You can test your mediascape on your computer to see if things happen the way you have planned.

1. Click on the 'Tester' button

Click on the Tester button in the top row of buttons. This will open an mscape tester window on your screen which is where you can try it out on your PC.

2. Choose 'Place'

The window will show your map and your regions, and an imitation of the PDA screen, so that you can check that the right images show when you want them to.

If you can't see the map then make sure you have Place selected at the top, not Debug.

3. Click on the map

By clicking on the map, this will simulate you 'walking' around the area, a small icon appears showing where you are. Move this icon around by clicking on the map. Use it to check that your sounds and images are working how you want them to, by clicking in and out of the regions. As you do this your sounds will start and stop, and your images will display and hide, depending on your earlier choices.

4. Test your regions

Click on the map, click on the region, click outside the region. Is it what you expected?

If so, well done. If not, think about what you need to change. You may need to make some notes for yourself about what you want to change.

5. Check the events

In the main mscape maker window, you can check all of the OnEnter and OnExit events for the region in the Events window at the bottom of the screen.

Selecting a region makes the media files that are attached to it show in the Events window. You can make more than one thing happen, so there may be several lines of text to look at.

You can also use the Check for Missing Files feature from the Tools menu to see if any media files are missing from your mediascape.

6. Close the window and make any changes

Close the mscape tester window to take you back to the mscape maker. You'll probably want to change a few things. Change them now and then come back and test like this again until you are happy that your mediascape works the way you want it to.

To make changes to your sounds and images, you can select the region by clicking on it once, and then in the Events window you can delete selected sounds, images or video by selecting a line of text and pressing delete on your keyboard.

You can then use drag and drop to drop your updated sound or image onto the region again and use the Event Wizard to select your preferred settings.