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Useful Notes (Version 1.3) Documentation ======================================== What is Useful Notes? ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Useful Notes lets you create, organize, and access information on electronic notes. Think of Useful Notes as being a blank pad of "post-it" notes. Each time you want to remember something you the grab the top sheet, jot down the information, then put it on your desktop someplace. Pretty soon you'll have a whole bunch (pile) of these notes. Unlike paper notes however, Uno gives you instant access to the random pieces of information on your notes. Features ~~~~~~~~ Useful Notes (Uno) is a small, fast, information manager that is suitable for a wide variety of productivity tasks. Some of Uno's features include: - can be run from command line or as TSR - number and length of notes only limited by available memory - notes can be copied, moved, sized, ordered, and locked - establish "hot links" between notes, files, and programs - typeover and insert mode editing - search keyword or full text (case sensitive or insensitive) - cut and paste - word wrap and paragraph reformat - smart indentation - easy to use consistent interface - user configurable preferences Quick Start ~~~~~~~~~~~ You should find two sample "piles" of notes with this distribution; tutorial.uno and sample.uno. A good way to introduce yourself to Useful Notes is to try the tutorial. Simply type: uno tutorial.uno at the DOS prompt then follow the on screen instructions. You should be able to work through the tutorial without having read the documentation. To explore some ideas about how Useful Notes might be used, type: uno sample.uno at the DOS prompt and again follow the on screen instructions. System Requirements ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Uno runs on any IBM PC or compatible. Uno automatically determines the type of video card installed and uses 80 X 25 text mode when it starts up. The following video cards (or ones that are compatible) are supported: - Color Graphics Adapter (CGA) - Monochrome Graphics Adapter (MGA) - Hercules Graphics Adapter (HGA) - Enhanced Graphics Adapter (EGA) - Video Graphics Array (VGA) - Multi-Color Graphics Array (MCGA) Any monitor that can display 80 X 25 text works with Uno. If you have a color monitor and card, you can change the default colors (of black and white) by running unocfg.exe (see Configuring Uno). In addition Uno supports a 43 line display on EGA systems and a 28 or 50 line display on VGA systems. Uno is very small and runs on systems with as little as 128K of memory. Of course the more memory that you have, the larger the notes that you are able to edit. Starting Up Uno ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ From the DOS prompt, type: uno <pilename> then press the Enter key. "Pilename" is the name of a existing "pile" of notes. You can also start up Uno with no pile specified. In this case Uno starts within an empty unnamed pile of notes. Screen Layout ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Uno uses the top 23 lines of the screen to display your notes. Think of this area as a "desktop" (that is 80 columns wide and 23 lines deep) onto which any number of notes can be piled. This desktop is bordered on the top and sides by the edge of the screen, and bounded on the bottom by an inverse line. That inverse line is called the "status line". On the left edge of the status line is the name of the "pile" of notes that you are working with. To the right side of the status line, the amount of memory left for use by notes (Resident only), and the line and column position of the cursor within the current note is displayed. Below the status line are the command lines. All of the commands that are currently available to you are displayed on these two lines. Piles ~~~~~ Piles of notes are loaded onto the Uno "desktop". A "pile" is simply a group of notes that can be loaded from or saved to disk(ette) as a file. The pile name is used as the file name when loading or saving. Notes ~~~~~ Notes appear as rectangular areas on the Useful Notes desktop with either a single or double line border around them. The text for a note will be contained within this border. In the lower right hand corner of each note you will find the note number. The number for each note will be unique within the current pile and will not change. ╔EFLN═══════════───────────────┐ ║ │ ║ └ Shows which Properties the │ ║ note has (Execute, File, │ ║ Locked, or Nowrap). │ ║ │ ║ │ ║<- Double border if the note │ ║ is the "Current" note. │ ║ Single border around all ->│ ║ other notes. │ ║ │ ║ │ ║ ┌ Unique number assigned to │ ║ │ each note upon creation. │ ║ │ ╚300════════════───────────────┘ Each note can be any size up to the full size of the desktop. The text for a note can be as much as 1,000 characters wide, and 10,000 lines deep. One note, which is usually a different color than the rest of the notes on the desktop and has a double line surrounding it, is the "current" note. The curr*ent note will always have a flashing cursor in it. You can move this cursor anywhere in the note and the "text window" will follow the cursor as you move about. If there is no "current" note it means that you are at the end of the pile. Notes (continued) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ If you could see the backside of a note it might look like this: ┌──────────────────────────────┐ │ │ │ Time/Date: │ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │ │ │ │ │ Description: │ │ ░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░ │ │ │ │ │ │ Properties: │ │ │ │ Execute ░ Locked ░ │ │ │ │ File ░ Nowrap ░ │ │ │ └──────────────────────────────┘ When a note is created, the time and date is automatically recorded for you. While editing you have the option of typing in a short description for the note or setting certain note properties. See the sections on Description and Properties under the Edit command for more details on how Useful Notes uses this additional information. The Cursor ~~~~~~~~~~ The "cursor" is a pointer within the current note. When in Edit mode, text can be added or deleted here. In Uno the flashing cursor appears as an inverted half block when you are in "insert mode", and an underscore when you are in "typeover mode". Since text for a note can be bigger than the note itself, you can use the cursor keys to move the text around inside a note window. Moving the Cursor ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Moving the cursor around can be accomplished with the following keys. In all cases, the text window is adjusted when necessary in order to keep the cursor within the note's border. Space Bar Moves the cursor to the next note. Backspace Moves the cursor to the previous note. Up Arrow Moves the cursor up one line of text. Down Arrow Moves the cursor down one line of text. -> Moves the cursor right one character. <- Moves the cursor left one character. Home Moves the cursor to the first character on the current line. If you are already on the first character, moves the cursor to column 1. End Moves the cursor one position past the last character on the current line. PgUp Moves the cursor up one note of text. PgDn Moves the cursor down one note of text. Tab Moves the cursor to the next "Hot Spot" (see section on Hot Spots). If there are no more Hot Spots, Tab moves the cursor to the next tab stop. Backtab Moves the cursor to the previous "Hot Spot" (see section on Hot Spots). If there are no more Hot Spots, Backtab moves the cursor to the previous tab stop. Moving the Cursor (continued) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Additional cursor movement commands can be accessed by holding down the "Ctrl" key (you will see the command menu change when you do this) and pressing one of these keys: Back Section Moves the cursor to the next note that has a different "Description" (see section on Description) than the current note. Next Section Moves the cursor to the previous note that has a different "Description" (see section on Description) than the current note. Goto Note Prompts for a note number, then moves the cursor to the note number entered. Ctrl Home Moves the cursor to the first line of the current note. Ctrl End Moves the cursor one line past the end of the current note. First Note Moves the cursor to the first note in the pile. Last Note Moves the cursor to the last note in the pile. Index Note Moves the cursor to a special note maintained by Uno called an Index note. This note contains a list of all of the notes in the current pile with a one line entry for each of the notes. Each entry contains the note number, the note's description and properties, and the time and date that the note was created. The current note's line of the Index will be highlighted. You can move from note to note with the standard cursor keys. To get back to the desktop view press the Esc key. Ctrl PgDn When a search Pattern has been defined, moves the cursor to the next occurrence of Pattern in the pile. Ctrl PgUp When a search Pattern has been defined, moves the cursor to the previous occurrence of Pattern in the pile. Other Keys You Should Know About ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The following keys are important to the operation of Uno: Esc Returns to the previous level of menus. If you are at the main command menu nothing happens. Ins Switches between "typeover" and "insert" modes. Main Menu Commands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Most commands in Uno are invoked by pressing the first letter of the command name. In cases where this is not so the key to press will precede the command name and be highlighted. In addition, pressing and holding down the Ctrl key reveals additional cursor movement keys. Many of the main menu commands have sub-options. Sub-option menus replace the main command menu when invoked. They show the main com- mand selected in inverse text (just below the file name on the status line) and the option choices on the bottom line of the screen. You also