Guide Sheet: About the Free Trial Demo for LeaderGuide Pro™ 7 Plus

Overview

After installing LeaderGuide Pro™ 7 Plus on your computer, it will open in free trial Demo mode, to allow you to evaluate its usefulness relative to your needs. You will have full access to the software and all of its functionality for ten openings or for ten days from when you open the software, whichever comes first. During this evaluation period you will agree to limit your use of the software to testing and evaluation only, and you will agree not to use the software to create leader guides and participant guides for use in actual training programs.

Please purchase a License Key (a.k.a. Product Key) to unlock and Activate the software's full functionality. You will be able to Activate the software even after you exhaust all of your Demo uses, as long as you have a License Key.

Limitations:

• Limited Access to running the software: Open LeaderGuide Pro by clicking on the red Pro desktop icon. The first time you open LeaderGuide Pro you will be advised that once you start the Demo you will have 10 software openings or ten days - whichever comes first - to try the software.
• You can only run the Demo once: After you have used your ten openings or ten days, you will not have the ability to run the Demo again or in any way continue to use the software for free.
• Documents created may not be used for actual training purposes: While in free trial Demo mode any documents you create using LeaderGuide Pro are strictly for software trial purposes only and cannot be used in actual classroom training situations.
• Free trial Demo documents will be marked as such: While in free trial Demo mode all documents you create using LeaderGuide Pro will contain "Trial Demo" marks in various places and watermarks on the pages. These marks must not be removed. Attempting to remove these marks will result in the software closing and terminating the current Demo opening.
• Customization functions can be viewed but will not execute: While in free trial Demo mode you may view all of the Utilities that perform template customization functions to see what they do and how they work, but the Utilities will not actually run.
• george! and LeaderGuide Pro 7 Plus will not interact while either product is in Demo mode: While you can see the options, the george! functionality that allows you to use george! to send slides and notes to leader guides and participant guides will not execute.

About Help while in free trial Demo mode:

• Unlimited Access to Instruction Manual: After installing the software you may open the LGPro 7 Instruction Manual as often as you like. Please read through the section titled "A Few Things Every User Should Know" before you begin the Demo. Access the Instruction Manual by clicking on the red Question Mark icon on your desktop.
• Unlimited Access to help [at] leaderguidepro [dot] com:You may e-mail your questions to us as needed. We will respond within one business day.

Getting Started

Open the Instruction Manual and read "A Few Things Every User Should Understand"

• Click on the red question mark on your Desktop to open the LGPro 7 Instruction Manual
  • Or, Start/All Programs/LeaderGuide Pro 7 Plus/LGPro 7 Help
• Does NOT count as a Demo opening
• Understanding some of the fundamentals will help you make better use of your Demo time
• We also suggest that you look at the Scenarios section to get a feel for how to use LeaderGuide Pro™ to accomplish common development tasks
• "How to" step-by-step instruction is provided in the Instruction Manual for all of the LGPro functionality; the more you use the manual to help you, the more productive your evaluation period will be
• Should you have questions or need assistance
  • Our FAQs, How Do I ... guides & videos and Knowledge Base (user forum) are available 24/7 in the Support section of this website
  • You may contact us at help [at] leaderguidepro [dot] com
  • Our business hours are Monday – Friday, from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Eastern Standard Time

Opening the Software

Open LeaderGuide Pro™ and create a new leader guide

• Click on the red Pro icon on your Desktop to open LeaderGuide Pro™ 7 Plus
  • Or, Start/All Programs/LeaderGuide Pro 7 Plus/LGPro 7 Plus
• Counts as a Demo opening

Or, open ParticipantGuide Pro™ and create a new participant guide

• Click on the turquoise Pro icon to open ParticipantGuide Pro™ 7
  • Or, Start/All Programs/LeaderGuide Pro 7 Plus/PGPro 7 Plus
• Counts as a Demo opening

Understanding the free trial Demo mode

Whether you open LeaderGuide Pro™ or ParticipantGuide Pro™... The software will open in free trial Demo mode and you will see this dialog box explaining that your free access is limited to 10 openings of the software or 10 days, whichever comes first.

