About PM Fonts -------------- Welcome to PM Fonts Chooser, Shareware Version 1.10! PM Fonts (for short) is a Program Manager customization utility for Microsoft Windows, Version 3.1 or later. (Sorry, this application will not work with Windows 3.0 or earlier.) Start PM Fonts, and click on the "Choose New" button to change your Progman icon titles to a new font. If you make a mistake, or get tired of the novelty, click on "Choose Default" to restore the Windows standard font. Installation ------------ The archive file you extracted, PMFNTS.ZIP, contains this file and the file PFV110S.ZIP. Copy PFV110S.ZIP to a temporary directory, and "unzip" it. It will create the following files: Name Size Date Time ------------ -------- -------- -------- PMFONTS.EXE 12344 08-04-94 7:18p CMDIALOG.VBX 18688 04-28-93 12:00a Copy PMFONTS.EXE to your Microsoft Windows default directory, normally named \WINDOWS. CMDIALOG.VBX is a required support file for PM Fonts; copy it to your \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. We recommend the use of the Windows File Manager for these tasks, and would NOT overwrite a file of the same name but with a later date. One additional support file is required to use PM Fonts 1.10: VBRUN300.DLL, the runtime module for Visual Basic 3.0. If you use any other Visual Basic 3.0 programs, you have this file, probably in your \WINDOWS or \WINDOWS\SYSTEM directory. Otherwise, VBRUN300.DLL is available from the same BBS, on-line system or software distributor where you obtained PMFNTS.ZIP. To execute PM Fonts, add its icon to a Program Manager Program Group, or click on PMFONTS.EXE in File Manager. NOTES ABOUT THIS VERSION ------------------------ 1. PM Fonts was inspired by Brian Livingston's March, 1993 "Optimizing Windows" column. Brian revealed the manual way to perform this Program Manager customization, but PM Fonts is safer and quicker for most users. 2. Another useful hint from Brian's column: once you have a satisfactory group layout in the Program Manager, you can save the arrangement WITHOUT exiting Windows by holding down the shift key and clicking on "Exit Windows" under the Progman "File" menu. Works like a charm! No more "Save Settings on Exit"! 3. PM Fonts is especially suited for presentations to groups - choose a larger and bolder font to allow those in the back to read your titles. Or, if you have a lot of icons, choose a smaller or narrower font to fit more icons on a line. 4. Another possible use for this utility is to help the vision-impaired use Windows. If used in this manner, the registration fee is waived; we would like a letter however, so we might add you to our user base. NOTICE ------ PM Fonts Chooser is NOT Public Domain or Freeware. Please REGISTER PM Fonts if you keep it beyond a fifteen day trial period. Send your (modest) $5 registration fee to: VB Expressions 64 Burning Brush Drive Rochester, NY 14606-4642. We'd be interested in your comments or suggestions on PM Fonts Chooser. You can reach us by Email on CompuServe, ID 73457,3603 or America Online, Screen Name PMChefalo. You can also look for other VB Expressions utilities: Desktop Assistants like Draggin' Viewer, a drag-and-drop file viewer/program launcher; Printer's Daemon, a drag-and-drop file printing utility; and Trash Free-K!, a drag-and-drop file deletion utility. Smartclp is a Windows Clipboard enhancer, and PM Group Sorter, that allows you to choose the order of your Program Manager Groups. Good stuff (if we may say so ourselves!) ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PM Fonts - Copyright © 1993-4 by P.M. Chefalo Revision History ---------------- Version 1.0 - First Shareware Version Version 1.10 - Updated to Visual Basic 3.0; waived license fee for the vision-impaired.