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Statement of Copyright and User Privileges The software contained on this DEMO diskette is Copyrighted 1985 by Newline Software. In the interests of promoting our products, the information and programs on this DEMO diskette, without any alteration or modification, may be copied and disseminated, placed on computer networks or bulletin boards, or transmitted electronically to remote computers, for the purposes of examination and evaluation only, without violating our Copyrights. What products would you like to see developed? We are interested in your desires for software products for the DEC Rainbow, DECmate II & III, and MICRO VAX II. We also currently offer software products for the IBM-PC, Zenith Z-100, and Zenith Z-89 computers. Let us know what types of software you would find most useful, or how we might improve our current product line, and we will take your suggestions into consider- ation as we plan future software products. On This Disk: There are many files on this disk that make up several demonstration versions of software available from Newline Software. They are associated in the following way: TOUCH TYPIST - A computer assisted course to teach you the skills of touch typing on your computer uses the following files: TTDEMO.EXE Touch Typist Demo Program TTDEMO.DAT Demo Lesson Data File PROFESSIONAL TEXT PROCESSOR - A full-screen text editor/word processor design especially to take advantage of your computer's keyboard and display. DEMO.EXE PTP Demo Program PTP.HLP PTP On-Line HELP File SAMPLE.TXT Tutorial Text file PTPINST.EXE PTP Installation Program (assigns files to appropriate directories.) PROFESSIONAL SPELLING CHECKER - A fast, efficient ASCII spelling checker. Can be used stand-alone or in conjunction with our PROFESSIONAL TEXT PROCESSOR. PSCDEMO.EXE PSC Demo Program DEMODICT.PSC Demo Dictionary (contains only the words in PSCDEMO.TXT) PSCDEMO.TXT Sample data file DEMOWORD.TXT Sample data file INSTRUCTIONS FOR OPERATING THE NEWLINE SOFTWARE IBM-PC/PC COMPATIBLE DEMO DISK (PC-DOS or MS-DOS) Starting the Operating System We assume that you have a working IBM-PC or IBM-PC Compatible computer system and are familiar with using the operating system and its commands. Before starting the demonstrations, you must power up the computer system and boot the operating system. 1. Press the power switch to the "ON" position. 2. Insert the operating system diskette in drive A:. 3. Insert the DEMO diskette or a BACKUP copy of the DEMO disk in drive B:. 4. Boot the operating system diskette in the normal manner. We suggest that you make a BACKUP of the DEMO disk before trying to run the demo programs. The DEMO disk is not bootable (it does not contain an operating system). If the WRITE-PROTECT notch on the original DEMO disk is uncovered, please put a WRITE-PROTECT TAB on it before making the BACKUP or running the demo programs. You can reset the computer if you feel you need to start over, or if you are unable to get out of a situation or process. This procedure will not damage your diskette or harm the program. To reset the computer, hold down the <Ctrl> key and the <Alt> key. While holding them down, press the <Del> key. (You must have a bootable operating system disk in drive A:. There may be a file titled "README.TXT" on the demo diskette. If it is present, it can be displayed on the screen with the operating system command "TYPE". DO THIS BEFORE TRYING TO RUN THE DEMO PROGRAMS! A>TYPE B:README.TXT You may also print the file: A>PRINT B:README.TXT (for MS-DOS) Running the TOUCH TYPIST Demo The TOUCH TYPIST demo consists of a brief excerpt of one of the basic drill lessons, and one of the advanced touch typing speed/accuracy lessons. The demo is not intended to teach you very much about typing, but rather to give you a feel for the teaching techniques used in the TOUCH TYPIST course. To run the Touch Typist demonstration, your default (or active) drive must be the drive containing the DEMO diskette, which is drive B: if you have been following the instructions. To set the default drive to drive B:, press the B, colon (:), and Return keys: [ NOTE: <Return> represents the Return key. ] A>B:<Return> Do not type the "A>", the system will type that for you. When the B> prompt appears on your screen, after the prompt type: B>TTDEMO<Return> The demonstration program will display a picture of the keyboard and will begin displaying a Welcome message. (The correct keys will light up just as though the computer were touch typing while the message is displayed.) The demonstration is a user interactive demonstration. You can do either of the following: Participate by following