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:PUBLISHING ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ ~software for creating electronic books~ │*`ASC2COM` │ `BDEXX` │ `Black_Magic` │ `Book.Com` │ `Browse` │ `Dart` │ `Extol` │ `Farview` │ `FreePress` │ `GAGS` │ `Hype` │ `HyperInk` │ `HyperRead` │ `HyperRez` │ `HyperSee` │ `HyperShell` │ `Hytext` │ `List` │ `LookBook` │ `Iris` │ `Memo` │ `Orpheus` │ `QuickPrint` │ `READ.COM` │ `Spyglass` │ `TransText` │ `Writers_Dream` :ASC2COM ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── `(ASC2COM,(c)1990 MorganSoft,$25-35)` ~contact:~ MorganSoft, 2170 Raynor St SE, Salem, OR 97302, 503 362-2002 (office), 503 399-8389 (home), 71167,2664 (CIS). " Asc2Com is a general purpose documentation utility that makes documentation for programs and files easy to access for the user. Specifically, Asc2Com generates a self-listing Com program from an ASCII text file. Also included is a "compressed lister" that can handle files up to 100K. Asc2Com also offers special "Find" commands: Place the special TagLne characters where ever you wish the user to be able to jump to when they hit the appropriate key. You could, for example, place all TagLne1 characters at topic headings -- thereby allowing the user to jump from topic to topic with a single keystroke. These characters will appear as spaces. " Note: The author has recently changed his term and now offers royalty-free distribution to electronic publishers who have purchased a commercial ($35) registration. ~Dated:~ Jun 1990; ~Entered:~ Aug 1992. :BDEXX ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── `(BDEXX,(c)1992 Anthony W Hursh,$5-50+)` ~contact:~ Anthony W Hursh PO Box 141293, Anchorage AK 99514 " Bdexx is a hypertext system and search engine. Bdexx has many attractive features: Allows up to 65535 files or 65535 screens of text in a single library. Hypertext links to other screens, graphics, sound files, and executable programs. Supports skipping forward and backward any number of pages (true random access to any page.) Has a powerful Boolean search language with wildcarding. Works well as a BBS "door" program. Bdexx version 2.0 is designed to allow easy creation of hypertext links. You can link to another screen of text, or to an arbitrary file. To add a new link, go to the page containing the word you want to link to and hit A. You will first be asked what word you want to attach the link to. Pick any word shown on the text screen. Now, you'll be asked if you want to link to another page, or attach an external file. " BDEXX was the second runner-up in the 1992 Digital Quill Awards for Excellence, sponsored by the Disktop Publishing Association. ~Dated:~ Jun 1992; ~Entered:~ Aug 1992. :Black_Magic ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── `(Black Magic, (c)1987 Ntergaid, $80)` ~contact:~ NTERGAID, 2490 Black Rd Tpk Ste 337, Fairfield CT 06840, BBS: 203-366-5698. " Hypertext is based on the concept of "Expanding Information". With hypertext, blocks of information (text or graphics) can be linked to other blocks of information. Once two blocks of information have been linked together, they provide an instant "gateway" to the other. With Black Magic documents, information can be linked in three different ways; with Note Links, Reference Links, and Replacement Links. A Note Link calls up a small window on screen that contains a "note" to the user. A Reference link is used to transport the reader to Another place in the document. Replacement Links are used to swap one block of information for another. Graphic Links are used to make a graphic image a Link Originator. " A color monitor is required, mouse is optional. Black Magic may not be compatible with all systems. All editing is done from within the package. This is the demo disk showing how the program works. Contact Ntergaid for the full program. Send them $15.95 if you want the full evaluation copy. ~Dated:~ Jul 1988; ~Entered:~ May 1989. :Book.Com ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── `(Book.Com, (c)1989 Robert Wallingford, $7)` ~contact:~ Robert Wallingford,P.E. 2338 N McVicker Ave, Chicago IL 60639-2216, 312-889-1115. " This Program lets a user display the contents of a specially prepared file, one page at a time, with the pages subdivided into chapters. The index display lists these chapters with their index keys. When the index is displayed you can directly access any chapter with a single keystroke. You can display successive pages within a chapter in sequence by pressing either the space bar or the Pg Dn key. The Pg Up key lets you back up one page at a time to the beginning of the chapter, but you can't enter the previous chapter. At the end of the chapter