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- SHORTHAND FOR WINDOWS
- Version 1.0
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- INTRODUCTION
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- Shorthand is a typing productivity tool designed to work concurrently
- with most Microsoft Windows 3.1 applications. Just as a stenographer
- uses shorthand notation to represent words and phrases, Shorthand
- allows you to represent a string of text with a much shorter
- abbreviation or keyword. Instead of typing the text string,
- you type the shorter keyword and Shorthand takes care of typing
- the text string into your application. For example, you can
- represent the phrase "as soon as possible" with the keyword "asap."
- The next time you need to type the phrase "as soon as possible" into
- your favorite Windows word processor, you simply type "\asap", press
- the Enter key, and Shorthand types "as soon as possible" right into
- your Windows word processor. The leading "\" is a hot key character
- that signals Shorthand that you are about to type a keyword. (You
- can change the hot key character to another character if you wish.)
- Shorthand works with most Windows word processors, text editors and
- even text fields in most Windows dialog boxes. A good illustration
- of the flexibility of Shorthand is the common (and tedious) procedure
- of entering filenames. Do you have a file which you use a lot? Are
- you tired of having to retype or navigate through directories every
- time you need to open the file? With Shorthand, you first enter the
- filename and a unique keyword into Shorthand's dictionary. The next
- time you need to specify the filename in an application's File Open
- or File Save dialog box, just activate Shorthand, type the filename's
- keyword and Shorthand will type the filename for you!
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- DISTRIBUTION LICENSE
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- Shorthand Version 1.0 is a shareware program that can be freely
- uploaded to any public bulletin board such as Compuserve, Prodigy,
- etc. Shareware distributors may distribute this program for a small
- fee to cover their distribution costs.
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- REGISTRATION
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- If find Shorthand useful you are expected to register.
- To register, please send a check or money order in the amount
- of US$15.00 ($20 if you live outside the U.S.A.) to:
-
- Christopher S. Lim
- 517 Cobb Court
- La Puente, California 91746
-
- Registered users will automatically receive Shorthand Version 2.0 free
- of charge (on 3.25" disk unless you specify otherwise; please allow
- 2-4 weeks for delivery, longer if you live outside the United States).
- Read the SHORTHND.WRI file, which is in Microsoft WRITE.EXE format,
- for a description of the new features in Shorthand 2.0.
- Unlike Version 1.0, Shorthand Version 2.0 is not a shareware program and is
- available only to registered users.
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- HOW TO REACH THE AUTHOR
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- You can reach the author at the above address or at Compuserve 74542,1670.
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- INSTALLATION
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- Copy all the files to a directory onto your hard disk. The file called
- "SHORTHND.EXE" is the executable file.
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- RUNNING SHORTHAND
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- The application name is "SHORTHND.EXE". You can run SHORTHND.EXE by
- starting the Windows File Manager and double-clicking on the file
- "SHORTHND.EXE".
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- You may want to create a program group and program icon for Shorthand.
- Please refer to the Windows User Manual for instructions on how to set up
- a new application. (This can be done from the Program Manager, "File" menu,
- "New" command.)
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- WHERE TO GO FROM HERE
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- Please read the SHORTHND.WRI (use the Windows WRITE.EXE program) for a
- tutorial on how to use Shorthand.
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