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==================================================================
The SPELLBOUND! Word Search Creator 1.00
Copyright (C) 1991 by Kenneth R. Casey, Jr. All Rights Reserved
==================================================================
READ THIS DOCUMENTATION FROM WITHIN PROGRAM!
You may read this documentation from within the program while
you learn by pressing ALT-F1. When you return to the program,
your place in the documentation (or "bookmark") will be
remembered. When you return again to the documentation using
ALT-F1, you will be returned to the place you left off.
THIS PROGRAM IS NOT FREE, AND REGISTRATION IS NOT OPTIONAL!!!
If you received this program from a shareware distributor,
you must understand that what you received was the service of
copying and conveying to you a copy of The SPELLBOUND! Word Search
Creator. We, the creators of this program have not been
compensated by any distributors of this product. We only get paid
when you send in the registration fee after you find the program
useful to you. Registration is not optional. It is mandatory if
you continue to use the program beyond the 5 day evaluation
period. Continuing to use the program after this period without
registering is Software Piracy and a violation of our copyright.
This product is not disabled in any way so that you can make
a complete evaluation of the product. Please do not use this
gesture of kindness on our part to rob us of the payment to which
we are entitled. The ONLY difference between the shareware and
registered versions are the shareware messages and a 10 second
delay as you enter the program to remind you of your obligation to
register.
See "INDUCEMENTS TO REGISTER" below to see the great values
you will receive when you register the program with SPELLBOUND!
Software.
BEWARE SPELLBOUND! SOFTWARE'S SUPER DUPER, NEW AND IMPROVED, ALL
PURPOSE SHAREWARE CURSE!
Because of those dishonest few who spoil it for the rest of
us, we at SPELLBOUND! Software alas, have been forced to succumb
to the time-worn device of cursing those who use our software
without registering. See "RUNNING THE WORD SEARCH CREATOR WITHOUT
PAYING FOR IT!" for dire warnings about this frightening curse!
Learn also the answer to the burning question, "Who is Weldon?"
We know what you're thinking, "Yeah, sure, EVERYBODY and his
brother has a curse. What makes yours so special?" Well, let's
put it this way... Is your scalp beginning to feel itchy? Does
your spouse exhibit signs of having a desire to hand out flowers
at the airport? Are you experiencing any discomfort in your gums?
Are you catching our drift? (Don't mess with us...)
PRINTING THE INVOICE AND DOCUMENTATION
To print out the documentation, make sure that WORDSRCH.DOC
is in the current directory, on dot matrix printers, position the
printhead about 3 lines down the page, (it is formatted to 59
lines/page for laser printers) and Type: "COPY WORDSRCH.DOC PRN"
and press ENTER.
To print out an invoice to register your copy of The
Word Search Creator, make certain INVOICE.BAT is in the current
directory, turn on your printer and type: "INVOICE" and press
ENTER.
LICENSE AGREEMENT
Hereinafter, "THE SOFTWARE" shall refer to "The SPELLBOUND!
Word Search Creator" and "THE AUTHOR" shall refer to Kenneth R.
Casey, Jr.
This is a legal agreement between you, the end user, and THE
AUTHOR. By continuing to use the THE SOFTWARE, you are agreeing to
be bound by the terms of this agreement. If you do not agree to
the terms of this agreement, promptly destroy all copies of THE
SOFTWARE and any accompanying documentation.
THE SOFTWARE is owned by THE AUTHOR, and is protected by
United States copyright laws and international treaty provisions.
You may not reverse engineer, decompile, or disassemble THE
SOFTWARE.
SHAREWARE VERSION LICENSE PARTICULARS
THE AUTHOR grants to you the user, the right to evaluate a
single copy of the shareware version of THE SOFTWARE on a single
terminal connected to a single computer (i.e. with a single CPU)
for an evaluation period not to exceed 5 days. Under no
circumstances may you continue to use your copy beyond the 5 day
evaluation period unless you have paid the registration fee to
SPELLBOUND! Software. Use of the software past the evaluation is
illegal and a violation of our copyright! If after 5 days you
determine that you do not wish to pay the registration fee, you
must completely remove the installation from your system. You may
feel free to distribute the entire shareware distribution package
to acquaintances, user groups or to shareware distributors.
It may be freely distributed by shareware distributors for a
reasonable distribution fee not to exceed $6.00 as long as it is
clearly represented that THE SOFTWARE is not "freeware" nor is it
free. There is no need to request our permission to distribute
the package as long as you clearly represent that the program is
not free.
