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INTRODUCTION CHP. 1
System requirements
The following lists the minimum system requirements for using Sound Forge and Screenblast Sound Forge:
• 400 MHz processor
• 64 MB RAM, 128 MB recommended
• 60 MB hard-disk space for program installation
• Microsoft Windows® 2000 or Windows® XP
• Microsoft Windows®-compatible sound card
• CD-ROM drive (for installation from a CD only)
• Supported CD-Recordable drive (for CD burning only)
• DirectX® Media 8.0 Runtime (included on CD-ROM)
• Microsoft® Internet Explorer 4.0 or later to view online help (version 5.0 included on CD-ROM)
Installing Sound Forge
The install utility, setup.exe, located on the Sound Forge CD-ROM, creates the necessary folders and copies
all files required to operate Sound Forge.
Note:
Sound Forge requires Microsoft DirectX 8.0 or later
and Internet Explorer 4.0 or later. The setup program alerts
you if either is not detected on your system and prompts their
installation from the Sound Forge CD-ROM.
1.
Place the Sound Forge CD-ROM in your system’s CD-ROM drive. AutoPlay launches the Setup menu.
Note:
If AutoPlay is not turned on, click the Start button
and choose
Run. Type “D:\setup.exe”, where D is the drive
letter of your CD-ROM drive.
2.
Click Install, and follow the instructions in the dialogs to complete the installation.
Getting help within Sound Forge
You can access two varieties of help within Sound Forge:
• Online help
• What’s This? help (also referred to as context-sensitive help)
Online help
To access online help, choose Contents and Index from the Help menu.
Press .
Note:
To view online help, Internet Explorer 4.0 or later
must be installed on your system. If you purchased the boxed
version of Sound Forge, Internet Explorer version 5.0 is
included on your CD-ROM.
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