                       README TEXT

POWER EDITING, Version 1.3
Created by Bill Toth
Copyright  1998 by Bill Toth
All Rights Reserved
Shareware Version--for evaluation
The creator of this program will not be liable
for any damage incurred from running this program.
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NOTE:  A FILE THAT IS SHARED BY MANY PROGRAMS IS
NECESSARY TO RUN THIS PROGRAM.  THIS FILE IS CALLED 
VBRUN300.DLL.  IF YOU GET A MESSAGE DURING INSTALLATION 
THAT THIS IS MISSING, PLEASE DOWNLOAD A FREE VERSION OF
VBRUN300.DLL FROM SIMTEL. THIS FILE IS TITLED
VBRUN300.ZIP.  IT IS ALSO AVAILABLE FROM MANY ON-LINE
SERVICES AND BBSs.


CONTENTS

1.  What Is This Program?
2.  Installation Instructions
3.  How to Use This Program
4.  Support and Comments
5.  About the Author
6.  How to Contact Me
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                 WHAT IS THIS PROGRAM?

   Teach and learn to edit and revise sentences in
reports, proposals, essays, and manuscripts.  Power
Editing adds power and clarity to your prose through a
series of tutorials and interactive test questions--with
instant feedback on every question.

Learn to edit manuscripts for publication.  Avoid costly,
embarrassing mistakes on proposals and business
correspondence.  Pass proficiency tests.  Prepare for
college entrance exams.  Improve your students writing.
Good for school, office, and the writers desk.  An
excellent reference source. 

Power Editing comes with an on-line (windows) help file
that includes a short history of the English language
and an explanation of Standard Dialect. 

Power Editing was beta tested in writing classes at
Bowling Green State University.



               INSTALLATION INSTRUCTIONS

1.  Unzip powere1.zip
2.  Double click on Setup.exe
3.  The setup program will create a folder named Power.  
If you want to change the location, you may. Simply type
in the path of your choice.  For example, you might want
to change the path from C:\Power to C:\Writing.
 
                 HOW TO USE THIS PROGRAM

1.  Double click on the icon (powe13.exe).
2.  When the main screen opens, you have several means
to navigate the tutorial:  toolbar buttons,  buttons to
reach the Lesson Menu and the Test Menu, and the Go to...
Menu. 
3.  Begin with Lesson 1.  You can reach it by clicking
your mouse on the toolbar buttons,  the buttons to
reach the Lesson Menu and the Test Menu, or the Go to...
Menu.   
4.  Do Lesson 1.  Click on the buttons to have the lesson
printed on the Blackboard.
5.  Click on the button for Test 1.  Do the interactive
test.  Return to the Lesson, if necessary.
6.  Under most circumstances, it is best to do the
tutorial sequentially.
7.  To use Power Editing as a reference source, use the
Lesson Topics menu.  You can also quickly find topics in
the help file ("An Overview of Power Editing).
8.  Help can be reached at anytime by pressing the F1 key
on your keyboard.  It can also be reached from the Help
Menu.

                 SUPPORT AND COMMENTS

1.  We support both the unregistered and the registered
versions of Power Editing.  And we welcome comments from
all users of Power Editing.  Comments help us to improve
the product.  We read and consider ALL comments.
2.  The best way to gain support or make comments is to
visit our web page at
 http://members.aol.com/wptoth/swamp.html
3.  You can also send questions and comments to
Wptoth@aol.com or wptoth@bgnet.bgsu.edu.
 
		   ABOUT THE AUTHOR

   I have a Ph.D. in English Language and Literature and
have been teaching writing and literature for seventeen
years.

                    HOW TO CONTACT ME
   
   If you need further information or help, contact me
at Wptoth@aol.com or wptoth@bgnet.bgsu.edu.