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CONTENTS of README.WIN      (7 March 1996)

To install The DynaText Browser for Windows:

1. Start Windows (use enhanced mode for Windows 3.1)
2. Insert the compact disc into the CD-ROM drive.
3. Choose Run from the start menu in Windows 95, or from the File menu in Windows 3.1.
4. In the Command Line Box,  type x:\instalit, where x is the letter
     representing your CD-ROM drive, and press ENTER.
5.  Follow the instructions that appear on your screen.

BEWARE: At the completion of the installation, the installation
program will restart windows. The reason is to allow Windows access
to the newly installed fonts.  Close all open applications before
running the installation program.
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This Installer Works Under Windows 95:
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We have modified the installer to operate better when running
from Win95 or Win 3.1.  We have also added a feature which 
permits re-installation of the DynaText Browser over a prior 
installation.  This should help users avoid new problems.
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Advise to New Users of the DynaText Browser for Windows:
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In response to requests from the CD-ROM subscribers, we have made
many improvements to aid the first-time users of the DynaText
Browser.  First and foremost, we want you to know of the extensive
documentation available online, and how you can print it on-demand.

We have added a collection called DynaText Documentation to your 
interface; this consist of two titles (DynaText Tutorial and
DynaText Reader Guide).  A double-click on either of these titles
will open it, allowing access to detailed information on the use of
the DynaText Browser for Windows.  

Upon opening either of these DynaText help titles, you can browse
through the Table of Contents, or search on topics by typing in
search words into the "FIND" bar at the bottom of the screen. 
Through these manuals, you will learn of the many other features
the DynaText Browser has, and how to use them.  

Some subscribers have requested a printed manual to accompany each
CD-ROM.  To print out the help manuals, first confirm that your MS
Windows installation is properly configured to print to a local or
networked printer.  To print any title or section of title that you
are currently browsing, choose "File", then "Print".  The "Print"
window that is displayed functions much like the "Table of Contents
(TOC)" of the main DynaText window allowing you to EXPAND or
CONTRACT the contents of an article by clicking on the "plus (+)"
or "minus (-)" signs.  Highlight the section(s) you wish to print
by clicking on them and choose "Print".  We suggest you first try
to use the help titles online, then print the manuals (or just
sections of the manuals) as you need them.  The DynaText Reader
Guide is over 100 pages and the Tutorial is 26 pages, therefore you
may want to print the Tutorial first.

Many functions and features are accessed through icons or "radio
buttons".  As these powerful functions are represented by simple
graphics, users have asked for help in understanding them. We have
added text to the radio buttons which appear at the top of the
screen.  Whenever you click on these radio buttons, the function it
enacts is described in text on the bottom of the screen.  

 Some Notes on Slow Performance of the CD-ROM:

The DynaText interface is the most advanced electronic document
delivery system available.  The number of features and computer
platforms supported exceeds all other interfaces.  Our goal has
been to deliver an advanced interface which will achieve all of the
functionality sought in electronic document delivery now and in the
future.  We have struggled to offer the most advanced features that
subscribers have been requesting over the past few years without
excluding users with older computers.  In this we have succeeded,
but this high level of functionality now challenges some older and
slower computers.  We expect the CD-ROMs and the DynaText software
to last much longer than the older computers still in use.

In defense of some specific performance issues, we offer some
explanations.  We are now using SGML (Standard Generalized Markup
Language) formatted text as our input source.  SGML offers the
highest degree of data interchangeability over all other text
markup schemes.  This will be the key to all future electronic
products.  SGML text is styled "on the fly" as it is presented on
screen.  This is the cause of short pauses as each text window is
filled.

Image display is a much harder performance issue.  We now deliver
up to 10,000 figures on each CD-ROM.  To get this many figures
on a disc requires a balance between image resolution, number of
colors or grays, compression size and decompression speeds.  As
better imaging compression and decompression software become
available, it will be integrated into the DynaText Browser.

Figures and some schemes are first presented as miniature "thumbnail"
images, allowing readers to immediately see the nature of its content.
A mouse click within the thumbnail image will bring up the high
resolution image in a seprate window.  Alternative display stylesheets 
are also available under the View button on the menu bar. 

Preliminary testing of DynaText with Windows NT (using 32Mb RAM)
shows some improvement of performance over Windows 3.1.  Graphic
display in particular appears faster.

