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            Microsoft Digital Literacy Curriculum Readme File
                               April 2006
           (c) 2006 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.
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Microsoft Learning

Welcome to the Digital Literacy Curriculum. This document contains important product information about the Digital Literacy Curriculum and its eLearning components found on this CD. 
Please read this document before viewing or installing the eLearning course. 
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How to Use This Document
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>>>To view the Readme file on-screen in Notepad, maximize the Notepad window. On the Format menu, click Word Wrap. 
>>>To print the Readme file, open it in Notepad or another word processor, and then use the Print command on the File menu.

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CONTENTS 
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 1. About the Digital Literacy Curriculum
 2. CD Contents
 3. System Requirements	
 4. Installing the Product
 5. Known Issues 
 6. Accessibility Information
 7. Fictitious Disclaimer


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About the Digital Literacy Curriculum
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The eLearning is one part of a five-course Digital Literacy Curriculum which Microsoft makes freely available to non-profit government and non-profit non-government organizations tasked with providing fundamental computer skills. 

The five Digital Literacy courses are:
* Computer Basics 
* The Internet and the World Wide Web
* Productivity Programs
* Computer Security and Privacy
* Digital Lifestyles

Each of the five Digital Literacy courses includes both an eLearning module and a randomly generated 30-question assessment which students can use to track their learning progress. The curriculum also includes a certificate test that students can use to gauge their knowledge across all five courses. The assessments and certificate test are available exclusively online at the Digital Literacy Web site. 

The full Digital Literacy Curriculum and program details are available at http://www.microsoft.com/digitalliteracy. Additional Instructor's materials and FAQs are available at http://www.microsoft.com/digitalliteracyinstructor.


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CD Contents
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This CD contains the following:

* Computer Basics e-learning
* The Internet and the World Wide Web e-learning
* Productivity Programs e-learning
* Computer Security and Privacy e-learning
* Digital Lifestyles e-learning
* Printable versions of the courses above (Microsoft Word format)
* Classroom Setup Guide (Microsoft Word format)
* Test Item File (Microsoft Word format)

* Readme.txt

Installation information is in the "Installing the Product" section later in this file.


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System Requirements 
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Minimum system requirements:
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--Personal computer with an Intel Pentium II, 400-megahertz (MHz) processor 
--256 megabytes(MB)of RAM
--Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 (SP4)
--Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 with Service Pack 1 SP1)
--Super VGA (1024 x 768) resolution monitor with High Color 16-bit/65K color)
--Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
--Windows-compatible sound board and headphones or speakers required for audio)


Recommended system requirements:
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--Personal computer with an Intel Pentium III, 500-megahertz MHz) or higher processor 
--256 megabytes (MB)of RAM or more
--Microsoft Windows XP with Service Pack 2 (SP2)
--Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 with Service Pack 2 SP2)
--Super VGA (1024 x 768) resolution monitor with High Color(16-bit/65K color)
--Microsoft Mouse or compatible pointing device
--Windows-compatible sound board and headphones or speakers required for audio)


Disk space required to install:
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MSXML Parser 3.0 SP7: 1 MB
Macromedia Flash Player 7.0.61.0: 1 MB
Computer Basics: 29.3 MB
The Internet and the World Wide Web: 33 MB
Productivity Programs: 50 MB
Computer Security and Privacy: 25 MB
Digital Lifestyles: 25 MB


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Installing the Product
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>>>To install a course: 
1. Insert the CD. 
2. Select the course you want to install from the menu on the left.
3. Setup begins automatically. 

Courses can be installed from the CD, or from a network location.

>>>To install a course manually from the CD:
1. Locate the setup program for each course in the courses folder at the root of the CD (for example, D:\courses\setup.exe), and then double-click the Setup file,xxxxae.exe. 
2. During installation, you can choose between the Typical or and Custom installation. 
3. Click Typical and the course is installed to the Microsoft\Learning folder in the default Program Files location. 
-or-
Click Custom and you can specify the location to which files are installed.
4. Click Next.   

>>>Printable versions of the courses have been provided in Word document format in the print folder at the root of the CD.

>>>To repair a course:
1. In Windows, open Control Panel, open Add or Remove Programs, and then click the course you wish to repair in the list of installed programs. 
2. In Add or Remove Programs, click Change, and then click Next.
3. In the Program Maintenance Window, you can click Repair to fix any installation errors that may have occurred, or click Remove to remove the entire course.

You can also repair a course by running setup again.

>>>To uninstall a course:
1. Run Setup.exe, or open Control Panel, open Add or Remove Programs, and then click the title of the course you wish to remove from the list of programs. 
2. Click Remove.
All files for that particular course are removed.

It is recommended that you remove any previously installed sample version of this product before installing the courses from this CD. 

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Known Issues
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*Macromedia Flash Player installation failure
If the Flash Player is removed from a computer running Windows XP SP2 (or later) after one of the courses has been installed, the Flash Player must be installed again for the course to function correctly. To re-install the Flash Player, you must re-install or repair the installation of one of the courses on this CD. You may also go directly to the Macromedia Web site to install the Flash Player.

*If Internet Explorer is open when you install the course, then a Macromedia Flash 8 security warning message appears
To avoid this issue, ensure that Internet Explorer is closed before running the course for the first time. 

*Elevated user privileges are required to install courseware
To support the installation of the Flash Player and/or the MSXML parser, both of which are required for use of the courseware, the user installing the courseware must be signed in as a user with elevated privileges (such as an administrator) on the computer.

*Trying to run the courseware from a mapped drive or from a UNC path
This courseware has been designed to function on a user’s local computer or from a Web server. The courseware will not function correctly if it is installed to a mapped drive or to a UNC path.

*Windows Server 2003 default Internet Explorer Security settings
Due to Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration settings on Windows Server 2003, courses may receive a security warning and may not function correctly. See the Managing Internet Explorer Enhanced Security Configuration whitepaper at http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=60553 for details about enabling access for users and administrators to the installed content.

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Accessibility Information
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The content in the Microsoft eLearning courses has been edited for accessibility, and whenever possible, enhanced to accommodate a variety of accessibility issues. For a list of keyboard shortcuts available in this product, open a course, click Help, and then click Viewer Help. In the Topics covered list, click Accessibility Features. 

Using Features Provided by Your Web Browser
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Your Web browser has features that improve the readability of pages. For information about the accessibility features provided by your Web browser, look for information in the browser's Help for information about how to customize your browser to display the fonts and colors that you prefer. If your browser is Microsoft Internet Explorer, look for "Accessibility" in the Help Table of Contents. 

Using System Accessibility Options
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If you are running Microsoft Windows 2000 with Service Pack 4 (SP4) (the minimum required operating system) or later, you can set or change system accessibility options. Many of these options affect the way you work in Microsoft programs. For example, the Sticky Keys feature in Windows 2000 or later is designed for people who have difficulty holding down two or more keys at a time. When a shortcut in a Microsoft program requires a key combination, such as CTRL+P, by using Sticky Keys, you can press one key at a time instead of pressing them simultaneously.

Blinking Images
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At this time, the blink rate of flashing images cannot be altered by the user.


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Fictitious Disclaimer
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The example companies, organizations, products, domain names, e-mail addresses, logos, people, places, and events depicted herein are fictitious. No association with any real company, organization, product, domain name, e-mail address, logo, person, places, or events is intended or should be inferred.


