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Download Sailfast 2008 Demo

Sailfast2008 Demo ver2.1.1.zip

 

The demo version of SailFast is free and may be run without registration or activation. Some features are disabled. These will be noted when you open and run the program.

Installation


IMPORTANT: If you have a demo or previous version for SailFast installed on your PC, if must first be uninstalled using Windows Control Panel Add/Remove Programs. If not the install will fail. SailFast 2005, an Excel version, does not need to be uninstalled.


The downloaded file version is a single “zipped” 60 Mbyte file named SailFast2008Demo verX.X.X.zip. This file should be saved to the PC you intend to run the program on. Save or copy the file to a folder of your choice.

Next unzip the file extracting all zipped files to the same or another folder. The extracted files are:

SailFastInstaller.msi
setup.exe.
readme.txt
SailFast 2008 User Manual ver X.X.X.pdf

The readme file contains installation instructions.The User Manual also has installation instructions, including typical screenshots.

Note: If WinZip is installed on your computer, double clicking the .zip file should start the unzipping/extracting process. If you do not have WinZip, free trial downloads are available at www.winzip.com.

To complete the installation double click and run Setup.exe. This will begin a typical Windows program installer. Unless you override it during the installation, the application program is installed at C:\ProgramFiles\Sailfast, and user folders and files are created at MyDocuments\Sailfast, (Documents\Sailfast in Vista).

To start SailFast use the shortcut installed on your desktop or access the program from Start\Programs menu. A copy of the user manual in .pdf format is located at C:\ProgramFiles\Sailfast unless you installed the program elsewhere.

The user manual pdf may be accessed in a number of ways:

• Included in one of the zipped install files
• Copy located in C:\ProgramFiles\Sailfast unless you installed the program elsewhere.
• A shortcut to the User Manual is in the Start\Programs\SailFast 2008 menu.
• From the Help menu in the SailFast program.



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