Oregon Trail® 5th Edition, Adventures Along the Oregon Trail

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User's Guide

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ABOUT THE LEARNING COMPANY

Since 1980, The Learning Company has consistently produced the highest quality educational software available. Our award-winning products help develop your child's underlying thinking skills and creativity, while reinforcing important areas of the basic curriculum, such as reading, writing, and mathematics.

Every product under the Oregon Trail brand undergoes extensive research and testing, with input from parents, children, and professionals in education. Each product features a precise balance of educational content and entertainment value, so your child has fun while learning!

How do we do it? Enchanting characters. Challenging situations. Rich game environments. State-of-the-art graphics and sound. Progressive skill levels and game segments that can be customized to meet your child's individual needs.

As parents and educators, we recognize that education is a continuous process. So we developed a complete system of age-appropriate programs. Carefully sequenced by age groups, this system makes it easy for you to confidently choose the right products for your children at each stage of their educational development. As an integral part of The Learning Company's system, each of our products addresses a specific age group and subject area with appropriate themes to heighten your child's interest in learning.

? 2001 TLC Education Properties LLC, and its licensors. All rights reserved. Uses Miles Sound System. Copyright ? 1991?2001 RAD Game Tools. Uses Bink Video Technology. Copyright ? 1997?2001 by RAD Game Tools, Inc. Adobe? Acrobat? ? 2001 Adobe Systems Incorporated. The Learning Company and The Oregon Trail are registered trademarks and Adventures Along the Oregon Trail is a trademark of TLC Education Properties LLC. Windows and Win are either registered trademarks or trademarks of Microsoft Corporation in the United States and/or other countries. Pentium is either a registered trademark or trademark of Intel Corporation in the U.S. and/or other countries. Macintosh and Mac are registered trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc. Adobe and Acrobat are trademarks of Adobe Systems Incorporated. All other trademarks are the property of their respective owners.

DirectX is a proprietary tool of Microsoft Corporation and its suppliers and may only be used in conjunction with Microsoft operating system products. All intellectual property rights in the DirectX are owned by Microsoft Corporation and its suppliers and are protected by United States copyright laws and international treaty provisions. Copyright ? 2001 Microsoft Corporation. All rights reserved.

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TABLE OF CONTENTS

Hardware & System Requirements ................................................................................ 4 Setting Up & Starting the Program ................................................................................. 4 Educational Focus ............................................................................................................... 6 Program Overview .............................................................................................................. 7 Starting the Game ............................................................................................................. 10

Quick Start ..................................................................................................................... 11 Creating Your Character .............................................................................................. 11 Buying Supplies ............................................................................................................ 13 Starting on the Trail ...................................................................................................... 14 Traveling on the Trail ....................................................................................................... 15 Consulting Your Resources ......................................................................................... 15

Maps ........................................................................................................................... 16 Guidebook ................................................................................................................. 16 Glossary ..................................................................................................................... 17 Other People ............................................................................................................. 17 The Montgomery Family ........................................................................................ 18 Checking Your Wagon Party's Status ......................................................................... 19 Health ........................................................................................................................ 19 Wagon and Supplies ................................................................................................ 20

Turning Around ................................................................................................... 20 Managing Your Supplies .................................................................................... 20

Rationing Food ............................................................................................... 21 Buying More Items ......................................................................................... 21 Trading for Supplies ....................................................................................... 21 Hunting ............................................................................................................ 22 Gathering ......................................................................................................... 22 Fishing .............................................................................................................. 23 Lightening Your Load .................................................................................... 24 Overcoming Obstacles ................................................................................................. 25 Rivers ......................................................................................................................... 25 Deserts ....................................................................................................................... 26 Hills ............................................................................................................................ 26 Stopping along the Trail ............................................................................................... 26 Major Landmarks and Rivers ................................................................................. 26 Towns, Forts, and Trading Posts ............................................................................ 26 Returning to the Trail ............................................................................................... 27 Pausing and Saving the Game ............................................................................... 27 Recording Your Journey ............................................................................................... 27 Saving and Printing Your Diary ............................................................................. 28 Finishing the Trail ............................................................................................................ 28 Appendixes A: Program Menus ........................................................................................................ 29 B: Historical Facts ......................................................................................................... 30 C: Additional Resources ............................................................................................... 31 Troubleshooting ................................................................................................................ 33 Windows 33 ? ............................................................................................................................................................................................................ Macintosh 35 ? .......................................................................................................................................................................................................... Contacting The Learning Company .............................................................................. 38 Technical Support ......................................................................................................... 38

Credits ................................................................................................................................. 39

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HARDWARE & SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS*

Windows? version

Macintosh? version

Runs on: IBM? PC and compatibles-- Pentium? 166 MHz or faster

With:

s 32 MB of memory (RAM) s Hard disk with 100 MB of free

disk space** s 8x or faster CD-ROM drive s 16-bit color monitor capable

of 640 x 480 resolution s Windows 95, 98, Me, 2000,***

and XP*** s Windows-compatible sound card s DirectX 8.0 or higher (will be

installed if needed) s DirectX-compatible video card s Windows-compatible mouse

Recommended:

s Browser, such as Netscape Navigator? 4.0 or Microsoft? Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher

s 28.8 Kbps or faster modem s Printer (color preferred)

Runs on: PowerPC? Macintosh computers--180 MHz or faster

With:

s 32 MB of memory (RAM) s Hard disk with 100 MB of free

disk space** s 8x or faster CD-ROM drive s Monitor capable of displaying

thousands of colors, 13" or larger s System 8.6 or higher s Mouse

Recommended:

s Browser, such as Netscape Navigator 4.0 or Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 or higher

s 28.8 Kbps or faster modem s Printer (color preferred)

*In the interest of product improvement, information and specifications represented here are subject to change without notice.

**An additional 7 MB of disk space may be required to install Adobe? Acrobat Reader?. An additional 30 MB of disk space may be required to install DirectX. Additional hard disk space may also be required to save information for more than five players.

***If you are running Windows 2000 or Windows XP, you must have administrative privileges to install this program correctly.

SETTING UP & STARTING THE PROGRAM

Oregon Trail 5th Edition, Adventures Along the Oregon Trail runs from your CD-ROM drive. However, you need 100 MB of free hard disk space to store some program files.

Windows?

These instructions assume that the AutoPlay feature of Windows is turned on. (AutoPlay is usually enabled when you install Windows on your computer. See your Windows documentation for more information.)

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To set up the program: 1. Insert the program CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2. Click on Yes at the install prompt to begin the set-up process. 3. Follow the instructions onscreen to complete the set-up process.

Once you've completed the setup, the program will run automatically any time you insert the program CD into the CD-ROM drive.

To start the program: 1. Insert the program CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2. Click on Play.

Whenever you exit the program, you return to the desktop. You can restart the program directly from the desktop as long as the CD is still in the CD-ROM drive. (These instructions also apply if AutoPlay is turned off.)

To start the program from the Start menu: s Click on the Start button. Then choose Programs, The Learning Company,

and Oregon Trail 5th Edition in that order.

Macintosh?

To set up the program: 1. Insert the program CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2. Double-click on Oregon Trail 5th Edition. 3. Click on Yes. 4. Follow the instructions onscreen to complete the set-up process.

To start the program: 1. Insert the program CD into your CD-ROM drive. 2. Double-click on Oregon Trail 5th Edition.

Launcher Screen

Click here to begin your adventure on the trail.

Click here to learn about other products from The Learning Company.

Click here to access a printable version of the Montgomery Journal.

Click here to uninstall the program.

Click here to access this program's user's guide.

Click here to exit the program.

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