Introduction

FastWords allows you to quickly enter commonly used words, phrases, or short articles into documents. It can be used with almost any application ; Word Processors, Email programs, Spreadsheets, and many more.

Operation is simple; You are presented with a pull down menu by which you select a text item. When you select the item, it is automatically copied onto the Windows "clipboard". You can then use the Windows "Paste" function to copy the item into another application such as a Word Processor. A text item may be up to 1000 characters long.

You can create and edit your collection of Text Items by typing, or you can use Cut and Paste to gather them from other, existing documents.


Registration

This is a fully featured 30-day evaluation copy of FastWords. If you decide to keep the program, you may place an order for $9.95 US by going to www.regnow.com; enter keyword "FastWords" on the order/search page.  Payment is accepted from anywhere in the world via all major credit cards.

Within 48 Hours of placing  your order  you will be sent a permanently-enabling password.

Support

If you have any questions about using this program, or about placing an order, please send email to;

info@minuteman-systems.com


The Two Screens

When you first start FastWords, you will see a screen as follows;

This is the primary field for entering and editing Text Items. Once you have several entries created, the pull-down menu near the top of the screen is used to select one Text Item to be copied onto the ClipBoard.

By clicking the Max/Min button in the upper right-hand corner, you can shrink the screen as follows;

The smaller screen is what you will normally use for selecting items to copy into documents. You can go back to the large screen by again clicking the Max/Min button.


Creating New Text Items

With the Large Screen displayed, click the NEW button to create a new entry. Then,  just type the desired text into the Contents text box. Also, type a short Title into the indicated field. The Title field is what will be displayed in the Pull-Down Menu.

At any point you can click the SAV button to save away your work.

You can also gather material from existing documents. Just highlight the material in the existing document, and use that document's copy function. (usually available by either right-clicking the highlighted material, or using the application's menu for Edit and Copy). You can use the windows paste function to paste the material into an existing Text Item's Contents box.

You can also can click FastWord's PASTE button to create a whole new entry and insert the material. When you do this, by default the first line of the material is also copied into the Title field - you can edit that if you wish.

You can also use the NEW and PASTE functions when the Small Screen is displayed. The screen will automatically switch over to Large Screen display.


Deleting An Entry

To delete an Entry, just select it using the Pull-Down-Menu, and then click the DEL button. Note that this can only be done in the Large Screen mode.


Copying to Another Application

Once you have a list of entries, just select any one of them using the Pull Down menu. The Contents field of the entry will be copied onto the Windows Clipboard object. Then use the mouse to click the document which is to receive the text. Then, use that application's paste function to insert the material. (Eirther use the mouse and right-click to the Paste option, or use the application's menus for Edit and Paste.)

This can be done with FastWords in either the Large or Small display mode. To conserve overall screen space, you'll probably want to have FastWords in the Small Screen mode.


Keeping Always On Top

You may find it useful to keep the FastWords display as the "topmost" of all screens on your Windows desktop.

To do this, maximize the FastWord display, and use the menu entry for Options and Always on Top.