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The WORD program can be used to increase yo }ur vocabularly and, as an interesting by-product, your speed-reading ability as well. The UPDATE program allows }you to change any of the dictionaries supplied with WORD BUILDER as well as create entirely new dictionaries. } System Requirements: -------------------- Atari 400, 800, 800XL, or 1200XL computer with 48K memory, At }ari-compatible disk drive, ATARI BASIC (or OSS's BASIC XL). Printer (Optional). } WORD ==== GETTING STARTED. ---------------- T }urn on the disk drive and your TV or monitor. Place the Word Builder disk in the disk drive. If you have a 400, 800, }or 1200XL, put the Atari BASIC cartridge in the computer. BASIC is already built into the 800XL. Turn on the com }puter. The program will load automatically. THE TITLE SCREEN. ----------------- WORD BU }ILDER starts by building a title screen filled with words as it plays a little song. (If you want to skip the title, } you can push the START key to interrupt the title and move on to the next step.) The title screen ends with the q }uestion INSTRUCTIONS? If you want instructions, enter "Y", otherwise enter "N". CHOOSING A DICTIONA }RY. ---------------------- The program checks your diskette to determine which dictionaries are avail }able. You can have up to nine dictionaries (numbered 1 through 9) on a diskette. Your WORD BUILDER disk comes c }omplete with all nine dictionaries. Dictionaries 2 through 8 are filled with words introduced in the corresponding } school grade levels. Dictionary 1 is actually a music trivia game that presents you with questions on song titles. } Dictionary 9 is filled with short four-letter words. Page 2 Word Bui }lder WORD Program You can select your dictionary in either of two ways. } Use the joystick to highlight the dictionary of your choice and then press the fire button. Alternatively, you } can press the appropriate number key on the keyboard and then press the SPACE bar to indicate your selection. T }he dictionary you selected will be transferred from the diskette int/ your computer's memory. SELECTING A }GAME. ----------------- There are two basic game variants: GAME 1 -- You are presented with on }e definition and five different words, one of which will match the given definition. GAME 2 -- You are pres }ented with one word and five different definitions one of which will match the given word. Use the SELECT k }ey (or the keyboard) to choose between GAME 1 or GAME 2. As you can see in the menu offered, you can also choose } to pick a new dictionary or to exit the WORD program. When you have highlighted the selection of your choice, press th }e START key (or the FIRE BUTTON) and the game will begin. NOTE: When you are playing the game, if you pres }s the START key, the current game will begin again. If you press the SELECT key, the selection menu is presented }and you can choose a new game or new dictionary. Object of the Game. The object of the game is to try and } reach the "EXPERT" level on any particular dictionary. You have a fixed amount of time (which may vary in differe }nt dictionaries) to match as many word/definition pairs as you can. With each correct match, your point score in }creases and a new problem is presented. SELECTING YOUR ANSWER. ---------------------- Yo }ur cursor is initially positioned on the first of the five possible answers. You can use the joystick to move the curs }or up or down among the various choices. When you think you have the cursor on the right answer, press the FIRE }BUTTON. If you are right, your score will be incremented and a new problem presented. If you are wrong, the cho }sen word will disappear and you then can choose among the remaining four possible answers. If your second choice }is also wrong, that word disappears and you now choose between the last three answers. This continues until you }either answer the question correctly or a single choice remains. You can also play the game by using the ke }yboard rather than a joystick. If you are using the keyboard, press the number }Page 3 Word Builder WORD Program corresponding to the answer you }select. You need not press the RETURN key. Pressing anything besides the numbers 1-5 has no effect. } SCORING. -------- You receive 100 points for a correct answer on the first try. If your first answ }er is wrong, but your next guess is correct, you receive 50 points. The third guess is worth 25 points and the f }ourth guess only 15 points. No points are scored if you do not get the correct answer in the first four tries. Y }ou can take as long as you want to make your selection; no points are deducted, but you are using up your time. To rea }ch "EXPERT" level requires getting 50 or more words correct on the first try in a one minute time limit. } TIMING. ------- The amount of time used up and the amount of time remaining are displayed by an }advancing white dots at the bottom of the screen. The timer only works while you are trying to select the right }answer. The timer is turned off while