• After reading the information provided, click on "Continue"

Next you will see this dialog box explaining that your free access to the software is for evaluation purposes only, and that your 10 day evaluation period begins on the day that you click on "I Accept"

• After reading the information provided, click on "I Accept"

Next you will see this dialog box, which you will always see first while in free Demo mode. There are three pieces of important information in this dialog box

1. The number of Demo accesses you have remaining; counts down each time you open
2. The date that your free trial Demo period ends; counts down by day
3. How to obtain a License Key (a.k.a. Product Key) and unlock the software for your ongoing use

Creating a new Leader Guide

After clicking on "Click Here to Begin Demo Use" Word will open along with LeaderGuide Pro™ and your screen will look like this

• Click on the Blank Page button in the upper left corner of the LGPro ribbon

You will see the Create a New Leader Guide dialog box

• Complete the information requested and click on "Continue"

After Saving you will be in Word with the LGPro ribbon showing and LeaderGuide Pro™ open, on the first page of your new leader guide, which is the Cover page

• Print this base leader guide so that you can see how it looks on paper and so that you can read the default content that loads with the base leader guide template
• Because you are in Demo mode there is a special Evaluation Only notice on the cover page that is not there for licensed users

• And, inside the document in the Getting Started section you will see a special Evaluation Only LGPro Block that is not there for licensed users

When you scroll through to the last page of your new leader guide, your page will look like this

This is the first page of the first Lesson in your leader guide. This is where you begin adding the content your trainer will use to start your training session. Start by typing over "New Lesson" with a Lesson name and click on an LGPro Block on the LGPro ribbon to begin adding your content. Your first LGPro Block will appear below the "Evaluation Only" lock.

The "Evaluation Only" Block must be left in place. While using the free trial Demo an "Evaluation Only" Block will appear each time you add a new Lesson, and must be left in place. These Blocks do not appear for licensed users.

About the "Evaluation Only" Blocks

If you try to delete an Evaluation Only Block you will see a dialog box with a friendly reminder that you must not delete these blocks. And, if you try to delete an Evaluation Only Block a second time you will see this dialog box, reminding you again that you must not delete these blocks.

Trying to delete the Block a third time will bring up this dialog box, advising you that your current Demo session will be ended, closing the software and the document you were in, using up one of your software openings and not saving any changes made to your document.

Working in your new Leader Guide

Add content to these places in a leader guide at any time in any order

Cover page

• Displays the Program Name you entered in the Create a New Leader Guide dialog box
• If you need to change your Program Name, change it on this page
• Learn more on pages 31 and 243 in the Instruction Manual

Acknowledgments page

• Contains your copyright information, legal notices and acknowledgments
• Do not delete the Section break at the end of this page
• Learn more on page 32 in the Instruction Manual

Getting Started section

• Learn more on page 247 in the Instruction Manual

Program in Perspective page

• Add important information about the Program Rationale, Learning Objectives, Program Timing, Class Size
• Learn more on page 34 in the Instruction Manual

Program Preparation page

• Add key information about Pre-work, Required Materials, Room Set-up, Instructor Preparation
• Learn more on page 35 in the Instruction Manual

New Module (Topic)

• An overview page that provides concise summary information about just this topic within your training program
• Learn more on pages 37 and 81 in the Instruction Manual

New Lesson (Subtopic)

• Every Module has at least one Lesson
• Lessons are where you add LGPro Blocks, into which you add your instructional content – what you want the trainer to say and do to run this segment of the training session
• The very first New Lesson page in every new leader guide contains non-printing red text that must always be the very last thing in your leader guide
• Learn more on pages 38 and 86 in the Instruction Manual

LGP Blocks

• LGP Blocks visually cue your trainer and provide content in manageable chunks
• LGP Blocks format content for a consistent, professional appearance
• Learn more on pages 26 and 186 in the Instruction Manual

Import and Export functions

LeaderGuide Pro™ has powerful import and export functionality, allowing you to import and export content between

• a leader guide and a participant guide
• a leader guide and PowerPoint
• a participant guide and PowerPoint
• a leader guide or participant guide and a standalone Word document
• a participant guide and a standalone Word document
• Learn more on pages 154 through 185 in the Instruction Manual

Librarian

Librarian adds two new levels of very powerful functionality

• Within the current leader guide, Librarian automates the management of content, allowing you to
  • Archive Modules and Lessons for reuse and sharing
  • Insert archived Modules and Lessons
  • Delete Modules and Lessons
  • Reorder Modules and Lessons
• For all of your training programs, even non-LeaderGuide Pro™ courses, Librarian automates the curriculum record keeping function
  • Creating a special automated Excel workbook that holds the Librarian Registry Records you create
• Learn more on pages 98 through 130 in the Instruction Manual
• Also, learn more by reading the "About Librarian" PDF document
  • located in your Windows Explorer in your Documents\LeaderGuide Pro Library\zLGPro Librarian Registry Files\About Librarian

Creating and Working in a new Participant Guide

Follow these same instructions for ParticipantGuide Pro™

• Note that a Participant Guide does not contain a Getting Started section or a Training At A Glance
• Learn more on page 47 in the Instruction Manual