---- How and why should I register MicroCook?

     If you like MicroCook and plan to use it past the 30 days
evaluation period, you must register it. Registering MicroCook
(or any other Shareware) is the only way you can legally use the
program past this evaluation period. The Shareware principle is
based on trust. If you like it and use it, you pay for it. Not
too much to ask for?

     It's only $15 to register MicroCook, and for an additional
$5 you can get an optional disk with 3,317 recipes!

     Registered users of the MicroCook database program will
receive a KEY file that also will keep future versions of
MicroCook, both DOS & Windows, registered for several years  
before it expire. At that time you'll have the option to upgrade
for a small fee (less than full registration). See the 
documentation included with the version that "expired" your KEY 
file for details. Also unlimited technical support for as long as 
you own a registered version of MicroCook. The KEY file will also 
print your name, or the name of someone you give MicroCook to as 
a gift, on the bottom line of the monitor screen. Un-registered 
users that have questions during the evaluation period can
contact me by mail, or on America On Line (TM), CompuServe (TM)
or to norski@execpc.com on the Internet. And of course,
registered users can also make use of these contacts.
     
     When you register you will receive a small "KEY file" with
the serial number and your name. Place this file in the SAME
directory as MCOOK.EXE. Please keep a copy of the Key file in a
safe place. This file is for YOU only, and must NOT be
distributed with any copies you give to your friends or upload to
BBS's (which you are encouraged to do). The KEY disables all the
"Please Register!" messages and the time delayed opening and 
exit screens so the program will start running without delay. I
added these "features" as reminders to unregistered users, not to
harass them. The unregistered version and the registered version 
are identical in functions, except for these messages.
     If your KEY file gets lost or damaged, send me a letter with
an approximate date when you registered, to which name it was
registered, and a check for $5.00 for handle shipping & handling. 
I'll then mail you a disk back a copy of the KEY file. If you can
receive the Serial and Control number via e-mail, a new number is
FREE. But I won't change the name of the user:)

     Also included with the registered copy of MicroCook are
about 2,000 recipes, ready to be loaded into MicroCook. And just
incase your hard disk mess up your recipe database, I have
written a small program that will extract as many recipes as
possible from the damaged MicroCook recipe database, and save
them to a new database. MCDBFIX.EXE is another utility just for
the registered user.

     You can receive your Serial Number and Control number for
the KEY file via e-mail if you have a e-mail address. I'll send
it as e-mail as soon as either CompuServe or PsL notify me that
you have registered, or as soon as I receive a check or money
order from you. This will remove the "Please register" messages a
little faster. Instructions on how to create the KEY file will be
included in the e-mail.

     If you have a lot of recipes in formats other than
Meal-Master, MasterCook, or Edna's Cookbook that you would like
to convert to MicroCook, please send an e-mail, call or write. I
plan to add more conversions in the next version of MicroCook so
I would like to learn more about the different PC cookbook
formats that are in use. But please do NOT ask about QBOOK's
ASCII recipes. It has a very free-form format, and is very hard
to figure out correctly. I have gone through 100's of QBOOK
recipes from various sources, and non are formatted the same way.

     To register by mail, fill out the registration editor in
MicroCook (Print menu), and print out the filled out form. You
can also use the REGISTER program from the DOS prompt, or RUN it
from Windows. Internet users with a credit card can also register
at Albert's Ambry. See ALBERTS.TXT. CompuServe users can register
through Software Registration (GO SWREG), see SWREG.TXT for
details. And if your choice is credit card and you don't have
Internet access, see the CREDIT.TXT file. These files can also be
printed from MicroCook. You also need to use the REGISTER program
to create the KEY file if you received it as e-mail.