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- December, 1996
-
- Dear User:
-
- FR_GRAM2.ZIP, which you now have, is a small collection of files that
- includes (or relates to) my FRGRAM2.EXE TSR, Version 2 of Basic French
- Grammar in Hypertext. This new shareware version, unlike my earlier
- version (FRGRAM1.EXE) is the same complete presentation of all of the
- basic French grammar components that anyone who registers this software
- will receive. You are, however, indeed encouraged to register this TSR
- by completing the order form - REGISTFG.DOC - which is part of the ZIP
- file that you downloaded or received from another party. As a gentle
- reminder to register, the opening screen of the shareware version is
- the screen to which you are always returned when you press the Home key.
-
- FRGRAM2 - French Grammar in Hypertext: a TSR - is a DOS-based program
- that the author had often wished for. It is now available in DEMO and
- registered versions. Indeed any computing individual who is involved
- and/or interested in mastering more than the basics of French Grammar,
- via an interactive glossary, may wish to review and evaluate this TSR.
- When installed from a hard drive, FRGRAM2 will remain hidden until you
- call it by pressing a hotkey combination (Ctrl+G). (To install FRGRAM2,
- type the following characters: FRGRAM2 and then press ENTER. A message
- will appear to inform you that FRGRAM2 "is now resident in RAM" and the
- appropriate hot-keys will have to be pressed to pop it onto the screen.)
-
- When popped in the DOS environment, the TSR opens on the monitor screen
- as a scrollable menu that provides access to more than 160 French gram-
- mar-related glossary items that are hyperlinked to one or more screens.
- On the basis of these items, an additional 200 full screens or overlap-
- ping screens are likewise hyperlinked and thus accessible at the press
- of the ENTER key when the cursor is on the appropriate link or reference.
- (There are 425 hyperlinks in FRGRAM2 - giving you immediate access to a
- variety of grammatical details, if or when you wish to explore such.)
-
- The opening screen of FRGRAM2.EXE has a hperlink to a series of other
- screens that act as tutorial or guide. Following but a few minutes of
- interaction with the hypertextual guide, the user is able to navigate
- the hypertextual French grammar. To the word processing individual or
- to an otherwise-involved French language learner, FRGRAM2 brings quick
- access to illustrated answers regarding the common and basic components
- of French grammar and other related aspects of modern-day French.
-
- Once a glossary item has been accessed - via a hyperlink -, the user is
- often able to press the PageDown key to continue browsing one or several
- additional screens. After viewing that one or several pertinent screens,
- the user may press PageUp once or more times to return to the main menu.
- The REGISTERED USER, as mentioned above, may return to the main menu at
- any time simply by pressing the HOME key.
-
- The link labeled "tour", which appears in the opening screen, may be of
- interest to some if not all users of FRGRAM2. It consists of a series
- of common questions that anyone learning French may wonder about. The
- answers are accessed hypertextually, since they are part of the content
- of the TSR.
-
- Information regarding registration and the cost of FRGRAM2.EXE and that
- of other items is in the REGISTFG.DOC file. An order form is likewise
- available and printable when you PageDown after accessing the opening
- screen of FRGRAM2. (To print the form, after having accessed the screen,
- press the ESCape key and then select the print option from the pull-
- down menu.)
-
- Before attempting to install and view FRGRAM2, at the DOS prompt type
- this: FG2GUIDE, press ENTER and then read that text also. (And now,
- finally, a reminder: install FRGRAM2.EXE from your hard drive -
- NOT FROM a diskette.)
-
- Good luck! = Bonne chance!
-
- Once again, thank you. = Encore une fois, merci.
-
- BGP
-
- P.S.
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- │ While FRGRAM2 deals with some aspects of French verbs, another TSR │
- │ - authored likewise by B. Philippon - that focuses on regular and │
- │ irregular verbs is available from America Online in the Teacher's │
- │ Education Network forum (TEN): in the Foreign Language directory. │
- │ There the TSR is listed as FR_VRBS2.ZIP. You are invited to down- │
- │ load the file and evaluate that TSR too. To make your perusal of │
- │ FRVERBS2 easier, should you decide to download it (i.e., FR_VRBS1. │
- │ ZIP), I am including, in this FR_GRAM2.ZIP, my FV2_HELP.EXE which │
- │ will give you a guided tour of FRVERBS2. Although the guide is not │
- │ a TSR, it is somewhat hypertextual. To load it, at the DOS prompt │
- │ type: FV2_HELP and press ENTER. And enjoy that exploration too! │
- │ │
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