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).