This program is not disabled or time limited in ANY way. The
only difference between the shareware and REGISTERED versions is
the lack of shareware messages and an opening screen delay.
Under no circumstances may the shareware or registered
version of "THE SOFTWARE" be networked, or copies used on multiple
computers simultaneously without registering the number of copies
required.
REGISTERED VERSION LICENSE PARTICULARS
You may not make any copies of the REGISTERED version beyond
the licensed number of installations except to make a maximum of
two backups for archival purposes. Your backup copies may not be
run, but must be used solely for the purpose of replacement in the
event your installation becomes defective.
Federal law provides both civil and criminal penalties for
copyright infringement.
DISTRIBUTION OF THE WORD SEARCH CREATOR
The Shareware version of the Word Search Creator MUST
distributed as a single package containing the files:
WORDSRCH.EXE -- The program
WORDSRCH.DOC -- This documentation
BIBLE.LST -- Word list
EDUCATE.LST -- Word list
FURNIT.LST -- Word list
NATURE.LST -- Word list
INVOICE.BAT -- Sends Invoice to printer
SPELLBND.CAT -- Other SPELLBOUND! Software Products
WORDSRCH.MSG -- Description of program for catalogs, BBSes
Distributing the program with any of these files missing is a
violation of our copyright. If distributing as a single
compressed file the file's prefix should be WSEARCH unless this
name were to duplicate a previous name. Ie. if distributing as a
ZIP format file, we prefer it would be, "WSEARCH.ZIP".
The file, WORDSRCH.MSG is a file containing a description of
the program which has its margins set for easy upload to BBSes.
Use it to give a description of the Word Search Creator package
when you upload it to BBSes. Distributors can use it to edit a
description for use in their catalogs.
DISCLAIMER
This program is provided "AS IS" without any warranty,
expressed or implied, including but not limited to, implied
warranties of merchantability and fitfulness for a particular
purpose, with respect to THE SOFTWARE, the documentation, and the
media upon which it is conveyed.
In no event shall SPELLBOUND! Software, Kenneth R. Casey, Jr.
or their suppliers be liable for any damages whatsoever
(including, without limitation, damages for loss of business
profits, business interruption, loss of business information, or
other pecuniary loss) arising out of the use of or inability to
use "The SPELLBOUND! Word Search Puzzle Creator" even if
SPELLBOUND! Software or Kenneth R. Casey, Jr. have been advised of
the possibility of such damages. Because some states do not allow
the exclusion or limitation of liability for consequential or
incidental damages, the above limitation may not apply to you.
TECHNICAL SUPPORT
If after reviewing the documentation you find that you are
unable to understand some function of the program or you are
having problems you are unable to resolve, call SPELLBOUND!
Software technical support at: (517) 828-6520. It is assumed that
when we solve your problem to your satisfaction that you either
have registered or will register your copy!
QUITTING THE PROGRAM
Your key to exiting the program is the ESC key. From
anywhere in the program, you may press the ESC key to back you
completely out to the DOS prompt! Your original DOS screen is
saved for you. In the shareware version, a message requesting
registration is displayed as well.
FEATURES OF THE SPELLBOUND! WORD SEARCH CREATOR
The SPELLBOUND! Word Search Puzzle Creator is the ideal
choice for the creation of your own custom word search puzzles.
It offers complete flexibility over how the puzzle is created.
You can enter up to 80 words manually (56 if printing with Laser
Printer), or you can specify a file which contains a list of words
one-on-a-line which will be inserted into the puzzle. With your
registration of the program, in addition to receiving a number of
other SPELLBOUND! Software products, you will receive a utility
"The Tokenizer" which will "tokenize" -- that is -- convert any
text file into a list of words one-on-a-line which can then be
processed by the Word Search Creator.
You can create complicated puzzles by inserting the words Up,
Down, Diagonally, and Backwards in all directions, or you may
disable Diagonal and/or Backward insertion of words to make
puzzles more suitable for the younger set.
You have complete control of the size of the puzzle, (from 3
X 3 to 18 X 18), and the option of printing the puzzle in large
format using your printer's Double Wide control codes. When the
puzzle is finished, you can send it to your printer or to a file
on your disk. All file names are generated automatically to save
you typing!
The program has the ability to save the words to a list after
you have entered them. The words are first sorted by length so
that the longest words are inserted first, allowing for a better
fit. It can then process the list or indeed any list containing
words one-on-a-line rather than having you type them in
individually. Even after processing a file, you can optionally
add additional words manually and then save the revised version of
your list!
