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VOCABULARY POWER (tm)
This program will create multiple choice and matching quizzes,
word searches, cryptolists, vocabulary bingo cards, and flash
cards from your words and clues. (100% compatible with
CROSSWORD POWER, also available from WISCO COMPUTING).
Evaluation Version 1.20
VOCABULARY 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, and VISA are accepted. Purchase orders are accepted
from schools and Fortune 1000 companies. Building site licenses
are also available. All references to SHAREWARE are removed
from the registered versions of this program. To order the
registered version, use the order blank that can be printed from
the pull down menu.
Registered owners will also receive a diskette with all improve-
ments made to the program since the distribution of the
shareware diskette, removal of all references to shareware,
notification of major updates, and voice telephone support.
This program can only be improved when you support my efforts.
for use with
IBM PC, XT, AT, PS/2, and compatibles (384 K)
(C)Copyright Terry L. Jepson 1985-1992
WISCO COMPUTING, P. O. Box 8
Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495-0008
Modem Support is available on the Rapid River BBS (715) 435-3855
(Free access 300 to 38,400bps V.32bis/V.42bis 24 hr 8/N/1)
MasterCard & VISA orders accepted (715) 423-8189
Voice Support is only available to registered users.
The information contained in the VOCABULARY POWER program and
manual is believed to be accurate and reliable. However, no
responsibility is assumed by the author or WISCO COMPUTING for
its' use. The author or WISCO COMPUTING shall not be liable for
any direct, incidental, or consequential damages resulting from
the use of the VOCABULARY POWER program or this manual. Comments
on this publication and on VOCABULARY POWER are invited.
VOCABULARY POWER is a trademark of WISCO COMPUTING. The
computer hardware, software, and printer names used in this
manual are the trade names and/or trademarks of their
respective owners.
VOCABULARY POWER is a computer software program that combines
entertainment and educational value. This program was
originally developed to help students learn vocabulary. This
program can be used for the creation and the printing of
activities to learn vocabulary. The activities (word searches,
bingo cards, word jumbles, etc.) can be created for parties,
games, and study aids.
Businesses and consultants have used this program for training
sessions, and advertising promotions. Businesses can use this
program for their internal newsletters. Restaurants can use the
word searches for their place mats.
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EDITING WORDS, CLUES, AND SETTING INFORMATION
The Home key will place the cursor at the beginning of the
current edit field. The End key will place the cursor at the
end of the current edit field. Alt-D will delete the current
edit field. Alt-R will restore the original information. The
left and right arrow keys move the cursor within the edit field.
Control-left and control-right arrow keys move the cursor to the
far left or right sides of the window. The up and down arrow
keys move the cursor between edit fields. Alternate-F1 displays
foreign language codes, Shift-F1 displays math symbols, and
control-F1 displays the Greek characters when appropriate. The
special symbols can be included in your vocabulary words and
clues by holding the alternate key down and entering the 3 digit
number on the number pad of the IBM keyboard.
VOCABULARY POWER Page 3
VOCABULARY POWER is specifically designed to be simple to
understand and easy to use. It requires very little knowledge
of computers. No commands need to be memorized. The menus
allow easy movement through the program so you can begin
producing and printing puzzles in just a few minutes. Help is
available by pressing the F1 function key.
Use the left or right arrow keys or mouse to move between menus.
Inside a menu use the up or down arrow keys to move from item to
item. Once your selection has been hi-lited, press the Enter
key to confirm the choice and continue. Choices with bullets
(or red on a color monitor) can not be selected until other
actions have been taken.
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
IBM PC, XT, AT, PS/2 or compatible 384K
One disk drive (second recommended) or hard drive
Blank formatted diskette for word list storage
Printer
PC-DOS or MS-DOS Version 2.1 or greater
CAPABILITIES OF VOCABULARY POWER:
Word Search size can be varied from 3 to 24 columns and from 3
to 17 rows. Word Search mazes and clues are printed in 10 pitch
type. Twelve pitch and condensed pitch will be supported in the
future.
