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- VENDINFO standard v1.04, produced by VendEdit v1.30, 15-Oct-1995
-
- ===== Product Information ==============================
- Product: Word Search Puzzle Maker Puzzle Generator
- Version: 2.60
- Version Date: 5-Oct-1995
- Product Type: Software
- Basic Distribution Policy (see License, below, for details):
- Shareware, freely distributable by all channels
-
- Product Description: "Word Search Puzzle Maker" v2.6 creates over
- 20 variations of shaped word search puzzles
- for print out. Create and save your own word
- lists and shaped puzzle grids. Includes a
- powerful puzzle editor. All puzzles can be
- saved in ASCII for import into text editors
- and word processors. Registered documentation
- comes with instructions on how to create
- party games, activities, and teaching tools.
- Reason for version: Bug fix, minor adjustments, new ordering
- information
-
- Category: Games; Word games; Word search
- Keywords: PUZZLES GAMES WORD SEARCH EDUCATION
- Required Packages: WSPM26
- This Package: WSPM26
- Registration Fee: 15.00-25.00 (U.S.)
-
- Required Configuration
- Processor Family: Intel 80x86 (minimum 80286 (AT))
- Minimum OS: MS-DOS 3.0
- Standard RAM: 640K
- Hard Drive Space: 230K
- Required:
- Color Graphic Adapter (CGA)
- Color monitor
- Keyboard
- Printer (specific types may be shown below)
- Other Require: Needs 100% IBM compatible.
-
- Orders:
- Address: Impact D. Publishing
- P.O. Box 1596
- Palm Desert, CA 92261
- Toll-Free Phone: 1-800-699-6395
- CompuServe: 71561,2751
- Internet: 71561.2751@compuserve.com
-
- Support:
- Address: Impact D. Publishing
- P.O. Box 1596
- Palm Desert, CA 92261
- Phone: 619-346-6609
- CompuServe: 71024,3501
- Internet: 71024.3501@compuserve.com
-
-
- ===== Information for Users ("READ-ME") ================
-
- ABOUT THE PROGRAM: "Word Search Puzzle Maker" v2.6 is a product of
- Impact D. Publishing. WSPM is shareware and this evaluation version
- includes all features of the program, and is not crippled in any
- way. You may use it for up to 30 days without charge. If you like
- the program and wish to continue to use it after this evaluation
- period, you are required to pay for the program (see REGISTER.TXT
- for more details). Any fee you may have paid to others (disk
- vendors, dealers, etc.) to obtain this evaluation version was a fee
- for their copying and distribution services, rather than a payment
- for continued use of the program.
-
- This exciting program allows you to create many different variations
- of the popular word search puzzle for print out. With WSPM you can
- create and save your own word lists, control the directions words
- appear in the puzzle grid, and change the way words are listed in the
- word list section of the puzzle. WSPM also comes with a powerful
- editor that allows you to customize your creations to meet many needs.
- This editor is so powerful that you can create and save shaped puzzle
- grids. Then use them repeatedly to create puzzles with real visual
- appeal. WSPM comes with word lists and shaped grids ready to use so
- that you can begin creating hundreds of puzzles almost immediately!
-
- TEACHERS AND PARENTS:
-
- WSPM (Word Search Puzzle Maker) is used by teachers of almost all
- age groups all over the United States and Canada. The documentation
- comes with instructions telling how you can use this program to
- create teaching tools, learning activities, as well as party games,
- group activities, object lessons, and more.
-
- NEWSLETTER AUTHORS:
-
- If you write a newsletter, you will find WSPM a most valuable tool.
- All puzzles can be saved in ASCII files so that you can import them
- into editors, word processors, and desk top publishing programs.
- This program is used by many newsletter writers to appeal to a
- broader readership, to make their newsletters more interesting and
- fun, to make it more attractive, or to make a unique statement.
-
- WANT TO GET PUBLISHED?
-
- We have gotten reports of desktop publishers and writers who are
- using WSPM to sell puzzles to magazines as fillers. One of them
- sold $975.00 worth of puzzles created using WSPM and a companion
- program, you can receive upon registration, to a reputable publisher
- for a puzzle book that was published in 1993. He had never gotten a
- puzzle published before using WSPM.
