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         PICTURETHIS(TM) "SHAREWARE" VERSION

         RELEASE 4.00

         DECEMBER 31, 1991

         DIFFERENCES BETWEEN REGISTERED AND "SHAREWARE" VERSIONS


         Copyright 1988, 1989, 1990, 1991 by Patricia Y. Williams and
           Gregory Williams, All Rights Reserved.

         HortIdeas Publishing, 460 Black Lick Road, Gravel Switch,
           KY 40328 U.S.A.

         Trademarks/Owners: CaptureThis and PictureThis/Patricia Y.
           Williams and Gregory Williams; IBM and PC-DOS,
           International Business Machines Corp.; Hercules/Hercules
           Computer Technology, Inc.; MS-DOS, Microsoft Corp.;
           PostScript/Adobe Systems Inc.; typeface names/their
           respective owners

         NOTE: Carefully read all of the terms and conditions of the
           License Agreement (near the beginning of the READTHIS.1ST
           file on distribution disk #1) PRIOR to using the
           PictureThis and/or CaptureThis programs. USE OF THE
           PROGRAM(S) INDICATES YOUR ACCEPTANCE OF THOSE TERMS AND
           CONDITIONS.


           There are ONLY four differences (besides the names of the
         programs and their data files) between the Registered and
         "Shareware" Versions of the PictureThis program which are of
         consequence to users, and the CaptureThis and Alternate
         CaptureThis programs are IDENTICAL for both Versions. This
         means that TEMPLATE FILES CAN BE USED WITHOUT MODIFICATIONS
         WITH BOTH THE "SHAREWARE" AND REGISTERED VERSIONS. DRAWING
         FILES MADE WITH THE "SHAREWARE" VERSION WILL WORK WITH THE
         REGISTERED VERSION, AND DRAWING FILES MADE WITH THE
         REGISTERED VERSION WILL WORK WITH THE "SHAREWARE" VERSION
         UNLESS THEY USE FONTS NOT SUPPORTED BY THE "SHAREWARE"
         VERSION.

         DIFFERENCE 1: OPTIONAL BYPASSING OF INITIAL SCREENS

           Registered Version users have the option of bypassing the
         initial (title and copyright/ordering information) screens
         when loading PictureThis. Bypassing the screens not only
         saves time, but also disk space: if you're sure you'll be
         bypassing the screens every time you load the program, you
         DON'T need to keep the PTR4D.OVR file (which contains data
         for the initial screen) in the current directory. (If you
         try to run PictureThis WITHOUT bypassing the initial screens
         and with the data file missing from the current directory,
         you'll see an error message, and the program won't load.)
           To load PTR4.EXE and bypass the initial screens, at the
         DOS prompt corresponding to the drive containing the disk
         with that file, key in "PTR4" and press Enter. (If PTR4.OVL
         is not found, you will be prompted for a path to it.) Then,
         if you have a Hercules-compatible monochrome graphics card

         with software or hardware CGA emulation, you might need to
         press Tab immediately to prevent lock-up of your computer
         (see the user manual for more details). It won't hurt to
         press Tab if you're not sure about your graphics card; the
         result is just a slight slowdown of text-mode screen
         writing. Whether or not you pressed Tab, next press Esc. If
         you press Esc too late, you'll see one or both of the
         initial screens (assuming that the data file is in the
         current directory). Pressing Esc while the title screen is
         displayed causes the copyright/ordering information screen
         to be bypassed; pressing any key other than Esc (or Tab,
         prior to Esc) before or while the title screen is displayed
         causes copyright/ordering information screen to go away as
         soon as it is fully displayed. Pressing any key while the
         copyright/ordering information screen is displayed causes
         that screen to go away as soon as it is fully displayed.

         DIFFERENCE 2: SUPPORT FOR ALL POSTSCRIPT FONTS WITH AFM FILES

           The PostScript fonts which the "Shareware" Version of
         PictureThis can use are limited to the four fonts of the
         Times family, Symbol, and Zapf-Dingbat. The Registered
         Version includes a utility program to make PictureThis-
         usable font information files from any PostScript font's AFM
         (Adobe Font Metrics) file (on-disk). Included on the
         distribution disk are ready-made font information files for
         the 35 fonts most often resident in PostScript printers, so
         you don't need their AFM files (which AREN'T included with
         the printers, although they are available on disk direct
         from Adobe Systems Inc.). Any downloadable fonts you use
         should come complete with AFM files -- if they don't,
         complain to the vendor! If you are using downloadable fonts
         at a service bureau, the bureau should give you on-disk
         copies of the AFM files for those fonts. In other words, the
         Registered Version of PictureThis should work with virtually
         all PostScript fonts.

         DIFFERENCE 3: PHONE AND/OR MAIL SUPPORT FOR USERS

           Users of the Registered Version of PictureThis can call or
         write AT THEIR EXPENSE for prompt assistance. We CANNOT
         accept collect phone calls or postage due letters.

         DIFFERENCE 4: PRINTED MANUAL

           Users of the Registered Version of PictureThis receive a
         typeset and ILLUSTRATED printed manual (produced with
         PictureThis, of course).