It contains a simple pop-up File Manager which makes the
selecting, renaming, and viewing of files easy.
For help at any time, press F1 for a simple pop-up help
screen. If you require further help, press F1 again to read this
documentation online. If you want to begin reading at the last
place you left off, press Alt-F1 to return to your book mark!
INSTALLATION
To install the program, just copy all of the files to the
same directory. WORDSRCH.DOC is the documentation file and may be
sent to your printer. WORDSRCH.DOC must reside in the same
directory as WORDSRCH.EXE to be available for viewing from within
the program. To view the documentation from within the program,
just press ALT-F1. The program will place a "bookmark" in the
place you were reading as you exit the documentation screen so
that you are returned to the same position the next time you read
the documentation using the ALT-F1 key.
If you wish to use the Puzzle Creator from any drive or
directory on your system, make sure that the directory in which
these files reside are included in your PATH statement (usually
found in AUTOEXEC.BAT). If not, then before running the program,
change to the directory or drive containing these files.
HOW TO USE THE PROGRAM
The simplest way to start the program is by typing:
WORDSRCH (Press ENTER)
This will start the program for the manual entry of words.
If you wish to use a file containing a list of words which you
have prepared beforehand, just press "F2" from the Configuration
Screen to bring up the "File Manager" from which you may select a
file for processing. If you are unsure about a file's contents,
just press the ENTER key while the file is highlighted and you
will be able to view the contents of the file. To select a file,
press the SPACEBAR while the file is highlighted.
When the program begins in any but AUTOMATIC mode, the
Configuration Screen is displayed into which all of the
configuration information may be typed. These settings are saved
to the configuration file, "WORDSRCH.CFG", which is read every
time the program starts. This allows the configuration
information to be retained by the program for future use.
AUTOMATIC MODE
To process a list of words you have created AUTOMATICALLY,
that is, without need for human intervention, just type "WORDSRCH"
and the name of the word list.
WORDSRCH WORDS.LST
This will cause the file, "WORDS.LST" to be read in and a
puzzle created from the words contained in the list. Once it has
finished, it will exit immediately. Unless there are
configuration options stored in the list file (see later in this
document), the list will be processed with the configuration saved
the last time the program was run.
Any and all configuration settings found in the file will
automatically take precedence over the current configuration in
the WORDSRCH.CFG file.
CONFIGURATION SCREEN AND FILE MANAGER
Press F2 to bring up the "File Manager" from which you may
select a list file for processing. If you do not specify a file,
you will enter each word manually. Even if you do specify a file,
you will still be able to add words manually to the puzzle after
the file has been processed. If you wish to discard the current
file so that you can manually create a puzzle, just press F2 while
at the Configuration Screen and then press F2 again when the files
are displayed.
Check the screen to be certain that all of the settings are
the ones you wish to use with the current puzzle. Letters or
numbers contained within brackets ([]) are the only viable options
for a particular selection. Options separated by "/" are the only
valid options for that selection. Options separated by "-" are
meant to indicate that any value within the range is acceptable.
You will not be allowed to enter invalid options into the
configuration fields. Once the settings have been edited to your
satisfaction, press the F10 key to accept them and move to the
puzzle grid screen. They will be saved to the configuration file
for future use.
THE CONFIGURATION SCREEN
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The Title of this Puzzle: WORD SEARCH PUZZLE
Puzzle Size [3-18]: 18
Make Words Visible While Inserting [Y/N]? Y
[W]ide or [N]arrow Format: N
[D]iagonal, [B]ackward, [H]ard? DBH
Pause Between Words When List Used [Y/N]? N
Send Puzzle to [F]ile, [P]rinter, [L]aser: F
Printer Code to Begin Wide Print: 27 87 49
Printer Code to Terminate Wide Print: 27 87 48
=================================================================
THE TITLE OF THIS PUZZLE
This will be the line which will be printed at the top of the
puzzle.
PUZZLE SIZE
This may be any number between 3 and 18. This will be the
dimensions of the puzzle, ie. a value of 18 will create a puzzle
18 X 18 letters in size.
MAKE WORDS VISIBLE WHILE INSERTING
Enter "Y" here if you wish to watch as the words are inserted
into the grid. If you will be the one solving the puzzle, you may
wish the words to be hidden from you so that you cannot see where
the words are inserted. In that case, answer "N".