Up to 80 words will be placed automatically in each maze. Word
search words and vocabulary bingo words can be up to 17
characters long. Up to 20 words and clues can be used in the
multiple choice and matching quizzes, cryptolists and juggle
words. Clues can be up to 100 characters long. Words and clues
can easily be added, deleted, printed, randomized, formatted, or
changed at any time.
A variety of activities can be automatically created and printed
from each list of words and clues. This option allows teachers
to stress the same vocabulary but use different activities with
their students. This has been a proven effective method for
learning vocabulary words.
VOCABULARY POWER is not copy protected. Backups of all files
can be made using normal disk copying procedures.
VOCABULARY POWER Page 4
GETTING STARTED:
Please register this software. Registration is essential
for you to receive the full benefits of WISCO COMPUTING.
VOCABULARY POWER registered users receive announcements about
major program improvements. These announcements will include
a description of the new features, the reduced upgrade cost,
and ordering procedures. Only registered users will receive
the upgrade notices and be eligible to purchase the upgrade.
First you should make a working copy of VOCABULARY POWER.
Copy all files on the original diskette to your working copy or
your hard disk subdirectory. Now place the original diskette
in a safe place.
A QUICK TUTORIAL:
1. Insert the working copy diskette in drive A:.
2. Enter the word BINGO 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. Select Additional Settings.
6. Make the correct settings for your computer and printer.
7. Press Escape to reveal the Menu Bar.
8. Save these settings.
9. Move the cursor to the File Menu.
10. Move the cursor to Create... Enter a valid MS-DOS name
that will be used to store your word list on diskette.
11. Then enter the subject of your word list.
12. Enter up to 80 words and related clues. When you are
done, use the tab key to move to the bottom of the screen.
13. Press the letter S to Save the words and clues.
14. Move the cursor to the WordTools Menu.
15. Press Enter to automatically place the words into the maze.
GENERAL INFORMATION:
A status line is displayed at the bottom of the screen. The
current word list name is displayed in the status line.
The F1 function key can be pressed to reveal Help Screens.
VOCABULARY POWER Page 5
THE FILES MENU:
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New
Load First Word List
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Create...
Edit Title...
Review/Change/Add
Print Word List
Manipulate Word List
Save Word List
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Shell to DOS
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Exit
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NEW:
This selection removes all vocabulary words from the computer's
memory. The name of the word list is displayed in the status
line.
ABOUT THE WORD LISTS:
Each word list can have up to 80 vocabulary words and related
clues. Word lists can be combined to place up to 80 words in
each word search. Every word list may be reused in new word
searches. This allows the user to review previously learned
vocabulary too. All files created by VOCABULARY POWER may be
copied and erased using the normal DOS commands. Avoid using
the & character in a word list name. The & character is used
in our companion product CROSSWORD POWER. Word lists created
with VOCABULARY POWER are 100% compatible for use with CROSSWORD
POWER.
ABOUT THE VOCABULARY WORDS (ANSWERS):
Vocabulary words may be up to 17 characters long. Any character
except the space, comma, asterisk *, double quote ", vertical
bar |, and number sign # can be used in a vocabulary word. Even
numbers can be used to create math word searches.
ABOUT THE CLUES (DEFINITIONS):
Each clue can be up to 100 characters long. Long clues are
automatically divided if necessary. Any character except the
double quote " and comma can be used in a clue.
VOCABULARY POWER Page 6
MANIPULATING THE WORD LIST:
Vocabulary words and clues can be automatically changed to upper
and lower case letters, capitalize just the first letter of the
word or clue, sorted by length, alphabetized, and randomized.
The F1 function key can be pressed to provide more information
about editing the vocabulary words and clues.
ABOUT WORD AND CLUE FORMATTING:
The words can be changed back and forth between capital and
lower case letters. It is easier to work with all capital
letters. However, sometimes lower case letters are necessary.
For example, in chemistry, CO means Carbon Monoxide and Co means
Cobalt. This program treats capital letters and lower case
letters as two different letters. This means that words will
not intersect at a common letter if one is a capital letter and
the other is lower case letter.
ABOUT SORTING, ALPHABETIZING, AND RANDOMIZING WORD ORDER:
The word list order is used to determine which words are placed
in a word search or vocabulary bingo card first.
