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KeyText 2000 v2.22, for Windows 95, 98, ME, NT4, 2000 or XP
        (c) MJMSoft Design Limited, 1998-2002

In this readme.txt:
Program Description
Installation
Upgrading
Distribution
Purchasing
License - Terms and Conditions
Version History
Technical Support and Contact Information


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                  Program Description
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Keyboard macro and Windows automation utility. Save time
with KeyText 2000!

KeyText 2000's basic function is the storing of pieces of
text, ready to be typed or pasted into whatever application
you are working on. Autotext in your system tray! You can
set up hotkeys to all your favorite text items - one
keypress and the text is in. Your Word Processor probably
has a function like this already, but what about your
database program, your desktop publisher, your e-mail
program? The beauty of KeyText is that it's always there
waiting in your tray, and works for most applications.

With KeyText 2000's "right-click anywhere" feature, form-
filling has never been so easy. Hold down Shift, Ctrl or
both (depending on how you set it up), right-click where you
want your text to go, and KeyText 2000's menu opens up next
to it ready for you to click the item you want. Your name,
e-mail address, credit card number, etc. - no more typing
them in: let KeyText 2000 do it.

Now with unique Smart Select feature. You already know how
to select text and press a key combination to copy it to the
clipboard, turn it to bold, and so on. With KeyText 2000's
Smart Select you can do much more! Once set up you could,
for example, select an e-mail address anywhere - document,
text file, database - and press Ctrl-Shift E. Your e-mail
program will start with a new message to that address ready!

Include in "text" commands to fill in the date (including
dates plus or minus n days / working days / months etc. from
the current date), run programs, click buttons, change
windows, select menu items, play a sound, display a message,
start an e-mail message, and more. Easy wizard-based dialogs
help you set it up. You can even specify an Internet
address, and KeyText will take you there (assuming you have
modem, etc.); hotkey it and you can launch your browser and
go to the site on one keypress.

Use KeyText 2000 to simulate mouse actions. It can click the
right spot on a window - button on a dialog, link on a web
page etc. - even if the window is in a different position
each time.

Schedule items to start at specified times or intervals.
Because the text can include commands (fields), you can run
programs at specified times, display reminders or alarms
with your choice of sound, even have an hourly chime. Do you
want KeyText to trigger an event on, say, the third last day
of every month? That is possible too.

Windows automation. Tell KeyText 2000 to look out for a
certain window or dialog, and then run an item. Completely
automate password entries, repetitive dialogs, etc. KeyText
itself includes 5 password levels to protect any passwords,
credit card numbers, etc. you might store.

KeyText 2000 can operate as a multiple clipboard, and makes
collecting text easy. You can set it up to monitor your
clipboard, and whenever text is copied to it, automatically
add the same text to a specified text item. This makes it
simple to gather text from various sources to put into one
destination. You don't even need to open a text file to get
at its text; select it in Windows Explorer and a couple of
mouse clicks puts a copy of it in KeyText 2000 ready for re-
use.

KeyText 2000 can either paste or type your text. Pasting is
faster, but "typing", character by character, has
advantages. It can include fields (commands), it doesn't
require the clipboard, and you can choose the speed. For the
benefit of online-chat users it includes "simulate manual
typing" settings; add some pauses, mistakes and backspaces
and the person at the other end will never know it's being
typed automatically!

KeyText 2000 has a random link function. Set up your e-mail
signature in KeyText 2000, along with a random link to a
range of quotations held in other items. Hotkey the
signature if you like. Then, every time you press the
hotkey, your e-mail signature will be typed in, followed by
a quotation drawn at random.

KeyText 2000 can display a miniature "keyboard" on your
screen, which lets you "type" with your mouse or pointing
device. This was added for the benefit of those who don't
always have a keyboard attached, and asked for the facility
to key text with KeyText 2000. The Keypad also has a symbols
tab; all those tricky symbols like ╝, ⌐, etc. are only a
click away - as are all the accented characters.

It's very unobtrusive... It hides itself away in the tray,
near your system clock. A left-click on the icon reveals a
menu showing all your text items ready to be typed. A right-
click shows all the options available.


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                  Installation
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IMPORTANT NOTICE: This KeyText 2000 program and all
associated documentation are the copyright of MJMSoft Design
Ltd. The use of the KeyText 2000 program is governed by the
License accompanying this program.

KeyText 2000 requires Windows 95, 98, ME, NT4, 2000 or XP,
and needs 800kb of space on your hard drive.

Extract the files from the KeyText 2000 zip file to a
(temporary) folder, and run SetupKT.exe. Or, if you have the
self-extracting .exe version, simply run kt2k###.exe (where
### is the version number. During the install process you
can choose to have KeyText 2000 added to your list of
programs which start every time Windows starts; note that
you can change this later in KeyText 2000.