the program will automatically return to the index display. At any point in a chapter you may return directly to the index display by pressing E or e (not shift dependent). Pressing E or e while displaying the index ends the program. " The program itself is extremely small (1130 bytes), and does provide the promised functionality. Assembler source code is included. ~Dated:~ Jun 1998 ~Entered:~ Sep 1990. :Browse ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── `(PC-Browse, (c)1989 Quicksoft, $10-$49)` ~contact:~ Quicksoft, 219 First Ave N. #224, Seattle, WA 98109. " PC-Browse is a memory-resident program for IBM PC compatible computers that helps you find information in your files. In its most basic form, it searches a file (or a number of files) for specific text. It uses about 60K of memory; or 3K if you put it into EMS memory. PC-Browse offers a second level of search features, used with easy-to- build PC-Browse application files. First you can do a linear search for a keyword in a file, which is a word defined by special characters. Second, you can do a much faster lookup search in a file whose keywords are in alphabetic or numeric order. Finally, you can trigger either kind of search from a cross-reference at one place to a keyword at another place, in the same file or another file. This link ability gives PC-Browse a hypertext quality. Some applications for PC-Browse: ■ Create pop up on-line help for a custom application. ■ Look-up customer information while you're doing something else. ■ Find a lost memo when all you remember is a word or two from it. ■ Make catalog and pricing information quickly available online. ■ Pop up your company procedures manual. " ~Dated:~ Sep 1989; ~Entered:~ Dec 1989. :Dart ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── `(Dart 1.0, (c)1991 Ted Husted, $29)` ~contact:~ Attn Ted Husted UserWare, 4 Falcon Ln E, Fairport NY 14450-3312 USA, 716-425-3463 (Voice), 71540,3660 (CIS). " Dart is a hypertext file viewer and program launcher. It is designed for people wishing to publish material on-disk, for personal or commercial use. It can be used to view any text file or run any DOS program, memory permitting. Special features are available to people formatting texts for Dart, but no type of "programming" is required. Applications ideal for Dart include distribution of ■Articles. ■Catalogs. ■Magazines. ■Manuals. ■Newsletters. ■Novels. ■References. ■Textbooks. " Dart offers a modern desktop environment, complete with resizable, movable windows and full mouse support. Dart was awarded the 1992 Digital Quill Awards for Excellence, sponsored by the Disktop Publishing Association. UserWare also distributes the ever-popular Iris*. ~Dated:~ Nov 1991; ~Entered:~ Nov 1991. :Extol ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── `(PC-Extol 3.1, (c)1988 Michael C. Taylor, $25)` ~contact:~ Michael C. Taylor, 129 Country Club Rd, Pine Hill NJ 08021. " PC-EXTOL is a programming language designed especially for Computer-Aided Instruction (CAI) which is particularly well- suited for tutorials and instruction in non-mathematical domains. " ~Dated:~ Feb 1988; ~Entered:~ May 1989. :farView ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── `(farView,(c)1992 farSight Technologies,$50-$100;$495-network)` ~contact:~ Paul J Medlock, President farSight Technologies, Inc. 3831 Echodale Ave, Baltimore MD 21206 301 485-9529 (business hours ET) 301 485-1564 (other hours ET) 71121,1745 (CIS) " farVIEW/S provides three linking mechanisms: the BUTTON link, the REFERENCE, and the HILITE. A BUTTON link is a mark that appears in a frame that you can click with the mouse to link to some other frame. A REFERENCE link is a word or phrase that you declare in a frame so that, when you click on it anywhere in the textbase, you will link to the frame. Finally, a HILITE link is a kind of reference, which uses a color pair to identify it. ............................................Making a Button. Step 1: Use the right mouse button (the Edit button) to mark an area of text. Step 2: Click the Make Button item from the Mark menu. Step 3: farVIEW/S will now ask you to name the frame by showing you the fields of a standard frame descriptor, or abstract. Step 4: Done. Click the new button with the mouse to go to the new frame where you can edit it. -------------------------------------------Additional Tools- farVIEW/S supports building and reading a textbase. You can also build a textbase from the DOS command line using the textbase installation package. ■ FARC.ZIP - makes a textbase linking a library of C or C++ source files. Generates links by all unreserved global names. ■ FARP.ZIP - makes a textbase linking a library of Pascal source