

              IBID List Maker 3.4 Database for Windows
              c1995 by Peter Neuendorffer

              Manual

               Introduction
               Main Window (White)
               Define Window (Blue)
               Auto Window (Light Blue)
               Small Windows
               File Menu
               Pictures
               Find
               Subjects
               Pages
               Chart:
               Printing
               Edit Menu
               Toolbar

               Stars in this manual's lefthand mark new features.




        This is a Windows 3.1 program. In IBID, you define words
        and type in short notes or thoughts on any subject. As
        you enter the definitions, the software has a Window where you
        are asked to define other words, ones the software gets from your
        own words. Soon, you have a closely knit database of facts,
        thoughts, or ideas. I borrow the phrase "smart linking" for this.

        For every word, besides the short (200 character) definition
        you can store a full page (2000 characters) of text.
        A Chart option lets you move around a graphical display
        of your database.


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                         To Install
               Copy all files in this package to an empty
               subdirectory on your hard disk. RUN FILE/NEW FROM
               THE WINDOWS PROGRAM MANAGER, AND SPECIFY IBID.EXE
               AND IT'S DIRECTORY. You find it with "Browse."
               To upgrade from previous versions (1.0 or 2.0) simply copy
               the files in this package to your previous IBID
               hard drive directory. Previous bugs are fixed for Delete
               and minimizing the program. THE FILE VBRUN300.DLL MUST BE
               IN THE WINDOWS SYSTEM DIRECTORY -IN YOUR PATH.  It is
               available on most Bulletin boards. Screen resolutions of
               of 640 X 480 and 800 X 600 are supported.




        To Register
               send $20.00 to Peter Neuendorffer
               1399 Commonwealth Ave Suite 11 Allston MA 02134
               tel 617-254-2213  Internet petern@channel1.com






                                                                  2.

        With IBID, you create lists, smart dictionaries. Now,
        why would anyone want to create a dictionary when they already
        have one? Well many people have special words, scientific or
        otherwise not found in a standard dictionary. Also, the
        "Definitions" can actually be notes on subjects, such as
        "anniversaries Mom's wedding anniversary is July 1." You can have
        up to 4000 definitions in each of 5 lists. The Main Window is for
        displaying definitions. The Define Window is for entering and
        maintaining definitions. The Auto Window is for defining those
        words the software asks you. Starting on page 2. is a general
        description of each of the three windows followed by descriptions
        of supporting features. The Window/Small menu choice provides two
       "floating" programs suitable for multi-tasking.


        The MAIN WINDOW          -Displaying your definitions.

        Displaying words in the scrollable combo boxes:
        Once you have made some entries in the Define Window, you can
        bring them up from the main window. Scroll through the current
        list of words with the right hand Combo box (List.) Click to
        select a word, or type in a word you wish to look up. To look up
        the word, click on Display. Once a definition is displayed, if
        you click the Also See button, another Combo box appears. This is
        a list of related words mentioned in the definition that the
        software also "knows". You can select a word, and click on
        Display to see one of those words defined as well. Find text in
        the definitions using the menu choice Find.

        You can double click on any of the words in the combo boxes,
        to display that word. List= all the words in the list. Also See=
        related words taken from the currently displayed definition.
        Depth is like Also See, only the words are one level deep again,
        and are less related to the currently displayed definition. When
        you use the Display button, the word that will be displayed is at
        the top of the combo box (only one box is visible at a time.)
        You can type in a word to display if you wish. Since you haven't
        entered in any definitions, this main window will be curiously
        empty at first. (See Define Window section below.)

   *    You can quickly see all the definitions that are offshoots
        of the current definition, by selecting the Text button
        (next to Also See). This is now also available for the Depth Option.

   *    If you wish to change the definition of the eword that is current,
        you can quickly do so by double clicking on the word itself
        (displayed in blue at the top left of the display box).

        Double Clicking on the Definitions display:
        Words in definitions are sometimes automatically capitalized in
        in the main window displays. When presented with such a
        definition in the main window, you can double click on the
        capital word itself, and that word will be displayed with it's
        definition. Don't capitalize whole words in your definitions. as
        the software takes care of this. If a word in a definition is not
        known (not capitalized), you can also double click on this word,    
        only then you will be asked if you want to define it now. Thus if   
        there is a term in one of your definitions you want to clarify, you
        can make a definition for that word on the spot.





                                                                    3.

        When you copy and paste, you do so to and from the Windows
        clipboard. Definitions are formatted to have short lines.
        If an item on the clipboard has a ":" colon in the first 15
        characters, the word before it will be pasted as the item,
        and the text after as the definition. Words being defined can
        be up to 15 characters long, and definitions up to 200.

