   INFORMATION ON USER'S MANUAL FOR CHEMICAL KINETICS SIMULATOR 1.0 
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   (Last updated 9.25.96 by Bill Hinsberg)



I. INTRODUCTION 

       The User's Manual for Chemical Kinetics Simulator v 1.0 (CKS) is
       made available electronically in two formats:  (1) as a file for
       use with the Adobe Acrobat Reader program (i.e., in .PDF format),
       and (2) in a printable (PostScript) file format. 

       The manual is approximately 200 pages in length overall.  While
       the manual was composed using screen snapshots from CKS 1.0 for
       OS/2, the screen windows and dialogs for the MS Windows and
       Macintosh versions of CKS are virtually identical in appearance
       and function.  The information and descriptions of use presented
       in the User's Manual are equally applicable to the editions of
       CKS v 1.0 for OS/2, Windows and Macintosh platforms.



II. MANUAL IN ADOBE ACROBAT FORMAT: 

       The User's Manual in Adobe Acrobat format allows on-screen
       viewing of the complete manual including figures, and allows
       printing of the manual using any OS/2-, Windows- or
       Macintosh-compatible printer.  In order to view or print this
       version of the User's Manual, you must first obtain a copy of
       Adobe Acrobat Reader for your operating system.  Versions of
       Adobe Acrobat Reader for OS/2, Windows and Macintosh are
       available with a no-cost license from Adobe's WWW site:
          
             http://www.adobe.com/

       The Adobe Acrobat version of the User's Manual is available
       electronically as an archive file which must be unarchived before
       the manual may be printed or viewed.  Users of OS/2 and Windows
       should obtain the single archive file named MANPDF.ZIP.  Users of
       Macintosh should obtain the single archive file named MANPDF.HQX.

       The unarchived Adobe Acrobat version of the User's Manual
       occupies about 2 megabytes of disk space.


   A. Decompressing the Adobe Acrobat version of the User's Manual:


        1. Users of OS/2
    
            To decompress MANPDF.ZIP you will need an 'unzipping'
            program, such as PKUNZIP.EXE (DOS version), PKUNZIP2.EXE
            (OS/2 version) or the UNZIP32 program from the INFOZIP
            package (available within IBM on OS2TOOLS, and widely
            available outside IBM (e.g.  by anonymous ftp from
            ftp.cdrom.com ). If you are using the InfoZip UNZIP32
            utility, use the command
               
               UNZIP32 MANPDF.ZIP -d d:\targetdir
    
            (where 'd:\targetdir' is the location for the unzipped
            files) from an OS/2 command line session.  If you are using
            the PKUNZIP2.EXE utility, use the command
    
               PKUNZIP2 MANPDF.ZIP d:\targetdir
    
            (where 'd:\targetdir' is the location for the unzipped
            files) from an OS/2 command line session.  If you are using
            the PKUNZIP.EXE utility, use the command
    
               PKUNZIP MANPDF.ZIP d:\targetdir
    
            (where 'd:\targetdir' is the location for the unzipped
            files) from a DOS command line session.
    
    
    
        2. Users of Windows 3.1
    
            To decompress MANPDF.ZIP you will need an 'unzipping'
            program, such as PKUNZIP.EXE or the UNZIP386 program from
            the INFOZIP package (available within IBM on PCTOOLS, and
            widely available outside IBM (e.g.  by anonymous ftp from
            ftp.cdrom.com ). If you are using the InfoZip UNZIP386
            utility, use the command
               
               UNZIP386 MANPDF.ZIP -d d:\targetdir
    
            (where 'd:\targetdir' is the location for the unzipped
            files) from the DOS command line.  If you are using the
            PKUNZIP.EXE utility, use the command
    
               PKUNZIP MANPDF.ZIP d:\targetdir
    
            (where 'd:\targetdir' is the location for the unzipped
            files) from the DOS command line.
    
    
    
        3. Users of Macintosh
    
            To decompress the file MANPDF.HQX you will need the Stuffit
            Expander program, a freeware program widely available
            outside IBM from many sources (e.g.  by anonymous ftp from
            ftp.cdrom.com ). Drop the MANPDF.HQX file on your Stuffit
            Expander icon.  This will create a folder named "CKS Manual
            (Acrobat)".
    

   B. Viewing and printing the Acrobat version of the User's Manual

       The Adobe Acrobat Reader program includes an online manual that 
       details its use and functions. Refer to that document for 
       instructions on loading, viewing and printing files.

       It is recommended that the Manual's Table of Contents is used as
       a navigational aid when viewing on-screen.  Links have been
       placed in the Table of Contents to the manual's major sections.

       It should be noted that page-numbering convention used by the
       Adobe Acrobat Reader differs from that used in the User's Manual
       itself.  When using the Manual's Index to locate a specific 
       subject, refer to the page numbers printed on the Manual pages 
       rather than on the page numbers tabulated by the Acrobat 
       Reader program.




III. MANUAL IN POSTSCRIPT FORMAT: 


       The User's Manual in PostScript format allows printing of the
       manual using any PostScript printer.  Users of OS/2 and Windows
       may also view the PostScript version of the User's Manual
       on-screen using a graphics viewer utility capable of interpreting
       PostScript files (for example the GhostScript/GhostView
       interpreter programs, widely available for OS/2 and MS Windows).

