Post-PATRIOT Magnetic Motto Maker README
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DIRECTIONS:

There's no installer, just doubleclick the program file to run.

Move the magnets around the refrigerator to form phrases.
When you have a phrase you like, drape the flag over it and 
doubleclick in the flag to Google it. (The flag can be
both moved and resized.) You can generate interesting web filtering
combinations this way... 

Clicking the "Make Motto" button will save your slogan to disk
and/or print it, depending on the export options you select
in the "Options" menu. Output to disk is always in JPEG format.

By default, PPMMM will export the image of whatever
the flag is draped over (frig and magnets.) You may also choose
to output your entire refrigerator. The flag itself will not
appear in the output unless you select "Include Flag in Image" 
(probably of most interest in combination with "Output Entire
Refrigerator.") The "Make Motto" button is never output.

As an alternative to outputting the magnets on the frig, you may
wish to choose "Just give me plain text.." mode. This will proudly
print out your slogan in big letters, in an exciting choice of 
colors and styles. You might prefer this mode if you are shy about 
wearing a t-shirt full of magnets, or if you just like big words.
You may also wish to consider the menu options for exporting your
motto to the Pentagon or State Department.

From time to time, you may find that magnets you are not using 
start to get in your way. You may conveniently clear these
out of your way with our trademark "MagniVac."  
Simply hold down the Shift key, move the mouse pointer over
the magnets you want to clear away, and let MagniVac work
its magic. 
It's also a good idea to do this from time to time
anyway just because MagniVac is lots of fun to play with.


VERY IMPORTANT TIPS N TRICKS:
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* PPMMM always reads left to right; it doesn't recognize
separate lines of text. This doesn't matter when outputting
your magnet image. However, when Googling or outputting as
plain text, be aware that PPMMM will ignore your carefully laid-out
rows and will simply order the words as they appear in 
horizontal sequence. 

* A couple of "verbalizers" are included in the kit: namely "ify", 
and "ize." These may be used to create government-grade doublespeak 
that generates a verb from a non-verb or simply softens the blow of 
an existing verb. For example, it might seem to be a bit harsh to 
suggest that we "disappear" somebody. Perhaps it would seem a bit 
gentler if instead we "disappearify" them?

* If you are making a T-shirt, you might need to select the "Flip Image"
option. This will save or print the image horizontally flipped,
which is how they must be printed on many T-shirt iron-on transfers.
(Note - some iron-on transfers require that the image *not* be flipped.
Consult the directions for the transfers you are using.) 
T-shirt iron-on transfers for use with personal computer printers can 
be purchased at many computer and office supply stores.


KNOWN BUGS, LIMITATIONS, and OTHER EMBARRASSMENTS
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* The flag sometimes gets wonky, in particular just after it's
been resized very large. If it won't move, try resizing it
back down to its normal size or smaller. If that doesn't work,
then you may need to quit and restart. 

* For the Google functionality, as well as the Pentagon, etc. export
options, you need to be connected to the Internet. However, the 
saving and printing stuff will work offline.

* The printing option currently supports only standard (letter or
A4) paper size, which is useful for T-shirts as well as some
other things. However, if you wish to output at a smaller
size for stickers, etc., you will probably find it easier to
output to disk and then use other image processing
or even word processing software to scale the resulting JPEG image 
to the desired size. There's also no print preview option, although
on the Mac, this seems to be available anyway from the printer
dialog box.

* You can't quit the program with the close-box or ALT-Funtion keys 
(Windows), and there are probably similar limitations on Mac.
Please use the menu "Quit" option or Control/(Command) key
combinations to exit. 

* The Mac version is a little clunky, especially under OSX. 

* In "output entire refrigerator" mode, the Windows widescreen version will
include some whitespace at the bottom... however, this should not be a bit problem
in most situations.


contact:
mmaker "at" deprogramming.us

