NAUTILUS Quick Start Instructions Quick Overview: Getting Started: 1. Run NSETUP.EXE (in the Setup directory on the disc) to install several NAUTILUS files to your hard disk. NSETUP must be run from within Windows. 2. The setup process creates a Program Manager group and item for you. You only need to run setup once. From then on, you can access NAUTILUS from the NAUTILUS Startup icon that is created for you. If you want to use File Manager, start NAUTILUS by going to the NAUTILUS directory created on your hard disk and opening the file STARTUP.TBK (Setup will automatically associate ".TBK" files with the "TBOOK.EXE" application also in the NAUTILUS directory on your hard disk). 3. Once you've opened NAUTILUS Startup, be sure the NAUTILUS disc is in your CD ROM drive, then use the Set Drive button to indicate the drive letter of your CD ROM drive. 3. Click the Open Disc button to open the NAUTILUS Table of Contents. From the Table of Contents you can browse and explore NAUTILUS. To quit NAUTILUS, choose the Close command from the Control menu (or press Alt-F4). SETUP Setup will create a directory on your hard disk and copy the required files that NAUTILUS needs to run. Setup requires Windows 3.0. To run setup: Using Program Manager: 1) Choose the Run command from the File menu. 2) Enter: D:\SETUP\NSETUP (substitute 'D' with letter of your CD ROM drive) or... Using File Manager: 1) Change to the SETUP directory on the NAUTILUS disc. 2) Select and open the file NSETUP.EXE. NAUTILUS Startup Each NAUTILUS disc is accessed through the file STARTUP.TBK (aka, Startup) which was copied to the NAUTILUS directory on your hard disk during the setup process. You may use the Program Manager item created for you during Setup or File Manager to open the NAUTILUS Startup. If you use File Manager, you'll need to associate .TBK files with the application "TBOOK.EXE" (also located within the NAUTILUS directory which setup created on your hard disk). If you're starting NAUTILUS for the first time, you can view or print the On Screen instructions for reference. Set Drive Once the NAUTILUS Startup screen is displayed, be sure the NAUTILUS disc is in your CD ROM drive. Then, click the Set Drive button and enter the drive letter that corresponds to your CD ROM drive. You should see the name of the current issue of NAUTILUS (e.g., "INTRO") displayed above the Open TOC button if everything is correct. If you receive an error message, check that you have inserted the NAUTILUS disc in your CD ROM drive and that you have entered the correct letter for your CD ROM drive. Open Disc Click the Open TOC button to access the NAUTILUS "Table of Contents" (aka, TOC) which resides on the disc. The TOC displays a "splash screen" of a nautilus shell. Click anywhere on that screen to continue. The TOC (Table of Contents) The NAUTILUS TOC is a multi-page guide to the contents of the "NAUTILUS Shell". Each icon displayed on the TOC represents a section in the NAUTILUS Shell. You may click any icon to go to the specified section. There are several buttons across the top of the TOC screen: Startup returns to the Startup screen (where you started). Link opens the NAUTILUS Link book where you can create,manage or delete Link messages from your Outbox and send them via modem to the NAUTILUS Host. Index opens the Index page of the TOC. The Index displays a sequential listing of all the pages found in the NAUTILUS Shell. You may double-click on any item to go directly to that page. Page 2 opens the next page of the Table of Contents where more section icons are displayed. The Shell The NAUTILUS Shell is your guide to everything that is on the current disc. When you click an icon from the TOC, you open a Section Title Page. Each Section Title Page has one or more pages that follow which either provide additional information about the section or access to specific files on the disc. These pages are called Content Pages. Every page of the Shell has a series of buttons near the top of the screen which provides a common set of functions. Collectively, these are referred to as the "Control Bar". The Control Bar facilitates: Go... a pop-up menu which provides an alternate way to access Sections within the Shell. Find provides full text searching. You may enter a keyword to search on, and, if found, NAUTILUS navigates to the first location of the word you entered. Print prints the currently displayed page (however, print is not enabled in the Intro version of NAUTILUS). Note displays a Link Note dialog in which you may enter a message, comment, etc. Link Notes may be sent to the NAUTILUS