WinKeySwap Quick-start instructions
Click on a unusual character ( for example: © ) - and click on SET - then press ALT-C - and click OK.
Now change to your wordprocessor and enable the keyboard remapping by
clicking on the green light on the application bar. Press ALT-C,
and you will get an ©.
It's that easy!
... and Windows 95 ??? WinKeySwap works just fine under Windows95!
Now read the complete instructions:
Before running this demo, please install the dtp-keyb.ttf
font via the Windows Control Panel. This font will be used for print-outs
of the key-map. A Type-1 version of this font is included in the full WinKeySwap
version, for high-quality PostScript printing.
The main WinKeySwap window allows the user to select a font from the list of installed fonts in Windows. Every character from the selected font is displayed in a grid that fills the main window. To set a key or key combination for a particular character, you simply click on the character with the left mouse button which will cause the character to be transferred to the preview window in the main WinKeySwap window, and press the SET... button which will open a dialog box which allows you to either select a key, or a combination of Alt. or Control key followed by your choice. To select a combination, press the Alt. or Control key, keep this key pressed and press your required selection.
Click on OK, and from now on this combination will cause Windows to
put your selected character into the active application at the insertion
point. Once you have set a replacement key or combination, the character's
background will turn to blue, and the default uppercase for that character
will show on the small preview window to the right of the selcted character.
You can override the default upper case character by clicking on its
preview (the right preview window) with the left mouse button, hold down
the mouse button and drag it onto the character you wish to use, in the
main WinKeySwap window. Once you have defined the keyboard layout,
you can save it by selecting "Save" or "Save As" from
the file menu, and giving the file a name of your choice. Of course you
can save as many layouts as your hard disk allows.
(In the demo version all saving is disabled.)
The Preferences menu allows you to customise the way WinKeySwap operates.
Start Minimized will run WinKeySwap as an icon. Active on
Start up makes the WinKeySwap keyboard remapping active when it starts.
Auto Load will cause WinKeySwap to load automatically when Windows
is run. The Default Mapping option allows you to define which keyboard
mapping table is loaded by default when WinKeySwap is activated. The Hotkey
option allows you to enable or disable keyboard support from your keyboard.
You can also achieve this operation by simply clicking on the WinKeySwap
control button that will appear on the title bar of the active window,
with the left mouse button, while the right mouse button gives you access
to the Load Character Map dialog box.
Dynamic Data Exchange support has been added to WinKeySwap. Here a WinWord
macro example:
Sub MAIN
Chan = DDEInitiate("KeySwap", "System")
ExecuteString$ = "Activate(0)"
DDEExecute Chan, ExecuteString$
End Sub
This macro will turn WinKeySwap Off - "Activate(0)"
To turn WinKeySwap On, The ExecuteString$ should equal "Activate(1)"
Sub Main
Chan = DDEInitiate("KeySwap",
"System")
ExecuteString$ = "LoadTable(test.NRB
)"
DDEExecute Chan, ExecuteString$
End Sub
This macro will load mapping table "test.nrb"
Note the above macros will not check if WinKeySwap is
active or not. The newmacro.doc file lists macros to test if applications
are running or not.
... right to left text entry
WinKeySwap allows limited right to left typing in Windows
programmes. This is accessible by clicking on the Reverse option which
will light up.
Only characters that have been mapped to keystrokes will
print in right to left. When using the space key, you must follow every
press with a left arrow. This has to be done as the space is used for both
right to left and left to right input. If you are only using right to left
input, then you can select the space character (the first character in
the grid) and assign it to the space key.
WinKeySwap does not supply context sensitive logic such
as Arabic or Hebrew logic. However, using hotkeys, you can define different
hotkey combinations for initial/medial/final character input. There is
no line wrap as the actual application is responsible for this and not
WinKeySwap. Therefore you should set alignment to right justify and insert
returns at the end of line.
We are working on a version that will enable WinKeySwap
to add context sensitive textual analysis and auto line wrap.
Finally
The enclosed demonstration programmes can simply be removed
by deleting the appropriate directory, and the NRB Demo Programmes group
from ProgramManager.
None of your standard Windows files will be affected.
Legal Stuff
The programs are supplied as is. NRB Systems will not
accept responsibility for any damage caused by proper or improper use of
this software. The programmes have been extensively tested across a range
of computers running Microsoft Windows with no problems whatsoever. You
are not allowed to modify, reverse engineer, or use any of these programmes
except for the purposes of demonstration.
Ordering WinKeySwap:
WinKeySwap costs 75 New Zealand Dollars. (~49US$)
Order directly from New Zealand. You need to send payment with your
order.
VISA/MC details (card#, name and exp. date)
Via Email? Please email us first and receive instructions before
you transmit your Credit-Card details through the internet Many people
have happily managed, but we will advise some simple precautions. Or snail-mail
...
a normal "account-only" cheque.
Cheques must be made out to DTP-Software and must be in your local (the
bank's) currency.
Use an apropriate exchange rate (a dollar more or less will not matter)
Shipment is done by air-mail. There is no charge for p&p.
send your letter to this address:
Norbert HALEY (in
clear capital letters, please)
Poste Restante (this address
will be redirected and is valid for ever)
P.O. Wellesley St.
