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T h e P C - S I G L i b r a r y o n C D - R O M 1 2 t h E d i t i o n
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The PC-SIG Library on CD-ROM, winner of the Optical Publishing
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T h e P C - S I G W o r l d o f G a m e s C D - R O M
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The new PC-SIG World of Games CD-ROM contains over 550 of the best
shareware games, including 53 educational games for children and 57
Windows games. 430 of them can be played directly from the CD without
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May/June issue of Shareware Magazine, featuring hardware reviews of
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System Requirements: IBM PC/AT/PS/2 or compatible computer with 640K,
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player. We recommend a 386 with a VGA monitor.
T h e P C - S I G W o r l d o f W i n d o w s C D - R O M
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The brand new PC-SIG World Of Windows is a must-have for Windows users.
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software reviews of the world's best Windows BBS.
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Welcome to the world of Shareware, state of the art software you can
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WSMANUAL.DOC
VOCABULARY POWER
Version 2.00
This program will create:
1. Multiple Choice Quizzes
2. Matching Quizzes
3. Word Searches
4. Cryptolists
5. Juggle Letters
6. Vocabulary Bingo Cards
7. Flash Cards
Your lists of words and clues are also 100% compatible with
CROSSWORD POWER, also available from WISCO COMPUTING.
VOCABULARY POWER (tm) is a copyrighted program distributed as
SHAREWARE. All rights are reserved. You may make 1 copy of
this program and documentation for a 30 day evaluation.
If you decide to continue to use this program, you must pay a
registration fee of $39.95 plus $2.00 shipping/handling. Checks,
MasterCard, and VISA are accepted. Purchase orders are accepted
from schools and Fortune 1000 companies. Building site licenses
are also available. All references to SHAREWARE and evaluation
software are removed from the print outs of the registered
versions of this program. To order the registered version, use
the order blank that can be printed from the pull down menu.
Registered owners will receive a printed manual, diskette with
all improvements since the distribution of the shareware
diskette, removal of all references to evaluation shareware,
notification of major updates, and voice telephone support.
This program can only be updated and improved when you support
my efforts.
for the IBM PC, XT, AT, PS/2, and compatibles (512 K)
(C)Copyright Terry L. Jepson 1985-1993
WISCO COMPUTING, P. O. Box 8
Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495-0008
Modem Support is available on the Rapid River BBS (715) 435-3855
(Free access 300 to 38,400bps V.32bis/V.42bis 24 hr 8/N/1)
MasterCard & VISA orders accepted (715) 423-8189
Voice Support is only available to registered users.
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SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:
IBM PC, XT, AT, PS/2 or compatible 512K
One disk drive or hard drive
Supported Printer
MS-DOS Version 2.1 or greater
CAPABILITIES OF VOCABULARY POWER:
Word Search size can be varied from 3 to 24 columns and from 3 to 20
rows. The quizzes and work sheets can be printed in 10, 12, 15, or 17
pitch. The pitch depends on the capabilities of your printer and the
selection in the Settings Menu.
Up to 100 words will be placed automatically in each maze. Word search
words and vocabulary bingo words can be up to 17 characters long. Up to
20 words and clues can be used in the multiple choice and matching quizzes,
cryptolists and juggle words. Clues can be up to 100 characters long.
Words and clues can easily be added, deleted, printed, randomized,
formatted, or changed at any time. A variety of activities can be
automatically created and printed from each list of words and clues. This
option allows teachers to stress the same vocabulary but use different
activities with their students. This has been a proven effective method for
learning vocabulary words.
Backups of all files can be made using normal DOS disk copying procedures
or the Back-Up word list selection of the Extra Menu. VOCABULARY POWER (tm)
and CROSSWORD POWER (tm) are trademarks of WISCO COMPUTING. The computer
hardware, software, and printer names used in this manual are the trade names
and/or trademarks of their respective owners.
VOCABULARY POWER combines entertainment and educational value. This
program can create a variety of activities to learn vocabulary. The
activities (word searches, bingo cards, word jumbles, etc.) can also be
created for parties, games, and study aids. Businesses and consultants have
used this program for training sessions, internal newsletters, and advertising
promotions. Restaurants can use these activities for their place mats.
