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How to make a CD of the entire Spoken English Learned Quickly course
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Make a CD containing the entire Spoken English Learned Quickly course
Download each of the ZIP folders by clicking on its link. When the dialogue box asks for direction, select save. Save the ZIP folders on your desktop.
Open the selq file on your computer.
Double click on each ZIP folder. When the ZIP folder is open, transfer all of the files in that folder to your selq folder. If there is a folder (or zipped file) in the unzipped files, place the folder (or zipped file) in selq without opening it.
Are you having difficulty downloading files? Browser incompatibility is the most common reason files do not download.
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Download all of the standard quality MP3 files (A1ab1.zip, A1ab2.zip, B1aa1.zip, etc.). Right click on all of the standard quality MP3 audio links as shown. (Use the active links at the bottom of this page.)
Shortcut: if security permits, you may download the MP3 files directly from the mp3 folder itself or use the Download MP3 folder link from the Lesson Downloads page.
Select Save Target As....
Open a new folder on your desktop. This new folder must be named mp3.
To unzip the audio ZIP files, double click on each file. Each audio ZIP file (for example, A1ab1.zip, A1ab2.zip, B1aa1.zip, etc.) will open and expose an MP3 audio file (for example, A1ab1.mp3, A1ab2.mp3, B1aa1.mp3, etc.).
Place all of the unzipped MP3 files in the mp3 folder.
When all of the ZIP audio files are converted to MP3 files, close the mp3 folder and move it into the selq folder.
Download all of the WMA audio files (ls1ab.wma, ls2aa.wma, ls2bb.wma, etc.). Right click on all of the A 
B audio links as shown. (Use the active links at the bottom of this page.)
Select Save Target As....
Open a new folder on your desktop. This new folder must be named wma.
Place all of the WMA audio files in the wma folder.
Close the wma folder and move it into the selq folder.
Download the index.html file to your selq folder. Listing this file separately allows you to keep your CD current with the website. If a dialogue box asks if you want to replace the older file with a newer file, answer "Yes." Right click and again use the Save Target As... function.
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| We suggest: That you obtain the launch.exc and autorun.inf files from someone in your country. Talk to a computer programmer familiar with their operation. These files may be available as free downloads, or you may obtain them from someone who uses them. Read: If you continue to have problems with the autorun function, read CD AutoRun Basics or Google "autorun". Hint: If it is permissible to copy the files, you may also find them on an existing CD you own. Make certain you change the autorun.inf file to open the index.html file. See Troubleshooting #2 below. |
| launch.exe autorun.inf |
Place launch.exe and autorun.inf in your open selq folder.
| Caution: Because of system incompatibilities, the launch.exc file you download from our website may not open the CD in autorun. If the CD does not open automatically, but you can open the CD folder and force the CD to open on the home page by double clicking index.html, the problem is almost certainly with the launch.exc and autorun.inf files. |
After all of the ZIP files are unzipped and placed in the selq folder, and you have added the MP3, and WMA files, the beginning section of your open selq folder should look like this (This is an incomplete list — there are approximately 800 files and folders in the selq folder),
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Your open mp3 folder should look like this (this is a complete list):
Your open wma folder should look like this (this is a complete list):
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In order to link to the same text, both the standard quality and the high quality MP3 files carry the same file names (such as A1ab1.mp3, B2bb1.mp3, etc.). The sound quality, however, is not the same. This page describes the procedure for copying the standard quality MP3 audio files.
To use your selq folder for uploading to your iPod™, MP3 player, or Handheld, open either the mp3 folder or the text folder from the Lesson Download link on the home page.
This CD can also be used for English study on your computer. The same CD can be used in an MP3 disc player.
We also encourage you to sell the CD for your own profit. See the Earn money link.
Active download links for the Spoken English Learned Quickly course
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Return to the main Lesson Download page for more options.
Almost all problems which result in a CD opening improperly — or audio and PDF files not opening — are the result of the files and folders not being placed in the appropriate folder. (See Help page 7 and Help page 8 for more information.) If individual folders or files do not open correctly, check to make certain that the files are in the correct folder. Also check to make certain that all folder and file names are spelled correctly. Make certain that all files contain the correct HTM or HTML designation. (Save Target As... may eliminate the "l" (L) from "html". You must add an "l" (L) to the extension if it was included in the original file name. In addition, Save Target As... may add a "[1]" indicating that it is "copy number 1" For example, the file name A1ab1.mp3 may become Alab1[1].mp3. Remove any "[1]"s ([one]) from file names.
If you are making a CD which you want to automatically open, autorun.inf and launch.exc files must be included to automatically open the CD. If the launch.exc file will not download from the www.FreeEnglishNow.com website (http://www.freeenglishnow.com/zlaunch.zip), you may download a free copy from www.itshareware.com or www.nu2.nu. To assure compatibility, use both the launch and autorun files from the same download. If you use an autorun.inf file from the download, you must open it (double click on the file) and rewrite it to open the index.html file. For example, if you want to open on the index.html file, the autorun entry would read "[autorun] open=launch.exe "index.html"". Verify that the index.html copied correctly and not as index.htm. In order to link correctly, all web page extensions throughout the entire course should be html rather than htm.
The CDs designed for the Spoken English Learned Quickly course fit on a standard 700MB disc. If your burner gives an alert that there is too much material, 1) make certain that the disc is empty, 2) make certain that you have not copied more material than is specified for that CD (you cannot combine material from both the Make a CD of the entire course and Make a high quality MP3 CD with text), and 3) make certain that you have not copied the same material twice as both a folder and files. (For example, if you try to put both the ZIP folder containing other files as well as the files themselves on the CD, there would not be enough room.) There should be no ZIP folders on your completed CD.
If folders are missing (especially the two folders named WMA and MP3) or files are not opening, read the Troubleshooting notes above.
icon ⑤ to download lesson pages to your computer. Click Save Target As. (Follow directions above.)
condenses the contents so that it downloads more quickly. You cannot play or open ZIP folder files ⑥ and ⑧. You can only download them to your computer. You must download the ZIP file to your computer, open the ZIP folder, remove the file, and then place it in a regular folder 
before you can use it.