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- DeskNotes 2.0
- -------------
-
- DeskNotes is an application for quickly recording and organizing
- information you need to remember - without cluttering up your desk
- with scraps of paper. With it you can create realistic looking notes
- right on your desktop. Use it to quickly jot down ideas before they
- are lost.
-
- Its Note Manager can be used to organize your notes into notebooks for
- ease of retrieval. Search functions are provided for quickly locating
- information.
-
- With the Attribute Browser you can extend your notes by defining
- priorities and alarms, or to even schedule notes to open and
- programs to run automatically.
-
- Need to do some math? Just type an expression on a note, and
- DeskNotes will compute the result.
-
- Included is a built in Note Server. Use it to send and receive
- notes from other DeskNotes users.
-
- DeskNotes was also designed to be fun! Each DeskNote has over 100
- properties that can be adjusted to change the appearance of a note.
- Sounds can be assigned to Note Events, to further customize
- DeskNotes.
-
- To get you started, DeskNotes includes a starter kit of predefined
- note templates and a collection of over 200 image files that make great
- looking note backgrounds.
-
- DeskNotes runs on Windows 95, 98, and NT 4.0. With a P90 or better, it
- can display hundreds of notes at once. Try it. I'll bet you never opened
- 200 windows at once.
-
- DeskNotes was a Ziff-Davis (www.zdnet.com) 1997 Shareware of the Year
- Finalist.
-
- July 12 1998
- By Ted Mastrandonas
-
- tmastran@mindspring.com
- http://www.mindspring.com/~tmastran/
-
- WHAT YOU SHOULD HAVE RECEIVED
- -----------------------------
- DESKNT20.ZIP - a pkzip/winzip compatible file archive
-
- This zip file contains the following:
-
- README.TXT - the file you are reading.
- DESKNT20.EXE - a standard Windows style installer that contains
- DeskNotes 2.0 and an un-installer.
- VENDINFO.DIZ - a product information file.
-
- INSTALLATION
- ------------
- 1) Un-zip DESKNT20.ZIP to a temporary directory.
- 2) Run DESKNT20.EXE, answering the questions.
-
- (If you are using winzip you can just double click on
- desknt20.exe inside of winzip to run the installer,
- without first extracting it.)
-
- DeskNotes DOES NOT install ANY files (see notes) in any directory,
- other than the one YOU tell it to. It DOES NOT replace any of your
- system files, or otherwise add to the clutter in your Windows
- directory.
-
- I can't stand this and I know you can't either!
-
-
- UN-INSTALL
- ----------
- You can un-install DeskNotes using "Add/Remove" programs in the
- Windows control panel.
-
-
- NOTE
- ----
- DeskNotes uses long filenames! If you are installing to a network
- drive, please make sure that it supports long filenames.
-
- The installer will copy the files "unvise.exe" and "unvise32.dll"
- to your Windows directory. They are about 100k total. This is the
- un-installer program, and is the recommended location for these
- files. You may already have these files if you installed a program
- that uses the same installer as DeskNotes.
-
-
- SHAREWARE REGISTRATION
- ----------------------
- This is shareware, and must be licensed after 30 days.
- The enclosed help file includes an order form and instructions
- for registering your copy of DeskNotes. The file "license.txt"
- contains the complete license agreement.
-
- You can register on-line or by mail.
-
- To register on-line, visit our web site at
- http://www.mindspring.com/~tmastran and follow the instructions.
- On-line registrations are usually sent within 24 hours.
-
- To register by mail, send us a note telling us who you are,
- and how you want to recieve your registration (e-mail or postal mail),
- along with a check for $24.95, drawn on a US bank, payable to
- Ted Mastrandonas, to:
-
- Ted Mastrandonas
- P.O. Box 1626
- Pelham, AL 35124
-
- If you include an e-mail with your mail-in registration, most locations
- in North America should receive a registration by e-mail in less than
- a week.
-
-
- ARTWORK LICENSE
- ---------------
- Included with DeskNotes are over 200 bitmap files that you can
- use as backgrounds for your DeskNotes.
-
- If you have not registered DeskNotes, you can only use these
- files in DeskNotes. You can drag and drop them onto notes, or
- use the Properties Paper Dialog to select one as a background
- for a note.
-
- Registered users will be provided with information needed to
- make these files useable in any application. They are also
- free to use them for Web pages or whatever, as long as they
- are not publicly re-distributed or re-sold.
-
- Most of the images are best viewed at color depths HIGHER than 256
- colors. To change your color depth, right click on your desktop
- and select Properties Settings. If your video card supports it,
- select at least 16 bit (high color mode) color. This will improve
- the appearance of all applications you run. Not just DeskNotes.
-
- If you are registered, feel free to use them as a starting
- point for your own custom backgrounds. If you make something
- cool, send it to us at tmastran@mindspring.com, and we might
- feature it on our Web page.
-
-
- WHERE TO REACH US
- -----------------
- Our web site is http://www.mindspring.com/~tmastran
- Send e-mail to tmastran@mindspring.com
-
-
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