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ZIP CODE BOOK for Windows
Copyright (c)1994 Ultimate Software

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INTRODUCTION
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Zip Code Book is a zip code (and city, state, area code) lookup
program for Windows.  Enter a zip code to find the corresponding
city, state and area code. You can also find a zip code by entering
a city name and two-digit state abbreviation.  Zip Code Book
supports copy and paste to and from other Windows applications
(like word processors, spreadsheet programs and databases).
Contains a database of over 70,000 zip codes and city/place names.

Zip Code Book comes with the most recent database of all the city
and place names and corresponding zip codes recognized by the US
Postal service.  We use information from the official Post Office
database of zip codes as well as information from other sources.
We update the database in February, May, August and November of
each year.

Annual subscriptions (four quarterly database updates) are
available from Ultimate Software for $20 per year.  If you only
want to update your database once a year, you can order any
individual update for $10.

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FINDING ZIP CODES
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To find a city name from a zip code, simply enter the city name in
the city field and the state abbreviation in the state field
(example CA=California).  If the city was found in the database,
the first zip code matching the city name will appear instantly.

If you are unsure of a city's spelling, you can type in just a part
of the city name.  For example, to find a zip code for Schenectady,
New York, enter "S" in the city field and "NY" in the state field.
Since there are many cities in New York that start with an "S" that
are alphabetically before Schenectady, another city's information
appears.  However, if you click on the "More" button, you can
scroll down through the list which appears until you find
Schenectady.  Since Schenectady is a large enough city to have
multiple zip codes, there are a few different zip codes for the
city.  Choose one of them to bring up zip code and area code
information for Schenectady.

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FINDING CITY NAMES
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To find a city name, enter a zip code in the zip code field and
press Enter.  If you have entered a valid zip code, the city name,
state abbreviation and area code will instantly appear.  To look up
additional cities, continue to enter zip codes in the zip code
field.  You can enter as little as the first three digits of the
zip code.  The first zip code in the database which begins with the
three digits you entered will appear.  Use the "More" button to
search through up to 100 zip codes which follow the database record
currently displayed.  Click on any record you wish to display.

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ADDITIONAL RECORDS
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Any time that Zip Code Book completes a search for a zip code (or
city name) a button with the caption "More" will appear on the Zip
Code Book window.  Clicking on the "More" button allows you to
search additional records.

If your search was on zip code (you entered a zip code and hit enter),
the list that pops up after you click the "More" button will be of
consecutive zip codes from the zip code you entered down through the
next 100 zip codes.  You can click on any of the records to display
the full information for that record including the city, state, zip
code and area code.

If your search was on city name (you hit enter when the cursor was in
the city or state field), you can click on the "More" button to
view additional city names in alphabetical order.  You can click on
any record in the list to bring up full information for that record
including the city, state, zip code and area code.  The "More"
button is very useful, especially since there is often more than
one zip code for a city and more  than one city (or place name)
with the same zip code.

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WINDOWS CLIPBOARD
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Zip Code Book supports the Windows clipboard.  This means that you
can copy a zip code or city name to the clipboard from within
another program and paste it into one of the Zip Code Book fields.
More importantly you can click on the "Write to Clipboard" icon
(pictured above) to save Zip Code Book information to the Windows
clipboard.  You can then paste this information into your other
application.

EXAMPLE
For this example we will use the "Write" program that comes with
Windows, however, you can follow along using any program which
supports the Windows clipboard.  In Write type in the zip code for
your city.  Now highlight the text by holding down the left mouse
button and dragging the mouse pointer over the five digits of your
zip code.  The zip code should now be highlighted.  Now hold the
"Ctrl" key and press "C" while holding down the "Ctrl" button.
This will copy your zip code to the clipboard.  Now go into Zip
Code Book.  Click on the zip code field (the text box to the right
of the words "Zip Code."  Now hold "Ctrl" and press "V."  Your zip
code should now be in the zip code field.  Press Enter and your
city, state and area code should instantly appear.



To copy information from Zip Code Book to your application, click
on the "Write to Clipboard" icon.  This brings up a list of options
including "Do not copy to clipboard", your city name, state, zip,
area code, city address line, city address line with a comma after
the city name, and city/state/zip with a return after each field.
Choose this last option by clicking on it.  Now go back to your
other application (Write or whatever application you are using for
this example).  Click somewhere on the window to bring up a cursor
on your application's window.  Now hold down "Ctrl" and press "V."
This should copy your city name, state and zip code to the screen.
Each should be on a different line.

