GRAMMAR SLAMMER--Slam your Grammar Agony with The Program that answers the questions the Grammar Checkers can't Ami Pro Edition GRAMMAR SLAMMER answers those questions that the Grammar Checkers can't! GRAMMAR SLAMMER helps you in your writing and grammar the simplest way known to Windows® Word Processor users. Grammar Checkers are helpful, but they are limited. They miss things and often ask you questions you can't answer. ("Do you want a comma here?"--"How should I know?" you reply.) Disk-based grammar books can help, but they are cumbersome to use. GRAMMAR SLAMMER, on the other hand, supplements the Grammar Checker by providing answers in a format that you already know how to use--the Windows Help File! One click on a Word Processor Macro and it pops up, ready to go! No office or computer which depends on word processors should be without it! How to Install the Grammar Slammer Ami Pro for Windows Macro The macro you need to run Grammar Slammer from Ami Pro for Windows (any version which uses macros) is GRAMSLAM.SMM. You may want to use the macro GSAUTO if you want to autoload GRAMMAR SLAMMER and run it from a minimized Windows Icon. You may want to read read the macro to insure that it will read GRAMMAR SLAMMER from correct directory. The macro has GRAMMAR SLAMMER in the directory C:\GRAMSLAM. If you have GRAMMAR SLAMMER (GRAMDEMO.HLP) in a directory other than C:\GRAMSLAM, change C:\GRAMSLAM in the macro file to the proper directory and/or drive. (For some, it may be easier simply to create a C:\GRAMSLAM directory and copy GRAMDEMO.HLP to that directory). Copy GRAMSLAM.SMM and GSAUTO.SMM to the Ami Pro directory in which all your macros are stored. (For most systems that would be C:\AMIPRO\MACROS). To Run GRAMMAR SLAMMER you have six choices: 1) Run it from the "Run Macro" routine from the menu, 2) Add it to the Ami Pro Menu and then click on the menu choice when you want to run it, 3) Add the GRAMSLAM.BMP to the toolbar and then click on the Grammar Slammar icon when you want it to appear, 4) Assign a "shortcut key" to the GRAMMAR SLAMMER macro and use that key combination to get GRAMMAR SLAMMER to run, 5) Run it from a mimimized icon which loads each time you run Ami Pro or a specific Ami Pro document or style, or 6) Run it from a regular Windows icon in one of the Program Manager Windows. Running GRAMMAR SLAMMER from the "Run Macro" Menu Click on the "Tools" menu choice. Then click on the "Macros" menu choice. Then click on the "Playback" menu choice. A dialog box appears with a list of all the Ami Pro macros in the macro directory. (All the names end with ".SMM"). Click on or enter the file name "GRAMSLAM.SMM", then click on the "OK" button. Installing GRAMMAR SLAMMER to the Ami Pro Menu If you want to add GRAMMAR SLAMMER to the Ami Pro menu, follow the directions for running a macro as in the last paragraph. Instead of choosing "GRAMSLAM.SMM," choose "AMIMENUS.SMM" and run that macro. Follow the directions you are given, and you will add GRAMMAR SLAMMER to the menu in the position you want it. You will want to add the macro "GRAMSLAM.SMM" when asked to do so. (There is also a toolbar button which, if installed, can do this in fewer steps. Look for the toobar button that looks like a Windows menu and click on it.) After the name "Grammar Slammer" is installed on your Ami Pro menu, simply click on the menu choice any time you want to use it. Installing GRAMMAR SLAMMER to the Ami Pro Toolbar Make sure the file GRAMSLAM.BMP is installed in your main AMIPRO directory (normally C:\AMIPRO). Follow the usual procedure for adding "smarticons" to the toolbar. Associate the GRAMMAR SLAMMER icon with the GRAMSLAM.SMM macro and insert the smarticon where you want it on the active toolbar. Then you may click on the GRAMMAR SLAMMER icon and GRAMMAR SLAMMER will appear. (The procedure varies slightly between Ami Pro for Windows version 2 and version 3. The macro works with both.) For Ami Pro for Windows 2 install the GRAMMAR SLAMMER icon this