Part I : Installing Escritor 1.0.1 under Windows 95/98

You can download free of charge the last official Escritor release via Intenet, from this site : http://www.linux-france.org/prj/escritor/ using the download page menu. You can choose between the "Inst_CD.exe" file (approx. 3Mb) and the "Ins3Dsk.exe" file (that should be deflated on your computer hard drive, then copied on three floppies before proceeding to the installation). Moreover, part III makes references to the use of the "Geograph.exe" example file that you can download free of charge at the same address. Make sure you have the latest releases of these files before starting. 
 

1°) Decompressing the downloaded file :

At this point, you should have the "Inst_CD.exe" file or the floppy version "Inst3Dsk.exe" file. The following lines are dedicated to the installation of Escritor using the "Inst_CD.exe" file. Double-click on the "Inst_CD.exe" file icon. A decompressing procedure dialogue box appears :

This box indicates that the Escritor installation files are going to be decompressed by default in the "C:\Esc_Temp" directory. Just click on the  button and the extraction begins. If everything goes right, a window opens at the end of the process, indicating "10 files deflated successfully". Click on the  button to close it. Then click on the  button to close the decompressing process window.

2°) Running the installation of Escritor :

In the "task bar" (often at the bottom of the screen - if this is not the case, move the mouse cursor until it "touches" the bottom of the screen to let it appear), click on the "Start" button, then choose "Execute?" :

A windows appears. Erase (if necessary) the text it contains in order to write "C:\Esc_Temp\Setup".

Finally, click on the  button. The installation procedure begins.

3°) Installing Escritor :

After a few seconds, a presentation page is displayed. Just click on the button. Click again on the  button. The text of the Escritor licence (GPL - General Public Licence) is displayed in two languages. Make sure you have read it all, understood and accepted before clicking on the  button (or close the installation window and do not use Escritor). After that, click on . An important page appears :

By default, a "typical" installation is selected. It includes the complete installation of Escritor. If you only want to install the runtime release (not the creation release) intended for student use, choose "Compact". Choose "Personnalised" only in case of a new partial installation of the programs, due by instance to the loss of certain data. Then click on the  button, then again on , then again on . The decompressing procedure begins. After a while, a window offers to "Visualize the README file". Check the white box in front of it (if necessary), and click on the  button. The installation finishes, opening the Windows "note pad". Read the displayed informations, and click on the little  button at the upper right corner of the window. Congratulations, you've installed Escritor successfully ! You don't need the "Inst_CD.exe" file anymore, because Escritor has been installed.

Part II : Setting the Windows 95/98 parameters

1°) Setting the task bar for Escritor :

Click on the "Start" button on the task bar, then select "Parameters", and finally "Task bar".

A new window appears :

Validate the check buttons "Always visible" and "Mask automatically" if they weren't already. Finally, click on the  button.
 
 

Click with the right mouse button in an empty area of the screen (which doesn't contain any icon). A "contextual menu" appears :

Select "Property". A window appears :

Click on the "Configuration" tab (upper right). Move the cursor "Desk space" to the left until "640 by 480 pixels" is displayed. Choose 65535 colours by clicking on the triangle button stuck to the right side of the "Colour palette" box, then using the vertical lift if necessary.

Finally, click on the  button to validate. In certain cases, the computer will have to reboot to validate your parameters. Anyway, always accept this because the screen resolution has to be defined to fit to Escritor for optimal use. Set the old parameters back if you wish when you stop using Escritor.
 

Part III : Installing a sample page published through the Internet

The following tutorial assumes that you have already installed Escritor 1.0.1 as described in part I and II, and that you have downloaded the sample page of Geography "geograph.exe" from the Escritor official site http://www.linux-france.org/prj/escritor/, unless you have got it by different means. To install the page, double-click on the "geograph.exe" file icon (auto-decompressing) that you have just downloaded, and accept the default installation directory it shows, as you did (look at part I) with the decompressing process of the Escritor installation files by clicking on the  button. Close the "success" window with the  button, then click on the  button. That's it ! You don't need the "geograph.exe" file anymore, because the "geo01.ecr" exercise page it contains is now installed.