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- Welcome to ~H~bTutorialWriter~N - the ~HProfessional Educator's Toolkit for Computer
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- Assisted Instruction~N. This program was written to allow you, the ~G~IEducator~N,
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- to make full use of the computer as a medium of instruction, without having
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- to learn ~M~IBasic~N or ~M~IPascal~N or some other computer language. ~H~bTutorialWriter~N
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- is an ~HAuthoring System~N. This means that the things you might want to do to
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- make your ~C~IComputer Based Training~N interesting, attention-getting and - above
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- all - effective, have been pre-programmed. So if you want to put your text on
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- screen in ~M~Idifferent colors~N, or ~Hpop a question window on the screen~N, or set
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- a ~G~IQuiz~N, or ~R~Ishow a graphic~N, all you have to do is to put a simple code into
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- your text.
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- ~H~bTutorialWriter~N's simple codes stand between you and the computer, translating
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- the things you want to do into computer code which will make the computer
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- respond. You are then free to concentrate on the thing you do best - ~Hteaching
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- others~N. You design your ~M~ITutorial~N, deciding what you want to say and how you
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- want to display it, what questions to ask and when to ask them, what to do
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- if the answer is given correctly and what to do if the answer is wrong, and
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- ~H~bTutorialWriter~N's codes will convert the computer into a helpful assistant,
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- instead of a perplexing and frustrating piece of equipment to be beaten into
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- submission.
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- Let me give you an example of how easy it is. Suppose you want to put a
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- title on the screen, like the one on this screen. Instead of having to write
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- lines and lines of computer code, all you have to do is type ~C~I#T~N and follow it
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- with the title you want. The ~C~I#~N sign has to be in the first column of a row
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- so you would type it like this
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- ~H#TMY TITLE~N
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- Press the ~H~rRETURN~N key or the ~H~rMOUSE~H Button~N to see what that has achieved.
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- #TMY TITLE
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- ~S~H~bTutorialWriter~N has codes to do just about everything an educator might want
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- a computer to do.~s ~H~KIt was designed by a professional educator and contains
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- the features that are required to make Computer Based Training effective.~k~N
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- With ~H~bTutorialWriter~N you can create lessons which give the impression that
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- you are dealing with your audience eyeball to eyeball. Important facts
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- can be emphasised using ~R~Icolors~N and sounds, in addition to text graphics.
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- There are codes for ~B~Iasking questions and commenting on the answer~N, and other
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- codes for ~Z~cbranching to remedial information if the answer is wrong~N. There
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- are ~HHYPERTEXT~N |Buttons| with which you can provide extra information to those
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- who need it, without boring those who don't. And of course there are ~G~IQuizzes~N
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- and ~G~ITests~N which can be liberally sprinkled to make sure the points are
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- getting home. If you need it, you can add a ~C~IHELP~N system to your ~M~ITutorial~N
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- and create a ~C~IMenu~N to divide your ~M~ITutorial~N up into chapters.
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- Excuse my butting in, but if you haven't
- already done so, use the SPACE BAR or
- the MOUSE to move the hilite to the word
- 'Buttons' and press ENTER or Mouse button.
- By the way, these pop-up windows will stay
- on screen for 60 seconds or until a key
- or MOUSE button is pressed.
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- |Buttons|
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- While we are on this screen, I'll show
- you some of the other attention-getting
- things you can do with colors and such.
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- ~H~g~Feyeball to eyeball~N
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- ~Neyeball to eyeball
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- ~H~FImportant facts~N
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- Important facts
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- ~K~C~IVery important facts~N~k
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- #BO,35,13,78,17,2,0,0,3,15,1
- Oh, did you notice that there is a
- spelling mistake on this screen? Let
- me see if I can point it out to you.
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- ~H~Fs~N
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- ~H~Fz~N
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- ~Hemphasized~N
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- Did you see it ?
