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- Professional Scribe (Pro~Scribe) Pro~Scribe Express
-
- "To write with the skill of a pro."
-
- =========== Pro~Scribe Version 3.0: What's New? Almost Everything ==========
-
- We just re-wrote Pro~Scribe - completely (including the manual). We
- kept the features you found useful, and added many more, like EXPRESS.
-
- The version we're working on now has even more features. See 'What's
- Coming" in your manual.
-
- Pro~Scribe EXPRESS
- PS Express (PSE) is the memory-resident (TSR) version of PS. That means
- you run it once, and it waits in memory for you to call it up when you
- need help most - while you're actually writing. Here's how:
- * Run your word processor and start writing. Need Help? Press Alt-Space.
- * PSE comes to life. Highlight the text you want PSE to examine, and,
- before you can blink, a window pops up with comments about your
- writing, and a summary of your words and sentences.
-
- PSE is amazing, immensely helpful - like having an English teacher look-
- ing over your shoulder, gently coaching you as you write. See something
- you want to fix? Edit it, then call PSE up again to see the improvements.
-
- PSE may eliminate those long, frustrating write/edit/re-write cycles --
- you edit as you go. PSE can save you enormous amounts of time!
- ----> PS Express is sent to registered users of Pro~Scribe. <----
-
- Other Improvements
- Word Wasters
- PS now scans your writing for the kinds of writing mistakes we all make,
- the traps we fall into, at least once in awhile. We call these traps
- Word Wasters - words or phrases that are wordy, confusing, often misused,
- or just plain unnecessary. There are 5 categories:
- * Wasted Words * Misused Words * Tongue Waggers
- * Nouns-To-Verbs * Passive Voice
-
- PS' Word Waster feature helps you eradicate the jargon and 'excess
- baggage' from your writing. And you can customize this feature:
- * Include your own 'pets' - jargon or phrases you want to avoid.
- * Edit other peoples' work? Add the jargon they use/mistakes they make.
- Then give them a copy of PS' results with your comments. Better yet,
- ask THEM to run their work through PS BEFORE giving it to you.
-
- Running Grade Level - Graphic and Pattern Summaries
- PS always let you see a Running Grade Level (RGL) - showing you the
- complexity of your writing line-by-line. This helped you spot:
- * Several complex sentences in a row - something bound to throw your reader.
- * Which sections were OK, and which need some work.
-
- Earlier PS versions printed the RGL beside your text. This remains, but
- we added TWO graphics showing you: 1) On ONE screen, the RGL for HUNDREDS
- of lines of text; 2) The pattern of your writing style against an 'ideal.'
- The next version will help even more - it'll flag complex words and Word
- Wasters IN EACH LINE - showing you where to edit, what to fix.
-
- Speed
- PS 3.0 is MUCH faster than earlier versions. Here's a comparison - the
- time it took PS to analyze 3 different files. NOTE: While 3.0 does
- much more than earlier versions, it zips through much faster.
- ==========- Size of File (# of characters)- ==========
- PS Version # 2400 7800 15000
- ============== ==================- Time in Seconds -=================
- 1.4 17 sec. 71 sec. 121 sec.
- 2.0 7 23 51
- 2.8 4 12 25
- ** 3.0 ** 2 5 9
- =================[Tests run on an 8mz IBM XT compatible]=================