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- Product: ColorBook Volume 1
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- Description:
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- ColorBook for Windows is the first in a series of Windows educational
- products from MES and GoWest Educational Software. The goal of this
- effort is to produce software that will take your child from his/her
- first introduction to a computer to college-level concepts. ColorBook for
- Windows is the first program in this series.
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- The purpose of ColorBook for Windows is to introduce your pre-schoolers
- to computers. The skills learned at this stage are primarily mouse
- skills such as pointing and clicking. These are skills which are
- inherently difficult to learn and require eye, hand and finger
- coordination. To help your child in this endeavor ColorBook is designed
- with large, easy-to-locate mouse cursors which indicate function. Each
- mouse action is accompanied by prompt visual and aural recognition of
- events for instant feedback. In ColorBook, the only new concept
- introduced to your child is be the mouse.
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- In addition to the educational benefits, ColorBook for Windows
- also removes the dangers of a traditional paper coloring book by
- eliminating the crayons. We all know these usually end up coloring much
- more than just the coloring book! For the old-fashioned at heart
- ColorBook for Windows has the capability of printing uncolored pictures
- which the child may then color using crayons.
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- To counter the dangers of having a child use the computer on
- which may reside important information and documents, ColorBook for
- Windows possess a feature called Kid Mode. When this mode is
- activated (the default) ColorBook may not be minimized or exited.
- In effect, ColorBook takes over the Windows display for itself
- while not affecting programs running in the background.
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- ColorBook is designed as a complete Windows application and
- supports CUT, COPY and PASTE of bitmaps in device dependent and
- device independent format. ColorBook supports reading and writing
- bitmap files in compressed (the default) and uncompressed format
- (to be compatible with Windows PaintBrush). ColorBook for Windows
- can print the colored picture in full color if a color printer is
- available to Windows, otherwise the image will be printed in
- black and white. With ColorBook you can also create your own
- pictures using straight lines, freehand, boxes, circles, ovals and
- text. An erase capability is also available. As you can see its
- a full-featured program.
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- Author: GoWest
- Available throuth Motes Educational Software
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- Requires Windows 3.1 or later version.
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- Registration fee: $15
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