-
- PUZZLE LOVERS:
-
- You will love WSPM because you can create an infinite number of
- puzzles quickly and easily. The power of this tool also lets you
- be creative so that you have control over your final product.
-
-
- ===== Packing List =====================================
-
- As released by the author or publisher, this package contained the
- following files in addition to this VENDINFO.DIZ:
-
- Filename Size Date Time CRC32
- GO.BAT 714 15-Oct-1995 06:16a 970565DE
- INSTALL.BAT 3030 21-May-1994 06:52p 93C0DA47
- READ_ME.BAT 427 13-Oct-1995 12:43a 09E52526
- PSWITCH.DAT 3 23-Feb-1994 02:08p 8F93C1E6
- FILE_ID.DIZ 412 14-Oct-1995 05:52a 39C91B44
- BRUN45.EXE 77440 20-Aug-1990 11:00a 282FAB12
- MODULE.EXE 80328 10-Oct-1995 08:30a A47B0C7E
- WSPM.EXE 12558 7-Oct-1995 03:36a B8917189
- CASTLE.PUZ 2103 22-Feb-1995 04:05p 8B9FEEC0
- XMASTREE.PUZ 2103 22-Feb-1995 04:06p 67FDD55C
- DIRECTRI.TXT 64 2-Dec-1993 07:13p 4E6D8654
- DOCUMENT.TXT 31731 19-Jul-1995 03:41a 1FD6E28C
- README.TXT 4447 15-Oct-1995 06:13a 6E88EBDE
- REGISTER.TXT 1668 7-Oct-1995 03:24a 2BDBF9FC
- BABY.WHL 280 7-Feb-1992 02:58p 0F7A356C
- CASTLE.WHL 244 6-Oct-1995 06:26a 96602AD2
- COMPUTER.WHL 245 21-Feb-1995 07:27p 61A53670
- EASTER.WHL 246 28-Mar-1992 05:56p D29E3DE0
- FRUITS.WHL 263 17-Feb-1995 04:51p E6DE8324
- MONSTERS.WHL 272 28-Jan-1992 05:41p 5FE8E75A
- SPORTS.WHL 275 7-Feb-1992 02:58p 6A0594F8
- XMAS.WHL 269 21-Feb-1995 07:29p B954EF90
-
-
- ===== Installation =====================================
-
- The installation procedure for "Word Search Puzzle Maker" is quite
- simple. The package includes a program, "INSTALL.BAT", which automates
- the entire process. You will need about 250-K of available disk space on
- the hard drive on which you plan to install WSPM.
-
- The exact steps you need to take will depend on how you received WSPM.
-
-
- INSTALLING FROM DISKETTES
-
- To install from diskette(s), you need to perform the following steps.
-
- o Place WSPM distribution diskette in the appropriate diskette
- drive.
-
- o Make sure the drive where your diskette is located is the active
- drive. For example, if your diskette is in drive A you will
- enter A:. To run the INSTALL.BAT program enter INSTALL followed
- by your hard drive letter and a colon. For example, if your
- hard drive letter is C you would enter INSTALL C:.
-
- o Follow the instructions presented by the installation program.
- You will have a chance to approve installation before any changes
- are actually made to the contents of your hard drive. The
- program will ask you for a destination directory, and will copy
- the WSPM files to that directory.
-
- o To run the program enter WSPM from the WSPM directory. For
- detailed instructions on how to use WSPM see the DOCUMENT.TXT
- file which contains the documentation. To print the documentation,
- enter GO from the WSPM directory after you have installed the
- program.
-
-
- INSTALLING FROM A HARD DRIVE
-
- If you downloaded Word Search Puzzle Maker from a BBS (or received it in
- the form of archive files from some other source), you will need to
- perform the following steps.
-
- o Extract the contents of the archive file(s) in a temporary
- directory on your hard drive. The procedure for doing this
- varies, depending on the form in which you received the package.
- In all likelihood, the fact that you are reading this text means
- that you already have the necessary tools and knowledge to
- perform this step. If not, you should be able to obtain
- directions for this from the same source from which you received
- the package.
-
- o Execute the "INSTALL.BAT" program which you have extracted. For
- example, if the temporary directory into which you have extracted
- the WSPM package is C:\TEMPDIR, you would make sure your hard
- drive is the active drive. For example, if your hard drive is C
- you would enter C:. Then make sure your are in the \TEMPDIR\
- directory by entering CD\TEMPDIR. Then run the INSTALL.BAT program
- by entering INSTALL C:.
