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- AUTODOC and AUTOCOM
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- AutoDoc (AD.EXE) and AutoCom (AUTOCOM.COM) are powerful, easy-to-use programs
- for a unique type of Electronic Publishing. Other electronic publishing soft-
- ware has little regard to an enhanced appearance. AutoDoc, on the other hand,
- lets you colorize your text, and it allows you to frame the screen with an
- amazing variety of fancy borders called DecorEdge Bord`rs. And, as you will
- soon discover, you can choose to imbed your scrollable text within a graphic.
- You may even display your words within the speech balloon of a cartoon charac-
- ter! AutoCom completes the process by turning your work into a stand-alone
- program which flashes your text and graphics to the screen.
-
- INSTALLATION
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~
- You will obtain faster, smoother operation if you install AutoDoc onto a hard
- drive as follows:
-
- 1. From the root directory of your hard drive type MD PUBLISH to create a new
- directory named PUBLISH.
-
- 2. Place your AUTODOC floppy diskette in Drive A. If you have a compressed-
- file version, follow directions for extracting the files to the PUBLISH
- directory on your hard drive. If you have non-compressed files, from drive A
- type: COPY *.* C:\PUBLISH (we are assuming your hard drive is drive C).
-
- 3. After the program and all the AutoDoc files are on the hard drive in the
- PUBLISH directory, you are in business. Use AutoDoc by first entering its
- directory by typing CD \PUBLISH and pressing Enter. Then type AD to run.
-
- To use AutoDoc on a 360k diskette, have no files except the AutoDoc program and
- its files. Otherwise you will not have enough working space to create and save
- your files.
-
- USING AUTODOC
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- AutoDoc was developed to be learned intuitively. This means you learn it by
- using it. What better news could there be, when you receive a new program? No
- tiresome manual to plod through . . . the fun, and the results, will begin
- right away! In a nutshell, the whole idea behind AutoDoc is this: The
- creation of an electronic publication made up of scrollable text within a
- graphic DecorEdge Bord`r or scene. This is called TIG or Text In Graphics.
-
- Load AutoDoc by typing AD and pressing your Enter key. If this is your first
- time, a "one time only" information screen will appear. After the colorful
- sections of the title screen move into position, the main menu appears. Press
- C for Create. The Bord`r design screen appears. Review the basic designs by
- pressing up or down arrow keys. When you settle on a design, press "Esc" to
- lock it in. If you choose a customizable design press C and the custom-
- designing screen appears. Use arrow keys to move the cursor to any character
- and press "Enter." At once you see the Bord`r design as it appears with your
- chosen character. Try other characters to observe the effects. When you find
- one you like press "Esc" to lock it in. There are over 2OO choices!
-
- The next screen permits selection of Bord`r colors from over 12O combinations.
- (If using a monochrome system these screens are skipped). Review color combina-
- tions by moving the cursor from number to number. Each number is colored, mak-
- ing it easy to know its two corresponding colors (foreground and background).
- Press "Enter" to view your DecorEdge Bord`r in various color combinations as
- you choose different numbers. Press "Esc" to lock in the colors you like best.
-
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- The next screen is nearly identical to the last. It allows selection of the
- color combination of your text area. If you want the text to be displayed in
- the same combination of colors as the Bord`r, move the cursor to the appropri-
- ate number and press your Enter key. To see other combinations of colors,
- move to various numbers and press "Enter" each time. Finally, press "Esc" to
- lock in your text colors (chosen from over 12O combinations).
-
- The program will now display a screen which illustrates your six choices (five
- if you did not choose a customizable Bord`r; seven if you chose Bord`r No. 00
- which has two customizable portions - the Bord`r and its "shadow"). At this
- point you are ready to enter the program's text editor. You are given an
- opportunity to load a pre-prepared ASCII text file. One is included on the
- disk for you; its name is TRIAL.TXT. To load it, press Y and then enter its
- name. If you want to type your own text, press N and type your text. If you
- are anxious to see finished results, type a few words and press "Esc" - then
- follow the directions to save your file. AutoDoc saves your Bord`r in a DEB
- (DecorEdge Bord'r) file. Your text is simultaneously saved in a DET (DecorEdge
- Text) file; each of these files will have the same name followed by the
- extension "DEB" or "DET."
-
- After you create your first masterpiece in "Create" mode, go back to the main
- menu and select "Review". Here you may view your creation, as well as the
- pre-fab DecorEdge Bord`r Scenes which are included. What are they? Wait until
- you see them!
