Readme file for WriteExpress Easy Letters for Windows 98 or Windows 95
Evaluation version 2.1
Copyright (C) 1996-1998. WriteExpress Corporation
All Rights Reserved.
Revision 3/4/98
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WriteExpress Easy Letters makes business and personal letter
writing easy with expert tips, steps, and samples.

This program is freeware or shareware and may be distributed freely.

To install the program, run the executable.

To contact WriteExpress Corporation send e-mail to:
Sales@WriteExpress.com or
Support@WriteExpress.com

See our web site at http://www.WriteExpress.com

This file contains important information--please read all of it.
All information here supersedes information in the WriteExpress
Easy Letters Help.

Table of Contents
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1.  Manual Installation for Microsoft Word 7.0
2.  Manual Installation for Microsoft Word 97
3.  Uninstall WriteExpress Easy Letters
4.  How to use WriteExpress Easy Letters
5.  About Phrase a Thought
6.  WriteExpress Rhymer and Phonetic Finder Product Description

1. Manual Installation for Microsoft Word 7.0
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 If the WriteExpress Easy Letters program was not installed correctly for
 Microsoft Word 7.0, then read this section.

 If the WriteExpress Easy Letters Setup program could not locate the
 WINWORD\STARTUP directory, the file writex32.wll was installed to the
 PROGRAM directory under the target directory chosen during installation.

 There are two options for manual installation:
 a. Option One--Copy all Writing Express files to the Word startup directory.

    To do this, locate the WINWORD\STARTUP directory. By default, this
    directory is c:\msoffice\winword\startup

    Copy all the WriteExpress Easy Letters files to the WINWORD\STARTUP
    directory. Run Microsoft Word 7. Click WriteExpress Easy Letters from the
    Word Tools menu.

 b. Option Two--Create a shortcut to Microsoft Word 7 and load
    WriteExpress Easy Letters as an add-on program.

    To do this, right click on your desktop. Select New and then Shortcut.
    Next, type
    C:\MSOffice\Winword\Winword.exe /lc:\DESTINATION DIRECTORY\writex32.wll
    where C:\MSOffice\Winword\ is the directory of Microsoft Word 7.0 and
    c:\DESTINATION DIRECTORY\ is the directory where WriteExpress Easy
    Letters was installed.

    Click the shortcut you created for Microsoft Word 7.0. After Word loads,
    start WriteExpress Easy Letters from the Word Tools menu.


2. Manual Installation for Microsoft Word 97
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 If the WriteExpress Easy Letters Setup program could not locate the
 WINWORD\STARTUP directory, the file writex32.wll was installed to the
 PROGRAM directory under the target directory chosen during installation.

 There are two options for manual installation:
 a. Option One--Copy all WriteExpress Easy Letters files to the
    Office\Startup directory.

    To do this, locate the Office\Startup directory. By default, this directory
    is C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Startup

    Copy all the WriteExpress Easy Letters files to the Office\Startup
    directory. Run Microsoft Word 97. Click WriteExpress Easy Letters from the
    Word 97 Tools menu.

 b. Option Two--Create a shortcut to Microsoft Word 97 (file Winword.exe) and
    load WriteExpress Easy Letters as an add-on program.

    To do this, right click on your desktop. Select New and then Shortcut.
    Next, type
    C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Winword.exe /lc:\DESTINATION DIRECTORY\writex32.wll
    where C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\ is the directory of
    Microsoft Word 97 and c:\DESTINATION DIRECTORY\ is the directory where
    WriteExpress Easy Letters was installed.

    Click the shortcut you created for Microsoft Word 97. After Word loads,
    start WriteExpress Easy Letters from the Word Tools menu.

3. Uninstall WriteExpress Easy Letters
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 To uninstall WriteExpress Easy Letters, carry out the following procedure:

 1. Click the Start button, point to Settings, and then click Control Panel.
 2. Double-click the Add/Remove Programs icon.
 3. On the Install/Uninstall tab, click WriteExpress Easy Letters, and then
    click Add/Remove.