files. Generates links by all unreserved names. ■ REFSTAL.ZIP - makes a textbase linking a library of text files using your keyword list. ■ FARCAT.ZIP - Makes a textbase catalog text descriptions of just about anything. " Note that a mouse is -REQUIRED- to use farView. ~Dated:~ Apr 1992; ~Entered:~ Aug 1992. :FreePress ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── `(The Free Press 4.01, (c)1988 Gordon Couger, $10)` ~contact:~ Gordon Couger, 212 E Grand, Frederick OK 73542, 405-335-2925. " The Free Press is a collection of programs that allow any one with a MS-DOS computer to put out their own disk magazine. " ~Dated:~ June 1988; ~Entered:~ May 1989. :GAGS ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── `(Generic Adventure Game System 1.06b,` `(c)1985 Mark J. Welch,$25)` ~contact:~ Mark J. Welch PO Box 2409, San Francisco CA 94126, 415-845-2430. " The Generic Adventure Game System was written in an effort to make writing an adventure game as simple as possible, while still permitting a great deal of flexibility .. There are two clear advantages to the Generic Adventure Game System (GAGS). First, GAGS uses a standard-format text file for its data, and the adventure game can be modified simply by editing the data file with any text editor .. Second, GAGS is infinitely expandable because the complete Turbo Pascal source code is available (to registered users). " ~Dated:~ Jun 1986; ~Entered:~ May 1989. :HyperInk ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── `(HyperInk, (c)1989 Shaman Exchange Inc., $5)` ~contact:~ Shaman Exchange, Inc., 7114 W Jefferson Ave Ste 100, Lakewood CO 80235. " HyperInk is a graphically interactive application generator. It is versatile, easy to use and anyone can create custom applications. HyperInk allows the user to combine graphics, text and buttons to create visually appealing and efficient environments. HyperInk (HI) can be used to organize nearly any kind of information on your computer. All you need is the information, or an idea for something that you would like to access on the computer. " HyperInk looks and feels something like Black Magic, but requires less memory and, with the exception of the mouse driver, seems compatible with more machines. All editing is done from within the package. ~Dated:~ Oct 1989; ~Entered:~ Dec 1989. :HyperRead ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── `(HyperRead, (c)1990 Leithauser Research, $50)` ~contact:~ Leithauser Reasearch, 4649 Van Kleeck Dr, New Smyrna Beach FL 32169, 904-423-0705. " HyperRead, HyperRead Small, HyperRead File Maker, HyperRead Plus, and HyperRead Plus Small are programs that allow you to create and distribute hypertext documents. HyperRead File Maker, HyperRead Plus, and HyperRead Plus Small allow you to convert an ordinary ASCII text file into a hypertext document, which you may then use or distribute. You can read this document using the <PgUp> and <PgDn> keys or the Ctrl-PgUp and Ctrl-PgDn key combinations. You also can jump around in the document using the link words or phrases. Link phrases look like this. To jump to a section of text containing more information on a link phrase, use the cursor keys to move the screen cursor to the link phrase, then press the <J> key on the keyboard. You may do this repeatedly, going from one link word to another. You can backtrack along this path by pressing the <B> key on the keyboard. " Mouse support and an on-line help screen are also included. :HyperRez ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── `(HyperRez,(c)1990 MaxThink,$0)` ~contact:~ Neil Larson MaxThink, 44 Rincon Rd, Kensington CA 94707 510 540-5508 (voice), 510 540-6114 (bbs) " HyperRez is an easy-to-learn, memory resident system. It makes rapid hypertext jumps to ASCII files, using links found in ASCII files or displayed on the screen by other programs. The specifications of HyperRez are: Program size: 18k bytes Installed size: 60 bytes ASCII file size: Maximum size in 20K Maximum recall: 32 levels deep Essential files for running the program: Program: HR.EXE Title ASCII file: Start.TXT HyperRez F1 file: Help.TXT Set keystroke call HRK.EXE Instructions: READ.ME " HyperRez allows authors to imbed the names of other files into a text. Readers can then select the file name, and jump to the given file. HyperRez is one of the 20 hypertext programs you receive with MaxThink's TransText* word processor. ~Dated:~ Dec 1991; ~Entered:~ Aug 1992. :HyperSee ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── `(HyperSee, (c)1990 Norman Newman, $20)` ~contact:~ Norman Newman PO Box 144, Bet Shemesh, Israel 99705. " There are three concepts which compose a HyperSee document - pages, links and keys. A page is simply a