        Clicking the Back button will return you to the last definition
        displayed. Clicking Parent To Word will find a word whose
        definition contains the currently displayed word. You may copy
        the current definition to the Windows clipboard with Copy.

        DOUBLE CLICKING CAPITAL WORDS in the displayed definition box:
        When words appear capitalized in the displayed definition, they
        can be double clicked. Double click on a capital word, and that
        word itself is displayed with it's definition. The capitalizing
        of the words is done automatically by the software, so you do
        not have to capitalize words when entering in definitions.

        DOUBLE CLICKING LOWERCASE WORDS in the displayed definition
        gives you a way to define these words immediately.
        When a definition is displayed, it may have a full page
        of text attached as well. If it does, the PAGE button
        will be visible next to the display window. Click on
        this to see the PAGE (see PAGE later in  this manual.)
        Note this page is edited in the DEFINE and AUTO window,
        and can only be read or copied from the main display window.

        You can filter your list by subject (the LIST main list)
        by choosing a subject from the SUBJECT list box at the
        top right of the main screen. To get back the entire list,
        choose the subject [All] or click on "To ALL" button above
        the main LIST box. See "SUBJECT" further in this manual
        for more on subjects in IBID.
        To bring up the other two Windows (TO ENTER DEFINITIONS), click
        on Window, then Define or Auto from the top menu bar.


        The DEFINE WINDOW   -making definitions. click Window/DEFINE

        Enter in new definitions here. Type the word to define in the first
        text box. Tab to the second text box, and type the definition. When
        you are ready, select OK to enter the definition. As you enter in
        definitions, the software is automatically building a list of
        questions in the third Auto Window. Remember any time you wish to
        enter in a definition with "OK", both white text boxes in the define
        window must have text in them, and you must click on OK.

        You can add page data as well (up to 2000 characters, or about one
        full screen of text per definition.) Click on Page and enter in the
        text, or Paste text from the Windows clipboard. If you are pasting
        text into the PAGE, you may want to call up the Window/Small Define
        from the main menu. This is the same blue Define Window, except that
        the rest of the IBID screen is hidden, thus making it much easier for
        you to look for text in your computers main system.

   *    You can color code each and every definition with a color. Before
        saving the definition with OK, choose Color from the Define menu.
        This color will display in the main window or the chart window when
        the definition is displayed.




                                                                    4.

        Make sure you use single words, or hyphenated words as
        the word to define. This will enable the smart linking
        option to work at its best. A hyphenated word is a
        word with a hyphen immediately between two letters of
        the alphabet. You can use numbers imbedded in your words
        to define. Decimal points are not recommended.

        If your definition was a recipe, you could copy a recipe from text
        elsewhere on the system, enter LAMBCHOP in the Define window, enter

        in a short definition, click PAGE, and PASTE (Edit/Paste) the text
        into the page. Then click on Exit, and OK. Don't forget
        to click OK on the way out. A definition is never entered
        until you click that OK button!

        Assign a subject to your definition by choosing a previous
        subject (do this also before you finalize the definition
        with OK) or type in a new subject. You can change the
        subject later. Assigning a subject is not mandatory.

        Editing previous definitions:
        If the word is already defined, you will be notified. To find a
        previous definition- maybe to change it, type the word to look up
        in the first text box, and then select Search. Once the
        definition is found, you can change it, or type in a new word
        that will also have this definition, and select OK. To delete the
        definition, select Delete. Paste allows you to paste a sentence
        from the Windows clipboard into the Definition box (lower text
        box) if you wish.

        When you enter definitions, remember that alphabetic (a through z
        or A through Z)letters and numerals 0-9 are counted only 
        when creating the auto lists, and during double clicking.
        However you are free to use other characters in your definitions.   
        The exception is the hyphen which is described at the end of the    
        Define Window section above. IBID goes to a great deal of trouble
        to recognize that singular and "s" plural words are the same.
        It is a good idea to only use hyphens when you mean a hyphenated
        word, and put the hyphen directly between two alphabet
        characters, as in "pre-show."





        To bring up a previous definition from the database, type in the
        word in the small white box, then click on Search. Or you can
        use "List" in the Define Window to see the current list.
        If you wish to edit the word that is currently on display
        in the main window, click on Current Item.
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                                                                    5.

        The AUTO WINDOW              -defining words that match up.
                                      Click Window/Auto

        What is it?
        First, an illustration: Imagine you go to the Land of Gnomes,
        where everyone speaks English, but doesn't know any of the same
        words. You say "A dog is an animal" The gnome says "What is an
        animal" You say an animal is alive. The gnome says "What is
        alive" and so on. This might seem awfully frustrating, but
        eventually a lot of things would be defined.