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GETTING STARTED:
Please register this software. Registration is essential for you to receive
the full benefits of WISCO COMPUTING. VOCABULARY POWER registered
users receive announcements about major program improvements. These
announcements will include a description of the new features, the reduced
upgrade cost, and ordering procedures. Only registered users will receive
the upgrade notices and be eligible to purchase the upgrade.
First you should make a working copy of VOCABULARY POWER. Copy
all files on the original diskette to your working copy or your hard disk
subdirectory. Now place the original diskette in a safe place.
A QUICK TUTORIAL:
1. Insert the working copy diskette in drive A:.
2. Enter the word BINGO when A:> is displayed.
3. When the program is loaded, the Title Screen will appear.
4. Then the Menu Bar will appear at the top of the screen.
5. Use the right arrow key or left mouse button to go to the
Settings Menu. Select Additional Settings by pressing Enter.
6. Make the correct settings for your computer and printer.
7. Press Escape to reveal the Menu Bar.
8. Save these settings on the Settings Menu.
9. Move the cursor to the File Menu.
10. Select Load First Word List.
11. Move the cursor up or down to a word list. Press Enter.
12. Move to either the WordTools or TestTools Menu.
13. Move the cursor up or down to your selection. Press Enter.
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GENERAL INFORMATION:
VOCABULARY POWER is specifically designed to be simple to understand
and easy to use. It requires very little knowledge of computers. No
commands need to be memorized. A status line is displayed at the bottom
of the screen. The current word list name is displayed in the status line.
The menus allow easy movement through the program so you can begin
making activities in just a few minutes. Help screens are available by
pressing the F1 function key.
To move between the menus at the top of the screen, you can use the left or
right arrow keys, a mouse, or hold the Alternate key down and press the first
letter of the menu. Within the vertical menu, use the up or down arrow
keys, or press the first letter of the selection to move from selection to
selection. Once your selection has been hi-lighted, press the Enter key to
confirm the selection and continue. Choices with bullets (or red on a color
monitor) can not be selected until other actions have been taken.
EDITING WORDS, CLUES, AND SETTING INFORMATION:
The Home key will place the cursor at the beginning of the current edit field.
The End key will place the cursor at the end of the current edit field.
Alt-D deletes the current edit field. The left and right arrow keys move the
cursor within the edit field. Control-left and control-right arrow keys move
the cursor to the far left or right sides of the window. The up and down
arrow keys move the cursor between edit fields. Alternate-F1 displays
foreign language codes, Shift-F1 displays math symbols, and Control-F1
displays the Greek characters when appropriate. The special symbols can be
included in your vocabulary words and clues by holding the alternate key
down and entering the 3 digit number on the number pad of the IBM keyboard.
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THE FILES MENU:
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New
Load First Word List
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Create...
Edit Title...
Review/Change/Add
Print Word List
Manipulate Word List
Save Word List
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Shell to DOS
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Exit
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NEW:
This selection removes all vocabulary words and clues from the computer's
memory. The name of the word list is displayed in the status line.
ABOUT THE WORD LISTS:
Each word list can have up to 100 vocabulary words and related clues. All
files created by VOCABULARY POWER may be copied and erased using
normal DOS commands. The word lists can also be copied using the Back
Up selection of the Extra Menu. Avoid using the & character in a word list
name. The & character is used in our companion product CROSSWORD
POWER. Word lists created with VOCABULARY POWER are 100%
compatible for use with CROSSWORD POWER.
ABOUT THE VOCABULARY WORDS (ANSWERS):
Vocabulary words may be up to 17 characters long. Any character except
the space, comma, asterisk *, double quote ", vertical bar |, and number
sign # can be used in a vocabulary word. Numbers can also be used to
create math activities.
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ABOUT THE CLUES (DEFINITIONS):
Each clue (definition) can be up to 100 characters long. Long clues are
automatically divided if necessary. Any character except the double quote
" and comma can be used in a clue.
The F1 function key can be pressed to reveal a help screen to provide more
information about editing the vocabulary words and clues.
