Designer 1

Q: What is Designer 1

A: A program intended to,

Launch patterns for viewing and printing.
Share projects with the crafting community.
A link to our web site for updated information within the Art Glass Trades.
Provide other software available from which to learn and refine your craft.

Have fun & happy crafting.

First things are First have fun and read the help files within the 300 Patterns Bookshelf Simply insert the CD into your CD-ROM drive. The Designer 1 CD will auto-launch. After the CD autorun launches The Oak Tree splash screen will appear. This lasts a few seconds and the main screen will open.
Starting the program If your system does not launch automatically (after 1 1/2 minutes) Try the following. This step may be used for older computer systems or computers that may have the autorun feature turned off. Double-click My Computer on your desktop, then Double-click your CD-ROM drive. Double-click the Autorun Application file (little CD icon) to launch the Designer 1 main page.
Navigating the pages
Click image for larger view.	The screen to the left should launch. Designer 1 is comprised of the main screen and several pages which are easily reached by clicking on the text link. By placing your mouse over the various "white text" on the "gray" bar just below the top "black" section, an image will appear. This image shows a sample picture of the topics or pages you can link to. By clicking your mouse on the text you will launch the Adobe Acrobat Reader associated with that subject.

Additionally there are pages listed on the bottom most part of Designer's main screen. These links will transport you to the various pages as well.
Other Links For your convince we have provided several links that can be an asset to you and the viewing of the Designer 1 CD. Get Adobe, This link takes you directly to Adobe.com where you can download a free and full copy of the program "Acrobat Reader". A much needed and widely used program to view/print and organize Electronic documents. Several files on Designer 1 need Acrobat Reader to be opened and viewed. Visit Oaktreesg.com on the internet, another link provided for easy access to our site. Interested in making a purchase of supplies-products and or information on news and new products associated with Art Glass Crafting, then link up.

Wandering About

Once you have linked to any page other than the main Designer 1 page you can always return to the home page by selecting the text "Designer" located on every page at the upper right hand corner.

On the main screen in the middle and lower half you will notice "Pattern Start Instructions". Just click the text and a text file will open in your systems "Notepad". Read this information and close the file. Hint: from the file pull down menu within Notepad select word wrap, as this will make the information easier to read.

300 Patterns Bookshelf
	Bookshelf launches a separate and independent program from the Designer 1 screens. The first and left most book is comprised of instructions on viewing and printing
Using The Program The books above are included in the 300 Patterns Bookshelf. Each opens a separate set of patterns with the Instructions Book used as a guide to learn how to navigate, print and use the special features the program has to offer.
The most important feature provided by Album when browsing through the pages is the flipping paradigm reciprocating the actual page flips of a book. Just like in an actual book, the pages can be accessed sequentially or a page jump can be made to any selected page. This can be achieved by using the mouse to click on the pages or clicking on the page edge thickness representation.
The Overview page, allows the user a preview of all the images in the album. To view the thumbnail in more detail, simply click on the thumbnail to preview the image in full size, or click on the filename above the thumbnail to flip to the corresponding page in the album.
The Contents page displays a list of the album images and the corresponding page numbers on which they appear. Just like clicking on the filename above the thumbnail in the Overview page, click on an entry in the Contents page to flip to the corresponding page in the album.
The Index page is located at the back of the album and contains an alphabetical list of the objects in the album, along with the page numbers in which they appear. Clicking on an index entry will flip the album to the corresponding page.
To adjust the flipping speed: Click Options on the menu bar and click Set Flipping Speed.The Set Flipping Speed Dialog Box will be displayed. Move the pointer along the bar under Flipping Speed to adjust the flipping speed (5% - 75%).Click Test Flip >> or << Test Flip button to view the speed. Setting Flipping Speed Dialog Box

Rotating An Image

To rotate an image:

Flip to the page containing the image you want to rotate.
With the mouse pointer over the image,
click the right mouse button and select Rotate option in the context menu.
The image will be rotated 90° clockwise.
Repeat the process to rotate the image as desired.

Printing

There are two print options, namely printing a page and printing an image. To print a page: Flip to the page you want to print.

Click File on the menu bar and click Print.
Select Left Page or Right Page. The Print Page dialog box will be displayed.
Click OK.

To print an Image

Flip to the page containing the image you want to print.
Click the right mouse button while your mouse pointer is over the image.
The Right Mouse Click On Image context menu will be displayed.
Select Print... The Print Page dialog box will be displayed (Fig 2.12.3).
You can either print a single picture or select one of the print templates.
Click OK.

To exit the Bookshelf at any time simply select the X within the square box at the upper right hand corner of the windows page. Additionally you can also select the file pull down menu and then click "Exit".

To exit the Designer 1 at any time simply select the X within the square box at the upper right hand corner of every page.

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