You are expected to have a working knowledge of PSP and AS. There will only be instruction on PSP and AS that pertain to the making of scrolling and expanding letters. If you need to learn PSP I can refer you to a beginners group and beginner tutorials.

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IMPORTANT!!!!

UPON JOINING THIS GROUP YOU WILL HAVE ONE WEEK TO SUBMIT SOMETHING TO SHOW US

YOU THAT ARE WORKING ON THE LESSONS. IT CAN BE A SCREEN SHOT OF OF WHAT YOU

ARE WORKING ON, OR A ZIPPED FOLDER OF WHERE YOU ARE IN THE LESSON, OR AN EMAIL

FOR HELP. YOU AREN'T EXPECTED TO COMPLETE A LESSON, YOU JUST NEED TO SHOW YOU

HAVE STARTED ONE.

IF THERE IS SOME REASON WHY YOU CAN'T START AND PROCEED WITH THE LESSONS IN A

WEEK'S TIME, YOU NEED TO EMAIL ME EXPLAINING WHY YOU AREN'T ABLE TO BEGIN. IF, YOU HAVEN'T TURNED ANYTHING IN OR MADE ARRANGEMENTS WITH ME AS TO WHEN YOU WILL

BEGIN, YOU WILL BE UNSUBBED. THIS IS THE ONLY NOTICE YOU WILL RECEIVE.

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BE SURE TO KEEP THIS EMAIL HANDY TO REFER BACK TO.

**Before starting on the Lessons:

1. Install the programs that have been provided in the LINKS Section, you will need all of them. They are all FREE programs. These are not optional you WILL need them. I have given several links to archiver programs, I have used them all and I prefer AlZip. It is much more user friendly than any of the others and it works better with Vista.

2. Make *sure* you have made the changes to Incredimail, your browser and your computer as instructed in the "SETTINGS" folder in the Files Section. If you don't you won't be able to view your letters correctly and you won't even be able to complete making a letter.

3. Download and read the "DEFINITIONS" text I have provided for you in the Files Section. Reading it can save lots of questioning and mistakes on your part. Please keep or print it out to refer to later on. Lots of it won't make any sense now, but it will when you start making your letters. If you come across a term or something you don't understand, it might be here.

4. Download Lesson1 Part 1--the Expanding Letter from the Files Section. Do NOT jump ahead and read the lessons! Stay only on the lesson you are working on until your are told to move on to the next lesson.

The lessons are ALL in the LESSONS & TUTORIALS folder in the FILES Section. Some are in IMF format and will download right into your IM Style Box, others are in zipped files.

You will also need to download ALL the zipped files that are in with EACH lesson. Each lesson will have it's own zipped files you will need for that lesson. We will tell you when to go on to a new lesson.

THE LESSONS

Do your lessons step by step. Do NOT try to read them start to finish and try to understand them, you won't be able to do that. The lessons are NOT like tuts. You probably won't be able to do them from start to finish. You will have to stop when you become stumped and email for help.

**When you email for help you will need to attach several things to the email. Sometimes a screen shot with an explaination will be in order so we can see what your problem is.

ALWAYS attach: Your named folder, zipped, including your Flavor file! Even if we do not need it, it saves us from having to email and ask for it creating more email than necessary!!

When sending in for help or when sending in a completed lesson ALWAYS put in the subject line 1) what lesson you are working on and 2) what attempt of the lesson you are working on and 3) Your name. The group has very heavy email at times and it allows us and you to see who is sending in what lesson and/or for help so no one gets overlooked and so you don't overlook an email back from one of us to you. When sending in for help remember we aren't mind readers and we do need to have a description of what your problem is along with the visual aids and your zipped folder. The more you can tell us of your problem, the better we can help you.

Remember , if you are having trouble......send in for help! Do not keep trying at a lesson until you have become so frustrated and stressed out that you want to leave the group. Ask for help, it is part of the learning process!!! Also, asking for help helps the entire group, so don't be bashful. When others read the answer to one of your questions, they just might be getting one of their questions answered. You might want to keep emails or answers to some questions that you don't really understand, you will be to that point soon and the

answer will make sense then and it might be the answer to something you are stuck on.

Have fun!!!! This is not optional!!! If you aren't having fun you are defeating the purpose of being here. You can do this. It's hard at first, but with only one letter under your belt you WILL view the world differently, I assure you. I promise you that you can learn this! It IS hard and you have to want it and you have to do the work. It isn't something you can learn from just watching.

hugs, marna

marnabro@myfairpoint.net