Three possibilities :
1- Click on the first button at the left in the icon bar.
2- In the File menu, choose "New".
3- On entry to the software, choose the option "Create a new project"
A new window opens. You then decide the parameters of your project.

The project assembles all the pages created.
It corresponds to all the pages listed in the filter Page above the grid.
Its name appears in the title bar of the main window of the software.

It is saved in three or four files on your hard disc:
- a PMX file openable and modifiable by the software
- a MMX file, allowing the direct execution of the project by the Player of the software
- an INI file storing the parameters of the project.
- a PMG file storing the key words of the project (if used).

In the File menu, choose "Project properties".

- size of the application
Change "Width" et "Height".
You define the screen size in pixels of your application.
If you do not know the resolution of your screen :
- Click on the Windows button Start
- Choose "Configuration Panel" then "Display".
- Click on the tab "Parameters".
- You will then see the resolution of your screen. (generally 800 by 600, 640 by 480 or 1024 by 768 pixels).

- first page
You choose here the number of the first page launched by the final application.
You need to think about changing this page number if you change the first page of your project.
If you forget, after the creation of the final application, you may get the message "Your page is empty".

- Always full screen
Regardless of the resolution of the screen of the user, your project will always occupy all the screen (internet : always maximizes the project into the navigator).
Each element is enlarged or reduced automatically to adapt to the configuration of the screen.

- Colour cache
If the project is not full screen, you can hide the rest of the desktop with this option (internet : color of the navigator's background).
Choose here the colour of the cache, by clicking on the small colour square.

For a cd-rom (MediaMixer or TwinPlayer), choose between :
- Always full screen (select "Always full screen").
- Play in the middle of your desktop without cache (deselect "Always full screen" and "Background color").
- Play in the middle of your desktop with cache (deselect "Always full screen" and choose "Background color"). Choose the background color by clicking on the small color square.

For internet (WebMixer ou TwinPlayer), choose between :
- Always full screen in the navigator (select "Always full screen").
- Play in the middle of your navigator with cache (deselect "Always full screen" and choose "Background color" for TwinPlayer). Choose the background color by clicking on the small color square.

Two possibilities :
1- Click on the button with an arrow towards the right in the icon bar.
2- In the "Mode" menu, choose "Play / preview page".
The application is launched for the grid in progress.

Two possibilities :
1- Click on the button with a floppy disc in the icon bar.
2- In the "File" menu, choose "Save".
Use the "Save as" to duplicate the project in progress.

Three possibilities :
1- Click on the second button at the left in the icon bar.
2- In the File menu, choose Open.
3- On entry to the software, choose the option "Open a project".
Choose the file (extension pmx) of your project.
Confirm, the grid will then fill with the information of your project.

In the "Project" menu, choose "Project files". A new window opens.
All the files of your project are listed.
You can also visualise this list by page, by changing the filter "All".
You can also collect all these external files in the same directory.
To do this, click on the button "copy the files in the directory"...

A new window opens. In the first cell, choose the name of the main directory where you want to save the files.
Then choose the names of the sub-directories where the multimedia files will be saved according to their type.
To finish, click on the button "Copy files and change path".

- Make a backup copy before this operation in case there are two different files with the same name.
- Images are saved in the sub-directory corresponding to their page.

In the "File" menu, choose "Print".

Do not confuse multimedia and video.
In the same way as in an oral phrase, punctuate your multimedia application with pauses and page changes (full stop). The suppleness of the grid allows you to optimise your loadings as seems best to you. The weight of each element of your presentation is fundamental. You must try to optimise each media.

- cd-rom with many videos and sounds.
If your application contains many videos and sounds (more than 50mb), create your final application final application with the option "create all except sounds and videos in a single application".
You gain the decompression time of the video and the sound.

- to optimise your pictures
It is useless to load very large pictures which need to appear reduced. Resize them with a drawing tool or use the automatic redimensionning offered by the software on the image lines. If you do not use the transparency, choose in preference the jpeg format.

- photograph/scan at a correct resolution and correct dimensions.
Scan your images for web or screen destination (76 dpi) and not for printing.
Take/scan your pictures in dimensions similar to those of your project.
Much smaller files, load quicker.

- optimise your sounds
Use sound files in mono 16 bits (upto 40 times smaller than the same file in stereo for an equivalent quality on a PC).

- add pauses
Do your pictures follow each other too quickly ? Add a « pause » in a picture or text cell.

2 possibilities :
1- Click on the "Export presentation..." button in the icon bar.
2- In the "File" menu, choose "Export presentation".
To know more, click here.

In the "File" menu, click on "General properties". a window opens..
You can associate 6 external software packages to scan your images or to create or modify images, videos, sounds, texts without leaving the software.
To associate, click on the small arrow situated to the right of the cells then select the software.