PowerKey for WordPerfect CBG Software, Incorporated. Copyright (c) 1992 9402 S. 69th East Avenue Call or write for latest version. Tulsa, Oklahoma USA 74133-5348 (918)-481-5909 ------------------------------------------------------------------------- WHAT IS POWERKEY PowerKey is a WordPerfect 5.1 (R) add-on program to enhance and simplify using WordPerfect. Written entirely in the WordPerfect macro language, it is an integrated system of several hundred powerful macros and soft keyboard definitions that give the user a simpler and more efficient alternative to the standard WordPerfect keystrokes. Entirely menu driven, PowerKey is designed for keyboard efficiency to minimize the keystrokes required to perform a given task and to minimize the time-consuming use of the mouse and WordPerfect function keys. Many specialized macros and functions are also included. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- NECESSARY SHAREWARE INFORMATION AND BEGGING AND PLEADING FROM THE AUTHOR CBG Software is a fully incorporated company in the State of Oklahoma, specializing in applications programming. PowerKey is our first offering for WordPerfect 5.1 for DOS. PowerKey is distributed as SHAREWARE. It is a copyrighted product of CBG Software, Inc. Many long hours have gone into planning and developing this fine product. ************************************************************************* POWERKEY IS NOT FREE ************************************************************************* PowerKey is being distributed as Shareware to minimize the large advertising, packaging and distribution costs that make up a large portion of the cost of commercial products. This cost elimination enables Shareware authors to provide excellent software at fair and reasonable costs to the user. Please read the accompanying license agreement, LICENSE.TXT, on the PowerKey disk. This agreement grants you the right to evaluate PowerKey for 30 days with no obligation. After 30 days, you are obligated to register PowerKey with CBG Software Inc. if you wish to continue using the program legally. If you DO NOT register PowerKey, it is illegal to continue to use the program after the 30 day trial period. The registration fee is US $20 for a single copy registration. Multiple copy discounts or site licenses are also available. Please write or call for more details. (Please call after 5 pm CST Mon-Fri or on weekends) A bound and printed copy of the manual may also be purchased for an additional $10 + $3 shipping and handling. For your convenience, an order form is included with the program. The order form is an ASCII text file, REGISTER.FRM, and may be edited with any text editor, edited with WordPerfect or printed and filled in by hand. To register, complete the form and send it with the $20 registration fee (check, money order or corporate PO) to CBG Software, Incorporated 9402 South 69th East Avenue Tulsa, OK 74133-5348 For orders from outside the United States, please remit the registration fee in US dollars or checks drawn on a US bank. Whether you decide to register PowerKey or not, you are encouraged to support the Shareware concept by making duplicates of the PowerKey disk or disks and passing them along to others that may be interested. You may also upload the program files to bulletin boards provided that the files are not modified in any fashion. WHAT'S ON THE DISKS The complete PowerKey program consists of the following twelve (12) files. (The installation batch file MUST be on each program disk). Disk 1 PKINSTL .BAT PowerKey installation batch file README .1ST this document LICENSE .TXT CBG Software License Agreement INSTALL .WPM PowerKey installation macro PKMACROS.EXE self-extracting PowerKey macros PKDATA .EXE self-extracting PowerKey data files PKKEYBDS.EXE self-extracting PowerKey soft keyboards and macros WP51 .BAT batch file to run WordPerfect and initialize PowerKey TABLE .PK simple text file used in the PKTUTOR tutorial REGISTER.FRM PowerKey registration form Disk 2 (360K diskettes only) PKINSTL .BAT PowerKey installation batch file PKTUTOR .PKM PowerKey tutorial document (WP5.1 format) PKMANUAL.EXE self-extracting PowerKey manual formatted for laser or postscript printer WHAT IS POWERKEY PowerKey is a WordPerfect 5.1 add-on program to enhance and simplify using WordPerfect. Written entirely in the WordPerfect macro language, it is an integrated system of several hundred powerful macros and soft keyboard definitions that give the user a simpler and more efficient alternative to the standard WordPerfect keystrokes. Entirely menu driven, PowerKey is designed for keyboard efficiency to minimize the keystrokes required to perform a given task and to minimize the time-consuming use of the mouse and WordPerfect function keys. Many specialized macros and functions are also included. As a simple example, to italicize a word in WordPerfect 5.1 requires at least 11 keystrokes: ctrl-LEFT alt-F4 ctrl-RIGHT LEFT ctrl-F8 A I You could record a macro, say ITWRD.WPM, but to execute the macro requires 8 keystrokes: alt-F10 I T W R D ENTER Compare to PowerKey's 3 keystrokes: