IGOR 4.07 DEMO README Thank you for your interest in Igor Pro and for taking the time to download the Igor Pro demo. We hope that this demo version helps you to evaluate Igor Pro and to answer your questions about the software. If you need any further help, do not hesitate to contact WaveMetrics. The demo version of Igor Pro is limited in several important ways: - Files cannot be saved. - Experiments cannot be saved. - The clipboard contents cannot be transferred to other programs. - The printing output is lightly over-printed with Igor-related words and is slower as a result. You may need to download the free StuffIt Expander to decompress .bin files. Download it from http://www.stuffit.com/mac/expander/ SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Igor Demo requires Mac OS 8.5 or later and a Power Macintosh. Igor Demo runs in the "Classic environment" on Mac OS X. Igor Carbon Demo requires Mac OS 9.1 or later with CarbonLib 1.3.1 or later. Igor Carbon Demo runs in "native mode" on Mac OS X. A 640x480 monitor with 256 colors or better is recommended. If you want to run Igor on a 68000 CPU, you must run Igor Pro 3.16 or earlier. The Windows version of Igor requires Windows 95/98/ME or Windows NT 4/2000/XP. GETTING STARTED WITH IGOR PRO We strongly recommend that you take the "Guided Tour of Igor" in the Getting Started manual. It will get you off on the right foot and will save you a lot of time in the long run. Besides, itÕs fun! To get a feel for what Igor Pro can do, use the File->Example Experiments submenu to open several example experiments. Igor Pro has extensive and informative balloon help (called 'Igor Tips' under Carbon). Also, check out the Help Browser: Choose "Igor Help Browser" in the Help menu. If you plan to use the Carbon version of Igor, which runs native on Mac OS X, please read the "What's Different In Carbon" help file which you will find in Igor's Windows->Help Windows submenu. ONLINE MANUAL This demo version of Igor Pro ships with the full online PDF manual. You can use the "Manual" item in Igor's Help menu to open the online manual. To use the online manual you will need Adobe Acrobat Reader 4 or later (or Acrobat Exchange). A Free Acrobat Reader can be downloaded from www.adobe.com. IMPORTANT KNOWN CONFLICTS Action WYSIWYG Menus from Power On Software is known to make Igor Pro crash. To prevent this, use the WYSIWYG Menus control panel to stop WYSIWYG Menus from running with Igor Pro. Many versions of Adobe Type Reunion are known to conflict with Igor Pro. Some versions allow you to disable ATR for certain applications; we recommend that you disable ATR for Igor Pro. We post the latest notices of conflicts we discover on our web site at http://www.wavemetrics.com/support/. IGOR AND QUICKTIME If you have Apple Computer's QuickTimeª 4.0 or later installed, Igor can import more kinds of image files, such as JPEG and GIF. You can download the free QuickTime software at: http://www.apple.com/quicktime ACTIVATING IGOR EXTENSIONS Extensions in the "More Extensions" folder are not available in Igor until you activate them. To activate the Graphical Slicer extension, for example: 1. In the Finder, make an alias for the file "More Extensions:Visualization:Graphical Slicer". 2. Drag the alias into the "Igor Extensions" folder. 3. Restart Igor Pro. To see documentation and instructions for using the Graphical Slicer, double-click the file "More Extensions:Visualization:Graphical Slicer Help". If you want to have the Graphical Slicer Help file always available in the Windows menu: 4. Make an alias to the Graphical Slicer Help file and drag it into the "Igor Help Files" folder. CONTACT INFO You may contact us at these email addresses: sales@wavemetrics.com support@wavemetrics.com Or visit us on the web at: http://www.wavemetrics.com Our phone number is: (503) 620-3001 PRICING INFO After installing the demo, see the file "Igor Info and Pricing" in your Igor Pro Folder for pricing details and decriptions of our other products.