WIDE OR NARROW FORMAT
If your printer is capable of printing double wide
characters, you may specify "W" here. If you would like the
puzzle printed normal size, enter "N". For this to work properly,
you must enter the printer control codes to begin and terminate
double wide print from your printer manual. (See below). Only
the puzzle itself will be printed double wide. The title, the
word list and instructions will be printed in normal format.
DIAGONAL, BACKWARD, HARD
Enter each of "D", "B", or "H" to enable any or all of these
three switches. Entering "H" alone has no effect as "H" forces a
higher percentage of insertions to be both backward and diagonal.
If backword and diagonal are disabled, this would of course be of
no effect. To disable any of these, just delete them from the
input field.
PAUSE BETWEEN WORDS WHEN LIST USED
Entering "Y" here causes the program to pause and wait for a
keystroke between each word when processing a word list file. This
allows you to watch carefully while a list is being processed.
This has no effect when you are entering words manually or
when a list is being processed in AUTOMATIC mode.
SEND PUZZLE TO PRINTER, LASER PRINTER OR FILE
You may send the puzzle either to a file on your disk, or
directly to your laser printer or printer connected to LPT1. If
your printer is connected to a different port or is a serial
printer, send it to a file and see your DOS and printer manuals
about how to send a file to your printer. Setting it to "Laser",
causes the page length to be converted from 66 to 59. When
sending to a file, the page length will be set to 66 lines per
page, so you may wish to edit the puzzle before sending it to a
laser printer as undesirable results may occur.
PRINTER CODE TO BEGIN WIDE PRINT AND
PRINTER CODE TO TERMINATE WIDE PRINT
Enter into each of these fields the appropriate control code
sequence from your printer manual. The default codes are for
Epson printers. Enter the ASCII decimal values separated by a
space. Do not enter Hexadecimal values or literal characters.
These are used only when "Wide Format" is enabled in the field
above.
THE GRID SCREEN
When you press F10 while at the Configuration Screen, the
word search puzzle grid is displayed. If no list of words has
been specified, you are prompted to enter the first of up to 80
words (56 if Laser) to be inserted into the grid. Enter each word
as you are prompted. If you have specified in the Configuration
Screen that you wish to view the insertion of each word, you will
see each word being inserted into the grid as you enter it. If
you have specified that you do not wish to see the words as they
are inserted, (as may be the case if you intend to solve the
puzzle yourself) you will see only an apparently empty grid. As
the program searches for space into which to insert the word, the
number of tries is reported. After 100 random tries, the program
will then scan the entire puzzle -in random order- for a fit. If
it is then determined that the word will not fit , the message
"DISCARDED: " and the word will appear to the left of your screen,
the second line from the bottom. All messages concerning the
processing of the words are printed in this position. The other
message you might see at this screen position is "DUPLICATE: " and
the word. The program does not allow duplicate entries either
manually or from a file. This way, if you use the "Tokenizer"
program from SPELLBOUND! Software (sent to those who register. See
"INDUCEMENTS TO REGISTER" below) to create word lists from text
files, you do not have to worry about duplicates.
If the word can possibly fit in any way at all, the program
WILL find it. Words are able to share letters with other words.
To test it, manually enter a word, (a nonsense word will do) which
you can clearly see will fit, sharing letters with a number of
other words. It WILL find the place it will fit, and it will find
it almost instantly! It is extremely fast!
If while manually entering words you find that a word will
not fit which you really want in the puzzle, try pressing F10 to
terminate entry. Then enter "R" for Reinsert. This will sort all
of the words by length, then insert all of the longest words first
for a better fit. When the reinsertion has finished, enter "A" to
begin manual entry of words again and try entering your word
again. Chances are that your word will now fit. If it doesn't,
repeat this method again until it does.
As the words are entered either manually or from a file, you
will see the words scroll first down the left side of the screen
and then the right. This will help you to keep track of words
entered. If the number of words exceeds the number of words which
will fit on the screen (36), the words will be scrolled upward to
accomodate the incoming words.
After all of the words have been entered, you will be
prompted to enter a letter corresponding to several options which
appear in the following line at the bottom of the screen.
ESC=Quit [R]einsert, [P]rint, [S]how, [A]dd:
ESC causes the program to start over from the beginning. If
you have entered the words manually, they will be discarded.
