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- Dear User,
-
- Thank you for trying Scandinavian PC Systems' first shareware
- product, Readability Plus.
-
- In 1989, this same program -- Readability Plus -- was the best
- selling style checker in the United States. Buyers paid $130 to
- order it by mail, and the program was acclaimed in reviews
- published in every major computer magazine and in many popular
- magazines (including Playboy).
-
- Then why, with an estimated 100,000 people using it already,
- have we released it as shareware? Because we KNOW that there
- are at least 2 million PC users who can benefit from using a
- style checker such as Readability Plus, and we're hoping that
- you're one of them.
-
- We want to hook you on using Readability Plus so that you'll
- first become a registered owner, and later upgrade to our even
- more powerful product, Corporate Voice.
-
- Registration is a terrific deal. For $25 you get:
-
- .. A 120-page, hard cover, multicolored manual that several
- reviewers have called one of the finest PC manuals that's ever
- been produced. It even includes the complete mathematical model
- that underlies the program!
-
- .. Unlimited technical support.
-
- .. A coupon that will provide you with a $15 cash rebate if you
- decide to upgrade to Corporate Voice.
-
- To upgrade, simply call our 24-hour order line, 1-800-288-SCAN
- and use your credit card. Or print out the file called REGISTER
- which you can use to print a hard copy registration form.
-
- One final note:
-
- Please don't confuse Readability Plus with grammar & style
- checkers such as Grammatik and RightWRITER. It starts where
- those programs leave off. They correct many grammar and usage
- errors and let you stipulate how strict you want those programs
- to be through the selection of what they call business,
- technical and personal "styles."
-
- In contrast, Readability Plus assumes that what you've written
- is mechanically correct. Rather than look for errors, it looks
- for sentences and words that aren't appropriate for your
- intended audience and purpose. Compare your text to any of the
- nine writing style models provided with the program. "Align" the
- style of your draft with the model's so that they're
- indistinguishable. Whether you want to want to write love
- letters that read like advertising copy (not such a dumb idea!),
- or technical papers that read like well crafted magazine
- articles, Readability Plus gives an advantage that only other
- users of the program enjoy!
-
- For an even more powerful edge, after you've seen what
- Readability Plus can do, read the last chapter of this manual
- that will explain the additional features that Corporate Voice
- provides. We'll bet you'll end up owning it!
-
-
-
- Yours truly,
-
-
- Steve Frankel, President
- Scandinavian PC Systems
-