HINTS:
Placing the longest words into a word list first does not
guarantee that more total words will be placed into a word
search.
Each time a word list is randomized, the order of the vocabulary
words and clues is changed.
Different word searches can be used by teachers to stress the
same vocabulary words but wanting to give students different
assignments. The different assignments allow verbal interaction
to learn the vocabulary words and clues.
VOCABULARY POWER Page 7
THE WORDTOOLS MENU:
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Word Search - Display Single
Word Search - Print Multiple
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Bingo Card - Display Single
Bingo Card - Print Multiple
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CryptoList - Display Single
CryptoList - Print Multiple
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Juggle Words - Display Single
Juggle Words - Print Multiple
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Flash Cards Printed
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When any of the Display Single selections are made, the word
list that is displayed on the status line (at the bottom of the
screen) is loaded into memory. Then the randomizing occurs and
the appropriate PRINT MENU is displayed.
For example, when WORD SEARCH - DISPLAY SINGLE is selected, a
single word search maze is displayed. The PRINT WORD SEARCH
MENU is displayed. You are given the following options:
<S>tudent maze printed
<T>eacher maze printed
<U>nused words displayed
<F>lip Student/Teacher Maze
<N>ew maze displayed
<L>eave this menu
When the PRINT MULTIPLE selection is made, two questions will be
asked. First you will be asked if you want a teacher (answer
key) printed with the student form. Then you will be asked how
many copies of the activity you want printed. You can
automatically print up to 35 different activities (word
searches, Vocabulary Bingo cards, etc.) when this selection is
made.
WORDSEARCH DETAILS:
The maze size that was selected on the SETTINGS MENU will be
used. Words will be arranged forwards, backwards, horizontal,
vertical, and diagonally. A random spot is chosen for the first
word to be placed into the maze. Then other words will attempt
to intersect the first word. When no more word placements can
be made, the WORDSEARCH PRINT MENU is displayed. These
selections can be made.
VOCABULARY POWER Page 8
STUDENT MAZE PRINTED
This option prints the student word search with the extra
letters.
TEACHER MAZE PRINTED
This option prints the answer key without the extra letters.
UNUSED WORDS DISPLAYED:
This option allows you to display and print words from the word
list that were not inserted into the maze.
FLIP STUDENT/TEACHER MAZE
Student or teacher mazes can be quickly viewed.
NEW MAZE DISPLAYED
The words are randomized, then a completely new maze is
displayed and available for printing.
LEAVE THIS MENU
Make this selection to return to the main menu.
VOCABULARY POWER Page 9
CRYPTOLIST DETAILS
The word list is randomized before choosing 20 words. If your
word list has less than 20 words, the entire word list will be
used. Each letter of the vocabulary word will be substituted by
a different letter. All words on the list use the same letter
substitution.
For example, the word CELERY could have been randomized as
RXJXWM. The letter R was substituted for the letter C in
celery. The letter X was substituted for the letter E. Since
there are two E's in CELERY, there are two X's, at the second
and fourth positions in the word. Every word in this activity
use the same letter substitution. If the word PLANE was also on
this list, the last letter would also have to be an X. A grid
is printed at the bottom of the student paper for help. The
substitution key is displayed on the screen and printed on the
teacher key.
Each additional cryptolist that is displayed and printed uses a
different group of 20 words and a different letter substitution
method
JUGGLE WORDS DETAILS:
The word list is randomized before choosing 20 words. If your
word list has less than 20 words, the entire word list will be
used. The letters of the vocabulary word will be randomized.
Each additional juggle word activity that is displayed and
printed uses 20 different words and a different letter
substitution method.
BINGO CARD DETAILS:
Your word list must have at least 25 words to make bingo cards.
When this selection is made a bingo card is displayed with the
PRINT CARD MENU. You are given the following options.
<S>tudent card printed
<U>nused words displayed
<N>ew card displayed
<L>eave this menu
Pressing the letter S will print the vocabulary bingo card.
Each vocabulary bingo card will fit neatly on a 8 1/2" by 11"
piece of paper.
VOCABULARY POWER Page 10
Pressing the letter U displays the unused words for the
displayed vocabulary bingo card.
