Unit 13-1 Publishing on Disks

After completing this unit, you will be able to:

• Understand the purpose of the Pack and Go Wizard.
• Know how the wizard works and what it packs.
• Distribute a multimedia application on diskettes.
• Tell other uses how to unpack and install the application.
• Pack a multimedia application for distribution on a CD-R, Zip, or other brand of read/write removable disk.

Reading

Read chapter 39 of the Internet Literacy textbook to study the concepts covered by this unit.

Online Activities

The following movies on the Multilit CD provide assistance in areas where some students have needed extra help; to watch one or more of these movies, open the file index.htm on the Multilit CD, go to chapter 39, and follow these instructions:

• To learn how to use the Pack and Go Wizard to publish an application onto diskettes, watch the movie entitled "Publishing on Diskettes with the Pack and Go Wizard."
• If you pack a presentation to disk, you will also need to be able to unpack it, that is, to install it from the disk. To learn how to install a presentation that has been published to disk via the pack and go wizard, watch the movie entitled "Installing a Packed Presentation from Diskettes."

Assignment

There is no specific assignment required in this unit, which has been provided for students who may someday encounter a need to publish applications on disk. If you have such a need and you want more practice, complete the exercises at the end of chapter 39. These exercises are optional, and you do not need to hand them in unless your instructor has told you specifically to do so.