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Roxio Easy Media Creator User Guide www.roxio.com viii Legal Information Roxio Easy Media Creator User Guide www.roxio.com 9 Contents 1 Getting started with Easy Media Creator 23 Welcome to Roxio Easy Media Creator 8 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 About this guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 About Easy Media Creator project assistants . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Software and hardware requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Minimum requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 29 Optional requirements. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Installing Easy Media Creator . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30 Getting to know Easy Media Creator Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 Adjusting the size of the Project pane . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Using the control panel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 33 Working in Mini Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Launching applications from Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Starting media projects from Home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 38 Where to find more information. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Online Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Tutorials . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 Roxio online support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Easy Media Creator support options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Unlimited self help options . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Alternate support options. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Before you contact Roxio . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 Contacting Roxio. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 10 Contents Part I: Copying a ...