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A) About Memo
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Memo, Version 2.0A00 for Windows 95/NT
Copyright J. Waschⁿsch ⌐ 1997-1998
B) What is Memo?
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The intention of Memo is to record and inquire keywords and corresponding
descriptions. An example is given with the added Memo document MEMO.MEM,
which is just READ.ME with titles as keywords.
C) Distribution of Memo
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Memo may be freely distributed on any medium with the only restriction,
that files MEMO.EXE, MEMO.MEM and this READ.ME are offered unchanged.
D) Installation of Memo
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Copy MEMO.EXE to your preferred directory. If you want to start Memo
with a specific Memo document, make some link of MEMO.EXE (e.g. on
Desktop, or in the Autostart drawer) and edit the command line options
of that link to
<path of Memo>\MEMO.EXE "<path of Memo document>\<Memo document>"
E) Functions of Memo
====================
1. Menu File
New, Open, Save, Save as Memo document
Print, Print Preview, Print Setup Memo document
Exit Memo
2. Menu Edit
Add, Edit, Delete (Entry/Undo) keywords and correspnding decsriptions
Find search string in keywords or descriptions,
go forward or backward, to first or last entry
Option 'Save immediate' (persistent)
3. Menu View
select Toolbar, Statusbar, split window
display keywords with descriptions or list of keywords
select format of View: variable width (default) or DIN A4 width
4. Menu Help
About Memo, Manual, Usage, History
5. Context menu in main window
Edit, Print, Add, Delete (entry/Undo), Find entry, Format (variable/DIN A4)
6. Toolbar
New, Open, Save, Print, Add, Edit, Delete (Entry/Undo), view description/keywords,
Find, go forward, backward, go to last/first entry, Help
7. Shortcuts
'a'=Add, 'e'=Edit, 'f'=Find, '+'/'>'=Next, '-'/'<'=Back, '?' = Help,
'b'=first entry, 'n'=last entry, 'd' = description, 'k' = keywords,
8. Hints
in Edit window the usual copy/paste/delete/undo shortcuts are supported
in Edit dialog field <description> <RETURN> switches to next line.
the Find dialog allows parallel working in the main window.
F) Usage of Memo
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Restrictions in warranty and support:
Memo is supplied 'as it is'. The author doesn't give any warranty for its
functionality or any other property in using it and he doesn't accept any
responsibility for any damage which may result from using Memo.
Moreover there is no assurance for correction of bugs of any kind.
But: Memo will be developed further on; therefore the author is interested
in any information about bugs and/or lacks. Please send any such comments
and/or reports to his e-mail address: josef.waschbuesch@mch.sni.de
Memo is postcardware: If you use and like it, please send a postcard to
Josef Waschbⁿsch, Hippelstra▀e 3A, D 81827 Munic, Germany
G) History of Memo
==================
The starting point for Memo was the experience
"What is'nt in my memory, should be recorded at some place,
where I have a chance to find it".
Predecessor from the early nineties: Memo for UNIX with line interface
97-06-01 Memo Version 1.0
- preliminary version - ported to Win95 with GUI
97-06-06 Memo Version 1.0A00
- errors corrected, extended info function
97-06-16 Memo Version 1.1A00
- Delete/Undo, info in own windows, records extended by dates,
- split persistent window with scrollbar,
- printer support added (max. 1 page),
- entries choosable by double click in view 'keywords'
97-07-20 Memo Version 1.2A00
- extensions of walk-through functions,
- use of WIN95 registry
97-08-01 Memo Version 1.3A00
- in field <description> of edit dialog <RETURN> switches
to next line,
- context menu in main window with the most often used functions
97-09-08 Memo Version 1.4A00
- new option 'Search in descriptions too' in Find dialog
97-11-02 Memo Version 1.5A00
- for main window and printer a font with fixed width
(Fixedsys) is used,
- in main window the text width can be switched from variable
(Default) to fixed (=DIN A4),
- the printer now supports more than one page (per entry)
97-12-30 Memo Version 1.5A01
- in edit dialog too the font 'Fixedsys' is used,
- improvements in printer support and printer preview,
- in view 'keywords' all entries are displayed,
the actual one is marked
98-02-20 Memo Version 1.6A00
- new option 'Save immediate' in menu 'Edit/Option'
98-03-15 Memo Version 2.0A00
- first english version of Memo
- some bugs fixed in Find function
H) Acknowledgements
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Thanks to Bernhard Bockelbrink, Hans-Juergen Kasek and
Andreas Waschbⁿsch for testing various versions and
proposing numerous improvements which made Memo what
it is now.