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Course Designer as a Free Viewer

Clean Run Course Designer is the world's most popular software for designing and sharing dog agility courses and exercises. However, if you do not wish to use all of Course Designer 3's features right now, you can still use Course Designer 3 to view courses that you receive from people. First, download and install Course Designer 3 onto your computer.

To view a course encoded within the body of an e-mail or message board message:

  1. While viewing the message in your e-mail application or web browser, use the Edit / Select All menu item to select the whole message that contains the course, then use the Edit / Copy menu item to copy the message to the clipboard.
  2. Open Course Designer 3, and click the OK button on the "Course Designer 3 Activation" dialog box.
  3. In Course Designer 3, use the Edit / Paste menu item to paste the course from the clipboard. The non-course parts of the message on the clipboard will be ignored. You will see the course image on the screen.

If a course file is sent to you as an e-mail attachment, you can view the course by simply opening the attached file.

During the first 30 days after you install Course Designer 3, you will also be able to create, modify and print courses for free. If you decide you would like to create and modify courses after the 30-day free trial period has expired, you will need to purchase an activation license. However, there is no time limit on how long you can use Course Designer 3 as a free viewer.

If you currently use Course Designer 1.0 or Course Designer 2000, you can use Course Designer 3 as a free viewer without it interfering with your use of the older version of Course Designer. Just check Course Designer 3's "File / Open .agl files with CRCD 2000" menu item whenever you view courses in Course Designer 3.