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Deko500 User’s Guide
Introduction

WELCOME!

This is the User’s Guide for Deko500, a full-color video character generator
from Pinnacle Systems, Inc. Based on the Windo ws NT operating system,
Deko500 offers unprecedented performance in a broadcast-quality character
generator, including:
The highest picture quality available for television graphics
The ease of use and networking capabilities of Windows NT
The power of a word processor, a page layout program and a
“slide show” presentation program, in a single application
Like a word processor, Deko500 offers a variety of tools for typing text and for
selecting fonts and styles.
Like a page layout program, Deko500 allows total flexibility in positioning text
and full-color graphic elements on the screen.
Like a presentation program, Deko500 plays back a series of graphic pages
using a wide range of real-time effe cts, including rolls and crawls.
We think you’ll be pleased with Deko500’s quality, power and flexibility. Our
goal is to make Deko500 the number one video character generator. If you have
any suggestions for features to include in future software releases, we would
very much like to hear from you. See Ho w to Contact Pinnacle Systems, Inc.,
page 7.