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╔═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╗ ║ SeedMaster General Help ║ ║ Copyright (C) 1988, 1989, 1990, 1993 White Harvest Software, Inc. ║ ╚═══════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════╝ -WELCOME TO SEEDMASTER- Your personal computer is now a powerful Bible study tool. SeedMaster com- bines one or more Bibles, an exhaustive word list, advanced concordance searches, personal commentary entry, a sermon/lesson notepad, and option- al Resource materials. All in an easy to learn, easy to use, windowed program with context sensitive help every step of the way! This scrolling file is intended to acquaint you with the general concepts of SeedMaster. It is NOT intended to replace SeedMaster's more extensive user manual. This file contains: - Welcome to SeedMaster! - Learning SeedMaster - Hardware Requirements - Memory Management - Program Conventions - Operating SeedMaster - Flow of SeedMaster - VIEW Summary - WORD Summary - SEARCH Summary - RABBIT TRAIL Summary - NOTEPAD Summary - COMMENTARY Summary - ASSOCIATOR Summary - GRABBER Summary - Errors (Oh No! It Didn't Work!) For information on available Bible databases and Resources, see the REGISTER.DOC file or "Registration Info" on the Help Menu. -LEARNING SEEDMASTER- SeedMaster is a feature-rich Bible study tool. But it will take a while for the beginner to "master" SeedMaster. The key to learning SeedMaster (without becoming overwhelmed) is to take one step at a time. This file is organized by SeedMaster's main functions. We suggest you read through the sections for each function area you want to learn-- and experiment on your own. When you register, you'll receive a complete user's manual that goes into more detail than we have room for here. We suggest you learn SeedMaster in an orderly manner: 1. Read Program Conventions, Operating SeedMaster and Rabbit Trail. 2. Learn SeedMaster's 3 basic functions: VIEW, WORD, and SEARCH. 3. Take on the ancillary functions as you have need: NOTEPAD, COMMENTARY, RESOURCES, GRABBER, and ASSOCIATOR. This is the order we present material in this file. ENJOY! -HARDWARE REQUIREMENTS- IBM XT, AT, PS/2 and most compatibles 512K RAM Minimum (See Memory Management Below) Hard Disk (At least 4.5 megabytes of free space) Color or Monochrome Monitor DOS 2.X, 3.X, 4.X, ... -PROGRAM CONVENTIONS- SeedMaster uses many elements of IBM's SAA Common User Access(CUA). CUA provides standards for how a program should interact with a user. This allows a user who is familiar with CUA concepts to learn new programs more quickly. Actually, many of CUA's ideas are already present in Microsoft Windows and the Apple Macintosh user interfaces. So, if you're not familiar with our menu, dialog windows, radio buttons, check boxes, scroll bars, etc., you might as well learn now--you'll be seeing them later! One area that SeedMaster does not match CUA is that we do not support a mouse (yet). The Windowing package we use disables a mouse while the program is running. We anticipate a release in late 1993 that will use the mouse. THE MENU SeedMaster's main menu (across the top of the screen) is a pop down menu. To access the menu, simply press the <Alt> key down and release. The menu will pop down into the File function area. Alternatively, to go directly to a specific function area, hold down the <Alt> key and simultaneously press the first letter of a function area's name. For example, to go to the "Search" area, hold <Alt> and press <S>. For each of the main function areas: File Edit View Search Words Window Help a list of menu items will automatically appear underneath. You may use the <Up> and <Down> cursor keys to highlight a menu item and press <Enter> to choose it, or press the highlighted letter in the menu item description. Some menu items will be readable, but less bold than others. These items are shown in "low intensity" to indicate that they are not currently available to you at that point in the program. Some menu items have checkmarks beside them. This means the menu item is enabled. To turn these menu items ON or OFF, select the item from the menu. The next time you enter the menu, the check mark will be changed. Some menu items have a large right arrow after the description. This means they have a sub-menu. Press <Enter> to view the sub-menu. Press <Esc> to return to the prior menu level. To move to another function area in the main menu, simply press