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 In this tutorial, you'll be adding 3 pop out panels for the aircraft TBM 930. Two of the panels is display only (PFD and MFD) and the third is a touch screen pop out (GTC 580).
 
-To get started, launch MSFS Pop Out Panel Manager and then start MSFS. When you are at the main menu select TBM 930 as your aircraft. You do not have to start a flight session yet. Back to Pop Out Panel Manager, you should see the following screen and you can click the Add Profile button to add your first aircraft profile. 
+To get started, launch MSFS Pop Out Panel Manager and then start MSFS. When you are at the main menu select TBM 930 as your aircraft and start a flight session. Back to Pop Out Panel Manager, you should see the following screen and you can click the Add Profile button to add your first aircraft profile. 
 
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-Since your current in game aircraft is TBM 930, once the new profile is added, your selected active in-game aircraft will automatically bind this profile (in green color). This binding will allow Pop Out Panel Manager to automatically switch to this profile when you switch to TBM 930 aicraft in the game. Only one profile can be bound to an in-game aircraft at a time and you can unbind aircraft at any time. Next click the Add Pop Out Panel button 3 times to add 3 panels to this profile.
+Since your current in game aircraft is TBM 930, once the new profile is added, your selected active in-game aircraft will automatically bind this profile (in green color) and auto pop out is automatically activated. This binding will allow Pop Out Panel Manager to automatically switch to this profile when you switch to TBM 930 aicraft in the game. Only one profile can be bound to an in-game aircraft at a time and you can unbind aircraft at any time. Next click the Add Pop Out Panel button 3 times to add 3 panels to this profile.
 
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-Once the 3 panels are added, enter a descriptive name for each of the 3 panels. When you're still in the game's main menu, Identify Source Panel Location button for the 3 panels will not be available. You will now need to start a flight with the TBM 930 aircraft. Please go to world map, pick an airport and start a flight. Once you're in a flight, the Identify Source Panel Location button will be enable.
+Once the 3 panels are added, enter descriptive name for each of the 3 panels.
 
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-Next, click the Identify Source Panel Location button one at a time. After each click of the button, left click on the game screen at the corresponding instrumentation panel in game to each of the pop out panel definition. A circle will appear to match the pop out panel circle color. If you need to adjust the color circle placement, just left click and drag the circle to new location. You can also zoom in and out of the cockpit view using your mouse wheel so you can see more in-game panels at a time.
+Next, click the "Identify" button one at a time. This is to identify the source instrumentation panel location. After each click of the button, left click on the game screen at the corresponding instrumentation panel in game. A circle will appear to match the pop out panel circle color. You can also change "fixed camera" view if you cannot see the panel you want on screen. If you need to adjust the color circle placement, just left click and drag the circle to new location.
 
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-Once you're satified with the color circles placement, click the Toggle Edit Source Panel Location button (the green target icon). This will end the source panel configuration and will save the current camera angle and your game window size (if using Windowed mode) to be recalled later to be used when popping out panels. The Start Pop Out button should now be enabled. Click this button and start the pop out process. If Pop Out Panel Manager app window is overlapping your selected instrumentation panels, don't worry, the app will relocate itself when simulating the in-game pop out keystrokes. You should also see a progress window indicating Pop Out Manager is in process of configuring and popping out panels.
+Once you're satified with the color circles placement for all panels, click the Toggle Edit Source Panel Location button (the green target icon). This will end the source panel configuration and will save your game window size (if using Windowed mode) to be recalled later to be used when popping out panels. Since the 3rd panel (GTN 580 touch) is also a touch enabled panel using POPM touch emulation, you can click the hand icon for this panel at this time. The hand will turn green which indicate the panel now has touch emulation enabled. 
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+The Start Pop Out button should now be enabled. Click this button and start the pop out process. If Pop Out Panel Manager app window overlaps your selected instrumentation panels, don't worry, the app will relocate itself when simulating the in-game pop out keystrokes. You should also see a progress window indicating Pop Out Manager is in process of configuring and popping out panels.
 