select options by pressing the first highlighted letter or character of the appropriate choice. You can always get out of sub-option menu(s) by pressing the Esc key. The sections that follow describe the main menu commands and sub- options in more detail. Bottom ~~~~~~ Move the current note to the end of the pile. The next note in the pile becomes the current note. If you order your pile with the most important notes at the front, it is often useful to "bury" notes with this command that cannot be dealt with right away. Copy ~~~~ Make a copy of the current note. You will automatically be in Edit mode on the new "copied" note. The new note will be positioned immediately AFTER the current note in the pile's order. Delete ~~~~~~ Delete the current note. You will be prompted to verify that you really want to delete. The next note in the pile becomes the current note. Edit ~~~~ To enter text in Uno you must be in Edit mode. Press the 'E' key from the command menu to edit the current note, or press the Note key to create a new note (you w*ill automatically be in Edit mode). The following few sections assume that you are in Edit mode. Edit - Entering Text ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To enter text into a Uno note, position the cursor where you want the text to be added and then type. If you make a mistake use the Backspace or Del key to erase the error. In insert mode, characters to the right of the half block cursor (including the current character) shift right to make room for new text being entered. You can do "power" data entry using Uno. By default the "word wrap" feature is turned on within a note so that any word that is incomplete when it "hits" the right border is moved down to the next line. With this feature you can enter long passages of text without having to worry about the ends of lines. Uno considers a block of text separated by at least one blank line above and below to be a paragraph. Editing text within a paragraph when word wrap is on might be a little disconcerting at first, especially when in insert mode. Uno makes no attempt to reformat paragraph text "on-the-fly" as you are editing it. When in insert mode Uno moves any text to the right of the cursor down to the next line (if necessary) to make room for new text. The Paragraph Reformat option under the Edit command can be used to fix things up after you have made all your changes. Edit - Enter Key ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When editing, the Enter key moves the cursor down one line and positions it at the current level of indentation. If you are in insert mode, a new line is created immediately after the current line, and any text to the right of and including the cursor character is moved down with the cursor. Edit - Smart Indentation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ When you press the Enter key, the cursor moves down one line and Uno positions the cursor under the first character of the current line. This makes it easy to enter blocks of indented text. Similarly the Paragraph Reformat looks at the leading spaces on the SECOND line of a paragraph to determine where to place the left margin. The right margin will always be the right border of the note. Any positive or negative indentation on the first line will be preserved. The Outdent option under the Ctrl key (when in Edit) moves the cursor to the previous level of indentation (which it determines by looking "up" in the text of the note). Edit - F1 File ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This command is identical to the File command described later. It appears under the Edit command as a convenience to the user. Edit - F5 Cut ~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Cut allows you to select a block of text which can subsequently be deleted or copied. Text selection begins at the current cursor position. As you move the cursor around (using the standard cursor movement keys) selected text is highlighted. Selection ends when you press the Copy or Delete command keys. All the text from one selected position in the text to another will be affected. Any time that you select a block of text and copy or delete it, the selected text is copied to a "clipboard" or "cut buffer" for Uno. The former contents of "clipboard" are lost when newly selected text is copied to it. Once marked, there are two operations that can be performed on the highlighted text. Copy Copies the selected text to the clipboard. Delete Copies the selected text to the clipboard then removes it from the current note. Edit - F6 Paste ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This command copies the text from the clipboard into the current note at the current cursor position. If you are in insert mode, the note text is moved to make room for the clipboard text being added. Care should be exercised when you are in typeover mode as the clipboard text is copied on top of the text in the current note. If there are more than 2 lines of text being Pasted and you are in typeover mode, you are asked to