------------------------------------------------------------------------------ README.TXT: LETTERHEAD.PRO FOR AMI PRO FOR WINDOWS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Thank for your interest in Letterhead Pro. This program will install 16 graphic sample letterheads, 6 logos, and 1 watermark into Ami Pro for Windows. Each letterhead will also have a macro that installs the letterhead into any Ami Pro document. Of course, you must have Ami Pro for Windows installed prior to the installation of Letterhead Pro. The installation program is in two stages, DOS and Windows. The INSTALL program MUST be started from DOS by placing the diskette in a floppy drive and typing INSTALL. Do NOT call up Windows and execute the RUN command. After completing the necessary DOS portion of the installation, Ami Pro for Windows will be called up with the instruction document LETPRO.SAM on screen. LETPRO.SAM contains instructions on how to use Letterhead Pro. You will be shown how to order your own customized letterhead, logo, and watermark. It is a Ami Pro document and must be viewed and printed from inside Ami Pro. You should print LETPRO.SAM so you may use it as a guide when displaying and printing the Letterhead Pro letterhead examples. All instructions, worksheets, and order forms are included. If you only want to copy your current letterhead into a graphic image for Ami Pro, it is necessary to read and print LETPRO.SAM. You may design your own letterhead, convert your present printed letterhead, or have CPI Software design a letterhead for you. CPI Software will place this design into a graphic PCX format, add a macro, and return it to you. The price for each letterhead, logo, or watermark is only $29.95 plus shipping. If the printer you are currently using will print Ami Pro graphics, it will print graphical PCX letterheads. This includes laserjets, ink jets, and dot-matrix printers. You do NOT need special printer drivers or any add-ons to place a customized professionally created letterhead on all your Ami Pro documents. Ami Pro for Windows and Letterhead Pro are all you need. Before starting the installation, refresh yourself on whether you used the Complete or Custom installation when installing Ami Pro for Windows. If you do not remember, then locate the path to the macro files (files ending with .SMM), graphic or drawing files (files ending with .SDW), and Ami Pro document files (files ending with .SAM). Use the Custom installation for Letterhead Pro and type in the path data when prompted. INSTALLATION Letterhead Pro may be installed in one of three ways. It may also be removed from your hard disk (uninstalled) using the CLEANUP command below. 1. Standard Installation: The installation corresponds to the Ami Pro for Windows COMPLETE installation. This installation program placed the macros into the \AMIPRO\MACROS directory, and the graphics in the \AMIPRO\GRAPHICS directory. The document files are in the \AMIPRO\DOCS directory. If you did not make any changes in the directory locations since installing Ami Pro with the COMPLETE installation, then this is the method of choice. 2. Custom Installation: This installation will let you place the document file, the macros, and the graphics into any directory you wish. You must know the path to each of these directories. For example, if you placed all documents into a directory named "LETTERS" off the main "AMIPRO" directory on drive "C", then this would be the full path: C:\AMIPRO\LETTERS You will be asked: a. the drive letter, b. the path for document files (files ending with .SAM), c. the path for macro files (files ending with .SMM), and d. the path for graphic files (files ending with .SDW). If you are not sure how you had installed Ami Pro, then use this method. Locate these files before the installation, and write down their proper path. Even if you used the COMPLETE Ami Pro installation, this method will work as long as you know where the files are located. You must be very careful that you type in the path correctly. The CUSTOM installation will take your absolute word for the locations of these files. If you make an error, you may have to wait until Ami Pro comes up, EXIT from Windows, and try again. If the files are deposited in the wrong directory, simply run the CLEANUP.EXE utility to remove them. 3. Manual Installation: This method does not use the Letterhead Pro INSTALL program, but it must be done exactly as follows: a. Locate where the Ami Pro document files, macro files, and graphic files are on your hard disk. b. From the INSTALL disk, copy these files into the proper directory: 1. DOCS.EXE into the documents directory. 2. MACROS.EXE into the macros directory. 3. GRAPHICS.EXE into the graphics directory. c. DOCS.EXE, MACROS.EXE, and GRAPHICS.EXE, are self-extracting files. You need only to type their names and strike the ENTER key, and the Letterhead Pro file(s) will be extracted from them. d. A utility by the name of CLEANUP.EXE will be placed into each directory with the Letterhead Pro files. When you are through using Letterhead Pro, run CLEANUP.EXE to seek out and remove every file that was installed. e. After extracting all files from the above files, call up Windows and click on the Ami Pro icon. After Ami Pro comes up, open the LETPRO.SAM file. Read and print the LETPRO.SAM file as instructed. UNINSTALLING LETTERHEAD PRO The installation places the file CLEANUP.EXE into every directory where Letterhead Pro files have been placed. When you wish to remove all installed Letterhead Pro files, do the following: a. From Windows, go to the Program Manager and click on FILE. Then click on the RUN command. On the RUN menu, click on BROWSE. Double click on the drive letter (ie., C:\). Find the Ami Pro directory and double click the mouse. Double click on each subdirectory. When you see the CLEANUP.EXE file, click on it. Select OK to return to the RUN menu, and click on OK. Follow the instructions in CLEANUP. The CLEANUP utility will remove all files in that directory, as well as itself. You may have files in up to 3 directories that will have to be removed with CLEANUP.EXE. b. From DOS, go into the directories where you have installed files and find the CLEANUP.EXE file. At the DOS prompt, type: CLEANUP and strike the ENTER key You will be asked if you want to uninstall all Letterhead Pro files in that directory. Select 1. to remove all files. This will seek out every installed file and remove it, including CLEANUP.EXE. You may find CLEANUP.EXE in up to 3 different directories. Wherever if is found, Letterhead Pro files are present and should be removed. CPI Software also distributes Letterhead Pro for WordPerfect for DOS, Letter- head Pro for WordPerfect for Windows, Letterhead Pro for Word for Windows, Letterhead Pro for WordStar for DOS, and Letterhead Pro for WordStar for Windows. In addition, Laser Letterhead plus and The Laser Letterhead Kit are available specifically for laser printers. We have been designing letterheads for business and personal use since 1987. Thank you again, and enjoy your experience with Laser Letterhead Pro. CPI Software Post Office Box 47097 Saint Petersburg Florida 33743-7097 Technical Assistance Voice/Message/Fax 813-544-0212 Member of the Association of Shareware Authors and Distributors Letterhead Pro for Ami Pro has been produced by a member of the Association of Shareware Authors and Distributors, and as such, has met their demands for professional programming. Any problems of a shareware nature that cannot be resolved by CPI Software, may be brought to the attention of the ASAD Ombuds- man for possible correction. Please send all information, including the name and address of the person or company you received Letterhead Pro for Ami Pro from, to: ASAD, ATTN: Ombudsman, 2425 North Limestone Street, Springfield, Ohio 45503-1109.