your score is being incremented and a new word is being chosen. WOR }D SELECTION. --------------- The program chooses five word/definition pairs randomly each time a prob }lem is displayed. The correct word can be any of the five possible choices. However, the program will select words } that you do not know over ones that you have already answered correctly. Therefore, after you have played the game } for awhile, the words you are having trouble with will appear more frequently than those you were able to answer } correctly on the first try. This "experience" factor will continue to build as you work with the same dictionary } (switching between GAMES 1 and 2 has no effect). However if you load a new dictionary, all words once more star }t out equal. SCREEN COLORS. -------------- You can control the color of the screen and brightn }ess of the letters. When ia problem is presented, if you push the "C" key, the screen color changes. If you pus }h the "B" key, the brightness (or luminance) of the screen color changes. If you press the "L" key, the luminanc }e of the letters changes. Thus you could have white letters on a dark background or dark letters on a light back }ground. Page 4 Word Builder WORD }Program SOUND. ------ You can also control the sound effects in WORD BUILDER. If you } press the "S" key, you toggle sound effects ON/OFF. The sound toggle does not affect the song played when the result } screen is displayed. UPDATE } ====== DICTIONARY MAINTENANCE. ----------------------- The UPDATE program supplied with WORD } BUILDER allows you to maintain your dictionaries. That is, you can change any of the word- definition pairs, yo }u can delete words, or add new words (up to a maximum of 100 per dictionary). You can also use this program to c }reate entirely new dictionaries. LOADING UPDATE. --------------- When you are asked to select }a dictionary or when you see the Select menu that allows you to choose the different game variations, you can loa }d the UPDATE program. This choice is not listed among the possible choices. I assume that the person maintainin }g the dictionaries may not want the individuals playing the game to have easy access to the dictionaries themselves. T }o load the UPDATE program, press first the OPTION key and while holding that key down, press the SELECT key and t }hen the START key. When all three keys are depressed simultaneously, the UPDATE program will load. }SELECTING A DICTIONARY. ----------------------- You will once again be given a choice of the available } dictionaries. You can choose any of these dictionaries by simply pressing the corresponding dictionary number on the } keyboard. If a dictionary has no words, its title will be automatically represented as "". }THE UPDATE DISPLAY. ------------------- Once a dictionary is chosen, all of the words and definitions } in that dictionary are loaded into memory. Your display screen will show you the last word and definition pair. } Note that the display also shows at the top of the screen the Page 5 Word }Builder UPDATE Program dictionary number, the name of the dictionary, the time !} (in seconds) allowed, and the total number of words in the dictionary. The number of the worddefinition display "}ed is shown toward the bottom of the screen. UPDATE COMMANDS. ---------------- The last #}four lines are a constant reminder of the commands available to you. Commands consist of a single letter or keys $}troke (sometimes in conjunction with the CONTROL key). Some commands allow you to step through the dictionary, o %}thers are used to add, delete, or change data in the dictionary and still others allow you to move all the inform &}ation in the dictionary back to the diskette or to a printer. STEPPING THROUGH THE DICTIONARY. ----- '}--------------------------- To go to the first word in the dictionary,simply ype the letter "F" (for First) (}. Similarly, to go to the last word, type the letter "L" (for Last). The left and right arrow keys can be used )}to move you backward and forward n the dictionary one word at a time. (Pressing CONTROL + an arrow key will move you 1 *}0 words at a time. Pressing the RETURN key all by itself is equivalent to pressing the right arrow and will move +} you forward one word. CHANGING WORDS. --------------- To change any word/definition pai ,}r, first find the word you want to change. When it is displayed, enter "C" (for Change). The cursor will immedia -}tely be positioned in the little box displaying the word. Make whatever changes you want. When you are done, pr .}ess RETURN and the cursor will jump down to the definition box. Again, make whatever changes you want and, when /}finished, press RETURN. Your changes are recorded in the computer -- but not on the diskette. To make any changes 0} permanent, you will have to use the "W" command (for Write) to move a copy of your dictionary back to the diskette. 1} ADDING NEW WORDS. ----------------- To add a new word to the dictionry, enter "A" (for Add). 