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Guinness2 Read Me
This describes what is on the Guinness2 CD and gives usage tips.
Quick Start:
1. Start Windows.
2. Select Run from the Program Manager's File Menu.
3. Type D:\INSTALL in the Command Line box (if your CD-ROM drive is a different
letter use that letter instead), and click "OK."
4. Double click on the TextWare Guinness Encyclopedia. Perform searches by
pressing the Space Bar to open the search dialog, enter your search word(s)
and clicking "OK."
5. Upon a successful search a Hit List is shown. Choose an item from the
Hit List by scrolling up and down through the Hit List with your
arrow keys, highlighting a hit and pressing Enter/Return.
or Double click on the Countries of the World icon.
Click on a country name on the globe,
or
scroll though the country list and click on a country name,
or
click on the Search Countries button and type the name of the country
to access the country you are interested in.
Help is available by clicking the Help button.
Note: The countries of the World data is also included in the
TextWare Guinness Encyclopedia.
What's here?
1. The Guinness Encyclopedia text indexed in TextWare for high speed
search and retrieval. This does not have a graphic user interface,
rather it is a text-based search engine. This is a very powerful
research tool with keyword, Boolean, phrase and proximity
searching available.
To use:
a. Double click on the TextWare Guinness Encyclopedia.
b. Perform searches by pressing the space bar to open the search dialog,
enter your search word(s), and press Enter/Return.
c. Upon a successful search a Hit List is shown. Choose an item from the
Hit List by scrolling up and down through the Hit List with your arrow keys,
highlighting a hit and pressing Enter/Return.
2. Countries of the World. Data on 192 different countries including
population, religion, government and land area.
To use:
a. Double click on the Countries of the World icon.
b. Click on a country name on the globe,
or
scroll though the country list and click on a country name,
or
click on the Search Countries button and type the name of the country
to access the country you are interested in.
Help is available by clicking the Help button.
Note: The countries of the World data is also included in the TextWare Guinness
Encyclopedia.
3. NASA photos. There are 49 NASA photos that my be used as clip art or simply for
your viewing pleasure. These photos are screen resolution and are available in PICT, TIFF
and BMP formats. The document NASA Photo Descriptions gives the photo names and
descriptions of the photos. The images may be previewed by running the QuickTime movie
PREVIEWS.MOV in the NASA\VIDEOS directory.
4. NASA videos. Videos in QuickTime format ranging from Earth views from the
Space Shuttle to computer generated animations of the landscape on Miranda. The
document NASA Video Descriptions gives the names of the videos and their descriptions.
To launch double click on the NASA Info icon, this will launch MoviePlayer and open
the first NASA video. To open other movies select Open from the File menu and choose the movie of your choice (e.g. D:\NASA\VIDEOS\PREVIEWS.MOV).
5. QuickTime 2.01 for Windows installer. QuickTime 2.0 or later is required for this software.
We have included the QuickTime for Windows 2.01 installer for your use.
If you have QuickTime for Windows 2.01 or later you do not need to install it again.
Please read the file QuickTime for Windows 2.01 installer before attempting to use
this installer.
Wayzata Technology Inc.
21 Northeast Fourth Street
Grand Rapids MN 55744
800-377-7321 Tech Support
800-735-7321 Sales
218-326-0598 Fax
HTTP://Wayzata-Tech.com World Wide Web
WayzataTec@aol.com E-MAIL
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IMPORTANT NOTICE:
The Guinness Encyclopedia is licensed from Guinness Publishing Ltd. Text
copyright (c) 1990-1995 Guinness Publishing Ltd. All rights reserved. The
Software contained on this CD-ROM, including any text, images, photographs,
artwork, maps, animations, video, audio and music incorporated in the
Software, is owned by Wayzata Technology Incorporated or its suppliers.
Copyright (c) 1995 Wayzata Technology Incorporated. All rights reserved.
This CD-ROM may be used only on a single computer. No part of this CD-ROM
may be reproduced, transmitted, performed or displayed, for any purpose,
except as permitted by United States copyright law or as authorized in
writing by Wayzata Technology Incorporated.
GUINNESS is a registered trademark of Guinness Publishing Ltd. WAYZATA
TECHNOLOGY is a trademark of Wayzata Technology Incorporated. All other
company and product names are the trademarks or registered trademarks of
their respective owners.
LIMITED WARRANTY: Wayzata Technology Incorporated ("Wayzata") warrants that
the Software on this CD-ROM will be perform substantially in accordance with
the setup instructions and any accompanying printed materials for 90 days
from the date of receipt. Any implied warranties on the Software are
limited to 90 days. Some states do not allow limitations on duration of
implied warranties, so the above limitation may not apply to you. Wayzata's
entire liability and your exclusive remedy shall be, at Wayzata's option,
either return of the price paid, or replacement of the Software that does
not meet Wayzata's warranty and that is returned to Wayzata with a copy of
your receipt. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Wayzata disclaims all
other warranties, either express or implied, including implied warranties of
merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose, with respect to the
Software and any accompanying printed materials. This limited warranty
gives you specific legal rights. You may have others, which vary from state
to state.
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