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REGISTRATION
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This is the shareware version of Zip Code Book (ZCB).  This means
that you are welcome to evaluate this fully-working version of ZCB
for a trial period of up to 30 days.  If it has been over 30 days
since your first use of ZCB, you must register immediately.  If you
choose not to register ZCB, then you must stop using it.  Failure
to do so is a serious copyright violation.  Registration is only
$25.

Registered users receive an updated version of the zip code
database with over 30,000 additional zip codes and place names (and
more).  Registered users also receive a version of the database in
standard .DBF database format.  This allows you to use the zip code
information in any database or spreadsheet program which can read
(or import) a .DBF file.  The registered version contains the most
recent database update.

Basic registration is only $25, however, for an extra $15 ($40
total) you can sign up to receive the next three quarterly database
updates.  We update the database each February, May, August and
November.  The updates will be sent to you automatically when
available.


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ULTIMATE SOFTWARE PRODUCT CATALOG
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The descriptions below refer to the registered versions of the
various products in the Ultimate Software product line.  The
shareware versions of these products will  differ slightly.
Shareware versions of any of the following can be obtained for $5
directly from Ultimate Software, or from your favorite shareware
vendor, BBS, on-line service or user group.  Prices for the
fully-registered versions are listed with the product descriptions.
Click on any title below to see a product description.

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WINDOWS PROGRAMS
================

NOISY VIDEO BLACKJACK
Noisy Video BlackJack for Windows is a simulation of the
coin-operated video blackjack machines in casinos.  You choose how
many coins to wager and whether to stand, hit, double-down, split
pairs, buy insurance, etc.  In this version the dealer must stand
on a hard 17 or higher and hit on a soft 17.  Blackjack and
Insurance pays 2-1.  You can double-down on a 9,10 or 11.  You can
split pairs.  This is a beautiful simulation with cards that look
real.  The user interface makes game-play easy, and you can play as
fast as you want because a minimum number of mouse clicks are
required.  When you order Noisy Video BlackJack for Windows, you
can get Noisy Video Poker for Windows for just $5 more.  That's a
$15 savings off the regular price of $20 for each game.

     o Noisy Video BlackJack $20
     o Both BlackJack and Poker $25


NOISY VIDEO POKER
Noisy Video Poker for Windows is a very fun and very beautiful
simulation of the video poker machines you find in casinos.
Included are JACKS or BETTER, JOKERS WILD, and DEUCES WILD versions
of the program.  Besides very realistic sounds like coins dropping
into a metal tray (just like at the casinos) there are a variety of
wacky sounds that play randomly when you don't have a winning hand.
These sounds really add to the entertainment value of this program,
but what really sets this game apart from others is the graphics
and user interface.  You can play this game with a minimum of mouse
clicks which allows you to play rally fast.  And the cards!  Unlike
a lot of other poker games you may have seen, the cards in this
game look completely real.  When you order Noisy Video Poker for
Windows, you can get Noisy Video BlackJack for Windows for only $5
extra.  That's a savings of $15 since both games are $20 each when
purchased separately.

     o Noisy Video Poker $20
     o Both Poker and BlackJack $25


WINDOWS LANGUAGE TUTORS
The Ultimate Language Tutor for Windows is a vocabulary learning
system currently available in four languages.  This program offers
a variety of drills and quizzes that help you learn, master, and
test your vocabulary skills.  The Flashcard module is particularly
useful.  It allows you to read in a list of words (or words you
missed during a quiz) and have the words and their translations
automatically flashed on-screen at a user-set rate.

The Ultimate Language Tutor for Windows also allows the user to
add a chosen list of vocabulary in different language libraries.
This library builder is particularly useful to students taking a
language course and using the Ultimate Language Tutor as a
supplement to that course.  The student can add a distinct new
library that matches the vocabulary for the chapter being studied.
The built-in quiz score tracker is particularly useful for teachers
wishing to make this program available to their classes.  Quizzes
are tracked by student.  Each student's profile shows scores and a
description of the quizzes taken by the student.  The program also
manages a top-ten list of the students with highest overall quiz
scores.

The Ultimate Language Tutor for Windows is available for the
following languages:

     o Spanish $20
     o French $20
     o German $20
     o Italian $20


HOT BUTTON
HOT Button for Windows is one of the most useful programs you will
ever use.  The idea behind HOT Button was to create a collection of
frequently needed utilities and programs and organize them in a way
that would make it easy for you to get to them quickly.  Once you
begin using HOT Button, you will want to open it up and move it to
a corner of your Windows screen each time you go into Windows.

