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- - BIGTEXT electronic books v3.2 -
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- Copyright 1992-95 by Kevin Solway
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- Short description: self-displaying illustrated books & manuals.
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- Medium description:
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- Bigtext can turn BIG text files (up to 700k or more) into
- single, self-contained, self-displaying executable files that
- will fit on a 360k disk and are capable of displaying full
- colour illustrations in body of the text. Fantastic for
- self-displaying books, manuals, documents, and catalogues.
- Complete with menus, customized information screen, printing and
- fast text search. You can even execute other programs from the
- text of your electronic books. Comes with a Text Paint program
- and a TSR screen capture utility.
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- Long description:
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- Bigtext turns ordinary text files into self-contained, self-
- displaying executable files capable of displaying full colour
- illustrations in body of the text. This program is specifically
- designed to make self-displaying books, manuals, documents, and
- catalogues. The difference between Bigtext and similar programs
- is that it can handle genuinely BIG volumes of text (up to 700kb
- or more) and that it creates a single, neat and convenient
- executable file that will fit on a 360k disk! Defining a menu,
- or a table of contents, and defining a customized information
- screen is easy. The text viewer programs you make are complete
- with a fast "find" feature which enables you to quickly find and
- go to any portion of the text. You can compress text during
- conversion to save both memory and disk space, enable or disable
- printing permission for a measure of security, and specify
- titles and screen colours. Bigtext can automatically run your
- favourite .exe file compressor and then helpfully test runs the
- final product for you. You can also execute other programs from
- within your electronic books - great for demos or graphic
- illustrations. Bigtext comes with Text Paint and Text Capture
- utilities.
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- If you have written a book but have not yet managed to have it
- published, this program is for you. You can turn your book into
- a single program which will fit on a 360k disk which you can
- distribute to your friends and interested parties.
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- Bigtext is also perfect for catalogues, with over fifty section
- entries available on the main menu.
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- Software developers can make self-displaying manuals for their
- programs. This minimizes complexity for the user and adds a
- level of security to the information.
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- Other Information:
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- Name: BIGTEXT - electronic books.
- Version: 3.2
- Category: Writing Aids/Books
- Registration: $30.
- Registered users also receive a bonus disk full
- of useful programs they can use with Bigtext.
- Requirements: Hard disk or high density drive.
- Author: Kevin Solway
- Address: P.O. Box 207
- St Lucia 4067
- AUSTRALIA
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- Many shareware distributors are successfully using Bigtext to
- produce disk catalogues. Here are just a few of them:
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- Brightspark
- Rondel shareware
- Softview
- Canberra PCUG
- Argent Shareware (UK)
- Datadaze (UK)
- Layne Software (US)
- DP Tool Club. (France)
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- What the reviewers have said about BigText:
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- "Bigtext is one of those ideas that has you saying 'I wish I had
- thought of that.'"
- Marc Young, "Your Computer" (Sep, 1993)
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- "This catalogue was created with Kevin Solway's excellent
- program 'Bigtext'. I can thoroughly recommend it for ease of
- use and professional presentation".
- Brian Rondel, Rondel Direct Shareware
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