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    TREECHRT.TXT:   Introductory Information
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 WHAT CAN TREECHART DO FOR YOU?
    
 TreeChart is a comprehensive Windows package for preparing
 Organisation Charts or illustrating other hierarchical (or
 nearly hierarchical) information. No drawing skills are
 required: box sizing, positioning, alignment and the
 routing of connecting lines is all done automatically
 whenever you make a change.

 The package offers a wide choice of chart styles, box
 shapes, shadows and line routing options. Full color and
 font support. A border and titles can also be added.

 For Company Organisation Charts, it automatically
 positions and connects boxes you indicate as being
 assistants or shared employees.

 TreeChart assists you in achieving consistent-looking
 charts with Layouts. Layouts control how boxes look, and
 how they connect to boxes below them. You can define any
 number of Layouts; when you change a Layout, it
 automatically affects every box using the Layout. Layouts
 are like style guides found in more sophisticated word
 processors. When you add a box it will initially use the
 Layout you select as most likely needed, given its position
 in the chart.
    
 Layouts, default Layouts and other chart settings can be
 saved as Template Files. Preparing one chart is easy;
 preparing further similar charts is easier still. Using
 Templates, you can import text from another program and
 produce attractive charts almost instantly!

 TreeChart offers outlining facilities, to let you view only
 parts of your chart, and hide the rest of it. You can view,
 change or print the whole chart, certain levels of
 management, or just single departments.

 If you wish, TreeChart will automatically scale your chart
 to fit on a single sheet of paper. You can also preview
 printing.

 TreeChart will import text (and automatically create boxes)
 from other Windows programs, and can export text or fully-
 scaleable WMF pictures. Pasting pictures into word
 processor documents and resizing them is simple.

 Includes online manual & tutorial (Windows Write format),
 full context-sensitive help and sample charts.
 
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 SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS

 TreeChart requires a PC-compatible running Windows 3.1 or
 better. IT WILL NOT RUN UNDER WINDOWS 3.0.

 A mouse is not required, but is recommended. A small
 number of non-essential operations are unavailable
 without a mouse. Details in Appendix 2 of the User Guide.

 Use of TrueType fonts, or comparable third-party font
 technology such as Adobe Type Manager is highly
 recommended. Section 3.1.15 of the User Guide goes into
 more detail on these issues.
 
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 ONLINE DOCUMENTATION
 
 The TreeChart User Guide (TREECHRT.WRI) and tutorial
 (TUTORIAL.WRI) are both in Windows Write format. If you
 feel the need to print these documents, be warned that
 they total about 160 pages, and are formatted for using
 a 9" by 7" region of an A4 page.
 
 Additionally, TreeChart has full online help using the
 standard Windows Help facility. This file is TREECHRT.HLP.

 The file SAMPLES.TXT describes the sample charts included
 in the package.
 
 A quick way to view any of these is to use the Windows
 File Manager, and double-click on the file name.

 Section 2.1 of the User Guide contains a list of all files
 included in the TreeChart release.

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 WHAT IS SHAREWARE?

 TreeChart is not free. It is not public domain. Just like
 a program costing ten times as much, it is copyrighted by
 its owners, and you must purchase a license to use it.
 
 Unlike a program costing ten times as much, you have a
 chance to try the program before you commit yourself to
 purchasing the license. This 'try before you buy' concept
 is termed Shareware.
 
 We are granting you a limited-time trial use license to
 evaluate this program to determine if it meets your needs.
 If, after 30 days, you wish to continue using this program
 you must purchase a full license for continued use. If you
 continue using this program beyond the 30 day trial use
 license we have granted, you are doing so without a
 license. This is illegal.

 See Appendix 5 of the User Guide for our license agreement.

 Purchasing a full license is termed 'Registering the
 program'. Registration brings many benefits over and above
 the right to continue using the program.

 See Appendix 6 of the User Guide for the benefits of
 registration.
 
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 REGISTRATION: PRICES AND PROCEDURES
 
 From the Help menu, choose Register. The Registration
 dialog box allows you to see our prices, and allows you
 to print a pro-forma invoice / order form.

 The benefits of registration are described in Appendix 6
 of the User Guide, and in the online help.

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 INSTALLATION & DE-INSTALLATION
 
 Simply create a new directory on you hard disk, then copy
 all of TreeChart's files into it. No further installation
 is needed.
 
 TreeChart can be run directly from a floppy disk, but
 you'd have to leave the disk in while TreeChart was
 running, and performance would suffer.

 See sections 2.2 and 2.3 of the User Guide for more
 details.

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 GETTING STARTED
 
 One quick way of starting TreeChart is to use the Windows
 File Manager, and double-click on TREECHRT.EXE. Section
 2.4 of the User Guide describes a number of other ways
 of starting the program.

 Pressing F1 will present Help on what to do with that
 intimidating blank window. Section 2.5 of the User Guide
 and section 1.4 of the Tutorial both describe the various
 other ways of getting online help.

 We recommend that you prepare your first chart by working
 through the tutorial.

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 THE VERSION 1.00 HEALTH WARNING
 
 This is version 1.00 of TreeChart. It has been thoroughly
 tested both in-house, and at a small number of trial sites.

 We know of no serious faults, but it would be unrealistic
 to assume the program to be fault-free. If you discover
 something that you feel is a fault we'll fix it (if
 possible). Naturally, the quicker we know about it, the
 quicker the fix will happen.

 All feedback gratefully received.

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 VENDORS

 If you intend charging for providing copies of TreeChart,
 the file VENDOR.DOC describes our distribution license
 terms. If this file is missing, please contact me:

                              Steve Kearon
                            FineLine Software
                       Newtown, Kinvara, Co.Galway
                           Republic of Ireland
                          
                          Voice: +353 091 37560
                     email: 70624.462@compuserve.com
