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- Welcome to version 4.20 of:
-
- WRITER'S DREAM
-
- What's New:
-
- For folks who have already seen previous versions of Writer's
- Dream:
- Since Version 1.0:
-
- This version can now incorporate as many as 100 chapter
- files. The first version could handle only up to 18
- chapters. Only one concession has been made to display so
- many chapters: the title box now can contain only 3 lines of
- text instead of the previous five lines.
-
- As you can see, the program has brighter colors and a more
- symmetrical appearance. There have also been a few more
- subtle improvements throughout the program!
-
- In addition, there are some new programs on this disk.
- ORDER.EXE will allow readers to print out your own order
- form.
-
- SPACE.EXE adds a custom left margin onto text files.
-
- REPAIR.EXE comes to the aid of those folks who own some
- unusual word processing programs which don't produce pure
- ASCII text.
-
- Since Version 2.0:
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- You can now list an .EXE or .COM file on the menu as if it
- were a chapter of text, but it will run as a program. Then,
- when the program ends, the menu returns. You can do tricks
- such as call a program to display a graph, or call a program
- that allows user input, then return to the text chapters.
- You can even call batch files which do many things before
- returning to the menu.
-
-
- Since Version 3.0
-
- You can now list a .PCX file on the menu, and it will be
- displayed automatically, until the user presses any key.
- Writer's Dream can now be controlled entirely by the
- mouse, although a mouse is not necessary. There is a neat
- new scrolling feature, with which you can move the text up or
- down by moving the mouse up or down. Furthermore, the text
- advances quickly and unobtrusively when the left mouse button
- is pressed.
- The author can now control the colors the end user will
- see. This includes text, background and pop-up box
- background, text color, border and shadow.
- File encryption is now built in, for those who do not
- want to allow the possibility of end users changing their
- information and passing it along.
- You can now use Writer's Dream as a simple file viewing
- utility. Simply type DREAM, then a space, then the name of
- any ASCII file you want to see.
- We have a bookmark feature, so that end users can resume
- where they left off in a previous session.
- Writer's Dream now supports an unlimited number of .CFG
- files so that you can build batch files, etc, which will run
- different books residing on the same disk.
- ORDER.EXE and DREAM.EXE will recognize an unready
- printer, even if the user states that the printer is ready
- and on line, thereby preventing a crash.
- The price is lower! We've replaced the cumbersome
- two-layer price structure with a single, low price! We've
- even removed the postage charge to make purchasing Writer's
- Dream easier. For those responding to previous advertising
- at the higher price, we send a free copy of Media Magic to
- make up for the difference!
-
- Note: If you are converting from a previous version, rerun
- the BUILD program, since there are some differences in the
- BOOK.CFG file. The previous version's BOOK.CFG file will not
- work with this new version of Writer's Dream.
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- chapter end.
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