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- Thesaurus Version 1.11 30-Day Trial Version
- Copyright (c) 1997 David Haupert
- email: dhaupert@ddhsoftware.com
-
- Note: Thesaurus is released as shareware and must be registered for
- continued use. The author assumes no responsibility for damages caused by
- this program. Make sure to back up (hotsync) your data before installing
- the program.
-
-
- This is the 30-Day Trial version of Thesaurus 1.11 for the Pilot.
-
- You are free to use this program for up to 30 days in order to
- evaluate it. If you continue to use it beyond 30 days, you must
- register it. For registration information, please see the registration
- section below or visit the web page:
- http://www.ddhsoftware.com
- email: sales@ddhsoftware.com
- Address: DDH Software
- PO Box 970971
- Boca Raton, Fl 33497-0971 USA
- Phone: (561) 470-2133
- ----------------------------- Files --------------------------------------
- THES.PRC - The Thesaurus Pilot application.
- THESDATA.PDB - The Thesaurus Data file.
- README.TXT - This file.
- ORDER.TXT - An order form to purchase other DDH Products.
- -------------------------- Installation ----------------------------------
-
- First, make sure you have the appropriate space available on your pilot.
- The space required for the program itself is ~22K. The thesaurus data takes
- up 281K. You will need somewhere greater than 310K free to be able to
- install and run the Thesaurus program.
-
- To see if you have enough memory, run the Memory application on the
- pilot. If you do not have at least the appropriate amount free, you will
- either have to choose to delete apps from the same Memory application, or
- choose to not install this program until you have that amount of free memory.
-
- To install Thesaurus onto your Pilot, run the INSTAPP.EXE program which
- resides in the same directory as the Pilot Desktop software. This program
- will allow you to specify that a .PRC file should be downloaded to the Pilot
- during the next hotsync. Choose to download both the THES.PRC and the
- THESDATA.PDB to your pilot. Please be aware that this PDB file is huge
- relative to many of the programs you may have installed and it therefore may
- take several minutes to install. This data file will not be backed up, so
- it won't slow your hotsyncs down after installing.
-
-
- ----------------------- Instructions For Use ------------------------------
- --Selecting a Mode
- There are two main modes to the Thesaurus program- Thesaurus mode and
- SpellCheck mode. In Thesaurus mode, any search will yield a list of
- synonyms, whereas in SpellCheck mode, a search may yield nothing - if it is
- spelled correctly, or a list of possible correct spellings.
-
-
- --The Main Screen
- The screen contains one field, the Enter Word. There are also buttons:
- <<, <, Look Up, >, and >>, under the Enter Word field. In addition there are
- word form buttons running up the side of the list box, and Thesaurus and
- SpellCheck mode buttons running along the bottom of the screen. While the
- program is searching a small clock will show in the bottom left corner, to
- let you know that it is still in search mode. To the right of the dotted
- line along the top, there is a small arrow indicator. Touching this
- indicator, will bring up a list of the last 15 words previously looked up.
-
- --Thesaurus Mode
- To put the program into Thesaurus mode, press the button at the bottom
- labeled 'Thesaurus'. To look up a word, touch the field line near the top
- of the screen and then write in a word. Press the 'Find Word' button
- to see the synonyms for the word. The synonyms should appear in the Box
- below. You can limit the search results by pressing the word form buttons
- running along the side of the box. By pressing 'Noun', for example, you will
- see only nouns that match the above word. By pressing 'All' you will return
- to showing all word types. When in this mode, you will see an abbreviation
- in []'s showing what type of word each match is. When running a search, the
- 'Find Word' button will change into a 'Cancel' button. Pressing it will stop
- the search.
-
- If there are multiple definitions for a word, you will see the definitions
- past the first meaning, numbered from 2 on. There is enough space allocated
- to show a total of 80 words including the word at the top. An arrow will
- appear in the list box if more words can be viewed by scrolling.
-
- Depending on the 'List Box Options' Preference (see below), you may be able
- to touch a word in the list box and have it look up the word you touch,
- and/or copy this word to the clipboard for pasting in another application.
-
- The program will always attempt to find the exact word you entered. If it
- finds the word you will see the word 'Found!' in the middle area of the
- screen as it looks for the synonyms. If it cannot find the word you entered,
- it will search for the word as the start of another word. If finds it this
- way the screen will show 'Found within word!', and the closest word will be
- shown over the field you entered text on, along with it's synonyms below. If
- it still cannot find the word, it will search for the closest match of the
- word, and show 'Closest match!', and show the word's closest match and it's
- synonyms.
-
- --Additional Buttons
- The << and >> buttons will "rewind" and "fast forward" to the first or
- last word in the list, respectively.
-
- The < and > buttons will go back or forward one entry in the list,
- respectively.
-
- --SpellCheck Mode
- To put the program into SpellCheck mode, press the button at the bottom
- labeled 'SpellCheck'. To look up a word, touch the field line near
- the top of the screen and then write in a word. Press the 'Find Word'
- button to see if the word is spelled correctly. If the word is in the
- database, you will see 'Word Spelled Correctly", below the Look Up button.
- If it is not found, suggestions for possible corrections are shown in the box
- below. You can limit the search results by pressing the word form buttons
- running along the side of the box. By pressing 'Noun', for example, you will
- see only nouns that could possibly relate to the above word. By pressing
- 'All' you will return to showing all word types. When in this mode, you will
- see an abbreviation in []'s showing what type of word each suggestion is.
