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- Nov 10, 1988
-
- Greetings!!!
-
- This diskette contains version 2.3 of the New York Word word
- processor (referred to as NYWord). This is a powerful word processor
- which contains features which aren't even found in this highest priced
- word processors. Some of its features are multi-window editing,
- automatic hyphenation, column cut and paste, two math calculators,
- index and table of contents generators, footnotes, multi-line headers
- and footers, regular expression searching, and more.
-
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- |* IMPORTANT ACHTUNG LOOK UP DROP EVERYTHING ATTENZIONE *|
- |* -----------------------------------------------------------------*|
- |* If you have files which are saved in New York Word's internal *|
- |* format (prior to version 2.2), then you must use the old version *|
- |* of NYWord to edit these files and save each one of them in ASCII.*|
- |* Then you can use this version of NYWord to edit these files again*|
- \********************************************************************/
-
- If you have a hard disk drive, you can install the word processor
- by putting the NYWord distribution disk in drive A and typing
- A:INSTALL. If you have a two floppy system, use the file
- FINSTALL.BAT. The INSTALL batch file contains instructions to create
- several subdirectories and to dearchive the NYWord files. Among the
- subdirectories it creates are \NYW and \NYW\HELP. The word processor
- will first look in the \NYW\HELP subdirectory when you press the
- <HELP> key.
-
- A new feature in version 2.2 was a pulldown menu system. This
- feature is helpful to ease the learning curve for NYWord. The menu is
- activated by pressing the ALT M key. You can then move along the
- menu bar by using the arrow keys. Press the ENTER key to select a
- command and press ESC to get out of the menu.
-
- The word processor is released under the Shareware concept. If you
- like the program and find it of value, then you are asked to send in a
- registration fee of $45.00. Registration entitles you to several
- benefits, above all which is the user's manual. The money from
- registration enables me to further develop NYW, and defray the cost of
- postage, disks, and phone bills.
-
- The NYWord manual for the IBM PC (and compatibles) is over 100
- pages long. The manual is available to all registered users.
- Registration not only gets you the printed manual, but other utilities
- for NYWord, including the mail merge program, a multi-column utility,
- spelling checker, and various other sundries. Registered users also
- have the opportunity to drive me crazy on the phone. If you decide to
- register, PLEASE make checks payable to Marc Adler, NOT to Magma
- Systems.
-
- NYWord has been doing very well since being distributed by PC-SIG
- and PC-BLUE. Actually, the response has been quite overwhelming. For
- some strange reason, many lawyers have become registered users, and
- NYWord seems to be very popular in the legal profession. PC Magazine
- had some nice things to say about NYWord in Bill Machrone's editor's
- column (March 10, 1987 Issue, Pg 61). NYWord also received a nice
- mention from BYTE magazine in their October 1986 issue on PD
- software, and from various other publications. It seems that a lot of
- users have been switching to New York Word from their old word
- processors. Ease of use and power has been cited as the major reasons.
-
- The PC verion of this program has been placed in circulation under
- the "user-supported software" concept. Non-profit clubs and in-
- dividuals are encouraged to make copies of this software and dis-
- tribute it to their members and friends so long as no charge is made
- for the software and documentation. However, a distibution charge of
- no more than $10 may be charged for the cost of the diskettes.
-
- Under the user-supported concept, you are given a complete, work-
- ing product for no charge. If you find yourself using this program, a
- contribution of $45.00 (plus $3 shipping US, $10 overseas) is
- suggested. The money will cover the cost of bug fixes, future
- developments, postage, telephone bills, etc.
-
- If you are not a registered user, please read the section below
- regarding technical assistance.
-
- Source code is available to qualified OEMs and VARs. The entire
- code is written in the 'C' programming language (Microsoft C, 4.0),
- with the PC version containing a few assembly language routines.
- Please contact me for availablility of the code.
-
- Enjoy the package!!!
-
- Marc Adler
- Magma Software Systems
- 15 Bodwell Terrace
- Millburn, NJ 07041
-
- DISCLAIMER
-
- Marc Adler and Magma Systems will in no event be liable for any
- damages, including lost profits, lost savings, or other incidental or
- consequential damages arising out of the use or of the inability to
- use this program.
-
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-
- INFORMATION FOR DISTRIBUTORS OF SHAREWARE
-
- Magma Systems grants any shareware distributor a non-exclusive, revok-
- able right to distribute the shareware version of New York Word program
- provided that they adhere to the following rules :
-
- 1) No fee is charged for New York Word, except for a minimal copying fee
- which must be less than $10.00 US.
-
- 2) The New York Word disk must be distributed in unmodified form.
-
- 3) New York Word cannot be distributed as part of any other package.
-
- If you desire a shareware copy of New York Word or New York Edit, you
- must send us a copy of your current catalog, a self addressed stamped disk
- mailer, and two blank formatted floppies.
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-
- TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE
-
- Registration entitles you to technical assistance. If you are not a
- registered user, you are entitled to one technical assistance session. You
- *must* send a self-addressed stamped envelope if you desire a reply. You
- can ask questions of the form "Can New York Word do this?". You should
- leave room after each question for a reply. If you decide to call us after
- office hours, you must call back. We will call you collect if you specify.
-
- As you can see, the above policy is a little strict, but this has been
- put in place so that our registered users do not have to compete with the
- non-registered users for assistance.
-
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-
- COMMON QUESTIONS
-
- Q. The manual on disk is cut off after chapter 7. Do I have a bad disk?
- A. No you don't. The reason why we distribute an abbreviated manual is so
- that our program can fit on one disk and therefore save our shareware
- distributors some time and effort. It is also make the package a little
- less voluminous to download via modem.
-
- Q. I can't get any special effects to print out.
- A. You probably do not have a printer configured correctly. Please read the
- file PRINTER.DOC on the distribution disk.
-
- Q. I modifies the WPDEFAUL, WPFORMAT, and/or WPPRMENU files and now
- everything is screwy.
- A. When you modify these files, they must be saved in ASCII!!!
-
- Q. How much data can you edit?
- A. New York Word uses no virtual memory scheme - everything is kept in
- memory. We have put virtual memory and EMS support into our other product,
- the New York Edit text editor. Since NYWord and NYEdit are related, we will
- be putting virtual memory into NYWord one of these days. The amount of data
- you can edit actually depends on how much memory you have in your system
- and how much memory your resident programs (ie - DOS, Sidekick, etc) take
- up.
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