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-Once the process has been completed successfully, you should see all 3 panels appear at the upper left corner of the game screen. All 3 pop out panels definition will now have green border showing everything is working. You can then configure the panel by:
+Once the process has been completed successfully, you should see all 3 panels appear at the upper left corner of the game screen. All 3 pop out panel definitions will now have green border showing everything is working and the panels are popped out using the default size specified by the particular aircraft. You can then configure the panel by:
 
-* Changing the top, left, width, and height by entering a number 
+* Change the top, left, width, and height by entering a number 
 * Use the up/down arrow next to each property and a pop out box will allow you to change the property by 1 or 10 pixels at a time.
 * For the fastest way, click the Move and Resize Panel icon, this will allow you to use keyboard shortcuts to adjust the panel. Please see help section of the app for keyboard commands (click the question mark icon at the upper right corner of the app).
 
-In this tutorial, since the 3rd panel is a touch enable panel (GTC 580). You can click the hand icon for this panel to activate touch support.
+In this tutorial, if you haven't done so, since the 3rd panel is a touch enable panel (GTC 580). You can click the hand icon for this panel to activate touch support.
 
 Once you've completed all panel configurations, please click the Lock icon to lock this profile from accidental changes.
 
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-If you encounter any error during pop out, the panel with error will have a red border. You can click the Red Exclaimation mark icon for help to resolve the error. In this tutorial, the problem is the source panel blue circle for this particular pop out is not within the in-game instrumentation panel area. To fix this, click the Toggle Edit Source Panel button, and then use your mouse to drag and move the blue circle to a location within the GTC 580 panel. Finally, click the Toggle Edit Source Panel button again to save the changes. Now click Start Pop Out and the error should be resolved.
+If you encounter any error during pop out, the panel with error will have a red border. In this tutorial, the problem is the source panel blue circle for this particular pop out is not within the in-game instrumentation panel area. To fix this, click the Toggle Edit Source Panel button, and then use your mouse to drag and move the blue circle to a location within the GTC 580 panel. Finally, click the Toggle Edit Source Panel button again to save the changes. Now click Start Pop Out and the error should be resolved.
 
-Tip #1: If you have trouble finding the number circle on screen or figuring out the color circle you're dragging corresponding to which pop out panel, you can left click and hold either the pop out panel source target icon or the color circle itself and find the corresponding pop out panel or color circle. 
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-Tip #2: Hovering your mouse on any input element may provide tool tip to further explain the function of each icon or action.
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-Tip #3: Sometimes, you may encounter issue in MSFS that certain panel does not pop out correctly. You can try changing the order in how Pop Out Panel Manager launching the pop out by reording the pop out panel definition using mosue drag and drop. You can click and drag to arrange pop out panel definitions to new sequence.
+Tip: Sometimes, you may encounter issue in MSFS that certain panel does not pop out correctly because of timing or panel overlapping issues. You can try changing the order in how Pop Out Panel Manager launching the pop out by reording the pop out panel definition using mosue drag and drop. You can click and drag to arrange pop out panel definitions to new sequence.
 
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README.md

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 ## Getting Started
 
-[Please see Getting Started guide to setup your first profile](./GETTING_STARTED.md)
+[Please see Getting Started guide to setup your first profile](./GETTING_STARTED.md) - Updated for version 4.1.
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+Video showing how to create a new aircraft profile and panel source selection:</br> 
+https://vimeo.com/917361559
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+Video showing how to update existing aircraft profile (Pre-Version 4.1) to use the new panel selection method:</br> 
+https://vimeo.com/917364912 
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+Video showing how to use the new floating panel feature:</br> 
+https://vimeo.com/918153200
 
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 * Cold Start Feature. Instrumentation panels can be popped out even when they're not powered on (for G1000 Only) to overcome an outstanding MSFS bug.
 
-* Auto Panning feature remembers the cockpit camera angle when you first define the pop out panels. You can now pan, zoom in, and zoom out to identify offscreen panels and the camera angle will be saved and reused. This feature requires the use of Ctrl-Alt-0 keyboard binding to save custom camera view per plane configuration. (Can be configured to use 0 through 9). If the keyboard binding is currently being used. The auto-panning feature will overwrite the saved camera view if enabled.
+* (Version 4.1+ backward compatibility support) Auto Panning feature remembers the cockpit camera angle when you first define the pop out panels. You can now pan, zoom in, and zoom out to identify offscreen panels and the camera angle will be saved and reused. This feature requires the use of Ctrl-Alt-0 keyboard binding to save custom camera view per plane configuration. (Can be configured to use 0 through 9). If the keyboard binding is currently being used. The auto-panning feature will overwrite the saved camera view if enabled.
 
 * Fine-grain control of positioning of panels down to pixel level.