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- WP-03: HyperText
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- Black Magic
- Ntergaid
- $40-$80
- #7068/1362 [3 disks]
- is a hypertext word processor. (Hypertext allows you to branch off into more
- detailed areas when reading a document on the computer.) With BLACK MAGIC
- documents, information can be linked in three different ways: with Note
- Links, Reference Links, and Replacement Links. Text and graphics can be
- merged into an integrated whole. (CGA compatibility required.)
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- One user reported that this is nothing more than a demo, but other users
- report that they have found it to be useful and worth the cost of getting the
- three disks. This appears to be one of those programs that some people think
- is great and other people think is worthless. If you fall into the latter
- group, you can exchange the disks under the Terms and Conditions explained
- under "Free Disks" in this issue.
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- Three existing link types are designed for conveying information. A DOS link
- adds a new dimension to hypertext in that its purpose is to link hypertext in
- with external DOS applications. This allows the user to leave the system in
- real time, go to another DOS application and then return to the hypertext
- system at exactly the same place you left. It also contains ASCII links.
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- Hyper-Word
- Zaron, Ed
- $149
- #7069/2499 [4 disks]
- is a full featured hypertext word processor. This program contains over 600
- screens of pop-up help on disk as well as a 72 page ready-to-print documentation
- manual. Use it as a work organizer, personal information manager, or an
- operations guide. Create your own applications without programming. Use the
- calendar for flexibility scheduling your time. Easily create interactive
- reference manuals, expert systems, and educational programs to help you with
- your work.
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- It features pull-down menus, context sensitive help, an integrated spelling
- checker, 120,000 word dictionary, 4,000 word user dictionary, a readability
- index, a daily log that automatically records your time, selective printing of
- form letters, edit and print simultaneously, on screen boldface, italics,
- underline, superscript and subscript, macros with automatic record and edit,
- multi-line page headers and footers, page and chapter numbering, prints
- multiple columns, mailing labels and form letters, delete, undo, multi-file
- search and replace. Requires 500k and a hard disk.
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- Hyper-Word Help
- Zaron, Ed
- $50
- #7069/2500
- is a 9k pop-up hypertext help facility for use with Hyper-Word. It can provide
- context-sensitive, pop-up help for any program. It can be used with any text
- editor for creating a custom flat help system, or use it with Hyper-Word to
- create a multi-dimensional hypertext help system.
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- This help system can be easily adapted to any application and requires no
- changes to your programs. It can pass data to your programs or to DOS,
- allowing it to be used as a DOS menu system. A high-capacity floppy or a hard
- disk is required.
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- Hype
- GoldPax Software
- $35
- #7271/2244
- is a hypertext file reader. Hypertext is a means of reading documents on a
- computer in a non-linear manner, optionally branching off in new directions at
- any time. For example, in a technical document, you might branch off to get a
- description of a term and then resume reading, or in a story, you could branch
- into your choice of a new plot development without returning.
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- The documentation and sample hypertext files that come with Hype show you how
- to embed commands in your text files to create Hype-readable documents. This
- is not as easy as having a program that creates the hypertext documents for
- you, but it is workable if you can follow directions.
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- HyperInk
- Shaman Exchange, Inc.
- $5
- #7271/2031
- is a graphically oriented hypertext generating system. An interactive
- hypertext Help file and Tutorial are included. It builds electronic books, and
- associative, interactive files. It will import text and graphics files in the
- popular PCX format.
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- PC-Browse
- Quicksoft ASP
- $54
- #7271/2017 [2 disks]
- is a pop-up (60k or 3k+EMS) file scan and hypertext tool. This program lets
- you view files, search them for specific information, and link them together
- in hypertext fashion, as well as perform some file management tasks. It works
- well as a stand-alone product or can be used in conjunction with PC-Write.
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- PC-Browse can be popped up while in another program. It will find a file by
- name, search for text within files, look up information and paste it into the
- program you are running or print it and more.
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- Book 2.0
- Wallingford, Robert
- $15
- #7272/2549
- lets you make and read your own computer book on your monitor. 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. Access any chapter with one keystroke. There is a special password
- provision in the program to prevent the accidental accessing of a file which was
- not written for BOOK.COM. It also includes a demo to show what your masterpiece
- might look like. Requires an ASCII word processor to make pages and index.
