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- God's Word For Windows
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- Copyright (c) 1991 by
- D. Kevin Rintoul
- 582 Ridley Drive
- Victoria, B.C. Canada
- V9C 1K4
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- (604) 474-2853
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- God's Word for Windows is an easy to use Bible reference program that runs under
- Microsoft Windows Version 3.0*. God's Word for Windows will help you study the
- Bible more effectively by making it more accessible. Study is enhanced by giving
- you the ability to search the Bible by word, topic, or combination of words and
- by providing function to copy verses from God's Word for Windows into other
- Windows programs.
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- * Microsoft and Windows are registered trademarks of Microsoft Corporation.
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- Installation
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- God's Word for Windows requires the following from your computer's hardware and
- software:an IBM PC/AT or better, Microsoft Windows 3.0 and 5 megabytes of hard
- disk space.
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- Use the following procedure to install God's Word for Windows:
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- o Create a directory on your hard drive called C:\GW4WIN.
- o Copy the contents of the distribution diskettes into that directory.
- o Select the Program Group to install God's Word For Windows into by clicking
- on that group within the Program Manager. For more information on Program
- Groups or the Program Manager, consult your Windows 3.0 reference manual.
- o Pull down the Program Manager's File menu and select New.
- o Select Program Item from the resulting New Program Object dialog box.
- o Click the OK button of the same dialog box.
- o Type God's Word for Windows in the Description field of the resulting
- Program Items dialog box.
- o Type C:\GW4WIN\GW4WIN.EXE in the Command Line field of the same dialog box.
- o Click the OK button of the same dialog box. You should now see an Open
- Bible icon appear in the program group.
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- How to Use God's Word For Windows
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- Searching the Bible.
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- Use the following procedure to search for verses containing a given word:
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- o Activate the Words field by clicking on the Words field or by pressing <Alt>w
- o Type in the word you wish to search for using upper or lower case letters.
- o Start the search by clicking the GO! button.
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- Use the following procedure to search for verses containing a group of words:
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- o Activate the first Words field by clicking on the Words field, or by pressing
- <Alt>w.
- o Type in the first word using upper or lower case letters.
- o Combine the first word with the next word using And, Or, or And Not by
- clicking on either the And, the Or or the And Not option buttons next to the
- first Words field. And enables searches for verses containing the first word
- And a second word. Or enables searches for verses containing the first word
- Or a second word. And Not enables searches for verses containing the first
- word And Not a second word. For more information on option buttons, see the
- Program Manager's help topic entitled Option Buttons.
- o Activate the second Words field by clicking on it, or by pressing the <Tab>
- key.
- o Type in the second word.
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- o Optional - Combine the second word with the third word using And, Or,
- or And Not.
- o Optional - Activate the third Words field by clicking on it, or by pressing
- the <Tab> key.
- o Optional - Type in the third word.
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- o Start the search by clicking the GO! button.
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- Use the following procedure to search for verses pertaining to a particular
- topic:
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- o Choose the topic of interest by pulling down the Topic drop-down list box
- and choosing a topic from that list. For more information on Drop-down Lists
- see the Program Manager's help topic entitled Drop-down List Boxes.
- o Start the search by clicking the GO! button.
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- Use the following procedure to limit any of the above searches to one book in
- the Bible:
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- o Choose the book in the Bible to limit the search to by pulling down the Book
- drop-down list box and choosing the desired book from that list.
- o Complete the search by using any of the previous procedures
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- Use the following procedure browse through the list of matching verses
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- o After following one of the previous procedures, the number of matching verses
- will be displayed next to the Verses Found field and the list of matching
- references will be displayed in the box underneath the same field. If no
- verses match, No References Found will be displayed.
- o Activate the Verses Found list box by clicking anywhere in the box or by
- pressing <ALT>f.
- o Choose verses to peruse by highlighting references in this list box . The
- corresponding verse will be displayed in the Verse box. For more information
- on List Boxes, see the Program Manager help topic entitled List Boxes.
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- Use the following procedure to copying a verse or verses to other Windows
- programs
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- o Perform a search using any of the previous procedures.
- o Find the verse to print using the previous procedure for browsing the list of
- matching verses.
- o Click the button labeled Copy To Clipboard or press <ALT>c
- o Activate the application to receive the verse.
- o Position the cursor at the insertation point.
- o Pull down the program's Edit menu and choose Paste.
- o Return to God's Word For Windows by pressing <Ctrl><Esc> and choosing God's
- Word for Windows from the Windows 3.0 task list.
- o You may copy more than one verse to the clipboard using Copy To Clipboard for
- the first verse and Append to Clipboard or <Alt>d for subsequent verses.
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- Use the following procedure to print a verse on the printer
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- o Perform a search using any of the previous procedures.
- o Find the verse to print using the previous procedure for browsing the list of
- matching verses.
- o Click the button labeled Print or press <ALT>p.
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- Short Cut Keys
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- The following keys short cut keys may be used.
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- <Alt>a Activate the About box.
- <Alt>b Activate the Book field.
- <Alt>c Copy the displayed verse to the clipboard.
- <Alt>d Append the displayed verse to the contents of the clipboard.
- <Alt>f Activate the Verses Found: list box.
- <Alt>g Start the search.
- <Alt>t Activate the Topics combo box.
- <Alt>h Activate on-line Help.
- <Alt>p Print the displayed verse.
- <Alt>w Activate the Words edit field.
- <Alt>x Exit this program.
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- The Demonstration Version
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- This demonstration version of God's Word For Windows contains the books Matthew,
- Mark, Luke and John. I would have included the entire Bible in the
- demonstration version but that would have made the demonstration prohibitively
- large. If you find this program useful and if you would like the full version,
- please fill out the following order form and send a cheque or money order for
- $29.95 payable to Kevin Rintoul.
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- Gods Word for Windows
- 582 Ridley Drive
- Victoria, B.C. Canada
- V9C 1K4
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