To uninstall, select KeyText from Add-Remove Programs in
Windows control panel.


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                  Getting Started
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The KeyText program uses macros or scripts known as items,
which are named A, B, C and so on. They can be started from
the KeyText menu, from hotkeys, automatically or from batch
files. Together these items are stored in data files with
the extension .ktt.

It is important to note at the beginning that if you want
to start a new item you select "Edit text items" on the menu
which appears when you right-click the KT icon in the tray -
and look along the tabs A, B, C etc. until you find an empty
one (or delete an old one). If you want to start a new set
or collection of items, you select "New" from the right-
click menu - this opens up a new file of empty macros ready
to use. But beware of using "New" just to start a new
macro - go to Edit text items instead!

When you first run KeyText, try left-clicking the KT icon
and selecting "Samples; click here first!".


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                  Upgrading
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If you already have a previous version of KeyText installed,
you can install KeyText 2000 to the same folder as before,
making sure you exit KeyText first if it is running. Your
texts, settings, and unlock code (if purchased) will all be
preserved.

If you are upgrading from a version 1 release of KeyText,
before converting your texts it will make a copy of your
.ktt (KeyText data) file and give it the extension .kt1.


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                  Distribution
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KeyText is provided at no charge to you for evaluation
purposes only, and you may distribute it freely, on the
terms and conditions stated in the License (license.txt).


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                  Purchasing
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When first run KeyText 2000 displays: "Evaluation Version"
and has 10 text items available for you to use; you can
store more text items by making new data files (.ktt) and
using the right-click menu to switch from one to another.
After 30 days of use the evaluation period expires; the same
10 text items are available, but other features are reduced.
If you wish to continue using KeyText 2000, you should
purchase; you then receive an unlock code which converts
KeyText 2000 to the full version. Note that if you have not
purchased and are still using KeyText after 60 days, you
will no longer be able to save any changes to text items.

The full version gives 224 new text items, making 234 in
total; and you can have several "KeyTexts" running at the
same time, giving the possibility of thousands of text items
just a click or two away.

You can purchase online using a credit card - and get your
registration code to unlock KeyText 2000 e-mailed to you
instantly. Go to http://www.mjmsoft.com/ktreg.htm for
details.

A single user license is 25 US dollars or 15 GB pounds
(these prices guaranteed to end of June 2003). Site licences
and multi-user discounts are available. Once you have
installed KeyText 2000, see the file "order.txt" or the
KeyText 2000 help file for details of how to register
(online, by 'phone/fax or by mail).

For an additional 8 US dollars or 5 GB pounds, we will send
a disk and manual (printed help file); price includes
postage and packing. Note that the manual can be downloaded
free in Adobe Acrobat pdf format from
http://www.mjmsoft.com/keytext.htm.


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                  License - Terms and Conditions
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See the files "license.txt" and "Vendinfo.diz" for details.


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                  Version History since v2.1
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2.22    If an item has a {Clipboard} field near the
    beginning, and the clipboard contains text, this
    text displays in the KeyText menu for that item.
    This has been extended so that if a text file has
    been copied in Explorer, the first characters of it
    will display. For example, if item A contains only
    the field {Clipboard}, and the KeyText readme.txt
    has been copied in Explorer, the KeyText menu will
    display -  A: KeyText 2000 v2.22, for...
    (Note that if item A is then selected, the full
    contents of the text file would then be typed or
    pasted, depending on whether Action:Macro or
    Action:Paste is selected, giving a quick way to
    extract text from a file without opening it. This
    is existing functionality; the change in 2.22 is
    only to    the menu display.)

    KeyText was failing to simulate correctly a Ctrl
    Shift + direction key combination in an item, for
    example {Ctrl-Shift End}. Now fixed.

    If using a KeyText data file set to read-only, a
    warning message "changes will not be retained" was
    displayed when logging off or shutting down Windows.
    Now removed.

    The feature to allow a double-click of the KeyText
    icon to run item A (see Settings / Customize) did
    not work in Windows 2000. Now fixed.

    When using a Call field to call an item which ended
    with a mouse action field (or certain other fields),
    control was not returned to the calling item. Now
    fixed.

    In certain circumstances, scheduled items would fail
    to start after opening and closing the Settings
    dialog. Now fixed.

    In Settings / Global, under "Ignore a return
    character which follows the following fields", the
    Ask field has been removed from the list. Note that
    this is not a change in functionality; a return
    character following an Ask field will always be
    typed.

    Fix of problem occasionally experienced by Windows
    2000 users where the letter after an upper case
    letter is incorrectly also typed in upper case.

    Fix of a rare problem where an error would display
    when selecting "Edit text items".

2.21    Fix of a problem affecting Windows XP users only. Use
    of the KeyText Keypad (any of the Keyboard tab keys
    and some of the Symbol tab keys) would result in a
    KeyText error. Now fixed.

