Expander Install Instructions

Installing Expander

1	After downloading the files:

Expand.dll, expand.hlp, expinst.wcm, expand.wcm and this document expinst.wpd

copy them either onto a floppy disk or into a temporary directory on your hard disk. Make sure no other files are located on the floppy disk or in your temporary directory.

2	Run WordPerfect 6.1 Windows (3.x or Win '95) and play the macro;

expinst.wcm

located on your install disk or in your install directory.

3	Change or tick the details you want. (You may wish to change the default install from and install to directories. These should be different directories.) Click Ok and Expander will be installed.

5	A dialog box will appear asking you to shut down and re-start WordPerfect. Do this when requested.

6	To set up Expander for the first time you must set a few parameters:-

a	Type into the database field, the path and name of what you wish to call your first database:- eg. C:\expand\expdata1.dat We suggest you use ".dat" as the file extension, although this is optional. Do not use the extension ".ind" when naming your file because a file with that extension is automatically created: In this example, Expdata1.dat (the database) and Expdata1.ind (the index) are created in the c:\expand\ directory.

b	Enter an Alias for this database in the Alias field:- eg. Expand 1. While the filename must follow Windows 3.x file naming rules, the Alias may have up to 15 alpha-numeric characters, and include spaces and punctuation.

c	Click Add.

d	If this database file does not yet exist, you will be asked choose Yes for Expander to create the file.

e	You may also need to set up a hot key whereby if you press a certain key sequence, Expand will be invoked. [F10] is a good choice if you don't already use it for something important; any other keystroke combination - perhaps [Shift+F10] - will do as well.

To set up a hot key, click Hot Key Setup to invoke your keyboard setup process (it's the process accessed from WordPerfect's Edit | Preferences | Keyboard, and can be done that way just as successfully). You may not be able to access this when you first start Expander: if not, click Ok, then restart Expander from the Tools | Expander menu, go into Setup, and try the Hot Key Setup again.

Edit your default keyboard - or create a new keyboard definition - and assign the key sequence of your choice to Activate a Feature | Feature Menu | Tools | Expand. For example, choose [F10] from the list of keystrokes, then click Activate a Feature. From the Feature Menu select Tools; in the list that appears, find and double-click on Expand.

f	Once you are back in the Expander Setup dialogue box, make any other changes, then click Ok.

7	To add items to any Expander database, select Expander from the Tools menu, and select the database to which you wish to add phrases (button top left corner: "Database Show/Edit"). Click Add to add a new phrase: type the code in the "Add new code" section at the top left, then type the new phrase in the "Data" section. Click Add again to see a prompt asking if you do wish to add the new code. Choose Yes to add it to the database list.

You may delete items by highlighting them in the list on the left and clicking Delete.

You may add and delete items as much as you want: click Ok when you're finished.

8	There are several ways to use Expander.

a	If you have nominated a hot key, all you have to do is type the code and press the hot key sequence (eg [F10]): your code will be expanded to the full phrase. So, for example, "tss[F10]" => "Training Software Services".

b	Alternatively, you could have Expander set to automatically Expand by ticking the Auto Expand check box within Tools | Expander | Setup. If that is set, as soon as you type a space or punctuation mark following a code, Expand operates to expand the code to the full phrase. So, for example, "tss[Space]" => "Training Software Services".

c	A third way to use Expander is to include the command "Expand" in a macro. Access Help | Contents | Macro Commands from within Expander for an explanation of how to use this.

9	Consult Tools | Expander | Help | Contents for notes on the full use of Expander.

UnInstalling Expander

1	Run WordPerfect 6.1 and play the macro

expinst.wcm

located on your install disk or in your install directory.

(If you choose to run expinst.wcm from the installed directory and you click on remove directory contents, then you will get an error message when it tries to delete itself. You can ignore the error but you will have to manually delete expinst.wcm from the directory yourself.)

2	In the Install dialogue box, click UnInstall.

3	Exit and restart WordPerfect.

4	If you wish, delete the Expander files from the directory to which they were installed, and delete the database and index files of your databases.

5	You might also need to manually remove any expander Hot Key Setups by editing your keyboard and removing any attributed to expand.