                      HM-CARD Java Editor (VERSION 2.0, 01/10/2000)
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HM-Card is a set of tools designed to create and peruse special multimedia interactive 
fragments (i.e. cards) which can be seamlessly embedded into HTML documents.
Thus, HM-Card may be useful for developers of:
-Computer Supported Educational Packages ("Courseware", a term often used in CAI [Computer Assisted Instruction] or CBL [Computer Based Learning])
-Multimedia Presentations and Demonstrations;
-Interactive Hypermedia Manuals;
-Information Kiosks;
-Personal Multimedia Information systems;

All tools necessary to create such applications are included in HM-Card. 
The preparation of material is done without having to program; rather, authors simply 
select suitable media objects, define necessary parameters and place them on the screen; 
even computer animation and question-answer dialogues can be built this way.

Material created can be structured so that it is easy to maintain, reuse and 
peruse modules.

HM-Card is thus suitable for both personal hypermedia authoring as well as 
professional multimedia publishing on the Web.

HM-Card is a freeware.

Technical requirements:
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* Windows 3.1, Windows for Workgroups, Windows NT, OS/2 Warp and Windows95; 
* Minimum 80386 processor with 4Mbytes RAM; 

Installing HM-Card:
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Simply run the file hm_java.exe on your computer and it will
install (or upgrade) the HM-Card Development software
and Viewers.

When you first time start an HM-Card authoring software,
the system asks for authorization,
since it is a so-called self-registered copy,
you can enter any user name and password to register.
The password is used to protect your own MM materials
developed with HM-Card. 

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The HM-Card Java Editor version 2.0 is freeware and can be
freely distributed.

Please contact hm-card@iicm.edu or visit http://coronet.iicm.edu/HM_Tools/hmcard/hmcard.htm 
in case of any problems.

