Desktop Animator
                         SHAREWARE Version 1.00
                             Esm Software
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What is Desktop Animator?
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DESKTOP ANIMATOR is a Microsoft Windows utility that allows you to display 
a moving 256-color image, on your desktop, behind all other windows.  Because 
this program monitors your computer for idle time and yields to other 
applications when the computer is busy, it does not degrade the performance 
of the computer when it is running.  The movement of the images can be varied 
in a number of ways and the images can be set to change automatically.

Installing Desktop Animator
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If installing from a diskette run the program SETUP.EXE using File-Run
from Program Manager.  If installing from you hard disk, copy all
the files in a separate temporary directory. Then use File-Run to run 
SETUP.EXE. Once the installation is complete you may remove the temporary
directory and all the files in it.

Once setup is complete a Desktop Animator program group with two icons will be 
created. You can double click on the Help icon to obtain detailed information
on activating and setting up the Program.

SHAREWARE
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This shareware version of the program allows you to display only images in the
prorietary Esm Software image format. The registered version allows you to 
display an unlimited number of your own BMP files.  To register the program
send $9.95 + $4.00 shipping and handling to 

    Esm Software
    P.O. Box 176
    Pierrefonds, Quebec
    H9H 4K9
    Canada

Since this is the Shareware version of the program please feel free to distribute
it, unmodified, freely.

Difficulties
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If the version of software the you have is incomplete, or you have any 
difficulty setting up or installing the product, or you have any comments or
suggestions please write to Esm Software at the address above.