ABOUT THE DEMO Thank you for your interest in Igor Pro and for taking the time to download the Igor Pro 5.04A 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. AFTER INSTALLING You may wish to enable additional Igor extensions. See ACTIVATING IGOR EXTENSIONS, below. 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, it's fun! To get a feel for what Igor Pro can do, double-click some of the files in the "Examples" folder. Igor Pro has extensive and informative contextual help. And check out the Help Browser: Choose "Igor Help Browser" in the Help menu. We recommend that users upgrading from Igor 4 see the "What's New In Igor Pro 5" help file; it explains the changes and additions from Igor Pro 4 to 5. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS Igor Pro requires Windows Windows 98, NT 4.0 Windows 2000, Windows ME (Millenium Edition), and Windows XP. IGOR DOES NOT RUN UNDER WINDOWS 3.1 or Windows 95 IGOR DOES NOT RUN UNDER WINDOWS NT 3.5 or Windows NT 4 IGOR AND QUICKTIME If you have Apple Computer's QuickTimeś installed, Igor can import more kinds of image files, such as JPEG and GIF. You can download the free QuickTime software from http://www.apple.com/quicktime. Igor works best when you install the full version of QuickTime (not the minimal version). QuickTime Pro is NOT required. ONLINE MANUAL This version of Igor Pro ships with a printed Getting Started manual and a full online manual set as PDF (Adobe Acrobat Portable Document Format) files on the CD-ROM. The online manual is copied to your hard disk during installation. To use the online manual you will need Adobe Reader 5 or later. Acrobat Reader installers and a ReadMe.txt file (containing further instructions) are on the CD-ROM in the Manual folder. (To view the CD-ROM's contents, right-click on the CD-ROM icon, and select Open from the menu.) PRINTED MANUAL The printed Igor Pro manual can be ordered from WaveMetrics. DEMOS FROM WAVEMETRICS Demonstration versions of the Igor Filter Design Laboratory and NIDAQ Tools are installed into the "Product Demos" folder on your hard drive. They may be removed without affecting Igor's operation. For other product demos, visit: http://www.wavemetrics.com/support/demos.htm ACTIVATING IGOR EXTENSIONS Extensions in the "More Extensions" folder are not available in Igor until you activate them. For example, to activate the Graphical Slicer extension: 1. From the Start menu, choose "Programs\Igor Pro\Igor Pro Folder" to locate the Igor installation folder. 2. From the desktop, make a shortcut for the file "More Extensions\Visualization\Graphical Slicer.xop". 3. Drag the shortcut into the "Igor Extensions" folder. 4. 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: 5. Make a shortcut to the Graphical Slicer Help file and drag it into the "Igor Help Files" folder. IGOR PROGRAMMING TIPS New and experienced Igor programmers should check out: The Igor Pro Programming and Reference Manual. The "WM Procedures Index" help file. The "XOP Index" help file. The "Technical Notes" folder. PLEASE RETURN YOUR REGISTRATION CARD In the past, we have sent free bug-fix updates to all registered Igor users. (If you are upgrading from a previous version of Igor, you are already registered and will receive no registration card.) UPGRADING IGOR For those people upgrading from previous versions of Igor, here is the recommended upgrading procedure: 1. Backup your own Igor Pro files, and any WaveMetrics-supplied files that you have modified. Put them someplace where you won't accidently overwrite them, such as burned onto a CD-R. (Lock them in a cabinet, but keep the key!) 2. Uninstall Igor. If you have problems with this step, see the documentation in uninstallAll3x4x5xIgorKeys.txt. 3. Install Igor Pro 5. 4. Open your old Igor Pro files with the new Igor but save them in a different folder. If you have modified any WaveMetrics-supplied procedure files, you will need to manually compare them to the new files, and make any revisions you deem necessary. We recommend you peruse the "What's New In Igor Pro 5" help file; it explains the changes and additions from Igor Pro 4 to 5. 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