands that you may use with
the iView browser.
2. System Requirements
===================
Minimal:
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MPC-1 Specifications
Processor : 386 and above 100% IBM PC-compatibles
Memory : 4 Megabytes
Video : SVGA (640x480x256 colors)
Harddisk : 3 Megabytes of free harddisk space
CDROM Drive: Single-speed (150Kbs transfer rate), Single Session
Sound Card : Required if you wish to hear sounds from the magazine
Recommended:
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MPC-1/MPC-2 Specifications
Processor : 486+ 100% IBM PC-compatibles
Memory : 8+ Megabytes
Video : SVGA Windows Accelerator (640x480x256+ colors)
CDROM Drive: Double-speed (300Kbs+ transfer rate), Single/Multi-
Session
Sound Card : Windows 3.1* -compatible stereo sound card
3. Installing iView 1.0
====================
It is extremely easy to install iView 1.0. Use the following
instructions:
1. Run Windows 3.1*.
2. From the Program Manager, click on the File menu item and select
Run...
3. Type:
X:\SETUP
at the prompt, assuming that your CDROM drive is drive X .
4. Follow the instructions to install iView onto your harddisk.
Notes:
- You will NEED Video for Windows 1.1* if you wish to enjoy any of
the many videos that are embedded in the Virtual World publications.
Please do not uncheck the Install Video For Windows 1.1* option if
this is the first time you are installing a Virtual World
publication.
- Use the Install Publication Icon option ONLY if you do not have
enough disk space on your harddisk. This option merely creates an
icon in your Program Manager for the publication in the Virtual
Publications Folder. If you change your video drivers or switch
resolution without the publication CDROM in your CDROM drive, you
will probably lose the icon picture. Note that installing the
iView browser will take up less than half a megabyte of harddisk
space.
- The pilot issue of Virtual World has been optimized for a screen
display of 640x480 resolution (with 256 colors). Please change the
resolution of your display if you are using resolutions higher than
640x480. This is to ensure the maximum readability of the magazine.
If you wish to retain your higher resolutions, the Virtual World
publication will be centered in the middle of your monitor.
- If you have a high or true color card, it is recommended that you
use the 640x480x32K (or higher) resolution for your windows display.
4. Using Virtual World
===================
The iView 1.0 browser comes with the following simple commands:
1. Before reading a publication, make sure you have installed it
properly into your windows environment using the above
installation procedure. Check that the publication CDROM is in
your drive. To read the publication, double-click on the its
icon in the Program Manager.
2. To flip to the Help page while reading the publication, press the
<F1> key.
3. The cover page will ALWAYS auto turn to the contents page if you
do not respond within half a minute.
4. The mouse cursor will change to icons that represent the function
of specific areas as you move the pointer around the publication
page.
5. To turn to the next page, move the mouse to the right border
region of the publication and click on the left mouse button.
Alternatively, press the <RIGHT> arrow key on your keyboard.
6. To turn to the previous page, move the mouse to the left border
region of the publication and click on the left mouse button.
Alternatively, press the <LEFT> arrow key on your keyboard.
7. To enter the quick "browse" mode to scan the pages quickly, click
and hold on the right mouse button while the pointer is in either
the left or right border regions. To momentarily stop the browse
mode, simply move the pointer away from either border region,
WITHOUT letting go of the left mouse button. To re-enter the
browse mode, move the pointer back into either border region.
The browse mode will end only if you release the left mouse button.
8. To flip to the contents page from ANY page, double click on the
left border region or press the <LEFT> arrow key while holding
down the <CTRL> key.
9. To flip to the next section from ANY page, double click on the
right border region or press the <RIGHT> arrow key while holding
down the <CTRL> key.
10. To stop reading the publication, double click on the top or
bottom border region or press the <ESC> key.
11. To toggle sound on or off, press the <S> key while holding down
the <CTRL> key.
12. To set the autoturn mode on, which will allow the pages to turn
automatically after a delay of about half a minute (read the
"iView Settings" section for information about how change this
delay), press the <A> key while holding down the <CTRL> key.
This autoturn mode will end if you click the mouse's left button
or if any key is pressed. The direction of the page turn will
depend on the direction of the last page turn before the autoturn
mode was initiated.
5. iView Settings
==============
This section is meant ONLY for users who have some understanding of
how to modify Windows 3.1* .INI files, and who NEED to change the
default settings of iView for some reason. For most users, iView's
default settings will be satisfactory.
iView will look for users' preferred settings stored in a file named
IVIEW.INI in the following order:
1. The user's Windows directory.
2. iView's current working directory.
If you do a full installation of iView onto your harddisk, the setup
program will automatically configure and copy a IVIEW.INI file to
your Windows directory. You may modify the settings in this file to
suit your needs.
If you choose the Install Publication Icon option during the setup
process, no IVIEW.INI file will be copied over to your machine. If
you still wish to manually change the iView settings, you must first
copy the IVIEW.INI file that is found in the VWORLD directory at the
root of the publication CDROM to your Windows directory.
The following is an explanation of the profile strings in the
IVIEW.INI file. Values shown in all capitals are the default. Please
do NOT change the values of strings that are not documented in this
readme file.
Note that 1000 milliseconds = 1 second.
[IVIEW]
PUB_PATH= {location of directory on Virtual World CDROM}
This directory should be of the form X:\VWORLD where X is the drive
letter of your CDROM drive.
AUTOPLAY= {TRUE|false}
This enables the autoplaying of media objects each time you
turn to a page that has any media object. We strongly