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- Last updated: June, 1991
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- MakeDemo is contained in three archives giving interested users
- the opportunity to unpack more of the MakeDemo pieces after
- progressively getting a better inkling of what MakeDemo can do
- for them. Each contains files integral to creating and showing a
- presentation with MakeDemo. Examine the PACKING.LST file to see
- what should be there.
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- MDEM3A.ZIP Overview of MakeDemo3
- .EXE
- Creates WWP.EXE, a single file presentation of an
- overview of MakeDemo3 capabilites. Created with
- MakeDemo3, this presentation utilizes interactive
- menus, full mouse capability, integral "Help," and
- various visual and sound effects. What you see and
- hear here is just an example of what you can create
- yourself with MakeDemo3.
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- MDEM3B.ZIP Multi-file MakeDemo3 Presentation
- .EXE
- A multi-file presentation of the MakeDemo3 "Help"
- system created completely with MakeDemo3. It is an
- example of a sophisticated presentation such as a
- catelog-on-disk or a book-on-disk.
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- MDEM3C.ZIP The MakeDemo3 Files of Creation
- .EXE
- Contains MDEMO.EXE and all the ancillary files,
- like a screen capture utility to name one, for
- creating presentations found in the other two
- archives together with the .DOC files. Plus there a
- few other features not seen before: the tools to
- brand, secure, and serialize your presentations.
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- June, 1991
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- We thank you for the opportunity to show off MakeDemo, version 3.
- Now you can create presentations with interactive menus. Both
- MakeDemo as well as the runtime ShowDemo, have full mouse
- support. Make professional and small single .EXE file
- presentations: great for downloading from BBSes. Even serialize
- your presentations. And your disks can hold more screens: great
- for putting catalogs or books on disk. We're confident that,
- after viewing the enclosed MakeDemo files and creating a file or
- two, you will choose MakeDemo for your presentation needs.
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- Think of MakeDemo as an editor for files that contain screens as
- opposed to paragraphs. As you create a file, or presentation,
- you add screens to the file in which you are working. Insert
- blank screens. Import text in 25 line chunks from ASCII files,
- screens captured from other software, or other MakeDemo files, in
- part or in whole. Then edit a screen at a time, move segments
- around or copy segments to "place" on other screens. Make copies
- of screens; delete screens. MakeDemo has most of the features you
- expect in a good word processor except that you scroll through a
- file screen by screen rather than line by line.
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- If MakeDemo is for you, and we think it will be, please register.
- Try MakeDemo and assemble a presentation or two into .EXE files.
- However, when you distribute your first presentation to whomever,
- created in part or in whole with MakeDemo, YOU MUST REGISTER.
- That means paying a registration fee. No IFs, ANDs, or BUTs.
- Site licenses and quantity discounts are available upon request.
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- The documentation consists of some ten files for viewing or
- sending to a printer, in part or in whole, from within MakeDemo
- or ShowDemo. These files help get you up and running quickly.
- Take a few minutes and "Fetch" one or more of these files from
- within MakeDemo. See exactly what we did and how we did it. If
- you look at them as just the pretty presentations, you'll miss
- the most important part: the subtilties that give MakeDemo its
- power. When you register, in addition to receiving the latest
- version on disk, there's the instruction manual, and the key to
- free 1-800 telephone support: your validation number. To order,
- first print an order form directly from within MakeDemo or
- ShowDemo by pressing the function key, F2, and following
- directions. By the way, you can "brand" your presentations and
- include your own order form, just like ours.
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- Thank you
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- Warren Munroe, President
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- WindhamWoods Publishing
- Post Office Box 314, Windham, New Hampshire 03087 USA
- New England Telephone 603.893.2667
- US Sprint 1.800.487.2667
- CompuServe 72260,1700
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- WindhamWoods Publishing believes in the Shareware approach to
- marketing software. We encourage you to give copies to friends
- and business associates and to support the many bulletin board
- services (BBS) and shareware vendors around the country. However,
- when you register, the serial number and its validation code is
- assigned to you and should never be passed on to others.