- While searching, the 'Find Word' button will change into a 'Cancel' button.
- Pressing it while searching will stop the search.
-
- There is enough space allocated to show a total of 80 words including the word
- at the top, although you can limit this (for speed considerations) by
- changing the preference as explained below.
-
- --Additional Buttons
- The << and >> buttons will "rewind" and "fast forward" to the first or
- last word in the list, respectively.
-
- The < and > buttons will go back or forward one entry in the list,
- respectively.
-
-
- --Preferences
- From the File pull down menu, you can bring up the Preferences choice,
- which will allow you to set various preferences for the program's behavior.
-
- --Startup Mode
- This option allows you to choose the mode that the program will run in upon
- startup. You can choose to have it always come up in Thesaurus mode, or
- SpellCheck mode, or you can have it remember the mode it was last in, the
- previous time you ran it.
-
- --Startup Lookup Options
- This option allows you to choose whether the program will look up any word
- in the current clipboard's memory upon startup. You can also choose to
- have it remember the last word looked up, on the previous time running.
- And if you prefer, you can start with a blank slate each time, by choosing
- 'Do Nothing'.
-
- --List Box Options
- This option chooses what the program will do when you touch an item in the
- list box with the stylus. If the choice is 'Lookup word selected', the
- program will run a search on the word you selected. By choosing, 'Copy
- selected word to clipboard', you can have the program place that word
- in the clipboard for later pasting into another application (such as
- Memopad). Selecting, 'Copy and lookup selected word' will do both of the
- above actions.
-
- By manipulating the above options, you should be able to set the program up
- to behave the way you'd like it, by default. For example, if you were
- wanting to use the program as a Thesaurus, you could set the Startup mode
- to Thesaurus, the 'Startup Lookup Options' to 'Lookup word from clipboard',
- and the 'List Box Options' to 'Copy and Lookup Selected word'. Now, when
- you are reading a memopad entry, you could highlight a word with the
- stylus, select cut from the pull down menu, and run the Thesaurus
- application. It will automatically look up the word in the clipboard and
- present you with a list of synonyms. If you wish to replace the word,
- touch the word you would like and then switch back to memo pad. If not,
- just switch back without touching the list box. Now paste the entry back in
- and you have just replaced the word!
-
- -- Maximum Matches
- Here you set the maximum number of synonyms (for Thesaurus mode) or
- suggestions (for SpellCheck mode). You can choose betwee 5 and 80 matches,
- in increments of 5. To optimize the program for speed, go with a lower
- setting. To maximize your search breadth, go with a higher setting.
-
- --Cut, Copy, and Paste
- From the pull down menus, you can cut, copy, or paste to and from the word
- on the screen, and bring/take the word into/from another application (such
- as the memopad application).
-
-
- -------------------------------- Menus -------------------------------------
-
- Options -- contains Preferences choices.
-
- Edit -- contains cut, copy, and paste choices as well as a choice to bring up
- the onscreen keyboard, as an alternative to entering graffiti.
-
- About -- Gives information about the program.
-
-
- --Registration
-
- By registering the Thesaurus program you get
- - rid of the splash screen on startup
- - rid of the 30-day trial limit
- - free updates for 1 year.
-
- To register go to:
- http://www.ddhsoftware.com
- and register via the online forms using either your VISA or MASTERCARD
- or your First Virtual account.
-
- For information on getting a First Virtual account go to:
- http://www.fv.com
-
- Or read the file ORDER.TXT included with this file.
-
- Or send Check or Money order (US Only) to:
- David Haupert
- PO Box 970971
- Boca Raton, Fl 33497-0971 USA
-
- Please include an email address to send the files to (preferably), or a
- return address to send a 3.5" HD disk to. Note that free updates will
- only be sent via email.
-
-
- --------------------------- Release History ------------------------------
- 9/25/97 - V1.11 -
- Bug fix!
- - Fixed problem with Cancel button occasionally causing what
- appeared to be a lock-up when using the SpellCheck mode.
-
- 9/18/97 - V1.10 -
- New Features in response to suggestions!
- - Popup history list trigger -appears to the right of the word
- you are looking up. Press it, and see the last 15 lookups.
- Touch any lookup to go right to that entry!
- - The hardware up and down buttons now scroll the matches list
- up and down, respectively.
- - A Cancel button!! - The 'Find Word' button toggles to a
- Cancel button during searches. No longer is it necessary
- to wait around when you already see the word you were looking
- for on the screen.
- - The maximum number of finds is now 80 instead of the previous
- 40. This can be adjusted between 5 and 80 matches in the
- Preferences screen.
- Minor Bug Fixes
- - The current entry is redrawn when you go into the about and
- preferences screens.
- - Fixed bug where < button would sometimes not get all entries
- for a particular word
- 9/04/97 - V1.01 - Fixed a bug that caused a looong "pause" when searching for
- entries that started with the letter 'z'.
- - New Features in response to suggestions!
- - Adjustable Setting for maximum number of matches for
- synonyms and spelling suggestions. Ranges from 5-40.
- - Added stopwatch icon to lower left portion of screen to
- easily let you know when the program is still searching.
- - Added Startup Lookup option of 'Do Nothing'. This
- allows you to start with a clean slate each time.
- - Changed the paste shortcut command from 'v' to
- 'p'. Changed the preferences shortcut to 'r'. -
- 8/26/97 - V1.00 - First release to the general public.
-