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Storyspace for Windows User's Manual Storyspace™ software copyright © 1990–2001 by Eastgate Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Documentation copyright © 2001 by Eastgate Systems, Inc. All Rights Reserved. The information in this document is subject to change without notice. Eastgate Systems, Inc., makes no warranty of any kind regarding this material and assumes no responsibility for errors that may appear in this document. Storyspace™ is a trademark of Eastgate Systems, Inc. Civilized Software is a service mark of Eastgate Systems, Inc. Microsoft®, Windows®, Windows NT®, and Internet Explorer® are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation. IBM® and OS/2® are registered trademarks of International Business Machines Corporation. Pentium® is a registered trademark of Intel Corporation. Apple is a registered service mark, Macintosh™ is a trademark, and Quicktime® is a registered trademark of Apple Computer, Inc. Unix® is a regis- tered trademark of AT&T. 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Storyspace™ Software License Agreement Eastgate Systems, Inc., grants you a non- YOU MAY NOT: exclusive license to use this copy of the I) Modify, translate, reverse engineer, program on the following terms: decompile, disassemble, create deriva- YOU MAY: tive works based upon, or copy (save I) Use the program on any ONE for archival purposes) the program or computer; the accompanying documentation; II) allow anyone else to use the program, II) rent, transfer or grant any rights in the so long as there is never more than program or accompanying documenta- one user per licensed program at any tion in any form to anyone else time; without the prior written consent of Eastgate Systems, Inc.; III) make copies of the program in machine-readable form, but only for III) remove any proprietary notices, labels, archival purposes, and only so long as or marks on the program and accom- all proprietary notices are reproduced panying documentation; on each copy; IV) use this program, or permit this IV) distribute documents created with this program to be used, on more than one program, including stand-alone hyper- computer at any one time. text applications known as Readers, Non-compliance with any of the above provided that the applications are not restrictions will terminate this license. altered or modified, and that all This license is not a sale. 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If The liability of Eastgate Systems, Inc., in any provision of this agreement is held the event of any unsuitability or defects in invalid, the remainder of this agreement materials or workpersonship as described shall continue in full force and effect. above, shall be limited to the replacement Hints on reading Some suggestions for reading this manual with the Adobe Acrobat™ Reader: ❚❚ A complete page of this PDF should be visible at 100% scale, even on a moderately-sized screen. To switch to 100% scale, press Ctrl-H. ❚❚ On many systems, the text of this manual may be clearest if you turn off text smoothing. To do this, open General Preferences (Ctrl-Shift-G) and uncheck the option “Smooth Text and Monochrome Images”. ❚❚ A detailed table of contents has been created for this manual using Acrobat bookmarks. To see the bookmarks, press Ctrl-7. (To hide them, press Ctrl-6.) ❚❚ Many (although not all) of the cross-references in this manual have been linked. Place the cursor over text such as “. are discussed in the chapter on . .”. If the cursor becomes a button-pushing hand , you can click there to follow the reference. (You can choose Go Back (Ct r l - m i n u s ) to return from following a link.) Chapter 1 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Storyspace for Windows will run on any IBM PC-compatible computer running one of: Windows 3.1, Windows 95, Windows NT, OS/2, Windows 98, Windows 2000, Windows me, Windows XP, or later, To install Storyspace, the computer should have: ❚❚ a 486 or faster processor (Pentium, Celeron, or faster recommended). ❚❚ a hard disk drive ❚❚ a 3.5" floppy disk drive (to install from diskette); or CD- ROM drive (to install from CD); or Internet connection (to download the Storyspace installer). ❚❚ at least 8 megabytes (MB) of free space on the hard disk ❚❚ at least 4 megabytes (MB) of RAM (memory) that is not being used by Windows or other programs. (Minimum of 16 MB RAM recommended for Windows 3.1 systems, minimum of 32 MB RAM recommended for Windows 95/98 systems.) These recommended amounts of disk space and memory should be sufficient for running Storyspace, but memory and disk requirements can vary greatly among systems. They can also depend on what else the computer is doing, and can vary based on the size of your Storyspace project. Please take these numbers as guidelines only. To install Storyspace Whether on a CD, on a diskette, or via download, you should have a file named SETUP.EXE In Windows, run SETUP.EXE follow any instructions given by the installer After installation is complete, remember to eject the Storyspace for Windows CD or diskette (if present) and store it in a safe place. To start Storyspace, open its program group and double- click the Storyspace icon. Or choose Storyspace from the Storyspace submenu of the Start menu. Or, double-click a Storyspace document. What is installed Installation creates a new program group named Storyspace, containing: ❚❚ the Storyspace application; ❚❚ this manual; ❚❚ Welcome to Storyspace! —a quick overview of what Storyspace is. View this file with your Web browser. ❚❚ Storyspace FAQ —answers to some common questions about using Storyspace. View this file with your Web browser. If you do not specify otherwise during installation, the Storyspace program group is added to Programs. Installation places all the files it creates in a new directory named Storyspace. If you do not specify otherwise during installation, this directory is created within a directory named Eastgate within the Program Files directory. In addition to the files required by Storyspace itself, the Storyspace directory contains two other directories: ❚❚ Samples: sample Storyspace files. (These files are referred to in the paper manual Getting Started with Storyspace.) ❚❚ Template: HTML export templates. (These files are discussed in the chapters of this manual on Creating for the World Wide Web and HTML Templates.) UNINSTALLING To remove Storyspace for Windows and all its associated files, In Windows, open Control Panel (from the Settings submenu of the Start menu) use Add/Remove Programs, and choose Storyspace from the list of applications UPGRADING FROM AN EARLIER VERSION Installing Storyspace does not remove any older copies of Storyspace for Windows software, or its associated files, that you may have on your computer. Before installing Storyspace, you may want to remove any old copies of Storyspace from your hard disk drive. If you do not remove any old copies of Storyspace, you can end up with two copies of Storyspace on your hard drive: one old, one new. This is not recommended. If you have two versions, double-clicking a Storyspace document may start the old version of Storyspace, rather than the new. Chapter 2 To save a document From anywhere, choose Save from the File menu, or press Ctrl-S The first time that you save a new Storyspace document, you must give it a name, so you will be saving your document with a new name. To save with a new name From anywhere, choose Save As… from the File menu In the standard Windows file dialog, choose a directory to save your document in, and type a name for the docu- ment press OK To open a saved document From Windows double-click its icon or, from Storyspace, choose Open… from the File menu Use the standard Windows file dialog to find the Storyspace document you want to open, and select it press OK STRATEGIES FOR SAFETY Saving a document is your best protection against the unexpected: ❚❚ someone walks by and kicks out your computer’s plug . ❚❚ your floppy disk gets too close to the magnets in a loud- speaker . ❚❚ a microscopic dust particle visits your hard disk drive . Your first line of defense against losing your work is to Save Often This protects you against mishaps. Get in the habit of pressing Ctrl-S . ➢ when you stop to think ➢ when you take a sip of coffee ➢ before you try a new feature ➢ before you make a major change to your work This way, when the unexpected happens, you have only lost the five or ten minutes of work since the last time you saved.
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