After hitting the 'hidden spot' (the little + sign of KIDMIXUP +), 
with a mouse-click, the following possibilities will be offered :

- STOP, go back to the main program of Kidmixup.
- LEFT & RIGHT ARROW, load lower or higher series, as before.
- HELP, this text. 
- NO DISTRACTIONS, toggle switch : when the switch is 'on' all
  text etc. except that which is necessary in the game itself 
  are removed for users with concentration-problems.
  (Hit the EXIT-box if you can't find the + any more.)

- SAVE PICTURE FROM THIS SERIES, you will be asked to click on a
  Story-Icon and after that you can save it as a NEOchrome- or
  a PI1 Degas-file, in other to redraw it.

- SAVE GRID, again in NEO- or PI1-format : save pre-sized boxes
  for pictures and icon, and VERY IMPORTANT : the palette used
  by Kidmixup : use the grid and don't change the colours while
  drawing your story (Colour changes will be ignored). Put it in
  the right order : the program will mix it up for you (but it
  has to be told the solution!)

- LOAD PICTURE INTO THIS SERIES, after drawing one or more stories
  load them into the game. It can be made part of an existing
  series by replacing a current story, or you can add a completely
  new series of 9 stories. The latter case is very much like the
  first one; but first things first :
  MAKE AN EXTRA COPY BEFORE YOU START MIXING THINGS UP !
  After choosing LOAD PICTURE you select your story-picture, it
  will be shown, with a copy of the story-icons of the current
  serie above it, as an orientation-mark. Click on STOP to cancel.
  If your new-designed story-icon is in the right place, click on
  it with the left mousebutton. With the right mousebutton you can
  drag your story-icon to any icon-spot you want; release the
  button to give the icon it's new place.

- SAVE THIS SERIES, the final move : loading the pictures didn't
  change anything on disk : saving the series does indeed do so.
  Making an extra copy is specially important when overwriting
  an existing series (the program will warn you). The series has
  to be saved in the Folder KIDMIXPL.FLD, normally the File-
  selector will lead you there. File-name has to be KIDMIXPL.Sxx,
  xx being a number greater then zero and (for a new series :)
  not more than 1 higher than the actual number in the series.

IF YOU DISTRIBUTE (FREELY !) THE PROGRAM WITH YOUR ADDED STORIES :
PLEASE    MENTION    CLEARLY    ANY    CHANGES    YOU    MADE.
Moreover : we'd be obliged to receive a copy - or any comment,

D.A. Brumleve                 or      Philip van Rijthoven
P.O.Box 4195                          Nelson Krugerstraat 58
Urbana, IL 61801-8820                 6543 MX Nijmegen
USA                                   The Netherlands