-
- o Follow the instructions presented by the installation program.
- You will have a chance to approve installation before any changes
- are actually made to the contents of your hard drive. The
- program will ask you for a destination directory, and will copy
- the WSPM files to that directory.
-
- When you're satisfied that the installation was successful, you should
- delete the temporary directory FROM which you installed WSPM
- (C:\TEMPDIR, in the above discussion), including all its contents.
-
-
- YOU'RE READY TO GO
-
- The files will be placed into a directory named WSPM. To run the
- program enter WSPM. For detailed information on using the WSPM see
- the file DOCUMENT.TXT. You can also print a copy of this
- documentation by entering GO at the DOS prompt.
-
-
- ===== Warranty =========================================
-
- LIMITED WARRANTY
-
- THIS SOFTWARE AND MANUAL ARE PROVIDED FOR EVALUATION ONLY, ON AN "AS
- IS" BASIS. IMPACT D. PUBLISHING AND STEPHEN D. GROLL DISCLAIMS ALL
- WARRANTIES RELATING TO THIS SOFTWARE, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED,
- INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY
- OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NEITHER IMPACT D. PUBLISHING NOR
- STEPHEN D. GROLL NOR ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CREATION,
- PRODUCTION, OR DELIVERY OF THIS SOFTWARE SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY
- INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR
- INABILITY TO USE SUCH SOFTWARE, EVEN IF IMPACT D. PUBLISHING AND/OR
- STEPHEN D. GROLL HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR
- CLAIMS. THE PERSON USING THE SOFTWARE BEARS ALL RISK AS TO THE QUALITY
- AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE.
-
- This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of California
- and shall inure to the benefit of Impact D. Publishing, Stephen D. Groll
- and any successors, administrators, heirs and assigns. Any action or
- proceeding brought by either party against the other arising out of or
- related to this agreement shall be brought only in a STATE or FEDERAL
- COURT of competent jurisdiction located in Riverside County, California.
- The parties hereby consent to in personam jurisdiction of said courts.
-
-
-
- ===== License for Use and Distribution =================
-
- TRIAL USE LICENSE
-
- "Word Search Puzzle Maker" is NOT a public domain program. It is
- copyrighted by Stephen D. Groll. This software and accompanying
- documentation are protected by United States copyright law and also by
- international treaty provisions.
-
- Stephen D. Groll grants you a limited license to use this software
- for evaluation purposes for a period not to exceed thirty days. If you
- continue using this software after the thirty-day evaluation period,
- you MUST make a registration payment to Impact D. Publishing.
-
- You may not use, copy, rent, lease, sell, modify, decompile,
- disassemble, otherwise reverse engineer, or transfer the licensed
- program except as provided in this agreement. Any such unauthorized
- use shall result in immediate and automatic termination of this license.
- All rights not expressly granted here are reserved to Stephen D. Groll.
-
-
- LIMITED DISTRIBUTION LICENSE
-
- The following may distribute Word Search Puzzle Maker, completely
- unaltered, without further permission...; for other cases or to
- distribute in modified form, you must consult the attached VENDINFO
- data record which is hereby incorporated by reference. Any distribution
- satisfying all the distribution requirements expressed in that data
- record is hereby authorized.
-
- Permission to distribute the Word Search Puzzle Maker package is not
- transferable, assignable, saleable, or franchisable. Each vendor
- wishing to distribute the package must independently satisfy the term
- of this limited distribution license.
-
- U.S. Government Information: Use, duplication, or disclosure by the
- U.S. Government of the computer software and documentation in this
- package shall be subject to the restricted rights applicable to
- commercial computer software as set forth in subdivision (b)(3)(ii) of
- the Rights in Technical Data and Computer Software clause at
- 252.227-7013 (DFARS 52.227-7013). The Contractor/manufacturer is
- Impact D. Publishing, P.O. Box 1596, Palm Desert, CA 92261.
-
- Stephen D. Groll may revoke any permissions granted here, by
- notifying you in writing. All rights not expressly granted here are
- reserved to Stephen D. Groll.
-
-
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