4. How to use WriteExpress Easy Letters
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To use the program in Windows 95, 98 or NT:
If you are using Microsoft Word 97, Word 7.0, or Corel
WordPerfect 8 or WordPerfect 7, WriteExpress will integrate
directly with your word processor tools menu. When you are
prepared to write a letter in these word processors, simply
access WriteExpress Easy Letters by selecting it from the tools
menu, and follow the three-step process below:

Write letters in three easy steps:

1. Select your letter topic.

Click either the Show categories and topics button or the Search
for a topic button. If you use the Show categories and topics
button, click on one of the 56 writing categories to see the list
of topics in that category. Select your topic and click the Next
button to continue.

If you want to search for a topic containing specific words,
click the Search for a topic button. Type one or more words you
want to find. For example, type congratulate to find all topics
containing the word congratulate.

Click on the Find button.

Tip: Click the Options button to enhance your search. If the word
you searched for is not found, try a different form of the word.
Select your topic and click the Next button to continue.

2. See the writing tips and steps recommended by professionals.

Tips provide do's, don'ts, and other helpful information for
writing a letter about the topic you've selected.

Steps guide you through the writing process, instructing you how
to begin, develop, and end the letter. Click the Next button to
continue.


3. Focus on each step and select sample sentences and phrases
that you can insert into your word processor. Or, insert one of
more than 2,000 professionally written letters and add your
personal touch.

Sentences. The first step will appear with example sentences
(items) that illustrate ways of expressing the content of that
step. When you find a sentence that seems to be close to what you
want to say, you may copy and paste the sentence into your
document. If you invoked WriteExpress from your word processor's
Tools menu, click the Insert button to insert that sentence into
your document. You may edit the sentence to meet your specific
needs either before or after you insert/copy it into your
document.

Repeat this procedure with all subsequent steps until the letter
contains all the important ideas. At any time you may minimize
the WriteExpress window or close it for final editing in your
word processor.

Phrases. With each step you may also click on the Phrases button
to see a list of phrases that good writers use when focusing on
that step. You may also insert/copy any phrase into your
document.

Letters. Each topic contains three or more ready-to-use letters.
Click on the "Letters of current topic" button to see the
letters. You may also insert/copy any letter into your document.

5.  About Phrase a Thought
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Phrase a Thought can help you find specific words in phrases,
sentences, and letters to help you phrase a thought. For example,
if you want to express thanks to someone, you can search for
sentences, phrases, or letters containing the word thank.

Click the Sentences button. Type thank in the edit text box.
Click the Find button to see sentences containing the word thank.

Click the Phrases button to see phrases containing the word
thank.

Click the Letters button to see letters containing the word
thank.

Tip: Click the Options button to enhance your search. If the word
you searched for is not found, try a different form of the word. 


6.  WriteExpress Rhymer and Phonetic Finder Product Description
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WriteExpress offers you the most powerful rhyming tool available!
It is a "Must Have" for poets, song writers, linguists, teachers,
researchers, and other language lovers.

With Rhymer you can find a rhyme in no time. Search for end
rhymes, last syllable rhymes, double rhymes, triple rhymes,
beginning rhymes, or first syllable rhymes. You can also specify
the number of syllables or letters you want in the words.

With Phonetic Finder you can save time brainstorming for words
containing specific sound combinations. First, choose symbols
from the phonetic chart containing symbols for English vowels,
stops, fricatives, affricates, liquids, and glides. Use the "wild
card" symbols to match zero or more sounds, any single sound,
consonant, or vowel sounds. Once you have assembled your phonetic
pattern, click the Search button to retrieve a list of words with
that pattern. The Phonetic Finder quickly assembles data for
minimal pairs, pronunciations exercises, phonics research, and
other types of phonetic study.


Notice
No part of this document may be reproduced by any means without
the express written consent of WriteExpress Corporation.

WriteExpress(tm) and Easy Letters(tm) are trademarks of
WriteExpress Corporation. Windows(R) and Microsoft(R) are
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