Documentation for Installation and Operation of

Solutions in Sightä Software

English Demo Version 2.0

Operating System: Windows 98

Ó Eye2Eye Inc.

Update: April 9, 2002

This document contains important information on the following:

q How to Install the Eye2Eye Software from the CD ROM

q How to Run the Color Optimizer^ä Program

q Using the Color Optimizer

q Using the Vision Break Reminder

q Using the Ocular Lubricant Reminder

q How to Uninstall the Eye2Eye Software Programs

How to Install the Eye2Eye Software from the CD ROM:

1. Insert the CD ROM into the CD ROM Drive. In most cases, the installation routine will automatically begin. If it does not automatically begin, from the Start menu, select RUN.

Type F:\Setup.exe (substituting F with your actual CD ROM drive designation).

2. Select NEXT (from the Welcome Window).

3. Select YES (for the License Agreement).

4. Enter your name and company name, and then select NEXT (User Information).

5. Select NEXT (Folder Destination Location).

6. Select NEXT (Program Folder).

7. Select YES (if you are using a LCD monitor or Lap Top); otherwise select NO (Install Window).

8. Select FINISH (Set up Complete).

9. IN THE DEMO VERSION: You will see the window “Eye2Eye VBR & Utility” and text advising that this demo version is the property of Eye2Eye Inc. and not legal for distribution. Click on OK.

10. Click on CONTINUE to setup the Vision Break Reminder.

11. You will now see the Options Window. Enter the time interval between vision breaks. The default is 30 minutes, but you can enter any number you prefer. This screen also allows control of the Ocular Lubricant Reminder. Set the preferred time between reminders. The default is 4 hours.

You can click on “Disable Ocular Lubricant Reminder” in order to deactivate this program. However, in order to benefit completely from the Solutions in Sight program, it is recommended that you NOT disable the ocular lubricant reminder. It is advisable NOT to click on this box. By not disabling the Ocular Lubricant Reminder, this program will automatically remind you to instill an ocular lubricant to maintain eye comfort in front of the computer. The default is set to remind you every 4 hours. You may customize this reminder to appear in more than, or less than 4 hours, as you see fit.

12. Click on OK.

13. Click on OK (Eye2Eye reminder to clean your monitor). If you don’t click on OK, after 30 seconds, this reminder will disappear.

14. From the File menu, select CLOSE to close down the Eye2Eye Program Window.

Remove the CD ROM from your CD ROM Drive. This completes the installation and personalization of the reminders.

How to Run the Color Optimizer^ä Program:

From the Start menu, select PROGRAMS. Select Eye 2 Eye. Select Color Selection.

IN THE DEMO VERSION: You will see the window “Eye2Eye VBR & Utility” and text advising that this demo version is the property of Eye2Eye Inc. and not legal for distribution. Click on OK.

A window appears with 8 pre-loaded color combinations labelled Selection # 1 through Selection # 7. Note that the final selection is a standard black text on a white background, and is labelled Standard.

The 8 color combinations that come pre-loaded with the Color Optimizerä are based on feedback received by Eye 2 Eye Inc. They are preferences chosen by actual individuals, and are examples of the extreme subjective nature of color preference. In fact, there are over 50,000 possible color combinations. We have selected 7 for demonstration purposes. Some of these combinations may appeal to you. Those that don’t can be replaced.

The beauty of this color selection process is that it allows users the ability to customize their own favorite color combinations, and to store these combinations for easy access, using the Color Optimizerä selection process.

Using the Color Optimizer

1. To identify your own special color combinations and add them to the available selections, begin the process by selecting "Start Color Optimizer".

This process will guide you through the selection of a background and text combination that is pleasing to you. Your task is simply to select the more pleasant of the 2 colors presented.

Don’t worry if you think you’ve made a mistake. You can always go back; you can always discard your changes. Nothing is permanent. You can start again as many times as you want, any time you want.
(If only painting your room was this easy!)

The process is designed to be fun. When you’re done, you will be able to change the color of your screen, in an instant, to any one of your stored color combinations.

2. Click on OK (Color Selection Welcome).
3. Click on OK (Color Selection for Background).
4. Click on either the white background on the left, or on the black background on the right, whichever one you personally feel looks the best as a background color. Neither may be pleasant to you. At this point though, select which is the better of the two. The background color you selected will remain, and the other one will have been replaced by a different background color choice.
5. Again, select the color that is "more pleasing and preferable" by clicking on your preferred color.
6. Continue this process of elimination, and each time you will notice "the number of primary selections remaining" will decrease from a maximum 20 downward until you have completed the process. You may also proceed directly to the luminance selection process by clicking on the color that you prefer, and then pressing "Go To Shade Selection"
7. At this point you will see the "Luminance Selection" window. (Note: If you selected either black or white as your background preference, you will not see the "Luminance Selection Window".) This displays the background primary shade that you selected as "most pleasing and preferable", and offers you 12 variations of this shade. Click on the shade that appears most visually appealing of the twelve choices. Your preferred background color choice now appears.

