Settings - How to Change Them (124638)

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The following describes the behavior of each of the common Explorapedia settings:

• Never Mind returns you to the ship.
  
  
• Go Back returns you to the previous dialog box.
  
  
• Selecting the On or Off buttons, a text color, or the painting or writing application returns you to the Settings dialog box.

In the Spaceship, click the Settings button. Tad asks which settings you want to change. The settings you can change are:

• Sounds
  
  
• Color Of Leap Words
  
  
• Scene Actions
  
  
• Connections To Writing Or Painting Programs
  
  
• Never Mind

NOTE: Explorapedia World of People introduces the ability to turn on or off Little Kids Mode. Little Kids Mode allows you to click on the Scene Actions and see the actions only. When Little Kids Mode is off, when you click on a Scene Action, the action occurs, then you go straight to the topic that you clicked on. If you install People as well as Nature, then Little Kids Mode is available as an option in Nature, as well.

Sounds

Tad asks which sounds you want to turn on or off:

• Tad's Voice
  
  
• Reading Explorapedia Out Loud
  
  
• All Sounds
  
  
• Never Mind

If you select one of the first three options, Tad takes you to the next dialog box, where your choices are: On, Off, Go Back, and Never Mind.

Color of Leap Words

Leap words are highlighted words within a topic that, when clicked, take you to the leap word topic. Your choices are:

• Blue
  
  
• Red
  
  
• Green
  
  
• Brown
  
  
• Go Back
  
  
• Never Mind

Scene Actions

If you would like to move around a little faster, you might want to turn the scene actions off. The scene actions occur when you click an animal or object in a scene. Your choices are:

• Turn Scene Actions On
  
  
• Turn Scene Actions Off
  
  
• Go Back
  
  
• Never Mind

Connections to Writing or Painting Programs

Your choices are:

• A Painting Program
  
  
• A Writing Program
  
  
• Go Back
  
  
• Never Mind

If you choose to connect to another program, you get a Windows dialog box, which lets you select any .EXE file you desire. By default, it displays the Windows directory, which is where WRITE.EXE, NOTEPAD.EXE, and PBRUSH.EXE are located. You can select any one of these, or others as long as the file has a filename that ends in .EXE.

Writing Programs You May Want to Use

These programs are included with Microsoft Windows:

• Microsoft Notepad (NOTEPAD.EXE), located in the WINDOWS directory
  
  
• Microsoft Write (WRITE.EXE), located in the WINDOWS directory

These programs are NOT included with Windows, but may be purchased separately:

• Microsoft Creative Writer (WRITER.EXE), located in the MSKIDS directory
  
  
• Microsoft Word for Windows (WINWORD.EXE), normally located in the WINWORD directory

Painting Programs You May Want to Use

• Paintbrush (PBRUSH.EXE), located in the WINDOWS directory.(This program is included with Microsoft Windows.)
  
  
• Microsoft Fine Artist (ARTIST.EXE), located in the MSKIDS directory. (This program is NOT included with Microsoft Windows, but may be purchased separately.)