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- FlowDraw Plus 1.0 03/20/95
-
- Thank you for selecting FlowDraw Plus to evaluate as your diagramming
- program. FlowDraw Plus has been designed to help you create presentation
- quality diagrams quickly and easily.
-
- This text file contains the following sections that may be helpful
- after you have installed FlowDraw Plus.
-
- 1. Learning to use FlowDraw Plus.
- 2. Configuring FlowDraw Plus to use your printer.
- 3. Printing the FlowDraw Plus User Manual.
- 4. Differences between the shareware and registered versions.
- 5. Compatibility with the program called FLODRAW.
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- ┌───────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Section 1 - Learning to use FlowDraw Plus │
- └───────────────────────────────────────────┘
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- FlowDraw Plus has an interactive tutorial as part of the Help features.
- The fastest way to learn FlowDraw Plus is to take the tutorial.
-
- 1. Start FlowDraw Plus by typing FDP at the DOS prompt.
- 2. When the FlowDraw Plus drawing window appears, click on the Help
- entry on the menu bar.
- 3. On the Help menu, click on the Tutorial entry.
- 4. Follow the instructions in the tutorial.
-
- ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Section 2 - Configuring FlowDraw Plus to use your printer │
- └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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- FlowDraw Plus is configured with the HP LaserJet/DeskJet as the default
- printer. If you have a different printer, follow these instructions to
- select your printer as the default printer.
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- 1. On the Setup menu, select Printer setup, then Printer selection.
- 2. Use the cursor keys to move the highlight bar to your printer.
- If your printer is not listed, refer to your printer user manual
- for printers it can emulate.
- 3. Press the space bar to select your printer. A checkmark appears
- to the left of the selected printer.
- 4. Click on the oK button.
- 5. Click twice to remove the Setup menus.
- 6. Click on the eXit entry on the menu bar. If you have changed the
- program configuration, the program will display a prompt asking
- if you want to save the configuration.
- 7. Click on the 'Yes' button to save the configuration.
-
- ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Section 3 - Printing the FlowDraw Plus User Manual. │
- └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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- The file FDPLUS.DOC contains the 53 page condensed version of the user
- manual. If you would like a hardcopy of this manual, you can print the
- file using the batch file PRINTDOC.BAT. Type PRINTDOC.
-
- ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Section 4 - Differences between the shareware and registered versions │
- └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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- All features in the registered version of FlowDraw Plus are in the
- shareware version. The only difference between them is the shareware
- version of FlowDraw Plus has been modified to provide the following
- registration reminders.
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- 1. The shareware version has a shareware reminder prompt that
- appears at the beginning of the program. This prompt requires a
- keypress or mouse click to continue.
- 2. The shareware version has a shareware reminder prompt that
- appears at the end of the program. This prompt provides an
- opportunity to print a registration form. This prompt requires
- a keypress or mouse click to continue.
- 3. The file REGISTER.EXE must be in the FlowDraw Plus program
- directory or the shareware version of FlowDraw Plus will not run.
- 4. Thirty days after installing, the shareware version prints an
- unobtrusive watermark at the bottom of each diagram. The watermark
- says "FlowDraw Plus - shareware version".
-
- The shareware user manual has been condensed to 53 pages with no
- graphics (file FDPLUS.DOC). The registered user manual is a printed
- spiral bound manual (size 8 x 5.5 in.) with 152 pages.
-
- ┌───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │ Section 5 - Compatibility with the program called FLODRAW │
- └───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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- If you have been using an earlier diagramming program called FLODRAW,
- you will not be able to read FLODRAW files with FlowDraw Plus. FlowDraw
- Plus stores its files in a different format and with a higher
- resolution.
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- You can convert a FLODRAW diagram to a PCX file and then read it using
- FlowDraw Plus. Use the FLODRAW utility FLOPCX to convert a FLODRAW file
- to a PCX file. Note that FLODRAW files converted to PCX files will have
- a lower resolution than FlowDraw Plus files. Text in a PCX file cannot
- be edited using the FlowDraw Plus text commands.
-