Entering "R" causes the words to be sorted longest words first and
reinserted automatically into the grid. This allows you to
reassemble the puzzle if you are unhappy with the results of the
first try. Entering "P" causes the puzzle to be sent to the
printer or to a file in its present form. "S" only appears when
viewing of the insertions has been toggled off in the
Configuration Screen. This is useful when you would like to see
the puzzle briefly to confirm an orderly pattern. "A" causes the
manual adding of words to be resumed. If a list was processed,
this allows you to manually add words which will not only be added
to the puzzle, but to the list as well.
SAVING YOUR WORD LISTS
When you print the puzzle or quit, you will be asked if you
would like to save the words to a file. If the words were
originally from a file, the words will be saved to the same file
name, and a "BAK" file will be created from the old version so
that if you change your mind, you will still have your original.
If there is already a "BAK" file for the list, it will be
overwritten with the new "BAK" file. If the words were manually
entered, the file will be given the name "WORDLIST.nnn" where
"nnn" is a number from 000 to 999. You may then rename the file
to a more meaningful name by calling up the File Manager,
highlighting the file and pressing F5 to rename it. After
specifying that you would like to save the word list, you will be
asked if you would like the current settings from the
configuration screen to be saved with the word list. This allows
these same settings to be used at a future time with this word
list, even though the default settings saved to the configuration
file have been changed. When settings are saved with a word list,
they will only be used when the word list is processed in
AUTOMATIC mode (when the file's name is specified on the command
line). Automatic mode operation will be explained later in this
document. Otherwise, these settings will be overridden by the
configuration screen settings.
CAUTION!
If you have terminated the processing of words from a list
prematurely, only the words which have been inserted into the grid
will be saved to the list if you should choose to save the new
version of the list. Any words found to be duplicates or which
have been discarded due to failure to fit, will also be left out
of the new version of the list. You will have a backup of your
original in the "BAK" version of the list, but it will be
overwritten the next time you save this list. Keep this in mind
when creating a new list. If you do not wish these changes made
to your list, do not save the list. Your old version will remain
intact unless you specify that you would like to save the new
version.
AUTOMATIC FILE NAME GENERATION
If you specified in the configuration screen that the puzzle
will be printed to a file, the file's name will automatically be
generated just as the word list file's name is. If the puzzle is
the result of a word list, the puzzle's name will be the prefix of
the word list name and an extension "000" to "999". For example,
the word list "FURNIT.LST" would yield "FURNIT.000". The next
puzzle created from this list would be "FURNIT.001", and so on. If
the words had been manually entered, the prefix of the file name
will be "PUZZLE" and the extension once again would be the numbers
"000" to "999". This feature is for the purpose of saving you
from having to repeatedly type file names. If you wish to rename
the file, bring up the File Manager, (press F2 while at the
Configuration Screen), highlight the file and press F5 to rename
it.
AUTOMATIC MODE
Automatic mode allows you to run the Wordsearch Creator
without need for human intervention. When run in AUTOMATIC Mode,
the program processes the specified file prints it to a file or
sends it to a printer and then exits. For example the command
line: "WORDSRCH FURNIT.LST" causes the Wordsearch Creator to read
in the first eighty words listed one on a line in the file
"FURNIT.LST" inserts each word into the grid and then prints the
puzzle. If printing to a file is specified, the program will
attempt to send the file to "FURNIT.000". If "FURNIT.000" is
found to exist, it will then attempt to send it to "FURNIT.001"
and so on. If while sending the puzzle to the printer, the
program determines that there is a problem with the printer, you
will be asked to remedy the problem or press any key to send it to
a file instead. This way, you can fix the printer problem and
send the file to the printer manually.
Once the puzzle has been printed, the program will exit
automatically back to DOS. Using this option, one can create a
number of unique puzzles from the same word list, because each
time the list is processed, the words are randomly inserted into
the puzzle. You can imagine how this feature may be exploited to
very quickly create puzzles from one or a number of lists.
If you previously saved the list with the settings, any
current settings contained in the configuration file, WORDSRCH.CFG
will be overridden by all of the configuration information found
at the top of the word list file. If there are no settings stored
with the file, the settings used will be those used the last time
the Word Search Creator was run.
CONTROLS TO OVERRIDE DEFAULTS IN AUTOMATIC MODE
When found at the top of a word list, the following switches
cause the corresponding setting in the default configuration file
to be overridden. These settings can be automatically saved with
the word list when you save a word list from within the Word
Search Creator and specify the saving of the current settings with
the word list. Use these when you wish to always run a puzzle
with the same settings each time it is run.
