Welcome to Theophilos Bible Software!

These are some release notes concerning installation and other technical 
information that you may find helpful. Should you have any problem that you 
cannot resolve feel free to contact us through the internet:

	http://www.theophilos.com

where you may find all updated information or send e-mail to:

	support@theophilos.com

You may also write to:

Theophilos Bible Software LLC
4430 Sundance Dr
Cedar Rapids, IA 52411-7827
USA

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Minimum hardware requirements
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Following are minimum and recommended system configurations for use of 
Theophilos Bible Software:

FREEWARE PACKAGE (one Bible version, dictionary and commentary)
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Minimum tested:
Operating system:.................. Windows 98, Windows NT 4.0
Processor:......................... Intel 486/66
Memory RAM:........................ 8 MB
Harddisk space before installation: 40 MB free
Harddisk space after installation:. 20 MB free
Pointing device:................... mouse or equivalent
Screen resolution:................. 640x480
Color depth:....................... 256 colors
Sound (optional - required for 
sound recording and playback):..... Sound Blaster or compatible, 
                                    microphone
Audio compression installed 
(required for narration preview):.. Microsoft ADPCM


Recommended for best program performance:
Operating system:.................. Windows 98, NT 4.0 or XP
Processor:......................... Intel Pentium 100 or higher
Memory RAM:........................ 16 MB or more
Harddisk space before installation: 100 MB or more free
Harddisk space after installation:. 80 MB or more free
Pointing device:................... mouse or equivalent
Screen resolution:................. 800x600 or higher
Color depth:....................... 32K (high color)
Sound (optional - required for 
sound recording and playback):..... Sound Blaster or compatible, 
                                    microphone
Audio compression installed 
(required for narration preview):.. Microsoft ADPCM


Recommended harddisk space requirements for CD VERSION: 150 MB or more free

This space is needed for Windows swap file which grows according to number of 
Bible versions loaded and number of opened files. You can save space by loading 
only those Bible versions you need for immediate study. In fact CD version is 
more space efficient (recommended for systems with smaller disk capacity) 
because it requires only approximately 9 MB of harddisk space for installation.

If you copied files from the CD or downloaded add-ons from Internet you need 
additional harddisk space for these files (recommended only for systems with 
large disk space capacities).


Preview of multimedia narration with picture and sound.
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We have added to the free copy of Theophilos a preview of Bible narration that 
you can listen to if you own a multimedia PC (with soundcard and speakers). This 
is only a demo of what is available on Theophilos Library CD. In addition you 
must have audio compression support installed from MS Windows(tm) installation 
CD. If your computer complies with these requirements you are ready to listen to 
the demo:

1. Open King James version of the Bible from the Bible menu.
2. Go to Genesis 1:1
3. Press F10 key to show illustrations. Alternatively you can go to Multimedia
   menu and click on Verse picture command.
4. Press F11 key to start the playback. Alternatively you can go to Multimedia
   menu and click on Autoplay command.
5. Sit back and enjoy.

The passage included with the free package starts at Genesis 1:1 and ends with 
Genesis 2:3. When the text of the passage is all read Theophilos will start 
scrolling the text automatically in attempt to find next available narrated 
passage. Since there are no other narrated passages available in a free package 
you should stop the search by pressing F11 at any time. If you liked what you 
heard and saw maybe you would like to order Theophilos Library CD with many 
hours of narrated passages.


Playback of multimedia narrations from the CD
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On our Theophilos Library CD you will find many hours of narrated Bible 
passages. They are all listed in a jumplist called Greatest Bible Passages. To 
be able to enjoy hearing the Word of God follow these steps:

1. Open King James version of the Bible from the Bible menu.
2. Under Jumplist menu, locate and click on Greatest Bible Passages jumplist
   to open it.
3. Double click on any of the listed passages. Bible text will move to 
   selected place.
4. Click on the Bible window.
5. Press F10 key to show illustrations. Alternatively you can go to
   Multimedia menu and click on Verse picture command.
6. Press F11 key to start the playback. Alternatively you can go to
   Multimedia menu and click on Autoplay command.
7. Sit back and enjoy.

When the text of the passage is all read Theophilos will start scrolling the 
text automatically to next available narrated passage. To stop the playback 
and/or scrolling press F11 at any time.

If you have Theophilos Audio Bible CD with Alexander Scourby's narration you can 
play any verse in King James version since this text is narrated in its 
entirety. However, illustrations are available only for passages listed in 
Greatest Bible Passages jumplist.

(Please note that you must have multimedia PC to be able to hear any sound.)


You can create add-on modules with Scribe for Theophilos authoring tool.
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We are offering a tool for creation of add-on modules for Theophilos Bible 
Software. Scribe for Theophilos is designed to help authors of texts like Bible 
scholars, pastors, Bible teachers to create and distribute their work. Even if 
you do not fall into this category of users you may still find this tool 
appealing since it gives you freedom to create add-on modules for your Bible 
program virtualy from any text. There are many texts in electronic form 
available on Internet that you could use. We will gladly consider adding your 
modules to our CD recognizing you as the author. You may freely download 
evaluation copy of Scribe for Theophilos from our pages.


"Not enough memory or disk space" error message.
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If you see this message you may not have enough memory or free disk space to run 
Theophilos in current setup. Try loading only few Bible versions on startup or 
clearing more free disk space. You may need also to close running applications 
and restart your computer (some resources may not be freed until system 
restarts).

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