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************************* PRESENTATION   ***************************

TOLKEN97 v3.2 is a very fast and easy-to-use LANGUAGE-TRANSLATOR,
TEXTEDITOR, DICTIONARY and VOCABULARY-TEST, all in one. It is one
of very few programs that actually can do something on its own and
thereby can save you a lot of time and money (the fast, "automatic"
translation). It was Rated Five Stars ***** by ZDNet (Ziff-Davies).
The program has been on the coverdiscs and CD's of several Swedish
computermagazines and has today thousands of registered users.

Version 3.2 is the first international release of the program, aimed
at English-speaking users all over the world. I think that anyone can
find it useful, especially in these "Internet" -times, because it can
actually open up a whole new world to you, thanks to its ability to
create fully readable translations of documents, Internet web-pages,
e-mail, etc. from many other countries and languages.

Tolken97 v3.2 provides you with:

* Fast and "easy to do", computerized language-translations.
* Easy textediting with many advanced options.
* Dictionary for several selectable languages.
* Vocabulary test.
* Advanced text-statistics.
* Fast, efficient file search.

You can probably find many more areas of usage, since these are
only "the tip of the iceberg". Read more about its many features
further down on this page. Do give it a try and I promise you'll
be surprised at the speed and functionality of this program.
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INSTALLATION

Tolken97 v3.2 uses WISE installation-process, that is very safe
and easy to use. The executable file is called T97SETUP.EXE. The
installation can be made in many different languages, selectable
at startup. This installation installs all files and creates all
necessary shortcuts and icons and it even creates an excellent
uninstall-feature, making it easy for you to remove everything
safely, if you should decide you don't want to keep the program.
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SUPPORT

There is a very comprehensive helpfile, which probably can give
you answers to most your questions, but you can also always send
me an e-mail or regular mail, to get free, personal support.
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

Computer: At least a 386-PC with monitor, keyboard and mouse.
      (a 486 or a Pentium could also do the trick...)
OP-system: Windows 3.1x, 95 or NT (all versions)
Harddrive: at least 5.8 Mb of free space
Memory: 4 Mb of internal memory (for Win 3.1x, 16 Mb in Win95)
Equipment: 800 watt, super-stereo on your desktop.
(well, not really, but it would be nice to have one, wouldn't it?)
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DISTRIBUTION

It is totally free to distribute this program among your friends and
relatives, as long as you use the unregistered version for this. It
is ABSOLUTELY FORBIDDEN to distribute the registered version. All
attempts to spread the registered version, or the unlocking code
is not only against the law, but will also be discussed with my dear
friends in the Zulu-Bulgarian Mafia, for further actions ... ;-]

When distributing through other channels, like the computer-magazines
monthly CD-rom, collection-CD's and such, you must contact Hagsten&Co
for the most recent versions, etc. Members of the ASP are free to do
this without contacting us, but still, I would strongly advice you to
get in touch, in order to get the last updates of everything.
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VENDORS, SHORT DESCRIPTION

Tolken97 is an excellent LANGUAGE-TRANSLATOR, TEXTEDITOR, DICTIONARY
and VOCABULARY-TEST, all in one good program. Fast and user-friendly
action, safe and easy install/uninstall through WISE-installation and
a comprehensive helpfile makes it well worth a try. Rated Five Stars
[*****] at ZDNet (Ziff-Davies). Bring the rest of the world a little
bit closer to you - use Tolken97 v3.2 ...
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REGISTRATIONS

Tolken97 v3.2 is distributed as shareware, which means that you can
evaluate it properly, before you decide to buy. You have 30 days of
free usage at your disposal. As soon as you find that you want to
keep the program, you shall buy a user-license. The price is only
US$ 15 per license! This includes a free upgrade, that will be sent
directly to you by postal-mail as soon as it is ready for release.
A complete pricelist can be found in the helpfile, if you decide
to buy more than one license.

You have five alternative ways to get registered. For more information,
read the helpfile, where you can find the complete pricelist, together
with more information about the different alternatives.

* Send cash money directly to the author on the address below.
* Credit Card 1: Go to Albert's Ambry at http://www.alberts.com
  and search for Tolken97, for a fast and secure online-purchase.
* Credit Card 2: Go to KAGI at http://order.kagi.com/?1SY
  for a fast and secure online-purchase.
* Credit Card 3: Use the included REGISTER-program to create an
  encrypted email-order for KAGI registration services.
* For US-residents +18 only; call Regi$ter Online! (fast phone-orders).
* For Scandinavian users only; drop me an e-mail with your complete name,
   and address for an instant license. Payment can be done by postal bank
   (postgiro) S 443 55 88-1 or by sending cash money by postal mail.

(Yeah, I know, 6 then. As they say; "People can be divided into three
 categories, the ones that can count and the ones that can't..)

IMPORTANT! Always remember to include your name, address and country
with fully readable letters. in order for us to process any orders
or questions. This is not only important, it is also VERY IMPORTANT!
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ADDRESSES, ETC.

If you have any questions, contact me by e-mail or postal mail.

Borje Hagsten
Norra Almedalsv. 8
517 37 Bollebygd
SWEDEN

E-mail: [e-mail]
Web-page: http://www.algonet.se/~hagsten
(You'll find the latest updates of the program and language-files here.)

Tolken97 v3.2, was officially released world-wide in october 1997.

Borje Hagsten, Hagsten & Co is an approved member of the ASP
(Association of Shareware Professionals). More inf. in the helpfile.