CONFIGURATION SWITCHES AVAILABLE
REMEMBER!!! These switches are ONLY effective when the list
is processed in AUTOMATIC MODE! Comments are stored with the file
to help you to better understand the purpose of the various
switches.
/S Size -- Force Puzzle Size to "Size"
/T Title of Puzzle -- Force Title to "Title of Puzzle"
/L -- Send puzzle to Laser Printer
/P -- Send puzzle to printer
/-P -- Send puzzle to file
/W -- Force Double Wide Printing of Puzzle ON
/-W -- Force Double Wide Printing of Puzzle OFF
/V -- View (Show) words during insertion
/-V -- Disable Viewing of words during insertion
/D -- Force Diagonal Word Insertion ON
/-D -- Force Diagonal Word Insertion OFF
/B -- Force Backward Word Insertion ON
/-B -- Force Backward Word Insertion OFF
/H -- Create Hard puzzle (many diag and backwards)
/-H -- Create Easy puzzle (few diag and backwards)
EXAMPLE WORD LIST CONTAINING CONFIGURATION SWITCHES
The following is an example of a word list created by the
Word Search Creator. The comments to the right are automatically
entered for you so that you can quickly view the list file from
the File Manager and determine the settings in force. To manually
edit a word list, just follow the pattern below. If you wish to
add a comment line, just preface the comment with a "'" character.
Anything to the right of the apostrophe will be ignored by the
program.
/T HOUSEHOLD FURNITURE PUZZLE ' Puzzle Title
/S 18 ' Puzzle Size
/-P ' Send to FILE
/-W ' NARROW Print
/V ' VIEW words while inserting
/D ' Allow DIAGONAL Insertions
/B ' Allow BACKWARD insertions
/H ' Make HARD puzzles
TELEVISION
CARPETING
DAVENPORT
LOVESEAT
CUPBOARD
BOOKCASE
...
RUNNING THE WORD SEARCH CREATOR WITHOUT PAYING FOR IT!
We cannot recommend running THE WORD SEARCH CREATOR without
paying for it for the following reason...
THE SPELLBOUND! SHAREWARE CURSE...
You are granted a limited license to use the program for 5
days. If after 5 days, you continue to use the program, you MUST
register to continue to use it. If you do not register, you may
give copies to friends and upload it to bulletin boards, but you
must not continue to make use of the program.
If you use the program and enjoy it, send the registration
fee. If you fail to send the fee, you will fall into the snare of
the SPELLBOUND! Software Super Duper New and Improved, All Purpose
Shareware curse. When we at SPELLBOUND! decided to come up with
our own curse, we looked in the yellow pages for a "medium".
Although it seems like a contradiction in terms, they are very
"rare", so we had to settle for a "Weldon". Weldon is not a medium
-- but his rates were reasonable. (We think Weldon IS a little
"Well done" due to forgetting to close the microwave door one too
many times.) He agreed to do the job for mentioning his name in
this documentation. This is what he was able to come up with...
SPELLBOUND! SOFTWARE'S SUPER DUPER, NEW AND IMPROVED, ALL PURPOSE
SHAREWARE CURSE!
by Weldon
(He never said we had to mention his last name!)
May...
...your pickup blow a head gasket,
...your toilet back up,
...your shrubbery turn brown,
...your boomerang not return
...your spouse become a Hare Krishna
...your dog mistake your leg for a hydrant
...your mother in law move in, permanently
...you develop the following maladies:
prickly heat
gingivitus
the heartbreak of psoriasis
halitosis
irregularity
painful warts
And worst of all...
May the most annoying man in America do a show from your
livingroom on:
"Users who secretly refuse to register shareware and the mothers
who raised them. One person reveals the whole sordid story 'I
refused to register The Word Search Creator' -- next Geraldo"
Can you imagine how cheaply we're letting you off? You could
run up thousands of dollars in medical, psychiatric, plumbing,
auto repair, dry cleaning, and dental costs, the legal costs of
deprogramming your spouse... and BOOMERANG REPAIR! (Do you know
how hard it is to find an HONEST boomerang repairman? Yet they
keep getting return business?! I got so frustrated with ours I
tried to throw it away. I gave up after 3 hours.) $19.95 can
save you all this heartache! Hey! Isn't that a picture of Baba
Ram Dass in your wife's purse? Gotcha!!!
INDUCEMENTS TO REGISTER -- WHAT YOU GET FOR $19.95!!!