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- Free Press
- Couger, Gordon
- $0
- #7272/1369
- is a set of tools for creating your own "magazine on a disk". It could be
- customized to do various other jobs from an on-disk resume to a DOS menu
- program. The program can display text files and run programs. The text display
- windows have SEARCH and GOTO functions. The text display commands are Word Star
- commands and the program can be called from MS Windows.
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- Iris
- Husted, Ted
- $8
- #7272/1791
- allows a writer to easily create an electronic "book" to be read on-line with
- many sophisticated features. Iris is very well conceived and designed that
- makes the most of the advantages of reading text on-line rather than on paper,
- such as being able to jump around instantly and to enhance the presentation of
- information with colors and sound.
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- User options are presented in boxes on the side of the screen and selection is
- fast and easy. User input can be requested and stored; programs can be run
- from within the "book". Iris could be used for many types of applications,
- from reference materials to adventure games. The disk comes with two complete
- electronic books, a tutorial and a reference "book". A pop-up notetaker is
- included, and on-line help is readily available.
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- Spyglass
- Powers, James K.
- $25
- #7272/1932
- is a simple but workable hypertext system. It was created for use with the
- Captain Blackbeard programmer's editor (disk #802), but Spyglass is also
- useful on its own. It includes utilities for creating and viewing the
- hypertext files.
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- HyperShell
- Taylor, Nick-Text Technology
- $?
- #7399/2976 [3 disks]
- is a hypertext authoring and control system. It supports text and graphics
- screens, with or without selection zones for "hypering" into other areas.
- Graphics formats supported are PCX and BLOAD files for Hercules, CGA, EGA and
- VGA. Selection zones on graphics files allow you to click on an element of the
- graphic, such as a transistor in a diagram, and get more information about it.
- Another feature is the ability to convert Norton Guide files to HyperShell
- format files.
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- HyperHelper
- Flamig, Bryan
- $29
- #7399/2455
- is a utility for creating hypertext help systems. The features in this program
- include scrolling, mouse support, interfile, links, custom menus, custom about
- cards, predefined links, automatic centering, error checking, fast compiling,
- small .htx files, small executables, TSR communication, and flexible highlight
- bar placement.
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- Additional features include expanded memory support, copy and paste, word
- compression, topic links, prefix and substring topic searching, multiple cards
- per topic, the ability to generate a table of contents automatically,
- bookmarks, automatic card captions, support for text modes such as 80x25,
- 40x25, 80x43, and 80x50, and much more.
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- farVIEW
- farSight Technologies, Inc.
- $45
- #3873
- provides hypertext browsing and editing with almost 100 interactive commands.
- The editor includes wordwrap, key macros, and cut and paste. It provides three
- hypertext linking methods including buttons, references, and high-lighters.
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- It allows frames much larger than the screen. Frames can link to external ASCII
- files transparently to the browser. It can handle up to 16 textbases opened at
- once, up to 325,870 frames per textbase and up to 651,740 links per textbase.
- Requires 512K and a hard disk.
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- LookBook
- Kavanaugh, Bill
- $15
- #3874
- is a hypertext system for creating electronic books and reference systems using
- a variety disk-based documents such as newsletters, software manuals, and
- catalogs. It also works with ASCII data files like print report files. It
- includes a note editor for taking page linked notes and for editing bookmarks,
- and provides for point and shoot document selection with automatic detection of
- file type. LookBook is small enough for comfortable inclusion on floppies. It is
- easy to set up and use.
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- Orpheus 1.6 08-93 CD
- Hyperion Softword
- $49
- #20047/4724 [2 disks]
- is an easy-to-use hypertext authoring system. You can quickly write hypertext
- without having to think about the mechanics of linking. There are no special
- characters to insert and no program codes; you see exactly what the intended
- reader will see.
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- Documents can contain up to 32,000 linked cards and graphics. A text card can
- hold up to 250 links to any combination of text cards and graphics. Seven link
- types are included, of which one can be reserved for the author's notes and
- excluded from the compiled version, while two others are intended for programma-
- ble features that will enable interactive tutorials.
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