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- CaseMaker 1.12
-
- by
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- David Nieves
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- Users of new audo casettes usually list the contents of the tape
- on either an adhesive label attached to the tape or on an insert
- enclosed with the tape. However, whenever the tape's contents
- change, revising its label or insert is a messy job. Furthermore, the
- inserts have little room for writing, forcing the cassette owner to
- write in a very small and illegible handwriting. Fortunately, there
- is no more need for labels or pre-packaged inserts: instead, there's
- CaseMaker.
-
- CaseMaker allows Windows users to quickly and easily create audio
- cassette inserts. It allows the user to enter the title of the cassette as
- well as list all of the songs on both sides of the tape. CaseMaker can
- also save and later retrieve inserts, so there's no need to re-enter a
- tape's entire contents when one item changes.
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- SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS
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- CaseMaker requires Windows 3.1 or later. Unlike previous versions,
- CaseMaker 1.12 is fully compatible with Windows 95.
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-
- USE
-
- Using CaseMaker is very straightforward. CaseMaker displays four
- rectangles in its window. To enter the title of the cassette, select
- the Layout Title menu item or double-click in the second rectangle
- in the window. Enter the title in the edit control containing the
- cursor. The Alignment group of radio buttons controls whether
- the text will appear right-aligned, left-aligned, or centered.
- Clicking on the Fonts... button brings up a dialog box for selecting
- the font for the cassette title.
-
- Cassette inserts have an inside strip which is often unused. To place
- text there, select Layout Inside Strip or simply double-click in the
- uppermost rectangle. This dialog box is identical to the one for
- entering the title, and those instructions apply here.
-
- Songs may be listed on the insert's outside flap, inside flap, or both.
- To enter a list of songs, select the appropriate flap from the Layout
- menu or double-click the mouse in the appropriate rectangle. Enter
- the songs in the editing fields that appear in the dialog box. Pushing
- the Fonts... button brings up a dialog box for selecting the font used
- to display the songs.
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- To avoid entering the same list of songs twice, you can use the Clone!
- menu option to copy the song list from one side onto the other side.
- Simply click the mouse once in the rectangle that corresponds to the
- song list to copy, then select Clone! from the main menu.
-
- The File menu is used for opening, saving, and printing cassette
- inserts. I recommend printing with *LOW* quality because it's faster
- and the lines are darker. Once an insert is printed, cut it out and fold
- along the appropriate lines. That's it!
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- IN CLOSING
-
- Although I retain full copyright over CaseMaker, feel free to copy it for
- friends and distribute it on bulletin boards.
-
- I welcome any and all suggestions, bug reports, etc. about
- CaseMaker. My Internet address is nieves@mail.med.upenn.edu. My
- home page is http://mail.med.upenn.edu/~nieves. I'm a medical student and
- don't have a whole lot of time to spend enhancing the program, but I'd still
- love to hear people's feedback regarding the program.
-