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- ShareSpell v1.4
- Text File Spelling Checker
- (C) Copyright 1989, Acropolis Software
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- Acropolis Software
- 4620 Hazel Ave.
- Fair Oaks, CA 95628
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- THE LEGAL STUFF
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- ShareSpell is provided on an "as is" basis without warranty of
- any kind expressed or implied. In no event will Acropolis
- Software be liable to you for any damages, including any lost
- profits, lost savings or other incidental or consequential
- damages arising out of the use of or inability to use the
- program, even if Acropolis Software has been advised of the
- possibility of such damages, or for any claim by any other party.
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- ShareSpell is copyrighted by Acropolis Software. You are
- encouraged to give copies to your friends and upload it to
- bulletin boards, however sale of the program for profit by
- anyone except Acropolis Software is strictly prohibited. With
- the exception of a small fee for duplication. That fee does not
- register you as a user of ShareSpell. If you like ShareSpell
- and find it useful you are asked to register as a users with
- Acropolis Software. (See "REGISTRATION" at the bottom of this
- document for information on how to register).
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- INDEX
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- Introduction ...................................... 1
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- File list ...................................... 1
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- How to use to ShareSpell ...................................... 2
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- Quick Reference ...................................... 4
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- Registration ....................................... 5
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- Page 1
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- INTRODUCTION
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- ShareSpell version 1.4 is a "stand-alone" spelling checker. With it
- you can check the spelling of text files that you have written. It
- is completely interactive. It will display the text of the file as
- you and it go through the file checking for spelling errors. At
- each word that it thinks is misspelled, you'll be given the option
- of replacing the word from a list of suggested correct spellings,
- manually correcting the word, adding the word to the dictionary, or
- ignoring the word for the rest of the document. Currently ShareSpell
- has 51,500+ words, more words are being added all the time and you have
- the option of adding words that you use all the time such as your
- name and words specific to your area of writing.
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- ShareSpell is a shareware product. It is not "freeware" or public
- domain. If you use ShareSpell you are expected to pay for it just
- like any other program. There are several advantages to registering
- your copy of ShareSpell. In return for the $20 you will receive the
- latest version of the program and the newest dictionary on either
- a 5 1/4" or 3 1/2" disk (whichever you prefer). It will get you a
- latest dictionary and the knowledge that you are helping to support
- quality software at reasonable prices.
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- FILE LIST
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- ShareSpell comes with the following files:
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- SS.EXE The ShareSpell Program.
- SS.DIC The dictionary containing all the words.
- SS.DOC This manual.
- SS14.NEW New features / bug fixes.
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- It you give copies of this program away you MUST include all four
- files in their original form. Distribution with one or more of
- the files missing or altered in anyway is strictly prohibited.
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- HOW TO USE SHARESPELL
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- First you have to install ShareSpell to use it. Installation is
- simple. You can create a directory and place both SS.EXE and SS.DIC
- in it. The next thing you will probably want to do is to all the
- ShareSpell directory to your PATH= command in the AUTOEXEC.BAT file.
- With the ShareSpell directory in the PATH statement you can use
- ShareSpell from any subdirectory and will to run and find the
- dictionary file. If you do not include the ShareSpell directory in
- the PATH= command you will have to change to the ShareSpell directory
- before checking the spelling in a document. If you are installing
- ShareSpell on a hard drive one option is to place it in the
- subdirectory that contains all of your extra DOS commands. Most people
- call it one of the following: DOS, MSDOS, BIN, COMMANDS and so on.
- The DOS subdirectory is usually already included in the PATH= command
- so you will not have to alter it.
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- If you do not have a hard drive and are running ShareSpell from floppy
- disks you should place the ShareSpell disk in one of you drives and
- make that your current drive and start running ShareSpell.
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- To use ShareSpell all you need is a file that you created with your
- word processor or text editor that you want to check and of course
- the ShareSpell program and dictionary. Type SS than press the
- <RETURN> key. ShareSpell will start up and display it's opening
- screen. Press any key and you will be asked for the name of the
- file to check. Type in the name and press the <RETURN> key. If
- the file could not be found you will be ask to specify a different
- name. If you decide not to check a document just press the <ESC> key
- and you will be exited from ShareSpell.
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- After you tell ShareSpell the name of the file you want it to check,
- it will load in the dictionary and start displaying the file as it
- checks the spelling.
