+----------------------------------------------------+ | This VENDINFO Product Information File contains both readable text | | and tools-accessible data about a product. See the last text | | section, below, for more information about VENDINFO and its tools. | +--------------------------------------------------------------------+ VENDINFO standard v1.04, produced by VendEdit v1.30, 15-Nov-1995 ===== Product Information ============================== Product: Crossword Power Creates Crossword Puzzles Version: 7.00 Version Date: 15-Nov-1995 Product Type: Software Basic Distribution Policy (see License, below, for details): Shareware, freely distributable by all channels Product Description: Crossword Power v7.00 Create a variety of crossword puzzles and kriss-cross activities from your words and clues. Includes foreign language character support. 100% compatible with Vocabulary Power. Reason for version: Major enhancements Category: Education; Teachers Keywords: Puzzles Word Games Vocabulary Training Required Packages: CROSSP7B This Package: CROSSP7B Registration Fee: 39.95-159.80 (US Dollars) Required Configuration Processor Family: Intel 80x86 (minimum 8086/8088) Minimum OS: MS-DOS 2.1 Standard RAM: 512K Hard Drive Space: 1K Orders: Address: WISCO Computing P. O. Box 8 Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495-0008 Phone: 715-423-8189 FAX: 715-423-8189 BBS Name: Rapids River BBS BBS Phone: 715-435-3855 Internet: wisco@wctc.net Support: Address: WISCO Computing P. O. Box 8 Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495-0008 Phone: 715-423-8189 FAX: 715-423-8189 BBS Name: Rapids River BBS BBS Phone: 715-435-3855 Internet: wisco@wctc.net Other E-mail: Rapid River BBS ===== Information for Users ("READ-ME") ================ CROSSWORD POWER ================== Version 7.00 Create, print out and solve crossword puzzles and kriss-cross activities from your words and clues. Words are automatically placed in the puzzle grid. Auto-search quickly creates over 400 different word arrangements to find the puzzle with the most words. Puzzles have been used by trainers for seminars, by teachers for vocabulary review, by businesses for their company newsletters, by newspapers for promotions, and for solving at parties. Hard-to-find fixed-width 12 and 15 pitch soft fonts are included for the H-P LaserJet II and DeskJet printers. Fonts for the EpsonLQ and Proprinter X24E are supported. A wide variety of printers are supported allowing solid black, checkered pattern, or other ASCII characters to fill the unused puzzle letter squares. for use with IBM PS/2, XT, PC and compatibles 512K and DOS 2.1 or greater required CROSSWORD 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 21 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, VISA are accepted. Purchase orders are accepted from schools. School district and site licenses are available. To order CROSSWORD POWER, use the order blank that can be printed from the pull down menu. Registered owners will receive a printed manual, diskette with all improvements made since the distribution of the shareware diskette, removal of all references to evaluation shareware, notification of major updates, BBS and voice telephone support. CROSSWORD POWER can only be updated and improved when you support my efforts. Program and Manual by Terry L. Jepson WISCO Computing, P. O. Box 8 Wisconsin Rapids, WI 54495-0008 Entire contents (C)Copyright Terry L. Jepson 1985, 1991, 1995 Published by WISCO Computing. All rights reserved. Modem support is available on the Rapid River BBS (715) 435-3855 Free BBS access 300 to 38,400bps V.32bis/V.42bis 24 hr. 8/N/1 MasterCard and VISA orders accepted voice and fax (715) 423-8189 Voice Support only available to registered users (6-9 pm CST) WISCO Computing is a member of the Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP). ASP wants to make sure that the shareware principle works for you. If you are unable to resolve a shareware-related problem with an ASP member by contacting the member directly, ASP may be able to help. The ASP Ombudsman can help you resolve a problem with an ASP member, but does not provide technical support for members' products. Please write to the ASP Ombudsman at 545 Grover Road, Muskegon, MI 49442-9427 or send Compuserve message via Compuserve Mail to ASP Ombudsman 70007,3536 A QUICK TUTORIAL: 1. Insert the working copy diskette in drive A:. 2. Enter the word PUZZLE 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. 6. Move the cursor down to the Select Printer and press Enter. 7. Select your printer. 8. Press Escape to leave the Printer Settings. 9. Move the cursor and select Save these settings on the Settings Menu. 10. Move the cursor to the File Menu. 11. Select First Word List. 12. Move the cursor to highlight the displayed word list. Press Enter. 13. Move to the Puzzle Menu. Select Automatic Arrangement. 14. If you like this program and want to continue using CROSSWORD POWER, you must register and send payment. FILES INCLUDED: PUZZLE.EXE The CROSSWORD POWER program WISCOSET.CNF Configuration file CO100R12.LJP 12 pitch soft font for LaserJet II Printer CO080R15.LJP 15 pitch soft font for LaserJet II Printer CO100R12.DJP 12 pitch soft font for H-P DeskJet Printer CO080R15.DJP 15 pitch soft font for H-P DeskJet Printer HOMONYMS.WL Sample word list SPANISH.WL Sample word list XMASWORD.WL Sample word list CRMANUAL.DOC CROSSWORD POWER manual (32 pages) WISORDER.DOC Order blank for WISCO COMPUTING products FILE_ID.DIZ Short description for BBS and Vendors INSTALL.TXT Installation instructions README This file Differences between Evaluation and Registered Versions: The evaluation version will place up to 25 words in each puzzle and kriss-cross activity. There is no limit for the registered version. The evaluation version does not include the 730K dictionary. The registered version may also include additions to this program since the release of this evaluation version. To remove this product from your computer, delete all files in the program directory and any files you created in the data subdirectory you indicated on initial setup. ===== Packing List ===================================== As released by the author or publisher, this package contained the following files in addition to this VENDINFO.DIZ: Filename Size Date Time CRC32 LINEFONT. 