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Installation for Windows

Windows 95 Users

1. Close all applications that are currently running
2. Insert Disk 1 into your floppy drive (or the CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive).
3. From the Taskbar, select START, RUN.
4. Type A:\Win95\Setup, and press Enter. ("A" represents the floppy drive into which you have inserted the setup disk. Change the drive designation as appropriate.)
5. Follow the setup instructions on the screen.
6. See "Installation Details" (below) if necessary.

Windows 3.1 Users

1. Close all applications that are currently running.
2. Insert Disk 1 into your floppy drive (or the CD-ROM into your CD-ROM drive).
3. From the File menu in either the Program Manager or File Manager, select RUN.
4. Type A:\Win31\Setup, press Enter. ("A" represents the floppy drive into which you have inserted the setup disk. Change the drive designation as appropriate.)
5. Follow the setup instructions on the screen.
6. See "Installation Details" (below) if necessary.

Installation Details

• The first Select Components window offers the following options:

  Install Handbook on Local Drive. Choose this option if you wish to install all files onto your hard drive.

  Run Handbook from CD-ROM. Choose this option if you need to conserve hard disk space. The Handbook files will not be installed, and will only be accessible via your CD-ROM. (This option will appear only if you are installing from CD ROM.)

  Modify Settings. Choose this option if you are only modifying your setup (for example, if you are only changing your word processor or browser).

  
  

• All files will be installed by default into the following directory:

  C:\ProgramFiles\Mayfield\TechBook\Handbook

  You are free to change this path during installation. You can change the drive and root directory, but we suggest "Mayfield\Techbook\Handbook" as the last portion of your path.

• The next Select Components window will appear only if you have both Microsoft Word and Corel WordPerfect installed on your computer. The window offers the following options:

  Microsoft Word Template. Check this box if you will be using Microsoft Word.

  WordPerfect Template. Check this box if you will be using Corel WordPerfect.

  
  You may choose to install the Handbook software for either or both of these word processors.

• The next window will appear only if you have both Microsoft Internet Explorer and Netscape Navigator installed on your computer. The window offers the following options:

  Microsoft Internet Explorer
  Netscape Navigator

  Choose the one browser you wish to use with the Handbook.

• The next option will appear only if you are running Windows 3.1 and you chose WordPerfect as your word processor. This window asks you to locate the directory for the WordPerfect Additional Objects Template. It is very important that this file be installed in its proper location. The default path for a standard WordPerfect installation is:

  C:\WPoffice\WPwin\WPdocs\Template

   

• Note for Microsoft Word 97 users: Support for Microsoft Word 97 requires that the Mayfield template file, "mayfield.dot" be updated from Word 7. This conversion is done automatically, but saving the converted template requires confirmation from the user. The first time Word 97 is run after installing the Mayfield Handbook, you will be asked if you want to save changes to "mayfield.dot" when you exit the application. Answer Yes. You will then be asked whether you want to save the template with a new name, or overwrite the original. You should choose to overwrite the original.

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