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TEXT READING PROGRAM
By ASDE Inc.
Optimized to read ST Report online
Shareware Number 4
January 1989
(c)ASDE Inc.
151 Jolicoeur
Hull, Quebec
J8Z 1C8 CANADA
The accompanying program <READ_TXT.PRG> is a shareware
contribution Copyrighted by ASDE Inc.
Simply double click on READ_TXT.PRG and choose a text to
read. The program has online help at all points.
The program permits very quick loading of text files so that
it is almost as quick to use as the desk top <SHOW FILE> option.
It is however vastly more sophisticated than the desk top reader,
since it permits you to go back and forth from one page to the
next or previous page. It also permits you to jump forward or back
to any page number. The program does not scroll a page on
screen but displays it all at once, this greatly diminishes eye
fatigue while reading long texts. The title of the text being
read as well as the present page number and last page number are
displayed on the last line of the screen.
A book like frame has been added around the text to create an
more pleasant reading environment. Page changes, either forward or
backward are graphically displayed by a figurative page flipping
of the right or left topmost corner.
For text files other than ST REPORT, you may find that the
cover page created by the program is not quite right. You can
simply overlook this as it will not affect reading the text later.
If you prefer, you can correct the cover page by changing the
first few lines of the text to be read so that they follow a
format similar to the first page of ST REPORT. The program
neglects blank lines left in the first page.
If you enjoy this program and would like to sample our other
fine ST/Mega programs, send $5.00 and a blank disk together with a
self adressed envelope. In return I will send you a functional
demonstration version of GEOGRAPHY TUTOR the Electronic Atlas and
GFA_BILD the program building utility which makes your GFA BASIC
enormously more flexible and easy to use.
The source file for this text reading program is also
available on request.
Feel free to distribute this program together with this
<READ_ME.TXT> file.
Enjoy!
MR