2 COPIES OF THE WORD SEARCH CREATOR
To reward you for your honesty in registering your copy of The
Word Search Creator, for a $19.95 registration, we will send
to you the very latest REGISTERED version of The Word Search
Creator with shareware messages and opening delay removed and you
will be licensed to install up to 2 copies of the program! This
means that you can install it on each of your 2 computers or give
one to a friend! Additional copies are $10.00 each.
THE TOKENIZER
We'll include a utility, "The Tokenizer" which will convert
any text file to a list of words one-on-a-line which you can use
with the Word Search Creator!
BOTHSIDES TEXT FORMATTER AND SEVERAL OTHER PRODUCTS
We'll also include a free copy of the REGISTERED version of
our very popular BothSides program. BothSides allows you to print
any documentation to both sides of your paper on dot matrix
printers, saving you half of the paper and half the binder storage
space. You'll get your $19.95 back in no time with this one and
your documentation will be MUCH slimmer and trimmer! We'll also
send a bunch of our other shareware products for evaluation!
SPELLBOUND! DIRECTOR FOR HALF PRICE!
In addition, you may optionally purchase a single copy of the
SPELLBOUND! Director Menuing and File Management system (not
shareware) for each copy of The Word Search Creator you register
(up to 2 for $19.95 personal copy, 8 for $80.00 commercial site
license) for 50% off the regular price ($34.95) or just $16.95 per
copy! This is a great deal! (See below for more information on
"The SPELLBOUND! Director".)
BUSINESS, COMMERCIAL, CORPORATE, INSTITUTIONAL TERMS
If you intend to use the Word Search Creator in a business,
commercial, corporate, or institutional environment you must
purchase a site license. The cost is $80.00 which allows you to
install it on up to 8 machines at a single site. Add $10.00 for
each copy required in excess of 8.
To register, send the invoice below, or send the same invoice
to your printer by running "INVOICE.BAT" (Type "INVOICE" <CR>).
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| Name:________________________________________________________ |
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| Address: ____________________________________________________ |
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| City: _______________________ State: ______ Zip: __________ |
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| Please send the following: |
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| Word Search Creator for _______ computers: ________ |
| Word Search Creator Commercial Site License $80.00: ________ |
| SPELLBOUND! Director (w / Word Search Reg) $16.95: ________ |
| Add $1.00 if specifying 3.5" diskette (see below): ________ |
| SUBTOTAL: ________ |
| Michigan residents add 4% sales tax: ________ |
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| TOTAL: ________ |
| PAYMENT METHOD: |
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| Check/Money Order [ ] MasterCard [ ] Visa [ ] |
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| Card Number: _______________________ Expiration Date: __/__ |
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| Cardholder Signature (Required): ____________________________ |
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| Diskette Type: 3.5 [ ] 5.25 [ ] |
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| For phone orders call (517) 828-6520 (Sorry, no C.O.D.s) |
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| Please tell us how or from where you acquired your copy of |
| the program. It would help immensely in determining future |
| distribution strategies. |
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| (Site licenses available and negotiable, call (517) 828-6520) |
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| Send To: SPELLBOUND! Software |
| P.O. Box 158 |
| Shepherd, MI 48883 |
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| Your comments and suggestions are very much appreciated. |
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| Comments:__________________________________________________ |
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Send to:
SPELLBOUND! Software
P.O. Box 158
Shepherd, MI 48883
Do it BEFORE your spouse has to go to the airport, or Geraldo has
another slow week!
THE SPELLBOUND! DIRECTOR, MENU, FILE MANAGER
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| The SPELLBOUND! DIRECTOR Menu and File Management System |
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The SPELLBOUND! DIRECTOR is a complete Menuing and File
Management system which was designed to be ideal for installation
on new machines and over the counter sales by resellers or
consultants under their own company name. For example Mainstream
Computers in Alma, Michigan sells the program as "The MAINSTREAM
MENU SYSTEM". The SPELLBOUND! Director is not being marketed as
shareware.
INDIVIDUAL USERS
If after examining the features below, you decide that you
would like a copy of the SPELLBOUND! DIRECTOR, you may purchase a
single copy for $34.95, or a site license according to the
schedule below.
RESELLERS AND CONSULTANTS
As a reseller or consultant, you are called upon many times
to provide support to novice users of your PC systems. The
SPELLBOUND! DIRECTOR provides a very simple to use interface
between the user and the operating system. The File Manager
allows him to easily create, rename, and remove directories; copy,
move, and delete multiple files; handles creation, extraction and
viewing of ZIP format files created by PKWare's PKZIP programs;
while executing DOS commands or shelling to DOS from within the
program. AND -- it's fully mouseable!
