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Getting Started



  1. Begin by registering the software. Instructions

  2. Now name your first Workshop. On the opening screen or "WELCOME" tab, go to the "VIEW" menu and select the option to "Toggle Configuration Mode."

    Toggle Configuration Mode -- Use this menu option to toggle configuration mode on or off. Be sure you're on the "WELCOME" tab when you use this menu option. When you toggle configuration mode on, a string of buttons will appear. Buttons that have already been assigned as workshops will show the workshop name. Buttons not yet assigned to a workshop will be labeled as "Configure Workshop."

    On the screen shot here you'll notice that there are several workshops assigned, starting with "Communications" and ending with "Writing." Notice that these names are general and cover a number of possible software packages. In many cases one or two workshops will be all you need. In others you may need several. You can have up to 19 workshops.

    When you click on a "Configure Workshop" button, you'll see a screen like the one at right come up. Enter the name for your new workshop in the textbox on this form. In the future, we'll use the checkbox for ID/password usage, but for now, it is not used, so you need only type in the name of your new workshop and then hit the OK button (green door). You'll notice that you can also cancel or use the poison pill and delete a workshop from the Catapult Garage. Be careful here--if you delete a workshop, you may not be able to get it back.

  3. Click on the "VIEW -- Toggle Configuration Mode" menu option again to turn off configuration.

  4. Click on the "VIEW -- RESET SMALL" option to cut the screen size down temporarily.

  5. Configure your new workshop. Click on the new workshop's tab. You'll get an error 6019 telling you "Your configuration file nnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnnn.cfg could not be used." That's because you haven't built it yet...just ignore the error message by clicking on the "OK" button. Use the "CONFIGURATION -- TOGGLE CONFIGURATION MODE ON" option to enter configuration mode.

    In Configuration Mode, the 144 buttons can be setup. This will look something like this:


    (For the sake of space, only a portion of the screen is shown here.)

    Now, if you have shortcuts on the desktop, select one and drag/drop it onto a "shortcut button" of your choice in the Workshop. This will bring up a window something like this:

    In many cases, the "shortcut button" will work as is and you can simply click the "OK" button. However, there are many optional uses of the "shortcut buttons" so you will really want to read over the section on how to "Configure a Shortcut Button" in the page entitled "Main Workshop."

    When you click "OK" to exit from this screen you'll be asked whether to make the new "shortcut button" permanent or not--just click "YES" to proceed, "NO" if you're not happy with it or not finished with it yet.

    Repeat the Drag/Drop to setup other buttons.

  6. Once you have setup the buttons, you may want to add a background picture, a browser window, or a picture frame to your Workshop--all of these subjects are fully discussed in the page on the "Main Workshop."

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