collection of sentences; lines should be no longer than 76 characters (and will be truncated if longer). On one screen fit 18 lines; if a page is longer than this, the remainder will not be displayed immediately, but will constitute another screen, which can be reached via a link. Every page has a predefined key or title; this is the word or phrase which uniquely denotes each page. In your text, the key is preceded by an ampersand sign, eg @Main Menu. The ampersand should be in the first column of text; the rest of the line constitutes the key. A key may be at most forty letters long. Links are what embody the HyperText idea; in my implementation, these are keys to other pages embedded in the text of a specific page. Physically, a link is the key to another page, enclosed in angle brackets (<>). " HyperSee not only works well, it's compact: only 17k. ~Dated:~ Dec 1990. ~Entered:~ Nov 1991. :HyperShell ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── `(HyperShell, (c)1989 Nick Taylor, 25-60 pounds UK.)` ~contact:~ Text Technology, N.G. Taylor, 66 Kennedy Ave, Macclesfield, Cheshire, England, SK10 3DE. " HyperShell is a general purpose hypertext control system, providing a text frame based presentation style with highlighted references permitting navigation to other frames in the same or another file, to graphic screens with selection zones on CGA and EGA systems, to popup notes which can themselves have further references, and allowing backtracking through visited frames, and collection and annotation of references. Also inline expansion of text in support of the main text is possible. In addition to the more usual hypertext facilities, HyperShell provides popup menus, menu bar operation, paged displays of menus or text files, DOS management facilities, scripting language with programming capability, variables, formfill input fields, program invocation and support for compressed input files. " HyperShell is a powerful program. One of the sample applications is a simple database. The scripting language is admittedly terse, but "an interactive 'authoring' system is available, which allows you to edit the hyperfiles using an editor that understands the format .." ~Dated:~ Jan 1990; ~Entered:~ Apr 1990. :Hype ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── `(Hype, (c)1989 GoldPax Software,$35-$500)` ~contact:~ GoldPax Software PO Box 1576, Royal Oak MI 48068-1576. " Hype is a program that allows you to create HyperText files on the PC without a lot of fuss and bother [but] requires an IBM compatible with a color monitor, either CGA, EGA, or VGA. Hype allows the user to define chunks of knowledge to be shown in a text window. In these windows (which may consist of multiple screens of text) the user may define "buttons" which can either be: [1] Another text window, or [2] An external DOS program (this includes .com, .exe, .bat files). " Hype also offers a software interface for use from within a Turbo Pascal program. ~Dated:~ Dec 1989; ~Entered:~ Apr 1990. :Hytext ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── `(HyText 2.5, (c)1988 Medical Decisions Software, $50)` ~contact:~ MD Software, 30 Harris Street #6, Acton MA 01720. " Inexpensive HYPERTEXT for MS-DOS. Provides nonlinear access to text/programs/algorithms for computer aided instruction. Simple control codes imbedded in any document create hypertext "links" or scripts. These scripts are maintained using a text editor or word processor which can output ASCII text. Several HYPERTEXT "objects" are supported: o TOPICS containing HOT WORDS o CARDS for notes, definitions, etc... o external TEXT to link to other documents o external PROGRAMS to link to other programs Authoring "tools" such as file/path info, trace mode and HOT WORD search are provided. An individual HYPERTEXT may span multiple files. "Point-and-Shoot" user interface. HOT WORDS are displayed as high- lighted areas which may be selected using the cursor control keys. The <ENTER> key is used to "jump" to the next TOPIC. The <END> key is used to return to a previous TOPIC. " ~Dated:~ Aug 1988; ~Entered:~ May 1989. :List ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── `(List 76b,(c)1987,91 Vernon Buerg,$30-$250+)` ~contact:~ Vernon D. Buerg, Buerg Software 139 White Oak Circle, Petaluma CA 94952 707 769-LIST (voice), 707 769-5479 (fax), 707 778-8944, 7007,1212 (CIS) " You use LIST to display files on your monitor, line by line with the aid of scrolling, positioning and filtering commands. Varieties of LIST.COM LISTS.COM (small version): runs in about 30k - limited to smaller files (around 600kb) - the Help screen is minimal. LISTR.COM (regular version): runs in about 80K - handles files up to 16 mb - the Alt-W windowing