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- NIFTY
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- Nifty is a unique program that may be used as either a pop-up Help system
- or a DOS menu. It combines an elegantly simple and attractive user interface
- (much appreciated by the inexperienced user) with a consistent, flexible means
- of set-up (benefiting the system integrator). Nifty is designed to help corpo-
- rate information managers and independent consultants make computing as pain-
- less as possible for keyboard entry personnel. One advantage over separate
- help and menu systems is that, with Nifty, you need learn only a single prog-
- ram. Another is that Nifty is just plain SIMPLE.
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- As a Help system, Nifty can, at the touch of a key or two, provide the
- user with on-line assistance on any subject. Since the Help system is memory-
- resident, it may be accessed from within nearly any other application. Capable
- of nested multi-level help, Nifty can display help files of any length (though
- you'll find the shorter, more concise ones to be preferable).
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- Simplicity is also the rule when Nifty is used as a Menu system. A single
- keystroke can execute any program or read any file on the computer. And few
- menu systems provide such effortless and flexible screen-creation facilities.
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- If you know a computer novice, you know a candidate for using this handy
- product. And if you know what paths and file extensions are, you know enough
- to set up a Nifty Help or Menu system, yourself. The program requires an IBM-
- compatible PC with a hard disk and at least 128K of memory.
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- Using the program involves copying all the Nifty files to a NIFTY direc-
- tory on your hard disk, then logging into that directory and entering "NIFTY H"
- (for the pop-up Help system) or "NIFTY M" (for the Menu system) at the DOS
- prompt. You might want to use Nifty to read the remainder of this documenta-
- tion, since it's been broken into conveniently-sized files that can be easily
- accessed by the program. Other help files and menu screens may be designed
- with GRAPHED.EXE, a graphics editor that is included in the Nifty package.
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- As a Help system, Nifty uses about 50K of memory; as a Menu system, it
- requires about 55K. When you register, you may request two specialized ver-
- sions of the program, one for a Help system and one for a Menu system, each
- requiring about 8-12K less than the combination product you now have.
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- If you find the program useful, please register. A registration form is
- found in a file called NIFTY.FRM. It may be printed with the command, "TYPE
- NIFTY.FRM >PRN". Thanks.
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- By the way, this is first-generation version of the program. If you have
- any suggestions for further versions, don't hesitate to call Integra Computing
- at (404) 973-3586.