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AUTODOC and AUTOCOM
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AutoDoc (AD.EXE) and AutoCom (AUTOCOM.COM) are powerful, easy-to-use programs
for a unique type of Electronic Publishing. Other electronic publishing soft-
ware has little regard to an enhanced appearance. AutoDoc, on the other hand,
lets you colorize your text, and it allows you to frame the screen with an
amazing variety of fancy borders called DecorEdge Bord`rs. And, as you will
soon discover, you can choose to imbed your scrollable text within a graphic.
You may even display your words within the speech balloon of a cartoon charac-
ter! AutoCom completes the process by turning your work into a stand-alone
program which flashes your text and graphics to the screen.
INSTALLATION
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You will obtain faster, smoother operation if you install AutoDoc onto a hard
drive as follows:
1. From the root directory of your hard drive type MD PUBLISH to create a new
directory named PUBLISH.
2. Place your AUTODOC floppy diskette in Drive A. If you have a compressed-
file version, follow directions for extracting the files to the PUBLISH
directory on your hard drive. If you have non-compressed files, from drive A
type: COPY *.* C:\PUBLISH (we are assuming your hard drive is drive C).
3. After the program and all the AutoDoc files are on the hard drive in the
PUBLISH directory, you are in business. Use AutoDoc by first entering its
directory by typing CD \PUBLISH and pressing Enter. Then type AD to run.
To use AutoDoc on a 360k diskette, have no files except the AutoDoc program and
its files. Otherwise you will not have enough working space to create and save
your files.
USING AUTODOC
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
AutoDoc was developed to be learned intuitively. This means you learn it by
using it. What better news could there be, when you receive a new program? No
tiresome manual to plod through . . . the fun, and the results, will begin
right away! In a nutshell, the whole idea behind AutoDoc is this: The
creation of an electronic publication made up of scrollable text within a
graphic DecorEdge Bord`r or scene. This is called TIG or Text In Graphics.
Load AutoDoc by typing AD and pressing your Enter key. If this is your first
time, a "one time only" information screen will appear. After the colorful
sections of the title screen move into position, the main menu appears. Press
C for Create. The Bord`r design screen appears. Review the basic designs by
pressing up or down arrow keys. When you settle on a design, press "Esc" to
lock it in. If you choose a customizable design press C and the custom-
designing screen appears. Use arrow keys to move the cursor to any character
and press "Enter." At once you see the Bord`r design as it appears with your
chosen character. Try other characters to observe the effects. When you find
one you like press "Esc" to lock it in. There are over 2OO choices!
The next screen permits selection of Bord`r colors from over 12O combinations.
(If using a monochrome system these screens are skipped). Review color combina-
tions by moving the cursor from number to number. Each number is colored, mak-
ing it easy to know its two corresponding colors (foreground and background).
Press "Enter" to view your DecorEdge Bord`r in various color combinations as
you choose different numbers. Press "Esc" to lock in the colors you like best.
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The next screen is nearly identical to the last. It allows selection of the
color combination of your text area. If you want the text to be displayed in
the same combination of colors as the Bord`r, move the cursor to the appropri-
ate number and press your Enter key. To see other combinations of colors,
move to various numbers and press "Enter" each time. Finally, press "Esc" to
lock in your text colors (chosen from over 12O combinations).
The program will now display a screen which illustrates your six choices (five
if you did not choose a customizable Bord`r; seven if you chose Bord`r No. 00
which has two customizable portions - the Bord`r and its "shadow"). At this
point you are ready to enter the program's text editor. You are given an
opportunity to load a pre-prepared ASCII text file. One is included on the
disk for you; its name is TRIAL.TXT. To load it, press Y and then enter its
name. If you want to type your own text, press N and type your text. If you
are anxious to see finished results, type a few words and press "Esc" - then
follow the directions to save your file. AutoDoc saves your Bord`r in a DEB
(DecorEdge Bord'r) file. Your text is simultaneously saved in a DET (DecorEdge
Text) file; each of these files will have the same name followed by the
extension "DEB" or "DET."
After you create your first masterpiece in "Create" mode, go back to the main
menu and select "Review". Here you may view your creation, as well as the
pre-fab DecorEdge Bord`r Scenes which are included. What are they? Wait until
you see them!
USING AUTOCOM
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When Rexxcom Systems completed development of AutoDoc's companion program
AutoCom, this achievement was heralded as a major breakthrough in the elec-
tronic publishing field. For the first time an AutoDoc Text-in-Graphics
creation may be instantly compiled into a stand-alone COM program!