either the <Left> or <Right> cursor key. Also, you can hold the <Alt> key and press the first letter of a function area. The next function area's menu will pop down automatically. DIALOG WINDOWS Dialog windows are windows drawn on the screen in which you "dialog" or communicate with the program. These windows consist of data entry fields (like: "FILENAME [ ]"), radio buttons, or check boxes--or all three. After you finish entering your data or options, the OK box will be highlighted. If you press <Enter>, you will exit the dialog box and accept the information in the dialog window. The next field is the CANCEL box. If you press <Enter> while it is highlighted, it means you will leave the dialog window and not accept any changes you may have made in the window. To move off either the OK or CANCEL box fields, press <Up>, <Down>, <Tab> or <Shift><Tab>. RADIO BUTTONS Radio buttons are used to indicate mutually exclusive choices. Just like your car radio buttons only allow you to play one station at a time. When SeedMaster wants to know how much memory you want to use in the NOTEPAD, we ask: Size: ( ) 20K (*) 40K ( ) 60K The filled in "circle" (*) means that 40K is the currently selected size. The <Space> bar is used to toggle the radio button on and off. If it is on, press <Space> and it will turn off. Note that radio buttons require you to choose at least one option. CHECK BOXES Check boxes allow you to mark choices that are not mutually exclusive. For instance, when you are printing, SeedMaster lets you choose if you want to use your printer margins and special printing codes (among other options). You can choose to use both, either or none. The check boxes would look like: [ ] Use Margins [X] Use Printer Codes In the above example, we are not going to use the margins, but we are going to use the printer codes (indicated by the "X"). SCROLL BARS Scroll bars are used when viewing more data than will fit in a window at one time. The "thumb", or odd colored block in the scroll bar shows the relative position of the current screen of data within the total range of all the data. (See the scroll bar on the right side of this window!) For instance, Genesis Chapter 25 would appear in the middle of the scroll bar range since it's in the middle of Genesis. -OPERATING SEEDMASTER- ESCAPE! When all else fails... Press <Esc>! SeedMaster has a built in <Esc>ape hatch. SeedMaster is not a complicated program, but the <Esc> key will get you out of anything you've gotten yourself into. Note that if you press <Esc> in a dialog window, you'll lose any changes. STATUS LINE SeedMaster maintains a status line on the last line of its screen. It reminds you of the most common keys used at that point in the program, and occasionally sends you warning messages. CURSOR CONTROL SeedMaster uses cursor control keys in standard ways: <Up> moves you up one line, <Down> moves you down one line, etc. One aspect of the cursor control might be new to you and bears some special attention... META KEYS Some software, including SeedMaster, makes use of a "meta key". Word- Perfect is another example. Like WordPerfect, the <Home> key is Seed- Master's meta key. This key has no meaning in and of itself. It is used to modify the meaning of other keys. It is pressed one or more times, and then another key is pressed. The use of the meta key is best illus- trated by example. Here are the cursor up/down movements (including meta key combinations in UPPERCASE), their generic meaning, and an example of how they work in VIEW: CURSOR KEY(S) GENERIC MEANING VIEW MEANING ------------------ --------------- ------------------------ <HOME><HOME><UP> Up much. Go to Genesis 1:1. <HOME><UP> Up many many. Go to prior book. <PgUp> Up many. Go to prior chapter. <Up> Up one. Move up one verse. <Down> Down one. Move down one verse. <PgDn> Down many. Go to next chapter. <HOME><DOWN> Down many many. Go to next book. <HOME><HOME><DOWN> Down much. Go to Revelation 22:21. You'll see that these keystrokes form a logical progression. Meta keys allow you a greater number of cursor control movements than the keypad allows. This gives you greater control over the program. With them, you can position yourself anywhere in the Bible very quickly. HOTKEYS One of SeedMaster's unique features is it provides two means of operating it ("User Interfaces"). You can use the menu--or special function keys. SeedMaster's function key usage resembles that used by the best-selling WordPerfect