home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- W O R D G A L L E R Y
-
-
- REFERENCE MANUAL
-
-
- Shareware Version August 1989
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- David C. Swope
- 3753 Tango Drive
- North Bend, OH 45052
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- This manual and the WORD GALLERY program are
- (C) Copyright 1989 by David C. Swope
- All rights reserved
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- INTRODUCTION
-
- WORD GALLERY is an educational program designed
- to help children associate the printed word with the
- object it describes. It provides a set of colorful
- word-object flashcards. Children, aged 4 to 7, will
- enjoy watching the screen fill with color as they match
- the words with their pictures.
-
- WORD GALLERY looks best on VGA or EGA equipped systems.
- It will also run on systems with MCGA and CGA displays.
- Use of a mouse input device is optional.
-
- The program consists of four separate "GAMES" or
- "LEVELS".
-
- LEVEL 1
- When the child selects a picture, it will be colored
- and its word will be displayed. This level should be
- used first until the child becomes familiar with all
- the words and pictures.
-
- LEVEL 2
- The computer will display a word at the top of the
- screen, and when the child selects the picture
- described by that word, the picture will be colored.
-
- LEVEL 3
- The computer will display a picture and when the child
- selects the word which describes the picture, the
- picture will be colored.
-
- LEVEL 4
- The computer will highlight one of the pictures and put
- the word which describes the picture at the top of the
- screen. The word, however, will be missing one of the
- letters. When the child types the missing letter on
- the keyboard, the picture will be colored and its
- complete word displayed.
-
- In all levels, when all the pictures on the screen have
- been colored, a song will play.
-
-
- LICENSE
-
- WORD GALLERY is NOT public domain or free software.
- This program is distributed as "Shareware". WORD
- GALLERY is (C) Copyright 1989 by David C. Swope. All
- rights reserved.
-
- The owner of WORD GALLERY, David C. Swope, permits the
- copying and transfer of the WORD GALLERY program to
- others, under the following conditions:
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- 1. No fee shall be charged for copies of any portion of
- the WORD GALLERY program, its documentation, or other
- information contained on the WORD GALLERY diskette. A
- charge for the copying service and media is allowed as
- long as this charge does not exceed $8.00.
-
- 2. The recipient receives an unmodified copy of all the
- WORD GALLERY files, including this document.
-
- 3. Any copy of WORD GALLERY transferred to another may
- contain only the eight files listed here: WG.EXE,
- WGMANUAL.DOC, WGFONT.000, WGFONT.001, WGFONT.002,
- WGWORDSE.000, WGWORDSM.000, and WGWORDSC.000.
- Additional files which are supplied to registered users
- may not be transferred to others without the written
- consent of the author.
-
- Any copy of WORD GALLERY sold or copied in such a
- manner as to violate the above conditions shall be
- subject to a royalty fee of $50.00.
-
- The author encourages the copying and transfer of the
- program to others so that it may be evaluated by as
- many interested users as possible. After the
- evaluation period, it is expected that the users either
- register their copy of the program or discontinue using
- it.
-
-
- REGISTRATION INFORMATION
-
- The cost of user registration is $15.00. This
- registration fee provides you with the following
- benefits:
-
- 1. It licenses you to operate the WORD GALLERY program
- on any computer at a single location. You may have
- copies on more than one computer as long as there is no
- possibility of it being used in more than one place at
- the same time. You may make copies of the WORD GALLERY
- commercial version for backup purposes only.
-
- 2. It provides you with a second set of 50 words to be
- used with the WORD GALLERY program. It will also
- provide you with the commercial version 1.00 of WORD
- GALLERY.
-
- 3. It will put you on the mailing list to receive
- information about additional word sets and WORD GALLERY
- updates when they become available. The additional
- word sets and updates will only be available to
- registered users. They will not be included in future
- shareware versions of the program. It is planned to
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- release the words in sets of 50 at a cost of $5.00 per
- set. Mailings will also inform you when other
- educational programs by the author are released.
-
- 4. It will provide you with information on how to
- report problems or get assistance from the author.
-
- Educational institutions may reduce the registration
- fee to $12.00 if five or more registrations are
- purchased. If more than one registration is purchased
- then only one copy of WORD GALLERY will be mailed. The
- user may make the additional copies of the WORD GALLERY
- diskette. Students may be given copies of the program
- for home use as long as the rules outlined in the
- LICENSE section are followed.
-
- I encourage you to support the "Shareware" method of
- software distribution by becoming a registered user.
- Every registration received will help convince the
- author to produce more word sets and to enhance this
- program in other ways. A registration form is provided
- at the end of this document.
-
- Whether or not you decide to register your copy of the
- program, the author would like to receive your comments
- and constructive criticism on the program. This will
- allow me to make the program more useful as a teaching
- aid. These same comments will also be used when
- designing other educational games in the future.
