Hangman for Students Copyright (c), 1990, 1991 by Chester Langin, all rights reserved Langin Software 532 W. 3rd St. Centralia, IL 62801 CIS: 73770,615 _______ ____|__ | (tm) --| | |------------------- | ____|__ | Association of | | |_| Shareware |__| o | Professionals -----| | |--------------------- |___|___| MEMBER Users of "Hangman for Students" must accept this disclaimer of warranty: "Hangman for Students" is supplied as is. The author disclaims all warranties, expressed or implied, including, without limitation, the warranties of merchantability and of fitness for any purpose. The author assumes no liability for damages, direct or consequential, which may result from the use of it. <<< Page 2 >>> Table of Contents Welcome 3 Who is this program for? 3 What is this program? 3 Installation 3 Tutorial 4 Making a Word List 5 Appendix A -- A list of files 6 Appendix B -- Troubleshooting 6 <<< Page 3 >>> *************** ** Welcome ** *************** Welcome to "Hangman for Students." ******************************** ** Who is this program for? ** ******************************** This program was specifically written to help children learn words for their proper grade school levels. However, it is a fun game for kids and adults irregardless of what grade level is used. ***************************** ** What is this program? ** ***************************** "Hangman for Students" is the classic hangman game. However, the user is given more chances than in most hangman games in order to keep the game more interesting, especially for children. A score is also displayed to keep the game interesting for older children and adults. The program, itself, allows the user (or parent) to create a word list, one word at a time. Registered users are given a program which allows word lists to be created by word processor and converted to a format usable by "Hangman for Students." ******************** ** Installation ** ******************** What this program needs: > 384K of memory > Any monitor > MS-DOS 2.0 or higher No installation is required. Enter HANGMAN to start the program. All of the program's files must be in the default directory. <<< Page 4 >>> **************** ** Tutorial ** **************** If you are reading this on your computer screen, you should first print the manual. Make sure all of files are in the default directory. Refer to a DOS manual to see what this means. To print the manual, enter PRINTMAN from the DOS prompt. It is assumed that you will be looking at the printed manual as you try out the program. The tutorial is a series of steps. 1) Start the program. Enter: HANGMAN 2) Read the copyright notice, then continue: Press: 3) A word has already been selected and the game is ready to go. Guess letters until you win or lose. 4) You will want to select a word list before playing very many games. First, get the menu: Press: 5) Select GET LIST from the menu items. A list of files will be displayed on the screen. 6) Select the word list you wish to use. Press any key when you are notified that the list is ready. 7) Select EXIT MENU from the menu. 8) A word has already been selected from the new word list. Begin guessing letters. 9) To exit the program, Press: <<< Page 5 >>> ************************** ** Making a Word List ** ************************** To create your own word list. 1) Enter HANGMAN from the DOS prompt to start the program. 2) Press any key after reading the copyright notice. 3) Press to get the menu. 4) Select the CLEAR LIST menu item. This creates an empty list ready for you to add words. 5) Select the ADD WORD menu item and type in a word. Do this repeatedly until you have added all of the words in your word list. 6) Select the SAVE LIST menu item and give your file name a unique name. The game is now ready to play with a word selected from your new list. To retrieve the word list later, select the GET LIST menu item and select your word list. In order to create a word list with a word processor, you must first register Hangman for Students. Then, you will receive a program which will convert text word lists into a format usable by "Hangman for Students." For help on creating a word list while inside the program, 1) Press to get the menu. 2) Select the HELP menu item. 3) Select the WORD LISTS index item. <<< Page 6 >>> ****************** ** Appendix A ** ****************** The files included with DosEA. MANUAL.TXT This file! PRINTMAN.BAT A batch file to print the manual. README.TXT A file with important information. README.BAT A batch file which displays README.TXT. HANGMAN.EXE The program, itself. HANGHELP.OVL An overlay. ORDERFRM.TXT The order form to register. REGISTER.BAT A batch file which prints the order form. VENDOR.DOC A text file with information for shareware distributors. GRADE1.WDS The Grade 1 word list (over 100 words). GRADE2.WDS The Grade 2 word list (over 300 words). GRADE3.WDS The Grade 3 word list (over 400 words). GRADE4.WDS The Grade 4 word list (over 600 words). GRADE5.WDS The Grade 5 word list (over 600 words). JRHIGH.WDS The junior high school word list (over 1,000 words). SRHIGH.WDS The senior high school word list (over 1,200 words). ****************** ** Appendix B ** ****************** Troubleshooting. >>> You get a "file not found" message or the word lists are not displayed when you GET a file. All of the files must be in the default directory. Check a manual on DOS to see what this means.