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- README.TXT for TextPad 1.32a
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-
- Thank you for choosing to evaluate TextPad. It came first in its
- category in the 1995 Ziff-Davis Shareware Awards competition, and it
- got the PC Plus Gold Award in the May '95 issue.
-
- Are you evaluating the latest release? See "Obtaining Updates" in the
- on-line help to find out where you can download TextPad from.
-
- What the Press Say:
- -------------------
- "TextPad is the BEST 32-bit text editor I've seen! It's fast, loaded with
- features, and beautifully done. Get it!" - Dr File Finder(tm), Sep 95.
-
- "Setting new standards... 10/10" - PC Plus, May 95.
-
- "Best editor for Windows that we've ever seen" - Windows User, June 95.
-
-
- TABLE OF CONTENTS
- -----------------
- INTRODUCTION
- MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS
- INSTALLATION
- WHAT'S NEW
- RESTRICTED FEATURES
- REGISTRATION
-
-
- INTRODUCTION:
- -------------
- TextPad aims to provide the power and functionality to satisfy your most
- demanding text editing requirements. It is Windows hosted, and comes in
- 16 and 32-bit editions. Huge files can be edited by either - just choose
- the edition that works best with your PC. The 32-bit edition can edit
- files up to the limits of virtual memory (see Specifications in the online
- help for full details), and it will work with Windows 95, Windows NT and
- Windows 3.1 with Win32s extensions.
-
- TextPad has been implemented according to the Windows 95 user interface
- guidelines, so great attention has been paid to making it easy for both
- beginners and experienced users. In-context help is available for all
- commands, and in-context menus pop-up with the right mouse button. The
- multi-document interface allows multiple files to be edited simultaneously,
- with up to 2 views on each file. You can drag and drop text between files.
-
- In addition to the usual cut and paste capabilities, you can correct the
- most common typing errors with commands to change case, and transpose words,
- characters and lines. Other commands let you indent blocks of text, split
- or join lines, and insert whole files. Any change can be undone or redone,
- right back to the first one made. Visible bookmarks can be put on lines.
-
- It also has a customizable tools menu, and integral file compare and search
- commands, with hypertext jumps from the matched text to the corresponding
- line in the source file (ideal for integrating compilers).
-
- To find out more, install TextPad by referring to the instructions below,
- and then read the introduction in the on-line help file.
-
- MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:
- ---------------------
- 16-bit Edition: 32-bit Edition:
- o 386SX with 4MB RAM o 486SX with 4MB RAM (12MB for NT)
- o 1MB free disk space o 1MB free disk space
- o Windows 3.1 in 386 o Windows 95 or NT 3.5 or
- enhanced mode Windows 3.1 with Win32s 1.25
-
- INSTALLATION:
- -------------
- *WARNING*: If your diskette or ZIP file contains the 32-bit edition
- of TextPad, SETUP.EXE is a 32-bit program. It will not run on Windows
- 3.1 without Win32s. If your diskette contains both editions, and you
- only want to install the 16-bit edition, use SETUP16.EXE instead.
-
- Installing From a ZIP File:
- 1) Unzip into a new temporary folder, with PKUNZIP 2.04g.
- 2) Run SETUP.EXE.
- 3) Follow the on-screen instructions, but install into a
- different folder from that in step 1 above.
- 4) Delete the files unzipped in step 1 above.
-
- Installing From a Diskette:
- 1) Run either SETUP.EXE or SETUP16.EXE (see above).
- 2) Follow the on-screen instructions.
-
- There is no need to modify your search path.
-
- IMPORTANT: If you have associated any file extensions with releases
- of TextPad prior to 1.31, you must remake them for this release. This
- will clear up the problem of grouping files with different extensions
- together in Windows 95. Make the associations using the Associations
- tab on the Preferences dialog box. It also allows the uninstall
- program to clean up afterwards.
-
- WHAT'S NEW:
- -----------
- See the online help for what's new in this release.
-
- RESTRICTED FEATURES:
- --------------------
- The following features are only available to registered users:
-
- 1) OLE2 drag and drop editing. Local drag and drop editing is always
- available, but scrolling has not been implemented. This means that
- you can drop text in the visible view, but you cannot scroll the
- view whilst dragging.
- 2) Searching subdirectories with the Find in Files command.
-
- REGISTRATION:
- -------------
- If you make use of TextPad you must register it. Registered users
- will receive a copy of the latest releases of both the 16 and 32-bit
- editions, along with the Win32s and OLE2 files necessary for running
- in 32-bit mode on Windows 3.1.
-
- Click the "How to Purchase" button in the About dialog box, or see
- the file REGISTER.TXT for details.
-
-
- Enjoy using TextPad! Please send any comments or queries to us at:
-
- ________________________________________________________________________
- Helios Software Solutions, Carr Brook House, Chorley Old Road,
- Brindle, Chorley, Lancashire, PR6 7QZ, England
- ________________________________________________________________________
-
- Phone/Fax: +44-(0)1772-324353
- CompuServe: 100041,235
- Internet: textpad@heliosof.demon.co.uk
- MSN: HelioSoft
- ________________________________________________________________________
- Helios Software Solutions is an approved vendor and associate member
- of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP).
- ________________________________________________________________________
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