way: Choose "Tool" from the menu, then "Smarticons," then "Customize." You have a screen with 3 groups of icons pictured: "Standard Icons," "Current Palette," and "Custom Icons." Look for the GRAMMAR SLAMMER exclamation point icon in the custom icons to make sure it is there. Click on the "Assign Macro" button and then click on the "Next Icon" button until the correct icon appears in the "Selected Icon" box. Then choose or enter "GRAMSLAM.SMM" from the "Macros" list. Click on "Save." The macro is now assigned to the GRAMMAR SLAMMER icon. Now, back at the "Customize Smarticons" dialog box, click on GRAMMAR SLAMMER icon, and holding your left mouse button down, drag the icon to the "Current Palette" box and drop it by releasing the mouse button in the position where you want the icon. Click on "OK." The macro is now saved to the GRAMMAR SLAMMER icon. You may now click on the GRAMMAR SLAMMER icon and GRAMMAR SLAMMER will appear. For Ami Pro for Windows 3 install the GRAMMAR SLAMMER icon this way: Choose "Tools" from the menu, then "Smarticons," then "Edit icon." Scroll through "Available icons" list until you find the "G" with exclamation point GRAMMAR SLAMMER icon. Click on it and it should appear as your choice in the "Bitmap Editor" to the right. Choose or enter "GRAMSLAM.SMM" from the "Macros" list. The name should appear in the "Run Macro" box and there should be a description in the description box. (You may enter or change this if you like.) Click on "New Icon." The new Smarticon is added to the "Available Icons" list. Now, using the "Available Icons" box from the "Edit Smarticons" dialog box, drag the GRAMMAR SLAMMER icon the position you want. It will appear in that position in your toolbar. You may now click on the GRAMMAR SLAMMER icon any time you use Ami Pro for Windows 3, and GRAMMAR SLAMMER will appear. Assigning a Shortcut Key to the GRAMMAR SLAMMER Macro Click on the "Tools" menu choice. Then click on the "Macros" menu choice. Then click on the "Edit" menu choice. A dialog box appears with a list of all the Ami Pro macros in the macro directory. (All the names end with ".SMM"). Click on or enter the file name "GRAMSLAM.SMM", and the macro is ready to be modified. Click the mouse pointer in the "Playback shortcut keys" box and the cursor will appear there. Press the key combination you want to use to play the macro, it will be recorded in the "Playback shortcut keys" box if it is a useable key. Click on the "OK" key and the key combination will be saved. We recommend Shift+Control+G because this is not a pre-assigned key and it is easy to remember ("G" for "Grammar"). Note: Be sure to check your Ami Pro manual to insure you do not change a key combination that you might need later. Your manual will also tell you which keys and key combinations are assignable and which are not. Adding GRAMMAR SLAMMER to the Windows Program Manager If you want to be able to run GRAMMAR SLAMMER from a Window apart from the Word Processor Macro command, you must install the program into your Windows Program Manager. Click once on any program in the Window you want to place GRAMMAR SLAMMER in. Click on the "File" Menu Option then the "New" Menu Option. Now a dialog box appears. Fill in the "Program Name" box with the name of the program, i.e. "Grammar Slammer Demo." For the "Command Line" box write in "WinHelp C:\GRAMSLAM\GRAMSLAM.HLP." (Do not add the quotation marks or final period. Name the correct directory if you installed GRAMSLAM.HLP in a directory other than C:\GRAMSLAM.) The Working directory is "C:\GRAMSLAM" unless you installed the program in another directory. Add a "Short Key" only if you want. Then click on the "OK" button. The program is now installed in the Window with the standard Question Mark as an icon. For a more elegant icon, install the GRAMSLAM.ICO file in either the same directory as GRAMMAR SLAMMER or the directory where you keep your icons. Click on the "File" Menu Option, then the "Properties" option. This brings up a