2} Your cursor will be moved to the word box. Enter your word and its definition. Note that words and definitions a 3}re limited to 36 characters. Some words may be too difficult to define in only 36 characters and you will have t 4}o omit these words. However, most of the words introduced in the elementary school levels can be defined with sh 5}ort phrases. Page 6 Word Builder UPDA 6}TE Program DELETING A WORD. ---------------- To delete a word from the dictionary, enter "D 7}" (for Delete). You will be asked to confirm that you really want to delete this word. CHANGING YOU 8}R MIND. ------------------- At any time when you are changing a word/def or adding a new word/def, if 9} you decide that you just want to quit and forget this word, press the ESC key. You will be immediately placed b :}ack in the command mode. No permanent changes will have been made to the dictionary in your computer memory. ;} SORTING THE DICTIONARY. ----------------------- New words added to the dictionary are automatically pla <}ced at the end of the dictionary. Although there is no inherent reason why your dictionary need be in alphabetic =}al order, you may find it useful to keep your word list sorted alphabetically. This could make it easier when sea >}rching through the dictionary to find one or more words. To sort your list, enter "S" (for Sort). To sort a com ?}plete 100 word dictionary only takes a few seconds. CHANGING SCREEN COLOR. ---------------------- @} You can adjust screen colors in UPDATE just as you did in WORD. However, since UPDATE uses one-letter comman A}ds, you will have to hold down the CONTROL key while pressing the letter "C" to change screen color. Similarly C B}ONTROL+B to change screen brightness and CONTROL+L to change letter brightness. SOUND. ------ C} Pressing CONTROL+S toggles sound effects ON/OFF. NAMING YOUR DICTIONARY. ----------------------- D} The "N" command allows you to provide a unique name for any of the nine dictionaries. Press "N" and you will E}be prompted to enter a Name. Dictionary names may be up to 23 characters long. Note that the name is not permane F}ntly recorded on the disk until you write your dictionary back to disk (see below). G} Page 7 Word Builder UPDATE Program SETTING THE TIME LI H}MIT. ----------------------- You can specify any desired time limit (from 40 to 240 seconds) for the I}dictionary you are working on. Enter "T" and then enter the number of seconds you want for the time limit. The ti J}me limit will not be permanently recorded until you write the dictionary back to disk. WRITING YOUR DICTIO K}NARY TO DISK. -------------------------------- Remember that no changes you make will be recorded on your L} diskette until you use the "W" option to Write the dictionary back to your diskette. PRINTING YOUR DI M}CTIONARY. ------------------------- If you have a printer, you can get a hard copy of the words and d N}efinitions in your dictionary by using the "P" option (for Print). Be sure your printer and any required interfaces ar O}e turned on. The program assumes a page length of 66 lines. It will automatically skip over perforations at the P} end of each page. Position your paper where you want printing to start, not at the top of the page. Q} DELETING A DICTIONARY. ---------------------- You can delete every word in the current dictionary by R} pressing CONTROL plus the "D" key. You will be asked to confirm that you want to delete all words. If you respond Y S}ES, the words are deleted and the name is set to "". Note that no permanent deletion is made unless you t T}hen choose to write this dictionary back to disk. QUITTING THE UPDATE PROCESS. --------------------- U}------- When you are done updating, you can quit by entering the "Q" command. You will once more be remind V}ed of the necessity of permanently recording any changes on the disk and given an option to write the current dic W}tionary back to disk if you choose. You will then be asked whether you want to update another dictionary. If so, X} the whole process starts again from the point where you choose your dictionary. If not, you are asked whether or not Y}you would like to run Word Builder again. If you do, that program is loaded. If not, you are simply returned to Z} BASIC. Page 8 Word Builder UPDATE [} Program PROGRAM PROTECTION. ------------------- This program is not copy protected. You s \}hould, as one of your first steps, make a copy of your original WORD BUILDER diskette. If you use DOS to examine ]} the contents of the diskette, you will find the WORD and UPDATE programs. These are both BASIC programs and can ^} be printed out and examined. The dictionaries are named "WORDx.DAT" where x varies from 1 to 9. The file "NAMES _}.DAT" contains the names and time limits used for each dictionary. The file AUTORUN.SYS is used to automatically `} load the WORD program when you boot up your diskette. Do not delete this file. OTHER USES. ------- a}---- Note that you do not have to use this combination of programs only for vocabularly building. 