README.TXT for TextPad
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Thank you for choosing to evaluate TextPad 1.23.

INTRODUCTION:

TextPad aims to provide the power and functionality to satisfy your most
demanding text editing requirements.  It is Windows hosted, and comes in
16 and 32-bit editions.  The same huge files can be edited by either -
just choose the edition that works best with your PC.  The 32-bit edition
will work with Win32s and Windows 95 (M8 or later).

TextPad has been implemented according to the Windows 95 user interface
guidelines, so great attention has been paid to making it easy for both
beginners and experienced users.  In-context help is available for all
commands, and in-context menus pop-up with the right mouse button.  The
multi-document interface allows multiple files to be edited simultaneously,
with up to 2 views on each file.  You can drag and drop text between files.

In addition to the usual cut and paste capabilities, you can correct the
most common typing errors with commands to change case, and transpose
characters and lines.  Other commands let you indent blocks of text, split
or join lines, and insert whole files.  Any change can be undone or redone,
right back to the first one made.  Visible bookmarks can be put on lines.

It also has a customizable tools menu, and integral file compare and search
commands, with hypertext jumps from the matched text to the corresponding
line in the source file.

To find out more, install TextPad by referring to the instructions below,
and then read the introduction in the on-line help file.

MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS:

    TextPad is available in 16 and 32-bit editions.

    16-bit Edition:                  32-bit Edition:
      o 386SX with 4MB RAM             o 486SX with 12MB RAM (for NT)
      o 1MB free disk space            o 1MB free disk space
      o Windows 3.1 in 386             o Windows NT 3.1 or
         enhanced mode                    Windows 3.1 with Win32s

    NB. If you are using Windows 95, the 32-bit edition requires beta
    release M8, or later.

INSTALLATION:

    From a ZIP File:
        1) Unzip into a new temporary directory, with PKUNZIP 2.04g.
        2) Run SETUP.EXE using File Manager or Program Manager.
        3) Follow the on-screen instructions, but install into a
           different directory from that in step 1 above.
        4) Delete the files unzipped in step 1 above.

    From Floppy Disk:
        1) From Program Manager, choose the Run command from the
           File menu.
        2) Type "A:\SETUP" to run the TextPad setup program.
        3) Follow the on-screen instructions.

    You can install both editions into the same directory.
    There is no need to modify your search path.

    To enable TextPad's DDE capabilities, you can use REGEDIT to merge
    the corresponding TXTPAD16.REG or TXTPAD32.REG file (or double click
    the file with File Manager), but you must edit it first to give the
    correct path to the TextPad executable.  It assumes that your
    installation directory is C:\TEXTPAD.  See the on-line help for more
    information.

RESTRICTED FEATURES:

    The following features are only available to registered users:

    1) OLE2 drag and drop editing.  Local drag and drop editing is always
       available, but scrolling has not been implemented.  This means that
       you can drop text in the visible view, but you cannot scroll the
       view whilst dragging.
    2) Searching of subdirectories with the Find in Files command.

REGISTRATION:

    If you make use of TextPad you must register it.  Registered users
    will receive a copy of the latest releases of both the 16 and 32-bit
    editions, along with the Win32s and OLE2 files necessary for running
    in 32-bit mode on Windows 3.1.

    Click the "How to Purchase" button in the About dialog box, or see
    the file REGISTER.TXT for details.  


ENHANCEMENTS:

    The Find in Files (grep) command now has an option to recursively
    search subdirectories (only enabled for registered users).

    The default file extension (.TXT) can now be changed using the File
    Filters dialog box.

    TextPad now supports word-wrapped editing.  In this mode, the Join
    Lines command has been enhanced to preserve paragraphs, marked by
    empty lines, and a new Split Lines command breaks long lines where
    they are wrapped.

    There is a new command to insert page breaks, and you can now print
    the current selection.

    The foreground and background colors used by TextPad can now be
    modified, but there is no user interface yet.  To make changes,
    you must edit the [Colors] section in TEXTPAD.INI.  Each color is
    specified by 6 hex digits in the form BBGGRR, so black is 000000,
    green is 00FF00, light gray is C0C0C0, and white is FFFFFF.  You can
    only use the sixteen standard Windows colors, so the nearest color
    will be used if you specify anything else.  The defaults are as
    specified in Control Panel.  Note that if you use TextPad to edit
    TEXTPAD.INI, your changes will be overwritten when you exit!

TIPS:

    - Ctrl+Left button in the margin selects the whole file.
    - Double left click in the margin selects the line.
    - Ctrl+Shift+O brings up a simple dialog box for quick file opening.
    - When the File Open dialog box is enabled for multi-file opening,
      it does not show long file names.  This setting can be changed on
      the Configure/Options dialog box.


Enjoy using TextPad!
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