INTERNATIONAL IMAGING MATERIALS, INC.

PRESENTATION MAGIC!  -  SHAREWARE VERSON


README.TXT FILE CONTAINING MOST CURRENT PROGRAM OR 
DOCUMENTATION CHANGES, OR OTHER OPERATIONAL HINTS.


1.	While mentioned several times throughout the documentation of 
this program, it is critical that you are running the most current version of 
the printer driver supporting your color output device.  During several 
months of research, it has been noted that users traditionally have out-
dated print drivers and/or "borrow" drivers from other devices that seem 
to work.  While in general a user may find this technique marginally 
effective, Presentation Magic! uses the information contained in the print 
drivers to set margins, establish minimum and maximum printable areas, 
and to support the latest Windows  API calls.  Outdated or "borrowed" 
drivers will provide mis-information to the program which will result in 
unpredictable or erroneous printed results.  Users should check with their 
printer manufacturer for the most current versions.  Many printer 
manufacturers are aligned with CompuServe and can provide current 
drivers electronically.

2.	It is recommended that you select the printer you are planning to 
use as your final output device (using Control Panel) prior to beginning to 
use Presentation Magic!   While Presentation Magic! will allow you to 
change printers at "print time", the program may be unable to fit all the 
text information you entered (if your original printer had a larger print 
window than that of your final output device).  This most commonly 
occurs when you default to a laser or dot matrix printer, having large 
printable areas when creating the presentation, and then choosing a 
thermal or ink jet printer with a smaller printable area.  The program now 
prompts you to select the default printer at program start-up.

3.	It is very advisable to run the Quick Check program that installs 
with Presentation Magic! before beginning to develop presentations.  The 
Quick Check program performs a number of checks regarding your 
computer and printer environments, looking for settings or defaults that 
may cause difficulties when developing and printing full coverage color 
presentations.  One example is the "Transmission Re-Try" and "Device 
Not Selected" Values that are created when installing printers using 
Control Panel.  They start at 15 and 45 seconds respectively.  These 
default values are inadequate for full color raster or Postscript 
processing.  We recommend 999 and 999 seconds respectively for color 
printing purposes.

4.	Please don't be impatient!  If you are running the minimum 
configuration (a 386 type PC) your processing is going to appear slow.  
Color graphics work is extremely resource intensive and the 
recommended configuration (a 486 type PC) will provide greatly superior 
performance.  This fact generally applies to all graphics software where 
color is a major component.  Highlight color or other low color coverage 
applications are generally impervious to the 386/486 differences other 
than the obvious improvements gained from a faster processor.

5.	There has been an improvement in the interface screen for bullet 
and free-form text.  Since the documentation was printed, we have 
consolidated the "spacing" and "bullet style" selections and provided a 
brief line of instruction to indicate when these features are active.  The 
"bullet" and "sub-bullet" selection is noted as active after you hit the enter 
key, while the "spacing" and "bullet style" buttons are active before you hit 
the enter key.

6.	There currently exists a problem when backspacing over a bullet 
style when it is the last line in the text entry.  The program stays in the 
Wingdings or Symbol font (as the bullet style is one of these font styles).  
If this occurs, please select the Font button, and then select the correct 
font desired.

7.	The text editing facilities in Presentation Magic! version 1.5, have 
been enhanced to provide a user changeable default font/size setting. To 
use this feature, select the font button on the text control console,  
choose a font style, size, etc. and upon returning to the text control 
console, engage the "Set As Default" button.  This selection will stay in 
effect for the duration of the presentation, unless reset by the user. 

8.	The Quick Reference Card indicates that the user needs to 
traverse up or down the scale representing the number of slices, bars, or 
lines from the control panel to change the size of the graph sample.  This 
has been modified in the production version to enable the user to either 
toggle up or down using the arrow buttons in the control panel, or to type 
in a new value as desired.  Clicking in the graph area will cause the 
program to automatically re-size and re-draw the graph to the new size 
value.

9.	The program has been enhanced to include a default font/size 
setting for the top title feature.  This will enable the user to select a font 
and/or size desired for all top titles, and by engaging the "Set As Default" 
button from the Top Title menu, will retain those settings for the duration 
of the session, or until reset by the user.  Note:  The "Set As Default" 
settings for the Free-Form or Bullet Chart slides operate independently of 
this Top Title default feature.

10.	While not specifically noted in the Quick Reference Card, 
Presentation Magic! does support the Windows based form of "cutting", 
"copying" and "pasting" text.  Within the Free-Form or Bullet Chart 
selections, highlight the text you wish to act upon, and perform the 
following:

          a)   shift/delete key(s) provides a "cutting" feature
          b)   ctrl/insert key(s) provides a "copying" feature
          c)   shift/insert key(s) provides a "paste" feature

11.	The program allows you to move through the number of slides in a 
presentation by use of the arrows on the control pad.  In addition to 
this technique, you may highlight the "slide #" from the slide identifier 
frame in the lower left hand corner of the screen, and directly type in 
the slide number to which you want to move.

12.	The line graph has been enhanced to permit "null values" to be 
entered at the end of a line series.  This is particularly useful if you 
wish to develop a two series (or more) line graph, with one series 
representing plan numbers, and the other line series representing 
actuals; where the actuals available are less than the number of 
points in the plan series.  By using a double asterisk, i.e. ** in the 
value field, the graphing function will terminate the line with the last 
non-asterisk value.

13.	Any user wanting International Imaging Materials, Inc. to develop a 
logo or other graphic for importation (Presentation Magic! now allows 
a graphic to be imported and printed in a fixed position, either the 
extreme left or right side of the bottom title) may do so by calling us 
at (716) 244-2120.


Presentation Magic! Support Policy

International Imaging Materials, Inc. warrants that (a) the program will 
perform substantially in accordance with the functional specifications in 
the Materials for ninety (90) days from the date of registration.  THIS 
LIMITED WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS.  YOU 
MAY HAVE OTHERS WHICH VARY FROM STATE TO STATE.  

Upon payment of the registration fee, the customer will receive a 
registration notification form that entitles the customer to free technical 
support by calling our technical support group at 1-900-555-1300.  Our 
technicians will cancel any charges for this phone call upon receiving a 
valid registration number from our customer as long as the service 
timeframe is within ninety (90) days from the date of product registration.

IIMAK's and its suppliers' entire liability and the customers exclusive 
remedy shall be either (a) return of the registration fee paid or (b) repair 
or replacement of SOFTWARE that does not meet IIMAK's Limited 
Warranty.


No-Nonsense Support Summary

IIMAK will do its best to answer any questions and/or fix any program 
problems encountered.  However, if our customer is not happy with the 
software that they have registered, IIMAK will refund any fee's paid.

Notes:

Presentation Magic! is a  trademark of International Imaging Materials, 
Inc.
Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
Postscript is a trademark of Adobe Corporation.


