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- VENDINFO standard v1.04, produced by VendEdit v1.30, 15-Nov-1995
-
- ===== Product Information ==============================
- Product: Crossword Power Creates Crossword Puzzles
- Version: 7.00
- Version Date: 15-Nov-1995
- Product Type: Software
- Basic Distribution Policy (see License, below, for details):
- Shareware, freely distributable by all channels
-
- Product Description: Crossword Power v7.00 <ASP> Create a variety
- of crossword puzzles and kriss-cross
- activities from your words and clues.
- Includes foreign language character support.
- 100% compatible with Vocabulary Power.
- Reason for version: Major enhancements
-
- Category: Education; Teachers
- Keywords: Puzzles Word Games Vocabulary Training
- Required Packages: CROSSP7B
- This Package: CROSSP7B
- Registration Fee: 39.95-159.80 (US Dollars)
-
- Required Configuration
- Processor Family: Intel 80x86 (minimum 8086/8088)
- Minimum OS: MS-DOS 2.1
- Standard RAM: 512K
- Hard Drive Space: 1K
-
- Orders:
- Address: WISCO Computing
- P. O. Box 8
- Wisconsin Rapids, WI
- 54495-0008
- Phone: 715-423-8189
- FAX: 715-423-8189
- BBS Name: Rapids River BBS
- BBS Phone: 715-435-3855
- Internet: wisco@wctc.net
-
- Support:
- Address: WISCO Computing
- P. O. Box 8
- Wisconsin Rapids, WI
- 54495-0008
- Phone: 715-423-8189
- FAX: 715-423-8189
- BBS Name: Rapids River BBS
- BBS Phone: 715-435-3855
- Internet: wisco@wctc.net
- Other E-mail: Rapid River BBS
-
-
- ===== Information for Users ("READ-ME") ================
-
-
- CROSSWORD POWER
- ==================
- Version 7.00
-
- Create, print out and solve crossword puzzles and kriss-cross
- activities from your words and clues. Words are automatically
- placed in the puzzle grid. Auto-search quickly creates over 400
- different word arrangements to find the puzzle with the most words.
-
- Puzzles have been used by trainers for seminars, by teachers for
- vocabulary review, by businesses for their company newsletters,
- by newspapers for promotions, and for solving at parties.
-
- Hard-to-find fixed-width 12 and 15 pitch soft fonts are included
- for the H-P LaserJet II and DeskJet printers. Fonts for the
- EpsonLQ and Proprinter X24E are supported. A wide variety of
- printers are supported allowing solid black, checkered pattern, or
- other ASCII characters to fill the unused puzzle letter squares.
-
- for use with
- IBM PS/2, XT, PC and compatibles
- 512K and DOS 2.1 or greater required
-
- CROSSWORD POWER (tm) is a copyrighted program distributed as
- SHAREWARE. All rights are reserved. You may make 1 copy of this
- program and documentation for a 21 day evaluation.
-
- If you decide to continue to use this program, you must pay a
- registration fee of $39.95 plus $2.00 shipping/handling. Checks,
- MasterCard, VISA are accepted. Purchase orders are accepted from
- schools. School district and site licenses are available. To
- order CROSSWORD POWER, use the order blank that can be printed
- from the pull down menu.
-
- Registered owners will receive a printed manual, diskette with all
- improvements made since the distribution of the shareware diskette,
- removal of all references to evaluation shareware, notification of
- major updates, BBS and voice telephone support. CROSSWORD POWER
- can only be updated and improved when you support my efforts.
-
- Program and Manual by Terry L. Jepson
- WISCO Computing, P. O. Box 8
- Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495-0008
-
- Entire contents (C)Copyright Terry L. Jepson 1985, 1991, 1995
- Published by WISCO Computing. All rights reserved.
-
- Modem support is available on the Rapid River BBS (715) 435-3855
- Free BBS access 300 to 38,400bps V.32bis/V.42bis 24 hr. 8/N/1
- MasterCard and VISA orders accepted voice and fax (715) 423-8189
- Voice Support only available to registered users (6-9 pm CST)
-
- WISCO Computing is a member of the Association of Shareware
- Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the
- shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to
- resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by
- contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help.
- The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a problem with an
- ASP member, but does not provide technical support for
- members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at
- 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442-9427 or send Compuserve
- message via Compuserve Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536
-
- A QUICK TUTORIAL:
- 1. Insert the working copy diskette in drive A:.