-
-
- IN THE FUTURE
-
- Additions are already being planned for WORD GALLERY.
- Updates will be available to registered users only and
- will not be part of future shareware versions of the
- program. Two new levels are planned for the next
- update. One of these levels will ask the child to
- completely spell the words and another will play a game
- similar to hangman. The cost of this update will be
- $5.00 if one or more additional word sets are purchased
- at the same time, or $7.50 if purchased separately.
- Registered users will be notified when the update is
- available.
-
-
- DISCLAIMER
-
- WORD GALLERY is supplied as is. No representation of
- any kind is made as to the use and/or suitability of
- this program for any purpose. David C. Swope assumes
- no liability for any damages direct or consequential,
- which may result from the use of this program. The
- author of WORD GALLERY reserves the right to update the
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- contents of the WORD GALLERY program and its associated
- documentation at his discretion and without the consent
- of or any obligation to any registered users.
-
-
- REQUIRED EQUIPMENT
-
- WORD GALLERY will run on most IBM or compatible
- computers with color graphics capability, at least 256
- KB RAM, PC-DOS or MS-DOS 2.1 or greater and one disk
- drive. A hard disk and mouse are optional.
-
- MS-DOS is a registered trademark of Microsoft
- Corporation. PC-DOS is a registered trademark of IBM
- Corporation.
-
-
- GETTING STARTED
-
- Before attempting to use the WORD GALLERY program,
- please make a backup copy of the WORD GALLERY diskette.
- Consult your DOS manual for instructions on performing
- this procedure.
-
- If your system includes a mouse input device, then the
- mouse driver must be installed before the WORD GALLERY
- program is run. Consult your mouse user's guide for
- instructions on loading the mouse driver.
-
- WORD GALLERY will operate in one of three graphics
- modes depending upon your system's display adapter:
- 1. 640 X 350 16 colors VGA or EGA adapter.
- 2. 320 X 200 256 colors MCGA adapter.
- 3. 320 X 200 4 colors CGA adapter.
- The proper mode is automatically selected.
-
- In order to run the WORD GALLERY program the picture
- and support files must be in the current directory so
- they can be used by the program. If you know which
- display adapter you have then you may remove the
- unnecessary picture files. The necessary files are
- described below.
-
- WG.EXE The WORD GALLERY program.
- WGMANUAL.DOC This document.
-
- WGFONT.000 These three files are graphics text
- WGFONT.001 fonts.
- WGFONT.002
-
- WGWORDSE.000 Word set file for VGA and EGA adapters.
- WGWORDSM.000 Word set file for MCGA adapters.
- WGWORDSC.000 Word set file for CGA adapters.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- All but three of these files must be located in the
- same directory. The three files which are not needed
- are: WGMANUAL.DOC, and the two word set files which do
- not match your display adapter.
-
- To install the program on a hard disk, simply copy all
- needed files (see above) to a single directory on the
- hard disk.
-
- To run the program, set the current directory to the
- directory in which the files are located. Type "WG" (do
- not type the quote characters), and press the ENTER
- key. After the program is loaded, a title page will
- appear. When you are ready to begin the program, press
- any key.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- MAIN MENU
-
- The main menu will be displayed when the title page is
- cleared or when the user exits from any LEVEL. This
- menu allows the user to select the desired options and
- also to end the program. Selections may be made with
- the keyboard or with a mouse. Each option has a
- command button on which is printed the key which must
- be pressed to select that option. If a mouse is used,
- then simply point to the command button and press any
- mouse button. When all options have been set as
- desired, then press the "GO" command button with the
- mouse or press the F9 key. The details of each LEVEL
- will be described later. The meaning of each command
- button is described below:
-
- KEY DESCRIPTION
- --- -------------------------------------------------
- GAME SELECTIONS
- F1 Selects LEVEL 1.
- F2 Selects LEVEL 2.
- F3 Selects LEVEL 3.
- F4 Selects LEVEL 4.
-
- CASE OF LETTERS
- U "Upper" - Upper case only.
- L "Lower" - Lower case only.
- M "Mixed" - First letter upper case, the rest lower.
-
- ITEMS PER PAGE
- 2 Two items.
- 3 Three items. Available only in LEVEL 3.
- 4 Four items. Not available in LEVEL 3.
- 5 Five items. Available only in LEVEL 3.
- 6 Six items. Not available in LEVEL 3.
-
- SOUND
- O "Off" - All sounds will be turned off.
- B "Beeps" - The only sounds will be those
- signifying that an erroneous key has
- been pressed, or those indicating a
- correct or incorrect response.
- S "Songs" - All sounds will be turned on, those
- described for the "B" option above and
- also the songs which play at the
- completion of each full screen.
