README.TXT for NoteTab Pro™ 4.81 (Trial version)
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Welcome to NoteTab Pro! A leading-edge, award-winning text and HTML editor.

If you are reading this file from your new NoteTab program, open the file
Readme.otl to quickly discover some of its most original features. If you are
not familiar with technical terms, you will find help by viewing the
Glossary.otl file. See the WhatsNew.txt file for information on the most recent
changes made to the program. Tip: put the cursor on any of these file names and
hit the F7 function key to open it immediately.


Contents
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 1. Introduction
 2. Installation
 3. Ordering Information
 4. Technical Support
 5. Distribution License
 6. Legal
 7. Year 2000 Compliancy
 8. Feedback


1. Introduction
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NoteTab Pro is a leading-edge text editor and HTML coding tool, and an ideal
Notepad replacement. Winner of top Shareware industry awards in 1998 and 1999,
this elegant application does it all: you can handle multiple large files with
a simple tabbed interface, use a spell-checker and thesaurus, format text, use
multiple undo, and bookmark documents. You can build templates, use powerful
system-wide searches, and do global multi-line replacements.

Its Clipbook feature lets you create and organize clips, which can range from
text macros to complete mini-applications, using a simple scripting language
with enough features to satisfy any power user; a bunch of handy clip libraries
is included. 

Web authors will love the HTML clip library, just one of a load of features
that make NoteTab a great code-based HTML editor. Other gems include text-to-
HTML conversion, tag stripping, and tools for adding links and color codes.

There's a lot more to NoteTab Pro -- and it's unbeatable value at US$19.95.


2. Installation
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You can install this release over a previous copy if you want to keep all your
settings. Just extract the Setup.exe file from the .zip package and execute it.

How to Uninstall
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You can uninstall NoteTab by using the Control Panel's Add/Remove Programs
dialog box or the Uninstall NoteTab icon in the Start menu. Note that this will
delete your program settings. If you want to save your settings, you should
make a copy of the .ini file prior to uninstalling.

IMPORTANT - WINDOWS NT USERS: If NoteTab was installed with Administrative
privileges, you should then also uninstall NoteTab under these conditions.
Otherwise, NoteTab might not be completely removed from your system.


3. Ordering Information
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You can easily order the commercial versions of NoteTab from either of the
following links:
     http://www.notetab.com/order.htm (main site)
   or
     http://www.notetab.ch/order.htm (Swiss site)
Site licenses are available and purchase orders are accepted from approved
companies and organizations (see Web page or Help file for more details).

Note that you can also order NoteTab from http://www.regnow.com and
http://www.ebarn.com if the indicated link fails.

See the file Order.txt if you prefer not to order NoteTab through the Web.
To enquire about sales, please write to <sales@notetab.com>.


4. Technical Support
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Free technical support is available to registered users of NoteTab Pro and
NoteTab Standard. If you have a problem installing or running your registered
copy of NoteTab, you can ask for help by writing to <support@notetab.com>. If
you have problems ordering or getting your registered copy of NoteTab, please
contact the online distributor's customer support (Digital River:
<custserv@DigitalRiver.com>), or write to <sales@notetab.com>. Please do not
use these e-mail addresses for questions about using NoteTab. We provide a free
mailing list to help you with all non-customer support issues (see below).

If you have questions about using NoteTab or would like to learn some time-
saving tricks from other users, then please join the NoteTab mailing list (even
if it is just for one question). It is free for everyone (registered and non-
registered users). The NoteTab author frequently answers questions and also
uses the list to announce updates and changes to NoteTab. You will find more
information about this list on the following web page:

   http://www.notetab.com/maillist.htm (main site)
or
   http://www.notetab.ch/maillist.htm (Swiss site)

You will also find useful information, links and other NoteTab-related
resources (Clipbook libraries, patches, dictionaries, answers to common
questions, etc.) by visiting one of the NoteTab web sites listed below:

   http://www.notetab.com/ (main site)
or
   http://www.notetab.ch/ (Swiss site)


5. Distribution License
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Provided that you verify that you are distributing the most recent trial
version of NoteTab Pro, you are hereby licensed to make as many copies of the
NoteTab Pro Trial package as you wish; give exact copies of the original
NoteTab Pro Trial package to anyone; and distribute the NoteTab Pro Trial
package in its unmodified form via electronic means (Internet, BBS's, Shareware
distribution libraries, CD-ROMs, etc.). You may charge a distribution fee for
the package, but you must not represent in any way that you are selling the
software itself.

Please read the file License.txt for more details.


6. Legal
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Fookes Software accepts no responsibility for damages resulting from its use
and makes no warranty or representation, either express or implied, including
but not limited to, any implied warranty of merchantability or fitness for a
particular purpose. This software is provided "AS IS", and you, its user,
assume all risks when using it.

The program and accompanying files are copyright material. No part of this
material may be distributed with other software packages without the express
permission from the author.

Before using this software, please read the license agreement that is displayed
by the installation program or the copy in the Help file.


7. Year 2000 Compliancy
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All versions of NoteTab are Year 2000 compliant (Y2K). These products are
designed to be used prior to, during, and after calendar year 2000 A.D., and
during each such time period will accurately receive, provide, and process
data/time data (including, but not limited to, calculating, comparing, and
sequencing) from, into and between the twentieth and twenty-first centuries,
including the years 1999 and 2000, and leap year calculations, and will not
malfunction, cease to function, or provide invalid or incorrect results as a
result of data/time data, to the extent that other information technology used
in combination with NoteTab properly exchanges data/time data with it.


8. Feedback
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Bug reports, criticism, and comments are very welcome. You can send suggestions
to the NoteTab mailing list, or you can write directly to us by sending your
e-mail to <feedback@notetab.com>.


Hope you enjoy using NoteTab!
-Eric G.V. Fookes

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                         - All Rights Reserved -

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