       The PostScript version of the User's Manual is available
       electronically as compressed archive files.  The component files
       must be decompressed and unarchived before the User's Manual may
       be printed or viewed.  Users of OS/2 and Windows should obtain
       the single archive file named MANUAL.ZIP.  Users of Macintosh
       should obtain the two archive files named MANUAL1.HQX and
       MANUAL2.HQX

       Be aware that the unarchived PostScript files will consume about
       25 MBytes of disk space in total.  They can be unarchived and
       printed individually.  The largest file (CHAPTER2.PS) is slightly
       greater than 10 MB in size.


   A. Decompressing the PostScript version of the User's Manual

       1. Users of OS/2
   
            To decompress MANUAL.ZIP you will need an 'unzipping'
            program, such as PKUNZIP.EXE (DOS version), PKUNZIP2.EXE
            (OS/2 version) or the UNZIP32 program from the INFOZIP
            package (available within IBM on OS2TOOLS, and widely
            available outside IBM (e.g.  by anonymous ftp from
            ftp.cdrom.com ). If you are using the InfoZip UNZIP32
            utility, use the command
              
              UNZIP32 MANUAL.ZIP -d d:\targetdir
   
            (where 'd:\targetdir' is the location for the unzipped
            files) from an OS/2 command line session.  If you are using
            the PKUNZIP2.EXE utility, use the command
   
              PKUNZIP2 MANUAL.ZIP d:\targetdir
   
            (where 'd:\targetdir' is the location for the unzipped
            files) from an OS/2 command line session.  If you are using
            the PKUNZIP.EXE utility, use the command
   
              PKUNZIP MANUAL.ZIP d:\targetdir
   
            (where 'd:\targetdir' is the location for the unzipped
            files) from a DOS command line session.
   
   
   
       2. Users of Windows 3.1
   
            To decompress MANUAL.ZIP you will need an 'unzipping'
            program, such as PKUNZIP.EXE or the UNZIP386 program from
            the INFOZIP package (available within IBM on PCTOOLS, and
            widely available outside IBM (e.g.  by anonymous ftp from
            ftp.cdrom.com ). If you are using the InfoZip UNZIP386
            utility, use the command
              
              UNZIP386 MANUAL.ZIP -d d:\targetdir
   
            (where 'd:\targetdir' is the location for the unzipped
            files) from the DOS command line.  If you are using the
            PKUNZIP.EXE utility, use the command
   
              PKUNZIP MANUAL.ZIP d:\targetdir
   
            (where 'd:\targetdir' is the location for the unzipped
            files) from the DOS command line.
   
   
   
       3. Users of Macintosh
   
            To decompress the files MANUAL1.HQX and MANUAL2.HQX you will
            need the Stuffit Expander program, a freeware program widely
            available outside IBM from many sources (e.g.  by anonymous
            ftp from ftp.cdrom.com ). Drop the .HQX files on your
            Stuffit Expander icon.  This will create two folders named
            "CKS Manual 1" and "CKS Manual 2".  The folder "CKS Manual
            1" uses about 11 Mbytes of disk space; the folder "CKS
            Manual 2" uses about 12.5 Mbytes of disk space.  Together
            these folders contain all the PostScript files which
            comprise the User's Manual (listed below).  The files may be
            printed using a facility that sends PostScript files to a
            PS-printer (for example the freeware facility DropOff PS,
            widely available outside IBM (e.g.  by anonymous ftp from
            ftp.cdrom.com ).
   
   


   B. Viewing, Printing and Assembling the PostScript version of 
      the User's Manual

       The electronic version of the User's Manual for CKS v 1.0
       consists of a set of files in PostScript format.  These files are
       individually printable on a generic PostScript printer, or may be
       viewed on-screen using a graphics viewer utility capable of
       interpreting PostScript files (for example the
       GhostScript/GhostView interpreter programs, widely available for
       OS/2 and MS Windows).

        The individual component files are listed below in the order
        that they should be assembled into the hardcopy manual:


               COMPONENT           CONTAINS
              -----------     ---------------------------
               COVER.PS       the manual cover page
               MARK.PS        trademarks notice
               TOC.PS         table of contents
               INTRO.PS       "Introduction to CKS"
               CHAPTER1.PS    "An Overview of CKS"
               CHAPTER2.PS    "A Quick Tutorial"
               CHAPTER3.PS    "Managing your files"
               CHAPTER4.PS    "Entering the mechanism"
               CHAPTER5.PS    "Putting CKS to Work"
               CHAPTER6.PS    "Sample Simulations"
               APPNDX1.PS     "Further Reading"
               APPNDX2.PS     "If your results don't look right..."
               GLOSSARY.PS    glossary of terms
               INDEX.PS       overall index for the manual



        We remind you that the unzipped PostScript files consume about
        25 MBytes of disk space in total.  They can be unarchived and
        printed individually if necessary; see the instructions for
        your unzipping/decompressing program for details.  The largest
        file (CHAPTER2.PS) is roughly 10 MBytes in size.




