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Bygones .9b User’s Manual; Chapter 1, Getting Started With Bygones
Bygones folder, into the Fonts folder in their System Folder. These font families can also be downloaded
from http://www.microsoft.com/truetype/fontpack/mac.htm. Both Macintosh and Windows versions of
these fonts can be downloaded from this site.
Windows DLL files, and Macintosh Extensions
Note that for the Windows version of Bygones, you should not move any of the .dll files out of the
Bygones directory, or into any subdirectories, or Bygones will not operate properly. Macintosh users
need to leave the “FileMaker Extensions” folder in the “Bygones” folder.
Accessing and Printing the Bygones User’s Manual
After you install Bygones, it is recommended that you open and print the Bygones User’s Manual. If you
will be using Bygones, reading the applicable portions of the manual, and having it available in printed
form to refer to when you have questions will help you quickly learn how to use Bygones.
The Bygones User’s Manual comes in a Portable Document Format (PDF) file, that can be opened,
printed, and read with Adobe’s Acrobat Reader. The name of the PDF file of the Bygones Manual is
“BygnsMan.pdf.” It will be in the “Bygones” folder on your hard drive, after you have installed Bygones.
Of course, you may also read it on your computer screen with the Adobe Acrobat Reader program if you
prefer. Adobe’s Acrobat Reader is a freeware program that can be downloaded from their web site at
http://www.adobe.com/prodindex/acrobat/readstep.html. (If they change this URL address, try their main
page at http://www.adobe.com.) Many computers come with Acrobat Reader preinstalled, and it can also
be found on many CD-ROMs for commercial software programs you may have bought, if the program
included some documentation in PDF files.
If you do not already have Adobe’s Acrobat Reader installed on your computer, obtain it from one of the
above sources and install it on your computer. Then, open up the “BygnsMan.pdf” file in the Bygones
folder with Acrobat Reader. Then choose the “Print” command from the “File” menu of Acrobat Reader
to print the Bygones User’s Manual. You may want to hole-punch the pages of the manual, and put it in a
one inch 3-ring binder.
The text of the manual also comes in a Bygones database file (Manual.byg), which can be opened and
read on your computer while using Bygones. This is an easy way to access the text of the manual while
you are using Bygones on your laptop away from home. However, this version of the manual only
includes the text of the manual, without any of the illustrations contained in the PDF version of the
manual. Of course, if you have Adobe’s Acrobat Reader installed on your laptop, you may also use it to
read the “BygnsMan.pdf” file at any time you have questions about Bygones.
Updating From Previous Versions of Bygones
Presently, Bygones does not automatically transfer data from old Bygones databases to newer versions of
Bygones databases. If you have used an earlier copy of Bygones, you will need to transfer the data from
the old databases into the new databases using the “Import Records” command.
To do this:
1) Before you install the new version of the Bygones, rename the folder that the old version of Bygones
is in to something like “Bygones Old.”
2) Then install the new version of Bygones into a “Bygones” folder on your hard drive.
3) In the new Bygones folder, you may need to make new copies of the Research folder that correspond
to the old copies of the Research folders you have in the old Bygones folder.
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