8. Click on OK (Background Selection Chosen).

9. Click on OK (Text Color Selection).

10. You now have 2 choices for text colors, each presented on your preferred background color, as selected above. Begin the text color selection process by clicking on the box with the best match of text color to go with your previously selected background color. Neither may be pleasant to you. At this point though, select which is the better of the two.

11. Continue this process of elimination. You will notice "the number of primary selections remaining" counter will decrease from a maximum 20 downward until you have completed the process. You may also proceed directly to the luminance selection process by clicking on the color that you prefer, and then pressing "Go To Shade Selection"

12. At this point you will see the "Luminance Selection" window. (If you selected either black or white as your preference, you will not see the "Luminance Selection Window.) This takes the primary shade foreground text that you selected as "most pleasing and preferable", and offers you 12 variations of this shade, when viewed upon the chosen background.

13. Click on the shade that appears most visually appealing of the twelve choices.

14. Click on OK (Color Scheme Chosen).

15. Click on OK (Color Selection Complete).

16. Click on SAVE YOUR CHANGES (Color Selection). If you don’t like this combination, you may exit now or start again. If you save the combination now, you can discard it at any time later. Don’t worry; this is supposed to be fun. Save it for now and see what happens.
17. Click on OK (Confirms Save Changes).
18. You will now see the seven color combinations that were available, prior to you personalizing and customizing your selection. You must now decide, which of the seven boxes is the LEAST pleasing to you, as you will now replace this least appealing combination with your personalized and customized selection.

19. Once you have decided the least desirable color combination box, (for example box #7), click on that box. Your custom selection will replace it, and will be assigned a "hotkey" (for example Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F7, if #7 was your selection number). You may use this hotkey combination to activate this custom selection "on-the-fly" in any Windowsä program at a later time.

20. Click on your preferred color combination box. This selection has now become your new default color combination. To change your default color combination at any time, refer to the section below: Changing the Default Color Combination. Nothing is permanent. Click on "Exit" to close the dialog box.

This ends the setup process. The program will automatically close and return to the Desktop.

Your screens controlled by the Windowsä color palette will now be displayed in your default color combination.

At any time, and from within any program, to change the color combinations to any of the other stored combinations, simply press and hold Ctrl+Alt+Shift keys and any key from F1 through F8 to change to another color combination from within the 8 stored. Remember that Ctrl+Alt+Shift+F8 will always bring you back to black text on a white background.

You can run the Color Optimizer as often as you like, and replace existing saved combinations, with newly customized combinations.

Changing the Default Color Combination

To change default color combination setting, from the Start menu, select PROGRAMS. Select Eye 2 Eye. Select Color Selection.

IN THE DEMO VERSION: You will see the window “Eye2Eye VBR & Utility” and text advising that this demo version is the property of Eye2Eye Inc. and not legal for distribution. Click on OK.

Click on a tile from within the combinations. This will now be your default combination.

Click on "Exit" to close the dialog box.

Important Note: The Color Optimizerä will only affect the screen appearance. It should not affect the printed text color. The print colors are determined by the font properties within your software application.

Using the Vision Break Reminder:

At a pre-determined time interval (see How to Install the Eye2Eye Software from the CD ROM - step 11 above), a two-minute warning message will appear, advising you that in approximately two minutes, your Vision Break should begin. You are advised to complete and save your work, and to close your current application as soon as possible.
This two-minute warning message will automatically disappear after one minute if you do nothing. Alternately, you may close the message box.

When 2 minutes have passed, the Vision Break Reminder screen will appear. It has a count-up timer that begins to count-up from zero, every second. The timer displays how long you have been on your Vision Break. When you are finished your Vision Break, click on the Reset button. The Vision Break Reminder will disappear, reappearing at your predefined time.

To change the Vision Break Reminder time interval from this screen, select the "Options" button.

Enter the new setting for the time interval between Vision Break Reminders. Select OK. The Vision Break reminder disappears.

To change the time interval for your Vision Break Reminder, from the Start menu, select PROGRAMS. Select Eye 2 Eye. Select Vision Break Reminder.
The window will display the current setting for the time interval between Vision Break Reminders. To change the Vision Break Reminder time interval from this screen, select the "Options" button.
Enter the new setting for the time interval for between Vision Break Reminders. Select OK.

This returns you to the Vision Break Reminder screen. To save this change, select "SAVE changes and exit". This returns you to the Desktop.

Using the Ocular Lubricant Reminder:

To change the Ocular Lubricant Reminder interval, or to disable it, from this screen, select the "Options" button.

Enter the new setting for the time interval for between Ocular Lubricant Reminders. Select OK. The Ocular Lubricant Reminder disappears.

To change the Ocular Lubricant Reminder interval, or to disable it from the Start menu, select PROGRAMS. Select Eye 2 Eye. Select Vision Break Reminder.
Select the "Options" button.
Enter the new setting for the time interval between Ocular Lubricant Reminders. Select OK.
This returns you to the Vision Break Reminder screen. To save this change, select "SAVE changes and exit". This returns you to the Desktop.