-
- MISCELLANEOUS
- F9 "Go" - This command button will cause the
- program to enter the LEVEL which has
- been selected and use the options as
- they have been set.
- ESC "Quit" - This command button will cause the
- program to terminate and return to DOS.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- LEVEL 1
-
- When this LEVEL is entered, the pictures will be
- displayed and the program will then wait for a picture
- to be selected or for the MENU command to be selected.
- To select a picture, the user must press any mouse
- button while pointing to the picture or press the
- number key which is printed on the bottom of the
- picture. When the picture is selected, the program
- will color the picture and place its word at the bottom
- of the picture. When all pictures have been selected
- and colored, the program will play a song (if the songs
- option has been selected). When the song finishes, the
- next screen of pictures will be displayed and the
- sequence continues. Pressing the F1 key or the MENU
- command button in the upper right corner of the screen
- with the mouse will terminate the LEVEL and return the
- program to the MAIN MENU described above.
-
-
- LEVEL 2
-
- When this LEVEL is entered, the pictures will be
- displayed and then the program will display a word
- which describes one of the pictures at the top of the
- screen. The program will then wait for the picture
- described by the word to be selected or for the MENU
- command to be selected. To select a picture, the user
- must press any mouse button while pointing to the
- picture or press the number key which is printed on the
- bottom of the picture. If the correct picture is
- selected, the program will color the picture and place
- its word at the bottom of the picture. If two wrong
- pictures are selected in a row, the program will
- highlight the correct answer. When all pictures have
- been colored, the program will play a song (if the
- songs option has been selected). When the song
- finishes, the next screen of pictures will be displayed
- and the sequence continues. Pressing the F1 key or the
- MENU command button in the upper right corner of the
- screen with the mouse will terminate the LEVEL and
- return the program to the MAIN MENU described above.
-
-
- LEVEL 3
-
- When this LEVEL is entered, the words will be displayed
- and then the program will display a picture which is
- described by one of the words in the center of the top
- row of items on the screen. The program will then wait
- for the word which describes the picture to be selected
- or for the MENU command to be selected. To select a
- word, the user must press any mouse button while
- pointing to the word or press the number key which is
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- printed on the bottom of the box containing the word.
- If the correct word is selected, the program will draw
- the picture in the word's box, color it and place its
- word at the bottom of the picture. If two wrong words
- are selected in a row, the program will highlight the
- correct answer. When all pictures have been drawn and
- colored, the program will play a song (if the songs
- option has been selected). When the song finishes, the
- next screen of words will be displayed and the sequence
- continues. Pressing the F1 key or the MENU command
- button in the upper right corner of the screen with the
- mouse will terminate the LEVEL and return the program
- to the MAIN MENU described above.
-
-
- LEVEL 4
-
- When this LEVEL is entered, the pictures will be
- displayed and then the program will display the word
- which describes one of the pictures at the top of the
- screen. The word, however, will be missing one of its
- letters. The picture described by the word will be
- highlighted and the word with the letter missing will
- be printed below the picture. The program will then
- wait for the missing letter to be entered at the
- keyboard or for the MENU command to be selected. If the
- correct letter is entered, the program will color the
- picture and place its complete word at the bottom of
- the picture. If two wrong letters are selected in a
- row, the program will print the complete word at the
- bottom of its picture. When all pictures have been
- colored, the program will play a song (if the songs
- option has been selected). When the song finishes, the
- next screen of pictures will be displayed and the
- sequence continues. Pressing the F1 key or the MENU
- command button in the upper right corner of the screen
- with the mouse will terminate the LEVEL and return the
- program to the MAIN MENU described above.
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- WORD GALLERY REGISTRATION FORM
- (please print)
-
-
- NAME _______________________________________________
-
- ADDRESS _______________________________________________
-
- CITY ____________________________ STATE __________
-
- ZIP ______________
-
- TYPE OF COMPUTER (PC, XT, AT, etc.)
-
- _______________________________________________________
-
- DISPLAY ADAPTER (VGA, EGA, MCGA, CGA, etc.)
-
- _______________________________________________________
-
- HOW DID YOU RECEIVE YOUR COPY OF WORD GALLERY
- (Friend, BBS, etc.)
-
- _______________________________________________________
-
-
- Unit
- Qty Price Total
-
- ___ Word Gallery registration(s) $15.00 _________
-
- If 3 1/2" disks are required
- then add additional media cost $1.50 _________
-
- Outside US orders add
- additional shipping cost $7.50 _________
-
-
- Total _________
-
- Make checks payable to David C. Swope.
-
- Please send this form and your registration fee to:
-
- David C. Swope
- 3753 Tango Drive
- North Bend, OH 45052
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
- WxP$
- 3753 Tango Drive
- North Bend, OH 45052
-
-
-
-
-