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Q129020: Microsoft 500 Nations OPTHELP.TXT

Article: Q129020
Product(s): Microsoft Home Multimedia Titles
Version(s): 1.0
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): win31
Last Modified: 02-FEB-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft 500 Nations, version 1.0, on platform(s):
   - the operating system: Microsoft Windows NT, on platform(s):
      - the operating system: Microsoft Windows 
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SUMMARY
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The following information is the contents of the OPTHELP.TXT file found in the
root directory of the Microsoft 500 nations CD-ROM.

COPYING PICTURES TO THE CLIPBOARD OR DESKTOP
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You can copy a variety of pictures from 500 Nations to the Windows Clipboard or
to your Windows desktop. If you copy to the Clipboard, you can paste the picture
into another Windows program. If you copy the picture to your desktop, the
picture will become the "wallpaper" behind the windows on your screen. To use a
500 Nations picture as wallpaper, the picture file must be copied to your
Windows directory.

To copy a picture:

1. Click the Options button to display the list of choices.

2. Click Picture Gallery.

3. Display the picture you want using the arrow keys or the Gallery List.

4. Either click Copy Picture to copy the picture to the Clipboard, or click Make
  Wallpaper to use the picture as the Windows wallpaper.

You can change your Windows wallpaper by choosing the Control Panel from the
Program Manager window, opening the Desktop option, and then selecting a new
pattern from the Wallpaper list.(For more information, see your Windows
documentation.)

PRINTING
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You can print any article screen or popup window in 500 Nations. Both pictures
and words on the screen will be printed, so printing may take a few minutes. The
Quality setting in the Print dialog box affects the time it takes to print. High
quality takes longer to print; low quality takes less time to print.

To print:

1. Make sure what you want to print is shown on the screen.

2. Click the Options button to display a list of choices.

3. Click Print to display the Print dialog box.

4. Under Quality, click High/Slower (slower printing) or Low/Faster (faster
  printing).

5. Under Page Orientation, you can select how you want your picture to print.
  Click Portrait/Tall to print a picture that is taller than it is wide. Click
  Landscape/Wide to print a picture that is wider than it is tall.

6. Click OK to begin printing.

CONTROLLING SOUNDS
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You can turn off the sounds in 500 Nations:

1. Click the Options button to display a list of choices.

2. Click Sounds to display the Sounds dialog box.

3. Choose Sound Effects On or Off.

4. Click OK.

RANDOM MODE
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You can set up 500 Nations so that the program will display articles randomly on
the screen. It's a great way to find out what's in 500 Nations.

To start random mode:

1. Click the Options button to display a list of choices.

2. Click Slide Show.

Random starts automatically, displaying screen after screen of 500 Nations. To
stop the slide show, just click anywhere on the screen.

CLOSING WINDOWS AND QUITTING
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On some monitors, 500 Nations takes up the entire screen. To switch to another
Windows application temporarily while 500 Nations is running, you can use one of
the following standard Windows methods:

* Click the minimize button in the upper-right corner of the 500 Nations window
to shrink the window to an icon so that you can see other applications. (To
restore the 500 Nations window, click the icon to display the Control menu, then
choose Restore.)

* While pressing the ALT key, press TAB until you see the name of the application
you want to switch to, then release the keys.

When you've finished exploring the world of 500 Nations:

* To exit 500 Nations, click the Control-menu box in the upper-left corner of the
500 Nations window, then click Close. You can also double-click the Control-menu
box.

Additional query words: kbhowto 1995 mmtitles

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Keywords          : win31 
Technology        : kbHomeProdSearch
Version           : :1.0

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