17734 15-Nov-1995 07:00a 4FD01631 README. 5690 15-Nov-1995 07:00a 5F76E763 WISCOSET.CNF 904 15-Nov-1995 07:00a 18AE5A1B FILE_ID.DIZ 213 15-Nov-1995 07:00a 14AB68EB CO080R15.DJP 21887 15-Nov-1995 07:00a 40B1E2BB CO100R12.DJP 26013 15-Nov-1995 07:00a C35AFF7E CRMANUAL.DOC 59811 15-Nov-1995 07:00a 6C393F9B WISORDER.DOC 2654 15-Nov-1995 07:00a 2A3AB43F PUZZLE.EXE 150395 15-Nov-1995 07:00a 3C4C833D CO080R15.LJP 18411 15-Nov-1995 07:00a 59641178 CO100R12.LJP 24211 15-Nov-1995 07:00a 3AE62A0A INSTALL.TXT 2228 15-Nov-1995 07:00a 82B159A1 HOMONYMS.WL 2345 15-Nov-1995 07:00a F8ACA928 SPANISH.WL 884 15-Nov-1995 07:00a A16DD4C7 VOLCANO.WL 2017 15-Nov-1995 07:00a 2962B6D5 XMASWORD.WL 1746 15-Nov-1995 07:00a B62881DA ===== Installation ===================================== DIRECTIONS FOR COPYING TO THE HARD DISK USING WINDOWS 1. Go to FILE MANAGER On the left side of the screen you should see C:\ with the directories listed under the C:\ symbol. 2. Place the mouse pointer on the C:\ symbol and click once. C:\ should now be highlighted. 3. Click on the File Menu. 4. Click on Create Directory You should see a box Create Directory. At Name type C:\WISCO Click OK. If you scroll down the left side of the screen, you should see the new directory WISCO 5. Place the CROSSWORD POWER diskette in drive A: 6. Click on the A: Drive Icon (under the Title Bar). You should see a directory for the files on the disk listed. 7. Click on the File Menu. A menu will drop down. 8. Click on Select Files. A window will appear. 9. Click on Select. Lines will appear around the file names, 10. Click on Close. The file names will appear to be colored in. 11. Click on File. A menu will drop down. 12. Click on Copy. A window will appear. In the box following TO: type C:\WISCO 13. Click OK 14. You can start Crossword Power from FILE MANAGER On the left side of the screen you should see C:\ with the directories listed under the C:\ symbol. 15. If you scroll down the left side of the screen, you should see the directory WISCO Place the mouse pointer on the WISCO symbol and click once. WISCO should now be highlighted. 16. The Crossword Power file names will appear on the right side of the screen. 17. Click on the filename PUZZLE.EXE DIRECTIONS FOR COPYING TO THE HARD DISK USING DOS 1. First Create a Subdirectory named WISCO for the program. At the DOS prompt, you will see C:\> Type MD WISCO and press Enter 2. Now you will change to the WISCO subdirectory. Type CD WISCO and press Enter Your DOS prompt now reads C:\WISCO\> 3. Now you will copy the files from the diskette to this subdirectory. Place the CROSSWORD POWER diskette in drive A: Type COPY A:*.* and press Enter You will see a message when the copying is done. 4. Remove the diskette from the disk drive and store it in a safe place. 5. Type PUZZLE and press Enter to start Crossword Power. ===== Warranty ========================================= LIMITED WARRANTY THIS SOFTWARE AND MANUAL ARE PROVIDED FOR EVALUATION ONLY, ON AN "AS IS" BASIS. WISCO Computing DISCLAIMS ALL WARRANTIES RELATING TO THIS SOFTWARE, WHETHER EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO ANY IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. NEITHER WISCO Computing NOR ANYONE ELSE WHO HAS BEEN INVOLVED IN THE CREATION, PRODUCTION, OR DELIVERY OF THIS SOFTWARE SHALL BE LIABLE FOR ANY INDIRECT, CONSEQUENTIAL, OR INCIDENTAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE SUCH SOFTWARE, EVEN IF WISCO Computing HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES OR CLAIMS. THE PERSON USING THE SOFTWARE BEARS ALL RISK AS TO THE QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THE SOFTWARE. This agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of Wisconsin and shall inure to the benefit of WISCO Computing and any successors, administrators, heirs and assigns. Any action or proceeding brought by either party against the other arising out of or related to this agreement shall be brought only in a STATE or FEDERAL COURT of competent jurisdiction located in Wood County, Wisconsin. The parties hereby consent to in personam jurisdiction of said courts. ===== License for Use and Distribution ================= TRIAL USE LICENSE Crossword Power is NOT a public domain program. It is copyrighted by WISCO Computing. This software and accompanying documentation are protected by United States copyright law and also by international treaty provisions. WISCO Computing grants you a limited license to use this software for evaluation purposes for a period not to exceed 21 days. If you continue using this software after the 21 day evaluation period, you MUST make a registration payment to WISCO Computing. You may not use, copy, rent, lease, sell, modify, decompile, disassemble, otherwise reverse engineer, or transfer the licensed program except as provided in this agreement. Any such unauthorized use shall result in immediate and automatic termination of this license. All rights not expressly granted here are reserved to WISCO Computing. LIMITED DISTRIBUTION LICENSE The following may distribute WISCO Computing, completely unaltered, without further permission...; for other cases or to distribute in modified form, you must consult the attached data record, which is hereby incorporated by reference. Any distribution satisfying all the distribution requirements expressed in that data record is hereby authorized. Each vendor wishing to distribute the package must independently satisfy the terms of this limited distribution license. 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