The Cat in the Hat by Dr. Seuss ReadMe Windows(R) Version 1.0 July 25, 1997 Welcome to the world of Living Books(R). You and your child are about to experience a fun and fantastic learning environment where characters and objects come alive and bring a whole new dimension to storytelling. This ReadMe contains technical information for The Cat in the Hat. To help you quickly locate any information you need, here is a list of what is included in this ReadMe, so you can scroll down to the appropriate section. Table of Contents 1. Installation 2. Troubleshooting 3. How to Contact Technical Support 4. Standard Hardware Requirements 5. Broderbund 90-Day Guarantee 6. Software Publishers Association (SPA) Warning 7. Credits 8. Copyright Information 1. Installation Windows 95 To Install Begin at the Windows 95 desktop. Insert the CD-ROM disc into your CD-ROM drive. The Cat in the Hat Startup window will appear. Click the Install button and follow the on-screen instructions to install the program. If The Cat in the Hat Startup window does not appear automatically on screen, you can install the program manually. Click the Start button on the taskbar and choose Run. Type D:\SETUP.EXE in the line labeled Open. (If your CD-ROM drive uses a letter other than D, substitute that letter for D.) Click the OK button and follow the on-screen instructions to install The Cat in the Hat. To Play After successfully installing the program, click the Run button at the Startup window to start the program. The Startup window will usually appear each time the CD-ROM disc is inserted into the CD-ROM drive. If The Cat in the Hat Startup window does not automatically appear on screen, begin at the Windows 95 desktop. Click the Start button, point to Programs, and then Living Books. Click The Cat in the Hat menu item to start the program. To Remove If you need to remove The Cat in the Hat, begin at the Windows 95 desktop. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then Control Panel. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon. Click the Install/Uninstall tab and select The Cat in the Hat from the list of programs. Click the Add/Remove button and then click the YES button to remove the program. Windows 3.1x To Install Begin at the Windows Program Manager. Insert the CD-ROM disc into your CD-ROM drive. Pull down the File menu and choose Run. Type D:\SETUP.EXE in the line labeled Command Line. (If your CD-ROM drive uses a letter other than D, substitute that letter for D.) Click the OK button and follow the on-screen instructions to install the program. To Play After successfully installing the program, a program group titled Living Books will be created in the Windows Program Manager. It will contain an icon labeled The Cat In The Hat. Double-click this icon to begin playing. Select a Mode Read To Me When you make the Read To Me selection, your pointer will disappear as you see the book unfold page by page. Your pointer will only reappear when you return to the Control Panel Page after the book is finished. You can also use the Enter key on your keyboard to return to the Control Panel Page. Use the right or left arrow key on your keyboard to skip ahead or see an earlier page in the book. You can switch to Let Me Play mode by pressing P on your keyboard. Let Me Play When you click the Let Me Play button, you'll be able to start exploring each page after its introduction. Use the mouse to select different items you would like to see come to life on the screen. There are many hidden buttons on every page, so be sure to search carefully before turning each page. You can switch to Read To Me mode while reading the book by pressing R on your keyboard. Options Page Clicking the Options button will take you to the Options Page where you can go directly to any page in the book in interactive (Let Me Play) mode. You cannot jump directly into the story in passive (Read To Me) mode. To go directly to a page, click the forward and back arrows until you see the page number you want. Then click OK to go to that page. To see the Credits for The Cat in the Hat, click the Credits button. When the Credits are finished, you will return to the Options Page. To return to the Control Panel Page, click the arrow at the bottom left of the page, or press the Enter key. Turning Pages To turn pages, click the forward or back pointing hands located in the lower-right and lower-left corners of the screen, or press the right or left arrows on your keyboard. To return to the main selection screen, click the page number at the bottom of each screen, or press the Enter key. Printing Pages While reading or playing in the interactive pages of the product, you can print out the screen by pressing the Ctrl+P key combination. It will print only in landscape mode to match the shape of the screen. Activities Sprinkled throughout the pages of The Cat in the Hat are areas on the screen where your pointer (the arrow on the screen) turns into a hand as the pointer passes over them. This indicates that in these areas you can move something by holding the mouse button down and then dragging the mouse. On some pages, you can click on running characters or flying objects and they will react. You can also find puzzles, a painting area, and other fun discoveries. The hidden bird character is somewhere on every page. At the end of the Balancing Game, you can play the game again immediately by pressing the spacebar on the keyboard. 