MANIPULATING THE WORD LIST:
Vocabulary words and clues can be automatically changed to upper and lower
case letters, capitalize just the first letter of the word or clue, sorted
by length, alphabetized, and randomized.
WORD AND CLUE FORMATTING:
The words can be changed back and forth between capital and lower case
letters. It is easier to work with all capital letters. However, sometimes
lower case letters are necessary. For example, in chemistry, CO means
Carbon Monoxide and Co means Cobalt. This program treats capital letters
and lower case letters as two different letters. This means that words will
not intersect at a common letter if one is a capital letter and the other is
lower case letter.
HINTS:
Placing the longest words into a word list first does not guarantee that more
total words will be placed into a word search.
Each time a word list is randomized, the order of the vocabulary words and
clues is changed.
Teachers can use different activities to stress the same vocabulary words
with different formats. The different activities allow for the different
learning styles of students.
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THE WORDTOOLS MENU:
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Word Search - Display Single
Word Search - Print Multiple
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Bingo Card - Display Single
Bingo Card - Print Multiple
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CryptoList - Display Single
CryptoList - Print Multiple
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Juggle Words - Display Single
Juggle Words - Print Multiple
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Flash Cards Printed
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GENERAL INFORMATION:
When any of the Display Single selections are made, the word list that is
displayed on the status line (at the bottom of the screen) is loaded into
memory. The first activity and appropriate PRINT MENU are displayed.
For example, when WORD SEARCH - DISPLAY SINGLE is selected, a
single word search maze is displayed. The PRINT WORD SEARCH MENU
is displayed in the upper left corner. You are given the following options:
<S>TUDENT MAZE PRINTED:
This option prints the student word search with the extra letters.
<T>EACHER MAZE PRINTED:
This option prints the answer key without the extra letters.
<U>NUSED WORDS DISPLAYED:
This option allows you to display and print words from the word list that
were not inserted into the maze.
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<F>LIP STUDENT/TEACHER MAZE:
Student or teacher mazes can be quickly viewed.
<N>EW MAZE DISPLAYED:
The words are randomized again, then a completely new maze is displayed
and available for printing.
<L>EAVE THIS MENU:
This selection is used to return to the regular pull down menus.
When the PRINT MULTIPLE selection is made, two questions will be
asked. First you will be asked if you want a teacher (answer key) printed
with each student form. Then you will be asked how many copies of the
activity you want printed. You can automatically print up to 40 different
activities (Word Searches, Vocabulary Bingo cards, Quizzes, etc.) when this
selection is made.
WORDSEARCH DETAILS:
The Word Search size is selected on the SETTINGS MENU. The maze size
can be varied from 3 to 24 columns and from 3 to 20 rows. Up to 100
words will be placed automatically in each maze. Words will be arranged
forwards, backwards, horizontal, vertical, and diagonally. A random spot
is chosen for the first word to be placed into the maze. Then other words
will attempt to intersect the first word. When no more word placements can
be made, the WORDSEARCH PRINT MENU is displayed.
CRYPTOLIST DETAILS:
The word list is randomized before choosing 20 words. If your word list has
less than 20 words, the entire word list will be used. Each letter of the
vocabulary word will be substituted by a different letter. All words on the
list use the same letter substitution.
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For example, the word CELERY could have been randomized as RXJXWM.
The letter R was substituted for the letter C in celery. The letter X was
substituted for the letter E. Since there are two E's in CELERY, there are
two X's, at the second and fourth positions in the word. Every word of this
print out uses the same letter substitution. If the word PLANE was also on
this list, the last letter would also have to be an X. A grid is printed at
the bottom of the student paper for help. The substitution key is displayed
on the screen and printed on the teacher key.
Each additional cryptolist that is displayed and printed uses a different
group of 20 words and a different letter substitution method.
JUGGLE WORDS DETAILS:
The word list is randomized before choosing 20 words. If your word list has
less than 20 words, the entire word list will be used. The letters of the
vocabulary word will be randomized. Each additional juggle word activity
that is displayed and printed uses 20 different words and a different letter
randomization.
BINGO CARD DETAILS:
Your word list must have at least 25 words to make bingo cards. When this
selection is made a bingo card is displayed with the PRINT CARD MENU.
