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     This Electronic Crayon Demo contains 10 pictures that can be colored 
 again and again.  And it's simple to use, too!  With a cursor that looks like 
 a crayon, just point and click to choose a color, then point and click to fill 
 the area you want to color.  If you don't like the way the color looks, you 
 can fill the same area with another color.  Or you can erase the colors form 
 the entire picture and start all over!  If you have a printer, you can print a 
 picture alone or with a calendar of any month and color the pictures by hand. 


 ^1 How to use the Electronic Crayon Series Demo ^0

 Every child is different, but most preschool and primary-aged children will 
 need some help in getting started.  After your child has had a little 
 practice, he or she will probably be able to select and color pictures 
 without any help.  Your child will, however, need your guidance in starting 
 the computer, choosing the setup options, and printing the pictures. 

 The term "point and click" refers to pointing of the crayon (cursor) at a 
 color or an area on the screen and pressing a button or key to select a color 
 or fill an area. 


 ^1 Setup Options ^0

 To change options, press the up/down arrows or the number of the option you 
 want, then press RETURN (or ENTER).  What keys do what will always be printed 
 at the top of the screen, with mini directions printed at the bottom. 

 SHOW CURRENT SETUP - This  is a quick and easy way to verify what options are 
                      currently selected.

 CHANGE INPUT DEVICES - The Electronic Crayon Series Demo is set for the 
                        keyboard as the input device, although you may change 
                        this setting to Automatic, Mouse, Joystick, or 
                        Keyboard. 

      1. AUTOMATIC : Your input device is automatically determined.  
      2. MOUSE : The Electronic Crayon Series Demo works with a Microsoft 
         compatible mouse only.  You must have a device driver installed to use 
         the mouse.  Please see your mouse manual for proper installation.   
      3. JOYSTICK : On the PCjr, the joysick must be plugged in the port 
         farthest from the keyboard port. 
      4. KEYBOARD : Use the four arrow keys to move the crayon up, down, left 
         and right.  Pressing <CTRL> or <ALT> and an arrow key at the same 
         time, will cause the crayon to move faster.  Also <PgUp> and <PgDn> 
         will move the crayon up and down quickly.  Press <ENTER> to click on 
         an item.  You can also activate the other commands represented in the 
         boxes at the top and bottom of the screen by pressing <ALT> and the 
         first letter of the command.  

 CHANGE DISPLAY MODE - The Electronic Crayon Series Demo will work on a CGA 
 card (4 colors), and EGA card (16 colors), or the Tandy 1000 16 color mode 
 (which is the same as the PCjr 16 color mode).  With the CGA card, you may 
 choose which 4 color set you use by pressing the <F1> and <F2> keys.  To save 
 this set, press <F3>.  To display 16 colors on the PCjr, you must have at 
 least 256K and your memory expansion driver must allocate 32K for graphics.  
 Please read your memory expansion documentation!  IBM PS 2 owners: while your 
 computer is equipped with a 16 color card, the VGA, it is NOT the same as an 
 EGA card.  If you do not have an EGA card, you must select the 4 color CGA 
 mode.

 CHANGE PRINTER SETUP - Prior to printing a picture from the Electronic Crayon 
 Series Demo, you should setup the disk for your printer.  You must specify 
 which port the printer is connected to: LPT1, LPT2 (parallel ports), or COM1 
 or COM2 (serial ports), or PRN (usually the same as LPT1).

 CHANGE PRINTING OPTIONS -  You may print out pictures with one of two options:

       1. Print Picture Alone : This option prints the picture alone and 
          upright.
       2. Print Picture with Calendar - After selecting this option, type in 
          the month MM and the year YYYY for the calendar that you want printed 
          below your picture.  For example, to print the month July 1988, type 
          07 for MM and 1988 for YYYY. 
 
 EXIT/SAVE SETUP - When you've choosen all of your options, this selection will 
 save your new setup and exit to the title screen.

    We hope that you have enjoyed the Electronic Crayon Series Demo.  To 
 purchase a fully-functional version of any Electronic Crayon program for 
 $9.95 (that's $3.00 off the retail price), call Softdisk Publishing at:

^C1-(800)-831-2694


^C^1ELECTRONIC CRAYON SERIES DEMO requires a Graphics Adapter.^0

^CTo run this program outside ^1Big Blue Disk^0, type:  ^1EC^0.   
 
 DISK FILES THIS PROGRAM USES:
^FEC.EXE
^FPICTURES.TXT
^FMESSAGE.TXT
^FDEMO     <DIR>       
^FPICTURES <DIR>  
^FDESC     <DIR>      
^FBERWYN7.FNT
^FPRINTERS.TXT
^FCGA.DAT
^FPARM.DAT
^FOPTIONS.TXT
^FTITLE.TXT
^FVGA.DAT