        When you enter in Definitions in the Define Window (or this Auto
        window for that matter), the software creates a list. When you
        select the Auto Window, you are asked to define these words. You
        don't have to do them all at once.

        If you don't ever wish to define a supplied word (like "a") then
        click Skip Always. You won't be asked again to define it. But if
        you select Skip, you will be asked after the next time the word
        comes up in the course of your entries. At first, you will be
        repeatedly selecting Skip Always to get rid of many common words,
        but as the software is trained the situation improves.

        You may clear the entire queue of words waiting (without
        affecting your definitions) by clicking on Clear Queue. Also, the
        program will let you know if a word's plural or singular form is
        already defined.

        The light blue Auto Window, like the blue Define Window,
        allows you to add PAGE data and assign a subject to the
        definition, as well as color code your definition.

        Small windows: (choose Window from the main menu:
        You can reduce the program to a
        small stand alone Window. Choose Window on the main
        menu bar. You get a choice of
        Show: A small gray window that simply displays
        definitions with a Copy button.
        Define Alone: A small blue window that is just like
        the Define Window, except that the rest of the
        program is invisible. Choose exit to exit these windows. 
        To go back to the main program, answer "No" to the question
        "Quit IBID?" To exit the program entirely, answer "Yes" to
        this question. Note that the IBID program is not minimized
        when these small windows are active, just hidden. To
        minimize the program with an icon, choose the Control
        Box at the top left of the main (white) window.


        FILE MENU
            (Picture, Printing are described further in this
             manual)

        From the menu bar, you may select File. From there you can set
        your own title for the software (List Title). You can Remove the
        entire List (this obviously should be used with care).
        About brings up the opening screen telling you how to pay
        (AHEM!!!) for this software. $20.00 to Peter Neuendorffer, 1399
        Commonwealth Ave., Suite 11, Allston MA 02134.





                                                                    6.

        File/Open
        Each time you load the software, the first list is
        brought up. You can have up to five separate lists (each
        with up to 4000 definitions.) Select File/Open, and
        Select a list. Open slots are originally named "The List
        1", "The List 2" etc. Right after you open a new list,
        you should give it a name with Title, although you don't
        have to. Each list is totally separate, including skip
        word lists. The only thing they share is the print setup,
        and photograph information.

        File/Delete Subject: You may delete a subject title at any
        time, without deleting any of the definitions assigned to
        that subject.
        File/Page: You may see a list of all definitions that have
        PAGE's attached (see PAGE DATA below.)

        Advanced Data Import:
        If you want to get information into IBID, there is
        ample use of the Windows Clipboard, with COPY/PASTE commands
        when you are creating definitions and pages. However, a bulk
        data import is available, probably only of interest to 
        database managers.
        
        A file of records in the form
              word : string of 15 characters
              definition : string of 200 characters
        padded with spaces on the right of each field, with null
        terminated strings allowed, may be imported. It should be
        named IMPORT.DAT and placed in the IBID directory. You can
        opt not to overwrite any words that are already defined
        in IBID.
 

        PICTURE:

        You can choose a photo backdrop for this program. Outside 
        the program, use a file manager such as the Windows file
        manager to copy one or more full screen .BMP picture or
        photograph files to the IBID disk directory. You cannot
        just rename a .gif file, -the .BMP format must be valid.
        This is the format that is used in Windows wallpaper files.
        Run IBID, and choose File/Picture from the main menu.

        Choose a picture from the pop-up menu, and click OK. If you
        choose Full Picture, the program will disappear and the 
        photo or picture will display full screen. If you choose 
        "none," there will be no picture. From the File menu choice,
        click on Stretch Picture to stretch the picture. Most of 
        the time you can leave this off.
        All of your current picture settings will remain for
        the next time you run the program.

        A "back door" is to display your full page picture alone by
        double clicking on the word "subject" at the top right of
        the main screen.








                                                                    7.

        FIND:

        You can find any text in the database by choosing Find from
        the main menu. (or click on the Yellow Telescope Toolbar 
        icon.) This applies to the current list. In the pop up
        (light green) window, type the word or text you wish to 
        find, and click on Find. To find more occurrences, click 
        on Next. The found text will be highlighted in dark blue.
        This is a regular display, so you can use any feature from
        there on, including double clicking on a capital word in the
        definition. When an item displays in green, the text has
        been found in the item itself.