Each vocabulary bingo card fits neatly on a 8 1/2" by 11" piece of paper.
PRINTING MULTIPLE VOCABULARY BINGO CARDS:
This selection allows automatic printing of up to 40 different Vocabulary
Bingo Cards.
FLASH CARDS (OR BINGO CALLING CARDS) DETAILS:
The flash cards used for vocabulary drills can also be used as calling cards
for vocabulary bingo. When this selection is made, a menu listing 6
different options is displayed. The calling (flash) cards allow printing
the words and clues on regular 8 1/2" by 11" paper or 3" by 5" cards. The
words and clues may be printed on the same or opposite sides of the paper.
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When the vocabulary words and clues are printed on opposite sides of the
paper, you will have to turn the paper over to print the back side.
The vocabulary words will be printed in expanded larger print size if an
Epson FX, Epson LQ, IBM Proprinter, or Okidata printer is being used.
Additional menu help can help center the paper in the printer.
ASCII FILE NAMING DETAILS:
If an activity is saved as an ASCII file, the following pattern is used
to name the file:
The first part of the file name uses the same name as the word list. The
extension part (the three letters after the period) varies depending on the
activity and if it is the teacher or student copy. The first letter of the
extension will always be V (for VOCABULARY). The last letter will either
be a S for STUDENT or T for TEACHER. The second letter varies with
the activity.
The second letter uses the following pattern Wordsearch = W, Cryptolist =
C, Juggle word = J, Multiple choice quiz = M, and matching Quiz = Q
For example, the file HOMONYMS.VCT uses the HOMONYMS.WL word
list. The file is (C) Cryptolist of the (T) Teachers activity.
The original word lists use the extension .WL The word list files are saved
as ASCII files to make spell checking easier. If you use the spell checker
of your word processor, and your words are changed, make sure to save the
word list file in ASCII format. Many word processors use special formatting
codes when files are saved the regular way. Saving of the file in ASCII
format prevents saving of the formatting codes.
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THE TESTTOOLS MENU:
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Matching Quiz - Display Single
Matching Quiz - Print Multiple
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Multiple Choice - Display Single
Multiple Choice - Print Multiple
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MATCHING QUIZ DETAILS:
Word lists are randomized before choosing 20 words. If the word list has
less than 20 words, the entire word list will be used. Clues for these 20
words will be randomized and displayed. When long clues are displayed, the
first part is displayed with a plus (+) sign to indicate more letters. Long
clues are automatically wrapped for proper appearance when printed. A
blank is printed in front of the word number for the student choice. The
correct response letter is printed in front of the number on the teacher key.
Each additional quiz that is printed uses a different group of 20 words and
a different random answer pattern. Up to 40 different forms can be printed
automatically. Making different matching quizzes has never been this easy.
MULTIPLE CHOICE QUIZ DETAILS:
The word list is randomized before choosing 20 words. If your word list has
less than 20 words, the entire word list will be used. The clues for these
20 words will be randomized and displayed. Then conflicting choices (wrong
answers) will be chosen from all words in the word list. Then the correct
answer and three conflicting answers are randomized. Long clues and long
answers are automatically wrapped for proper appearance when printed. A
blank is printed in front of the word number for the student choice. The
letter of the correct response is printed in front of the item number on the
teacher key.
Each additional quiz that is printed uses a different group of 20 words and
a different random answer pattern and a different set of conflicting choices.
Up to 40 different forms can be printed automatically.
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THE SETTINGS MENU:
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Additional Settings
Select Printer Font
Save All Settings
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Order Information
Print Order Blank
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View Manual
Print Manual
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Additional Settings
Total Word Search Size Columns, Rows: 24, 17
Drive Containing Word Lists: C:\PUZZLE\
Print School Heading (Y/N): YES
School Heading - Line 1, Left Side: SCIENCE
School Heading - Line 2, Right Side: Name_________
Listing below Word Search to Use: WORDS
Print Free Space in Vocabulary Bingo Cards: NO
Automatically Capitalize the Letters: YES
Allow saved Word Lists to be randomized: YES
Type of Printer: EPSONLQ
Printer support Box Drawing Chars. (Y/N): NO
Printer Pitch (10, 12, 15, or 17 Chars.): 12
Set Printer to Letter Quality: YES
Left Margin (1 to 15 characters): 10
WORD SEARCH SIZE:
Word Search size may be varied from 3 to 24 columns wide and from 3 to
20 rows high. A 15 column by 15 row maze with clues usually fits on the
normal size 8 1/2" by 11" paper.
