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- The Spelling Quizzer
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- Written by Larry Loyd
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- Files Included 2
- Installation Instructions 3
- System Requirements 4
- LIST MENU 5
- New 5
- Open 5
- Display 5
- Save 6
- Save As 6
- Print 6
- Exit 6
- WORD MENU 6
- Add 6
- Edit 6
- Delete 6
- Study 6
- QUIZ 7
- STUDENT MENU 7
- New Student 7
- Scores 7
- Make New Score List 7
- Display Scores 7
- HELP MENU 8
- Help 8
- About 8
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- Files Included:
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- File Name Purpose Size Date/Time
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- Speller.exe Main Executable file 169472 5-26-93/10:37p
- bwcc.dll Dynamic Link Library 130224 6-10-92/3:10a
- Speller.hlp Help File 18830 5-22-93/5:20p
- Words.lst Sample Spelling word list 836 5-23-93/7:47p
- Student.SCR Sample Student score List 120 5-23-93/7:46p
- User.txt User Manual 9855 5-26-93/10:41p
- Readme.txt Program History 2789 5-26-93/8:22p
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- NOTE: The file BWCC.DLL was supplied by Borland inc. Since
- I used some of Borlands custom controlsin this program, it
- is neccessary to include this file. It can be placed either
- in the WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory, or the directory you are
- running this program from.
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- Installation Instructions:
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- 1. Go to windows file manager and create a directory. A
- good name for the directory might be Spell, or Quiz, but it
- is completely your choice.
-
- 2. Copy all files on the distribution disk to the directory
- you just created.
-
- 3. Exit Windows File Manager
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- 4. From the windows program manger select new, you will be
- asked if you want to create a new program item or a group.
- Select group, and name it an appropriate name.
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- 5. With that group you just created still open, select new
- from the Windows program manager again. This time select
- new program item. When the next box appears requesting
- program information, select the browse push button. Then
- select spell.exe from the directory you created in step 1.
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- 6. This completes installation, I hope you enjoy the
- spelling quizzer.
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- System Requirements:
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- To run the spelling quizzer, you need at least a computer
- with an 80286 processor installed and Windows 3.1 installed.
- This program is not compatible with previous versions of
- Windows. It has been tested on a machine with 2Mb of RAM.
- It is currently unknown if it will work with less the 2Mb.
- Also, You should have the Times New Roman font installed,
- this font came with MS-Windows.
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- If you have any question concerning the spelling
- quizzer after reading this document, please consult the on-
- line help section .
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- When the program starts up, it will ask you for your name.
- Please enter your name, and it will set the window caption
- to include your name. Your name is also used when recording
- quiz scores. If no name is entered, then your quiz score
- will be saved under the name ANONYMOUS.
-
- After entering your name, you will see a menu bar with 6
- choices: List, Word, Quiz, Student, Donations and Help.
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- LIST MENU:
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- This pull down menu has several choices: New, Open,
- Display, Save, Save As, Print, and Exit.
-
- New:
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- The New Option displays a dialog box, requesting the student
- to enter a spelling word, sample sentence and definition.
- An important item to note is that when a sample sentence is
- entered it will be scanned for the spelling word. If the
- word is found, then it will be replaced with underline
- characters. The Next word button reads in the current
- spelling word, and allows the student to enter the next
- word. The last word button allows the student to view the
- last word entered. The finished button signals the student
- is done with this list, and closes the box.
-
- Open:
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- Allows the student to open an existing list that is stored
- on disk. Immediately after opening the list, it will be
- displayed in a box with a View/Edit button, practice word
- button, and delete button. The View/Edit button opens a box
- very similar to the new choice, with the exception it has a
- change button added. The change button allows you to edit
- words that have already been loaded into the list. The
- change button on that box must be pushed for the changes to
- take affect. The practice word button allows you to view a
- word, definition, and sample sentence. When you are ready
- to try and spell the word on your own, push the test word
- button, and it will let you type the word in and check your
- spelling. The delete button on the box in simply allows you
- to delete the selected word from your list.
-
- NOTE: Double clicking a word in this box will automatically
- select that word for study, and run the study dialog box.
-
- Display:
-
- The display menu choice opens the same box as mentioned
- above, and allows you to view/edit words, practice a
- selected word, or delete a selected word.
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- Save:
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- The Save option allows you to save your spelling list to a
- disk file. You should be sure and save your list after
- creating it, or changing it.
-
- Save As:
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- This option allow you to enter the file name you want your
- list saved as, the program defaults to a .LST extension.
-
- Print:
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- Lets you send your list to a printer. This option has a
- fairly nice format to the print, but it only allows 5 words
- per page.
-
- Exit:
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- Select this choice to quit the spelling quizzer.
-
- WORD MENU:
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- This menu has three choices, Add, Delete and Study.
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- Add:
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- This choice lets you add words to your list, it opens the
- same box as the NEW menu choice, only it starts you at the
- next available word.
-
- Edit:
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- This choice lets you edit words, sample sentences and
- definitions in your list. It opens a box very similar to the
- display option, but it only has 2 buttons on it: View/Edit
- and Cancel. Double clicckin a word will automatically run
- the appropriate Edit dialog box.
-
- Delete:
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- This choice lets you erase words from your list. It opens a
- box very similar to the display option, but it only has 2
- buttons on it: Delete and Cancel.
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- Study:
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- This menu choice opens up the same box as the study push
- button, only it starts at the beginning of the list and lets
- you progress through, studying the words as much as you
- want.
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- QUIZ:
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- The first thing this option does is bring up the quiz
- configuration box. This box is divided into 2 groups, Order,
- and include. In the order section, you can choose either
- random order(all mixed up) or sequential order(in order).
- In the include section you can include either sentences or
- definitions, or both. During the quiz, if all you want to
- see is the word definition, just check that box, and the
- same for sentences. Or, check both to include both
- sentences and definitions. As soon as you push the OK
- button on this, the quiz will start. If you choose, a
- definition will be displayed in the top portion of this box,
- and a sample sentence will appear in the bottom portion of
- the box. It is up to you to type in your spelling word in
- the middle portion of the box. The check word button will
- let you know if you spelled the word right, and then show
- the next definition and/or sentence. The finished button
- will end the quiz. After completing the quiz either by
- pressing the finished button or going through all the words
- in your list, your score will be displayed and you will be
- asked if you want to save that score.
-
- STUDENT MENU:
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- This menu has 2 choices: New Student or Scores
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- New Student:
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- This choice displays the box pictured in figure 1. Use it
- if somebody else is going to use the spelling quizzer.
-
- Scores:
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- This choice actually has two choices, Make a new Score List,
- or Display scores.
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- Make New Score List:
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- This choice just re-starts the list of spelling quizzer
- scores.
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- Display Scores:
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- This choice lets you see all scores that are recorded.
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- HELP MENU:
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- This menu also has 2 choices: Help and About.
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- Help
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- This choice provides a variety of information on using the
- spelling quizzer, most of which is covered in this document.
-
-
- About:
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- This option displays a small box with copyright information
- about the program.
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