-
- USING AUTOCOM
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- When Rexxcom Systems completed development of AutoDoc's companion program
- AutoCom, this achievement was heralded as a major breakthrough in the elec-
- tronic publishing field. For the first time an AutoDoc Text-in-Graphics
- creation may be instantly compiled into a stand-alone COM program!
-
- When you use AutoDoc, not only will the DEB/DET files be saved, but AutoDoc
- will access AutoCom, and a stand-alone COM program will be created. This
- occurs automatically with any file made in "Create" mode. If you also have the
- program DIET on your disk your COM program will be "put on a diet" and made as
- small as possible (i.e.: reduced in size to fewer bytes). Think of this - the
- first program instructs the second program to create a third program, and then
- it instructs a fourth program to condense the newly created one so it will
- occupy less room on your disk! (DIET.EXE is available from CompuServe, private
- BBSs, and shareware catalogs. It is not a Rexxcom program.)
-
- If you made your DEB/DET files in the "Import" mode, the COM is not automatic-
- ally created. You must exit AutoDoc to use AutoCom and DIET. After exiting,
- type AUTOCOM and press "Enter." When the screen appears type the first name of
- your DEB/DET files into the box and press "Enter" again. In seconds your COM
- is ready to be used. Type its name and see it flash to your screen! Shareware
- AutoCom is limited to a total of two screen pages. When you get your
- registered copy, you will be able to make COM pro- grams up to 2O pages in
- length. Programs in the XL series, such as the XL2001 program, permit much
- longer documents.
-
- You will also want to try AutoDoc's ADEditor . . . a built-in text editor, much
- like a mini word processor. When in this mode, you may create a text file,
- load a text file from your disk, or import an existing DET text module. The
- latter may be a file you created in "Create" mode, or one of the pre-fab
- graphics modules which may be seen in the "Review" mode. The ADEditor in this
- new shareware version of AutoDoc is a 2200 line text editor which may be used
- to create and edit large text files.
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- NAMING AND COPYING FILES
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Once you have used AutoDoc to make a pair of DEB/DET files, if you have used
- the "Create" mode, when your DEB/DET files were saved they were also compiled
- into a stand-alone COM file. Just type the name and press "Enter/Return" to
- see and use your file! If you made your DEB/DET files in the "Import" mode,
- you will have to run the program AutoCom separately to make your COM file.
- This process takes only a few seconds after you exit AutoDoc.
-
- And don't worry . . . your DEB/DET files have not been "used up" - they are
- still on your disk waiting to be used again. If you like, you may rename them
- or, better yet, make copies with new names. For example, let's say you are
- using the PARTY DEB/DET files to publish an invitation to a party. If you want
- to send personalized on-screen invitations in the form of COM programs to your
- friends Jeff and Caryn, type COPY PARTY.DE? JEFF.DE? and press Enter. Then
- type COPY PARTY.DE? CARYN.DE? and press enter. You have just created four new
- files: JEFF.DEB, JEFF.DET, CARYN.DEB, and CARYN.DET. Now type your message to
- Caryn after importing CARYN.DET in AutoDoc's "Editor" mode. After saving it,
- use AutoCom to compile CARYN.COM. Do the same with JEFF.DET to make JEFF.COM.
-
- It is possible to compile the COM program in one step instead of two by typing
- the name of your DEB/DET set on the DOS command line after the word AUTOCOM.
- To use the CARYN example, here is what you would type: AUTOCOM CARYN (then
- press "Enter"). This shortcut will save approximately one moment of your time,
- but you will not see the pretty AutoCom screen, and if there is an error (such
- as a missing file, or a mistyped name) you will not see the error message which
- the program would otherwise flash to your screen.
-
-
- DESCRIPTIONS OF OTHER PROGRAMS AVAILABLE
- FROM REXXCOM SYSTEMS
- XLPLUS
- ~~~~~~
- Professional electronic publishing software. This is really it! First came
- our multi-featured XL2000, and now the XL2001 upgrade with multi-colored text.
- This is the same software which the Digital Publishing Association uses to
- publish their monthly DPA News. See your text file or newsletter displayed
- in dazzling high-intensity colors. Try AutoScroll, mouse scroll, and many
- other features. Requires EGA monitor or better. Registered version contains
- many ready-to-use mastheads and titles for newsletters, and more.
-
- XLSHOW
- ~~~~~~
- XLSHOW, version 3.5. Automatic scrolling, screen-changing software for
- schools, offices, stores, clubs. Your info appears in a cycle of brilliant
- screens which change style and color with each topic. Excellent countertop
- display. Runs all day if needed. Updating info is easy - type new file or
- edit old one. Useful and reliable. Excellent instructions. Requires EGA
- monitor or better. The registered version contains many ready-to-use screen
- titles.