the instructions. Press the <Return> or <Esc> keys to view each of the demonstration screens. Press and hold the Ctrl key while pressing the C key to leave the demonstration and return to the operating system prompt. Follow the directions as indicated in the demonstra- tion. Do not be afraid of making errors or destroying information on the diskette. Running the PROFESSIONAL TEXT PROCESSOR Demo The DEMO diskette contains a demonstration version of PTP-PC. The demonstration version contains all the features and commands of PTP-PC with two exceptions: No files can be output to disk, and only a limited portion of a document can be printed. Install your PC-DOS or MS-DOS system diskette in disk drive A:. Install the DEMO disk (or a BACKUP copy) in disk drive B:. To set the default drive to drive B, press the B, colon (:), and Return keys: [NOTE: <Return> represents the Return key.] A>B:<Return> Do not type the "A>", the system will type that for you. When the B> prompt appears on your screen, after the prompt type: [NOTE: The DEMO disk may contain DEMO1.EXE for PC-DOS version 1, and DEMO2.EXE for PC-DOS (MS-DOS) version 2 or higher. Use the appropriate demo program.] B>DEMO<Return> or B>DEMO1<Return> or B>DEMO2<Return> The PTP-PC DEMO will start running. It will load the demonstration text file "SAMPLE.TXT" and display a STATUS DISPLAY on the top two lines of the screen and the first 22 lines of the file. The cursor will be positioned in the upper left corner of the text display. Read the "SAMPLE.TXT" demo instructions displayed on the screen and follow the instructions through the demonstration. You will learn some of the basic commands and get a 'feel' for how easy PTP-PC is to learn and use. There are many more features and options in PTP-PC that are described in the docu- mentation accompanying the actual program. Use "SAMPLE.TXT" and the "HELP" command to experiment with all the commands. PTP can also EXIT directly to the PSC spelling checker by using the EXIT CHECK command. The real PTP will pass a file being edited to be checked by PSC. The PTP demo can start the PSC demo, but the PSC demo will automatically load PSCDEMO.TXT instead of whatever file was loaded into PTP. When PSC is completed with the check it will restart PTP and PTP will load the corrected PSCDEMO.TXT file produced by PSC. Use the FIND CORRECTED WORDS command (ALT & Keypad +) to locate any corrected word with a length greater than the original misspelled word. The corrected data is stored in the file PSCDEMO.$$1 and will remain on the disk. Of course, the real PTP and PSC pass the file names properly and do not leave stray data files (.$$1) on the disk. This is only meant to give you an idea of how fast and smoothly the PTP and PSC interact. Run the PSC demo as described next before trying to run it from PTP. Running the PROFESSIONAL SPELLING CHECKER Demo The PSCDEMO.EXE program is designed to run exactly like the PSC spelling checker within certain limits. The demonstra- tion version contains all the features of PSC. The dictionary used by the demo program in limited to only those words contained in the sample data files (PSCDEMO.TXT and DEMODICT.PSC) and it cannot be expanded. You can use the PSC demo to check other data files, but it will probably find most of the words are not contained in the demo dictionary. Install your PC-DOS or MS-DOS system diskette in disk drive A:. Install the DEMO disk (or a BACKUP copy) in disk drive B:. To set the default drive to drive B, press the B, colon (:), and Return keys: [NOTE: <Return> represents the Return key.] A>B:<Return> Do not type the "A>", the system will type that for you. When the B> prompt appears on your screen, after the prompt type: B>PSCDEMO<Return> ----------------------------------------------------------------- Professional Spelling Checker - Version V2.0 **DEMO** (dd-mmm-yy) Copyright 1985, NEWLINE Software Usage: B> PSCDEMO input_filename(s) -options options are: -f nn - Use character 'nn' (hex) to mark words (default = 90) -l - write list of new accepted words to LIST.PSC -m - Flag spelling corrections in output file -n - Don't stop for spelling errors (just marks them) -w fname - Write output to specified file -u - Update each file (original renamed to .BAK) ----------------------------------------------------------------- The preceding display showing the proper format and options available will be displayed. You can experiment with the various options using the PSCDEMO.TXT or DEMOWORD.TXT sample data files. (PSC demo continued) Follow along with this step-by-step procedure using the PSCDEMO program to get a basic understanding of how the spelling checker helps you correct your typographical and spelling errors. Remember that the dictionary used by the demo is limited to only those words in PSCDEMO.TXT, and even several of those words are missing from the demo dictionary so we can show you all the features of PSC. Enter the following command: B>PSCDEMO PSCDEMO -l -u The PSCDEMO program will start running and begin checking the PSCDEMO.TXT file. When PSC stops on a word it suspects to be incorrect you can either: 1) PRESS the Return key - this causes PSC to ACCEPT the word as it is spelled, but just for this one time. If the word is encountered again in this document, it will be detected as a suspect error. 