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- Welcome to NetPad - The Web Notepad for Thinking People!!!
- Version 3.0 September 9, 1998
-
-
- Welcome to version 3.0!
-
- NetPad is a handy notepad tool for Internet users, or anyone
- who spends a lot of time in front of a computer. NetPad has
- the unique ability to mix your own notes and ideas with text
- and links you get from the Web. Use it to jot down notes and
- ideas, keep track of your recipes, plan your next holiday, put
- together the lyrics for your next album, collect data for your
- research, or simply store your Web bookmarks.
-
-
- -- What's New In This Release? --
-
- Additions in Version 3.0:
-
- - Password encryption on ideas lets you assign a password that is used
- to encrypt selected ideas in a file. Note that this feature is available
- only to registered users.
- - A new Search tab has been added to the idea list area. This lets you
- locate ideas containing specified text. You can look either for an exact
- character sequence or a "fuzzy" (approximate) match.
- - A number of additions have been made to the Options command. You can now:
- - Specify a default font for new ideas.
- - Select which character set is used to display font.
- - Select a non "Big 2" browser as the default.
- - NetPad can now accept "add-in" modules, such as the new Encryption. This
- will allow us to add specialized functionality without modifying and
- bloating the main program. We have a number of cool add-ins in development
- and welcome your suggestions.
- - Sundry bug fixes and fine tuning.
-
- For changes in earlier releases refer to http://www.flyingobjects.com/netpad_changes.htm
-
-
- -- Please Register --
-
- We'd link to encourage you to register once you've tried out NetPad.
- In addition to making your copy legal and helping to support development
- of new versions of the package, registration unlocks the ability to
- create your own idea links and prevents the program from expiring.
- The NetPad License Agreement (see below) allows you to use the package
- for 90 days for evaluation before paying the license fee, currently set
- at US$19.95.
-
- Various secure on-line, phone, fax and mail registration options are
- available by visiting our web site at:
-
- http://www.flyingobjects.com/reg
-
- Users in and around Australia can now take advantage of the registration
- service from Shareware-Australia at:
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- http://www.shareware-australia.com/flyingobjects/netpad.htm
-
-
- -- Installing NetPad --
-
- NetPad is very simple to install (and uninstall). The installation
- procedure depends upon whether you downloaded the zipped version
- (NetPad.zip, or something similar) or the self-extracting version
- (NetPadSE.exe, or similar).
-
- -->If you have NetPadSE.exe (or anything.exe): Just run the program.
- It will unpack the required files and start the main installer.
-
- -->If you have NetPad.zip (or anything.zip): Use a zip-compatible
- dearchiver to unpack the zip file into any convenient folder on your
- system. We recommend creating a new folder for this purpose so that
- you can easily delete the installer files when you're done. Once the
- files are unzipped, just run the Setup.exe application.
-
- Regardless of which method you used to download NetPad, the rest of
- the installation is the same. Once the installation is complete,
- you can delete all the files that you downloaded and/or unzipped.
- They are no longer required. The installer creates a file called
- netpad_install_log.txt on your C: drive which lists the operations
- it performed. If you do not experience any problems, this file
- can be safely deleted.
-
- IN CASE OF INSTALLATION PROBLEMS - Please visit the NetPad Support
- page on our Web site at: http://www.flyingobjects.com or send an
- email to tech@flyingobjects.com. Please attach a copy of the file
- c:\netpad_install_log.txt that the installer generates when installing.
-
-
- -- Documentation --
-
- Documentation on using NetPad is online in the package under the NetPad
- Help folder. There is additional documentation available on our Web
- site at: http://www.flyingobjects.com.
-
-
- -- Contacting Us --
-
- If you have any problems, questions, suggestions, comments or whatever,
- we can be reached by email at flying@flyingobjects.com. We'll talk
- to anyone, but we're especially eager to please people who have registered
- their copy! If you are one of these fine souls, please note your access
- code in any correspondence.
-
-
- -- Uninstalling NetPad --
-
- To uninstall NetPad, simply double-click on the Uninstaller file in
- the NetPad folder. This will remove all items installed by the
- initial installation and any other files in the NetPad folder.
-
- IMPORTANT!!!! If you want to keep any idea text created with NetPad
- before uninstalling, make a text file outside the NetPad folder.
- Everything in the NetPad folder will be deleted!!!
-
- NOTE: For reasons we have not been able to determine yet, the NetPad
- uninstaller will not always remove the NetPad folder after all files
- have been deleted. To complete uninstallation, just drag the NetPad
- folder to the Recycle Bin. All other items have been deleted.
-
-
- -- About This Release --
-
- Here are some things you should know about this release:
-
- License: NetPad is being distributed at this time as "shareware",
- meaning you can use the package on your machine for a maximum of
- 90 days without paying the license fee. Please read
- the license agreement in more detail below.
-
- Bugs and Bug Reporting: Please report and bugs or
- suggestions by email to tech@flyingobjects.com.
-
-
- -- NetPad License Agreement --
-
- Flying Objects Software Inc. grants free license to anyone to copy and
- distribute NetPad as long as:
-
- - no charge is made to the receiver beyond the minimal cost of delivery.
- (Distribution of NetPad with a large number of other shareware/freeware
- packages on CD or other media will be considered to meet this condition.)
- - this and all other documentation and notices provided with the package are
- included without modification.
- - no access code or registration information is included in the copy.
-
- Flying Objects Software Inc. retains all ownership and rights except
- as granted by this license.
-
- Flying Objects Software Inc. grants to the end user a license to
- use NetPad free of charge for 90 days from date of receipt for
- evaluation purposes. After that time, the end user must either
- uninstall the package or register their ownership and pay the
- license fee of $19.95 (U.S. Funds, subject to change without notice).
- Payment can be made by credit card on-line at http://www.flyingobjects.com.
- In any event, this version of the software will expire 120 days after
- installation unless registered.
-
- Flying Objects Software Inc. offers no warranty whatsoever and
- assumes no liability of any kind for any loss sustained as a
- result of the use of this software.
-
- The online program documentation included with NetPad is copyrighted
- material owned by Flying Objects Software Inc. All other text
- included with the package was derived from public domain sources
- in the Internet and is provided only as an example of the types
- of information that can be stored. No other approval or claim of
- ownership is expressed or implied.
-
- The names NetPad and MiniPad are trademarks of Flying Objects Software Inc.
-