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Changing DirectDraw Support (Windows OS Only), Tools - Options, Browser, Launch Default Browser

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To view or change the default browser, complete the following steps: 1 Select Tools - Options from the Explorer menu. The General Options window opens. 2 Complete one of the following steps: • In the Browser field, select the Launch Default Browser check box to specify the default browser. • Clear the Launch Default Browser check box. Click the Browse button and select a browser executable on the computer. You can also enter the full path name of the browser executable. 3 Complete one of the following steps: • Click another tab to change additional properties. • If finished, click OK to save the new settings. • Click Cancel to exit without saving the new settings. Changing DirectDraw Support (Windows OS Only) The software supports DirectDraw, a standard that allows direct manipulation of video display memory, hardware overlays, and page flipping without the intervention of the Graphical Device Interface (GDI). This can result in smoother animation and improvement in the performance of displayintensive software. However, if your machine has a software cursor or pointer shadow enabled, or if your video driver does not support DirectDraw, you may experience a flicker in your mouse cursor when over the title bar of the Viewer. You can disable the software cursor or pointer shadow, load a new driver for your video card, or you can disable DirectDraw. To disable DirectDraw: 1 Select Tools - Options from the Explorer menu. The Options dialog box appears. 2 Click to disable the DirectDraw check box. 3 Click OK. NOTE: The DirectDraw check box will only appear for Windows based Operating Systems. 36 Basic Software Operation

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Basic Software Operation
To view or change the default browser, complete the following steps:
1
Select
Tools - Options
from the Explorer menu. The General Options
window opens.
2
Complete one of the following steps:
•
In the
Browser
field, select the
Launch Default Browser
check box to
specify the default browser.
•
Clear the
Launch Default Browser
check box. Click the
Browse
button and select a browser executable on the computer. You can also
enter the full path name of the browser executable.
3
Complete one of the following steps:
•
Click another tab to change additional properties.
•
If finished, click
OK
to save the new settings.
•
Click
Cancel
to exit without saving the new settings.
Changing DirectDraw Support (Windows OS Only)
The software supports DirectDraw, a standard that allows direct manipulation
of video display memory, hardware overlays, and page flipping without the
intervention of the Graphical Device Interface (GDI). This can result in
smoother animation and improvement in the performance of display-
intensive software.
However, if your machine has a software cursor or pointer shadow enabled, or
if your video driver does not support DirectDraw, you may experience a flicker
in your mouse cursor when over the title bar of the Viewer.
You can disable the software cursor or pointer shadow, load a new driver for
your video card, or you can disable DirectDraw.
To disable DirectDraw:
1
Select
Tools - Options
from the Explorer menu. The
Options
dialog box
appears.
2
Click to disable the
DirectDraw
check box.
3
Click
OK
.
NOTE:
The DirectDraw check box will only appear for Windows based Operating
Systems.