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Help Loading Sketches

If your copy of Netscape is set up correctly, anytime you click on a link to a Sketchpad sketch, Geometer's Sketchpad will automatically open. If this does not happen, and you are using Netscape on the Macintosh, please read the following instructions, modified from the instructions on the Math Forum.

Setting up Helper Applications in Netscape

Go to the Options menu and select Preferences
Click on the popup menu and slide to the Helper Applications preference item.
Click on New.
Type in the new Mime type (e.g. application) and then the Subtype (e.g. x-gsp).
Type in the Extensions (e.g. gsp).
Click on Browse to locate the application you will use to view this new file type (e.g. Geometer's Sketchpad).
Click on the File Type popup menu to select the correct four letter file code (e.g. GSPk).
Click on the Launch Application button.
Click OK.

Geometer's Sketchpad Settings for Geometry Center Sketches

                Mime type       SubType   Extension     File Code

(for sketches)  application     x-gsp     gsp           GSPk
(for scripts)   application     x-gss     gss           GSPc

For other browsers and computers, or if you do not have Sketchpad and want to download a demo version, see How to Set Up Helper Applications.

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Author: Evelyn Sander
Comments to: webmaster@www.geom.uiuc.edu
Created: Jun 24 1996 --- Last modified: Nov 07 1996