Thesaurus Version 1.11 30-Day Trial Version Copyright (c) 1997 David Haupert email: dhaupert@ddhsoftware.com Note: Thesaurus is released as shareware and must be registered for continued use. The author assumes no responsibility for damages caused by this program. Make sure to back up (hotsync) your data before installing the program. This is the 30-Day Trial version of Thesaurus 1.11 for the Pilot. You are free to use this program for up to 30 days in order to evaluate it. If you continue to use it beyond 30 days, you must register it. For registration information, please see the registration section below or visit the web page: http://www.ddhsoftware.com email: sales@ddhsoftware.com Address: DDH Software PO Box 970971 Boca Raton, Fl 33497-0971 USA Phone: (561) 470-2133 ----------------------------- Files -------------------------------------- THES.PRC - The Thesaurus Pilot application. THESDATA.PDB - The Thesaurus Data file. README.TXT - This file. ORDER.TXT - An order form to purchase other DDH Products. -------------------------- Installation ---------------------------------- First, make sure you have the appropriate space available on your pilot. The space required for the program itself is ~22K. The thesaurus data takes up 281K. You will need somewhere greater than 310K free to be able to install and run the Thesaurus program. To see if you have enough memory, run the Memory application on the pilot. If you do not have at least the appropriate amount free, you will either have to choose to delete apps from the same Memory application, or choose to not install this program until you have that amount of free memory. To install Thesaurus onto your Pilot, run the INSTAPP.EXE program which resides in the same directory as the Pilot Desktop software. This program will allow you to specify that a .PRC file should be downloaded to the Pilot during the next hotsync. Choose to download both the THES.PRC and the THESDATA.PDB to your pilot. Please be aware that this PDB file is huge relative to many of the programs you may have installed and it therefore may take several minutes to install. This data file will not be backed up, so it won't slow your hotsyncs down after installing. ----------------------- Instructions For Use ------------------------------ --Selecting a Mode There are two main modes to the Thesaurus program- Thesaurus mode and SpellCheck mode. In Thesaurus mode, any search will yield a list of synonyms, whereas in SpellCheck mode, a search may yield nothing - if it is spelled correctly, or a list of possible correct spellings. --The Main Screen The screen contains one field, the Enter Word. There are also buttons: <<, <, Look Up, >, and >>, under the Enter Word field. In addition there are word form buttons running up the side of the list box, and Thesaurus and SpellCheck mode buttons running along the bottom of the screen. While the program is searching a small clock will show in the bottom left corner, to let you know that it is still in search mode. To the right of the dotted line along the top, there is a small arrow indicator. Touching this indicator, will bring up a list of the last 15 words previously looked up. --Thesaurus Mode To put the program into Thesaurus mode, press the button at the bottom labeled 'Thesaurus'. To look up a word, touch the field line near the top of the screen and then write in a word. Press the 'Find Word' button to see the synonyms for the word. The synonyms should appear in the Box below. You can limit the search results by pressing the word form buttons running along the side of the box. By pressing 'Noun', for example, you will see only nouns that match the above word. By pressing 'All' you will return to showing all word types. When in this mode, you will see an abbreviation in []'s showing what type of word each match is. When running a search, the 'Find Word' button will change into a 'Cancel' button. Pressing it will stop the search. If there are multiple definitions for a word, you will see the definitions past the first meaning, numbered from 2 on. There is enough space allocated to show a total of 80 words including the word at the top. An arrow will appear in the list box if more words can be viewed by scrolling. Depending on the 'List Box Options' Preference (see below), you may be able to touch a word in the list box and have it look up the word you touch, and/or copy this word to the clipboard for pasting in another application. The program will always attempt to find the exact word you entered. If it finds the word you will see the word 'Found!' in the middle area of the screen as it looks for the synonyms. If it cannot find the word you entered, it will search for the word as the start of another word. If finds it this way the screen will show 'Found within word!', and the closest word will be shown over the field you entered text on, along with it's synonyms below. If it still cannot find the word, it will search for the closest match of the word, and show 'Closest match!', and show the word's closest match and it's synonyms. --Additional Buttons The << and >> buttons will "rewind" and "fast forward" to the first or last word in the list, respectively. The < and > buttons will go back or forward one entry in the list, respectively. --SpellCheck Mode To put the program into SpellCheck mode, press the button at the bottom labeled 'SpellCheck'. To look up a word, touch the field line near the top of the screen and then write in a word. Press the 'Find Word' button to see if the word is spelled correctly. If the word is in the database, you will see 'Word Spelled Correctly", below the Look Up button. If it is not found, suggestions for possible corrections are shown in the box below. You can limit the search results by pressing the word form buttons running along the side of the box. By pressing 'Noun', for example, you will see only nouns that could possibly relate to the above