word processing software. Software functions are accessed directly by pressing a single key (sometimes shifted). Function key control takes a little longer to learn, but once you do, you'll prefer it to the menus. If you forget what function key performs the task you want, press <F1> (Help) for a review. Also, the keystrokes that execute menu functions are listed to the right of each menu item description. -FLOW OF SEEDMASTER- The SeedMaster program software has five primary components which will be described in greater detail later: Name Description ---------- --------------------------------- VIEW View and Scroll Verses. COMMENTARY Verse by verse text/Resources WORD View/Search exhaustive list of Bible words. SEARCH Search for a Word or Phrase. NOTEPAD Independent text editor/Resources. ╔════════╗ ╔════════════╗ ┌───>║ VIEW ╟───>║ COMMENTARY ║ │ ╚══════╤═╝ ╚═════╤══════╝ V ^ │ V ╔════════╗ │ │ ╔═══════════╗ ║ WORD ╟───│──┼─────>║ NOTEPAD ║ ╚════════╝ │ │ ╚═══════════╝ ^ V │ │ ╔══════╧═╗ └───>║ SEARCH ║ ╚════════╝ * VIEW, WORD and SEARCH can all call each other. * VIEW, WORD, SEARCH and COMMENTARY can all call the popup NOTEPADs. * VIEW can edit or view COMMENTARYs. -VIEW SUMMARY- VIEW provides viewing and printing of the Bible verses and access to COMMENTARYs, WORD, SEARCH and NOTEPADs. VIEWING VERSES * The first verse displayed in the window will have its complete reference in the window border's top left corner. This is the "current" verse. As you move through the text, this reference will be updated to the first verse shown in the window. * You can move to other verses by the cursor control keys, the New Verse Menu, or through Forward and Backward searches. The Forward and Backward searches move to the next or prior verse containing a specified word, respectively. To move down a screenful of verses, press <Spacebar>. * You may have up to 3 VIEW windows on the screen at once. You can add a window, change the current window, and remove the current window. * Synchronized scrolling is available for multiple VIEW windows. This is helpful in studying parallel passages. When ON, simple cursor movements, <Up> and <Down>, are imitated by other VIEW windows. Other movements are not synchronized unless you are viewing different Bible versions. * Interlinear viewing of multiple Bible versions is available. * If you are viewing the KJS with Strong's Numbers embedded, you can Hypertext to the Strong's Lexicon for a number by pressing <Tab> or <Shift><Tab> to highlight all potential choices--and the choose a particular number. To view the definition, press <Enter>. To stop Hypertext mode, press <Esc>. PRINTING VERSES * After verifying your current output device (usually a printer or file), you are asked for the verse range to print. * If you wish to quit printing, press <Esc>. Printing will cease as soon as all print buffers are empty. * If you print to a disk file, you can load the text (as a DOS TEXT file) into an editor or word processor for editing. * If you print from VIEW with highlighted search words, you use the option- al printer codes for highlight SEARCH words, each SEARCH word is high- lighted, even if it occurs in verses not found in the original search. VIEW OPTIONS Via the SeedMaster menu, you can select: 1. The number of verses to buffer. 2. Paragraph display or separated verses. 3. Synchronized or unsynchronized scrolling. 4. Embedding Strong's Numbers in the KJS text. 5. Interlinear version display and order. 6. Alphabetical or normal book menus. 7. Special characters for the GNT and RVA Bible versions. 8. Fast or normal verse access per Bible version (if memory permits). 8. To run the COMMENTARYs for the current verse. -WORD SUMMARY- GENERAL USE The WORD list enables you to do Word Studies and AND/OR Logic Searches. WORD STUDIES * The number after the word in the word list is the number of VERSES that the word occurs in--in the WHOLE Bible. This may NOT be the number of times the word OCCURS in the Bible, and it does NOT reflect the current defined search range. * While you are in the word list, you can restart to a new word. Incomplete or unrecognized words will be matched as closely as possible. * You can move to the first word beginning with an alphabet letter by pres- sing <A through Z>. * You can SEARCH the Bible for a word (using the current search range) by pressing <Enter>. * Some words appear in the Bible in various cases, i.e., "LORD", "Lord" and "lord". The WORD list does NOT