PLEASE READ THIS FILE AS IT CONTAINS IMPORTANT INFORMATION

Purpose of this program:
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Do you have pictures that you'd like to include in a screen saver? Do you want to display pictures of your favorite sports team, family, pet, art, musician? Whatever your hobbies, love, or passions, you can easily create a slideshow that contains the pictures of your choice, and organize them any way you want. Simply add a theme, select the pictures you'd like associated with that theme, and you're set! You can create up to 50 themes, each containing up to 50 pictures. You will find that SlideSmith 2 with Themes! is very easy to use, and very intuitive. Other features include password protection, sound support, background color selection, re-ordering of the selected files through drag-and-drop, and slideshow speed. Give it a try, you'll love it.

Installation Instructions:
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Unzip the file in a directory of your choice (preferably a temporary directory), then run the setup.exe file.
This file will guide you through the installation process.

Program Status:
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This program is shareware.
You can legally use this software for 30 days.
Remember that if you decide to keep it, you 
must buy a copy. Click the About button for
more details. Please support the shareware
concept by registering this product.

Distribution Status:
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You can freely distribute this software. It is strictly prohibited, however, to reverse-engineer it, disassemble it, and decompile it. In addition, you may not rename it or alter it in any way without the express written consent of the author, Ziad Noueihed.

Contacting The Author:
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e-mail: ziadn@mindspring.com


Software Features:
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-Password protection
-Support for both JPEG and BMP file formats
-Sound support (if available on your computer)
-Background color selection support
-Drag-and-Drop of the selected files, which 
 allows you to change the viewing order of the 
 pictures in your slideshow.
-Easy to use interface.
-Last, but definitely not least, the introduction
 of the Themes concept, a great way to organize
 your slideshow pictures. For example, if, say,
 you have pictures of family members, your 
 favorite sport or team, etc..., you can create
 a theme for each one of those categories and 
 include in that category only the relevant 
 pictures.
-Up to 50 themes can be created, each of which
 containing up to 50 pictures.
-Of course, you can Add, Edit, or Delete any 
 Theme at any time.
-A great overall product!

Usage Notes:
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-When using SlideSmith 2 with Themes! for the
first time, you must first add a theme, then 
select that theme before you can show and/or 
select a picture.

-You can start SlideSmith 2 With Themes! at any
time by clicking on Start|Programs|SlideSmith 2
(or whichever program group you chose during
the installation)|and SlideSmith 2 With Themes!, 
or create a shortcut on your desktop and 
double-click it.

Known Bugs:
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-If you select a JPEG and get the following
error message: 'EJPEG error #67', make sure
that you do not include it in any of your themes.
Including it in a theme and playing that theme
will cause your computer to freeze, and, in
most cases, will require rebooting your computer.
Although SlideSmith 2 should smoothly handle
other bad graphics, it is best, as a general
rule, not to include bad pictures in your
themes.


I hope you enjoy using SlideSmith 2 With Themes!

