═══ 1. About NGVPM ═══

 NGVPM for OS/2 is a native OS/2 2.0 PM application that makes it possible to 
view Norton Guides on your Desktop without having to start a windowed or full 
screen VDM. NGVPM uses the standard PM interface to view Norton Guides. The 
Norton Guide Viewer was originally written for Windows, but the author got 
wiser and moved to OS/2. 

The Norton Guide Viewer for OS/2 beta version 0.25 

Copyright 1993 by Steven van Loef 

This is a beta version of what is to come. It allows you to view entire guides. 
The final version will support all the features that are included in Norton 
Guides: 

■ Short and long entries 
■ See-also list* 
■ Bold text** 
■ Underlined text (even on a color screen!)* 
■ Reverse text** 
■ All the standard DOS-colors** 

Extra features in NGVPM: 

■ Searching for text in both short and long entries* 
■ Printing a topic or some lines from a topic* 
■ Copy selected text to the Clipboard* 
■ Mouse support 

Features with a * behind them have not yet been implemented. See Future plans 

Features with a ** behind them have bugs, the color is ok but the fonts are 
not. Have to figure out why this is (if you have any idea please send me 
net-mail). See Contacting the Author for more information. 

Also, the following menu items are not yet implemented: 

■ File Print 
■ File Printer Setup 
■ File Setup NGVPM 
■ File Register 
■ Edit Copy 
■ Search Find 
■ Search Find Next 

Related information: 

Distribution notes 
Future plans 
Contacting the Author 
Release history. 


═══ 2. Distribution notes ═══

You may freely use and distribute this beta version of NGVPM provided nothing 
is changed and this INF file is included. The final release will not be free 
and should be registered. Users of the Windows version will be able to upgrade 
for a smal l fee. 

A note for sysops: I would appreciate it if the archive name and description 
will look something like: 

NGVPM10B.xxx - The Norton Guide Viewer for OS/2 (beta version 0.25) 

where xxx stands for ZIP, ARJ, LZH or some other archiving method. The original 
file was a ZIP file containing NGVPM.EXE and NGVPM.INF and extended attributes 
for the EXE file, so it's best to leave this unchanged. You should use an OS/2 
version of UNZIP to extract the extended attributes. 


═══ 3. Future plans for NGVPM ═══

The following features will be implemented in a next version. 

■ A toolbar 
■ A statusbar which will describe the menu items and show the name of the 
Norton Guide 
■ Search option 
■ Copy to clipboard option 
■ Setup colors and default directory 
■ Printing of (parts of) topics 
■ Online help for all dialogs 
■ A complete manual in INF format 
■ Bookmarks 


═══ 4. Contacting the Author ═══

If you would like to contact me to report bugs or give suggestions, please 
write me at the following address: 

Steven van Loef 
Prof. Bronkhorstlaan 50 
3451 ET  VLEUTEN 
THE NETHERLANDS 

or send NetMail to: 

Steven van.Loef 
2:512/45.16@fidonet 

The Norton Guide Viewer is another fine product of: 


═══ 5. Release history ═══

*** Juli 1993 beta version 0.25 
- First beta release