        You can search for two things at once by clicking on the
        option AND SEARCH   or   OR SEARCH. With AND SEARCH, both
        things must be present, with OR SEARCH, one or the other
        must be present. Note with AND SEARCH, both items must
        be in either the definition or the page. Not between the
        two. WHOLE WORDS allows you to search for a word or phrase
        that is an exact match. Thus if you chose whole words,
        and asked to find MA, MA would be found, but not maternal.

        Query: from the main menu Window/Query

        Bring up the Query Window from the main screen main menu
        (Window/Query) Type in a phrase and OK. This phrase will
        be moved do the main definition display window. Any words
        in your request that are in the current list (known to the
        database) will be capitalize, and you can bring up their
        definitions by double clicking on them. Non-capitalized
        words may be double clicked to define them. You can also
        Paste text from the Windows Clipboard into the Query
        Window, and choose OK for the same effect. Thus, you can
        find words in the database even if you are not sure exactly
        what words you are looking for.


        SUBJECTS

        You can optionally assign any of your defined words to
        a subject. You can have up to 200 subjects at once in a
        list. You do not have to assign a word to a subject, and
        you can change the subject at any time by calling up the
        word in the Define window (with the Define Window List,
        Current Item, or Search options.)

        
        Assigning a Subject:
        In the Define Window, or the Auto Window, to assign
        a defined word to a subject, from the subject drop down
        combo box ("subject") type in a new subject, or choose
        a previous subject from the list. Do this before you press
        OK for the definition. The list always resets to "[All]"
        with each new definition - meaning there is no particular
        subject. When a previous definition is brought up, the
        current subject for that definition is displayed. If you
        wish to indicate a word has no particular subject, always
        choose the predefined "[All]" first item in the subject
        combo box.





                                                                    8.

        Displaying your List by Subject:
        In the main window, when you choose a subject from the
        "subject" list at the top right, the "List" list of
        items is screened to include only those items. However,
        as you move from item to item, any item in your list can
        be displayed. The subject OF THE CURRENTLY DISPLAYED ITEM
        is shown at the gray bar above the define display window.
        
        You can quickly remove the filter on the main List (the
        list box on the bottom right of the main screen) by clicking
        on "TO ALL" at the bottom right of the main window. This
        is the same as selecting the first "[All]" item in the
        "subject" list box. This will display your entire list
        now. Anytime your list seems unusually short, click on
        "TO ALL" as you may have forgotten that you have an active
        subject filter.

                

        PAGE DATA

        What are "Pages" in IBID?
        Every defined word in IBID has the word and it's definition.
        In addition a full page (up to 2000 characters) may be
        attached. Thus you can include a letter, recipe, note,
        email, outline, and any manner of data in your definition.
        The PAGE appears in two types of places. In the main
        display, if the PAGE button appears at the middle left.
        This is read only. The other place  Define or Auto
        Windows, where the PAGE data is read/write and may be
        changed. You can copy and paste into and out of these pages.
        Paste, Cut, and Copy to Definition only apply to accessing
        the pages in the Define and Auto Window, as these involve
        changing the data.


        Entering Page Data

        Call up the Define or Auto Window. Select a word to define,
        and click on PAGE. If you are calling a previous definition
        that already has a page, the page will be displayed.
        Otherwise the page is blank. You can Paste text from
        the Windows clipboard into this page (Edit/Paste). Or you
        may type in data. Sometimes you may wish part of the
        page to stand for the main definition (the text in the
        previous Blue or Light Blue window.) To do this, select
        the text from the page, and click on Edit/Copy to Definition.
        Choose Exit, make sure at least one letter is entered into
        the definition box (bottom of the Define or Auto Window)
        then click OK to enter the definition. If you want to 
        delete page data from a definition without deleting the
        definition itself, call up the definition, click on PAGE,
        then EDIT/SELECT ALL, then EDIT/CUT. Then Exit and OK. You
        have deleted the page, but not the definition.










                                                                    9.

        Reading Page Data

        When you display a definition in the Main Window, if
        the definition has page data, the button PAGE will appear
        at the left of the definition display. Click on this
        to view the page. You can select and copy text to the
        Windows clipboard.

        From the Main File Menu (at the top left of the Main
        Window), choose Page Data to see a list of all words in
        your list, regardless of subject, that have pages attached.
        Double click on any item to display it.


        Double Clicking on Pages

        To enable double clicking when an attached Page is
        displayed, click on "Show Keywords." Once this item is
        checked (it will be Green), words will show as
        capitalized in the text. As with the Main Display window,
        you can now double click on these words to display them.
        To define a new word that is in the text, double click on
        that word. Remember, in the PAGE DATA window, you have to
        manually turn on "Show Keywords" to make these options
        active. Double clicking in the smaller Definition Display
        Window in the main screen does not need any special switch.


