IBID. List Maker 1.0                      pg 1/1
      c 1994 by Peter Neuendorffer. Internet peter.neuendorffer@channel1.com
      This is a Windows program, that requires VBRUN300.DLL, a common
      file freely available on many bulletin boards. in IBID, you define
      words. As you enter definitions, the software has a Window
      where you are asked to define other words, ones the software gets 
      from your definitions. This goes on like a game of cards, until 
      your list gets quite large.

      Now, why would anyone want to create a dictionary when
      they already have one? Well many people have special words, 
      scientific or otherwise not found in a standard dictionary. 
      Also, the "Definitions" can actually be notes on subjects,
      such as "anniversaries Mom's wedding anniversary is July 1"

      Both files ibid.exe and alice4.bmp must be copied to a directory
      on your hard drive. The working and startup directory is the same
      as this directory.

      This program allows entering of 5000 definitions of words. It has
      three windows. You can move between them at will. The Main Window
      is for displaying definitions. The Define Window is for entering
      and maintaining definitions. The Auto Question or "Auto" Window
      is for defining those words the software asks you.


      The Main Window:

      Once you have Definitions entered, you can bring them up from the
      main window. Scroll through the current list of words with the
      right hand Combo box (List.) Click to select a word, or type in a
      word you wish to look up. To look up the word, click on Display.
      Once a definition is displayed, if you click the Also See button,
      another Combo box appears. This is a list of words mentioned in
      the definition that the software also "knows". You can select a
      word, and click on Display to see one of those words defined as
      well. Since you haven't entered in any definitions, this main
      Window will be curiously empty at first.

      From the menu bar, you may select File. From there you can set
      your own title for the software (List Title). You can Remove the
      entire List (this obviously should be used with care).
      Registration brings up the opening screen telling you how to pay
      (AHEM!!!) for this software. $10.00 to Peter Neuendorffer, 1399
      Commonwealth Ave., Allston MA 02134.

      Copy will copy the current displayed word and it's definition
      into the Windows Clipboard.
      To bring up the other two Windows (TO ENTER DEFINITIONS), select
      Options from the menu bar, and click on Define, or Auto
      Questions.


      The Define Window:

      Enter in new definitions here. Type the Word to define in the
      first text box. Tab to the second text box, and type the definition.
      When you are ready, select OK to enter the definition. As you enter
      in definitions, the software is automatically building a list of
      questions in the third Auto Window.





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      If the word is already defined, you will be notified. To find a
      previous definition- maybe to change it, type the word to look up
      in the first text box, and then select Search. Once the
      definition is found, you can change it, or type in a new word
      that will also have this definition, and select OK. To delete the
      definition, select Delete. Paste allows you to paste a sentence
      from the Windows clipboard into the Definition box (lower text
      box) if you wish.

      It is a good idea to only use hyphens when you mean a hyphenated
      word, and put the hyphen directly between to alphabet characters,
      as in       un-delete



      The Auto Question Window      (Auto Window):

      First, an illustration: Imagine you go to the Land of Gnomes,
      where everyone speaks English, but doesn't know any of the same
      words. You say "A dog is an animal" The gnome says "What is an
      animal" You say an animal is alive. The gnome says "What is
      alive" and so on. This might seem awfully frustrating, but
      eventually a lot of things would be defined.

      When you enter in Definitions in the Define Window (or this Auto
      window for that matter), the software creates a list. When you
      select the Auto Window. from the Options/Auto Question selection
      from the main window, you are asked to define these words. You
      don't have to do them all at once.

      If you don't ever wish to define a supplied word (like "a") then
      click Skip Always. You won't be asked again to define it. But if
      you select Skip, you will be asked after the next time the word
      comes up in the course of your entries. At first, you will be
      repeatedly selecting Skip Always to get rid of many common words,
      but as the software is trained the situation improves.

      When you enter in definitions in the Define Window, or Auto
      Window, remember that alphabetic (a through z or A through Z)
      letters are counted only when creating the auto lists. However
      you are free to use numbers and other characters in your
      definitions. The exception if the hyphen which is described at
      the end of the Define Window section above.