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- emphasized
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- |Buttons|
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- But ~H~bTutorialWriter~N is not just a fancy screen presentation program, although
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- you will have to admit that scrolling text off the screen and making screens
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- slide into place, in addition to highlighting with flashing colors and sounds
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- and 'breaking into' the lesson with pop-up windows, do make it easy to draw
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- attention to the things you want to emphasize.
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- To help you in your teaching task, there are some graphics you might want to
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- use. Since ~H~bTutorialWriter~N is a textbased program, the built-in graphics
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- are also textbased. But they still provide a little break from reading a
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- text screen.
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- ~HYOU CAN USE THIS LITTLE GUY~N
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- ~HTO REINFORCE YOUR IDEAS.~N
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- CALL HIM UP WITH THE #AR COMMAND.
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- THIS IS YOUR ASSISTANT PROFESSOR.
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- HE CAN HELP YOU WITH THE MAJOR
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- STUFF.
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- HIS CALL SIGN IS #AH.
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- IF YOU JUST WANT TO MAKE A POINT
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- THIS MIGHT BE THE ONE TO USE.
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- THE COMMAND HERE IS #AP.
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- ~HFOR THOSE PRECIOUS IDEAS WHICH DESERVE
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- TO BE FRAMED ( OR AS A LOGO FOR YOUR
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- TUTORIALS ) USE #AL.~N
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- ~H~bTutorialWriter~N has another text graphics feature. Included with the program
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- is a stand-alone ~C~IMemory Resident Utility~N called ~G~ITWSNAP.COM~N. When you type
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- ~G~ITWSNAP~N this program loads into memory. Now you can take a snapshot of any
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- ~C~ITEXT~N screen by holding down the ~HALT~N key and pressing ~HS~N. The first snapshot
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- will be stored in the current directory as ~G~ITWSNAP.000~N, the next as ~G~ITWSNAP.001~N
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- etc. When you have finished taking snapshots, type ~G~ITWSNAP~N again and the
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- program will remove itself from memory.
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- ~H~bTutorialWriter~N has a ~C~IUtility~N program which stores the snapshots, ready to
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- be popped up on the screen inside your ~M~ITutorial~N. Snapshots can be taken of
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- any textbased application, or you can draw screens with a text screen editor.
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- #GT,mikado
- #TA SCREEN DRAWN WITH A TEXT SCREEN EDITOR
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- Then you can position ~HHYPERTEXT Buttons~N on the drawing to explain parts of
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- it, or whatever. ~G~INescatunga Software~N produces an excellent text screen
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- editor called ~HBOX~N. A ~HSHAREWARE~N version has been included with ~H~bTutorialWriter~N
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- with the permission of ~G~INescatunga Software~N.
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- A final graphics feature of ~H~bTutorialWriter~N is a code which lets you run
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- your own true Graphics programs. If you have a program which displays
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- ~HPCX~N pictures, for example, then you can include them in your ~M~ITutorial~N by
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- using a special code to temporarily exit from the ~M~ITutorial~N, run the Graphics
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- program, then return to your ~M~ITutorial~N at the point where you left.
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- I'll demonstrate it with an executable Graphics program.
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- Welcome back to the ~HDEMO~N. Oh, if no graphic screen was shown, it is
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- because you don't have enough memory available. The 'shell-out' code tries
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- to run the graphics program in the memory that ~G~ITWRITER~N is not using.
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- But ~G~ITWRITER~N contains the full ~HIntegrated Development Environment~N and needs
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- almost ~H250K~N of memory. The program you will be distributing to your students
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- along with your ~M~ITutorial~N is ~G~ITWTEACH~N, the ~HDisplay Module~N, which only needs
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- ~H100K~N of memory for itself. You can test this out later. Make a note to rerun
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- this ~HDEMO~N later by typing ~HTWTEACH DEMO~N from the DOS prompt.
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- Now let's look at how ~H~bTutorialWriter~N handles student testing.
