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- Professional Scribe (Pro~Scribe) Pro~Scribe Express
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- "To write with the skill of a pro."
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- Pro~Scribe is brand new. We kept the features you found useful,
- and added many more.
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- Version 4.5: (registered users)
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- WORDPERFECT & MICROSOFT WORD
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- We added compatibility with WordPerfect (5.0) and Microsoft Word
- files. You no longer need to convert files from these word pro-
- cessors into Ascii/DOS Text format so Pro~Scribe can handle them.
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- Version 4.0: (registered users)
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- THESAURUS
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- We added an on-line Thesaurus, PLUS a second program to help you
- customize your thesaurus. BE SURE to read "Customizing Your
- Thesaurus" in your manual for details.
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- FREQUENT.WRD -- Added Capacity
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- We also increased the capacity of the Frequent.Wrd option from 50 to
- 100 words (at the request of a registed user). The Frequent.Wrd option:
- * Helps ensure your results are 'realistic'
- * Prevents Pro~Scribe from nagging you about words you're
- sure your audience understands.
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- EFFECTIVE, HIGH-IMPACT WRITING
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- We revised your second manual, adding more writing tips.
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- Version 3.x
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- PS EXPRESS (registered users)
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- PS Express (PSE) is the RAM-resident (TSR) version of PS. That
- means you run it once, and it waits in memory for you to call it up
- when you need help most - while you're actually writing. Here's how:
- * Run your word processor and start writing. Need Help? Press Alt-Space.
- * PSE comes to life. Highlight the text you want PSE to examine, and,
- before you can blink, a window pops up with comments about your
- writing, and a summary of your words and sentences.
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- PSE is amazing, immensely helpful - like having an English teacher
- looking over your shoulder, gently coaching you as you write.
- See something you want to fix? Edit it, then call PSE up again to
- see the improvements.
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- PSE may eliminate those long, frustrating write/edit/re-write cycles --
- you edit as you go. PSE can save you enormous amounts of time!
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- WORD WASTERS
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- PS now scans your writing for the kinds of writing mistakes we all
- make, the traps we fall into, at least once in awhile. We call
- these traps Word Wasters - words or phrases that are wordy,
- confusing, often misused, or just plain unnecessary. There are 5
- categories:
- * Wasted Words * Misused Words * Tongue Waggers
- * Nouns-To-Verbs * Passive Voice
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- PS' Word Waster feature helps you eradicate the jargon and 'excess
- baggage' from your writing. And you can customize this feature:
- * Include your own 'pets' - jargon or phrases you want to avoid.
- * Edit other peoples' work? Add the jargon they use/mistakes they make.
- Then give them a copy of PS' results with your comments. Better yet,
- ask THEM to run their work through PS BEFORE giving it to you.
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- RUNNING GRADE LEVEL - GRAPHIC AND PATTERN SUMMARIES, MUCH EASIER EDITING
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- PS' Running Grade Level (RGL) option shows the complexity of your
- writing line-by-line. Earlier PS versions printed the RGL beside
- your text. This remains, but we added TWO graphics showing you: 1)
- On ONE screen, RGLs for 100s of lines of text; and, 2) Your sentence
- patterns against an ideal. And version 3.5 adds an option flag
- Complex Words & Word Wasters in EACH LINE. This makes editing your
- writing MUCH easier.
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- FREQUENT.WRD (registered users)
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- PS flags the long, complex words you use. But some long words are
- easily understood by most people (eg., 'sometimes'). PS shouldn't
- nag you about these; now it doesn't have to. The Frequent.Wrd file
- has words PS won't list as complex, nor will it flag these in RGL
- reports. You can cus- tomize Frequent.Wrd: add long words you
- think your audience understands.
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- SPEED
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- PS 3.x + is MUCH faster than earlier versions. Here's a comparison:
- the time it took PS to analyze 3 different files. NOTE: While 3.x
- does much more than earlier versions, it zips through much faster.
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- ==========- Size of File (# of characters)- ==========
- PS Version # 2400 7800 15000
- ============== ==================- Time in Seconds -=================
- 1.4 17 sec. 71 sec. 121 sec.
- 2.0 7 23 51
- 2.8 4 12 25
- ** 3.x ** 2 5 9
- =================[Tests run on an 8mz IBM XT compatible]=================