************************* TECHNICAL DATA ***************************

THE TEXTEDITOR
The program is built around a "complete" texteditor, that...

Handles unlimited file-sizes.
Handles many texts simultaneously (MDI-interface).
Advanced statistics with wordcount, wordlist, charactercount, etc.
Automatic correction, to open and edit DOS and UNIX  -based texts.
Automatic textscroll available, with different speed-settings.
Backup-function, for automatic backup of important Tolken97-files.
Bi-lingual, English or Swedish menus, dialogs and helptext available!
Conversion of selected text to upper, lower, switch -case letters, etc.
Delete textfile -function.
Diagram over sentence-lengths through the advanced statistics-function.
Encryption/decryption of text.
File-search, with the capacity to sort, copy or print the results.
Font and background-color can be changed for a whole text.
HTML-function to convert html-coded text into "plain" text.
HTML-functions, to convert to and from html-coded characters.
Insert date and time of different formats.
Insert textfile in existing text.
Insert special-characters through own built-in charactermap.
Linenumbering and indention of text possible.
MAC-text can be converted to Windows-format.
Preview textfiles before opening them.
Print preview.
ROT13 encryption/decryption.
Save any file as DOS, Windows or UNIX -formatted text.
Sorting text possible.
Split-window editing.
Synchronized textscroll of all open documents.
Translation of text from one language to another possible.
Translation of text to and from "backslang", etc.
Unlimited Undo/Redo
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THE TRANSLATOR
Very fast, for translations to and from the following languages:

Danish to English, English to Danish.
French to English, English to French.
German to English, English to German.
Norwegian to English, English to Norwegian.
Spanish to English, English to Spanish.
Swedish to English, English to Swedish.

Danish to Swedish, Swedish to Danish.
English to Swedish, Swedish to English.
French to Swedish, Swedish to French.
German to Swedish, Swedish to German.
Norwegian to Swedish, Swedish to Norwegian.
Spanish to Swedish, Swedish to Spanish.

Note: The translations will not be grammatically corrected. The main
goal is to be able to translate "foreign" text to your own language,
in order to make it understandable. If you are looking for a program
that can perform the "perfect" translation, I would recommend you to
try some of the "commercial" stuff around, but be prepared to pay a
much higher price! The translations will also take much longer time
to perform, the user-interface will often be quite hard to understand
and the end-result won't always better than the one in Tolken97 v3.2,
in spite the fact that these programs costs as much as US$ 4-500 and
more, per language!

The databases used for words and phrases can be edited as you like,
without any limitations other than a limit of using max. 32000 words
(items) per language in each database. This limit will be removed in
next upgrade (the one you get for free in you register).

New languages or dialects can easily be created and used in Tolken97.
Why not create a database of your own home-dialect or a totally new
fantasy-language ("kids" like to do this).

You can also perform some playful "translations", like turning words
backwards, translate to and from "backslang", etc.
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THE DICTIONARY
A very handy utility that acts like a little word-book, where you fast
and easy can search for translations of words in the languages databases.
The search can be altered in different ways and the results can be copied
from the dictionary, so you can paste the translated word into any text
you want. The dictionary is programmed to "always stay on top" of other
applications, so if you minimize the main program, you can still use the
dictionary while working in other programs. (good to have on Internet!)

The dictionary has received a lot of credits from many users. Some
even prefer using it to more comprehensive dictionaries because of
a more user-friendly interface in Tolken97.
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THE VOCABULARY TEST
Probably one of the most advanced, yet most user-friendly, vocabulary
tests around. Features:

Both the "home"-language and the "test"-language can be set.
Compile one testfile out of many small files, for bigger exams, etc.
Copy wordlists, sorted or unsorted, to the clipboard.
Print wordlists, sorted or unsorted (good for "manual" tests).
Results can be saved in order to follow up your own (or others) progress.
Sound-support. Link to "recorded" soundfiles (*.WAV) for "oral" tests.
Test in many different ways, like forwards, backwards, unsorted, etc.
Tests can be made in both language-directions.
Unlimited number of words in the testfiles.
Words can have several translations.
Import words from the language-databases via the function "Compile file".
(this gives you access to all the thousands of words, already created
in all languages the program uses for translations!)
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OTHER USEFUL STUFF:

FILE-CATALOGUE
You can use this program to create excellent, printed lists of the
contents of e.g. all your diskettes by using the fast and efficient
filesearch-function.

DIRECTORY-SPACE
Have you ever wondered about how much space a certain directory uses?
In Tolken97, this is easy to find out through its filesearch-function.
Just select the directory, set the search to *.* (All files) and press
start. All the files in the directory will be listed and the total size
of all listed files will be calculated for you. The resulting file-list
can be sorted, copied or printed, just as you like.

CREATE WORDLISTS
You can easily create your own wordlists by using the very advanced
statistics-function, which extracts all the individual words out of a
text and then enables you to copy this wordlist to the clipboard.

TEXT-STATISTICS
Thanks to the advanced statistics-function (haven't yet seen anything
like it) you can gain a splendid control over a texts "readability".

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FINALLY ...
I think this program can be of much help, both in private use and
professionally. For more extensive help on all the functions, take
a look at the helpfile and follow the links. I think I have managed
to cover all aspects of the program, as well as to give you some
general information about "computing". This will hopefully give you
the knowledge you want and maybe even some you don't want, about the
so called "magic's" of the computers and the work involved with them.


Thank you for trying out and using Tolken97 v3.2!
Borje Hagsten