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- IMPORTANT: INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS!!
-
- To enjoy the reports in the archive TMLN4WN.ZIP,
- unarchive the ZIP file to a directory of your choice. These
- documents are designed to be viewed and printed with REPLICA,
- a state of the art document viewing and printing system for
- Windows that a) eliminates the need to own any Windows word
- processor; and b) preserves most of the formatting, design and
- graphics which were part of the original document. Understand
- that REPLICA is not a word processor: text is locked and you cannot
- edit or change anything although you can cut/copy and paste using
- the Windows clipboard and print as well.
-
- FIRST, unarchive TMLN4WN.zip to a directory of choice. A
- sensible name for such a directory would be \timeline. Then start
- Windows if you have not already done so. Open up the directory
- tree display and display the file list window for \timeline
- YOU MUST FIRST START REPLICA ITSELF WHICH IS EMBEDDED IN THE
- FILE TL4DOC.EXE. YOU MUST BEGIN WITH TL4DOC.EXE AS REPLICA
- IS NOT CONTAINED IN ANY OF THE OTHER FILES IN THIS ARCHIVE.
- If you attempt to view .rpl files in any other text viewer or word
- processsor they either will not open or you will view a great deal
- of garbage on screen and a total loss of formatting and design.
- SIMPLY DOUBLE CLICK ON THE ICON FOR TL4DOC.EXE IN THE FILE LISTING
- OF THE /TIMELINE DIRECTORY DISPLAY. THAT IS ALL THERE IS TO IT!
- REPLICA will start and display the file tl4doc.repl which is embedded
- in the file tl4doc.exe. You may now view each of the documents that
- comprise TIMELINE V4.0 for Windows by opening each within REPLICA as you
- would any file from the File Menu. REMEMBER THAT EACH DOCUMENT HAS THE
- EXTENSION .RPL NOT .DOC.
- You may, of course, set up a program item within a group of
- your choice for tl4doc.exe as you would for any executable. You can
- print any range of pages, or an entire .rpl document, as you would with
- any Windows application by using Print Setup and Print in the usual
- manner. There is on-line Help on the menu bar of REPLICA if you lose your
- way. I strongly recommend that you take a few minutes and read the on-line
- help with REPLICA so that you can orient yourself about viewing,
- selecting text or graphics for cut and past clipboard operations, and
- printing.
-
- ORIGINS OF MYTHOLOGY
-
- There are six files in the shareware archive of TIMELINE and I
- recommend that you read them in this order: readme.1st (ASCII-this file);
- tl4doc.exe; readme.rpl, tmln4sh.rpl, sonsgd.rpl and regist.rpl. YOU MUST
- START WITH TL4DOC.EXE AS EXPLAINED ABOVE IN ORDER TO INSTALL THE REPLICA
- VIEWING SYSTEM. Readme.rpl will give you some general background and
- introduce Reality Software. Tmln4sh.rpl is the shareware preview of the
- historical timeline and sonsgd.rpl is a complete report about a matter that
- captured my interest. Regist.rpl is a registration form should you wish to
- acquire the complete 57 page timeline.. In the registered version of
- TIMELINE V4.0 for Windows which is not archived, the file tmln4.rpl is the
- complete timeline.
-
- ABOUT REPLICA
-
- REPLICA does not preserve the original margins of most documents
- in that the right and left margins on the REPLICA viewing screen are
- usually wider than on the original document when it is viewed with the word
- processor or spreadsheet program that created it. If you find the font size
- displayed by REPLICA to be smaller than you wish, check to see that your
- video mode is 640 x 480. Such a resolution will correct most readablity
- problems. REPLICA is very machine intensive. I doubt it will run on a 286
- and performance will be slow on a 386SX. REGISTERED USERS PLEASE NOTE:
- THE PROCESSING DEMANDS UPON REPLICA TO LOAD AND DISPLAY THE COMPLETE
- 57 PAGE TIMELINE ARE ENORMOUS. IN ORDER TO AVOID SERIOUS COLOR
- DISTORTION WHICH WILL MAKE READING VERY DIFFICULT, FOLLOW THESE
- SUGGESTIONS EVEN IF YOU OWN A HIGH END 486 OR A PENTIUM. CLOSE OUT
- WALLPAPER, SCREEN SAVERS AND ALL OTHER PROGRAMS IN ORDER TO MAXIMIZE
- AVAILABLE WINDOWS RESOURCES. PREFERABLY DO NOT RUN A THIRD PARTY SHELL
- SUCH AS THE NORTON DESKTOP FOR WINDOWS. DO NOT LOAD THE TIMELINE A
- SECOND TIME WITHIN A SINGLE WINDOWS SESSION. RESTART WINDOWS IN ORDER TO
- CLEAR THE BUFFERS. IF YOU FOLLOW THIS PROCEDURE THE COLORS IN THE TIMELINE,
- WHICH WERE CAREFULLY CHOSEN FOR MAXIMUM READABILITY, WILL NOT
- BE CHANGED. If shareware users view what seems to be an odd color palette
- that does not allow for easy reading, follow these same procedures: close
- out all unnecessary programs and restart Windows. Depending upon your work
- in Windows prior to using Replica, even small .rpl files may load with
- severe color distortion.
-
- Understand that this is the first commercial release of REPLICA and
- the programming challenge was formidable! If you don't believe it, ask your
- friendly neigborhood Windows programmer. Reflect that no cross application
- document viewing system was available for Windows until late fall '93 even
- though the need was apparent years ago. Play with the buttons on the tool
- bar, drop the View menu and notice the many choices there. ABOVE ALL,
- READ THE ON-LINE HELP! Enjoy the presentation and reflect that you now can
- explore state-of-the-art document viewing for Windows. I welcome any and
- all comments, criticisms and suggestions: see addresses on the registration
- form. Please note the large size of this shareware archive and realize that
- .exe and .rpl files do not undergo much compression by PKZIP: the total size
- of all files in this archive is about 1.32Meg. Be certain you have adequate
- space on your drive to hold these files and for ease of use they should all
- be put in the same directory. The registered version of TIMELINE V4.0 for
- Windows is only available on a high density 3 1/2" disk.
-
- The shareware version of REPLICA is embedded within tl4doc.exe
- and includes an extensive Help file. You may view an unlimited number
- of REPLICA documents (.rpl) but you can only create 5 (five) REPLICA
- document files of your own. Registration of REPLICA is required if
- you wish to create an unlimited number of .rpl files from your
- own documents. See About ... on the Help menu. Reality Software does not
- sell REPLICA: you must contact Farallon Software directly. If you are
- interested in document publishing for Windows I highly recommend REPLICA.
-
-
- Ben Blumenberg
- Reality Software
- P.O. Box 105
- Waldoboro, ME 04572
- January 30,1994
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