This is the first screen you will see when you start the Wow! application.

Check for Wow! messages sent to you.

Create a new Wow! message.

Shows messages received.

Shows messages you have created but not sent.

Shows sent messages.

Access the application setup screen. In setup, you will provide a valid e-mail address which is required to send or receive Wow! messages.

Access the Wow! Elements Library.

View Online Wow!s.

This is where Wow! messages are created.

This is the cell lock feature. Tap it to lock the display and make it easier to move between cells. Elements cannot be edited while the lock is on.

Tap to record. Recordings are limited to 10 seconds.

Tap to take a photo with the camera.

Tap to add a photo from the photo library.

Tap to add a caption.

Tap to access the Wow! Elements Library. In the library you can select which Wow! Element Set to display on this screen.

The cell bar at the top indicates the number of cells. The current cell is highlighted in orange.

Add a cell to the end of the message.

Delete the current cell.

Save or send your work.

Cancel.

Adding a caption is easy. Just type in the desired text, size the caption by moving the slider left and right, select any desired options, and save

Drag this slider left or right to control the width of the caption.

Control the placement of the tail for the caption. Tap once to revert the direction of the tail. Tap again to remove the tail. Tap again to go back to the initial position.

Display the caption using the standard caption which is a simple rounded rectangle.

Display the caption using a bubble format. You can use this to indicate somenoe is thinking instead of speaking.

Select this to display the text but without a surrounding border.

Drag each color slider left and right to select the text color and the background color for the caption.

You can scale and rotate any element including photos.

Rotate tool. Drag either of the dark gray circles around to rotate the element. This feature works for all types of elements.

Scale tool. Move the yellow slider up or down to make the element bigger or smaller. This feature works for all types of elements.

This option allows you to control which elements appear in front or in the back of other elements. Tap to send the currently selected element to the back of the other elements in the cell.

This option allows you to edit the current element. If the current element is an image, you will be able to change the color for the image. If the element is a caption, you will access the Edit Caption screen.

Tap to add the currently selected element to the MyFaves element set.

Tap to create a copy of the currently selected element. THe new element is positioned slightly to the right and down from the selected element.

Tap to remove the element from the cell. This option cannot be undone.

Once you have selected to take a photo, you will be prompted to rotate the device to portrait mode. Once the device has been rotated, the familiar iPhone camera screen will appear. While on the camera screen you may rotate back to landscape mode if a wide shot is desired. Once you are happy with the shot, and choose to use it, you will be prompted to rotate back to landscape mode. This is necessary because the Wow! application only works in landscape mode.

Press record to start recording. Note: recording actually starts when "Recording" is displayed. Press stop when completed. Recording automatically stops if the time limit is reached. The time limit is required due to the large size of recorded files.

Tap to start recording. Note: recording actually starts only when the word "Recording" is displayed in the large rectangle.

Tap to play a recording. The button title changes to "Stop" while recording. Tap to stop the recording.

This box is used to provide recording feedback.

Once you have created a Wow!, you may send it to others, store it on the device, or store it online.

Tap to send to another Wow! user.

Tap to send as a regular e-mail.

Tap to save as a draft for later.

Tap to store online.

Sending a Wow!.

Tap the top line to manually enter an e-mail address.

Tap the familiar blue plus sign to choose a recipient from the address book.

Tap to send the Wow!.

Tap to look for local users on your Wifi network. Users are only detected if they are actively using the Wow! application.

Storing a Wow! online.

- fill-in the author field (optional)

- fill-in the keywords field (optional)

Select whether to store the Wow! in MyWows! or as a Public Wow! (the default is to store in to MyWow!s)

The application automatically scours the Wifi network and locates other Wow! users who are currently using the Wow! application. Network user names are displayed, not e-mail addresses.

In the example shown here, a device has been found on the network. The user name of the device is: iPod touch.

Note: your device name is shown in the dark gray box. This is the name that other Wow! users will see when searching for local users.

To send the Wow! message just tap on the desired user name. Note: your e-mail address will be included in the transmission.

Additional Information

Network user names are derived from the device name you assigned when you setup your device in iTunes. You can change your device name using iTunes.

The Wow! Elements Library is where you go to get new elements. Elements can be graphics or sounds.

Tap to get more element sets from the online element set repository.

Tap to add or delete elements from the MyFaves element set.

Tap to view author information for the selected element set.

Tap to set the current selected element set as the active element set. The active element set is displayed while editing a Wow! message.

The myFaves feature allows you to create a favorite set of elements. If there are elements that you use frequently, these would be good candidates for the MyFaves element set.

Tap to show the elements currently in the MyFaves element set.

The Wow! application allows you to store your Wow! messages online. You can store Wow!s in a private area (MyWow!s), where only you can access them, or you can store them in a Public area for all to see. Public Wow!s are subject to review to ensure the content is appropriate for a general audience. Please see the Terms of Service section for more information.