2.2    Added if/then/else functionality to the Wait field.
    Previously the Wait field would wait for a specified
    window; if found it would continue the item, or if
    not found it would cancel the item. Now there are six
    possibilities. If the window is found continue the
    item, else cancel, start another item, or call
    another item and continue. Or if the window is not
    found continue the item, else cancel, start another
    item, or call another item and continue. Also added
    is the ability to specify that the window title
    matches the specified text exactly (rather than the
    title includes the specified text), and the ability
    to check all windows, not just the foreground window.
    These additions mean that KeyText can check for the
    existence of a specified window, and take different
    courses of action depending on if it is found, or not
    found.

    Also added to the Wait field the ability to check if
    a specified file exists, or is created during the
    wait period.

    Fixed KeyText's ability to select text when sending a
    Shift and direction key combination. This worked in
    versions of Windows prior to Windows 2000, and now
    works in Windows 2000 and XP also.

    The "Copy List" function in the KeyText organizer,
    which copies to the clipboard a list of items with
    their menu text and hotkey, can now optionally
    include the whole text of each item. This may be
    useful for reference or backup purposes.

    Added to the Scheduler the ability to run monthly
    items on the last day of the month. Previously the
    actual date (1-31) had to be specified; now you can
    specify dates from last day minus 7 to the last day.

    The position on screen of the dialogs Message, Input,
    Ask, LinkSelect and CallSelect is now remembered so
    that if you move the window before closing it, next
    time it should appear in the same place.

    In the Edit text items window a new entry has been
    added to the Item menu: Insert Key Combination. This
    shortcut takes you directly to the appropriate part
    of the Insert Field Wizard, without the need to go
    through the main wizard page.

    In the event of an Explorer crash the KeyText icon in
    the tray is now restored, ensuring continuing
    availability of the program.

    Because of the different way in which the Windows XP
    Notification area works, the icon on the right-click
    menu for "Shift icon" appears as a left arrow for XP
    users, as this is the only available direction to
    shift it. Also, after a few days use, a hint is
    displayed for XP users regarding XP's "hide when
    inactive" feature which may cause the KT icon to
    disappear. See Windows XP in the Help file for more
    information.

    If Caps Lock is on, KeyText has the option to turn it
    off while an item is running, and when finished turn
    it back on again. However, this did not work if the
    item included a Pause field. Now fixed.

    Increased the speed of no-feedback typing. After
    "typing" a character, KeyText waits for feedback from
    the target application before typing the next
    character. This way KeyText regulates its speed to
    the ability of the target application to process
    keystrokes. However, a few applications give no
    feedback and KeyText must make a best guess which is
    normally slower. This "guess" has been speeded up in
    this version.

    Added or changed the following tutorial sections:
    Start or disconnect Windows dial-up networking, Check
    for text in a browser window, Set up alarms or
    reminders, If/then/else based on existence of a
    window, Use KeyText to populate a database / address
    book, and Use KeyText in a network environment. Also
    added to Field syntax reference a list of how key
    combinations appear as KeyText fields.

2.16    Added new mouse control options: the ability to move
    the mouse pointer to a point on the screen without
    also clicking a button, and the ability to restore
    the mouse pointer to where it was when the item
    was started. The built-in delay after a simulated
    mouse-click has been reduced.

    Added an "Add" field to the Combination of keys
    wizard, so that more than one key combination can
    be selected without leaving the wizard.

    Added the "application key" to the keypresses which
    can be simulated by KeyText. This is the key which,
    when pressed, normally brings up an application's
    pop-up menus and help topics - similar to the effect
    of a right mouse-button click.

    Added the ability to specify a password in the
    command line, so that users who want to start a
    password-protected KeyText file from the command line
    can specify it there, rather than being asked for it
    once KeyText starts.

    Added a warning on selecting "New" from the right-
    click menu, as some users were selecting "New" to
    start a new macro, rather than a new set of macros.
    "Input" box will now wrap text, rather than scroll to
    the right.

    Fixed a bug where if the item at the front when the
    Edit text items window is opened had an active
    schedule, the green surround on the Scheduler toolbar
    button did not display.

    Fixed bug where, if the first item to show on the
    right-click anywhere menu is changed in Settings/
    Options, the change takes place immediately, not
    after a restart as previously.

    Fixed a bug where, in certain circumstances, nested
    loops would not operate correctly.

    Fixed a bug where, in certain circumstances, control
    would not return to the calling item when CallSelect
    was used.

2.15    Fixed bug in KeyText Keypad where in certain
    circumstances the Windows Logo key would be simulated
    along with the desired key so that, for example,
    clicking "E" would open Explorer instead of typing E.

