Visual Sequence Editor VERSION 1.1
Sequence editor/display software for Microsoft Windows

Contact: Ken Peters 
         kpeters@qb.island.net

FEATURES OVERVIEW
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* Attractive, effective and easy-to-use interface, including toolbars, 
  status bars and on-line help. Brings word processor functionallity
  to sequence editing

* Display and edit up to 200 sequences of up to 18,000 
  characters simultaneously

* Powerful pattern search function using the prosite pattern syntax

* Support for many sequence file formats

* Supports extraction of sequences from library files

* Figure preparation using a flexible display function

* Boxed output of sequence identities

* Imports MACAW alignments

* Protein sequence prediction in one or all six frames using the universal
  or user defined genetic codes



INSTALLATION
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Vised 1.1 is distributed as a self-extracting archive file, vised11.exe.
To install Vised:

1. Create a directory and copy the distribution file to it.
2. Run vised11.exe from the DOS command line, or the windows
   run command.  
3. Use the windows program manager to create a new group for 
   vised, or use an existing group.
4. Add the vised icon to the group using the program manager
   'add item' command.


RUNNING VISED
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You can start Vised from the Program Manager by double-clicking on its icon. 

Alternately, you can start vised by double clicking on the file 
vised.exe in the Windows File Manager.

If you have made a File Manager association between Vised files and Vised, 
you can also start the program from the File Manager by just double clicking on 
a saved file. 

See the file VISED.HLP for more details.

DISTRIBUTION
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This shareware software may be freely distributed, provided that:

(1) Such distribution includes only the original archive. You may
    not alter, delete or add any files in the distribution archive.
(2) The distrubution does not include a registration number.  
    In particular, you may not distrubute a registered version of Vised.
(3) No money is charged to the person receiving the software, beyond 
    reasonable cost of packaging and other overhead.