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If you like CommTech PowerSearch, send the following description to
others who use either Word for Windows or WordPerfect for Windows.
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NOTE: INFORMATION ON DOWNLOADING IS AT THE END OF THIS DOCUMENT
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A new release of CommTech PowerSearch for Word for Windows(tm) is
now available. CommTech PowerSearch(tm) is a text-search and
information retrieval word processor add-on that comes in
versions for Word for Windows(tm) and WordPerfect for
Windows(tm). The popular Word for Windows program now provides
the following new capabilities:
* search across entire directories or hard drives
* collect blocks of text and put them into a report
* perform multiple replacements in one pass
When it was first offered, CommTech PowerSearch for Word for
Windows broke new ground by providing the ability to perform
complex Boolean (AND, OR, NOT) searches in Word which were
previously impossible. For example, you could, for the first
time, search for multiple keywords simultaneously, automatically
generate broadened searches using a thesaurus and save searches
for later use. The WordPerfect for Windows(tm) version of CommTech
PowerSearch, a similar but distinct program, provided an easy-to-
use, efficient interface for finding files using Boolean
searches.
In response to requests, we added the following features to the
new program, CommTech PowerSearch 4.0 for Word for Windows:
CommTech PowerSearch 4.0 can sweep through entire directories or
drives to find files matching your search criteria. This
feature, which until now was available only in stand-alone
software, is now available from right within your word processor.
CommTech PowerSearch 4.0 provides a powerful report writing
"agent." With this feature you can scan specified files, find
matches, and copy relevant sentences or paragraphs to a new file.
In addition to sentences and paragraphs, you can define other
units of text, for example articles or chapters, to be included
in a report. You can also stamp each block of text in a report to
indicate the name, location, date and time of the file it comes
from.
CommTech PowerSearch 4.0 has Boolean search and replace
capability. This feature allows you to perform multiple
replacements in one pass during a Boolean search.
One of the most difficult tasks in performing searches is
including synonyms and related words. For instance, to search for
"fruit," you need to include related keywords, such as "apple,"
"orange" and "pear." CommTech PowerSearch(tm) uses a thesaurus to
suggest related words, saving time and effort and reducing the
risk of missing important information. Similarly, the program
suggests antonyms. This feature lets you eliminate unwanted data
that other search programs force you to look through.
When you specify a word to search for, the program can substitute
this word plus its synonyms. This collection of words with
included in searches incorporating "AND," "OR," "NOT" in the same
way as single words. CommTech PowerSearch also allows you to
specify how close the search terms must be to one another (for
example, within 5 words, or in the same sentence.)
CommTech Webs(tm) can be saved, reused and edited quickly and
easily. Webs can be linked using the Boolean operators "AND,"
"OR," "NOT" to create searches involving combinations of Webs and
individual words. Like Webs, these searches can also be reused.
CommTech PowerSearch(tm) is the tool for organizing the vast
amounts of unstructured information you now need to deal with,
whether this information comes from databases,e-mail, CD-ROMs, or
other sources and whether you are searching for combinations of
words, numbers or both. For searches on specialized topics, you
can use a customized thesaurus from CommTech. Get synonyms of
technical and other specialized terms for more complete and
accurate searches!
* * *
CommTech PowerSearch(tm) for Word for Windows Gives You:
* Standard search options!
The WordPerfect Version lets you choose from case sensitive or
case insensitive searches. The Word Version CommTech PowerSearch
allows case-sensitivity/insensitivity, whole-word-only, forward/
backward searching, recognition of fonts, italics, bold, styles,
etc.
* Sweep through entire directories or drives!
CommTech PowerSearch includes the ability to sweep through entire
directories or drives to find files matching the user's search
criteria. This feature is now available from right within
Microsoft Word.
* Search for multiple keywords at the same time!
Until now, to search for a series of keywords or phrases, each
and every search had to be entered manually and performed
separately. CommTech PowerSearch(tm) gives you data that would have
taken much more time and effort in the past.Until now, if you
wanted to search a document or database for a series
of keywords or phrases, each and every search had to be entered
manually. CommTech PowerSearch(tm) lets you define the keywords
for any search and gives you data that would have taken much more
time and effort in the past.
* Boolean search & replace!
CommTech PowerSearch has Boolean search and replace capability.
This feature allows you to perform multiple replacements in one
pass during a Boolean search.
* Get only the information you need!
In addition to specifying information you want, you can also give
and eliminate what you don't want.
* Combination searches!
Forget the rigid conventions of traditional databases with
confusing query languages. Not only does CommTech PowerSearch(tm)
allow you to perform multiple keyword searches in one pass, you
can also easily narrow or broaden the search. Link several Webs(tm)
together. Find all or part of a Web, and automatically filter out
extraneous data. Whatever you need. CommTech PowerSearch(tm) gives
powerful search tools and unearths data that word processors
simply cannot find.
* Search memory!
Once you've entered a complex search, you'll never have to retype
it again. CommTech PowerSearch(tm) can remember any search. If you
need to conduct a slightly different search, just load and edit
an old search, and let CommTech PowerSearch(tm) find the data.
* Automate report-writing!
CommTech PowerSearch provides a powerful report writing "agent"
that will look through specified files, find matches, and then
copy relevant sentences, paragraphs, articles or chapters to a
new file. You can even stamp each block of text in the report
with the name, location, date and time of the file it came from.
* Special Thesaurus for Pharmaceuticals. Legal and Other Subjects
to Follow!
You can use a specialized thesaurus from CommTech to find
synonyms of technical and other specialized terms. A
pharmaceutical thesaurus is now available. Others will be
released shortly.
This and other details make CommTech PowerSearch efficient and
easy to use as well as powerful.
CommTech also offers PowerSearch for WordPerfect for Windows,
which provides an intuitive, powerful interface for performing
complex Boolean searches.
* * * * *
DOWNLOAD COMMTECH POWERSEARCH SHAREWARE FOR WORD AND WORDPERFECT FROM:
* America Online
* CompuServe
* SimTel (ftp to oak.oakland.edu
then go to SimTel/win3/winword for Word
or SimTel/win3/wpwin for WordPerfect)
* CommTech's BBS at 203/ 495-8604.
Files to download:
SEARCHWD.ZIP (Word) or SEARCHWP.ZIP (WordPerfect)
If you have any questions you need answered before or after you
download PowerSearch, feel free to get in touch:
CommTech
A Technology Management Group Company
25 Science Park
New Haven CT 06511-1968 USA
Tel: (203) 495-1960 Fax: (203) 498-7842
E-mail: tmgmail@yalevm.ycc.yale.edu
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WHAT OTHERS HAVE SAID ABOUT COMMTECH POWERSEARCH:
"The functionality is carried out dazzlingly...Artful programming
and interface design...Just as fast (as Edit/Find) and more
elegantly implemented...Wonderful utility...Make your word
processor do more than you thought it could..."
-- Steven Justice, WinOnLine Review, 7/95
(full review at http://www.cris.com/wol)
Comments from Users:
"Long overdue....a real winner"
"It's surely worth loading and looking!"
"Just what I've been looking for!"