When you use AutoDoc, not only will the DEB/DET files be saved, but AutoDoc
will access AutoCom, and a stand-alone COM program will be created. This
occurs automatically with any file made in "Create" mode. If you also have the
program DIET on your disk your COM program will be "put on a diet" and made as
small as possible (i.e.: reduced in size to fewer bytes). Think of this - the
first program instructs the second program to create a third program, and then
it instructs a fourth program to condense the newly created one so it will
occupy less room on your disk! (DIET.EXE is available from CompuServe, private
BBSs, and shareware catalogs. It is not a Rexxcom program.)
If you made your DEB/DET files in the "Import" mode, the COM is not automatic-
ally created. You must exit AutoDoc to use AutoCom and DIET. After exiting,
type AUTOCOM and press "Enter." When the screen appears type the first name of
your DEB/DET files into the box and press "Enter" again. In seconds your COM
is ready to be used. Type its name and see it flash to your screen! Shareware
AutoCom is limited to a total of two screen pages. When you get your
registered copy, you will be able to make COM pro- grams up to 2O pages in
length. Programs in the XL series, such as the XL2001 program, permit much
longer documents.
You will also want to try AutoDoc's ADEditor . . . a built-in text editor, much
like a mini word processor. When in this mode, you may create a text file,
load a text file from your disk, or import an existing DET text module. The
latter may be a file you created in "Create" mode, or one of the pre-fab
graphics modules which may be seen in the "Review" mode. The ADEditor in this
new shareware version of AutoDoc is a 2200 line text editor which may be used
to create and edit large text files.
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NAMING AND COPYING FILES
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Once you have used AutoDoc to make a pair of DEB/DET files, if you have used
the "Create" mode, when your DEB/DET files were saved they were also compiled
into a stand-alone COM file. Just type the name and press "Enter/Return" to
see and use your file! If you made your DEB/DET files in the "Import" mode,
you will have to run the program AutoCom separately to make your COM file.
This process takes only a few seconds after you exit AutoDoc.
And don't worry . . . your DEB/DET files have not been "used up" - they are
still on your disk waiting to be used again. If you like, you may rename them
or, better yet, make copies with new names. For example, let's say you are
using the PARTY DEB/DET files to publish an invitation to a party. If you want
to send personalized on-screen invitations in the form of COM programs to your
friends Jeff and Caryn, type COPY PARTY.DE? JEFF.DE? and press Enter. Then
type COPY PARTY.DE? CARYN.DE? and press enter. You have just created four new
files: JEFF.DEB, JEFF.DET, CARYN.DEB, and CARYN.DET. Now type your message to
Caryn after importing CARYN.DET in AutoDoc's "Editor" mode. After saving it,
use AutoCom to compile CARYN.COM. Do the same with JEFF.DET to make JEFF.COM.
It is possible to compile the COM program in one step instead of two by typing
the name of your DEB/DET set on the DOS command line after the word AUTOCOM.
To use the CARYN example, here is what you would type: AUTOCOM CARYN (then
press "Enter"). This shortcut will save approximately one moment of your time,
but you will not see the pretty AutoCom screen, and if there is an error (such
as a missing file, or a mistyped name) you will not see the error message which
the program would otherwise flash to your screen.
DESCRIPTIONS OF OTHER PROGRAMS AVAILABLE
FROM REXXCOM SYSTEMS
XLPLUS
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Professional electronic publishing software. This is really it! First came
our multi-featured XL2000, and now the XL2001 upgrade with multi-colored text.
This is the same software which the Digital Publishing Association uses to
publish their monthly DPA News. See your text file or newsletter displayed
in dazzling high-intensity colors. Try AutoScroll, mouse scroll, and many
other features. Requires EGA monitor or better. Registered version contains
many ready-to-use mastheads and titles for newsletters, and more.
XLSHOW
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XLSHOW, version 3.5. Automatic scrolling, screen-changing software for
schools, offices, stores, clubs. Your info appears in a cycle of brilliant
screens which change style and color with each topic. Excellent countertop
display. Runs all day if needed. Updating info is easy - type new file or
edit old one. Useful and reliable. Excellent instructions. Requires EGA
monitor or better. The registered version contains many ready-to-use screen
titles.
DIGIPAD
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DIGIPAD is the amazing on-screen electronic notepad. Type bulletins, lists,
training and sales info, and watch your text autoscroll line-by-line up the
perfect graphic of a lined notebook. After the last line the pad changes color
and a second text appears. Then the pad changes to a third color and your
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third text appears. The cycle repeats as long as you like. Use it for a
desktop or countertop display and let it run all day! Great for schools,
offices, clubs, trade-shows, and more. Requires EGA monitor or better.