verify that you really want to Paste. The clipboard works for all the notes in the current pile, so you can Cut from one note and Paste into another. Edit - F7 Description ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You can type any text you want into the Description for a note. Press the Enter key then you are done typing. The Description is used in many ways by Useful Notes. You can "Order" notes alphabetically by description. You can "Search" for specific "Patterns" within descriptions, and we'll see later how descriptions can be used to "link" notes together (see Hot Spots). Edit - F8 Properties ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Notes can have special "Properties". For instance, when a note is "Locked" you can no longer Edit it. Word wrapping can be turned off in a note with the "Nowrap" option. If a Property has been selected, its first letter appears in the upper right corner of the note. Notes with the "Execute" property set ON can be used to run DOS commands. When you press the Enter key while on an Executable note, Useful Notes will "shell out" to DOS using the note's Description as a command. Uno will not use any text following a ';' character in the description as part of the command. Execute will NOT work if you have popped-up Useful Notes (Resident version) from the DOS prompt or there is not enough memory to run the command specified by the Description. When Execute is selected two additional sub-Properties appear. "Clear" can be used to blank the screen prior to running the command, and "Restore" will redraw the desktop when the command returns (if selected). With the "File" property set, a note's Description will be treated as a file name (except for any text following a ';' character). When saving a note, Useful Notes normally puts the text for the note in the "pile file". A "File" note's text will be saved in a separate file named by the Description. Likewise when loading, Useful Notes gets the text from the named file. Edit - F9 Reformat ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The Reformat command will adjust the text in the current paragraph so that each line has the maximum number of words between the left and right margins. The left margin is determined by looking at the number of spaces preceding the second line of the paragraph. The right margin is the right border of the note. Edit - Cursor Commands ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ By pressing and holding down the Ctrl key, an Edit sub-menu with the following additional cursor movement options appears: Ctrl -> Moves the cursor to the beginning of the next word. (A word is considered to be a series of characters preceded and followed by at least one space.) Ctrl <- Moves the cursor to the beginning of the previous word. Goto Line Prompts for a line number, then moves the cursor to the line number entered. Adjusts the text window so that the cursor is centered vertically in the note. Outdent Moves the cursor left to the previous level of indentation. Ctrl Home Moves the cursor to the first line of the current note. Ctrl End Moves the cursor one line past the end of the current note. Tab Moves the cursor to the next Data Entry Point (see section on Data Entry Points). If there are no more Data Entry Points, Tab moves the cursor to the next tab stop. Backtab Moves the cursor to the previous Data Entry Point (see section on Data Entry Points). If there are no more Data Entry Points, Tab moves the cursor to the previous tab stop. Edit - Deleting Things ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Characters are deleted with the following keys: Del Deletes the character under the cursor. Any text to the right of that character shifts left to "fill the gap". If the cursor is past the end of the line and you are in insert mode, Uno brings up the next line of text and joins it with the current line. Backspace Moves the cursor left one character. If you are in insert mode, Uno deletes the character to the left of the cursor and all text to the right of and including the cursor shifts left. Also in insert mode, if the cursor is in column 1, Uno moves the current line up and joins it with the previous line. By pressing and holding down the Alt key, an Edit sub-menu with the following additional delete options appears: Word Deletes the word under the cursor. If the cursor is not on a word, the first word to the left of the cursor (if there is one) is deleted. Beginning of Line Deletes all of the text to the left of the cursor. The remaining text and the cursor shift left to the current level of indentation. End of Line Deletes all of the text to the right of and including the character under the cursor. Line Deletes the line that the cursor is on. File ~~~~ File commands are used to copy Uno piles to and from disk files. In addition the current pile can be erased or renamed, and text can be imported or exported from the current note. Load Prompts for the name of a pile to load. If the entered pile name is found on the disk, Uno copies it onto the desktop