consider case (it would find all three versions of "Lord"). A SEARCH for a Word/Phrase CAN consider case. As a matter of trivia, the case shown in the WORD list matches the FIRST time it occurs in the Bible. * If you have the STR Database, the Words List will also display Strong's Numbers, with the most common KJV rendition to the right of the Heb/Grk word. You can pop up the Strong's Lexicon for a given Word List word. AND/OR LOGIC SEARCHES * Logic searches are performed on 2 or more words. AND logic requires each search word to be present in a verse for it to count. OR logic only guar- antees that at least ONE of the search words is present. * AND logic is for studying related words/concepts - "God" AND "love". * OR logic is for searching synonyms like "sin" OR "transgression" and for for word variations like "sin" OR "sins" OR "sinning" ... * You choose your logic words by "toggling" them, using the <Spacebar> or the Edit Menu. If a special character appears beside a word, it is toggled "ON". * The search logic used (AND or OR) is set on the Words Menu. The "|" character beside a toggled word reminds you that OR logic is selected. The character "&" represents AND logic. You can switch the logic while while words are toggled--BUT the new logic will be applied to ALL previously toggled words. * You start a Logic Search by selecting "Combine Toggled" from the Edit Menu or by pressing <Ctrl><Enter>. You will then find yourself in the SEARCH list of verses. AND or OR searches take only a little longer than a single word search. SUPPORTING ROLES The WORD list has a "supporting role". As you enter word(s) for a forward or backward search in VIEW, or a Word/Phrase SEARCH, you may forget a word's spelling. Or you may not want to type it all, like "Zerubbabel". Type in the first few letters and press <F5>. Up pops the WORD list. Then, move the selection bar to your intended word and press <Ins>. The Word List word will REPLACE the partial word that you typed in. -SEARCH SUMMARY- TO SEARCH FROM VIEW * Select Word/Phrase from the search menu or press <Alt><F2>. Enter your word or phrase. Press <Enter> to begin the search. * You can use the "*" as a wildcard at the beginning and/or end of a search word. For instance, you can use "*lov*" to find "beloved", "loved", etc. If you use the wildcard symbol "*" at the beginning of a search word, the search will take longer, since SeedMaster must search through every word in its word list, looking for the word root. * Note that punctuation is IGNORED ENTIRELY for searching. * Remember if you type an unrecognized word (SeedMaster will tell you!), you can pop up the WORD list by pressing <F5>. * You can choose on the Search menu to enforce Case Sensitivity. If you do SeedMaster must screen each verse containing the search word(s) to make sure the cases match. This takes longer, but it will be faster than you can do it yourself. * When searching for a phrase (multiple words), you can choose to enforce Word Order in your search. - If you use "No" Word Order, SeedMaster will find any verses in the search range that have all the words - in any order. - If you use a Word Order, you have two options, "General" or "Literal". "General" order requires the words be in order, but allows other words BETWEEN them. "Literal" order enforces the order and does NOT allow words in between. Because SeedMaster must screen potential verses for word order, General and Literal searches take longer. - If you enter a Strong's Number, it will be ignored for word order. * If you are already enforcing Case Sensitivity or Word Order, adding the other will require very little additional search time. * To enter Strong's Numbers (if you have the STR Database), enter OT or NT Number(s) to search on ANY Bible version--and you can even combine Strong's Number(s) with other words from that translation. Orignal Numbers Parsing Extensions Old Test. 1 to 8674 8675 to 8853 New Test. 1 to 5624 5625 to 5899 To indicate an OT number, prefix it with a '0' or a "H". All other numbers are assumed to be NT. USING THE VERSE REFERENCES * You can view Search Statistics by pressing <Alt><S>, <S>. * You can VIEW a SEARCH verse reference in context by moving the selection bar over it and pressing <Enter>. * You can print SEARCH verses. You choose in the Print dialog window whether to print the entire list, or only toggled (*'d) references. * To toggle a verse reference, press the <Spacebar>. If an "*" appears by a