-
- DIGIPAD
- ~~~~~~~
- DIGIPAD is the amazing on-screen electronic notepad. Type bulletins, lists,
- training and sales info, and watch your text autoscroll line-by-line up the
- perfect graphic of a lined notebook. After the last line the pad changes color
- and a second text appears. Then the pad changes to a third color and your
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- third text appears. The cycle repeats as long as you like. Use it for a
- desktop or countertop display and let it run all day! Great for schools,
- offices, clubs, trade-shows, and more. Requires EGA monitor or better.
- Registered version contains at least seven different graphic notepads, each in
- a different glowing color with other accompanying graphics.
-
- AUTOFONT
- ~~~~~~~~
- AUTOFONT version 6.6. World's best display-font maker, now makes fonts in both
- monochrome and color, plus new MULTICOLOR RAINBOW. Use for creating terrific
- headings and titles for electronic publishing and BBS use. Scroll through many
- letter styles to make selection. Type and watch your words become giant, 3D,
- fancy, textured, reverse-field and more. Press F + 1 thru 5 for the incredible
- FonTastik style changes. Press the F + S keys for the unique "Smoothy" mode
- and eliminate choppy lines known as "the dreaded jaggies." Press function keys
- F1 through F10 to make a series of graphics of humorous faces. Use the special
- clip-art file to instantly create large and small graphics. Program requires
- EGA monitor or better. Registered version comes with many additional fonts and
- more than 10 FonTastik HQ modules to provide you with more than 500 styles,
- plus the option of using flashing or blinking colors, and more.
-
- ANS2COM
- ~~~~~~~
- ANS2COM converts an ANSI graphic to a COM file for making on-screen Text-in-
- Graphics mini-messages and greeting cards. Includes nice ANSI graphics. Fun
- to use, and fun for friends and co-workers to receive.
-
- COLORFONT
- ~~~~~~~~~
- Colorizes any text file instantly. Even give different pages of text different
- on-screen colors. Now you may colorize the text which goes with the colored
- titles and headings made with AUTOFONT. You can even make a screen of colored
- text and use ANS2COM to convert it to a stand-alone COM file.
-
- HEADINGS PROGRAM
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Designed to be used with AUTOFONT, this automates the process of adding titles
- and headings to text files.
-
- AUTODET and ANS2DEB
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- These two programs, when used with AUTOCOM, let you easily convert any file
- made with AUTOFONT, as well as most ANSI graphic screens, into stand-alone COM
- files which have multiple screen-pages. Not only that, but if one of the Fon-
- Tastik HQ modules is loaded first, the effects can be truly astounding.
-
-
- Disclaimer
- ~~~~~~~~~~
- All Rexxcom Systems programs and files are provided "as is" with no warranties
- whatsoever either expressed or implied, including without limitation warran-
- ties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose or a particular
- hardware system. The entire risk as to the quality and performance of the
- software rests with the user. Use of the software implies acceptance of this
- disclaimer.
-
- REGISTRATION, ORDERING
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- Type ORDER and press the Enter key to print a registration/order form.
-
-
- Rexxcom Systems
- The DisplayWare People
- P.O. Box 111
- Schooley's Mountain, NJ 07870
-
-
- CompuServe ID: 72656,2764
- GEnie ID: C.WIEDEMANN
-
- Leave EMail if you have questions or comments.
-
-
- AUTODOC/AUTOCOM REGISTRATION FORM
- """""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
- Please register me as a user and send the following software:
-
- Quantity Software Fee Subtotal
- ~~~~~~~~ ~~~~~~~~ ~~~ ~~~~~~~~
-
- ________ Registered AUTOCOM and AUTODOC 49.95 ________
- Included with registration:
- AUTODOC.EXE Registered version
- AUTOCOM.COM Registered version
- DEB/DET Library
- Over 30 new Pre-Fab Modules
- (DEB/DET file sets)
-
- ________ REXXCOM SUPER-PAK II 129.95 ________
- Included with registration:
- AUTOCOM.EXE Registered version
- AUTODOC.EXE Registered version
- DEB/DET Library
- + -- -- -- -- -- + Over 30 new Pre-Fab Modules
- | If registered | (DEB/DET file sets)
- | separately the | AUTOFONT.EXE Registered Version
- | programs in | Over 10 FonTastik HQ Modules
- | SUPER-PAK II | Over 50 Large Display Fonts
- | cost $154.75 | HEADINGS + COLORFONT Registered
- + -- -- -- -- -- + ANS2DEB + AUTODET Registered
- ANS2COM Registered
- XL2001 Registered
- XLSHOW Registered
- DIGIPAD Registered
-
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