A Description of Chartist(tm)
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Chartist is a Microsoft Windows(tm) 3.0 application. With Chartist you can
create, edit, and print flow charts, organization charts, or other charts
that use similar components. Through the use of the Windows Clipboard, you
may also paste all or part of the charts you create into other documents,
providing the application can read Clipboard bitmaps or metafile pictures.

As with most Windows applications, you may run multiple copies of
Chartist on your computer, with each copy simultaneously operating on a
different document. Data may be exchanged among copies of Chartist,
using the Clipboard.

Chartist supports the text, graphics and color capabilities of your
display and printer. Text in a Chartist document may use any number
of the fonts available from your printer.

A Chartist document is one or more pages in size. The orientation of
pages depends upon the settings for your printer. Within a Chartist
document there may be one or more symbols. A symbol is a a polygonal
shape with optional text or graphics inside it. The text inside a symbol
may be in any of the fonts available from your printer. More than one
font may be used for the text inside a symbol.

Lines may be drawn between symbols. The lines are routed automatically,
with "influence" from the user as to symbol entry and exit points.
Lines may be drawn with or without arrowheads, in different thicknesses,
with solid, dotted or dashed pen styles, and with three different routing
styles (straight, curved, square turns). When symbols are moved
around the document, any associated lines are rerouted and redrawn as
necessary. Lines may also be labeled with text.

Advanced features include the ability to set up "hypertext" references
withing symbols to other Windows documents (including other Chartist
documents); the ability to load device independent bitmaps, such as
scanned photographs, or other artwork into symbols; and the ability
to customize, save and restore color palettes.

The goal of Chartist is to give you an easy way to create charts quickly,
while taking advantage of the advanced features of your printer,
and providing data interchange with other Windows applications.

  System Requirements
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    Microsoft Windows 3.0
    VGA or EGA display (or better)
    Mouse (recommended)
    Windows-supported graphics printer

  System Capacities
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    Maximum chart size:  60" height and width
    Maximum symbols:	 2000 per document
    Text:		 65K characters per document
    Lines:		 Available Memory
    Fonts:		 Available Memory

Version Information:

   Shareware Version:		(File NG_CHART.ZIP)
     30day evaluation period,
     full documentation,
     sample files,
     complete Windows help system
     no program restrictions (no crippling),
     copy and distribute freely
      (commercial distributors see README.TXT file in NG_CHART.ZIP)

   Registered Version:
     $69.95 plus shipping and handling ($3.00)
     upgrade to latest version
     printed manual
     technical support for 1 year, phone & mail


   Contact:

   Steve Goings
   Novagraph
   10014 Lawler Road
   Dallas, TX 75243

   (214) 231-2169
   Compuserve ID: 74036,2325


   Chartist is a trademark of Novagraph
   Microsoft Windows is a trademark of Microsoft Corp.