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MAIN MENU
The Main Menu is the menu that is displayed when you start the program.
It consists of 14 options numbered 1 through 14.
To select an option, use the typewriter number keys (not the numeric
keypad keys) to type the corresponding number and press ENTER.
If you make a mistake, use the BACK SPACE key to erase it before pressing
ENTER.
A brief discussion of each option follows.
Exit.
The exit option allows you to exit the notebook program without rebooting
your computer. Get in the habit of exiting the program with this option.
To do so ensures that any notes you have made will be saved on disk. For
more information, see file MM1.DOC.
Choose version or portion.
Within limits, The CONSTITUTION Notebook Program allows you to parse any
complete version or any portion of any version of the United States
Constitution that you wish. The files associated with one complete
version of the Constitution and three portions of the Constitution are
provided with the program. The choose version or portion option allows
you to indicate which version or portion of the Constitution you want to
examine. The information displayed about each version or portion is
entered in the dialogue associated with Main Menu option 10 Analyze Source
File. To select a version or portion, scroll through the list displayed
when you select option 2 until the entry for the desired portion or
version is highlighted and then press ENTER. The default selection is the
complete version of the Constitution provided with the program. To read
the files associated with a selected version or portion requires up to 5
minutes depending on the amount of text included as well as what kind of
computer you have. For more information, see file MM2.DOC.
Choose Seminar.
The notes (subject cross references, synonym cross references and related
comments) that you compile for each version or portion can be organized in
seminars. The amount of notes you can store is limited mainly by disk
space and a practical maximum of 40 seminars per version or portion. This
allows up to 80,000 cross-references, an adequate quantity for a document
consisting of less than 10,000 words. Subordinate to each seminar is a
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set of subject reports and a set of synonym reports that you can generate
and modify using this program. For more information, see file MM3.DOC.
Subject.
This option allows you to collect references to words related to a heading
you make up. The references are generated by highlighting a word in a
vocabulary list (to indicate every occurrence of that word in the
Constitution is related to the heading) or by highlighting a phrase
containing the word in a concordance-like display generated by function
key 2 (to indicate that the highlighted occurrence is related to the
subject heading). References can be deleted in a similar fashion using
the F4 key. To select the desired subject, scroll through the displayed
list until the desired subject is highlighted and then press ENTER. The
selected subject is then displayed for review, update, deletion, print
out, or saving to disk. New subjects are added by pressing the F8 key.
To delete a subject, access it, press the tab key once and then use F4. A
simple editor allows you to compile comments related to each subject
heading. For more information, see file MM4.DOC.
Synonym.
This option allows you to collect references to words that are synonyms to
other words in the Constitution. The references are generated by
highlighting a word in a vocabulary list (to indicate every occurrence of
that word in the Constitution is considered to be a synonym) or by
highlighting a phrase containing the word in a concordance-like display
generated by function key 2 (to indicate that the highlighted occurrence
is considered to be a synonym). References can be deleted in a similar
fashion using the F4 key. To select the desired list of synonyms, scroll
through the displayed list until the desired word is highlighted and then
press ENTER. The selected word is then displayed along with its cross
references for review, update, deletion, print out, or saving to disk. To
indicate that a word has synonyms, highlight it in a vocabulary list and
press ENTER. To delete a word, access it and then use F4. A simple
editor allows you to compile comments related to each word with synonyms.
For more information, see file MM5.DOC.
Parameter Searches, Word.
In this program, the term word refers to any group of letters and numbers
between two blanks, a blank and a punctuation mark, or a punctuation mark
and a blank. This option allows you to compile lists of words based on a
set of parameters that you enter on an interactive screen. For example,
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you could list all the 7-letter words that start with N if you so desire
using this option. For more information, see file MM6.DOC.
Parameter Searches, Clauses.
In this program, the term clause refers to all words occurring between any
two punctuation marks. You can list clauses that consist of a number of
letters, words, and syllables in a specified range entered on an
interactive screen. This option can be used to compile clauses in terms
of reading complexity. For more information, see file MM7.DOC.
Profiles, word use.
Gives you access to profiles of word use by vocabulary and text according
to letters, syllables, and number of times a word is used. Another gauge
of reading complexity. Report is generated automatically during execution
of Main Menu option 10. Can be updated without performing Main Menu
option 10 if new syllable data is entered using Main Menu option 11. Can
be printed out or exported (saved as soft copy) for edit. For more
information, see file MM8.DOC.
Profiles, clauses.
Gives you access to profiles of clause complexity by number of words,
letters, or syllables. Another gauge of reading complexity. Report is
generated automatically during execution of Main Menu option 10. Can be
updated without performing Main Menu option 10 if new syllable data is
entered using Main Menu option 11. Can be printed out or exported (saved
as soft copy) for edit. For more information, see file MM9.DOC.
Analyze source file.
Allows you to generate full compliment of output for a version or portion
of the Constitution that you prepare. For best results, run this option
first, that is, before performing any other Main Menu option. Re-start
program if necessary to run this option first. If you analyze two
versions or portions back to back, re-start the program between the two.
Certain rules must be followed concerning hyphenation and headings for
amendments, sections and articles. The first word in the file is
critical. Refer to MODIFICATION OF PROVIDED FILES CONTAINING
CONSTITUTIONAL TEXT in the file USATEXT.DOC for more information. Fixed
drive operators can arrange input and output files any way desired. Floppy
drive operators must observe a few constraints. For more information, see
file MM10.DOC.
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Enter Syllable Data.
Allows you to enter the number of syllables for any word in the vocabulary
of the Constitution. This option is provided in case the Constitution is
amended resulting in new words being used for which syllable data is not
entered. Also, you may disagree with the number of syllables entered in
the provided list. You can change the number of syllables using this
option. Keep in mind that this is a master vocabulary being changed. All
profiles subsequently generated for any version or portion using options 6
- 10 will use the data you enter. For more information, see file
MM11.DOC.
Options.
Allows you to indicate desired values for a series of options. For more
information, see file MM12.DOC.
Choose Vocabulary List.
Allows you to choose from a variety of vocabulary lists compiled for the
selected version or portion during execution of option 10. The
subordinate menu is self explanatory. The default list is number 3 on
this menu. For more information, see file MM13.DOC.
Shareware Information.
Provides information related to shareware distribution of this version of
The CONSTITUTION Notebook Program. Includes amount of requested payment
and contact information. Information is contained in an encrypted file.
On older, slower PCs, up to 45 seconds is required for decryption. For
more information, run the program and select Main Menu option 14. File
name MM14.DOC is not provided.
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