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	Examples & Lesson Plans Videos & Webcasts Success Stories Awards Standards Matches Special Needs Partners Inspired Learning Community™ Help Center Inspiration^® 9 Help Center System Requirements Upgrade Information Inspiration 9.0a updater - US Edition Frequently Asked Questions Inspiration Presenter Quick Tour Quick Start Guide Contact Technical Support Inspiration for Palm OS Help Center Inspiration for Pocket PC Help Center The current version is 9.0a. Inspiration 8 users, click here for Help Center. Inspiration 7 users click here, and Inspiration 6 users click here. Version 9.0a (released April 2010) System Requirements Windows^® Pentium III 450 MHz or higher Windows 98, 2000, ME, XP (including Tablet PC Edition), Vista or Windows 7 256 MB RAM 250 MB available hard drive Recommended: Internet connection* QuickTime^® Optional: Interactive electronic whiteboard Microphone Macintosh^® PowerPC G4 700 MHz or higher OS X 10.3 or higher 512 MB RAM 250 MB available hard drive space Recommended: Internet connection* Optional: Interactive electronic whiteboard Microphone * For downloaded products, the computer on which the downloaded product is installed must be connected to the Internet for the product to be activated. Upgrade Information Learn what's new in Inspiration 9! If you are an Inspiration user, you will still be able to read your files and use your previously created templates and symbol libraries with Inspiration 9. One of the many great features of Inspiration 9 is that you can save your Inspiration 9 files as Inspiration 8 files, for exchanging with others who haven't yet upgraded. Inspiration 9.0a updater Download the Inspiration 9.0a updater. Note: This update is for the US edition only. Windows Mac OS X This free update adds: Improved and expanded Symbol Libraries New and enhanced compatibility with the VariQuest™ Poster Maker Operational enhancements optimizing performance on WIndows and Mac OS X Users currently running Inspiration 9.0 can be updated to version 9.0a. Using Inspiration 9 and the VariQuest™ Poster Maker together is easy. If Inspiration 9.0a detects that one of the VariQuest Poster Maker drivers is installed, an item in the File menu appears that says "Print to Poster." Upon selection, it will bring up a print dialog where the user can choose the printer, paper size and page range. This enhancement works with both the VariQuest Plus 3000 and the current Poster Maker 3600 model. Inspiration Presenter Play your presentation directly from Inspiration 9 or, in the absence of Inspiration 9, on any Windows® or Macintosh® computer using Inspiration Presenter. Click here to download Inspiration Presenter – it’s free and convenient! Note: Inspiration Presenter is also available on the Inspiration 9 install CD. Quick Tour See first hand how Inspiration helps students grade 6 to adult develop strong thinking skills! View the Inspiration Quick Tour, a comprehensive tutorial illustrating the key features of Inspiration 9. You'll see how easy it is for students to create webs, mind maps, concept maps, graphic organizers, process flows, and other diagrams for thinking, organizing and writing. You will need a QuickTime^® player to view the Quick Tours. To get QuickTime, click here. Quick Start Guide Download the Inspiration Quick Start Guide. To view this file you may need to install Adobe® Reader®. The Quick Start Guide is designed to introduce you to the new capabilities in Inspiration 9 and includes how-to steps to help you get started using them quickly and easily. Learn how to create mind maps in the new Map View, and create compelling presentations from your work in Diagram, Outline and Map Views in the new Presentation Manager. Before you know it, you'll be using Inspiration to help your students comprehend, create, communicate and achieve more! Use the Quick Start Guide when you download your trial version and when you begin using your own copy of Inspiration. Frequently Asked Questions Miscellaneous Q:Can I play my Inspiration 9 Presentation on a computer that does not have Inspiration 9 installed to it? A: Yes the Presentation can play on a computer without Inspiration 9 by using the Inspiration Presenter. It can be found in the Help menu under "Copy Inspiration Presenter". Alternatively, it can be downloaded from this link : www.inspiration.com/Inspiration-Presenter. Copy or transfer the Inspiration Presenter to the target computer and open it. There use the Open dialog to select the Presentation file. Q:When drawing a link to a symbol I see a green glow around the destination symbol. What is that? A: The green glow indicates the potential connection points along the symbol for straight link lines. This is an increase over the default eight connection points on a symbol. It allows for smooth movement when repositioning the symbols in the document. Q:I saved an Inspiration 9 file as an Inspiration 8 file and my inserted graphics are not appearing. A: In Inspiration 9, insert the image as TIF, PNG, JPG or GIF and save it back as an Inspiration 8 file. Q:I'm trying to open a presentation file on a computer without Inspiration 9 installed and getting an error of "Command line option syntax error. Type Command /? for help". What's happening? A: To open the presentation file, first launch the Inspiration Presenter then use the Open dialog menu to open the .isf file Q:I'm using Inspiration 9 on Snow Leopard and having difficulty printing my presentation slides. A: Try an earlier version of the printer's driver. If there are still difficulties contact us at technical support. Installation/Start up Q:Will Inspiration 9 run on a Novell server? A: While there has been nothing added to prevent Inspiration 9 from running from a Novell server, it was not a tested environment. Thus, Novell is not a formerly supported operating system for Inspiration 9. Contact Technical Support If you don't find what you need here, please feel free to contact technical support.