2) PRESS the ESC key - this causes PSC to ACCEPT the word as it is spelled and REMEMBER it for the rest of the document. If the -l option is selected it will also STORE the word in the LIST.PSC word list file. 3) ENTER a correctly spelled word and then press ENTER. PSC will check the new word and continue. The first word the PSCDEMO will stop on is "Pierrepont". The word is not in the dictionary because it is a proper name and generally speaking, proper names are not in the dictionary. You could add any proper names you wish to have in your private dictionary. For this example, press the <Return> key to accept the word this one time. The second word is "coorse", an obvious typo. Notice at the top of the screen the prompt: "SPELLING: coorse" Just start typing the correct spelling "course" and watch the SPELLING: prompt. It will change to the new spelling. Use the <Backspace> or <Delete> or <Rubout> key if you make mistakes during entry of the new word. When you have entered "course", press the <Return> key. You will see the "coorse" change to "course" in the highlighted text. The word you entered is then checked again to be sure you entered a valid word. Since it is valid PSC continues until it detects another error. (PSC demo continued) The third error is "professer". Correct it in the same way by entering the word "professor" and pressing <Return>. The next error is "Itss", another typo. Enter the correct spelling "It's" being sure to use a capitalized "I". PSC enters the text using whatever case you type in. We have left "It's" out of the demo dictionary for this illustration. The demo again pauses on "It's" but since it is valid all you do is press the <ESC> key. PSC accepts the word and remembers it in case it is encountered again and since we selected the "L" option when the PSCDEMO program was started, the word "IT'S" is stored in the LIST.PSC file. The LIST.PSC file can be used to add words permanently to the dictionary. The next error is "practise". Change the spelling to "practice" and press <Return>. The demo stops next on "fiar". This is a typo. Enter the correct word "fair" and press <Return>. Next is "Theres". This should be "There's". Correct it and press <Return>. Next is "latre". Another typo, but this time we've also left it out of the dictionary. Enter the correct word "later" and press <Return>. The program highlights the new word. Press <ESC> to accept the correct spelling, remember it and also place it in LIST.PSC. Next is "bisiness". Correct the misspelling by entering "business" and <Return>. The demo then stops on "Horace" and "Lorimer". Press <Return> in both cases to accept the names as spelled. The program then completes by writing the files to disk. It also displays the statistics for the file just checked. If you use the command: B>TYPE LIST.PSC you will see that the words that were accepted with the <ESC> key have been stored in the LIST.PSC file. That completes our sample run of the demo program. The uses for the other option switches are explained in the PSC spelling checker documentation. New Feature added to PTP: (11 Nov 1985) The latest versions of PTP & PSC now allow PTP to pass the standard command line flags used by PSC for controlling the creation of the LIST.PSC. The other PSC command line flags can also be passed but they are of limited value when calling PSC directly from PTP. To cause PTP to pass flags when chaining to PSC, use the PTPINST.EXE program to configure PTP properly. When you get to the input for the DICTIONARY NAME, enter the flags following the dictionary name in the same format used on the PSC startup command line. For example: let's say you want to use the standard dictionary DICT.PSC and cause PSC to produce or add words discovered in your documents that are not in the dictionary to the LIST.PSC word list file. When PTPINST.EXE displays the input request for the dictionary name, then enter: DICT.PSC -L Now when you exit from PTP to PSC using the EXIT CHECK command, PSC will check the document and the -L switch is activated to produce or add to LIST.PSC.