at the current notes position. Piles can be loaded into an empty desktop or inserted into the currently loaded pile. An empty desktop is given the name of the first pile loaded onto it. Save The desktop pile is copied to a disk file and given the current pile name. Uno prompts for a pile name if the desktop is unnamed. Clear Erases the contents of the current desktop. If any notes have been changed since the last time it was saved, Uno prompts you to verify that you really want to clear the desktop. You will also have the option of saving the current pile before clearing. Name Prompts for a name for the current pile. The name entered must be a valid DOS file name. If the name is the same as one on your disk, Uno prompts you to verify that you really want to use that name. Import Prompts for the name of an ASCII file to load into the current note. If the entered file name is found on the disk, Uno copies it into the current note at the cursor position. Existing text is moved to make room for the text being loaded. If you import a file into an empty note, Uno will automatically set the "File" and "Nowrap" properties (see section on Properties). Export Prompts for the name of an ASCII file where the contents of the current note are to be saved. The name entered must be a valid DOS file name. If the name is the same as one on your disk, Uno prompts you to verify that you really want to use that name. Note ~~~~ This command will create a new blank note. You will automatically be in Edit mode on the new note. The new note will appear immediately BEFORE the current note in the pile's order. The position of the note on the desktop will be selected at random. When you create a note, the time and date is recorded. Useful Notes can use this Time/Date stamp to "Order" your notes based on when you entered them. Order ~~~~~ This command can be used to change the order of the notes in the pile. Clean Cleans up the desktop so that only the current note is visible but does not otherwise affect the other notes. Descrip- tion Reorders notes alphabetically by the notes' descriptions. Notes can be arranged in either ascending or descending order. Position Neatens up all the notes on the desktop. Notes are laid out side by side and in rows so that the top three lines of each note are visible when the desktop is full. Number Reorders notes according to the note number. Notes can be arranged in either ascending or descending order. Time/Date Reorders notes by the Time and Date that each note was created. Notes can be arranged in either ascending or descending order. Print ~~~~~ The contents of the current note are sent to the printer attached to LPT1. No formatting is performed on the text. Quit ~~~~ This command is used to exit Uno. If any of the notes have been modified in any way, you are prompted to verify that you really want to quit with the following options: Save First Save the current pile before quitting. Just Quit Quits without saving. Don't Ask Anymore Quits without saving. Also instructs Useful Notes not to prompt for verification until the pile changes again. (This option only appears in the Resident version of Useful Notes). Search ~~~~~~ Search allows you to find strings or "Patterns" within the text of the current pile's notes or their Descriptions. Pattern Prompts for a search Pattern. If the Pattern entered is in all lower case, searches will be case insensitive. If any of the letters in the Pattern are in upper case, the text and Pattern must be exactly the same for a match to occur. -> Moves the cursor to the next note whose Description contains an occurrence of Pattern. If there are no more matches the cursor does not move. <- Moves the cursor to the previous note whose Description contains an occurrence of Pattern. If there are no more matches the cursor does not move. PgUp Moves the cursor to the note that contains the previous occurrence of Pattern in the current desktop. If there are no more matches, moves the cursor to the beginning of the first note. PgDn Moves the cursor to the note that contains the next occurrence of Pattern in the current desktop. If there are no more matches, moves the cursor to the end of the last note. Top ~~~ Move the current note to the beginning of the pile. The next note in the pile becomes the current note. If you order your pile with the most important notes at the front, it is useful to "promote" notes with this command that must be dealt with right away. Zoom ~~~~ Expands the current note to be the full size of the desktop. If the note is already "zoomed" and you press the zoom key, the note will revert to its original size. Move (Scroll Lock) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ This command allows you to move or resize the current note. Press the Scroll Lock key to put you in "Move" mode (the border of the current note should switch to the active color). ,,->,<- Move the current note around the screen. Shift ,,->,<- If you hold down the shift key and press the arrow keys, the size of the current note will change. Fit To Text