Thank you for trying out the Global Diary program, an easy-to-use diary
program which can be used immediately without a manual or complex menus.
This version is written for 16-Bit Windows but also works well in '95.


Please direct comments, suggestions and bug reports to:

	e-mail	mrc@mn.frontiercomm.net

Directions for use:

1.  Every time you run Global Diary, you will be prompted for your user
    name and a password.  If you lose your password, you will no longer
    be able to access your Global Diary entries, so be sure to remember it.

2.  During the initial run of Global Diary, you will be prompted to enter
    your preferences.  Choose "OK" when you are satisfied with your choices,
    however, you may access them at any later time if you change your mind.
    Again, be sure to remember your user name and password.

3.  The right mouse button gets you all the operations that you will need
    to use the program, experiment with them.  Clicking on the map with the
    right mouse button gets you the diary functions and clicking on your entry
    gets you some editing functions.

4.  The program is quickly minimized with a quick double-click on the entry
    area.  One of our programmers thought this might be a handy feature.


Some enhancements:

There have been four changes added recently.  It is our intention to keep
the number of bells and whistles to a minimum in order to still be able to
claim the "easy-to-use" tag.  The changes made were all requested by
people who have downloaded Global Diary and contacted us with these
suggestions, we were able to implement them in an intuitive fashion,
so we did.  Your comments are welcome.

1.  We've added a sophisticated encryption scheme which will further protect
    your diary entries' privacy.  You can choose whether or not to use it
    from the preference entry form.

2.  Importing your diary from files saved in previous versions of Global
    Diary has been made relatively painless.  When you start the program,
    entering your usual username and password, a form will come up which
    will direct you in this one-step process.

3.  A search function has been added to find occurences of complete words
    anywhere in your journal.  You access it, again, with a click of the
    right mouse button and by selecting the "search" option that appears
    in the list.  If the name or word is found, a box similar to the "Go
    to Date" box appears with the results.  Double-click on your choice.

4.  The ability to change your password.  This can be done from the
    preference form.  Please be sure to note your new password as you will
    lose access to your diary if you haven't got the right one.


Ordering details:

1.  In the case of sending the program out via e-mail there will be no
    additional charge, it will be sent as an attachment with instructions
    on how to "unwrap" it.

2.  By way of regular mail within the US or Canada, please enclose an
    additional $1 US for shipping, handling and cost of disks (2).

3.  Outside of US and Canada please enclose an additional $4 US for
    shipping, handling and cost of disks (2).

4.  Please let us know which version (16-Bit or 32) when ordering.