word. By pressing 'All' you will return to showing all word types. When in this mode, you will see an abbreviation in []'s showing what type of word each suggestion is. While searching, the 'Find Word' button will change into a 'Cancel' button. Pressing it while searching will stop the search. There is enough space allocated to show a total of 80 words including the word at the top, although you can limit this (for speed considerations) by changing the preference as explained below. --Additional Buttons The << and >> buttons will "rewind" and "fast forward" to the first or last word in the list, respectively. The < and > buttons will go back or forward one entry in the list, respectively. --Preferences From the File pull down menu, you can bring up the Preferences choice, which will allow you to set various preferences for the program's behavior. --Startup Mode This option allows you to choose the mode that the program will run in upon startup. You can choose to have it always come up in Thesaurus mode, or SpellCheck mode, or you can have it remember the mode it was last in, the previous time you ran it. --Startup Lookup Options This option allows you to choose whether the program will look up any word in the current clipboard's memory upon startup. You can also choose to have it remember the last word looked up, on the previous time running. And if you prefer, you can start with a blank slate each time, by choosing 'Do Nothing'. --List Box Options This option chooses what the program will do when you touch an item in the list box with the stylus. If the choice is 'Lookup word selected', the program will run a search on the word you selected. By choosing, 'Copy selected word to clipboard', you can have the program place that word in the clipboard for later pasting into another application (such as Memopad). Selecting, 'Copy and lookup selected word' will do both of the above actions. By manipulating the above options, you should be able to set the program up to behave the way you'd like it, by default. For example, if you were wanting to use the program as a Thesaurus, you could set the Startup mode to Thesaurus, the 'Startup Lookup Options' to 'Lookup word from clipboard', and the 'List Box Options' to 'Copy and Lookup Selected word'. Now, when you are reading a memopad entry, you could highlight a word with the stylus, select cut from the pull down menu, and run the Thesaurus application. It will automatically look up the word in the clipboard and present you with a list of synonyms. If you wish to replace the word, touch the word you would like and then switch back to memo pad. If not, just switch back without touching the list box. Now paste the entry back in and you have just replaced the word! -- Maximum Matches Here you set the maximum number of synonyms (for Thesaurus mode) or suggestions (for SpellCheck mode). You can choose betwee 5 and 80 matches, in increments of 5. To optimize the program for speed, go with a lower setting. To maximize your search breadth, go with a higher setting. --Cut, Copy, and Paste From the pull down menus, you can cut, copy, or paste to and from the word on the screen, and bring/take the word into/from another application (such as the memopad application). -------------------------------- Menus ------------------------------------- Options -- contains Preferences choices. Edit -- contains cut, copy, and paste choices as well as a choice to bring up the onscreen keyboard, as an alternative to entering graffiti. About -- Gives information about the program. --Registration By registering the Thesaurus program you get - rid of the splash screen on startup - rid of the 30-day trial limit - free updates for 1 year. To register go to: http://www.ddhsoftware.com and register via the online forms using either your VISA or MASTERCARD or your First Virtual account. For information on getting a First Virtual account go to: http://www.fv.com Or read the file ORDER.TXT included with this file. Or send Check or Money order (US Only) to: David Haupert PO Box 970971 Boca Raton, Fl 33497-0971 USA Please include an email address to send the files to (preferably), or a return address to send a 3.5" HD disk to. Note that free updates will only be sent via email. --------------------------- Release History ------------------------------ 9/25/97 - V1.11 - Bug fix! - Fixed problem with Cancel button occasionally causing what appeared to be a lock-up when using the SpellCheck mode. 9/18/97 - V1.10 - New Features in response to suggestions! - Popup history list trigger -appears to the right of the word you are looking up. Press it, and see the last 15 lookups. Touch any lookup to go right to that entry! - The hardware up and down buttons now scroll the matches list up and down, respectively. - A Cancel button!! - The 'Find Word' button toggles to a Cancel button during searches. No longer is it necessary to wait around when you already see the word you were looking for on the screen. - The maximum number of finds is now 80 instead of the previous 40. This can be adjusted between 5 and 80 matches in the Preferences screen. Minor Bug Fixes - The current entry is redrawn when you go into the about and preferences screens. - Fixed bug where < button would sometimes not get all entries for a particular word 9/04/97 - V1.01 - Fixed a bug that caused a looong "pause" when searching for entries that started with the letter 'z'. - New Features in response to suggestions! - Adjustable Setting for maximum number of matches for synonyms and spelling suggestions. Ranges from 5-40. - Added stopwatch icon to lower left portion of screen to easily let you know when the program is still searching. - Added Startup Lookup option of 'Do Nothing'. This allows you to start with a clean slate each time. - Changed the paste shortcut command from 'v' to 'p'. Changed the preferences shortcut to 'r'. - 8/26/97 - V1.00 - First release to the general public.