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   AlbumGen v1.00
   © SoftPro 2010 Inc. 
   November 1999       
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   HOW TO USE THIS DOCUMENT
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AS IT CONTAINS UPDATED MANUAL INFORMATION PLUS A
QUICK START GUIDE!

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   CONTENTS
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FROM THE DEVELOPER

SETUP & INSTALLATION

SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

QUICKSTART GUIDE & KEYBOARD / MOUSE SHORTCUTS

LICENSE AGREEMENT / COPYRIGHT NOTICE

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   FROM THE DEVELOPER
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Thank you for purchasing AlbumGen (TM) - the easiest & most powerful WYSIWIG
stamp album page software available anaywhere! We hope you have as much fun
using it we did creating it. Please be sure to read this text file, as it
contains important information regarding registration, quickstart guide &
shortcuts as well as updated information that may not be present in the
manual. Also, customer support and other useful contact information is included.

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   SETUP AND INSTALLATION
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1. Start Windows 95/98/NT
2. Insert the AlbumGen CD ROM disc into your CD-ROM drive.
3. A title screen should appear. Should it not start on it's own
   ( ie. you disabled the autorun feature in Windows ), double-click on the
   "My Computer" icon on your Win95/98/NT desktop. Next, double-click on
   your CD-ROM icon to install the game. If the install screen still does
   not appear at this point, locate the "AlbumGen.exe" file on the AlbumGen
   CD-ROM and double-click on it.
4. Follow the remainder of the on-screen instructions to finish installing
   AlbumGen.
5. Once installation is complete, double-click on the AlbumGen icon to start
   producing fantastic album pages!

Note: You only need the CD to install or re-install.


INSTALL NOTES:
	 i) AlbumGen is Password Protected & you will not be able to
	    install without it. 
	    You will be required to Enter Your Name , Phone #
	    and your password. Each password is UNIQUE & is issued to
	    YOU ONLY. DO NOT DIVULGE YOUR PASSWORD TO OTHERS.
	ii) You must enter the password exactly as it was issued to you.
	    The password is case sensitive - use upper & lower
	    case letters as indicated.


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   QUICKSTART GUIDE & KEYBOARD / MOUSE SHORTCUTS
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While running AlbumGen, almost every fuction has been
mapped to the keyboard so that you can duplicate all
mouse actions with the keyboard. A useful reference
is available from the Help Menu. One is the Mouse Reference,
which we suggest that you print out & read . Also useful is
the Keyboard reference, available from the Help menu as well.
Many hidden but very useful features are listed in these files.
We highly recommend that you print these or at least view them.
A note on the Mouse Reference : While viewing this document in
AlbumGen, you can double click on any of the headings, & the 
contents will be sorted by that column!

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   SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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Minimum System Requirements:

486 CPU
Windows 95/98/NT
8 MB RAM
4X CD ROM DRIVE
at least 5MB free hard drive space
2 MB SVGA card
Adobe Acrobat Reader ( downloadable or provided )
Laser or Bubble Jet Printer ( Raster capable - NOT Dot Matrix )
Mouse & Keyboard


Recommended System Requirements: (for good performance)

Pentium 200 MMX CPU
Windows 95/98/NT
32 MB RAM
8X CD ROM DRIVE
at least 10MB free hard drive space
4 MB accelerated SVGA card
Adobe Acrobat Reader ( downloadable or provided )
Laser or Bubble Jet Printer ( Raster capable - NOT Dot Matrix )
Mouse & Keyboard


Ideal System Requirements: (for ultimate game performance)

Pentium II 350 CPU or Better
Windows 95/98/NT
64 MB RAM
8X CD ROM DRIVE
at least 10 MB free hard drive space
8 MB accelerated SVGA card
Adobe Acrobat Reader ( downloadable or provided )
Laser or Bubble Jet Printer ( Raster capable - NOT Dot Matrix )
Mouse & Keyboard

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   ACCESSING the MANUAL 
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AlbumGen comes with an online Manual/Help system. Most features are
expalined with popup help & a more detailed manual is included as a PDF file.
To use the manual, which is in PDF format ( Portable Document Format ) from
Adobe Systems, you must have Acrobat Reader installed on your computer.
If you do not have version 3.01 or higher of Adobe Acrobat Reader, you must 
install it from this CD. It is made available to you FREE of Charge .