Resizes the current note so that the border exactly fits around text of the note with no wasted space. Zoom Expands the current note to be the full size of the desktop. Press the Scroll Lock key again when you are done moving or resizing. Hot Spots ~~~~~~~~~ If you enclose some text in [square brackets], Useful Notes will treat that text as a "hot spot". You can use the Tab key to move between hot spots. When the cursor is on a hot spot, the hot spot will be highlighted. Pressing Enter while on a hot spot will cause Useful Notes to search for that hot spot's text in the notes' Descriptions. If the search succeeds, you will be moved to the first note with the matching Description. Data Entry Points ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ One possible use for Useful Notes is to create simple data entry forms that contain some fixed information, and spaces for you to key in additional information. To facilitate this, Useful Notes recognizes the ':' character as a Data Entry Point. The Tab and Backtab keys will automatically position the cursor at these points when you are in Edit Mode. Notes on Resident Version (UNORES) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ You run Useful Notes Resident the same way as the command line version. From the DOS prompt, type: unores <pilename> then press the Enter key. Press Ctrl-Alt-n (the Ctrl, Alt, and n keys simultaneously) to pop-up Useful Notes Resident. The Quit command, Alt-x, or the F10 key will return you to the application that was running when you popped-up. The Resident version of Useful Notes will use about 77K of DOS memory. About 24K of that memory is available for notes. Registered users will receive a version of Uno that will work with EMS memory to reduce this overhead, and also allow you to configure the amount of memory to set aside for notes if EMS is not available. Although every effort has been made to ensure that Useful Notes is a "well behaved" TSR, there are far too many configurations with other TSR programs to test. If you are having problems getting Uno to pop-up, try changing the order that Uno gets loaded. Notes on Load and Run Version (UNORUN) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ UNORUN can be used to execute another application with an associated notes <pile>. To run Unorun, from the DOS prompt, type: unorun <pilename[.uno]> <application> [<parm1> <parm2>...<parmn>] then press the Enter key. The parms above are the application's (if any) just as you would type them in at the DOS prompt. As long as you remain in the application you will have access to the notes defined in "pilename.uno". When you exit the application, Unorun will remove itself and the macro file from memory. BE SURE TO SAVE THE PILE (IF IS HAS CHANGED) BEFORE YOU EXIT THE APPLICATION. For both versions if you do not specify an extension on the macrofile name, Uma will assume ".uno". NOTE: If you already have UNORES in memory it will take override UNORUN. Notes for Useful Editor Users ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The command layout and interface for Useful Notes is very similar to that of Useful Editor. At the main command level of Useful Notes, you can use the following Useful Editor key equivalents: F1 or 'f' - File F3 or 's' - Search F4 or 'p' - Print F8 or 'z' - Zoom F10 or 'q' or Alt-x - Quit Configuring Uno ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ A separate program (unocfg.exe) is provided to modify Uno and/or Unores and/or Unorun with some of your own preferences. When you run this Uno Configuration, you must ensure that Uno.exe and/or Unores.exe and/or Unorun are in the current directory. Follow the prompts for the configuration program. When you have answered the last question the executable(s) will be updated with your selections. The following user preferences can be configured within Uno: - video display mode - initial text entry mode - color of normal text - color of inverse text - color of active (edit) text - distance between tab stops - size of new notes Licensing ~~~~~~~~~ The programs and documentation in this archive are Copyright (c) 1990 by Useful Software Uno is a shareware information manager. This means that you only pay for it if you decide to continue using it. If you don't think that it is worth the asking price, delete the program, or better yet give it to someone who might find it useful. However if you do decide to keep Uno after a 2 week trial period, please send $20 (see REGISTRATION FORM on next page) to: Useful Software 340 Dale Crescent Waterloo, Ontario Canada, N2J 3Y3 The shareware fee pays for unlimited use of Uno by a single person. You are allowed (and encouraged) to give away copies of Uno with the understanding that each person receiving a copy is under the same obligation as you are to send in the shareware fee if they decide to keep it. You can upload THIS VERSION ONLY of Uno to other computer systems, either free or commercial, as long as this archive remains intact, with the copyright and shareware notices unchanged. Useful Notes can