Pressing the letter N displays a new vocabulary bingo card.
Press the letter L to leave this menu and return to the main
menu.
ABOUT PRINTING MULTIPLE CARDS
You can automatically print up to 35 different Vocabulary Bingo
cards when this selection is made.
FLASH CARDS (OR VOCABULARY BINGO CALLING CARD) DETAILS:
The flash cards used for vocabulary drills can also be used as
calling cards for vocabulary bingo. When this selection is
made, a menu listing 6 different options is displayed. The
calling (flash) cards allow printing the words and clues on
regular 8 1/2" by 11" paper or 3" by 5" cards. The words and
clues may be printed on the same or opposite sides of the paper.
When the vocabulary words and clues are printed on opposite
sides of the paper, you will have to turn the paper over to
print the back side.
Additional menu help is available for test centering the paper
in the printer.
VOCABULARY POWER Page 11
THE TESTTOOLS MENU:
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Matching Quiz - Display Single
Matching Quiz - Print Multiple
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Multiple Choice - Display Single
Multiple Choice - Print Multiple
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MATCHING QUIZ DETAILS:
The word list is randomized before choosing 20 words. If your
word list has less than 20 words, the entire word list will be
used. The clues for these 20 words will be randomized and
displayed. When long clues are displayed, the first part is
displayed with a plus (+) sign to indicate more letters.
Long clues are automatically wrapped for proper appearance
when printed. A blank is printed in front of the word number
for the student choice. The letter of the correct response is
printed in front of the number on the teacher key.
Each additional quiz that is printed uses a different group of
20 words and a different random answer pattern.
Up to 35 different forms can be printed automatically. Making
different quizzes has never been this easy.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUIZ DETAILS:
The word list is randomized before choosing 20 words. If your
word list has less than 20 words, the entire word list will be
used. The clues for these 20 words will be randomized and
displayed. Then conflicting choices (wrong answers) will be
chosen from all words in the word list. Then the correct
answer and three conflicting answers are randomized. Long clues
and long answers are automatically wrapped for proper appearance
when printed. A blank is printed in front of the word number
for the student choice. The letter of the correct response is
printed in front of the item number on the teacher key.
Each additional quiz that is printed uses a different group of
20 words and a different random answer pattern and a different
set of conflicting choices. Up to 35 different forms can be
printed automatically.
VOCABULARY POWER Page 12
THE SETTINGS MENU:
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Additional Settings
Save All Settings
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Order Information
Print Order Blank
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View Manual
Print Manual
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Additional Settings
Total Word Search Size Columns, Rows: 24, 17
Drive Containing Word Lists: C:\PUZZLE\
Print School Heading (Y/N): YES
School Heading - Line 1, Left Side: SCIENCE
School Heading - Line 2, Right Side: Name___________
Listing below Word Search to Use: WORDS
Print Free Space in Vocabulary Bingo Cards: NO
Automatically Capitalize the Letters: YES
Allow saved Word Lists to be randomized: YES
Printer (ASCII, LASER-JET or DOTMATRIX): DOT MATRIX
Printer support Box Drawing Characters (Y/N): NO
WORD SEARCH SIZE:
Word Search size may be varied from 3 to 24 columns wide and
from 3 to 17 rows high. A 15 column by 15 row maze with clues
usually fits on the normal size 8 1/2" by 11" paper.
DRIVE CONTAINING WORD LISTS:
Select the Drive Letter and subdirectory. To keep the word
lists in the same directory as the VOCABULARY POWER program
files, you can delete the displayed information by pressing
Alternate-D. (Holding the Alternate Key down while pressing
the letter D.
PRINTING THE SCHOOL HEADING:
If YES is chosen a two line heading will be printed. The topic
of the word list will be printed on the left side of the second
line. If NO is chosen, the word list topic will be centered at
the top of each printed page.
VOCABULARY POWER Page 13
LISTING BELOW WORD SEARCH:
Below each word search, the vocabulary word, the clue, or the
first letter of the vocabulary word can be printed as a help to
solving the word search. Long clues will automatically be
divided.
