WELCOME TO FDP
The Free Document Processor

This program is freeware. You may freely distribute this copy of FDP, the Document Processor, to others. However you should distribute it in the original self-extracting archive.



CONTENTS:

Introduction
Unique Features
System Requirements
Installation and Setup
Learning FDP
Updates, Enhancements, Bug Fixes, and News
Support


INTRODUCTION:

FDP: The Free Document Processor is a stand-alone document processing program made to work with ANSI and Diacritical characters in the Microsoft Windows environment. FDP has the necessary diacritical characters to support Sanskrit transliterated into Roman characters.


UNIQUE FEATURES:

In addition to supporting ANSI and Romanized diacriticals; FDP also has a number of features not found in most software:

» You have the ability to add "Hot Links" to external files and documents at any place in a document. This external linking feature works much like links in an HTML document in a browser, except they are not limited to other similiar documents and images. Almost any type of file that you can double click on in Windows Explorer and have successfully opened, can also be linked to from FDP documents.

» With one click you can create an e-mail message of the current document to be sent using your current e-mail program. All you have to do is add the address(es) and a subject line.

» FDP can save documents to a number of formats including it's own, RTF, UNICODE, and even HTML.

» FDP has the ability, when searching for something in a document, to search for the next of several items. That is, you can look for "this" or "that" or "the other" and the search will find whichever occurs first. You can specify up to nine of these search item. This same feature is also available when doing a Search and Replace operation, though of course all found items will be replaced with the same replacement item.

» The mouse can be used to select text in the normal way. It can also be used to select by double-clicking on the word that you want to highlight. A second double-click will extend the selection to the following word. A third, fourth, and so on double-click will extend the selection to the subsequent third word, fourth word and so on.

» You can use FDP to save a file in a "protected" format so that you can distribute it to others in a read-only form.


SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS:

FDP runs under Win/95, Win/98, Win/ME, Win/NT, Win/2000, Win/XP.
FDP installation requires less than 2 Mb. of disk space.
FDP software will run successfully on any computer that is powerful enough run Win/95.



INSTALLATION AND SETUP:

If you have not already done so, use the setup program that you downloaded from the internet or that is found on the distribution disk to install the FDP software. FDP provides three Diacritical fonts that are sufficent for basic work.



LEARNING FDP:

The only documentation for FDP is the program's help system which contains full details of the program's operation, including complete documentation and maps for using the Tibetan keyboard. You can start the help system from the FDP "Help" menu or by pressing the F1 function key.



UPDATES, ENHANCEMENTS, BUG FIXES, AND NEWS:

See the web site at:
http://home.alamedanet.net/~leighb/fdp

You will find news and updates there.


SUPPORT:

Potala Software is a very small orginazation and it is not possible to provide you with direct support. Your primary resource will thus be the help system. The web site at http://home.alamedanet.net/~leighb/fdp will provide additional resources such as answers to Frequently Asked Questions and newer versions of FDP with enhancments and bug fixes.

We definitely want to know about any bugs (flaws) that you encounter in the program and for this reason have set up an e-mail address so you can report bugs. If you find what you think is a bug in the program please document it as clearly as you can in an e-mail and send it to:
leighb@alamedanet.net

In the subject line of the e-mail you should put the program name: FDP. Then please give a clear description of the problem and a detailed, keystroke by keystroke, account of how the problem is reproduced. Bugs cannot be fixed unless they are reproducable. Bugs and problems that are reported are documented in KnownBug.dcp.

You can use this same e-mail address to request enhancments to FDP. Potala Software will do it's best to provide these enhancments, but patience on your part will be necessary.
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