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|E║ ^0Helpware|E ║ ^1 EZ STYLE |E ║ ^0Helpware|E ║
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^C^1by^0
^C^1Terrance Emerson^0
Your writing style--how easy is it to read? Do you hold the
interest of your readers? Is your writing tone negative? Last month
Softdisk's On Disk Monthly brought you EZ SCAN, a text file
viewer/printer; this month we are proud to present Terrance Emerson's
latest creation: EZ STYLE, a grammar stylistic analyzer that
evaluates writing samples based on the test of Dr. Rudolph Flesch in
three critical areas: Reading Ease, Human Interest, and Negativity.
Put your writing to the test and find out exactly how it measures up
on the objective Flesch scale. Dr. Flesch is widely known as the
author of numerous books on writing.
^C^1Using It Is EZ^0
To invoke EZ STYLE from DOS, simply type ^1EZSTYLE^0 at the DOS
prompt. You will see the program title screen. Press ENTER to get
to the Main Menu. From here there are four options that pull down
sub-menus: File, Evaluate, About, and Quit. Use the left and right
arrow keys to highlight an option, then press ENTER to select that
option. ESCAPE backs out of any selection or exits EZ STYLE.
Pressing F1 provides you with context-sensitive help from nearly
everywhere in the program. The four Main Menu options are explained
below:
^1File^0
This pull-down menu offers two selections:
^1Change Directory^0
Type in a directory path where the document files will be
found.
^1Select Document^0
Displays files to view from the current directory. Move the
highlight bar with the arrow keys and select with ENTER. Once
you have pressed ENTER, the file will be loaded for viewing
and/or evaluating.
^1Evaluate^0
This pull-down menu offers three selections:
^1Reading Ease^0
Evaluate the selected file for ease of reading based on the
Rudolph Flesch test.
^1Human Interest^0
Evaluate the selected file for human interest based on the
Rudolph Flesch test.
^1Negativity^0
Evaluate the selected file for negativity based on the number
of negative words in the sample.
^1About^0
This pull-down menu offers one selection:
^1About EZ STYLE^0
Program credits, where published, copyright information.
^1Quit^0
This pull-down menu offers one selection:
^1Quit EZ STYLE^0
Quit EZ STYLE and return to DOS or On Disk Monthly menu.
^C^1Sample Writing Files^0
Three writing samples are included to demonstrate the features of
EZ STYLE:
EZDEMO1.TXT contains a typical hyped up advertisement.
EZDEMO2.TXT contains an encyclopedia article.
EZDEMO3.TXT contains Lincoln's Gettysburg Address.
^C^1Important Disclosures^0
Portions of this software are taken from Turbo Pascal Express,
Revised by Robert Jourdain, and are copyright (c) 1987, 1988, by
Robert Jourdain. They appear in this program by permission of the
publisher, the Brady division of Simon & Schuster, Inc., 1
Gulf+Western Plaza, New York, NY 10023.
^C^1Outside On Disk Monthly^0
To run EZ STYLE outside of ^1On Disk Monthly^0, type:
^1EZSTYLE^0.
Disk files this program uses:
^FEZSTYLE.EXE
^FEZDEMO1.TXT
^FEZDEMO2.TXT
^FEZDEMO3.TXT