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- WinSpell
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- Version 1.05
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- The Ultimate Windows Spelling Supervisor
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- Checks Your Spelling in ANY Window
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- WinSpell is Copyright (C) 1991 by R&TH Inc.
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- All Rights Reserved
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- (319) 362-6242 or (319) 338-0477
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- WinSpell is a Windows based spelling supervisor which can check
- your spelling three different ways.
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- 1) WinSpell acts in real-time, as you type. While typing,
- WinSpell will notify you as soon as you misspell a word.
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- 2) WinSpell spell checks files such as Windows Write files and
- ASCII text files (Windows Notepad, etc.).
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- 3) WinSpell checks the spelling of information copied to the
- Clipboard, including spreadsheet, database, and word processor
- files.
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- These three modes of WinSpell allow you to check your spelling in
- virtually any Windows application, including DOS based applications
- running in a window, spreadsheets, telecommunication packages, etc.
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- WinSpell does not currently perform real-time monitoring of typing in
- DOS applications running on an 80386 machine. To check spelling in
- these applications, the information must be copied to the clipboard and
- then checked via the Clipboard check option.
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- If you would prefer to receive an evaluation (ungregistered) copy
- directly from R&TH Inc., feel free to call us.
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- VERY IMPORTANT: Old Versions 1.00 and .95
- The index files (full.ndx) are incompatible with older versions.
- Also note that the asc2dct.exe utility now automatically
- generates the index file. WinSpell will simply complain of
- the index file does not exist and expect you to use asc2dct.exe
- to create it. See the Documentation in WINSPELL.WRI for more
- details.
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- VERY IMPORTANT: NEW DYNAMIC LINK LIBRARY
- WinSpell uses WINSPDLL.DLL as its dynamic link library now.
- HOOK.DLL is no longer used or compatible.
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- VERY IMPORTANT OPTION: Use Memory
- WinSpell has the ability to run faster by setting the Use Memory
- option in the Settings... Dialog box. This option defaults to
- off upon first running WinSpell. See the Documentation in
- WINSPELL.WRI for more details.
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- VERY IMPORTANT INSTALLATION NOTES:
- Delete the old versions of WinSpell completely. They are no
- longer useful as Version 1.05 is not backward compatible with
- index files. If you have dictionary files you still want to
- use, execute the DCT2ASC and ASC2DCT utilities. See the
- documentation in WINSPELL.WRI for details.
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- WinSpell is ShareWare and as such, you have certain obligations to
- register WinSpell if you use it past the initial evaluation period.
- See the documentation in WINSPELL.WRI for details on license
- information.
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- In order to install this evaluation version:
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- 1) Expand the (compressed) archive file:
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- pkunzip winspell
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- 2) Run the Installation script (batch file) from floppy:
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- install [drive:]path
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- where drive represents the hard disk on which WinSpell should
- be installed and path represents the directory in which WinSpell
- should be placed.
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- Note that if you expand the archive file to your hard disk, your
- installation is essentially complete. You need not run the
- INSTALL.BAT script. Simply add the directory in which you
- placed WinSpell to your DOS PATH. See your DOS manual for details
- on the PATH environmental variable.
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- 3) Follow remaining instructions as specified by the installation
- script.
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- The following is an explanation for each file:
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- WINSPELL.EXE - WinSpell's main executable. This is the file that
- you will want to add to your program manager in
- Windows, or have Windows load via the "load=" option
- in WIN.INI.
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- WINSPELL.EXE is required for proper operation.
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- WINSPDLL.DLL - WinSpell's dynamic link library.
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- WINSPDLL.DLL is required for proper operation.
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- WINSPELL.HLP - WinSpell's Help file for use in Windows Help.
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- WINSPELL.HLP is not required for proper operation.
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- WINSPELL.WRI - Disk based documentation for WinSpell
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- WINSPELL.WRI is not required for proper operation.
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- FULL.DCT - WinSpell's Disk Based Dictionary.
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- FULL.DCT is generally required for proper operation.
- (See the WINSPELL.WRI file for detailed information
- on this file).
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- FULL.NDX - Index information to WinSpell's Disk Based Dictionary.
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- FULL.NDX is generally required for proper operation.
- (See the WINSPELL.WRI file for detailed information
- on this file).
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- COMMON.DCT - WinSpell's Memory Based Dictionary.
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- COMMON.DCT is generally required for proper operation.
- (See the WINSPELL.WRI file for detailed information
- on this file).
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- ASC2DCT.EXE - Conversion program for producing a WinSpell dictionary
- from an ASCII file.
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- ASC2DCT.EXE is not required for proper operation.
- (See the WINSPELL.WRI file for detailed information
- on this file).
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- DCT2ASC.EXE - Conversion program for producing an ASCII text file
- from a WinSpell dictionary (.DCT) file.
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- DCT2ASC.EXE is not required for proper operation.
- (See the WINSPELL.WRI file for detailed information
- on this file).
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- History:
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- Version 1.00
- Initial ShareWare release.
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- Version 1.05
- Besides correcting several reported bugs, the GUESS lookup has been
- SIGNIFICANTLY enhanced. It is now 500 to 1000 times faster than in
- release 1.00. Lookups for almost all guesses are now essentially
- instant, even on 80286 boxes.
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- Initial Registered version Release. Version 1.05 includes following
- enhancements and fixes from the initial ShareWare release:
- 1) Fixed read errors while file/clipboard checking and typing
- simultaneously.
- 2) Installation to WIN.INI fixed if run from DOS PATH instead
- of explicitly via fully qualified path.
- 3) Fixed File Check Dialog Box not closing via System Menu.
- 4) Fixed file 64K size limit for file checks.
- 5) Fixed lookups of words that start with characters "zo"
- and above.
- 6) Fixed problem with exiting Windows and WinSpell not
- asking to save changed dictionaries.
- 7) Renamed HOOK.DLL to WINSPDLL.DLL in preparation for
- Windows 3.1 which also has a HOOK.DLL.
- 8) Fixed broken add operation in Guess Dialog Box.
- 9) Fixed problem with File Check word Additions not updating
- dictionaries used for checking keyboard typed words.
- 10) Fixed maximum length of many edit fields in dialog boxes.
- 11) Corrected documentation and help files.
- 12) Unbottlenecked Guess lookups.
- 13) Enhanced many of the dialog boxes.
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- Known bugs remaining:
- 1) Bitmap and Metafile pictures in files and the clipboard
- sometimes confuse WinSpell. WinSpell just stops checking
- the text before completion and comes back as if it
- finished. Workaround: Use the clipboard to transfer
- just the text, then let WinSpell check that.
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