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The UPDATE program} allows you to change any of the dictionaries supplied with WORD BUILDER as well as create entirely new dictionaries.5Syst}em Requirements:--------------------Atari 400, 800, 800XL, or 1200XL computer with 48K memory, Atari-compatible disk d}rive, ATARI BASIC (or OSS's BASIC XL). Printer (Optional).8WORD====GETTING STARTED.----------------Turn on the d}isk drive and your TV or monitor. Place the Word Builder disk in the disk drive. If you have a 400, 800, or 1200XL, put the} Atari BASIC cartridge in the computer. BASIC is already built into the 800XL. Turn on the computer. The program will load }automatically.5THE TITLE SCREEN.-----------------WORD BUILDER starts by building a title screen filled with words as it} plays a little song. (If you want to skip the title, you can push the START key to interrupt the title and move on to the n}ext step.) The title screen ends with the question INSTRUCTIONS? If you want instructions, enter "Y", otherwise enter "N".}5CHOOSING A DICTIONARY.----------------------The program checks your diskette to determine which dictionaries are availa}ble. You can have up to nine dictionaries (numbered 1 through 9) on a diskette. Your WORD BUILDER disk comes complete with }all nine dictionaries. Dictionaries 2 through 8 are filled with words introduced in the corresponding school grade levels. }Dictionary 1 is actually a music trivia game that presents you with questions on song titles. Dictionary 9 is filled with sh}ort four-letter words.You can select your dictionary in either of two ways. Use the joystick to highlight the dictionary o}f your choice and then press the fire button. Alternatively, you can press the appropriate number key on the keyboard and th}en press the SPACE bar to indicate your selection. The dictionary you selected will be transferred from the diskette int/ yo}ur computer's memory.5SELECTING A GAME.-----------------There are two basic game variants:GAME 1 -- You are presented} with one definition and five different words, one of which will match the given definition.GAME 2 -- You are presented wit}h one word and five different definitions one of which will match the given word.Use the SELECT key (or the keyboard) to ch}oose between GAME 1 or GAME 2. As you can see in the menu offered, you can also choose to pick a new dictionary or to exit t}he WORD program. When you have highlighted the selection of your choice, press the START key (or the FIRE BUTTON) and the ga}me will begin.NOTE: When you are playing the game, if you press the START key, the current game will begin again. If you p}ress the SELECT key, the selection menu is presented and you can choose a new game or new dictionary.Object of the Game. Th}e object of the game is to try and reach the "EXPERT" level on any particular dictionary. You have a fixed amount of time (w}hich may vary in different dictionaries) to match as many word/definition pairs as you can. With each correct match, your po}int score increases and a new problem is presented.5SELECTING YOUR ANSWER.----------------------Your cursor is initiall}y positioned on the first of the five possible answers. You can use the joystick to move the cursor up or down among the var}ious choices. When you think you have the cursor on the right answer, press the FIRE BUTTON. If you are right, your score w}ill be incremented and a new problem presented. If you are wrong, the chosen word will disappear and you then can choose amo}ng the remaining four possible answers. If your second choice is also wrong, that word disappears and you now choose between} the last three answers. This continues until you either answer the question correctly or a single choice remains.You can }also play the game by using the keyboard rather than a joystick. If you are using the keyboard, press the number correspondi}ng to the answer you select. You need not press the RETURN key. Pressing anything besides the numbers 1-5 has no effect.5}SCORING.--------You receive 100 points for a correct answer on the first try. If your first answer is wrong, but your ne}xt guess is correct, you receive 50 points. The third guess is worth 25 points and the fourth guess only 15 points. No poin}ts are scored if you do not get the correct answer in the first four tries. You can take as long as you want to make your se}lection; no points are deducted, but you are using up your time. To reach "EXPERT" level requires getting 50 or more words c}orrect on the first try in a one minute time limit.5TIMING.-------The amount of time used up and the amount of time rem}aining are displayed by an advancing white dots at the bottom of the screen. The timer only works while you are trying to se}lect the right answer. The timer is turned off while your score is being incremented and a new word is being chosen.5WORD} SELECTION.