- 2. Enter the word PUZZLE when A:> is displayed.
- 3. When the program is loaded, the Title Screen will appear.
- 4. Then the Menu Bar will appear at the top of the screen.
- 5. Use the right arrow key or left mouse button to go to the
- Settings Menu.
- 6. Move the cursor down to the Select Printer and press Enter.
- 7. Select your printer.
- 8. Press Escape to leave the Printer Settings.
- 9. Move the cursor and select Save these settings on the Settings
- Menu.
- 10. Move the cursor to the File Menu.
- 11. Select First Word List.
- 12. Move the cursor to highlight the displayed word list. Press Enter.
- 13. Move to the Puzzle Menu. Select Automatic Arrangement.
- 14. If you like this program and want to continue using
- CROSSWORD POWER, you must register and send payment.
-
-
- FILES INCLUDED:
- PUZZLE.EXE The CROSSWORD POWER program
- WISCOSET.CNF Configuration file
- CO100R12.LJP 12 pitch soft font for LaserJet II Printer
- CO080R15.LJP 15 pitch soft font for LaserJet II Printer
- CO100R12.DJP 12 pitch soft font for H-P DeskJet Printer
- CO080R15.DJP 15 pitch soft font for H-P DeskJet Printer
- HOMONYMS.WL Sample word list
- SPANISH.WL Sample word list
- XMASWORD.WL Sample word list
- CRMANUAL.DOC CROSSWORD POWER manual (32 pages)
- WISORDER.DOC Order blank for WISCO COMPUTING products
- FILE_ID.DIZ Short description for BBS and Vendors
- INSTALL.TXT Installation instructions
- README This file
-
- Differences between Evaluation and Registered Versions:
- The evaluation version will place up to 25 words in each puzzle and
- kriss-cross activity. There is no limit for the registered version.
- The evaluation version does not include the 730K dictionary. The
- registered version may also include additions to this program since
- the release of this evaluation version.
-
- To remove this product from your computer, delete all files in the
- program directory and any files you created in the data subdirectory
- you indicated on initial setup.
-
-
- ===== Packing List =====================================
-
- As released by the author or publisher, this package contained the
- following files in addition to this VENDINFO.DIZ:
-
- Filename Size Date Time CRC32
- LINEFONT. 17734 15-Nov-1995 07:00a 4FD01631
- README. 5690 15-Nov-1995 07:00a 5F76E763
- WISCOSET.CNF 904 15-Nov-1995 07:00a 18AE5A1B
- FILE_ID.DIZ 213 15-Nov-1995 07:00a 14AB68EB
- CO080R15.DJP 21887 15-Nov-1995 07:00a 40B1E2BB
- CO100R12.DJP 26013 15-Nov-1995 07:00a C35AFF7E
- CRMANUAL.DOC 59811 15-Nov-1995 07:00a 6C393F9B
- WISORDER.DOC 2654 15-Nov-1995 07:00a 2A3AB43F
- PUZZLE.EXE 150395 15-Nov-1995 07:00a 3C4C833D
- CO080R15.LJP 18411 15-Nov-1995 07:00a 59641178
- CO100R12.LJP 24211 15-Nov-1995 07:00a 3AE62A0A
- INSTALL.TXT 2228 15-Nov-1995 07:00a 82B159A1
- HOMONYMS.WL 2345 15-Nov-1995 07:00a F8ACA928
- SPANISH.WL 884 15-Nov-1995 07:00a A16DD4C7
- VOLCANO.WL 2017 15-Nov-1995 07:00a 2962B6D5
- XMASWORD.WL 1746 15-Nov-1995 07:00a B62881DA
-
-
- ===== Installation =====================================
-
- DIRECTIONS FOR COPYING TO THE HARD DISK USING WINDOWS
- 1. Go to FILE MANAGER
- On the left side of the screen you should see C:\
- with the directories listed under the C:\ symbol.
- 2. Place the mouse pointer on the C:\ symbol and click once.
- C:\ should now be highlighted.
- 3. Click on the File Menu.
- 4. Click on Create Directory
- You should see a box Create Directory.
- At Name type C:\WISCO Click OK.
- If you scroll down the left side of the screen,
- you should see the new directory WISCO
- 5. Place the CROSSWORD POWER diskette in drive A:
- 6. Click on the A: Drive Icon (under the Title Bar).
- You should see a directory for the files on the disk listed.
