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               * Important additions and changes  * 
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Welcome to Tornado Notes.  The information below is important.  Please
print this file on your printer.  At the DOS prompt type:

                        COPY  READ.ME  PRN:

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                  *  In a rush? ... Read this:  *
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* Ignore pages 13-15 of the manual.  Instead, type GO at the DOS prompt.
* If you get a delay when typing in Tornado Notes, see bottom of page 106.
* Review the precautions on pages 116-119 of the manual.
* See below if you have a color display.
* After taking the "INTRO" tutorial return to the "NOTE" pile 
  (type: D L N or D L Y N) before beginning to enter notes or set colors.
* On a hard disk with subdirectories, do not install tn in the root dir.
* If you are updating from a previous version see below first
* If you ever have any difficulties first refer to page 103 of the manual.

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                  *  Miscellaneous information  *
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Simplified path setting
=======================
On page 26 you can cross out the two lines that begin:  Alt-J  D  P 
This operation is now done for you automatically.

Reminder stickers not supplied
==============================
Previous versions of Tornado Notes included a sticker to be placed
near your power switch as a reminder to save your notes.  These
are no longer supplied.  A message will remind you to save your notes
when exiting the program.  It is still important to make sure your
notes are saved before rebooting or powering down.

Keep your note files in one place
=================================
When you load Tornado Notes by typing TN at the DOS prompt you must
be logged to the drive (or subdirectory) where the file NOTE.TN is
located.  (Setting a DOS path does not circumvent this requirement.)
Tornado Notes will remember the drive (and subdirectory) for subsequent
disk operations.  Normally TN.EXE will be on the same drive as NOTE.TN -
but if, for example, TN.EXE is on A: and NOTE.TN is on B:, log onto B:
and type A:TN.  If you use subdirectories you must not install tn in
the root directory.

Adjusting the color
===================
Even on a color display, your notes will start out black & white.
If you use a color display you will want to define the colors used.
Since each "pile" of notes can have its own color definition and the
"NOTE" pile will be your initial personal notes, you should load that
pile before adjusting the colors.  Also, before adjusting colors, 
you must enter three small notes at the top of the pile.

Preparing a new note file
=========================
The use of a special file for keeping names of piles of notes is
described on page 88.  The special file name is   TN-FILES   with 
no extension.  This option is now the recommended method of managing
multiple piles of notes.  Therefore, replace the steps at the 6th
thru 10th asterisks on page 87 with:
* Use an editor (or the Tornado Notes import/export commands) to 
  add the word PERSONAL to the file TN-FILES.
* Press   Alt-J   D   L   P
Note: Pile names can be up to 8 letters.

Color "Snow"
============
An adjustment in the manual is described for reducing the amount of
snow on some color displays.  The reduction in snow will be most
noticeable while you are typing into a window in edit mode.  To
eliminate all snow you will need a color display board that does
not generate snow.

Using the PUT command
=====================
If lines are running together in your wordprocessor during the PUT
command try setting adjustment 73 to 7181 and using O P P.

Need more memory?
=================
If you have already expanded to 640K and want more standard memory,
there are some boards available that squeeze an extra 64K into DOS
space and also add 192K for spoolers and RAM drives.  One board is the
256K HiCard from RYBS Electronics (303) 449-9256.  Another option is
to use a program like Software Carousel from SoftLogic Solutions
which swaps multiple programs in and out of Expanded Memory (or disk).
(603) 644-5555.

In case of power failure
========================
If you ever have a power failure or a reset during a Disk Save of your
notes, you will find a special file HOLD$.TN which will have your notes
as of the prior save.  At the DOS prompt you will want to rename this
file to the note file name (eg: REN  HOLD$.TN  NOTE.TN).

New WALK command
================
A new command provides a simple demonstration of Tornado Notes.  
It allows you to "walk" through your notes automatically.  It can
also be used as a dynamic reminder system if the step delay is
set to a larger value.  To start the demo press O W.  To stop it
press the <Esc> key.  To slow the demo down increase direct 
adjustment 75 (that is, increase the number 2 below).  

               O A D 75 <Return> 2 <Return> Y

New set of files
================
The distribution disk now also contains the following files:

GO.BAT     Batch file for installation
INTRO.TN   Note-based tutorial
FACTS.TN   Reference notes
TN-FILES   A list of active note pile names
BAK.EXE    A duplicate of TN.EXE (was TN.BAK)
A.COM      See below  

The files ORIGINAL.TN and RARE.TN are no longer needed.

New command 
===========
Type O L to move a note one position lower in the pile.

