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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
 Organization 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 Organization 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 170 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 basic price is US$42 or STG27.56. To this must be
 added postage (varies) & (for E.C. customers) VAT.
 Credit card (Visa / Mastercard) orders are accepted.

 U.S. & Australian customers can order through local agents.

 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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 CHANGES SINCE VERSION 1.00

 Changes since v1.00 fall into three categories:

    1.  Faults Fixed
    2.  Things that work differently
    3.  New features

 The changes listed here range from very minor to very
 major. We aim to identify all changes, since sometimes
 things that seem very minor to us are really irritating
 for you.

 NOTE: The .TCF file format used by v1.10 is basically
 identical to that used by v1.00. Any charts you have saved
 using v1.00 can be opened by v1.10. Some new features take
 default settings. If you save a chart using v1.10, then
 open it in v1.00 the new features are ignored. If you then
 save it under v1.00 some of the settings associated with
 the new features may be lost.

 FAULTS FIXED
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  1. The Define Layouts dialog incorrectly had two default
     buttons. Now it only has one.

  2. In the Edit Layout dialog and the Edit Border Layout
     dialog, hiding a text field (or selecting a hidden
     text field) incorrectly disabled (grayed) the Text
     group control. This no longer happens.

  3. In the Edit Border Layout dialog, certain text/margin
     selections could result in a zero-sized sample, making
     it impossible to see the background color. The sample
     is now always drawn large enough to see the background
     color.

  4. Under some circumstances, the program scrolled the
     display, then immediately redrew the whole screen.
     This unnecessary 'double-refresh' is now avoided.

  5. If you double-clicked on a box that was partially
     off-screen, the box was scrolled into view, but the
     double-click was 'lost'. Now its not.

  6. If you CTRL+clicked on a box that was partially
     off-screen, the box was scrolled into view, but the
     selection status wasn't toggled. Now it is.

  7. If you used Outlining to Focus on a sub-tree, then
     deleted all visible boxes, the outlining (correctly)
     pops you up to the next level, but the Current Box
     wasn't indicated. Now it is.

  8. When fitting a border to the diagram for Copy as
     Picture or Save As Windows Metafile, box shadows were
     ignored when calculating the diagram size. Small
     border margins could therefore cause some shadows to
     be cropped. This no longer happens.

  9. The Top and Bottom margins of boxes (and the Border)
     were misinterpreted when drawing. Top- and Bottom-
     aligned text was drawn relative to the center line of
     the border rather than the inside edge. Choosing small
     margins and a thick border therefore caused the text to
     overwrite the border. This no longer happens.

 10. During a region-select drag operation, the chart window
     automatically scrolls if you move the mouse outside the
     chart window. If the chart and application windows were
     both maximized, you couldn't automatically scroll left.
     Now you can.

 11. If you chose Setup from within the Print dialog, chose
     OK to Setup, but then Canceled the Print dialog, the
     Program would be unable to show either the Print or
     Print Setup dialogs unless you re-started the program.
     This no longer happens.

 THINGS THAT WORK DIFFERENTLY
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  1. The Toolbar has changed: The Clear Selections button
     has been removed (it was always simpler to click on the
     chart background to achieve the same effect). Two
     buttons have been added, corresponding to the Mark
     Boxes command and the Define Layouts command.

  2. Some of the ALT+ keyboard shortcuts in the Edit Layout
     dialog and the Edit Border Layout dialog have been
     changed to accommodate new controls.

  3. Text above & below boxes now obscures any connecting
     lines.

  4. If you enter text into a box marked as Invisible, the
     text is now shown, obscuring any connecting lines.
     You might use this to annotate lines.

  5. The Insert Below command works differently. It used to
     always insert a new box as the first subordinate. Now
     it inserts the new box as a 'middle manager' between
     the Current Box and its subordinates. For the first
     subordinate of a box, there is no visible difference
     in the operation.

  6. The Paste Below command works differently. It used to
     always insert the Clipboard contents (possibly a
     sub-tree) as the first subordinate. Now it inserts the
     Clipboard Contents between the Current Box and its
     subordinates. If you Paste a single box, it will be a
     'middle manager' under the Current Box. If you paste a
     sub-tree, the FIRST pasted box is the 'middle manager'.
     The remainder of the pasted sub-tree is relative to the
     first pasted box (as it used to be).

  7. After opening a text-format file, all created boxes
     were regarded as newly-inserted, and you could choose
     Undo Insertion, which deleted all the boxes. Now
     opening a text-format file is like opening a native
     file: undo is disabled until you insert or delete boxes.

  8. When Pasting boxes from one chart into another, the
     program creates new text fields if the new boxes have
     more fields than the chart they're being pasted into.
     These new fields used to default to being visible in
     every Layout. All existing boxes typically became
     taller to accommodate a blank line. Now newly-added
     fields are initially hidden. Existing boxes are no
     longer affected, and you choose which Layouts should
     show the new fields. This change also applies to
     differences between a Template File and a text-format
     file you open.

  9. You can no longer Collapse a box that doesn't have
     subordinates.

 10. A restriction has been added to how you can use File
     Manager to open a new chart. Drag & drop and double
     click still work, but both are disabled if TreeChart
     is in Print Preview mode or showing a dialog box.

 11. Template Files now normally have the filename extension
     .TCT, to indicate that they serve a different purpose
     to normal chart files (.TCF).

 12. When entering a filename in the Open, SaveAs or Select
     Template dialogs, you can now omit the filename
     extension. TreeChart automatically adds one dependent
     on the file format you select.

 NEW FEATURES
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 3D-LOOK DIALOGS AND MESSAGE BOXES

 TreeChart now defaults to showing dialog boxes and message
 boxes with a 3D appearance. This is only available if you
 have a VGA or better display. You can choose to retain the
 normal Windows look: see Appendix 4 of the User Guide for
 details.

 BETTER CLIPBOARD SUPPORT

 Copying or pasting boxes or text was limited in v1.00 to
 about 64,000 characters. Now the only limit is the amount
 of available memory.

 ADDITIONAL MOUSE SHORTCUTS

 Two mouse shortcuts have been added:

  Double-Click on chart background        Edit Border Text
  Shift+Double Click on chart background  Edit Border Layout

 ADDITIONAL CONNECTIONS STYLES

 Two box positioning options have been added which enable
 you to have boxes which surround (frame) their subordinate
 sub-trees.
 
 Two other options have been added which enable you to have
 some subordinates placed across, while other subordinates
 are listed.

 See section 3.4.3 of the User Guide for details.

 IMPROVED BOX SIZE-MATCHING

 You can now mark individual boxes to be omitted from
 whatever size-matching rules you have selected, allowing
 you to choose to 'match widths, except for this
 particularly wide box', etc. See section 3.6 of the User
 Guide for details.

 IMPROVED SUPPORT FOR COLOR

 There are a number of improvements which make it easier to
 use color in your charts:

  1. The chart window and the sample in the Edit Layout
     dialog used to draw the chart using the default Windows
     client-area color (normally white) as the background
     color. Now, the chart background color is used, and you
     can choose box/line/font colors in their true context.

     Using Outlining to Focus on a sub-tree which is framed
     (using the new Connections Styles mentioned above)
     means that the background color of the visible boxes
     'should' be the frame color: you can choose whether to
     adopt the frame color as the background, or preserve
     the chart background color.

  2. You can now choose Transparent as the box Fill Color.
     The box Fill Color is then determined automatically.
     This is particularly useful when boxes are shown only
     as text, with no border. It saves you from having to
     change a box's Fill Color if its background color
     changes.

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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/fax: +353 091 37560
                     email: 70624.462@compuserve.com