dialog box with a number of buttons including on which says "Change Icon." Click on that button and add the directory and filename of the GRAMSLAM.ICO file--for example "C:\GRAMSLAM\GRAMSLAM.ICO," or whatever directory you put the GRAMSLAM.ICO file in. Click on "OK" and now the regular GRAMMAR SLAMMER icon is in place in a Window. Double click on the icon to run the program. Running GRAMMAR SLAMMER from a Windows Icon within Ami Pro You may also run GRAMMAR SLAMMER from a minimized Windows icon in Ami Pro. You can setup Ami Pro so that GRAMMAR SLAMMER automatically loads each time you run Ami Pro. Click on "Tools" and "User Setup." You are given a dialog box with many boxes. Click on the "Program Load" check box by "Run Macros" and then choose or write in "GSAUTO.SMM" in the list box next to it. Click on "OK." The next time you load Ami Pro, GRAMMAR SLAMMER will load, too, and then leave a minimized icon. Double-click on the icon at any time to open the GRAMMAR SLAMMER file. (Due to the limitations of the Windows Help File format, GRAMMER SLAMMER must first load full size before being minimized. This only takes a tenth of a second to accomplish on most computers.) Follow similar procedures according to your Ami Pro Operating Manual if you want to have Ami Pro load this way with a certain file, file type, or style. Use GSAUTO.SMM. If you already have a macro set to load when you load Ami Pro and you want to add the GSAUTO.SMM macro, then you need to load the AUTORUN.SMM (sometimes _AUTORUN.SMM) macro and follow the instructions in your Ami Pro operator's manual. (Basically, run AUTORUN.SMM from Tools/Macro/ Playback, and follow the directions by choosing the Macros you want to load, including GSAUTO.SMM.) Notices The instructions given may vary slightly with some editions of Ami Pro for Windows. Check your Ami Pro Operating Manual or Help Files if the the descriptions and directions in this file are not sufficient. This should work with Word Pro as well, though it has not been tested. The instructions given may also vary slightly with some editions of Windows. Check your Windows Operating Manual or Help Files if the descriptions and directions in this file are not sufficient. GRAMMAR SLAMMER is copyright ©1996 by James Bair, P.O. Box 203, Shelton CT 06484 USA, All rights reserved. It is not Public Domain, though it may normally be distributed without charge for a trial period. Word Pro, Ami Pro for Windows, and Smarticons are registered trademarks of the Lotus Development Corporation. Windows is a registered trademark of the Microsoft Corporation. Use of these terms does not suggest review or endorsement of GRAMMAR SLAMMER by these corporations. This GRAMMAR SLAMMER demo file may be distributed freely without charge if and only if all files are kept together and are unaltered. That includes the GRAMDEMO.HLP file, this GRAMSLAM.TXT file, GRAMSLAM.SMM, GRAMSLAM.BMP, and the GSLAMAMI.TXT file. Bona fide shareware dealers may charge a nominal fee for the copying of files. Any commercial distribution without permission of the author is prohibited. That includes any retail point-of-purchase sale of shareware or public domain software except at bona fide computer stores where the shareware concept is clearly understood. (Permission is normally granted, please just ask.) See the VENDOR.TXT file for specific details concerning distribution. This program may be registered with the author. You will get the latest version with all macros as apprpriate, installable from Windows for $25. Master Card and Visa Accepted. CompuServe ID 70730,3001. CompuServe members may purchase this via GO SWREG, get product # 8959. Internet address is 70730.3001@compuserve.com. World Wide Web site is http://ourworld.compuserve.com/homepages/jbair. Click on "Order Form" on the pop-up menu for more information. ***************************************************************** ORDER FORM Grammar Slammer James Bair P.O. 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