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  3.                  ****** BONUS ADD-IN PROGRAM *******                         
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  5.             ╔═══════════════════════════════════════════╗                      
  6.             ║  GRAF3D.EXE  (& Stroked Font, NFONT.FNT)  ║
  7.             ║  ---------------------------------------  ║
  8.             ║      (C) Copyright  1991 TRIUS, Inc.      ║                      
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  12.     Program Description                                                    
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  14.     This program is a Bonus Add-In, created specially for users of the
  15.     AS-EASY-AS spreadsheet.  It will create true three dimensional      
  16.     perspective Bar, Surface, Pole and Wall graphs from data contained     
  17.     in the spreadsheet.  Graf3d is capable of operating on CGA EGA and     
  18.     Hercules graphics cards.   Using a special mixing simulation scheme    
  19.     (EGA cards only) it is capable of displaying many more colors than     
  20.     the 16 color limit of an EGA monitor.  The better the resolution of    
  21.     your monitor, the more realistic the colors look!                      
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  23.     Give it a try...                                                       
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  27.     Installation                                                           
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  29.     To attach this program as part of your AS-EASY-AS spreadsheet,           
  30.     use the following commands:                                            
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  32.     /WSheet General Install Addin                                          
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  34.     Then in response to the prompt type;                                   
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  36.     Graf3d  [ENTER]                                                        
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  38.     Remember to select the install SAVE command to update the              
  39.     configuration file.  You will find the Add-in has become a new menu     
  40.     choice under the /USER submenu.                                        
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  42.     Please note that GRAF3D.EXE and NFONT.FNT must reside in the same      
  43.     disk/directory where the ASEASY.EXE and ASEASY.MSG files are           
  44.     located, for the Add-in to work.  If the files are not located          
  45.     there, and you try to access the Add-in, AS-EASY-AS will display an      
  46.     error message 'Unable to execute...'.                                  
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  50.     Usage Instructions
  51.     ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
  52.     To use the program first make sure you have some data which you        
  53.     would like to plot.  The data must be arranged in a rectangular        
  54.     range. Rows and Columns are used as the X and Z values respectively    
  55.     and the value content of each cell is used as the Y data.              
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  57.     After selecting and highlighting the range, simply select VIEW , sit    
  58.     back and watch the program crank away.                                 
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  61.     Command Summary                                                        
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  63.     Type  - Choice of Bar, Surface, Poles or Wall types                     
  64.     Range - Indicate the data to plot                                      
  65.     Scale - Auto, Upper, Lower                                             
  66.     Labels- Three titles > Main, X-Title and Z-Title                       
  67.     Fill  - Enable and disable the fill on the wire frame plot.            
  68.     View  - Creates the plot.                                              
  69.     Quit  - Return back to AS-EASY-AS ready mode.                            
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  71.     Hope you have some fun with it..... And keep your eyes open for the    
  72.     next Version of AS-EASY-AS, currently in Alpha Testing.                  
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