Host via modem at any time using the Link. Question Mark displays a Help-diagram illustrating details about the NAUTILUS interface. Up Arrow is a "return" function. If you are on a Content Page, you return to the Section Title Page. If you are already at a Section Title Page, you return to the TOC. You may also press the Escape key to return. Left Arrow moves one page in the previous direction. You may also press the Left Arrow key. Right Arrow moves one page in the next direction. You may also press the Right Arrow key. Section Title Pages In addition to the Control Bar described above, each Section Title Page has a scrolling field listing each of the pages that makes up that Section. Clicking an item in the list takes you to that page. There may also be an Audio button at the bottom-left of the screen. If enabled, this button plays a wave audio file describing the section. Please note that all audio throughout NAUTILUS requires the Microsoft Multimedia Extensions (MPC); if you do not have an MPC machine, please see the MPC section on the disc. Content Pages Content Pages contain information about certain files on the disc. The "ClickList" displayed in the lower-left corner of the screen outlines all the files related to the content of that page. The ClickList provides information about the listed files as well as direct access to open or copy a listed file. Notice that each file listed is preceded by an icon which identifies what type of file it is. Click a selected item once to display a pop-up note describing the file. Click the item twice to open the file, (e.g., if it is a text file it will be displayed with NotePad; if it is a WAVE file it will begin playing immediately -- if you have the required MPC Extensions installed. Without MPC Extensions you will only be able to see the pop-up notes.) NAUTILUS Link The NAUTILUS Link is an evolving communications package created so you can communicate with us, the NAUTILUS Team. The Link enables you to create a text message (Link Note) to send via modem to the NAUTILUS Host. You can get to the NAUTILUS Link by choosing Link from the Go... pop-up menu in the Shell control bar, or clicking the Link button from the TOC or Startup. Link Notes You can create a Link Note from anywhere in the NAUTILUS Shell by clicking the Note icon in the Control bar. A Link Note dialog box with two blank fields is displayed. In the first field, enter a short title or name for your note; this name can be up to 26 characters long. Press Tab or click in the next field to enter the text of your note. Click Save to save the note to your "Outbox" (which may be opened from the NAUTILUS Link). You can create new Link Notes, display and edit notes listed in the Outbox, and delete messages from the Outbox. The NAUTILUS Link will automatically send your messages to us AND put any reply messages from NAUTILUS into your InBox, (where Link stores messages received from the NAUTILUS Host). Before you upload any message, be sure to click the Comm Setup and Subscriber Info buttons to set up all that important communication information. Subscriber Info is your basic info screen. We need your name, address, etc. as well as your Subscriber Identification (SI) number -- once you subscribe and receive one. If you misplace your SI, please contact NAUTILUS Customer Service. Because your SI is confidential, we cannot give your number to you over the phone, but we can mail it to you once again. Be sure to check the settings recorded on the Comm Setup screen; you may only need to change the baud rate setting to match your modem. If you have a modem which uses error correction or data compression protocols (v32 or v42 modems, for example), you will need to enter the proper initialization string to turn these features off. Currently you cannot Link to the NAUTILUS Host without doing so. Please be sure to check your modem's operations manual or documentation for information about the proper commands to use. Note: If you change the default Modem Init String (using the Comm Setup dialog box) DO NOT include the "AT" prefix. The NAUTILUS Link will automatically include the AT command with whatever else you enter in the modem init string field. Next, click the "Link" button. NAUTILUS automatically dials up the NAUTILUS Host and processes the Link. Upon successful completion, a banner message is displayed. Click the Close button. Click the Inbox button to display the list of messages, if any, received from the Host. After a successful link, all messages in your OutBox are deleted. Have fun -- and be sure to let us know what you think!