function) is minimal. LIST.COM (PLUS version): plus Alt-V file selection menu - plus file management functions like copy and delete - plus Alt-I hypertext-like file selection - plus a help screen for the file selection Alt-V functions - plus a second help screen for regular functions - plus the Ctrl-T telephone dialer The Commercial Distribution License is offered for those companies and individuals that wish to include [Buerg Software] programs with their own for distribution to customers or clients. The fee consists of a one time Commercial Distribution License fee of $250 per program, and a per copy fee. " The "per copy" fee starts at $4 for 1-100 copies but drops to $2 for 5,000 and more. List is, of course, the grandfather of all text viewers and has been actively enhanced over the years. List is also available through retail channels. ~Dated:~ Sep 1991; ~Entered:~ Aug 1992. :LookBook ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── `(LookBook, (c)1990 Red Oak Data Systems, $89)` ~contact:~ Red Oak Data Systems, Inc. 23 W 014 Red Oak Dr, Glen Ellyn IL 60137, 708-858-0030 " LookBook is a publishing and reference system that creates "electronic books" from computer based text. LookBook works by using an easy to understand index scheme to establish a document file's page locations. When indexed, document pages can be retrieved by reference to a standard table of contents and index list. " LookBook's many features include: ■ Intuitive book like interface for ease of preparation and use. ■ Indexes up to 1647 pages or topics (about five megabytes total). ■ Note attachment with free form page linking. ■ Unlimited free form bookmark and personal index entries. ■ Data compression ■ Forward and reverse search with case sensitivity. ■ Marking for file capture or print (can be blocked). ■ Use with any text file with automatic detection of file type, ASCII, LookBook compressed, or indexed. ■ Executes DOS, programs referenced in the document and illustrations. ■ Pop-up utility provides on line access for application support. Since LookBook follows the "bound book" model, it is especially good when a printed book is being used side-by-side with an electronic version, or a "bound" version has already been prepared and indexed. ~Dated:~ Feb 1991; ~Entered:~ Aug 1992. :Iris ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── `(Iris 1.28, (c)1990 Ted Husted, $8-$24)` ~contact:~ UserWare, 4 Falcon Ln E, Fairport NY 14450-3312, 716-425-3463. " Iris has taken books one step further. Instead of citing page numbers, authors can cite topic names. The names can be woven into the text itself, or displayed in popup menus. Electronic books can ask questions and respond to the answers. Readers can jump from one topic to another with the flick of a key. Screens can change color and size, and be accompanied by pleasant tones. " Recent upgrades to Iris offer online topic printing and a pop-up note editor. An advanced authoring version, Prism, includes a free text editor, and utilities to add runtime decompression and decryption to your books. A printing utility, HardCopy, is also bundled with the Iris program. UserWare also distributes the Dart* program. ~Dated:~ Sep 1990; ~Entered:~ Sep 1989. :Memo ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── `(PC-Memo, (c)1989 Serendipity Systems, $15)` ~contact:~ Serendipity Systems, PO Box 140, San Simeon CA 93452. " PC-MEMO is a screen utility which lets you distribute your memos, reports, and documents on IBM-PC computer disks. PC-MEMO has a capacity for five memos, reports, or documents. Each memo, report, or document can be up to 40,000 bytes long. For long documents, a similar program is available. PC-BOOK will accommodate up to twenty-four files of 40,000 bytes each. These files can fill two disks--there are separate programs for Disk A and Disk B. PC-BOOK is available for $25.00. " ~Dated:~ Jan 1990; ~Entered:~ Sep 1990. :Orpheus ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── `(Orpheus,(c)1992 Hyperion SoftWord,$49)` ~contact:~ Hyperion SoftWord 535 Duvernay, Sherbrooke QC, Canada J1L 1Y8, 819-566-6296 (voice). " Orpheus makes you a master of hypertext; it gives you the freedom to explore the multiple dimensions of your subject while bringing them within easy access of your readers; it gives you the flexibility to experiment, to revise and restructure at will; it gives you the power to compose spontaneously in an electronic galaxy, then to release the worlds you have created so that others may experience them. Orpheus is two programs: the Orpheus Author (OH.EXE), a program for creating electronic books and online documentation; and the Orpheus Reader (READ.EXE), a program for end-users, to be distributed