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Installing Pizzicato

Subjects covered:

• Installing Pizzicato
• Starting Pizzicato
• License registration
• Exit Pizzicato

Installing Pizzicato [Light] [Beginner] [Professional] [Notation] [Composition Light] [Composition Pro] [Drums and Percussion] [Guitar] [Choir] [Keyboard] [Soloist]

The installation of Pizzicato consists of copying all necessary files onto the hard disk of your computer. This operation must be done before you can start using Pizzicato.

You need to follow the procedure explained in this lesson. If you cannot execute one or more steps, do not hesitate to contact our support department. Together, we will solve the problem.

The Pizzicato manual includes several lessons on computer basics. If computers are brand new to you, you can refer to these pages as a first approach. We also advise you to read the introduction manual of Windows or Macintosh. Also play the guided tour offered by Windows or Mac. It will teach you the essential data to handle your computer.

To install Pizzicato on Windows, execute the following steps (for Mac, see below):

• Insert the Pizzicato DVD in your DVD drive or double-click the downloaded file if you possess the electronic version of Pizzicato.

• If the installation program does not start by itself, do the following:

1. Click the Start button in the Windows toolbar
2. Click Execute...
3. Type D:setup using the keyboard (D is the letter corresponding to your DVD drive) and click OK
4. If you don't know the letter associated with your DVD drive, click the Browse... button and double-click the Working station on the Desk. Then double-click the icon representing the DVD drive and double-click the Setup file (or Setup.exe)

• Follow the instructions that appear on the screen

• Once the installation is finished, you can withdraw the Pizzicato DVD from the drive

To install Pizzicato on Macintosh, do the following steps:

• Insert the Pizzicato DVD in your DVD drive or double-click the downloaded file if you possess the electronic version of Pizzicato.

With the DVD, double-click the "Pizzicato 3.6 - EN.zip". This will create a folder "Pizzicato 3.x" that will go by default into the downloaded file folder. You can drag it to the application folder of the Mac.

• Once the installation is done, you can remove the Pizzicato DVD from the drive.

Starting Pizzicato [Light] [Beginner] [Professional] [Notation] [Composition Light] [Composition Pro] [Drums and Percussion] [Guitar] [Choir] [Keyboard] [Soloist]

The launching of Pizzicato (or starting) is the operation which makes it possible for Pizzicato to take the control of the computer. From this moment, Pizzicato is active and you can use it as indicated in each lesson of this manual.

To start Pizzicato under Windows, click the Start button, click Programs then Pizzicato 3.x and again Pizzicato. To start Pizzicato on Mac OS X, open your Macintosh hard disk; in the Applications folder, you will find the Pizzicato 3.x folder. Inside this folder, double-click the "Pizzicato" file. The program starts.

The first time, on Mac or Windows, Pizzicato lets you choose the working version of Pizzicato and asks you to fill in your license and serial numbers. Let us see this in detail.

License registration [Light] [Beginner] [Professional] [Notation] [Composition Light] [Composition Pro] [Drums and Percussion] [Guitar] [Choir] [Keyboard] [Soloist]

When starting Pizzicato for the first time, the following dialog box appears:

If you bought Pizzicato, select Licence registration and fill in the three text boxes, respectively with:

• The license number : it is located on the Pizzicato DVD box or in the instruction e-mail and contains 5 digits
• The serial number: also located on the DVD box or in the instruction e-mail, it contains 4 groups of 4 digits separated by the minus sign "-". It is thus of the form: xxxx-xxxx-xxxx-xxxx. It is important to introduce these 19 characters (16 digits and three "-" signs) without intermediate spaces.
• Your name: the name which will appear on the registration card (or Internet registration)

If you did not buy Pizzicato and got the program on a demo DVD, from Internet or through a friend, you can use the options in the right column, which do not require a license number:

• Shareware Version (free use of Pizzicato Light for one month starting with the installation)
• The 10 other evaluation versions of Pizzicato (with save, print or export functions disabled)

Click OK. If you do not have a licence (evaluation or shareware), Pizzicato starts. According to the version you have, a dialog box may appear, asking for a personal code. If it does not appear, the installation is finished. Otherwise, do the following.

Pizzicato is protected by a personal code system. This personal code can be calculated by us only after the installation of Pizzicato on your computer. This is why you will not find this code on the original DVD nor in the box of the software nor in the instruction e-mail of the electronic version.

So that we can communicate this personal code to you, please send us your license and identification numbers located on the top left corner of this dialog box.

If your computer is connected to the Internet, you will find in this dialog a button that will help you to send the request for a personal code. Fill in that dialog and validate. It is the easiest method as you will receive the personal code by e-mail usually within ten minutes.

You can use the software for 20 hours without the personal code. After that, it will run in Shareware mode (without license) or evaluation mode.

To receive your personal code, you can also go on the registration page and fill in the registration form, it is the fastest way to receive it :

www.arpegemusic.com/clients2.htm

You may also reach this page through the Help menu of Pizzicato, Online Registration...

As long as you do not introduce your personal code, this dialog box appears automatically when launching Pizzicato. When you receive your personal code, fill it into the text area of this dialog box and click OK. Use the copy/paste function to avoid any error. If the code is correct, this dialog will no more appear. Pizzicato is permanently installed on your computer.