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- A humble announcement of the release of Syntax for Windows...
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- ...OK: what is a Syntax?
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- syn-tax (sihn'tahks'), noun
- 1: A connected or orderly system: harmonious arrangement of parts.
- 2: The way in which words are put together to form phrases, clauses,
- or sentences.
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- Etymology: < Greek suntassein, to combine.
- -- Webster's
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- Syntax for Windows is a hypertext documentation software tool you use to
- automatically convert, or compile, your existing and new WordPerfect files
- (DOS and Windows-based!) into the Windows environment documentation and
- training material you need.
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- Whew...
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- We think that's always the first question an announcement should answer.
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- If you don't know what the product is sort of supposed to do, why bother
- reading on?
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- Reading on
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- Really, it's no bother.
- There's more to Syntax for Windows, of course.
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- If all it did was automatically turn word processed files into Windows
- hypertext documents (oh: and with integrated graphics, sticky notes,
- user-defined hypertext links, and so on), it could be a real ho-hummer
- by now. After all, the big guys have all that. Sort of...
-
- ...if you enjoy meeting new languages and 8-bit words and like doing it as
- complex as you can; or, if you enjoy calling up graphics in a separate
- window...
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- ...and then doing something with that window.
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- Most of the attention is on Lotus' extremely nice SmarText.
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- Our Lotus position
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- We don't compete against Lotus, by the way. That's part of the proof
- we're not fools.
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- Besides, we don't think we could ask $495 per copy and keep a straight
- face; or, charge $95 per copy for additional readers.
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- You can send us $495, if you'd like. We don't mind. But $69 will do
- fine, thank you. And the cost per reader? $10 each, with multiple-copy,
- heavy discounts. That way you can afford to have someone else view your
- document.
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- Why keep it to yourself?
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- Specifications
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- ...it's really not that bad...
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- Syntax for Windows has only two major requirements...you must use
- Windows 3.1 or higher to run Syntax for Windows and you must have at least
- VGA graphics capability (640 by 480 resolution or better). A mouse is
- required to use the Reader.
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- If you have Windows 3.1 installed and running successfully, you can use
- Syntax with no additional hardware or accessories. Neat.
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- If you are using the Syntax Compiler to create Syntax magazines, having
- a legal copy of WordPerfect--DOS or Windows version--to build your
- individual documents is an unavoidable necessity. So, too, is a good
- graphic capture/conversion program, of which many are available in
- commercial and shareware markets.
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- (Oh: don't be put off by our use of the term compiler; to create a
- Syntax magazine all you need are the source WordPerfect files and the
- Syntax Compiler. The Compiler does all the work necessary to create the
- Syntax magazine, automatically--there is no dependency on other compilers,
- programmers, or ancillary applications.)
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- ...a Syntax magazine?
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- A Syntax magazine is the collection of Syntax-compiled documents and
- ancillary files which are related via their hyperlink dependencies. For
- example, if your hypertext project involves a set of five discrete training
- documents, and you create hypertext links which reference each of these
- five documents, then Syntax treats these together as a magazine.
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- What kinds of magazines can you create?
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- How about employee handbooks, training manuals, review documents,
- newsletters, trouble-shooting guides, an unreal chain letter, case
- histories, project time-lines, corporate identity specifications, style
- manuals, "coffee-table" art books, lab books, tutorials, program
- demonstrations and class aids, recipe books, journals, novels, histories,
- help desks, children's books and tutor guides, catalogs and flyers,
- promotional material, papers and dissertations, research findings, topical
- comparisons, and the list really does go on...
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- How easy is Syntax?
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- You judge: here's an abbreviated 7-step process for quickly producing a
- Syntax magazine, a complete hypertext document:
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- Step 1: Create the document
- Create a WordPerfect document and define and tag text for the
- Table of Contents and Index.
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- Step 2: Define hypertext links
- If you wish, define additional hypertext references using
- WordPerfect's comment function.
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- Step 3: Retrieve graphics
- Retrieve any graphics and put them wherever you want in the
- WordPerfect document. (And that's exactly where they'll appear
- in the magazine...)
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- Step 4: Produce the TOC and Index
- Generate the Table of Contents and Index in WordPerfect.
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- Step 5: Save the file
- Save the WordPerfect file.
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- Step 6: Run the Compiler
- Run the Syntax Compiler (usually just by selecting a filename).
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- Step 7: Read the magazine
- To read the magazine, execute the Syntax Reader.
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- How to evaluate Syntax for Windows
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- It's simple: download SYNTAX.ZIP from CompuServe (use the CIS
- file-finder function to locate SYNTAX.ZIP) or many fine BBSs.
- Registered users recieve an original diskette, User mini-Manual, and
- support services.
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- For online support services and additional ordering information, contact
- Joe Haak at CIS: 70324,621. All other requests for information may be
- directed to Ross Flaven at CIS: 76547,1216
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- Thank you for your interest in Syntax for Windows.
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- Copyright (c) 1992
- Dialectic Systems, Inc. and WriteWare, Inc.
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- All rights reserved. Prices subject to change without notice.
- SyntaxTM and Syntax for WindowsTM are trademarks of
- Dialectic Systems, Inc. and WriteWare, Inc.
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- WordPerfectTM is a trademark of WordPerfect Corp.
- WindowsTM is a trademark of Microsoft Corp.
- SmarTextTM is a trademark of Lotus Corp.
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- Dialectic Systems, Inc.
- 1 Shelter Rock Place
- Moorestown, NJ 08057-2115
- (609) 722-0929
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