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| 1. How Do I
Learn to Use The Application? |
Once you have
installed the application and started the Equigraphics viewer, simply
select the "Help" menu located at the top of the image viewer. This help
menu lists each of the functions of the application and provides details
of each option and function. It also explains about images and other
relevant information related to Equigraphics.
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| 2. Blank
Image Viewer Screen. |
The Equigraphics
image viewer is built to always display the last image folder used when
you last started the application. Therefore, immediately after the initial
installation it will show a blank screen because it was never used before.
To access and view the images, make sure you have the EquiGraphics CD
inserted into your CD ROM drive, then select your CD ROM letter from the
drive letter field in the Equigraphics viewer screen, then select the
"equiplus" folder to bring up the clipart, photos and web folders that
contain the images. Select any of the folders to bring up the images.
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| 3. Cannot
Locate Or Access The Images. |
The following
applies to version 2.1 or earlier. Although you installed EquiGraphics,
the images are still only the CD. The only thing that installs on your
computer during installation is the EquiGraphics image viewer. The
"equiplus" folder on your C drive does not contain the images, therefore,
you must always insert the CD to access the images each time you want to
use the program. Once the CD is in your drive and you start the
application, you must select your CD ROM drive letter from the drive
letter field at the top left of the EquiGraphics viewer screen to access
the images.
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| 4. Cannot
Insert Image Into A Document. |
EquiGraphics images
can be inserted into your document in two (2) ways, using the Windows
clipboard "Copy" function, or the "Insert" function of the application
document you are using. Copy Option: Once you identify an image for usage
from within EquiGraphics, select it to bring it to full size. Next, click
on it with your "Right" mouse button to bring up the "Options" panel.
Select the "Copy" option by selecting it with your normal "Left" mouse
button. This will copy the image to the Windows clipboard. Next, shut down
the EquiGraphics application and open your destination document such as
your word documents, etc.. Select the "Edit" menu, then select the "Paste"
option to bring the image into your document. Insert Option: Once you
identify an image for usage, make note of the image number. Open your
destination document, go to the "Insert" menu at the top of your document,
then select the "Image" and/or "Picture" option. When prompted, select the
drive letter containing the EquiGraphics CD then select the "equiplus"
folder to bring up the three (3) image folders; clipart, photos, and web.
Double-click on the image folder you want, then scroll the list of file
names to find the image you want to insert.
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| 5. Computer
Freezes When Trying To Use The Equigraphics CD
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When using
Equigraphics version 2.1 on some versions of Windows XP, you may
experience freezing. This occurs because your version of Windows cannot
shut down the auto-run feature in Equigraphics automatically. Typically,
freezing will occur after you first install Equigraphics, or when you want
to re-use it after installation. There are 4 different solutions to this
issue and you may choose which ever best suits you best. There are (2) two
ways to manually shut the auto-run and use the Cd without freezing, and
there are (2) ways to by-pass it entirely when you want to use the CD. 1-
If you are frozen after installation, simply select (press) three keys
from your key board at the same time, they are: Control, Alt, and the
Delete key. This will bring up a pop-up panel called "Windows Task
Manager". Next select the "Processes" tab from the top of the panel, then
from the list of applications that are running, find and select the
"AutoRun.exe", then select the "End Process" button at the bottom right of
the panel. You will then get a warning about shutting down the task, but
shut it down anyway. This will unfreeze the screen and you can then begin
using Equigraphics by going to the Programs option of the Start Menu. 2-
Once you have installed the application, the quick way to by pass the
auto-run feature when you want to re-use the application is to insert the
CD into the drive then hold the shift key until the CD has stopped
spinning (or when the CD light goes out). This temporarily disables the
auto-run. You can then go to the "Start" menu, select Programs, then
select Equigraphics to start the application. 3- Another way to avoid
freezing is to log off Windows XP prior to inserting the CD into your
drive. Once you are logged off (without shutting down your computer)
simply insert the CD into your CD Rom drive. Once the CD has stopped
spinning and the CD ROM light goes off, simply log on again. Once the user
desk top has appeared again, go to the Start menu, select Programs, then
select Equigraphics to start the application. 4- Long term, this is
probably the best option for continued use. If you have a large enough
hard drive, and space is not an issue, you can copy the images from the CD
into the Equiplus folder in your C drive and access them directly from
that folder, thereby eliminating the need to use the CD once installation
has been made. FYI, the only thing that gets installed during the current
way of installation is the image viewer. You then have to insert the CD in
order to access the images, and on some XP systems this is where the
freezing occurs. To avoid this entirely, once you have installed the image
viewer, simply copy the contents of three image folders on your CD called
"Clip-art", "Photos", and "Web" into the "Equiplus" folder on your C:
drive. You can then access the images directly from within the C drive
without the need for the CD and you avoid the freezing issue altogether.
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| 6. How Do I
Browse More Than 1 Image At A Time? |
Once you are in your
image folder of choice, you can view images in full size or thumbnail
groups of 10 or 22 images. To set the thumbnail group option, go to the
"Window" menu located at top left of the EquiGraphics viewer screen and
make your selection. You navigate through the various image pages in the
folders by selecting the "Previous" or "Next" buttons located at the
bottom of the viewer screen.
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| 7. Is
EquiGraphics Mac Compatible? |
Yes and No, as
explained. The Equigraphics CD is made up of two components, The free
standing images and the image viewer. The free standing images are PC Tiff
images at 150 dpi at full size, but are large enough to scale down to 300
dpi easily. These can be opened with a Mac using Photoshop or some other
graphics program. The image viewer is strictly a PC application that does
not work on a Mac. Many Mac users purchase the CD and simply access and
use the images using Photoshop or some other Mac graphics or photo editing
application.
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| 8. Missing
"Shell.DLL" Error |
| The "Missing
Shell.DLL" file error occurs when this system file is either missing or
corrupt on your computer. On some computers, the manufacturers have
erroneously neglected to include this system file. This is not an
EquiGraphics file, but EquiGraphics does need it to install properly.
Please go to the Tech Support start page and select Download Files, then
download the Shell.dll file, then copy it into the following two
sub-folders on your computer: C:\windows\system C:\windows\system32. If
either or both of these two sub-folders do not exist on your computer,
then go to your Local Disk C, select the Windows folder, then select File,
then New, then Folder to create the folders. Once the folders have been
created, please insure they have the correct names. System, (and)
System32, and then place an instance or seperate copies of the shell.DLL
file into both folders, then reboot your system and install EquiGraphics
again.
To download, just click on the download option. You will then be
prompted as to "Open" or "Save to Disk". Choose "Save to Disk". You will
then be prompted where to pace the file. Some systems do not prompt, but
you can change and/or select what folder to open. Scroll/select the
"Windows" folder located on your C drive, then select the sub-folder, then
click OK. Make absolutely sure it is downloaded or copied into the correct
sub-folders otherwise Horseworks will still not install.
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