        CHART: VIEW YOUR DATABASE GRAPHICALLY.
        Because of the way IBID is set up, you have ample
        opportunity to link up one definition to another. In
        the Auto Window you enter in definitions of words garnered
        from other previous definitions. You can double click
        on lowercase words in a displayed definition to display
        these words as well. The Chart option takes advantage
        of this structure. You move quickly through your
        list with the Chart Option.
 
        When a definition is displayed, click on CHART (at the
        top right hand corner of the definition box in the Main
        Window.) The TARGET word starts out as the displayed
        word. Parent and Child words appear above and below.
        A parent word is any word whose definition contains the
        target word. A child word is a known word that is part
        of the target word's own definition.
        
        For example:
        If the target word is FRIEND, two parent words and two 
        child words might appear in the CHART screen.
                PARENTS:          Tom     "tom is my friend"
                                  Bob     "a good friend of mine"
      
                TARGET:           Friend  "a friend is someone
                                           who loving and caring"
 

                CHILD WORDS:      Loving
                                  Caring






                                                                    10.

         You move around the database by moving any Parent or Child word
         to make it the new target word. Do this by putting the mouse arrow
         over any parent or child word, holding down the right mouse button
         and "dragging" the picture of the airplane in the general area of
         the Target Word. Then release the mouse button, and the target word
         will change to blue briefly, then the new target word will display,
         with the new Parent and Child words.

         This explanation may seem complicated, but if experiment with
         "dragging" Parent or Child words into the target area, you should
         get the point. At any time you can go "back", or display the current
         target word in the Main Window. Words that appear with a star (*)
         next to them indicate words that have PAGE DATA with them. This
         option only works when you have interrelated definitions. The actual
         definitions do not display on the CHART screen, although they are
         directly used in determining what the Parent and Child words are.
         As elsewhere, singular and plural words are matched up.

    *    Use the List option to search for words that may not have
         their own definitions. SImply select LIst type in any word you
         wish, then OK. All definitions that contain that word now will be
         listed in the Parent area about the target word.

    *    Also, you can double click on a target word to change it's
         definition (same as clicking on the Edit button.)

         PRINTING:

         Choose Print Setup from the File menu off the main menu. By default,
         each time you run the program, all three of "word" "definition" and
         "page" are checked off. Thus every time an item is printed, all
         three parts of the item (if present) will be printed. To only print
         the words and definitions, but not the pages, select "word",
         "definition", but make sure "page" is not selected. You can have
         a custom heading for your report. To have no headings at all,
         choose "custom heading" but leave the text blank. You may choose
         the number of lines to print on a page with Print Setup. The font
         size will not change however.

         You may choose to print the following groups of
         definitions: (File/Print)

           current item:  the definition currently displayed
                          in the main window
               also see:  all items currently in the Also See
                          List Box.
                  depth:  all items currently in the Depth List
                          Box
            entire list:  All items in the current list
         selected items:  Click on those items in the
                          pop up list box you wish to print
                          and click on OK.

        If you choose selected items, you can use a list of the current
        subject filtered words (click on "current subject")  The Print/List
        feature applies to the list as filtered by the current subject, so
        if you want to print the entire list, click on TO ALL in the Main
        Window before selecting Print/List.






                                                                    11.

        You may also opt to load a queue to be printed all at
        once of the definitions that you display. When a
        definition is displayed you wish to add to your print
        report, select File/Print Queue from the main menu, and
        Click ADD. To clear the list, click CLEAR. When you are
        ready to print your selections, bring up File/Print Queue
        and select Send To Printer.


        EDIT:

        Click on Edit in the Main menu. "Previous shows" the last displayed
        definition (same as left arrow on the Toolbar.) "Current Item" allows
        you to change to the definition of the current item. "Copy" will copy
        both the word and it's definition to the Windows clipboard. "Parent
        to Word" will find one word whose definition contains the current
        display word.


        The TOOL BAR
        (the small pictures from left to right below the main menu)

        The Icon     What it Does                   Like the menu
        Sunset: Brings up the Picture menu  (File/Picture)
        Ink Bottle: Print selected items. (File/Print/Selected)
        Grey Box: Reduces to the "Show Window" (Small/Show)
        Blue with lines: Brings up the Define Window  (Define)
        Balloons: Brings up the Auto Window (Auto)
        Yellow Telescope: Brings up the Find utility
        Left Arrow: display previously displayed definition.

