---------------The program chooses five word/definition pairs randomly each time a problem is displayed. The c}orrect word can be any of the five possible choices. However, the program will select words that you do not know over ones t}hat you have already answered correctly. Therefore, after you have played the game for awhile, the words you are having trou}ble with will appear more frequently than those you were able to answer correctly on the first try. This "experience" factor }will continue to build as you work with the same dictionary (switching between GAMES 1 and 2 has no effect). However if you }load a new dictionary, all words once more start out equal.5SCREEN COLORS.--------------You can control the color of th}e screen and brightness of the letters. When ia problem is presented, if you push the "C" key, the screen color changes. If} you push the "B" key, the brightness (or luminance) of the screen color changes. If you press the "L" key, the luminance of} the letters changes. Thus you could have white letters on a dark background or dark letters on a light background.5SOUND}.------You can also control the sound effects in WORD BUILDER. If you press the "S" key, you toggle sound effects ON/OFF.} The sound toggle does not affect the song played when the result screen is displayed.h3,1Word BuilderUPDATE Programid}2:word.bnd toggle does not affect the song played when the result screen is displayed.h3,1Word BuilderUPDATE Programid 7UPDATE======DICTIONARY MAINTENANCE.-----------------------The UPDATE program supplied with WORD BUILDER allows yo}u to maintain your dictionaries. That is, you can change any of the word- definition pairs, you can delete words, or add new} words (up to a maximum of 100 per dictionary). You can also use this program to create entirely new dictionaries.5LOADIN}G UPDATE.---------------When you are asked to select a dictionary or when you see the Select menu that allows you to choos}e the different game variations, you can load the UPDATE program. This choice is not listed among the possible choices. I a}ssume that the person maintaining the dictionaries may not want the individuals playing the game to have easy access to the d}ictionaries themselves. To load the UPDATE program, press first the OPTION key and while holding that key down, press the SE}LECT key and then the START key. When all three keys are depressed simultaneously, the UPDATE program will load.5SELECTIN}G A DICTIONARY.-----------------------You will once again be given a choice of the available dictionaries. You can choose} any of these dictionaries by simply pressing the corresponding dictionary number on the keyboard. If a dictionary has no wo}rds, its title will be automatically represented as "". 5THE UPDATE DISPLAY.-------------------Once a dictionar}y is chosen, all of the words and definitions in that dictionary are loaded into memory. Your display screen will show you t}he last word and definition pair. Note that the display also shows at the top of the screen the dictionary number, the name }of the dictionary, the time (in seconds) allowed, and the total number of words in the dictionary. The number of the worddef}inition displayed is shown toward the bottom of the screen.5UPDATE COMMANDS.----------------The last four lines are a c}onstant reminder of the commands available to you. Commands consist of a single letter or keystroke (sometimes in conjunctio}n with the CONTROL key). Some commands allow you to step throughthe dictionary, others are used to add, delete, or change d}ata in the dictionary and still others allow you to move all the information in the dictionary back to the diskette or to a p}rinter.5STEPPING THROUGH THE DICTIONARY.--------------------------------To go to the first word in the dictionary,simpl}y ype the letter "F" (for First). Similarly, to go to the last word, type the letter "L" (for Last). The left and right arr}ow keys can be used to move you backward and forward n the dictionary one word at a time. (Pressing CONTROL + an arrow key w}ill move you 10 words at a time. Pressing the RETURN key all by itself is equivalent to pressing the right arrow and will mo}ve you forward one word.5CHANGING WORDS.---------------To change any word/definition pair, first find the word you want} to change. When it is displayed, enter "C" (for Change). The cursor will immediately be positioned in the little box displ}aying the word. Make whatever changes you want. When you are done, press RETURN and the cursor will jump down to the defini}tion box. Again, make whatever changes you want and, when finished, press RETURN. Your changes are recorded in the computer} -- but not on the diskette. To make any changes permanent, you will have to use the "W" command (for Write) to move a copy }of your dictionary back to the diskette.5ADDING NEW WORDS.-----------------To add a new word to the dictionry, enter "A}" (for Add). Your cursor will be moved to the word box. Enter your word and its definition. Note that words and definition}s are limited to 36 characters. Some words may be too difficult to define in only 36 characters and you will have to omit th}ese words. However, most of the words introduced in the elementary school levels can be defined with short phrases.5DELET}ING A WORD.