Batch file for LANs
===================
The LAN batch file example on page 120 has been improved:
   DEL D:\TN-TOM\READ.TN
   REN D:\TN-TOM\MAIL.TN D:\TN-TOM\READ.TN
   COPY D:\TN-TOM\CREATE.TN D:\TN-TOM\MAIL.TN 

Portables
=========
Tornado Notes is well suited to use on compatible portable 
computers.  For displays that have limited contrast control such as
LCD screens you may want to set the "current" note for reverse video 
to make it stand out.  To do this Disk-Load the "Note" pile and enter:

                  O A C A M M A M M <Esc> D S

Missing cursor
==============
If you do not get a cursor in Tornado Notes after hot-keying from
certain applications (MS Word, some EGA text applications) set 
Direct Adjustment 68 to 3.  This will create a full block cursor
that will always be visible.

Attention getting display
=========================
To setup an attention getting display of Tornado Notes:
* Make working copy of distribution disk
* Put work disk in drive A
* At the DOS prompt type these commands:
  A:
  COPY INTRO.TN NOTE.TN   (do NOT do this on the distribution disk)
  TN N
* Follow pages 74-75 on setting colors.
* From the MAIN menu type:  O  W  (to stop demo press <Esc>)
* Mark the disk "DEMO SETUP"
* To start demo next time just type TN N and then O W

Warning to save on exit
=======================
Tornado Notes will give you the option to save your notes before
hot-keying out of the program.  If you choose the "Don't ask me
anymore" option the warning will stop.  To turn the warning back
on do this:  O A D 33 <Return> 1 <Return> Y D S

Installing an update
====================
When replacing an old version of Tornado Notes with a new one, be
sure not to copy new files onto old ones that have data in them.
For example, don't copy the new NOTE.TN file onto your old NOTE.TN
file.  You can use old .TN files with a new TN.EXE unless otherwise
specified.

Do not save empty file
======================
Tornado Notes will not load with an empty NOTE.TN file.  Keep at
least one note in it.

Multi-level hot-keying
======================
The special program A.COM is used to increase compatibility under
some special circumstances.  Although Tornado Notes will coexist
with most other resident packages, in some cases you may be
restricted as to when you can "multi-level" hot-key.  If you run
A.COM from the dos prompt (type "A" and press return) you may
have more flexibility with other resident programs.  For example,
Tornado Notes runs fine with Sidekick but you can't go from DOS
to Tornado Notes to Sidekick.  However you CAN run A.COM, hot-key
into Tornado Notes, and then jump into Sidekick.

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                      *  Compatibility  *
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Tornado Notes works with most software packages.  If you find any 
incompatibilities with any software or hardware, try to trace it
by starting with just Tornado Notes in your system and then load 
other software one at a time until you isolate the incompatibility. 
Instead of listing all the packages that ARE compatible, we list below
only those for which we are aware of incompatibilities and those that 
have been used successfully with Tornado Notes with certain provisions:

ARC Dos - run A.COM before hot-keying from DOS prompt
Displaywrite - remove "KQE" from batch file or put it before TN
Erma - use Sidekick as stepping stone
Leading Edge Wordprocessor (newer version) - Use Ctrl-Esc Alt-J
  to get to TN and Ctrl-Esc again on return to LEWP
LeScript - press <Back Space> after coming back from TN.
Microsoft Word 3 - don't go into TN as the very first keystroke.
  Set adjustment 68 to 3  (O A D 68 <Return> 3 <Return> Y D S C).
  For Hercules, use Alt-J V H Y on entry and Alt-J V T Y after exit.
  For 3.1 use /K option to disable enhanced kbd driver.
Multi-link - load TN first.
Professional Financial Planner - use non-conflicting TN hot key
Prokey - Load TN before you run PKLOAD and use PKLOAD/T0.
Samna - press both shift keys and then Alt-J
Software Carousel - in partition the TN Non-resident mode is best.
  For resident mode, exit TN and press <Esc> before partition switch.
Wordperfect Library - to run as shell prog use:  TN N PC:\TN\
XYWRITE - use XYKBD supplied by Xyquest before TN and modify ibm.kbd
  by removing info after "=" at "char 36 = ..." (for Alt-J hot-key).

Tornado Notes does not work with the following programs which
generally have compatibility problems with resident software.
This list covers only those that we are aware of.  

Homebase
Spotlight
Smartcom
Smart Notes prior to 1.4
Y Term

Please call technical support if you find any new incompatibilities.
We may already have a solution for you.  Call (201) 342-6518.  Also
please let us know if you find a way to use a product that is listed
as incompatible.

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