To install Acrobat Reader, Go to START , RUN & enter :   D:\ar302.exe  
( where D represents your CD ROM drive letter ). Alternatively , you can
visit the Adobe website & download the Reader from their site
( http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/readstep.html ) .
You will be prompted for a directory to install Acrobat into.
We suggest that you install it to C:\Acrobat3\reader.  Once installed, while
you are running AlbumGen, anytime you hit F1 , the Reader will be started
for you and the manual opened to the first page. The index page is context
sensetive, meaning that you can click on any item, and you will be taken to
that page immediately. Many other items are context sensetive, and are all
outlined in red on the manual pages. We also suggest that you print a hard
copy of the manual for reference. Please read it as there are many great
features that are explained in the manual.

Also note our Email addresses :	mariost@home.com
				marios@msn.com

Website :   http://www.members.home.net/mariost 

We are sure that you will find AlbumGen to be the Finest
Philatelic Album Page Software available anywhere.

Please remember to SEND in your REGISTRATION FORM . This will assure that
you receive notices when upgrades/updates are available. If you move, please
inform us of the change so we can keep our records current.

We hope to hear from you soon. If we can be of any assistance, do not
hesitate to contact us.

Also note that we now have a great stamp Inventory program - EzStamp - which
directly interfaces with AlbumGen so that you can automatically place images
on the page with one click while in EzStamp. EzStamp includes images &
databses for 57 countries & rapidly growing. For more information or to order,
please call us at 416-261-7763 or Email us at mariost@home.com or visit our
website where you can download a FREE DEMO of EzStamp . You can also order
online at our website :

http://www.members.home.net/mariost 

Philatelically Yours,

Marios Theodossiou
President,

SoftPro 2010 Inc.
18 Leverhume Cres.
Scarborough, Ontario, CANADA, M1E 1K4
Tel/Fax: 416-261-7763
Email: 		mariost@home.com
Website:	http://www.members.home.net/mariost 

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AlbumGen - © SoftPro 2010 - License Agreement

READ ALL THE TERMS & CONDITIONS OF THIS AGREEMENT PRIOR TO OPENING 
OR INSTALLING THIS CD-ROM AND/OR PACKAGE. OPENING OR INSTALLING THIS 
PACKAGE INDICATES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THESE TERMS AND CONDITIONS. 
IF YOU DO NOT AGREE WITH THESE TERMS & CONDITIONS, RETURN THE 
UNOPENED & UNINSTALLED CD-ROM AND/OR DISKETTE PACKAGE & ALL OTHER 
COMPONENTS OF THIS PRODUCT TO THE PLACE OF PURCHASE & YOUR MONEY 
WILL BE REFUNDED.  NO REFUNDS WILL BE GIVEN FOR PRODUCTS THAT HAVE 
OPENED CD-ROM OR DISKETTE PACKAGES , MISSING COMPONENTS OR HAVE 
BEEN INSTALLED. No refunds in INTERNET DOWNLOADED VERSIONS!

LICENSE:  The software, including any files, images and data accompanying the software 
(collectively, the "Software"), are licensed ( NOT SOLD ) to you by SoftPro for personal 
use only. NO COMMERCIAL OR FOR PROFIT USE IS PERMITTED . YOU MAY NOT PRODUCE ALBUMS OR ALBUM
PAGES FOR COMMERCIAL USE OR FOR RESALE OR FOR DISTRIBUTION OF ANY KIND.
ALBUMGEN IS LICENSED TO YOU FOR YOUR OWN PERSONAL USE. SoftPro does not 
transfer title to the Software to you. You have the non-exclusive, non-commercial use of 
the Software, but SoftPro retains full and complete title to the Software itself, and all 
intellectual property rights therein. You may not redistribute, sell, decompile, 
reverse-engineer, disassemble, or otherwise reduce the Software to a human-perceivable 
form. You may not allow anyone to do anything that this Agreement prohibits you from 
doing. You understand that the Software is licensed to you and not sold to you. SoftPro 
retains title to all copies of the Software. 

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copyrights, trade secret rights, patents, trademarks, and any other proprietary rights 
covering or relating to the Software. You acknowledge that the Software includes or 
incorporates proprietary and confidential information belonging to SoftPro and/or its 
licensors. All rights not expressly granted by SoftPro in this Agreement are reserved. 

LIMITED WARRANTY:  THIS SOFTWARE AND THE ACCOMPANYING FILES ARE 
SOLD "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES AS TO PERFORMANCE OF 
MERCHANTABILITY OR ANY OTHER WARRANTIES WHETHER EXPRESSED OR 
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that the physical contents (disks &/or CD-ROM) to be free from defects for a  period of 
thirty (30) days from the date of purchase.  In the event of notification within the warranty 
period of covered defects in material or workmanship, the defective components will be 
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YOU MUST obtain Return Authorization PRIOR to sending any material back. This shall 
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