reference, it is toggled ON. * If you wish to reduce the list to your toggled verses (and remove the others), press <Ctrl><Enter>. Make sure you toggle correctly, since you must restart the SEARCH to get the others back. * You can delete a single verse by moving to it and pressing <Del>. * To add a verse/verse range to a search, press <Ins> and select verses(s). * You can name and store searches to disk. * You can merge a stored search with the current search on the screen using AND, OR, XOR or NOT logic. - OR logic creates a new list containing ALL verses in EITHER of the original searches. - AND logic results in a new search containing only verses in BOTH the original searches. - "XOR" stands for "eXclusive OR". It makes a list containing verses in either original search--BUT NOT BOTH. - NOT logic REMOVES from the screen list ANY verses in the disk-based search. * You can convert a Search to cross references and put them in the NOTEPAD/ COMMENTARY "Paste Buffer", for pasting into the editor. * You can run the ASSOCIATOR for the current verse reference. USING SEARCH STATISTICS * You can view a book by book and chapter by chapter count of a search via Search Statistics. Search Statistics is on the Search Menu <Alt><S>,<S>. If you press <Enter> on a book, you will see a chapter by chapter summary for that book. If you press <Enter> on a chapter, the list of search results will advance to the first verse in that chapter--or the nearest verse if there are no "hits" in that chapter. SEARCHING OPTIONS * You have up to 26 different search ranges--continuous or non-continuous. For example, you may want to study an author's use of a word, for in- stance, Luke. You then set two, non-continuous ranges--the books of Luke and Acts, excluding the intervening Gospel of John. * Case Sensitivity, if enforced, means each verse will match the case of your word/phrase. This takes more search time. * Word Order. No order generates the greatest number of verses for any word combination, and produces the fastest search time. "General" order allows other words BETWEEN search words, as long as they are in the proper order. "Literal" order ensures proper order AND no other words are found between search words. * Verse fragment options give you control over the speed and display of SEARCH results. If verse fragments are "NONE", only the verse references appear. You can VIEW the text for a verse by pressing <Enter>. This option results in much faster search displays. If you use "Verse Start", the beginning of the verses will show. If you select "Word Context", the context of the searched word(s) will be displayed. If more than one word is in a verse, the first one is used for context. -RABBIT TRAIL SUMMARY- * SeedMaster's Rabbit Trail lets you backtrack to recent, SeedMaster oper- ations (VIEW, WORD, SEARCH) after you finish "chasing a rabbit trail". - You can move backward through the order of operations (the trail) by pressing <Esc> or <Ctrl><PgUp>. If you press <Esc>, you delete that operation from the trail. If you press <Ctrl><PgUp>, that operation remains in the trail. - You can move forward through the order of operations (the trail) by pressing <Ctrl><PgDn>. - You can view the trail of operations by pressing <F3>. * SeedMaster manages the trail as follows: - If you start a VIEW, WORD or SEARCH mode, SeedMaster places that operation at the end of the trail. - If you move through the trail with the Rabbit Trail Menu or the <Ctrl><PgUp> or <Ctrl><PgDn> keys, SeedMaster maintains the operation's place in the trail, and updates that place if you make any changes. - Changes to the operations are reflected in the Date/Time stamp on the operation. * The Rabbit Trail Menu begins at the current operation. If that is the last operation in the list, press <Up> to view prior operations. -NOTEPAD SUMMARY- * Notepad emulates the basic WordPerfect keystrokes. It is NOT intended to replace a word processor, however! The Notepad is a simple text editor. We don't want to re-invent the wheel and perform fancy word processing. * Notepad "pops up" over the screen you are using. There are 2 sizes for a Notepad. It can cover the top or bottom half of the screen, or the whole screen. You can switch sizes on the Window Menu. * To "pop out" of a Notepad, press <Esc>. The text you enter and your cursor position is retained the next time you enter that Notepad. * The <Tab> key is not used in the Notepad, since there isn't consistent interpretation of