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INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS FOR BIBBASE 1.0 (August, 1991)
Copy the three .DOC files to a subdirectory other than the one
where your WordPerfect macros are stored (or leave them on the
floppy disk if you do not know how to copy them to your hard
drive, or if your hard drive is already crowded). Copy all the
.WPM files (the WordPerfect macros) to the hard disk directory
where your WordPerfect macros and keyboards presently reside.
You can find that location out by pressing Shift-F1,7,3 from
inside WordPerfect.
1. If no directory is yet specified for your macros, you should
create one so that your main WP directory does not get cluttered
with these dozens of macros. You can create a new directory
from inside WordPerfect with the F5,7 (List files) command, or
you can do it at the DOS level with the Make Directory command.
You should specify at Shift-F1,7,3 the name of that directory,
and you should move any WordPerfect macros you already have on
your hard disk into the specified directory as well, ensuring as
you do that you don't have any with the same names as those that
came on the BIBBASE floppy disk. (ALTD.WPM can change names
without affecting performance. Almost all the others are tied to
menuing assignments.)
2. If you already use WordPerfect macros and you have specified
a directory for macros and keyboards already, copy the macros
into that directory, ensuring as you do that you don't have any
with the same names as those that came on the BIBBASE floppy
disk.
3. This file is stored in ASCII code, but the CHART.DOC and the
two MANUAL.DOC files are stored in WordPerfect 5.0 format. You
can print them from within WordPerfect if you wish. There is no
need to store the .DOC files on your hard disk long term,
although it does work fine on line, if you prefer that to paper
and your computer can handle it. You may want to combine the two
manual.doc files if you have the capacity and want it on line.
4. Eventually, you may want to delete some of the J2a,b,c,
J6a,b,c, P2a,b,c, and P8a,b,c macros from your hard disk as well,
but that will be much later, when you settle on what formats you
want to export records to. It is best at this point to copy the
entire contents of the Floppy\macros directory onto the hard
disk.
5. Database software varies in sophistication, quality, price
and suitability for academic work. This one was designed from
the start with book and article references in view. It works
flawlessly with the records for 99+% of the books and articles I
look at, scan, read, and note in my daily work. BIBBASE is not
free software. It is user-supported shareware. If you decide
BIBBASE is useful for your papers and research, and you continue
to use it beyond a month or so, please send $15 US or Cdn. to
Dr. Ken Badley at 4400 - 4th. Ave., Regina, SK Canada S4T 0H8.
Thank you kindly. If you paid a shareware distributor a fee
for this program, then you paid only for copying and distribution
of the diskette; the fee included no author royalties. Shareware
means using my program for a few weeks so that you can decide if
you want it; it does not mean using it forever. My only income
from this work comes directly from those users who register.
Thank you again for registering. If you like, use the REGISTER
form that appears on this diskette. U.S. users: the money will
get here; a postal money order, bank money order, or even a bank
cheque will work. As I note on the registration form, for a
$30.00 registration, I will send you a copy of BIBBASE 2.0 when
it is released. Please send an address unlikely to change if you
choose this option.
6. Guarantee. At the price, sorry but there is none. I cannot
guarantee this software to suit any of your needs or solve any of
your problems. At the price, I cannot offer support either. I
do use it myself every working day and will continue to make
improvements to it. I plan to submit an upgraded version to
shareware distributors and to national bulletin boards when I
have made a sufficient number of improvements to warrant doing
so - likely in mid-1993. If you become a registered user of this
version, I welcome you to download or buy a copy of the next
version and use it without registering again and without a hint
of guilt. If you make changes to any of the macros, I would be
happy to see them on disk or printed, but I can offer only a
mention in the macro itself if I use the changes you suggest.