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Academic Flashcards 2.0 for Windows 95/98/2000/NT 4.0
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Copyright (C) 2000 Settimo Systems
www.RoseCitySoftware.com/AcadFlashcards


Contents
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Introduction
System requirements
Installation
Uninstall
Getting Help
Registration
Known Issues
Contact Information


Introduction
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Thank you for trying Academic Flashcards, an effective study tool to facilitate setting up flashcard study lists for a wide range of subjects. This file is brief and is designed to point you to other resources. Please be sure to send us your feedback to afc_support@infinisource.com so we can continue to improve Academic Flashcards.  


Resources
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Dozens of prepared lists for various courses are provided on our study lists page at 

www.RoseCitySoftware.com/AcadFlashcards/studylist.html  

These lists can be easily edited and added to by any student. And new lists can be prepared either by manually typing in various terms and definitions, or questions and answers, or by cutting and pasting entire lists. The help file included with Academic Flashcards explains the steps to do this concisely and clearly so that anyone can do this easily, even if they have little or no computer experience.


System requirements
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In order to successfully use Academic Flashcards, you need the following:

   * Pentium(tm)-based IBM PC compatible computer
     (or higher).
   * Microsoft Windows 95, Windows 98, Windows 2000
     or Windows NT 4.0 Operating System.
   * About 4 MB of free disk space.
   * A mouse.
   * A color monitor with a VGA card (800x600 screen
     resolution and 16-bit color mode or better is
     recommended).


Installation
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Academic Flashcards is installed simply by executing the self-installing EXE file. You will be asked for the destination directory, program manager group and then the installation program will copy all necessary files and create two Start Menu items for Academic Flashcards and its help file. After that, it will execute Academic Flashcards.

Visual Basic
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Academic Flashcards is written in Visual Basic 6, a popular programming language. Two downloads of Academic Flashcards are available, one complete with all the required Visual Basic files and one without. The smaller download will install only the core program files and assumes you already have the VB6 runtime files installed previously. 

If you are uncertain about this, please use the complete install. This will update your Visual Basic Runtime files to the latest versions. If you should happen to have a newer version of one of these files, it will not be overwritten during the install. Alternatively, you can update your Visual Basic files separately by running a VB6 update installation... Simtel has this available at 

http://www.simtel.net/pub/simtelnet/win95/dll/simvb6-6.zip

Text to Speech and Microsoft Agent 
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Text To Speech (TTS) is available in both the Study module and the Flashcard Editor. This feature requires the installation of the Microsoft Agent TTS support files, which are only available (for free!) at the Microsoft website:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/msagent/agentdl.asp

If you do not have Text to speech currently installed on your computer, you may need to download the following...

·	the MS Agent core components (395KB)

·	at least one MS Agent character file (there are four different characters currently available, ranging in size from 1.6MB to 3.3MB)

·	the American English text-to-speech engine (1MB)

Speech engines for other languages are available, but at the time of this writing, the MS Agent characters will only work with the American English TTS engine.

Uninstall
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Academic Flashcards can be completely removed from your system. In order to do so, open the Control Panel and run the "Add/Remove Programs" applet. Then, you can select Academic Flashcards from the list of installed programs, and click on the "Add/Remove..." button.  You may also use the convenient "Uninstall Academic Flashcards" menu item in the Academic Flashcards folder on the Programs Menu.


Getting Help
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The Academic Flashcards website: 

www.RoseCitySoftware.com/AcadFlashcards

always has the latest information about Academic FlashCards, so be sure to stop by from time to time to check for news and updates. Also, make sure you check out the online help that comes with the product. Help file is accessible from the Help menu in the Academic Flashcards main window.

Technical Support and information for Academic Flashcards is available by contacting Academic Flashcards technical support afc_support@infinisource.com 


Registration
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After you download and install Academic Flashcards, certain aspects of its functionality will be restricted. Read the Registering Academic Flashcards menu item on the Help menu for details. Registering Academic Flashcards removes all restrictions and permits unlimited use of the product. There will be a countdown reminder displayed on the main screen, showing how many days you have left before the evaluation period expires. If not registered, Academic Flashcards will not run after its evaluation period has ended.

The following information is for individual licenses. Upon receipt of payment you will receive a unique serial number, which, when entered in the registration dialog box of Academic Flashcards, will register your copy of Academic Flashcards for unlimited use. The registration number will be sent to you via e-mail. Note, no disk will be sent. All updates to the software will be made available via anonymous ftp or http download. Once registered, a future version of Academic Flashcards loaded over the previous version will recognize your registration serial number.

A single individual license for Academic Flashcards is $19.95 (U.S.). Site licenses are also available as follows:
     1         19.95
   5-9         16.00
  10-19        14.00
  20-49        12.00
  50-99        10.50
 100-199       10.00
 200-299        9.50
 300-499        9.00
 500-999        8.50
1000+           8.00

For additional information on quantity pricing and site licenses, please send e-mail to sales@infinisource.com or see 

www.RoseCitySoftware.com/AcadFlashcards.


Known Issues
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There are no known issues at the time of release. Please check the Academic Flashcards website at 

www.RoseCitySoftware.com/AcadFlashcards 

for the latest information about Academic Flashcards.


Contact Information
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If you have any comments, proposals, or bug reports with regard to Academic Flashcards or our other products and services, please fill out the online feedback form at 

www.RoseCitySoftware.com/AcadFlashcards/feedback.htm

or send us an e-mail:

Technical support: afc_support@infinisource.com



Postal addresses
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      GENERAL AND MAIL REGISTRATIONS
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      SETTIMO SYSTEMS
      PMB #447
      3 Monroe Pkwy, Suite P
      Lake Oswego, OR  97035 USA

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This file was updated on September 06, 2000
