Welcome to the Authorware Working Model version 3!
The Authorware Working Model is a demonstration version of Authorware. The Working Model contains all the features you’ll get when you buy your software, except you can only create small, sample applications.
Authorware Working Model items included on the Showcase CD:
• Authorware Working Model installer program. You can install the Authorware Working Model by simply double clicking SETUP.EXE (Windows) or the Authorware Working Model Setup icon (Macintosh) in your Program Manager or Finder.
• Welcome folder. Contains a demo — done in Authorware of course! — to introduce you to the product.
• Quick Tour folder — build a small sample application in Authorware.
• Misc folder — read on for more details...
• Workmodl.pdf file. This file contains product information as well as instructions for the Quick Tour tutorial. You need Adobe Acrobat to open a .pdf file. If you don't have Adobe Acrobat, it can be installed from the root level of the Showcase CD.
After installing the Working Model, we recommend you launch the Welcome demo. It will introduce you to key Authorware concepts. Do this by opening the Welcome folder on the CD and launching WELCOME.A3W (Windows) or WELCOME.A3M (Macintosh).
The Showcase CD installer installs certain system extensions necessary to run the Authorware Working Model collateral software. For Windows, we've included Video for Windows and QuickTime for Windows. For the Macintosh, it contains QuickTime as well as the Apple Multimedia Tuner. These should be installed if they aren't already on your system. Consult the ReadMe file on the Showcase CD for further information.
Please take a look at the "Misc" folder on the CD -- enclosed is an Authorware model entitled "Default Framework Icon" (Macintosh) and "framewrk.mod" (Windows). The framework allows for custom navigation structures in Authorware (you'll learn about frameworks in the Welcome demo and the Quick Tour tutorial). For the purposes of the Quick Tour, we have already included a custom framework model in your Authorware application.
After taking the Quick Tour, you may want to replace this model with the one in the Misc folder to see more built-in functionality of Authorware 3. Do this by inserting the CD, opening the Misc folder and copying the "Default Framework Icon" (Macintosh) or "framewrk.mod" (Windows) into the Authorware program folder installed on your hard drive. This will replace the custom framework used in the Quick Tour with a standard Authorware framework.
Certain functionality present in the commercial version of Authorware 3 is not available in the Authorware Working Model, including:
--JumpOut system function
--JumpFile system function
--Packaging
--Authorware 2.0 to 3.0 conversion
--OLE 2.0
--Spell Checking
--ODBC
--User functions
We hope you have an excellent experience with Authorware 3. Happy authoring.
