Here’s a brief tour of the Desktop to Press^™ learning process..

     This is the Main Index or Home Screen, the starting point for the rest of the CD. From this screen you can click the Concepts box to go to the Concepts Menu or the Tutorials box to go to the Tutorial Index.

     This screen is the Concepts Menu. From here you can choose the specific Concepts section you’d like to view.
     The buttons to the right of the screen are available throughout the software. They are, from top to bottom: Home, Back, Help, Volume, Glossary and Quit. Home takes you to the Home Screen and Back takes you to the screen you’d just viewed. The Help button plays a short audio clip that briefly describes the screen you are viewing. You can get help on specific buttons by holding down the Control key and clicking the button in question. The Volume control button will move through the volume settings as you click on it, getting louder each time and then returning to no sound. The Glossary is not available in the Tutorials section of the software, but is available everywhere else. It opens a glossary of terms that are used in the software and throughout the tutorials. The Quit button will allow you to quit the software entirely.

     This is the Concepts Control screen. The window to the left is a scrolling text window where the concepts information can be read. Embedded in this text information are multimedia icons. You can click these icons to view QuickTime movies that will illustrate various Concepts topics. The example movies are displayed in the window at the lower right of the screen. You can completely control the movies with the Pause/Play button and the movie control slider below the movie window. The concepts sub-topics are listed at the upper right of the screen. Clicking the button next to a sub-topic will change the text information in the text window and give access to different example movies. Clicking the tabs at the bottom of the screen will change the main topic.

     This is the Tutorial Index screen. From here you can choose the Tutorials section you wish to view by clicking one of the square gray buttons. Three main sections of training are available with several sub-sections under each.

     This is the Tutorial Interface for Photoshop. The tutorials have substantial interactivity to keep the user involved in the training. Users actually complete the tasks just as they would when working in Photoshop. From this screen, the user can also access the Tutorial Quiz (or Learning Gauge).

     This is the Learning Gauge screen. You can test your knowledge by reading the question at the top and choosing one of the answers below. You will be given immediate feedback that will tell you whether you’re correct or not. If you’re incorrect, it will explain why. You can also get hints that will help narrow down your options.