be installed on LANS. In such situations I ask only that the LAN Administrator estimate the maximum number of people that will be making "simultaneous" use of Uno and pay the shareware fee based on that estimate. I do not expect that the limit be closely monitored or enforced (I appreciate how much trouble that would be), but I do expect that the estimate will be revised (and additional fees paid) should a substantial increase in the number of nodes on the LAN and Uno usage occur. No guarantee is made as to the functionality of this software; however it has been tested quite thoroughly by a large number of people. If it doesn't do what you want, don't keep it and send no money. Please support the shareware concept. Shareware means useful programs at a fraction of the cost you might pay for them commercially. You can try-before-you-buy, and you are not subjected to copy protection or other atrocities that many software vendors inflict on their customers. Software updates can also be distributed much faster than is possible through normal channels. Any questions, suggestions, or bug reports, can be mailed to the above address, or send electronic mail to: GEnie: M.GARDI CompuServe: 70242,3102 Enjoy, Useful Software Registration Information (What do I get if I register!) ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ All registered users of Useful Notes will receive one update with the most recent version of the program. Subsequent updates are available for $2.00 shipping and handling on request. In addition you will receive the latest versions of other Useful Software products for your consideration. Registered users will have access to the Useful Software Support BBS, and telephone support. Discounts are available if you register Useful Notes along with other Useful Software products (see "Bundled" price schedule below). If you are already a registered user of another Useful Software product, remit only the difference in price between what you have already paid and the "Bundled" price. (For instance if you own 1 copy of Useful Editor at $20, you pay only $10 for the registration of 1 copy of Useful Notes). Useful Notes Price Schedule ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1-9 copies - $20 per copy 10-49 copies - $15 per copy 50-99 copies - $10 per copy 100+ copies - One time fee of $1000 Useful Notes/Editor Bundled Price Schedule ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1-9 copies - $30 per bundle 10-49 copies - $25 per bundle 50-99 copies - $15 per bundle 100+ copies - One time fee of $1500 Useful Macros Price Schedule ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ 1-99 copies - $10 per copy 100+ copies - One time fee of $1000 With each purchased copy of Useful Editor or Useful Notes, the price for a copy of Useful Macros is only $5.00. Printed Documentation ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Printed copies of the documentation are available for all Useful Software products at a cost of $5.00/copy. REGISTRATION FORM (English Uno) ================= TO: FROM: Useful Software Name: ___________________________________ 340 Dale Crescent Waterloo, Ontario (Company): ___________________________________ Canada, N2J 3Y3 (Title): ___________________________________ Address: ___________________________________ City,State: ___________________________________ (Prov.) Telephone: ___________________________________ I AM ALREADY USING: Useful Editor Version ___.___ Useful Notes Version ___.___ Useful Macros Version ___.___ I WOULD LIKE TO REGISTER: ____ copies of Useful Notes V1.3 X $______ per copy = $________ ____ copies of Useful Editor V1.9c X $______ per copy = $________ ____ copies of Useful Macros V1.0 X $______ per copy = $________ I WOULD ALSO LIKE TO RECEIVE: ____ printed copies of the Notes documentation X $5.00 = $________ ____ printed copies of the Editor documentation X $5.00 = $________ ____ printed copies of the Macros documentation X $5.00 = $________ TOTAL ENCLOSED = $ ======== Signature: ____________________________________ Update Log ~~~~~~~~~~ The following changes were made in version 1.1 - added Fit To Text and Zoom options to the Scroll... option - default note pile option now included in the unocfg program - modified tab support to recognize Data Entry Points while in Edit mode - added configurable option to backup piles (to a .bak file) prior to saving - Alt-x can be used as an alternate to Quit (F10) - Esc can be used to exit Uno Resident - memory % Free added (Resident version) The following changes were made in version 1.2 - support for index notes was added The following changes were made in version 1.3 - shelling out to another application so you can have notes specific to an application (UNORUN) - Ctrl-Alt-N now also works as a hot key Planned Enhancements ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ - cut and paste from application screens (Resident version) - alarm clock notes (Resident version) - note history - auto clean property - uninstall option - recognize when its in memory and not reinstall