with such works in their compiled form. " A -true- Integrated Development Environment for hypertext authors! Make electronic books in a writer-friendly environment. Hypertext word processor with pulldown menus & mouse support, full online help. Multiple windows, 5 link types, link to graphics and embed hotspots in them. ~Dated:~ Aug 1992; ~Entered:~ Aug 1992. :QuickPrint ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── `(QuickPrint,(c)1992 Joseph L DeRose)` ~contact:~ Joseph L. DeRose 825 Dora Pl, Bel Air MD 21014 71541,743(CIS) J.DEROSE1(GEnie) " QuickPrint is a handy and easy to use ASCII text print utility. The major design philosophy behind QuickPrint's development was that it should be a no frills, easy to use print utility that will automatically provide pagination and page numbers. This makes it an excellent tool for printing Readme and documentation files provided on disks with programs. " Like READ.COM, QuickPrint looks and feels a lot like Buerg's classic LIST program, a point many users will appreciate. ~Dated:~ Mar 1992 ; ~Entered:~ Aug 1992. :READ.COM ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── `(READ.COM,(c) SOURCE Microservices,$15)` ~contact:~ John Libertus SOURCE Microservices 211 N Ferguson St, Willow Springs MO 65793 " Capacity: READ.COM is a ASCII file reader; it displays, pages and scrolls ASCII files up to a practical limit of about 512K in size, and up to 960 screens in length. Speed: READ.COM is fast .. paging and scrolling appear instantaneous on any machine. Mouse control: READ.COM supports the use of a mouse. Screen numbering: READ.COM provides automatic screen numbering in a file exceeds 1 screen in length. Screen switching: READ.COM permits direct screen switching from any point within a file. Display attribute control: READ.COM permits a file to control the video attributes in which it's displayed. Place marks: READ.COM permits you to MARK up to 256 individual screens during display, and review them at any time. Searches: READ.COM, with the <F3> key, provides fast, global, case- independent searches. Indexing: The registered version of READ.COM, READ.COM V4.0, ofers the option of indexing each match you've found during a sring search. Terminating while Staying Resident: Version R4.0 provides the option of terminating and staying resident while holding a file. " A LIST-style viewer with an excellent feature mix, READ looks like a good bet for anyone working with plain ASCII files. ~Dated:~ Feb 1990; ~Entered:~ Aug 1992. :SpyGlass ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── `(Spyglass, (c)1989 JK Powers, $25)` ~contact:~ J K Powers, 222 West Spruce St, Sequim WA 98382 USA. " Spyglass is a hypertext style text delivery system. Spyglass is especially useful for help systems, system documentation and text information with built-in cross-references. Similar to the DOS and OS/2 on-line technical reference guide engines. " This is a "stand-alone" version of the hypertext help system developed for the (popular) BlackBeard text editor. ~Dated:~ Aug 1989; ~Entered:~ Dec 1989. :TransText ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── `(TransText,(c)1990 MaxThink)` ~contact:~ Neil Larson MaxThink, 44 Rincon Rd, Kensington, CA 94707 540-5508(voice) " TransText has become my most valuable ASCII hypertext construction tool. This word processor similar to Borland's SPRINT (six windows, all commands configurable, ASCII files, full font control, context helps) plus two important additions -- instant hypertext (just like HyperRez) plus 17 invaluable hypertext construction utilities. TransText is a new word processing paradigm with instant branching among complex cross-referenced files plus automatic editing on the fly. Its idea coupling, live footnotes, and active margins link offer new kinds of analytical and organizing power to lawyers, academicians, writers, consultants, and system designers. " MaxThink bundles HyperRez*, and a number of other systems and utilities with TransText. ~Dated:~ Dec 1991; ~Entered:~ Aug 1992. :Writers_Dream ──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── `(Writers Dream,(c)1992,Another Company)` ~contact:~ Another Company PO Box 298, Applegate OR 97530, 503 846-7884(voice). " 1. Write your chapters with your favorite word processor. 2. Use BUILD.EXE to build your own book. 3. Copy your chapters and DREAM.EXE onto a blank floppy. 4. Make some copies and pass them around. " Writers Dream was first runner-up in the 1992 Digital Quill Awards for Excellence, sponsored by the Disktop Publishing Association. ~Dated:~ Jul 1991; ~Entered:~ Aug 1992. ════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════════ (c)1990-92 UserWare, 4 Falcon Ln E, Fairport NY 14450.