When opened, HOT Button takes up very little screen space (just a
little bigger than an icon).  Leaving HOT Button opened in this way
also takes up a minimum of your Windows resources.  When you
realize how useful HOT Button is, you will always want to have it
handy.  The small HOT Button opening window has four tiny buttons.

The first button is a file viewer.  Click on it to view graphic
files (icons, bitmaps, .GIF, .PCX, .WMF, .TIF), spreadsheet files
(Lotus 1-2-3, Excel, Quattro), Database files (dBASE, FoxPro,
Access, Paradox, Works), word processor documents (Word, Word
Perfect, AMI Pro, WinWord, Works, QA Write), text files, binary
files, and even a listing of the files contained in a compressed
file (.ZIP, .LZH).  You can view files individually or as part of
a self-running slideshow.  You can view a whole directory of icons
at one time.  You can view "thumbnails" of a whole directory of
bitmap images and then enlarge a bitmap to full size with a single
mouse click.  The file viewer alone would make HOT Button a very
useful utility for any Windows user, but there's a whole lot more!


Click the second button to bring up the HOT Button Disk Utilities.
This is a collection of frequently needed file and disk utilities.
Use the HOT Button Disk Utilities to copy, rename, delete, edit,
search for, and view information about files on your hard and
floppy drives.  There is also a pop-up diskette format utility
which will format either high or low-density diskettes in your
floppy drives.

Click on the third button to bring up the HOT Button WAV and MIDI
Sound File Player.  If you have a sound card, you will find the WAV
player very useful.  You can load and play a single sound file or
automatically play all the .WAV or .MID files in an entire
directory.  The WAV player also has a repeat function, so you can
automatically play a sound (or a whole directory of sound files)
over and over.

Click on the fourth button to bring up the HOT Button Audio CD
Player.  This is a programmable CD system.  The CD player can
automatically detect an inserted CD that you have previously
programmed. You can save the names of tracks and a play list of up
to 50 songs.  Your play list may include any or all of the tracks
on the CD in any sequence you choose.

One other useful feature of HOT Button is the built-in digital
clock.  When you open HOT Button, the tiny opening window includes
a digital clock which updates itself every minute.  If you move the
mouse pointer over the HOT Button window, the display toggles
between the time and date.  Even if you minimize the HOT Button
window (which you probably don't need to do since it is so small)
it continues to update and display the current time.

     o HOT Button $25


ZIP CODE BOOK
Zip Code Book is a zip code (and city, state, area code) lookup
program for Windows.  Enter a zip code to find the corresponding
city, state and area code.  You can also find a zip code by
entering a city name and two-digit state abbreviation.  Zip Code
Book supports copy and paste to and from other Windows applications
(like word processors, spreadsheet programs and databases).
Contains a database of over 70,000 zip codes and city/place names.

When you purchase Zip Code Book, you receive a database of the
latest quarterly update.  For an extra $15 ($40 total), you will
also receive the next 3 quarterly updates when available.  Updates
are currently issued in May, August, November and February.  The
database used by the Zip Code Book is highly compressed.
Registered users will also receive a .DBF version of the database
which can be used by any database program which can read (or
import) standard .DBF files.

     o Zip Code Book $25
     o Zip Code Book plus the next three quarterly updates ($40)


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DOS PROGRAMS
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ULTIMATE GEOGRAPHY
This program sports a beautiful map of the United States.  Select
a state with your mouse or with the keyboard, and the program
displays a variety of census information.  You can also choose a
census category (like population growth) and the map will highlight
all states according to their national ranking.  Besides being a
graphical almanac of U.S. information, Ultimate Geography is also
a quizzing program which can teach and test state capitals, state
locations, etc.  The teacher's version includes a test score
tracker which can be used to administer tests and quizzes and
record the scores of individual students.

     o Standard Edition $15
     o Teacher's Edition $30


DOS LANGUAGE TUTORS
The Ultimate Language Tutor for DOS is a vocabulary learning system
currently available in Spanish and French.  This program offers a
variety of drills and quizzes that help you learn, master, and test
your vocabulary skills.  The Ultimate Language Tutor for Windows
also allows the user to add a chosen list of vocabulary in distinct
language libraries.  This library builder is particularly useful to
students taking a language course and using the Ultimate Language
Tutor as a supplement to that course.  The student can add a
distinct new library that matches the vocabulary for the chapter
being studied.  The built-in quiz score tracker is particularly
useful for teachers wishing to make this program available to their
classes.  Quizzes are tracked by student.  Each student's profile
shows scores and a description of the quizzes taken by the student.
Scores can also be graphed on-screen.

The Ultimate Language Tutor for DOS is available for the following
languages:

     o Spanish $20
     o French $20