DRIVE CONTAINING WORD LISTS:
Select the Drive Letter and subdirectory. To keep the word lists in the
same directory as the VOCABULARY POWER program files, you can delete the
displayed information by pressing Alternate-D. (Holding the Alternate Key
down while pressing the letter D.
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PRINTING THE SCHOOL HEADING:
If YES is chosen a two line heading will be printed. The topic of the word
list will be printed on the left side of the second line. If NO is chosen,
the word list topic will be centered at the top of each printed page.
LISTING BELOW WORD SEARCH:
Below each word search, the vocabulary word (word bank), the clue, or the
first letter of the vocabulary word can be printed as a help to solving the
word search. Long clues will automatically be divided.
AUTOMATICALLY CAPITALIZE PUZZLE LETTERS:
Only identical letters will intersect in the word search. All letters of
the words must be either all lower or upper case. To quickly change the
case of the words, use the manipulate option on the FILE MENU.
ALLOW SAVED WORD LISTS TO BE RANDOMIZED:
This selection does not affect the randomizing of the words and clues for
creating activities with the WORDTOOLS MENU and TESTTOOLS MENU
selections. This selection only affects some options made by the
MANIPULATE THE WORD LIST selection on the FILE MENU. If NO
is chosen, you will not be able to save the word list with the words in a
different order. This is offered to make the word list compatible with
CROSSWORD POWER. If NO is selected the words and clues can not be
flipped, alphabetized, placed in a random order, or sorted by length.
TYPE OF PRINTER:
The following printers are supported by VOCABULARY POWER:
EpsonMX Diablo 630 IBM Proprinter
EpsonRX Okidata Panasonic KX-P1091i
EpsonFX Toshiba P1351 H-P DeskJet, DeskJet Plus
EpsonLQ NEC 3550 H-P LaserJet II, IIP, III
Additional printers may also be supported. If your printer is not listed,
printer codes for User-Defined printers can be entered and saved by the
program. Use your printer manual to find the following printer codes needed
for User-Defined printers.
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1. Master Reset 5. 12 Pitch On 9. Doublestrike OFF
2. 6 Lines per Inch 6. Underline ON 10. Unidirection ON
3. 8 Lines per Inch 7. Underline OFF 11. Unidirection OFF
4. 10 Pitch ON 8. Doublestrike ON
When the printer is selected, additional questions will be asked.
SHEET FEEDER <Yes or No>:
You will be asked if a sheet feeder is attached to the printer.
IGNORE PRINTER STATUS <Yes or No>:
VOCABULARY POWER always checks the status of the parallel printer port
before sending any data. This normally works quite well. However, if you
map a parallel port to a serial one by the MODE command, or if you have
a non-standard, or very fast computer, you may experience problems.
VOCABULARY POWER might actually think that your printer port (LPT1:)
is busy when you know it is not. If you have printer problems like this,
select Y for Yes to ignore the printer status.
SYMBOL SET <Yes or No>:
If a LaserJet or DeskJet printers was selected, you will be asked which
symbol set to use. Symbol sets 10U PC-8, 11U PC-8 (Danish/Norwegian),
and 12U PC-850 are supported. These symbol sets include the line drawing
characters needed by the bingo cards. If your laser compatible printer
can not support one of these three symbol sets, also set the box drawing
selection on the Settings Menu to NO.
BOX DRAWING CHARACTERS:
If your printer prints foreign language characters around the squares on the
BINGO cards, this should be set to NO. Then dashes and plus signs will be
substituted for the BOX characters
PRINTER PITCH:
Select a printer pitch supported by your printer.
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SET PRINTER TO LETTER QUALITY:
Depending on the printer, the work sheets may be printed in either draft of
letter quality mode.