----------------To delete a word from the dictionary, enter "D" (for Delete). You will be asked to confirm tha}t you really want to delete this word.5CHANGING YOUR MIND.-------------------At any time when you are changing a word/d}ef or adding a new word/def, if you decide that you just want to quit and forget this word, press the ESC key. You will be i}mmediately placed back in the command mode. No permanent changes will have been made to the dictionary in your computer memo}ry.5SORTING THE DICTIONARY.-----------------------New words added to the dictionary are automatically placed at the end} of the dictionary. Although there is no inherent reason why your dictionary need be in alphabetical order, you may find it }useful to keep your word list sorted alphabetically. This could make it easier when searching through the dictionary to find} one or more words. To sort your list, enter "S" (for Sort). To sort a complete 100 word dictionary only takes a few second}s.5CHANGING SCREEN COLOR.----------------------You can adjust screen colors in UPDATE just as you did in WORD. However}, since UPDATE uses one-letter commands, you will have to hold down the CONTROL key while pressing the letter "C" to change s}creen color. Similarly CONTROL+B to change screen brightness and CONTROL+L to change letter brightness.5SOUND.------Pr}essing CONTROL+S toggles sound effects ON/OFF.5NAMING YOUR DICTIONARY.-----------------------The "N" command allows you} to provide a unique name for any of the nine dictionaries. Press "N" and you will be prompted to enter a Name. Dictionary }names may be up to 23 characters long. Note that the name is not permanently recorded on the disk until you write your dicti}onary back to disk (see below).5SETTING THE TIME LIMIT.-----------------------You can specify any desired time limit (f}rom 40 to 240 seconds) for the dictionary you are working on. Enter "T" and then enter the number of seconds you want for the} time limit. The time limit will not be permanently recorded until you write the dictionary back to disk.5WRITING YOUR DI}CTIONARY TO DISK.--------------------------------Remember that no changes you make will be recorded on your diskette until} you use the "W" option to Write the dictionary back to your diskette.5PRINTING YOUR DICTIONARY.-------------------------}If you have a printer, you can get a hard copy of the words and definitions in your dictionary by using the "P" option (for} Print). Be sure your printer and any required interfaces are turned on. The program assumes a page length of 66 lines. It} will automatically skip over perforations at the end of each page. Position your paper where you want printing to start, no}t at the top of the page.5DELETING A DICTIONARY.----------------------You can delete every word in the current dictiona}ry by pressing CONTROL plus the "D" key. You will be asked to confirm that you want to delete all words. If you respond YES}, the words are deleted and the name is set to "". Note that no permanent deletion is made unless you then choose to }write this dictionary back to disk.5QUITTING THE UPDATE PROCESS.----------------------------When you are done updating,} you can quit by entering the "Q" command. You will once more be reminded of the necessity of permanently recording any chan}ges on the disk and given an option to write the current dictionary back to disk if you choose. You will then be asked wheth}er you want to update another dictionary. If so, the whole process starts again from the point where you choose your diction}ary. If not, you are asked whether or not you would like to run Word Builder again. If you do, that program is loaded. If }not, you are simply returned to BASIC.5PROGRAM PROTECTION.-------------------This program is not copy protected. You s}hould, as one of your first steps, make a copy of your original WORD BUILDER diskette. If you use DOS to examine the content}s of the diskette, you will find the WORD and UPDATE programs. These are both BASIC programs and can be printed out and exam}ined. The dictionaries are named "WORDx.DAT" where x varies from 1 to 9. The file "NAMES.DAT" contains the names and time l}imits used for each dictionary. The file AUTORUN.SYS is used to automatically load the WORD program when you boot up your di }skette. Do not delete this file.5OTHER USES.-----------Note that you do not have to use this combination of programs o }nly for vocabularly building. How about building a dictionary where the "words" are years and the "definitions" are the movi }e that won the oscar for best picture that year. Or one where the "words" are state abbreviations and the "definitions" are  }state capitals. Many other possibilities will, I am sure, come to mind. The Song Trivia included in the WORD BUILDER disk g }ive you an idea of what an alternative use might look like.me to mind. The Song Trivia included in the WORD BUILDER disk g= Many other possibilities will, I am sure, come to mind. The Song Trivia included in the WORD BUILDER disk give} you an idea of what an alternative use might look like. } Page 9 an alternative use might look like.