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- WindhamWoods Publishing aims to produce easy to learn and use
- software products for the business and personal user. We are
- ever vigilant to make our products better and we look to our
- supporters to help us in this effort. We welcome your comments
- and questions. If there is a feature that would increase your
- effectiveness with our products please let us know.
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- Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the
- shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a
- shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the
- member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can
- help you resolve a dispute or problem with an ASP member, but
- does not provide technical support for members' products. Please
- write to the ASP Ombudsman at P.O. Box 5786, Bellevue, WA 98006
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- Let's Get Going ---------------
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- What better introduction can we make to MakeDemo than to help you
- start viewing some presentations created with MakeDemo using its
- companion program ShowDemo. Everything you are about to see was
- created with MakeDemo, and relatively quickly, I might add. If
- you see an effect that you like, it's available to you to
- incorporate in your own presentations.
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- To see what's possible, merely type "MAKEDEMO" at the DOS prompt
- and follow directions as they appear on the screen.
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- After viewing this file you might want to take a look at a
- multi-file presentation. ShowDemo presentations with 500+
- individual screens, segregated into as many as 100+ files, are
- designed to run directly from floppy disk: no need to install
- anything to the hard disk. To continue along this vein, unpack
- MDEM3B.EXE which contains more of the pieces. Then simply type
- "SHOWME," and press <Enter>.
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- Please note the extra files in the directory. First you will see
- an introductory set of screens, in reality a MakeDemo created
- file, "TITLE.WWP," followed by a list of presentations from which
- to choose. You can design your own, but with the same name.
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- If you need help, press F1 anytime to learn how to get more out
- of running a presentation. F1 calls up "Help," another MakeDemo
- created file, "HELP.WWP," and temporarily substitutes it for the
- presentation in process. Again, you can substitute your own
- creation for "Help." Pressing "Escape" or clicking the mouse
- left button once reinstates the presentation file, at its last
- viewed screen.
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- Use the arrow keys to scroll through all the choices. Or, if
- using a mouse, move the mouse to highlight the desired selection
- and then click the left button. Incidently, pressing "ESCAPE" or
- clicking outside the list area on the screen returns operation to
- DOS. That's all it takes to get going.
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- To simultaneously print what you see, press the function key, F6.
- Then, as you manually sequence through the screens, the printer
- will print what you see. Or, press <Enter> to start the "auto"
- presentation mode and leave the printer to do its thing. "Auto"
- mode causes the screens to appear at programmed timed intervals.
- Pressing any other key returns the presentation to the "manual"
- mode, enabling the arrow keys, or the mouse, if you have one.
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- Note: Pressing any key will stop the "auto" mode. Pressing F6
- again will toggle the printing off. Only print what you need.
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- The four arrow keys function as intended.
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- Mouse users can sequence through the screens by moving the mouse
- to the right side of the screen, thereby poping up another menu
- of mouse options for manually moving through the presentation.
- Clicking the mouse any other place on the screen simulates that
- of pressing "Escape."
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- When viewing a presentation, pressing "Escape" or clicking once
- outside a menu returns the viewer to the previous menu, list of
- presentation files, or out to DOS.
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- F5 is a toggle between a color display and a monochrome display.
- In most cases, ShowDemo gets it right, but it can be fooled by a
- color card in the computer feeding what in reality is a
- monochrome display, regardless of what the manufacturer claims.
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- Some Things Technical
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- ShowDemo runs on an IBM or compatible PC, XT, AT, or 386
- machine with 75 K RAM with either a monochrome or color display.
- For best operation the "CONFIG.SYS" file should contain the
- following two lines: FILES=10 (minimum) and BUFFERS=10.
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- Some compatible computers might pose a problem or two. If you're
- using a monochrome monitor and the display goes blank, but
- bright, the chances are that your computer is equipped with a
- color card. You can correct this confusion on the part of WWP
- programs by typing, at the DOS prompt, MODE MONO or MODE BW80 and
- then proceed as you normally would.
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- Both MakeDemo and ShowDemo make extensive use of the arrow keys
- that on some keyboards are part of the numeric keypad. If you
- experience problems, be sure that "NumLock" is off and/or that
- you use the correct keypad keys.
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