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5/13/88
INSTANT PULL DOWN MENUS DEMO
by Bob Foley
This document is a re-write of what used to be a document
explaining how to use an Instant Menus demonstration for
WordStar. That document read more like a gripe list than a
tutorial on Instant Menus. Fortunately, Word Perfect is a much
better program than WordStar, but it is still far from perfect. I
still find myself trying to remember an array of key combinations
or squinting at the keyboard overlay to perform a simple task.
That was my motivation for developing INSTANT MENUS. I wanted
something that would provide an interface between me and my
machine that would DO THE WORK FOR ME, and work with virtually
ANY PROGRAM. The result was better than I had hoped, all this and
NO PROGRAMMING! I was able to create working pull down menus for
every program that I tried with one exception (and I'm working on
that one). The programs that worked include WordStar, Word
Perfect, Procomm, GWBASIC, BASICA, Q-PRO 4, and Office Writer.
The program that wouldn't work was ASEASY (a Lotus 123 clone).
HOW TO USE THE WORD PERFECT MENU DEMO
To run the Word Perfect menu demo, put the WPM.EXE program on
your Word Perfect directory and type:
WPM <file name>
The <file name> is optional. WPM will search for WP.EXE on the
current path and, in turn, run it. Once in the editing mode,
you'll notice that Word Perfect hasn't changed a bit! Now press
Alt-Z, and you'll be treated to a pull down menu describing many
of the options familiar to Word Perfect users. Press the UP,
DOWN, LEFT and RIGHT keys until the option that you want is
highlighted. Press ENTER and the function is performed or press
ESC to abort the menu process. It's that simple. No more
remembering (Alt-F7) or any of those other ridiculous key
combinations! Use WPM just as if it were WP, including specifying
a file name on the command line.
************* N E W **************
Now you can use a MicroSoft compatible mouse under MS-DOS 3.0 or
higher to work the menus! The right button activates and de-
activates the menu, and the left button selects a function. Try
it with WPM.
************* N E W **************
HOW TO ORDER INSTANT MENUS
Instant menus comes with the MENU MAKER and several
demonstration menus. It requires no programming, just specify the
program name, create the menus, and define the keys...that's it!
You can even re-define the menu access key (the Word Perfect demo
uses Alt-Z). Create menus for all of your favorite programs. An
Instant Menu may have up to 12 menus each with 14 menu
selections. Each menu selection can activate up to 10 key strokes
making it ideal for 10 character macros too. Programmers relax,
the work has been done for you!
Instant menus is available for just $39.95 from:
Pliable Products
420 E. Broad St.
Souderton, PA 18964
(215) 721-7283
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