About XTND

(The complete documentation describes how to install the XTND and DataViz translators here. These translators are not included in this demo version.)

LinksWare™ is XTND aware and includes over a dozen of the most popular translators, including
Microsoft word 3.0
Microsoft word 4.0
Microsoft word 5.0
Macwrite
Macwrite II
Macwrite 5.0
WriteNow 2
Wordperfect 1 & 2
TEXT
RTF
MacPaint
PNTG
PICT
FrameMaker MIF
Microsoft Works v2

Using LinksWare for the first time


 In the Demo version, after you have linked five files, you'll have to start over with a new link-set if you wish to continue experimenting. (See the chapter on the Utilities menu for further information on creating new sets.)

	LinksWare requires a Mac with the newer 128K ROMS (a Mac Plus or better) to run. It also requires at least 768K of available memory. We recommend a minimum 2 meg configuration. Multifinder users may want to adjust the memory available to LinksWare to a higher amount if reading in many documents at a time, or reading particularly long documents.

	LinksWare can read documents of any size, limited only by the memory available to the application.

  Due to the many varied internal formats of word-processor files, it is not always possible to maintain picture-perfect reproductions of tabbed information. The preferences box contains a choice for "Mono-spaced font" which may help in some cases.

Quick Start

	OK, here’s the section for the “dive-right-in” types. And you’ll see our famous 90-second learning curve in action.

	1) Press Cmd  O (“Open” under the file menu) and select a  text-type file to open.

	2) Press Cmd  A. (“Add” in the Links menu. The cursor will change to a rectangle.)

	3) Double click on a word. (It should be a word longer than three characters. You’ll get another “Open file” dialog as you did in step one.)

	4) Select a different file name.

	You’ve just created your first hypertext link. From now on, when you load your first document and double-click on that word, the second file you chose is automatically opened and displayed for you. Try it now: double-click on that same word again.

	That’s the quick start tour, but I know you’re curious about how it works with graphics, so:

	1) Cmd  O again and select a graphic file.

	2) Cmd  A again. This time, because it’s a graphic file, the cursor changes to a cross-hair style.

	3) Move the cursor into the area of the graphic and press the mouse button. Hold it still for just a moment and then, still holding the button down, drag out a rectangle on the screen. The interior of that rectangle will be the “hot” area for the link you’re establishing.

	4) When you let go, you’ll get the open dialog box as in step 4 above. Select the file you want displayed and double click on it.

	You’ve added a link to a graphic now. Press and hold the button on that area of the screen, and you’ll retrieve the linked file.

	Finally, press command L (“Show Links” in the Links menu.)  This is one of several ways to see the link.