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Previewing a screen saver file
1.
Browse to the screen saver (SCR) file.
2.
Right-click on the file. This pops-up a menu.
3.
Click Test to preview.
Using a screen saver file
If, in step 4, you installed the new screen saver as the default, everything is already set up for you. No
further action is necessary.
If you saved the screen saver to the Windows system folder:
1.
Click Start on the Taskbar. If you are using Windows XP, go to step 3.
2.
Choose Control Panel. Double-click Personalization.
3.
Click Screen Saver.The Screen Saver Settings dialog lists all screen savers in the system folder.
4.
Choose the screen saver you want.
5.
Click OK to make the selected screen saver the default.
If you saved the screen saver to a different folder:
1.
Browse to the screen saver file.
2.
Right-click on the file. This pops-up a menu.
3.
Click Install to select the screen saver. Then click OK to make the screen saver the default.
Tips

To create a smooth screen saver animation it's recommended you create an animation with a fast
animation speed (15?20 frames per second) and between 50 and 100 frames in each cycle.

Windows stretches the animation to fill the screen. If you want the text to partially fill the screen,
in Xara 3D Maker select a point size, such as 72pt from the text size drop down, instead of Fit
to width.

For ideas on creating screen savers, look in the screensavers folder (in samples). This folder
contains a wide range of examples.
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