2.14    Added a new option to the On Window scheduler to
    allow all windows to be monitored, not just the
    foreground window. This means that if an application
    running in the background generates a window or
    message - for example, a "You have new email"
    message - which does not come to the front, KeyText
    can be set to look out for it and perform whatever
    actions you have in the associated item. You can set
    this by pressing the "Advanced" button on the "Set
    schedule" dialog.

    For Windows 2000 users only: In earlier versions of
    KeyText 2000 the Activate field included a
    minimize/restore action to resolve a "feature" in
    Windows 2000 which inhibits a program's ability to
    activate (bring to the foreground) another window.
    This minimize/restore has been found to be
    unnecessary in many cases, and has been removed. We
    have added an Activate! field (exclamation mark
    added) which will force the minimize/restore action,
    if required. It should be used if, after using an
    Activate field, you see the desired window's button
    in the taskbar flashing, but the window remaining in
    the background. Similarly in a Run field which
    includes an activate option - change the ^ to a ! if
    required.

    Previously, text on the KeyText menus was always
    black. A user who has black as the background color
    for menus and dialogs pointed out that this was less
    than helpful! The system default menu text color is
    now used.

    A [Return] following a Loop field will now be
    ignored, if "Ignore a return character..." is set in
    the global settings dialog.

2.13    Previously the left-click menu and right-click
    anywhere menu had a "Next..." item, and the Edit
    text items window had a ">" tab, to move to the next
    range of items; the second range added a "Back..."
    or "<" option to go back.  The "Back..." or "<"
    options are now also included on the first range,
    allowing easier access to items in the range 9A-9Z,
    8A-8Z, and so on.

    Previously, the top item on the right-click anywhere
    menu was always the user name, followed by the item
    specified in Settings: Options - normally item A.
    Now changed so that if Settings: Options sets it to
    A, item A is at the top, etc.; the user name is only
    at the top if "Name" is selected in Settings:
    Options.

    Previously, in Action: Macro, if KeyText was
    required to "type" a symbol or accented character
    which could not be typed by a single combination of
    keypresses, it "typed" it by copying it to the
    clipboard and then pasting it to the target
    application. This has been changed so that these
    characters are now typed without using the
    clipboard. This applies to characters in KeyText
    items, and to the "Symbols" section of the KeyText
    Keypad.

    In the Organizer window, you can now double-click an
    item to open it in the Edit window.

    Fix of a bug affecting the use of the Esc key after
    a KeyText {Input...} field.

    Internal KeyText 2000 timings altered for the
    {Selection} and {SelectionX} fields, to allow for
    occasional problems with Microsoft Office 2000
    applications.

2.12    Added option in Mouse wizard to allow a mouse action
    without moving the cursor - so that, for example, a
    KeyText item can include a field to double-click the
    mouse wherever the cursor appears on the screen.

    Improved Windows 2000 compatibility in relation to
    the "Activate" field.

    Fixed problem with CallSelect field, where control
    would not return to the calling item.

    Fixed problem whereby "right-click anywhere" menu
    and Mouse actions would not work correctly for users
    with left-handed mouse settings (left and right
    buttons swapped).

    Some Windows 98 users found that the "right-click
    anywhere" menu would not display until the Shift
    and/or Ctrl keys were released. Now displays
    immediately (unless the window under the mouse
    pointer is not the foreground window, in which case
    KeyText waits for any shift keys to be released).

    Fixed problem whereby if more than one instance of
    KeyText was running, and "right-click anywhere"
    features were suspended in one and then enabled in
    another, KeyText would crash.

2.11    Previously, the "Delete text in this item" button on
    the Edit text items window toolbar deleted text,
    deleted menu text, and reset action to default. Now
    it only deletes the text in the item.

    Fixed problem whereby "right-click anywhere" feature
    could disable correct Intellimouse wheel operation
    with certain applications running on Windows 95 or
    98. Windows NT 4.0 was not affected.

    Fixed bug where if no user name was supplied when
    KeyText was first run, and a call field was used for
    the user name, the KeyText item would halt.

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                  Technical Support
                  and Contact Information
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For sales information, send e-mail to [e-mail], or
for technical support, e-mail [e-mail].

Technical support is available to all users for a period of
30 days and to users who have purchased for a period of 90
days, both periods starting on the date on which the first
request is made to the Company for support. Note that the
support we offer relates to the operation of KeyText 2000
itself; we cannot guarantee to give advice on "scripts" to
perform specific tasks in other applications; however, we
will endeavor to give full version users as much help as we
can in this regard.

Sales telephone: free call-back service (we call you) - go
to http://www.mjmsoft.com/contact.htm
Telephone (UK number): [phone]
Fax (UK):              [phone]
Fax (USA):             [phone]

You can also contact us by mail at:
MJMSoft Design Ltd.
14 Moriston Drive
Murieston
LIVINGSTON
EH54 9HT
United Kingdom