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- DTP Browser
- Demo Version 1.01
- Copyright ⌐ 1991 - SJHDesign
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- ABOUT THE PROGRAM
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- Files: DTPDEMO.EXE -DTP Browser working demo program
- DTP.TXT -this text file
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- As a desktop publishing (DTP) professional, I wrote this program to
- meet a specific need. My hard disk is filled with images and blocks
- of text, and no matter how carefully I stored them in subdirectories,
- it was impossible to remember what each file contained. Often I
- found myself needing to browse these data files to find a specific
- image or text, and I had two choices: I could use my DTP programs
- to load and view multiple text and image files, but DTP programs are
- large, load slowly and are not well suited to this task. The other option
- was to load a text viewer\editor (like Notepad) and a Bitmap program
- and jump from program to program. While this is easier in Windows
- than in DOS, if I had a lot of files to browse, most of my time was spent
- loading files one at a time. The solution was a program that allowed
- loading of multiple text AND bitmap files concurrently. Once I found
- the text I needed, I often had to cut, paste and edit it, usually into a
- new window, so it would help if this program had the ability to edit
- multiple document files. Of course, many Windows programs can
- do that, but you would still need to use a bitmap viewer to browse
- images. There was no small, fast program that could do all this, so
- I wrote one- DTP Browser. Mind you, this is no Visual Basic stuff..
- DTP Browser is compact and very fast.
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- HOW TO USE IT
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- The menu selections are self explanatory, and in this demo version,
- there are not a lot of them. The File menu has the commands you need
- to load and view ASCII and .BMP files and the Window menu has choices
- for arranging the windows and icons. Due to it's low memory overhead,
- you can have an almost unlimited number of files open simultaneously.
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- WHAT THIS DEMO VERSION CAN'T DO
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- This demo version of DTP Browser has the following limitations:
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- 1) Can only read 2 or 16 color bitmaps. You can load and view a 256
- color bitmap, but your beautiful photographic quality image will look
- a lot like a blacklight poster from the 60's.
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- 2) No text editing capabilities- the demo version of DTP Browser
- can only open existing ASCII files for viewing. It cannot create new
- text files, nor edit or save existing ones. You can actually change
- your text files on the screen, but the changes will not be written to
- disk.
- 3) Does not accept filenames as command line parameters-you cannot
- load the program with a file name parameter in this demo version.
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- WHAT THE REAL DTP BROWSER CAN DO
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- If you think the idea behind this program is a sound one, I have an offer
- for you. For $29.00, you can get the REAL DTP Browser, a multiple .BMP
- and text file viewer\editor with the following features not found in this demo
- version:
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- 1) The ability to read 256 color Win3 bitmaps, limited only
- by the size of your screen and available memory.
- 2) The ability to create and save ASCII files.
- 3) Full text editing, cutting and pasting capabilities, as
- well as context sensitive word search and replace.
- 4) Cut\paste capabilities for bitmaps via the Win3 clipboard.
- 5) Takes filenames as command line parameters.
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- If you would like to obtain the full featured version of DTP Browser with
- documentation, please send a check or money order for $29.00 to :
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- Scott Hanrahan
- 326 E. 34th St.
- New York, NY 10016
- (Please make checks payable to Scott Hanrahan)
- Telephone inquiries can be directed to SJHDesign at (212) 683-2264
- Please specify 5.25" or 3.5" disk. Software will be shipped UPS within
- 5 business days from receipt of payment.
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- WHAT THE FUTURE HOLDS
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- SJHDesign is committed to developing Windows software FOR DTP
- professionals BY DTP professionals. While we are not yet ready to
- go head to head with Aldus, we like the concept of the DTP Browser
- and are currently working on the following enhancements for it:
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- 1) More file formats -such as PCX, Aldus\Corel Metafile, and TIF will be
- incorporated into DTP Browser in 1992. We would also like to add
- a few of the more popular word processing formats.
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- 2) Enhanced Graphics Handling-like the ability to resize images and
- convert between file formats.
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- Registered users of DTP Browser will be entitled to low cost upgrades,
- so help us continue to develop the software Desktop Publishers need
- by registering DTP Browser.
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- DISCLAIMER
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- This software is offered for use as is, and no warranty is offered or implied.
- We are not responsible for any loss of software, hardware or data, or any
- resulting loss of revenue. Like all software, this program is utilized at
- the user's risk.
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