2. Troubleshooting Shortcuts In either mode of play, you can press the Alt key to display or hide the menu bar, which will be hidden when play begins. Press the Return or Enter key from anywhere in the story to go directly to the Control Panel Page. You can use the Ctrl key and the up or down arrow combination to adjust your computer's volume level. Press the "R" key for Read To Me and the "P" key for Let Me Play on your keyboard to change from one mode to the other. Press the Ctrl key +Q combination from anywhere in the story to quit. Memory Living Books products are designed to use 8MB of memory for Windows 3.1 and Windows 95. Screen Savers If your computer has a software screen saver enabled, it might interrupt Living Books, especially during the Read To Me mode. Be sure to disable your screen saver software while using Living Books to avoid interruption. Windows Technical Notes Please see the Troubleshooting Guide supplied with this product for more detailed technical information. 3. How to Contact Technical Support If you have worked through these troubleshooting suggestions and still need assistance, you can contact Broderbund Technical Support by using the options listed below. It will be very helpful if you can tell us your computer make and model, and the brand names of both the video card and sound card you are using. If possible, have the computer both positioned near your phone and turned on. Please also be prepared to give us a detailed description of what happens when you try to run the program. You can contact us in any of the following ways: 1. Internet - Online support is available through our World Wide Web site at http://www.broderbund.com 2. CompuServe - Type GO BRODERBUND at any prompt to access Broderbund's area in CompuServe, or send your questions to support@broderbund.com 3. America Online - Use the Keyword: BRODERBUND to find our Product Support Boards, or address your questions to BBund Tec1 or BBund Tec2 using AOL's electronic mail. 4. Mail - Send your questions to Broderbund Technical Correspondence, P.O. Box 6125, Novato, CA 94948-6125 5. Phone - Call us at (415) 382-7818 from Monday through Friday between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Pacific Time. 4. Standard Hardware Requirements WINDOWS (R) CD-ROM* Windows 3.1 or Windows 95 66MHz 486 or faster required 8MB RAM required 2X CD-ROM drive or faster required SVGA video card 640x480, 256 colors Windows compatible sound device Printer support: works with most popular printers (monochrome and color) supported by Windows. *System Configuration: May require minor adjustments to the configuration of your operating system and/or updates to the hardware component drivers. 5. Broderbund 90-Day Guarantee Guarantee and Limitations on Warranty If you are not completely satisfied with your purchase, return the product to Broderbund Software within 90 days of the date of purchase, along with the original sales receipt and the reason for return. Please state whether you would prefer another Broderbund product of equal or lesser value, or a full refund. Dealers, distributors and their employees are not eligible. Please call Broderbund Customer Support at (415) 382-4745, or return the merchandise to Broderbund Software, P.O. Box 6125, Novato, CA 94948-6125. If you wish to return the product via U.P.S., please send it to Broderbund Software, Attention Customer Support, 755 SouthPoint Boulevard, Petaluma, CA 94954. The Broderbund 90 Day Satisfaction Guarantee also warrants for a period of 90 days that this copy of this product is free from substantial errors or defects that will materially interfere with the operation of the program as described in the enclosed user documentation. This policy applies to the initial purchaser only. If you believe you have found any such error or defect in the program during the 90 day period, call the Broderbund Technical Support Department at (415) 382-7818 from Monday through Friday between the hours of 6:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., Pacific Time. Broderbund Technical Support personnel will attempt to help you correct or avoid the problem. If any such error or defect cannot be corrected or reasonably avoided you may inform Broderbund that you would prefer another Broderbund product of equal or lesser value, or a full refund. Restrictions The Software contains copyrighted material, trade secrets and other proprietary material. In order to protect them, and except as permitted by applicable legislation, you may not decompile, reverse engineer, disassemble or otherwise reduce the Software to a human-perceivable form. You may not modify, network, rent, lease, loan, distribute or create derivative works based upon the Software in whole or in part. 