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- When ShareSpell finds a word that it does not like it will stop and
- search the dictionary to find a list of word that it thinks you might
- have wanted to use instead of the current word. On the lower right
- hand side of the screen it will display the list of suggested correctly
- spelled words. To the left of that you will see the list of available
- commands and just above that you will see the word that it does not
- like. After the list is displayed you can use the following keys to
- make changes to the word. Before the list of suggestions is display
- you can also use any of these commands and ShareSpell will quit the
- search for suggestions and display the list of alternate words that
- is have found so far.
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- At this point you can use the up and down arrow keys to move through
- the list of suggested spellings. Use them to select the one that you
- wish to replace it with. Pressing the <RETURN> key will replace the
- currently misspelled word with the highlighted word. The empty word
- at the top is a special location; If the highlight bar is on it when
- you press the <RETURN> key, the current word will be skipped and not
- replaced in addition is will also skip all other occurences of that
- word.
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- One of your other options is to manually correct the word. When you
- press either the left or right arrow you will see the cursor move over
- to the suspected word window. Now you can use the arrow keys to move
- around in the word and the <DEL> and <BACKSPACE> key to correct the
- spelling manually. Once you press <RETURN> the corrected word will
- replace the misspelling in the text. If you decide that you do not
- want to manually correct the word use the up or down arrow to move
- back to the suggestion list. Alternately you can press any of the
- other command keys to perform that command instead of the manual
- correction.
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- Pressing the <F8> key will cause ShareSpell to add that word to its
- dictionary. From that point on that word will not be flagged as
- misspelled. Be warned the addition is permanent and the word cannot
- be removed from the dictionary.
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- To quit ShareSpell just press the <F10> key. If you have made any
- changes to the document it will save if you want to save those changes
- before quitting ShareSpell. If you answer Yes the updated file will be
- written to disk in place of the old version. If you answer No the file
- will remain as it was before you started ShareSpell.
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- QUICK REFERENCE
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- Starting ShareSpell:
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- At the DOS Prompt type one or the following:
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- SS or SS filename
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- Starting ShareSpell without a file name will make it prompt you
- for the name of the file to spell check. Otherwise it will spell
- check the file you specify. If the file does not exist you will
- be told so and asked for a new file name. Pressing the <ESC> key
- will exit you immediately from ShareSpell.
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- ShareSpell will scan through the file until it finds a word that it
- thinks is misspelled. It will than give you a list of possible
- correct spellings. At that point you can press one of the following
- keys:
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- <RETURN>
- To accept the word as is and continue and ignore it in the rest
- of the document.
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- <ESC>
- To ignore the word in the document. This is useful for words such
- as proper names that you know are spelled correctly, but do not
- want to add to the dictionary.
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- <F8>
- To add the current word to the dictionary. Good words to add are
- things such as your name or other proper nouns that you use often.
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- <UP ARROW>
- <DOWN ARROW>
- To select one of the alternative spellings. When the word you want
- to replace the misspelled word with is highlighted press the
- <RETURN> key and it will be replaced.
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- <LEFT ARROW>
- <RIGHT ARROW>
- To manually correct the current word. After you press one of the
- arrow keys you can use the <DEL>, <BACKSPACE>, and arrow keys to
- edit the misspelling. When you have it corrected press the <RETURN>
- key to replace it in the document. Otherwise pressing the up or
- down arrow will bring you back to the list of suggestions.
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- <F10>
- Quit ShareSpell. If you have made any changes ShareSpell will ask
- if you want to save the changes made so far.
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- Use the selected keys until you have corrected all of the document and
- ShareSpell ends or until you end ShareSpell with the <F10> key.
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- REGISTRATION
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- I hate to do this, but I have put a lot of work into creating and
- refining ShareSpell. And as the name implies it is a shareware product.
- I have spent a lot of time trying to make ShareSpell a good bug free
- program. As the old saying goes time is money. If you use ShareSpell,
- I ask you to send $20 to Acropolis Software to register your copy in
- return you will receive a disk containing the latest version of both
- the program and the dictionary. When you register your copy of
- ShareSpell, please use the order form below. If you do not use the form,
- please specify that you are registering ShareSpell and indicate your
- preferred disk format.
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- _____________________________________________________________________
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- Registation / Order Form
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- Name : __________________________
- Company : __________________________
- Address : __________________________
- __________________________
- City/State : __________________________
- Zip Code : __________________________
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- (Optional)
- Phone : __________________________
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- Basic ShareSpell registration: $20 ___
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- Disk Format: 5 1/4" ___ 3 1/2" ___
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- The product being registered is ShareSpell v1.4.
- You will receive the latest version.
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- Send check, money order, or cash to:
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- Acropolis Software
- 4620 Hazel Ave.
- Fair Oaks, CA
- 95628
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