<text>DOCK uses the following definition of computer–based hypertext:• Hypertext is scheme where a document set is presented to the reader by triggering the display of each document with keywords highlighted anywhere in the text of the set.• Hypertext also includes a program which helps to create, modify, and extend such a document set.This amounts to defining hypertext as a document network. The presence of an editing tool implies that the document set is unlimited — the text can grow — and that the program sees no fundamental difference between a reader and an author.You may recognize HyperCard in this definition. HyperCard supports this blend of communication and production tools and makes hypertext easy.</text>
<text>Hypertext is a key feature of any computerized reading system. Today, all on–line help systems rely on hypertext concepts. Hypertext is a tool for organizing information.This particular program was first used as a vehicle for experimental on–screen books. The program has since been adopted by other users for managing large text databases.Automatic document to document navigation also has obvious applications in making demonstrations that run by themselves.In the future, hypertext could become a cheap alternative to paper for certain kinds of communication. This could include electronic publishing of periodicals and other kinds of collaborative works. DOCK supports many aspects of collaborative hypertext editing, with or without computer networks.</text>
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<text>This may be felt as a contradiction in terms. Hypertext is easy for some readers, while others invariably get lost in hypertext.Easy hypertext means that the technology itself should be easy. What I have done is to make this system completely transparent to the reader. This is hardly original but is nevertheless a key characteristic. The learning curve for reading is played out in a few seconds.The idea that you must decide every few seconds what to read next may not appeal to you. On the other hand, there is no rule that says that hypertext should confront you with frequent decisions. After all, there are such things as scrolling fields. Arrow buttons can be used to simulate the turning of pages, taking you through indefinitely long stretches of text. Hypertext is not a technique for making things more difficult than they really are. Few people get lost with DOCK because it is, in many ways, a simulation of a paper book.</text>
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<text>Hypertext software may be used to create a text database with existing documents. In this case, DOCK hypertext is about as easy to use as any other kind of database software. Hypertext can also be an element of an original composition. Hypertext composition can be inherently difficult. The real difficulty is in the text. DOCK may greatly reduce the number of chores required to accomplish the task.The author doesn’t have to construct overviews of a document collection, they are provided automatically by DOCK menus. Automatic links let the author create hypertext buttons without having to do anything other than highlight active text.DOCK lets the hypertext author concentrate on the text itself. </text>
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<text><span class="style2">he help system will provide instructions and examples of what you can acheive using the program. I have taken care not to do anything outlandish, so that you won’t be misled or frustrated. You aren’t expected to write programs. HyperCard behaves as usual while this program is running.</span><span class="style22"></span><span class="style2">As you read through the help files, you may find some passages difficult to follow. They should become clear when needed. Hypertext authors know exactly what they want </span><span class="style20">before</span><span class="style2"> looking at a help text, and the help system is written accordingly. If you want to produce an effect, help may suggest an easy way to produce it, but it won’t tell you to use the effect in the first place—you remain free to express your own ideas in whatever form you please.Key topics for hypertext creation are discussed under:</span><span class="style22"></span><span class="style2">Active textStandard DocumentsContext ToolsAutomatic Links</span></text>