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You may use one copy of the product on a single terminal connected to a single computer. You may not network the product or otherwise use it on more than one computer or computer terminal at the same time. 6. Software Publishers Association (SPA) Warning PLEASE DO NOT MAKE ILLEGAL COPIES OF THIS SOFTWARE The software you are using was produced through the efforts of many people: designers, artists, producers, programmers, distributors, retailers and other dedicated professionals. The costs of developing this and other software programs are recovered through software sales. The unauthorized duplication of personal computer software raises the cost to all legitimate users. This software is protected by federal copyright law. Copying software for any reason other than to make a backup is a violation of law. Individuals who make unauthorized copies of software may be subject to civil and criminal penalties. Broderbund Software, Inc., supports the industry's effort to fight the illegal copying of personal computer software. Report copyright violation to: Software Publishers Association 1730 M Street NW, Suite 700 Washington, D.C. 20036 (202) 452-1600 7. Credits Project Director: Sam Comstock Executive Producer: David Samuelson Producers: Multimedia Consulting, LLC: Senior Producer: Esther Suzuki Arnold Associate Producer: Stacey Cornely Executive Producer: Teri Rousseau Living Books: Tami Sloan Tsark Sound Director: Robert Thomure Production Coordinators: Production and Animation: Nancy Nilsen Preproduction: Cecilia Laureys, Sarah Shen Pencil Animators: Don Albrecht, Shawn Brownell, Marcelo Souza, Christine Schnarr, Mark West, Dave Sandberg, Mary Sandberg, Caged Beagle Productions, Inc. Computer Animators: Anita Drieseberg, Mark West, Shawn Brownell Computer Page Assembly: Phillip Bossant of Wolf Hill Studios, Tony Margioni Credits Animator: Don Albrecht Storyboards & Layouts: Don Albrecht, Jeff Peterson, Eric Schipper, Christine Schnarr, Mark West Background Painting & Color Design: Betty Gai, Jennifer Ching Inkers: Cheech, Ailish Mullally, Eyeheart Art & Production, Co. Scanning & Coloring: Class6 Entertainment Animation Clean-up: John Punsalan Computer Graphic Technicians: Lead Technician: Eric Schipper Graphic Technician: Chris Roberts Support: Minhee Choe, Robert Hoffman, Warren Scott Manager: Rob Bell Programmers: Badi Malik, Jeff Mossberg, Rob Bell, David Lucas, Ed Rose, Glenn Axworthy Sound: Sound Design: Robert Thomure Sound Editing: Elizabeth Stuart, Klaudia Promessi Additional Sound Editing: Bob Marshall, Andrew Roth, Jane Scolieri, Robert Johnson, Patsy Rahn Music Composition and Arrangements: Klaudia Promessi and Robert Thomure Additional Music: Bob Marshall, Donna Viscuso, Jane Scolieri Title Theme: Klaudia Promessi Credits Theme: Joey Edelman Control Panel Choreography and Dance: Mark West Voice Casting and Direction: Madeleine Wild Voice Talent: Cat: Marcus Lewis The Boy: Michael Davoren Sally: Brittany Laurence Fish: Ron Seawright Bird: Erika Luckett Things: Madeleine Wild, Ken Winston Mother: Susan Adams-Graves Extra Character Voices: Don Albrecht, Sam Comstock, Elizabeth Stuart, Roy Blumenfeld, Bob Marshall, Gene Hamm, Mike Winston, Nicolle Buckley, Robert Johnson Instrumentalists: Electronic instruments: Klaudia Promessi, Robert Thomure, Bob Marshall, Jane Scolieri Clarinet:Harvey Wainapel Trombone: David Promessi Drums: Bruce Spencer Piano: Jan Martinelli Kazoo: Erika Luckett Guitar: Robert Thomure Research & Design: Barbara Serwin, Corrinna Calhoun, Karl Ackerman, Andy Purviance, Karen Hudson Activity Prototypes: Andy Purviance, Karl Ackerman Quality Assurance Testing: Lead Technician: Michael Sobieski Educational Business Lead Tech: Jeffrey Pooley Documentation Specialist: Anne Sete Testers: Andrew Pang, Cathy Thom, Jon Yamoto Marketing: Senior Marketing Manager: Les Lifter Marketing Communications & Publicity: Kim Dempster, Shannon Jamieson Assistant Marketing Manager: Kristin Cooper Marketing Project Manager: Heath Ames Packaging: Dana Shields Special Thanks: Sharon Lerner, Herb Cheyette, Mark Schlichting, Jeff Schon, Laurie Strand, Jeff Charvat, Randy Spencer, Robyn Berry, Kelly Free, Grace Pascual, Edgar Dejan, Reenie Katz, Chris Jones, Cynthia Leonard, Mickey Mantle, Glenn Axeworthy All of the folks at Broderbund who make our work possible. 8. Copyright Information The Cat in the Hat CD-ROM compilation copyright (c) 1997 Broderbund Software, Inc. and Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P. All Rights Reserved. Dr. Seuss characters, text, and images (c) and (tm) 1997 Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P. All Rights Reserved. The Cat in the Hat book copyright (c) 1957 Dr. Seuss Enterprises, L.P. All Rights Reserved. Living Books is a registered trademark of Broderbund Software, Inc. To order more Living Books call: (800) 776-4724. Also, visit our Web site at www.livingbooks.com. For more information about Living Books, write to us at 160 Pacific Avenue Mall, Suite 201, San Francisco, CA 94111 or call (415) 382-7818. We really hope that you enjoy our product. End of ReadMe.