- 7. Click on the File Menu. A menu will drop down.
- 8. Click on Select Files. A window will appear.
- 9. Click on Select. Lines will appear around the file names,
- 10. Click on Close. The file names will appear to be colored in.
- 11. Click on File. A menu will drop down.
- 12. Click on Copy. A window will appear.
- In the box following TO: type C:\WISCO
- 13. Click OK
- 14. You can start Crossword Power from FILE MANAGER
- On the left side of the screen you should see C:\
- with the directories listed under the C:\ symbol.
- 15. If you scroll down the left side of the screen,
- you should see the directory WISCO
- Place the mouse pointer on the WISCO symbol and click once.
- WISCO should now be highlighted.
- 16. The Crossword Power file names will appear on the
- right side of the screen.
- 17. Click on the filename PUZZLE.EXE
-
- DIRECTIONS FOR COPYING TO THE HARD DISK USING DOS
- 1. First Create a Subdirectory named WISCO for the program.
- At the DOS prompt, you will see C:\>
- Type MD WISCO and press Enter
- 2. Now you will change to the WISCO subdirectory.
- Type CD WISCO and press Enter
- Your DOS prompt now reads C:\WISCO\>
- 3. Now you will copy the files from the diskette to this subdirectory.
- Place the CROSSWORD POWER diskette in drive A:
- Type COPY A:*.* and press Enter
- You will see a message when the copying is done.
- 4. Remove the diskette from the disk drive and store
- it in a safe place.
- 5. Type PUZZLE and press Enter to start Crossword Power.
-
-
- ===== Warranty =========================================
-
- LIMITED WARRANTY
-
- THIS SOFTWARE AND MANUAL ARE PROVIDED FOR EVALUATION ONLY, ON AN "AS
- IS" BASIS. WISCO Computing DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES RELATING
- TO THIS SOFTWARE, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT
- LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR
- A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NEITHER WISCO Computing NOR ANYONE ELSE
- WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CREATION, PRODUCTION, OR DELIVERY OF
- THIS SOFTWARE SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR
- INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE SUCH
- SOFTWARE, EVEN IF WISCO Computing HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE
- POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR CLAIMS. THE PERSON USING THE SOFTWARE
- BEARS ALL RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE.
-
- This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Wisconsin
- and shall inure to the benefit of WISCO Computing and any
- successors, administrators, heirs and assigns. Any action or proceeding
- brought by either party against the other arising out of or related to
- this agreement shall be brought only in a STATE or FEDERAL COURT of
- competent jurisdiction located in Wood County, Wisconsin. The parties
- hereby consent to in personam jurisdiction of said courts.
-
-
-
- ===== License for Use and Distribution =================
-
- TRIAL USE LICENSE
-
- Crossword Power is NOT a public domain program. It is copyrighted by
- WISCO Computing. This software and accompanying documentation are
- protected by United States copyright law and also by international
- treaty provisions.
-
- WISCO Computing grants you a limited license to use this software
- for evaluation purposes for a period not to exceed 21 days. If you
- continue using this software after the 21 day evaluation period,
- you MUST make a registration payment to WISCO Computing.
-
- You may not use, copy, rent, lease, sell, modify, decompile,
- disassemble, otherwise reverse engineer, or transfer the licensed
- program except as provided in this agreement. Any such unauthorized
- use shall result in immediate and automatic termination of this license.
- All rights not expressly granted here are reserved to WISCO Computing.
-
- LIMITED DISTRIBUTION LICENSE
-
- The following may distribute WISCO Computing, completely unaltered,
- without further permission...; for other cases or to distribute in
- modified form, you must consult the attached data record, which is
- hereby incorporated by reference. Any distribution satisfying all the
- distribution requirements expressed in that data record is hereby
- authorized.
-
- Each vendor wishing to distribute the package must independently satisfy
- the terms of this limited distribution license.
-
- U.S. Government Information: Use, duplication, or disclosure by the
- U.S. Government of the computer software and documentation in this
- package shall be subject to the restricted rights applicable to
- commercial computer software as set forth in subdivision (b)(3)(ii) of
- the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at
- 252.227-7013 (DFARS 52.227-7013). The Contractor/manufacturer is
- WISCO Computing, P. O. Box 8, Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495-0008
-
- WISCO Computing may revoke any permissions granted here, by notifying
- you in writing. All rights not expressly granted here are reserved to
- WISCO Computing.
-
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