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                              PMS
                    Pictures - Music - Sound
                              by
              ACCIDENTAL SOFTWARE
          (If it's good, it's ACCIDENTAL)
            Copyright (C) 1996, 1997 all rights reserved

Our Home Page address is "http://www.accidental.com"

Overview.

  1. PMS is a great program for developing and showing a computer,
     image based presentation when operating in the Presentaion Mode.
     This mode allows the user to individually step forward and
     backwards through a slide show.  Change slide shows at will,
     and select music from any slide show.  Documents associated
     with each picture can be shown with a simple mouse movement.
     An easily accessed "Presentaton Menu" provides flexibility and
     and unlimited possibilites for your presentations. Wave files
     developed and recored by the user can be associated and played
     with pictures if desired.

  2. PMS is a screen saver and image viewer for windows that can
     use your own images and midi or wave files when operating
     in the Screen Saver mode.  PMS can play music from a CD-ROM.
     Music can play as pictures are being displayed.  You can
     select Password protection if desired.  Messages can be
     left on the screen.

  3. PMS can be installed as a standard Window's Screen saver
     from the Window's desk top, or can be used from the Program
     Group that PMS makes for windows.  PMS can be used as both.

  4. PMS can be used as a screen saver and/or an image viewer.
     If you have installed PMS as a screen saver, and want to
     use it from the program manager to leave a message or make
     your system password protected while you have to be temporarily
     away, you can do this by double clicking the PMS Icon.  If PMS
     is running from the program manager, it will not invoke
     itself as a screen saver even if the amount of time has
     passed to call it as a screen saver from the desktop.

  5. PMS is ideal for corporations that need a screen
     saver that can use their own pictures or corporate logos.
     It is also ideal for users who want a way to display their
     own images (regardless of format) as a screen saver or
     as a stand alone program.

  6. PMS is shipped with CSA, the Calendar - Scheduler - Alarm
     utility from Accidental Software. This utility provides a
     quick reference calendar and scheduler.  It also allows you
     to Set an alarm so that items will pop up on your screen
     when the specified date and time are reached.  NOTE: Touch
     Start must be running for the alarm portion of this application
     to function.  See How do I use the program from the Windows
     Program Manager (#4.) below for information on how to
     active Touch Start each time windows is started.

Trouble shooting.

   1. In some cases, if you are using a program that is
      accessing or using a DLL or other file that PMS
      uses and installs, you may receive a message
      during installation that warns you that a file can not
      be installed since it is already in use by your system.
      You can choose Ignore to this warning and the program
      should install correctly.

Known program limitations:

   1. PMS requires that approximately 60% of windows  system
      recources are free if you are attempting to use JPG
      compressed pictures.  If the program behaves irratically
      or doesn't show your JPG pictures correctly, insure system
      recources are at or above 60%, check About.

How do I make PMS the active screen saver?

   1. Select "yes" to the inquiry during installation that
      asks if you want PMS to be installed as the
      current screen saver.  This will place PMS
      as the current screen saver on your system with a
      5 minute time of inactivity to start the program.
      The 5 minute "time out" will not take effect until
      windows has been exited and reentered after PMS
      installation.

   2. You can select Saver Set Up from the Miscellaneous
      menu to access the Saver Set Up utility in the program.
      Turn the PMS screen saver function on or off
      as well as selecting the amount inactive keyboard or
      mouse time before the screen saver portion of the program
      starts.

Alternative method for making PMS the active screen
saver.

   1. Once PMS is successfully installed, it may be
      selected as the current screen saver from windows.

      a. From the Windows Program Manager, select MAIN.

      b. From MAIN select CONTROL PANEL.

      c. From CONTROL PANEL select DESK TOP.

      d. From DESK TOP select the arrow key next to SCREEN
     SAVER.

      e. From the menu, select PMS.

   2. The above steps will select PMS as the
      current screen saver.  Use the SET UP button to select
      the features of the program you want.  It is possible to
      select and preview pictures, MIDI files, and CD-ROM
      audio.

   3. Push the TEST button to run the screen saver program
      as a test.

   4. Select the desired inactive time for the screen saver
      program to implement itself.

How do I use the program from the Windows Program Manager?

   1. If the PMS program group is not open, double
      click on the PMS program group.

   2. To run PMS, double click on its Icon.

   3. The program will start in the Set Up Mode.  Select the
      options you want, then push the Screen Saver button to
      start the program.

   4. Touch Start:  Double click the Touch Start Icon to
      activate the touch start hot corners.  A green line
      appears at the bottom left of your screen to indicate
      where to place your mouse to start PMS.
      Touch Start activation can be terminated by moving the
      mouse pointer to the bottom right (red line) of the
      screen.  If the Touch Start check box is activated,
      Touch Start will reactivate itself after the screen
      saver portion of PMS has terminated.

      Copy the Touch Start Icon to the program manager's Start
      Up program group to have Touch Start activate each time
      windows is started.  Once the Icon has been copied to the
      Start Up Program Group, highlight the Start Up Groups Touch
      Start Icon, then select Properties from the Program Manager's
      File Menu.  Next edit the Command Line Box by removing
      the "/I" switch.  When you are done editing this line it
      should read "HOTSPOTP.EXE".  NOTE: Do not remove the command
      line switch "/I" from the touch start icon that exists
      in the PMS program group.

What are the program features? Slide Show Mode (pictures)

  1. Add imagest to each Slide Show provided.
     These images can be located in any directory on your
     hard drive or floppy drives.  You can even us your CD-ROM
     as a source of pictures.  If you have Kodak's Access
     software, you can use PMS to show you photo CDs.

  2. Add up to 100 Midi or Wave Audio
     selections for each Slide Show to be played as
     the program displays your pictures.

  3. Set the length of time for the picture to remain on the
     display before the next one replaces it. This time
     ranges from 3 seconds to 1 minute.

  4. PMS will access the following additional file
     formats.  .PCX, .BMP .DIB, .TGA, .EPS, .TIF, .JPG, CMP, .CAL,
     .IMG, .MAC, .MSP, .PCD, PCT, RAS, WPG.  NOTE: Photo CD
     images (.PCD) require Kodak's Access Software.

  5. You need not copy any picture or midi file to any other
     directory to use it.  PMS can find and use your files
     from any valid hard drive, floppy or CD-ROM drive and
     directory on your computer.

  6. You can add or delete picture and midi files and set
     the picture delay through the standard setup button
     provided by windows for screen savers or by starting
     PMS from the program manager by double clicking
     on its