
Readme.txt file for the CD-ROM of 
Landolt-Boernstein Volume IV/10. Heats of Mixing and Solution 
Subvolume B. Binary Gaseous, Liquid, Near-Critical, and Supercritical 
Fluid Systems of Nonelectrolytes

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This file contains information on the installation and use
of the two main components of the CD-ROM:
1. The complete electronic version of the book containing all
   of the information found in the print edition augmented by:
   - hypertext links to all the data files in PDF format and
   - fast full-text index search
2. The ELBT Program for MS-Windows which allows:
   - the search of the numerical data of this volume according to property 
     type, chemical system, and reference, 
   - the display of the numerical data in PDF format and in two computer 
     readable standard ASCII file formats, SELF and ELDATA,
   - the correlation of the numerical data with several equations,
   - importing the information of SELF and ELDATA files, as well as 
     of the files containing the results of correlations, into 
     SpreadsheetML documents, and
   - the search of all types of bibliographical heat of mixing and solution 
     data according to chemical system and reference.

The display of the data files from the CD-ROM requires the 
installation of Adobe(r)Acrobat(r) Reader version 4.0 or later.

The display of the SpreadsheetML documents from the CD-ROM requires the 
installation of Microsoft(r)Office Excel version  2002 or later.

Installation of Adobe(r)Acrobat(r) Reader
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Adobe Acrobat Reader version 4.05 with Search (English), i.e. 
full text index, is available to download from the CD-ROM and 
you have to install it on your hard drive first.
We recommend to use:
   - Acrobat Reader 4.05 + Search for Windows 95, 98, & NT 4.0 6.6 MB
   - Acrobat Reader 4.05 + Search for Macintosh (MacBinary) 6.0 MB
Other and higher versions you can download from the site
     http://www.adobe.com/products/acrobat/alternate.html
e.g.:
   - Acrobat Reader 4.05 + Search for Macintosh (BinHex) 8.2 MB
   - Acrobat Reader 4.05 for IBM AIX (.tar.gz) 6.7 MB
   - Acrobat Reader 4.05 for Sun Solaris - Sparc (.tar.gz) 7.1 MB
   - Acrobat Reader 4.05 for SGI IRIX (.tar.gz) 7.4 MB
   - Acrobat Reader 4.05 for HP-UNIX (.tar.gz) 7.5 MB
   - Acrobat Reader 4.05 for Digital UNIX (.tar.gz). 

After installation of a suitable reader version start by double 
clicking on the respective executable program file, e.g. on ACRORD32.exe, or
directly on the pdf-file of interest.

Installation and use of the electronic version of the book
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You have two options: 
   - Use the electronic version of the book directly from the CD-ROM.     
Insert the CD-ROM in the CD drive and double click on Start.pdf(within the 
folder LB_pdf_version). 
   - Use the electronic version of the book from your hard drive.
Copy the directory LB_pdf_version and its contents to your hard drive (directly 
or into an arbitrary directory of your choice). This 
requires approximatively 25 MB. Then you proceed as above.

Technical support
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If you have any problems installing or running Adobe Acrobat Reader or
the electronic version of the book please contact:
helpdesk-em@springer-sbm.com

Installation and use of the ELBT Program
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The ELBT Program has to be installed on your hard drive. This requires:
   - IBM(r)-compatible PC under Microsoft Windows(r) 98 or later. 
   - minimum of 16 MB RAM.  
   - 46 MB available hard disk space
   - Adobe(r)Acrobat(r) Reader version 4.0 or later.
   - optional: Microsoft(r)Office Excel version  2002 or later.

WARNING: If you have already installed the ELBT program related to Volume
IV/10A, do not install the ELBT Program of this Volume IV/10B in the same 
sub-directory.

   Insert the CD-ROM into the drive. From Windows Explorer click on 
ELBT_program in the root-directory of the CD-ROM. Run the setup.exe application 
and follow the screen instructions in the setup procedure. 
The program will be installed on the specified drive and directory 
(default C:\ELBT10B). You can specify another directory by typing in the 
full path.

In the folder ELBT_program on the CD-ROM the file

  - ELBT10BGuide.PDF 
contains the detailed instructions on using the ELBT Program (3 + 58 pages).
It is strongly recommended to make a printout of this file.

Following auxiliary files are automatically downloaded from the CD-ROM:

  - ELBT10BPropTypes.txt, ELBT10BSubstances.txt, and ELBT10BReferences.txt are 
ASCII files listing the descriptors of all the PropTypes, Substances, 
and References covered in this volume.
These auxiliary files are not required by the ELBT Program. 

Technical support
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If you note that the ELBT Program fails to work properly, try to 
rebuild all the index files by selecting File / Indexation 
from the main menu.
For support on installation or use of the ELBT Program, please 
contact:
ELDATA
6, Rue Lacepede
75005 Paris, France
Tel/Fax: 33 1 44 27 68 44 
Fax: 33 1 45 35 44 73
E-mail: kehiaian@paris7.jussieu.fr