SELECT PRINTER FONT:
LaserJet, DeskJet and Epson LQ printers support different fonts.
The LaserJet II and DeskJet printers have built-in fixed width 10 and 16.66
(condensed) pitch Courier fonts. Printing 12 and 15 pitch fonts require
downloaded fixed-width fonts or fixed-width font cartridges.
The EpsonLQ optional font module is also supported giving the user six
additional fonts. VOCABULARY POWER supports all fonts and pitches
included with the optional font module.
0. Roman (10,12,15 pitch) 5. OCR-B (10 pitch)
1. San Serif (10,12,15 pitch) 6. OCR-A (10 pitch)
2. Courier (10,12,15 pitch) 7. Orator (10 pitch)
3. Prestige (10,12,15 pitch) 8. Orator-S (10 pitch)
4. Script (10,12,15 pitch)
SAVING THE SETTINGS:
This selection saves the settings to be used the next time VOCABULARY
POWER is started.
ORDER INFORMATION:
Additional products available from WISCO COMPUTING will be displayed.
PRINT ORDER BLANK:
An order blank for purchasing copies of this program or other products sold
by WISCO Computing can be conveniently printed.
VIEW MANUAL:
Use this selection to view the manual on screen while VOCABULARY
POWER is active. The manual, WSMANUAL.DOC must be in the same
directory or disk drive as the VOCABULARY POWER program.
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THE EXTRA MENU:
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Reset Printer
Advance Paper
Form Feed
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Back Up Word List Files
Change Screen Colors
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About Vocabulary Power
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The first three selections of the Extra Menu send printer codes to the
printer. The first selection RESETS the printer to the top of the page to
the current paper position in the printer. If you have manually adjusted the
paper position in the printer, use this selection so the program and printer
properly communicate.
ADVANCE PAPER advances the paper in the printer one line. FORM FEED ejects
the current page in the printer.
BACK UP WORD LIST FILES:
When this selection is made, you will be asked to enter the name of the drive
to receive the copies of the word lists. If an acceptable drive letter and
optional subdirectory is entered, the word lists will be copied.
CHANGING THE SCREEN COLORS:
The screen colors may be changed to your personal preference, or because
the regular colors may be hard to see on a lap top computer.
ABOUT VOCABULARY POWER:
This screen displays information about VOCABULARY POWER, current pricing,
and order and support information.
Computer Programs from:
WISCO COMPUTING, P. O. Box 8
Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495-0008
(715) 423-8189
Quantity Product Unit Price
_____ GRADEBOOK POWER IBM 512K Indiv. License $59.00
_____ GRADING SKILLS POWER IBM 512K Indiv. License $59.00
_____ CROSSWORD POWER IBM 512K Indiv. License $39.95
_____ VOCABULARY POWER IBM 512K Indiv. License $39.95
_____ SURVEY POWER IBM 512K Indiv. License $39.95
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A Site License is available for all products at 3 times the
cost of an Individual License. A Site License allows all
employees performing their duties for the Site to legally
use the program.
_____ _____________________________ Site License __________
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_____ Extra GRADEBOOK POWER MANUALS/Site License $2.00 ea.
_____ Extra GRADING SKILLS POWER MAN./Site License $2.00 ea.
_____ Extra CROSSWORD POWER MANUALS/Site License .50 ea.
_____ Extra VOCABULARY POWER MANUALS/Site License .50 ea.
_____ Extra SURVEY POWER MANUALS/Site License $2.00 ea.
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SUB TOTAL __________
WISCONSIN SALES TAX 5% __________
TOTAL SHIPPING $2.00
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TOTAL ORDER __________
FOREIGN CUSTOMERS - PAYMENT MUST BE IN US DOLLARS
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Form ASP-WIS93 -V2.00
Please ship the latest version of these programs to:
Registered Owner________________________________________________
Street Address__________________________________________________
City___________________________ State______ Zip Code___________
IBM Disk Size Needed - (either 3 1/2" or 5 1/4") __________
Circle Method of Payment CHECK Money Order VISA MasterCard
Name on Credit Card_____________________________________________
Card No.____________________________________ Exp. Date _________
Where did you learn about our programs?_________________________
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