Auckland
New Zealand
please email if possible: click here
please email if possible: click here
please email if possible: click here
---------------------------------------------------------------
Thats all for WinKeySwap. But let us tell you about another
great programme (and font products) from DTP Software:
Type-Designer
for latest information, refer
to http://www.geocities.com/the_astronomical_pocket_diary/dtp.htm
or send an email, fax or letter.
Introduction:
With Type-Designer you can create and modify your own high-quality Adobe
Type 1 and TrueType fonts.
Type-Designer was developed for people who want to
Features
Reviews
The following reviews from international editors show the extra class
of Type-Designer:
"Type-Designer is the only program available on the PC that correctly converts Type 1 fonts into TrueType. All other programs distort the original letterforms and lose the original hints, but TrueType fonts generated by Type-Designer are virtually indistinguishable from the original Type 1 designs - even at small sizes and low resolutions. The program is a major achievement. Everyone who is seriously interested in fonts will want it."
- Edward Mendelson, Contributing Editor, PC Magazine
»Der Type-Designer braucht einen Vergleich
mit seinen doppelt bis dreimal so teuren Konkurrenten wie FontLab und oder
Fontographer keineswegs zu scheuen. Mit der 3.0-Version hat die Software
erheblich an Funktionalität zugelegt und eignet sich bestens dafür,
Schriften zu modifizieren, zu ergänzen, zu optimieren oder zu konvertieren.
Den positiven Eindruck des neuen Releases rundet ein stark überarbeitetes
und erweitertes Handbuch ab, das eine Vielzahl von nützlichen Hintergrundinformationen
über Fonts enthält.«
(Free translation: "Type-Designer needn´t fear a comparsion with its two to three times more expensive competiors FontLab and Fontographer. With Version 3.0 the software increased its functionality considerable and is best suited for modifying, completing, optimizing or converting fonts. The positive impression of the new release is completed by a fully overworked and enhanced manual, giving a lot of helpful background information about fonts.")
- Kasper Brand, Page
»Autokerning, Autohinting mit einstellbaren
Parametern, Kerningeditor, globales Strecken, Kursivieren, Verschieben
oder Spiegeln von Zeichen oder die Möglichkeit, Bitmap-Grafiken in
den Hintergrund zum optimalen Nachzeichnen zu stellen, zeigen rasch, das
hier ein Programm vorliegt, das in seinem Einsatzspektrum auf der Stufe
aller hochentwickelter Font-Editoren steht.«
(Free translation: "Auto kerning, auto hinting with optional parameters, a kerning editor, globale stretching, italicisation, moving or morroring of characters and the possibility to use bitmap graphics in the background for optimal drawing, quickly shows that it is a program, which is on the same level as all the other high-developed font editors."
- Alfred Görgens, Layout
System Requirements
You will need a 80386 compatible computer, Windows 3.1 and a mouse.
Recommended is:
a 80486 computer with Windows 3.11 in enhanced mode for 386 PCs,
a monitor graphic adapter combination with at least 800 * 600 pixel.
It runs fine under Windows 95!
Limitation of demo version
The only limitation of the demo version is, that it is
not possible to save or export a font.
Copyright
All included programmes or fonts are protected by copyright.
Since this is a demo version, you are allowed to give
a copy to any other person, provided all files are included unchanged.
For errors of any kind in this software and any damage arising thereof
we can not be made liable. We accept trademarks and registered trademarks
of any vendor named in the programme, the interactive help and other material.
-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------
The ex New Zealand price for Type-Designer Version 3 is 229 NZD
(~ 149US$).
An older version, TypeDesigner V.2.62, is also available for
149NZD (~99US$). TD2.6 can open only two fonts simultaneously. It has no
auto-hinting function, but offers the same precision and quality as Version
3.
WinKeySwap costs 75 New Zealand Dollars. (~49US$)
DTP´s Weltsprachen multilingual TrueType Fonts: 75 NZD (~49US$)
contains 1st class Truetype fonts Eastern European, Turkish, Cyrillic
and Greek (all in Times, Swiss and Currier), plus Arabic (!), Astrology, Alchemy,
American Indian, SKPi (Symbols), Brush, Copper, CommScript, CircleNumber,
ArrowNumber, Sanseebar fonts. Included is WinKeySwapLight (no printing
of keymaps!)
Ordering:
Order directly from New Zealand. You need to send payment with your
order.
VISA/MC details (card#, name and exp. date)
If you want to use email, please send an email and receive instructions before you email your Credit-Card details (for your safety). Or snail-mail ...
a normal "account-only" cheque.
Cheques must be made out to DTP-Software and must be in your local (the bank's) currency.
Use an apropriate exchange rate (a dollar more or less will not matter)
Shipment is done by air-mail. There is no charge for p&p.
send your letter to this address:
Norbert HALEY (in clear capital
letters, please)
Poste Restante (this address will be redirected
and is valid for ever)
P.O. Wellesley St.
Auckland
New Zealand
please email if possible:
click here
DTP-Software has solutions for font problems. We produced many fonts for private and corporate, for many systems and for many languages. Ask us, we most likely can help with inexpensive solutions.