tabs by all software programs and printers. Besides, we use <Tab> and <Shift><Tab> for Hypertext jump selection. * Notepad supports "word wrap" to let you see long lines of text in its window. Word wrap is NOT based on your printer margins. It keeps long lines of text from going off the end of the window where you couldn't see them. NOTEPAD TYPES: BASIC NOTEPAD The files created by the basic NOTEPAD are DOS TEXT (or ASCII TEXT) files and can be read by any word processor or editor worth its salt. One compatibility issue is noted: The "soft returns" created by word wrap are stripped out when the file is saved. Thus, paragraphs appear as one long line. A few editors and word processors do not handle very long lines. To avoid this, set your printer margins to a compatible line length and "print" the file to a disk file. STRONG'S LEXICON The Strong's Lexicon is implemented as a special NOTEPAD class. The files are automatically retrieved and saved similar to COMMENTARYs, but since they are not tied to a Bible verse, you can "pop" them up at any time. It supports Hypertext jumps. Press <Tab> or <Shift><Tab> to view/select a potential jump. Press <Enter> to jump. You can search the Lexicon by pressing <Alt><F2> and entering word(s) / number(s). You can then "page" thru the hits with <Ctrl><PgUp> and <Ctrl><PgDn>. VIEW CROSS REFERENCES A special NOTEPAD class, this window allows you to view verse(s) from a Hypertext jump on a verse cross-reference in COMMENTARY(s) text. When you press <Esc> the window and its contents are cleared. -COMMENTARY SUMMARY- * The Commentary is only available during VIEW. * When you enter the Commentary, space is made at the bottom of the screen for the Commentary window. * You need not worry about "saving" the commentary, SeedMaster will do that for you automatically if you change or enter new text AND you have "Resource Write Access" (on the File Menu) enabled for the Commentary type you are using. If not, changes are not retained. * You can "pop out" of COMMENTARYs by pressing <Esc>. The Commentary window remains on the screen and the VIEW window(s) become active. * As you scroll through VIEW verses with the Commentary window on the screen, it will be updated for the current verse automatically. * If you are scrolling in VIEW with multiple VIEW windows and the Commentary is active, it reflects the "Active" VIEW window only. * You may type any text you wish for the current VIEW verse. Note that the current verse is indicated at the top of the VIEW window and at the top of the Commentary window. * You can search these Resources by press <Alt><F2> and entering word(s). You can then "page" thru the hits with <Ctrl><PgUp> and <Ctrl><PgDn>. * You can convert cross references (on lines with a preceding "#") and save them as a Search file. COMMENTARY TYPES: Two Commentarys are intended for User entry: - User Commentary - User Xrefs While there is a distinction in the name, either can contain comments or cross-references. The other COMMENTARYs (People's NT Commentary, Treasury of Scripture Knowledge XRefs, Scofield's Notes and Robertson Word Pictures) do not, by default, have "Resource Write Access" enabled. So changes (or mistakes) are not saved to the file. These have potential Hypertext jumps. Press <Tab> or <Shift><Tab> to view/select a potential jump. Press <Enter> to jump. -ASSOCIATOR SUMMARY- * The Associator is designed to allow you to find words that have a signi- ficant correlation to a selected word. It looks at the words frequently found in the same verse--in the same or different Bible version. Within the same Bible version, you can see what words tend to occur with the word you are studying ("Holy" and "Spirit" are often found together). With different Bible versions, you can try to see how one word is trans- lated in a different version (it provides an intelligent guess and can save you time in a Greek dictionary). * We suggest you practice using the Associator on the same version or on two English translations until you become familiar with its capabili- ties and limitations. Keep the following comments in mind: - The frequency of a given word is significant. High frequency "noise" words such as 'the', 'and', 'of', etc., tend to find only other noise words. Similarly, very rare words tend to primarily find noise words. Between these two extremes, the Associator seems quite accurate. - The Associator uses the current defined search range to allow you to examine "associations" within segments of the Bible (the writings of John, for instance). Generally, a small range will lower frequencies and may create "rare words", reducing accuracy. - When "associating" with the GNT, SeedMaster automatically masks off the Old Testament references for your source word, even if the OT is part of your currently defined search range. This makes GNT associa- tions accurate. - Confidence is computed by taking the percentage of Coincidence for a given word and dividing by the total Coincidences for all words with a Coincidence of at least 1%. If more than five words have that signifi- cance (rare), they ARE taken into consideration in this computation. - We use simple integer math in these computations. It is faster, but less precise. However, accuracy to the a ten thousandths of a percent isn't necessary for most people. -GRABBER SUMMARY- * The Grabber gives you "copy and paste" from all SeedMaster's windows. It can be started in VIEW, COMMENTARYs, WORD, SEARCH, or NOTEPADs. It is found in the Edit menu. 1. When you start Grabber, a cursor will appear and the status line will inform you that you are "grabbing". 2. Position the cursor at the top left corner of the block of text you want to grab from the screen. 3. Press <Alt><F4> and move the cursor to the bottom left corner of the text. You will see a reverse image block to show you the text block you have selected. 4. Press <F7> (Exit) or <Ctrl><F4> to copy the text block to SeedMaster's "Paste" buffer. * The Paste buffer is "pasted" into either NOTEPAD or COMMENTARY text. * Note: Any special screen "graphics" characters (lines, arrows, etc.) grabbed are NOT pasted into the text. So, you can "Grab" across windows! -ERRORS- (OH NO! IT DIDN'T WORK!) MEMORY ERRORS SeedMaster uses dynamic memory allocation. This means it asks DOS for memory to perform its tasks. If memory isn't available, you are warned, and SeedMaster will not perform the task you requested. The Memory Management features should reduce or eliminate these problems, but this section is especially for those who disable the memory swap support. If you receive a memory warning, try: * Reduce the NOTEPAD size, if used. 20K is the minimum size. * Not running NOTEPADs while using COMMENTARYs. * Eliminating RAM resident programs. These programs reside in RAM while other programs (such as ours) are run. You need at least 512K memory to run SeedMaster. (Use the DOS CHKDSK command to see how much memory you have--see your DOS manual.) * Acquiring additional memory or upgrade to DOS 5/6. If you want to monitor your memory, you can start SM with a "+" (plus sign on the command line. The biggest available block of conventional memory will appear on the right side of the Main Menu. PROBLEMS IN THE BIBLE TEXT(S) The texts were obtained from Bible publishers or other reliable sources. There should be few, if any, problems with them. There are some variations between different KJV texts--you may find some. If you find a genuine problem, explain it and send it to us. Please include a phone number and your user registration number. Note: We will not make modifications beyond compliance with the original even if spelling or usage is archaic or inconvenient. As a trivial example, the KJV spells "ankle" as "ancle". PROBLEMS IN THE SOFTWARE Software developers hear about two types of "bugs": * A genuine bug: The software doesn't do what it is supposed to. SeedMaster has been tested in-house and beta tested, but we cannot guarantee it has no bugs. If you find what you think is a bug, explain it (with "Print Screen"'s, printouts, etc.) and send it to us. Make sure you include your phone number and user registration number. * A "wishful" bug: The software doesn't do what you want, but we never said it was supposed to do so. While we made a substantial effort to make SeedMaster very powerful and flexible, you can't please everyone. A possible example: After a phrase search enforcing "Literal" Word Order, you notice the words in your phrase are highlighted--even those outside the Literal Order phrase. You might consider this a "bug". We consider it a feature--you have an interest in your phrase words, and highlighting all occurrences helps you see word usages you might otherwise miss. -ASP OMBUDSMAN NOTICE- White Harvest Software, Inc. is a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442-9427 or send a Compuserve message via CompuServe Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536.