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How To Reveal The Atomic Dog in Paint Shop Pro 5-7 (Easter Egg)

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Easter eggs are hidden program features purposely included by the software programmers. They often reveal secret screens and messages. Here's an easter egg to reveal the Atomic Dog splash screen in Jasc Paint Shop Pro 5-7.
Time Required: N/A
Here's How:
  1. Open Paint Shop Pro.
  2. Go to the Help menu and choose About Paint Shop Pro.
  3. Hold down Ctrl and Shift.
  4. Double click in the splash screen.
  5. For version 5 or 6: Type 'paintshoppro' with no spaces, quotes or caps.
  6. For version 7: Type 'jascsoftware' with no spaces, quotes or caps.
  7. The Atomic Dog splash screen is revealed with Adobe's Big Electric Cat in the Atomic Dog's mouth.
Tips:
  1. The Big Electric Cat was the code name for Photoshop 4 while it was being developed.
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