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- ~H~bTutorialWriter~N has three systems for testing how well the students are
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- absorbing the subject matter.
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- 1. ~HQUICK QUESTIONS~N. A question is posed and the student is asked to type
- in an answer. The student is then advised if the
- answer is correct or wrong and the correct answer is
- displayed. The ~HQuick Question~N has two formats.
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- 2. ~HQUIZZES and TESTS~N. ~H~bTutorialWriter~N has ~C~IUtility~N programs for the creation
- of ~G~IQuizzes~N and ~G~ITests~N. A ~G~IQuiz~N can have up to ~Hten
- Question and Answer pairs~N. A ~G~ITest~N can have up to
- ~Hten Multiple-Choice Questions~N, each with up to ~Hsix
- answers~N.
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- 3. ~HBRANCHING TEST~N. This is a ~HMultiple-Choice Question~N with up to ~Hsix
- answers~N. The program branches to another part of the
- file depending on the answer. The ~M~ITutorial~N continues
- when the student selects the correct answer.
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- This is an example of a QUICK QUESTION which
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- uses the pop-up box format.
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- Try this Question :
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- What is the name of the Company which
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- produces TutorialWriter?
- INTELLIGENT EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE
- intel,educat
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- Here is the other format.
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- Who is President of the USA?
- George Bush
- bush,george
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- Now let's look at an example of a ~HBRANCHING TEST~N.
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- ( ~HAnswer D~N is the 'correct' one so choose it last!! )
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- ~HWhat do you think of the demo so far ?
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- This is a wonderful program! The author is a genius!!
- This is just what I need to reach my audience!
- I didn't know you could do these things with a word processor!
- I've got to have this program! How do I get it ?
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- ~N~bYou are absolutely correct in your assumption that the ~W~Iauthor is a genius~Y~I!!
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- However, for the purpose of this demonstration, I must reluctantly declare
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- your answer to be incorrect and send you back to the question to try again!!
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- ~HYou are right. No matter what message
- you are trying to convey, ~bTutorialWriter~z
- will help you do it more effectively.
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- Your audience will be more appreciative
- of your expertise if it is not presented
- as pages of boring text - gray on black!!
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- But I'm sending you back to choose again.~N
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- Until ~H~bTutorialWriter~c~Z you couldn't.
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- At least not without learning a
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- programming language.
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- ~H~bTutorialWriter~Z~c
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- takes away the pain of programming
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- while giving you programming power
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- over your computer.
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- #T15,1,* * * INTELLIGENT EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE * * *
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- ~NINTELLIGENT EDUCATIONAL SOFTWARE~N
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- ~G~Ibringing enjoyment to education~N
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- ~HBack to you soon with details.~N
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- Well, that's a few of the things you can do with ~H~bTutorialWriter~N. There are
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- many, many more. To find out what the others are, and to learn how to use
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- all the codes, look at the ~C~ICommands Tutorial~N which is included with the
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- program. ~H~bTutorialWriter~N also has a completely comprehensive ~C~IHELP~N system
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- within its ~C~IText Editor~N. Just press the ~H~rF1~N key when you are using the ~C~IEditor~N
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- to get a full explanation of what a particular code does and how to use it.
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- You can also print out a ~C~ISummary~N of all ~H~bTutorialWriter~H codes at the ~C~IMain
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- Menu~N. Just one last thing. Print out the file ~HINSTRUCT.ION~N by typing
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- ~HTYPE INSTRUCT.ION > PRN~N at the DOS prompt. This is a step-by- step guide to
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- creating a tutorial using ~H~bTutorialWriter~N. Have fun!
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- To see what the HELP System looks like
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- try it out on this screen!
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- Remember to look at the Commands Tutorial!!
- Print out the file INSTRUCT.ION too, and
- follow the step-by-step instructions on
- how to create a tutorial with TutorialWriter.
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