WhizNotes 1.0 Copyright (C) 1992-1993, Sanjay Kanade All rights Reserved. Shareware Evaluation Copy CATALOG DESCRIPTION WhizNotes is a powerful topic management and text organization tool to help you to write better, to study better and to manage bits and pieces of information or notes effectively and painlessly. That is not all! If you have a Windows Help compiler then you can turn your notes into Windows Hypertext help. No other word processor is required to create help. Runs on Microsoft Windows 3.1 or later. Shareware. INTRODUCTION Welcome to the world of WhizNotes. WhizNotes is a Windows program and requires use of Microsoft Windows V3.1 or later. Once you start using this versatile text organization tool, you might wonder how you ever managed without it. Anyone who wants to manage any random or non-random information has a use for WhizNotes, that means just about anyone: writers, students, managers, programmers,... WhizNotes gives you powerful Topic management facilties which aid you in thinking clearly. You can write better, think better and study better using WhizNotes. This is not all. WhizNotes is also a Help authoring system and allows you to create Windows hypertext help easily and painlessly. All you need is the Microsoft Help compiler and WhizNotes will do it for you. Best of all, you do not need any other RTF editor to create help ! Find out much more about what WhizNotes can do for you. Install it using the SETUP program provided with it. Then run it and select menu item - Help Index. It is recommended that you read Introduction provided in the help. This will convince you that you deserve WhizNotes. Just start using it with occasional reference to the help and you will realize what you have been missing. HARDWARE/SOFTWARE REQUIREMENTS : WhizNotes runs on IBM compatibles and requires the use of Microsoft Windows 3.1 or later. HOW TO SETUP AND USE WhizNotes Run SETUP.EXE from Windows file manager. After that Setup will guide you through the installation. Finally setup will add a WhizNotes group and icon for the program manager. By default, WhizNotes will be installed in the directory C:\WHIZNOTS, but Setup allows you to change it. Later it would also be useful, if in File Manager, you associate the extension WZN with the full path name of WHIZNOTS.EXE. IMPORTANT : WhizNotes uses the working directory for creating its temporary files. Setup specifies working directory to be same as the directory where WHIZNOTS.EXE is installed. You may change the working directory by Program Manager's File-Properties option. But if you do that, please make sure that ample space is available in the workind directory to create temporary files. PLEASE REGISTER TO SUPPORT THE AUTHOR WhizNotes is a Shareware program. That means you are expected to pay a registration fee to the author in order to continue using this software beyond the initial 30 day trial period. Remember, the author is not compensated for his efforts if you do not register. With your support it is possible for the author to continue to provide quality software at nominal cost. Registered version of WhizNotes also gives you additional features to make it even better. Also, WhizNotes has been specially priced so that even if you have to buy the Help compiler, the total cost is much less than any Help authoring tool. To find out more about what you get on Registration, please see file 'register.doc'. HOW TO REGISTER The Registration cost of WhizNotes is $69 ( per copy ) + $4.50 for Shipping and Handling ( within USA ). ( Shipping and Handling is $9.00 for adresses outside USA ). If you are not satisfied with WhizNotes Registered Version for any reason, then you can return it within 30 days for a full refund. You can order or register WhizNotes by MasterCard or Visa! TO REGISTER BY PHONE Please keep your credit card ready and call Advanced Support Group, Inc. at: 1-800-788-0787 TO REGISTER BY MAIL Please use the order form in the file 'order.doc'. You can also print the order form by pressing the button 'Print order form...' on the main Shareware reminder screen. Author welcomes suggestions and comments at the following address : Sanjay Kanade P.O. Box 3205 Santa Clara, CA - 95055 LIST OF FILES ( on disk ) WHIZNOTS.EX_ - The uninstalled EXE file for WhizNotes SETUP.EXE - Installs WhizNotes on your system when you run it under Windows 3.1 or later. WHIZNOTE.HLP - The Help file for WhizNotes. README.TXT - This File LICENSE.DOC - Licensing information REGISTER.DOC - Detailed information on Registration Benefits ORDER.DOC - Order Form to order registered version VENDOR.DOC - Instructions for Shareware Vendors SYSOP.DOC - Instructions for BBS Sysops FILE_ID.DIZ - For BBS DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY THIS SOFTWARE (including instructions for its use) IS PROVIDED "AS IS" WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND. THE AUTHOR DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES RELATING TO THIS SOFTWARE, WHETHER EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE, AND ALL SUCH WARRANTIES ARE EXPRESSLY AND SPECIFICALLY DISCLAIMED. THE ENTIRE RISK ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE AND DOCUMENTATION REMAINS WITH YOU. 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