Each time a program is run, as the program is loading, a box
is displayed at the top of the screen which tells the user 1. The
item name as chosen from the menu, 2. the assembled command line
which has been handed to DOS to run the program, and 3. The
resident directory. This will help your customers to become
acquainted with DOS while insulating them from its cryptic
commands.
The Menu System will appear in every way to be your own
product. YOUR NAME APPEARS IN THE INTRODUCTION SCREEN, and it
appears continuously at the top of the screen while the Menu is
running. EVERY TIME YOUR CUSTOMER TURNS ON HIS MACHINE, YOUR
COMPANY IS ADVERTISED!
COMMENTS FROM SOME OF OUR CUSTOMERS:
"I've worked with a number of other menus with my clients. I
prefer this over all of them."
Charles Lockwood, owner TopComp Computer Systems
Distributes as "TopComp Menuing System"
Traverse City, MI
"Your menu program is excellent! Being new to PCs, the setup was
very easy and reasonably comfortable. I found IBM's Menu program
confusing, but yours was very easy to learn. I enjoy it very
much!"
Dan Singell, Pastor,
Edmore, MI
"For never using a computer until now, it's a much better system
than came with my computer."
Larry Flegel, home user
Edmore, MI
"It's excellent! It's made my job a lot easier. Setting up the
menus is simple and fast!"
Dave Harrison, Businessman
Alma, MI, Purchaser of 20 copy site license
FEATURES OF THE SPELLBOUND! DIRECTOR...
...INSTALLATION PROGRAM makes installation completely painless.
Modifies AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS (only if you allow it to).
...DOCUMENTATION ON DISK -- can be read from within program, added
to or modified as you like!
...COMPLETELY MOUSE OR KEYBOARD DRIVEN. Mouse settings are
completely adjustable, allowing new mouse users easier handling
of the mouse. (Of course you can use the keyboard in the event
that you are afraid of mice!)
...COMPLETE FILE MANAGEMENT SYSTEM including directory management,
handling of ZIP format files, copying, deleting, moving
multiple files, rename create and delete directories, create
@response files etc.
...Intuitive, EXTREMELY SIMPLE to setup and use.
...EASY SETUP via data entry screen. Just answer the questions,
the program handles the rest! EASILY COPY OR MOVE ITEMS
BETWEEN MENUS.
...Specify SEQUENCE OF UP TO 15 KEYSTROKES TO BE EXECUTED upon
entrance to your program. EASY SETUP; just type the keys as
you would in your application!
...Create your OWN USER DEFINED HELP for each item in your menu
which will pop up at the press of the F1 key!
...You can have an unlimited number of MENUS of 18 selections per
menu!
...All selections may be invoked via a SINGLE KEY PRESS! Three
methods of invocation available: Single keypress, light bar
selection, or mouse!
...Define your OWN PROMPT FOR ADDITIONAL PARAMETERS! Example:
When the user selects "Run Word Processor" you can have the
program pop up a box which asks: "Document to load:" and wait
for him to type it in! Furthermore, the name of the document
can be inserted anywhere in the command line!
...SAVES ALL INFORMATION entered into prompt windows by the user
for next time.
...USAGE LOG tracks the starting time, ending time, and time
elapsed of all programs run from the Menu System.
...Prompted PARAMETERS MAY BE INSERTED ANYWHERE in the command
line arguments rather than just being appended to the tail.
...CALENDAR, ASCII and ATTRIBUTE CHARTS, and a FOUR FUNCTION
CALCULATOR with tape available at the press of a key.
...LEAVES ONLY 10k IN MEMORY while running programs; smaller than
your mouse driver.
...Runs programs and RETURNS BY ITSELF; no kludgy batch files to
run through.
...CONFIGURE YOUR OWN COLORS throughout the program. Color code
your menus!
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SCHEDULE
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Note: These prices are subject to change without notice.
Individual Copy and Site License Schedule
1 Copy -- $34.95 per copy
2 - 9 -- $30.00 per copy
10 Copies -- $28.00 per copy
11 - 20 Copies -- $25.00 per copy
21 - 50 Copies -- $22.00 per copy (negotiable)
51 - 500 Copies -- $20.00 per copy (negotiable)
501 and up -- $15.00 per copy (negotiable)
If you are interested, please call SPELLBOUND! Software at:
(517) 828-6520 or write to:
SPELLBOUND! Software
P.O. Box 158
Shepherd, MI 48883