| ThingMaker Documentation Introduction

| NOTE: A version of the documentation is available in Adobe Acrobat format (/pdf) at www.thingworld.com. Welcome to the dynamic world of Things. With the purchase of this product, you've entered into an exciting, new realm of multimedia creation and exploration where you can "Make Things Do Things," and the Things you make become the basis for rich and powerful web-based interactive experiences.

What are Things? They're media objects with:

- Attributes like movement and color
- Actions like Collision, Swap and Web page links
- and States that respond to the actions of your Mouse.

We like to think Things surprise, too, with the limitless possibilities they offer for making your web pages come alive.

How to Start
We recommend that you start with the tutorials. These are the best way to learn about ThingMaker.

Tutorial 1: Creating your first Thing

Tutorial 2: Working with Animations and Sound

Tutorial 3: Adding Sound

Tutorial 4: Paths and Drag

Tutorial 5: Shapes and Colors

Tutorial 6: Layers and the Swap Action

Tutorial 7: Collision

Tutorial 8: Getting a ThingWorld ID

Tutorial 9: Protecting your Things

Tutorial 10: Publishing ThingMaker Scenes

Trademarks
Parable, ThingMaker, ThingViewerTM and ThingConverterTM are trademarks of Parable. Other product names mentioned within this publication may be trademarks or registered trademarks of other companies.

Portions of this software are licensed under U. S. Patent No. 4,558,302 and foreign counterparts by Unisys. End Users and Third Parties are restricted from modifying or copying the Licensed Software, except that an End User may make one copy solely for backup or archival purposes or the Licensed Software may be transferred to a single hard disk in which case the one copy may be kept solely for backup or archival purposes.

Portions of this software are Patented or Copyright Voxware, Inc.

Parable Disclaimer
PARABLE MAKES NO WARRANTIES, EITHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, REGARDING THE ENCLOSED COMPUTER SOFTWARE PACKAGE, ITS MERCHANTABILITY OR ITS FITNESS FOR ANY PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES IS NOT PERMITTED BY SOME STATES. THE ABOVE EXCLUSION MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. THIS WARRANTY PROVIDES YOU WITH SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS. THERE MAY BE OTHER RIGHTS THAT YOU MAY HAVE WHICH VARY FROM STATE TO STATE.

Copyright © 1998 Parable. All rights reserved. This manual may not be copied, photocopied, reproduced, translated or converted to any electronic or machine-readable form in whole or in part without prior written approval of Parable.

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