Thankyou for trying SLIDE 2.5 for the Psion Series 3a
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New for v2.5 (over v2.4)
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Clarification in documentation about where to put the help file, plus new
address and contact details; SLIDE is now 100% fully working shareware,
restriction on deleting files removed; line breaks now allowed in slide
text (i.e. bullet points are now possible); PIC graphics can now be tiled
in the background across the screen;

Synopsis
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SLIDE 2.5 is a slide-show/demo/tutorial system for the 3a, with graphics,
WVE sound files and special effects.

Registration etc (please read)
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SLIDE 2.5 is (C) UK 1995 Steve Litchfield and is released as shareware.
The program is NOT free, and anyone making serious use of it should
register with the author (address at end) by sending the appropiate
amount in Sterling, US dollars, German Marks or French Francs, cash is
most welcome if other methods of payment don't appear suitable.

This program is NOT heavily nagged, is 100% fully working and contains no
crippling. The only indication of having an unregistered version is the
welcome screen displayed at the start of each SLIDEDIT session. Upon
payment of the registration fee, a code will be supplied to disable the
welcome screen and emblazon your name in large 'friendly' letters on the
slide editor backdrop.

The registration fee for personal use is 10.00 UK pounds of equivalent
in $, DM or ff. If you are using SLIDE in a company, please contact me
for details of site licenses.

If you have (or your work, or a friend has) Compuserve access, SLIDE can
be personally registered using GO SWREG and id no. 6564

Installation of the SLIDE program
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(Note that I include a small SCR file. This is an installation script for
MCLINK users. It can also be used with RCOM, provided you manually make the
necessary directories on the Psion first. If you use, PsiWin, just follow
the instructions below!)

(i)   Copy SLIDE.OPA and SLIDEDIT.OPA into an \APP\ directory of
      your choice on any drive and use Psion-I to install each of them,
      as usual. You'll see two icons, one showing the RECORD video
      buttons and one showing PLAY/PAUSE buttons. It should be obvious to
      you that the RECORD icon is for SLIDEDIT etc ....

(ii)  Put the SLIDEDIT.RSC help file into a \SLIDES\ directory on any
      drive.

(iii) Make a \SLIDES\ directory on your working (not Flash) disk and copy
      the SDEMO.DBF file into it. This is an example slide-show, and is
      optional.

(iv)  If you wanted to see the example slide-show in (ii) above, you
      need to put the .PIC files into \PIC\ on any drive and the .WVE
      files into \WVE\ on any drive.

Editing
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Use SLIDEDIT to modify existing slide-shows or create your own, in the
usual Psion way ... The system screen will show up any slide-show DBF
files it finds inside any \SLIDES\ directory ...


Playing
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Just press ENTER on the correct filename under the SLIDE PLAY/PAUSE icon
and your chosen slide-show will kick off. Use the Menu button whilst
playing a slide show to alter the way the show is presented ....

Note:  PIC files wider than 80 pixels will be centred on the screen
and displayed for 'background' effect in the grey plane unless the
'Gallery' option is used, as shown in the example slide shows. PIC files
less than 80 pixels wide will remain in the black plane and will appear
on the left of the slide text.

Note:   The pause is the wait time in seconds at the end of each slide
before the screen is cleared and the next slide shown. The user can press
any key to go directly to the next slide without waiting for the time
delay to expire. If no pause is specified, the default is 5 seconds. If
the user wishes to pause for longer on a particular slide, pressing
'Psion-P' will pause the slide-show until another key is pressed. For
'infinite' pause, you can specify 0 seconds.


Creating new graphics
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You can draw your own PIC graphics on the Psion using Rick Andrews'
excellent DRAW v2.8 application, which is also fully working shareware.
You can download it from his web site, or from the same source as SLIDE
itself.

       
Slide-show distribution
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If you want to upload your slide-shows to bulletin boards etc for
others to try, please keep them separate from the SLID25.ZIP file that
you obtained this program in, although you're welcome to include the
SLIDE.OPA viewer program with your slides.

Summary
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That's about it. I do hope you find SLIDE useful and that you will want to
support development of this and other 3a products by registering. I can be
contacted as follows:

Steve Litchfield
22 Grays Crescent
Woodley
Reading RG5 3EN
ENGLAND

email: slitchfield@cix.compulink.co.uk
or on Compuserve: 100640,107
http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/slitchfield
Tel:  0 118 9265081


NB: Reverse engineering of SLIDE is strictly forbidden. If you really
want a say in what the code of SLIDE does, then please contact me and
discuss your requirements. If the suggestion is helpful to the product I
may consider registering you free of charge anyway! If you suspect the
copy of SLIDE that you received has been hacked or altered in some way,
please contact the author at once, stating where you received the
program.

For more information about how this program is protected against reverse
engineering, please contact Marco Aircardi, Via G Acerbi 6/3, 16148
Genova, Italy.