AUTOMATICALLY CAPITALIZE PUZZLE LETTERS:
For letters to intersect in the word search, they must be
identical. All letters of the words must be either all lower
or upper case. To quickly change the case of the words, use
the manipulate option on the FILE MENU.
ALLOW SAVED WORD LISTS TO BE RANDOMIZED:
If NO is chosen, you will not be able to resave the wordlist
with the words in a different order. This is offered to
make the word list compatible with CROSSWORD POWER. This
selection only affects some of the options that are made
when from MANIPULATE THE WORD LIST on the FILE MENU. If NO
is selected you can not sort the words by length, save the
words in a new random order or flip the words and clues.
This option does not affect the randomizing of the words and
clues for the WORDTOOLS MENU and TESTTOOLS MENU selections.
TYPE OF PRINTER:
Enter L for a LASERJET/DESKJET printer. Enter D for a Dot
Matrix printer. Enter A to save the activities as ASCII
text files. ASCII text files are easily imported into other
programs. For example, you may wish to add graphics to a
matching quiz or add these quiz questions to a test that has
already been typed using your word processor. Obviously,
VOCABULARY POWER is the tool to use quickly randomize the
quiz choices. Your word processor is the tool that can be
used to print graphics.
BOX DRAWING CHARACTERS:
If your printer prints foreign language characters around the
squares on the BINGO cards, this should be set to NO. Then
dashes and plus signs will be substituted for the BOX
characters
VOCABULARY POWER Page 14
ASCII FILE NAMING DETAILS:
These ASCII files are named using this pattern:
The first part of the file name uses the same name as the
word list. The extension part (the three letters after the
period) varies depending on the activity and if it is the
teacher or student copy. The first letter of the extension
will always be V (for VOCABULARY). The last letter will
either be a S for STUDENT or T for TEACHER. The second
letter varies with the activity.
The second letter of the wordsearch extension uses W.
The second letter of the matching quiz uses Q.
The second letter of the multiple choice quiz uses M.
The second letter of the cryptolist uses C.
The second letter of the juggle word uses J.
For example, the file HOMONYMS.VCT uses the HOMONYMS.WL word
list. The file is (C) Cryptolist of the (T) Teachers activity.
The original word lists use the extension .WL The word list
files are saved as ASCII files to make it easier to you to check
spelling. If you use the spell checker of your word processor,
and your words are changed, make sure to save the word list file
in ASCII format. Many word processors use special formatting
codes when files are saved the regular way. Saving of the file
in ASCII format prevents saving of the formatting codes.
SAVING THE SETTINGS:
This selection saves the settings to disk that will be used the
next time VOCABULARY POWER is started.
ORDER INFORMATION:
Products available from WISCO COMPUTING will be displayed.
PRINT ORDER BLANK:
An order blank for purchasing copies of this program or other
products sold by WISCO Computing can be conveniently printed.
VIEW MANUAL:
Use this selection to view the manual on screen while VOCABULARY
POWER is active. The manual, WSMANUAL.DOC must be in the same
directory or disk drive as the VOCABULARY POWER program.
Computer Programs from:
WISCO COMPUTING, P. O. Box 8
Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495-0008
(715) 423-8189
Quantity Product Unit Price
_____ GRADEBOOK POWER IBM 512K Indiv. License $59.00
_____ GRADING SKILLS POWER IBM 512K Indiv. License $59.00
_____ CROSSWORD POWER IBM 384K Indiv. License $39.95
_____ VOCABULARY POWER IBM 384K Indiv. License $39.95
_____ SURVEY POWER IBM 512K Indiv. License $59.95
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A Site License is available for all products at 3 times the
cost of an Individual License. A Site License allows all
employees performing their duties for the Site to legally
use the program.
_____ _____________________________ Site License __________
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_____ Extra GRADEBOOK POWER MANUALS/Site License $2.00 ea.
_____ Extra GRADING SKILLS POWER MAN./Site License $2.00 ea.
_____ Extra CROSSWORD POWER MANUALS/Site License .50 ea.
_____ Extra VOCABULARY POWER MANUALS/Site License .50 ea.
_____ Extra SURVEY POWER MANUALS/Site License $2.00 ea.
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