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- What's new with Version 3:
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- One big improvement is the addition of "mouse support," which
- really facilitates the process of creating and/or viewing a
- presentation. The features remain much the same, but the
- execution is even more intuitive. Some of the screen presentation
- methods have been augmented. The number of large fonts has been
- increased and the menus are more complete and self explanatory.
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- The other big enhancement of version 3 is you now have the
- ability to give your users more control over how they might use
- your creations. You can simulate menu driven software for very
- realistic demos. Or you can create a hypertext sort of system
- for quickly moving through a large presentation, a great asset
- when creating a catalog or book on disk.
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- For those who might like to distribute their tutorials-on-disk,
- MakeDemo gives you the power to serialize copies of your work,
- much like that of MakeDemo, and put up a "registration
- encouragement message" to discourage any hint of "freeware."
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- But probably the single biggest enhancement MakeDemo now gives
- you is the ability to create single .EXE files with mouse
- support, interactive menus, and integral "Help.".
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- Presentations created with earlier versions are not immediately
- compatible. However, MakeDemo automatically converts them to the
- new smaller file format. In addition, previously registered
- users need a new validation number to work with their existing
- serial number.
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- Moving between screens for editing, etc. is much faster than
- previously. Now, instead of moving the screen to the end of the
- file before allowing any work on it and then returning the
- screen to its rightful place in the file before moving to the
- next screen, you now work on the screen in place. It's much much
- faster.
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- Version 2 was a major improvement:
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- The sizes of MDEMO.EXE and MSHOW.EXE is reduced 80%, compared to
- the originals. Version 2 integrates WindhamWoods Publishing
- proprietary screen compression method freeing up disk space for a
- total of 350+ screens on a 360 kByte diskette, segregated in as
- many as 100 files. RAM requirement for ShowDemo reduced to about
- 60 kBytes, MakeDemo to about 120 kBytes.
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- Any presentation, or portion thereof, can be sent to a printer.
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- ShowDemo's user-friendliness has been improved: such as allowing
- for jumping around within a presentation, going in and out of the
- "auto" mode, and in general not holding the computer system
- captive for the duration of a presentation.
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- Both MakeDemo and ShowDemo enables manual override of color
- monochrome display formatting, using the function key, F5. Now,
- when a monochrome display is connected to a color adaptor card,
- you can switch over instantly without first exiting to DOS,
- typing in some modifying commands, and then restarting the
- presentation all over again. MakeDemo also allows viewing a demo,
- being created in color, as it would appear on a monochrome
- display.
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- ShowDemo now supports a growing number of presentation styles,
- sound effects, and wider range of display timings.
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- Creators of presentation now can design their own "Help" facility
- as an integral companion to their presentation(s).
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- From within MakeDemo "view" any ASCII text file or MakeDemo file
- and import any sequence of "screens" into a work in process.
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- Choose from four large fonts when creating outstanding screens.
- The font library is capable of user additions and customizing
- using almost any ASCII text editor.
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- Full box creation with automatic correction for crossing lines.
- Box library capable of user additions and customizing using
- almost any ASCII text editor.
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