WinRefer version 2.1
		A Maintenance Release of version 2.0


WinRefer is a reference management system running under Windows 3.x
(preferably 3.1).  It is intended for people writing books or papers
who want to search a database of references for citations.

WinRefer supports the following features:

	o	simple but flexible user interface
	o	support for a number of popular reference
		database file formats
	o	keyword and expression-based searching
	o	database indexing
	o	user-defined formatting conventions(*)
	o	bibliography generation
	o	plain text and Microsoft RTF formatting
	o	a DDE control interface
	o	close ties with Word for Windows(*)

Items marked (*) are new to this version, or have been extended.

WinRefer can deal with Unix refer, Chemical Abstracts, Medline and
Bath Information and Data Services (ISI) format reference databases -
BibTeX and ProCite support should be coming soon!

To install WinRefer, run the program SETUP.EXE from the Windows
Program or File managers.  Please also read the file WINREFER.WRI
first, as it contains some explanation on installation procedure.