Registered version contains at least seven different graphic notepads, each in
a different glowing color with other accompanying graphics.
AUTOFONT
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AUTOFONT version 6.6. World's best display-font maker, now makes fonts in both
monochrome and color, plus new MULTICOLOR RAINBOW. Use for creating terrific
headings and titles for electronic publishing and BBS use. Scroll through many
letter styles to make selection. Type and watch your words become giant, 3D,
fancy, textured, reverse-field and more. Press F + 1 thru 5 for the incredible
FonTastik style changes. Press the F + S keys for the unique "Smoothy" mode
and eliminate choppy lines known as "the dreaded jaggies." Press function keys
F1 through F10 to make a series of graphics of humorous faces. Use the special
clip-art file to instantly create large and small graphics. Program requires
EGA monitor or better. Registered version comes with many additional fonts and
more than 10 FonTastik HQ modules to provide you with more than 500 styles,
plus the option of using flashing or blinking colors, and more.
ANS2COM
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ANS2COM converts an ANSI graphic to a COM file for making on-screen Text-in-
Graphics mini-messages and greeting cards. Includes nice ANSI graphics. Fun
to use, and fun for friends and co-workers to receive.
COLORFONT
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Colorizes any text file instantly. Even give different pages of text different
on-screen colors. Now you may colorize the text which goes with the colored
titles and headings made with AUTOFONT. You can even make a screen of colored
text and use ANS2COM to convert it to a stand-alone COM file.
HEADINGS PROGRAM
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Designed to be used with AUTOFONT, this automates the process of adding titles
and headings to text files.
AUTODET and ANS2DEB
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These two programs, when used with AUTOCOM, let you easily convert any file
made with AUTOFONT, as well as most ANSI graphic screens, into stand-alone COM
files which have multiple screen-pages. Not only that, but if one of the Fon-
Tastik HQ modules is loaded first, the effects can be truly astounding.
Disclaimer
~~~~~~~~~~
All Rexxcom Systems programs and files are provided "as is" with no warranties
whatsoever either expressed or implied, including without limitation warran-
ties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose or a particular
hardware system. The entire risk as to the quality and performance of the
software rests with the user. Use of the software implies acceptance of this
disclaimer.
REGISTRATION, ORDERING
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Type ORDER and press the Enter key to print a registration/order form.
Rexxcom Systems
The DisplayWare People
P.O. Box 111
Schooley's Mountain, NJ 07870
CompuServe ID: 72656,2764
GEnie ID: C.WIEDEMANN
Leave EMail if you have questions or comments.
AUTODOC/AUTOCOM REGISTRATION FORM
"""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""""
Please register me as a user and send the following software:
Quantity Software Fee Subtotal
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________ Registered AUTOCOM and AUTODOC 49.95 ________
Included with registration:
AUTODOC.EXE Registered version
AUTOCOM.COM Registered version
DEB/DET Library
Over 30 new Pre-Fab Modules
(DEB/DET file sets)
________ REXXCOM SUPER-PAK II 129.95 ________
Included with registration:
AUTOCOM.EXE Registered version
AUTODOC.EXE Registered version
DEB/DET Library
+ -- -- -- -- -- + Over 30 new Pre-Fab Modules
| If registered | (DEB/DET file sets)
| separately the | AUTOFONT.EXE Registered Version
| programs in | Over 10 FonTastik HQ Modules
| SUPER-PAK II | Over 50 Large Display Fonts
| cost $154.75 | HEADINGS + COLORFONT Registered
+ -- -- -- -- -- + ANS2DEB + AUTODET Registered
ANS2COM Registered
XL2001 Registered
XLSHOW Registered
DIGIPAD Registered
________ Add if you want 3.5" disk 1.00 ________
Subtotal ________
Shipping & Handling ________
($4 U.S. & Canada; $1O elsewhere)
Sales Tax (NJ Adresses) ________
Total (PAYMENT IN U.S. FUNDS MUST BE INCLUDED) ________
Name: ________________________________________________
Co. or school if any: ________________________________________________
Street Address: ________________________________________________
City, State, Zip, Country: ________________________________________________
Telephone: (______)______________________________
Mail to: If ordering from outside USA payment must
REXXCOM Systems be International Money Order or bank check
P.O. Box 111 drawn on a bank with offices in USA, or
Schooleys Mt., NJ O787O cash. Use registered mail to send cash.
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