ctrl-W I Similarly, to boldface a word (ctrl-W B), move a sentence (ctrl-S M), move a text table (ctrl-T M) or insert a footnote (alt-I F) greatly reduce the keystrokes and the time required to create or edit a WordPerfect document. For even fewer keystrokes, use the "fast macro" key (\). To italicize a word, simply place the cursor anywhere within the word and press \I; to bold the word, \B; to underline, \U. Many other fast macro functions are also available; press \{HELP} (\ + the WordPerfect Help Key) for a complete listing. PowerKey has an extremely rich range of applications. As another example, the special "shortcut" key (/) allows you to define customized shortcut abbreviations for commonly used text. Imagine: instead of typing "deoxyribonucleic acid" simply enter /dna and PowerKey will do the rest. The interactive tutorial included with the program has many exercises and examples to get you started right away on the road to greater efficiency and productivity with PowerKey. POWERKEY INSTALLATION Installing from a hard drive PowerKey CANNOT be installed directly from a hard drive. If you have downloaded the PowerKey compressed file or files from a bulletin board and decompressed the program and user's manual files, make a backup copy of the decompressed files onto a floppy disk and follow the install procedure described below. All the PowerKey files will fit onto a single 3.5" disk or a 5.25" high density disk. If you have only a 5.25" 360K capacity drive, copy the files onto two 360 kB disks as indicated in the WHAT'S ON THE DISKS section above and follow the instructions below for installing from a floppy drive. Installing from a floppy drive To install PowerKey from a floppy drive, execute the WordPerfect macro INSTALL.WPM on the PowerKey program Disk 1. To execute this macro, start WordPerfect with the /m command: wp /m-[d]:\install where [d] is the drive containing the program Disk 1. For example, if installing from floppy drive B, enter wp /m-B:\install where [d] = the drive letter B. Alternatively, you may execute this macro from within WordPerfect. From the normal edit screen, enter the commands alt-F10 [d]:\install where again [d] is the letter of the floppy drive containing the program Disk 1. RUNNING POWERKEY To run PowerKey, the main PowerKey initialization macro, PKINIT.WPM, must be executed by WordPerfect. This may be done by either of three methods. 1 From the DOS command prompt, execute PKINIT.WPM upon WordPerfect startup with the /m parameter: wp /m-pkinit.wpm 2 From within WordPerfect, execute PKINIT.WPM from the normal edit screen. Press the macro execute key alt-F10 and enter PKINIT.WPM at the prompt. 3 Use the WP51.BAT batch program include on the PowerKey program disk. Use the DOS copy command to copy WP51.BAT to your WordPerfect directory and simply enter WP51 at the DOS prompt to run WordPerfect and automatically initialize PowerKey. THE POWERKEY TUTORIAL After installing PowerKey, you will be prompted to run the PowerKey tutorial. If you choose not to run the tutorial at this time, you may run it at any later time by simply retrieving the tutorial document, PKTUTOR.PKM, on the PowerKey Program Disk (or Disk 2 if you have two 360 kB disks). The PowerKey tutorial is highly recommended as a quick and easy introduction to many, but by no means all, of PowerKey's powerful capabilities. After reading the tutorial document and performing the interactive exercises you will have a good understanding of the power available to you with PowerKey. INSTALLING AND PRINTING THE POWERKEY MANUAL The PowerKey manual is distributed as a WP 5.1 document, PKMANUAL.EXE, in compressed format. Once uncompressed, it may be loaded into WordPerfect and printed as any other document. The uncompressed document requires about 650 kB of hard disk memory and prints as ~180 pages on standard 8.5 x 11 inch paper. You may elect to have the manual installed during the PowerKey instal- lation. In this case, the manual document is automatically placed into the PowerKey directory, \powerkey, on the drive that you selected for the PowerKey installation. If you do not install the manual during PowerKey installation, you may install it at any time later. To install the manual onto your hard drive, place the floppy disk containing PKMANUAL.EXE into a floppy drive and enter the command [d]:pkmanual [p] where [d] is the drive letter and [p] is the desired path for the manual. DO NOT include a final backslash in the path specification. For example, to install the manual from floppy drive A to the C:\wp51\files directory, enter A:pkmanual C:\wp51\files The manual document, PKMANUAL.WP, will be installed into the specified directory in WP 5.1 format. The PowerKey manual document is formatted for a HP Laserjet II (R) printer. If you have a different printer, WordPerfect will reformat the manual document for your selected printer when retrieved. In this case, some of the manual may not print exactly as originally formatted. If you decide to register your copy of PowerKey, a bound and printed copy of the manual may be purchased for an additional $10 + $3 S&H.