******************************************* * BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF * * AND * * INSTALLATION NOTES * * FOR * * GO LEARN IT! * ******************************************* These are some introductory notes for Go Learn It!. OVERVIEW OF GO LEARN IT! Use this program to study French, German, Italian, Spanish and Russian, or any other subject where there are equivalent things that can be matched. With this program you can use your computer to study from any textbook or study guide. For any subject, you can make files of dates and events, persons and their significance, things and their characteristics, etc. Or, you can just learn the words and phrases in the files you receive when you register. This program is very straight forward. It is easy to learn and easy to run. It has features that no other language learning program has, including the ability to deal with multiple correct answers and the option of having your answer count as correct even if your capitalization, punctuation and spacing is not exactly the same as the answer stored in the computer. You can test yourself by multiple choice and fill in. You can translate from English to a foreign language and from a foreign language to English. You can make new files, edit existing files, add to files, look at files and print files. Each time you test yourself the entries are randomly mixed ( and if you choose a multiple choice test so are the answers). There are other options, such as timing yourself, setting a time limit, seeing a variety of icons with your answers, and scrambling the entries. You can retest yourself on your mistakes and print them out for further study. I have included some files made with this program. The included files will give you ideas of how you can use this program. The included files are: 1.) Three vocabulary files each for French, German, Italian, Spanish and Russian. 2.) Data files with states and their capitol cities, European countries and their capitol cities, some varied and simple arithmetic problems (for kids), stars who have won an Oscar and the picture they won it for, inventors and their inventions, pop music, the arts, synonyms and antonyms. The included files will give you an idea of the kinds of files you can create yourself. If you register you will receive files with approximately 3500 vocabulary words and phrases (around 750 each for French, German, Italian and Spanish; about 500 for Russian), more data files and two games. One, called Smiles, will help you learn what is in the files created with this program. The other is a fun way to waste time. This program requires Windows 3.1, the True Type font option installed and enabled, and an unzipping utility. If you have Windows 3.1 you can run True Type fonts. INSTALLATION 1. In order to install this program, open the File menu from Program Manager. and Select Run. If the files are on a floppy, type the letter of the drive that the floppy is in, a colon, and the word "Install", and press Enter. If the files are on a hard disk directory, type the path, a backslash and the word "Install" and press Enter. Or, double click "Install.exe" from File Manager. 2. You can check if you have the True Type option is enabled by opening the Fonts program in the Control Panel group, clicking on the True Type button and seeing if the enabled box is checked. If so, fine. If not, check it, click the OK button and then restart windows. You can also call up the Font program by running RussFont, a program included with this package (see 3. below). 3. If you want to use the programs to study Russian, you must install a Russian font, which is included. I have also included a program to help you install the font, called RussFont. 4. If the Install program will not load everything, then copy everything into a directory of your choice except Learnit.hlp, which goes in your main Windows directory. If you are still having trouble, call me at 510-644-2030. SHAREWARE This program is not free. It is Shareware. This means that you may try it out before you decide whether or not to buy it. After you have tried it out, if you intend to keep using it you must register it by sending $19.95 plus $1.75 for postage and supplies to Cragmont Services Ltd. 1171 Cragmont Ave. Berkeley, CA 94708 When you register you will receive files with approximately 3500 vocabulary words and phrases (750 for French, German, Italian and Spanish; 500 for Russian), more general data files, and two games which you have never played before. One game, called Smiles, will help you learn what is in the files created with this program. The other is a fun way to waste time. You may give the program to as many people as you wish. When you do so, you must transfer all the files on the disk or in the .ZIP file. Each user must send in registration fees and costs unless they are members of the same household or family as someone who has registered. You can pay be check or charge the fees and costs to your Visa or Mastercard. If you charge it, use the orderform (orderfrm.txt) or send me your card number, card expiration date and signature. I receive no other income from my programming. Equipment costs, supplies, mailings and BBS upload time are all paid out of my pocket. Therefore, if you use and enjoy the program, please send the registration fee.