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6th January 2007
v1.5.3 English released.
Various bugfixes.
23rd June 2006
Due to copyright the source data has been removed.
27th January 2006
v1.5.2 English released.
Menu is now OfficeXP style with icons. Some other minor updates.
21st January 2006
v1.5.1 English released.
Update facility on program added, also it will notify you when the next years source data is available
15th January 2006
v1.4.0 English released.
Minimise to tray and other improvements.
8th January 2006
I've finally got around to making a proper website for the Dailytext!.
6th January 2006
Latest versions released!
v1.3.3 for both English and Spanish.
The following page is a extraction of the help file included with the DailyText installation program.

Menu Items

The menu toolbar can be used to set program options.

Alternatively settings can be directly accessed by the shortcut keys, these are also displayed on the menu items:-

Ctrl & P  Prints the Dailytext and Comments
Ctrl & Q  Quits the program
Ctrl & C  Copies the Dailytext & comments to the clipboard
Ctrl & F  Changes the display Font
Ctrl & A  Changes the bAckground colour
Ctrl & R  Changes the boRder colour
F1  Opens the help file

File Menu

  

The menu will allow you to either Print the Dailytext and comments for the day to your printer, and Exit the program.

The Data Files select the system files which the program uses, the Sound File is the sound which can be played when the program starts, if a sound is played or not is set from the Startup menu.

The Source Text is the most important file as it is where the program gets the Dailytext and comments data.

Clicking on the menu displayed above will open a file selection window as below, just click to select the data file.

Edit Menu

    

From the Edit menu the current DailyText and comments can be copied to the Windows clipboard. A confirmation box will be displayed.

Display menu

    

The display menu allows you to customise the Dailytext display.

Clicking the Font menu will display a selection box which will allow the display font of the Dailytext and comments to be modified.

 

The Colour menu allows the setting of the colour of either the Background or Border colours.

 

Pressing the Reset Defaults will reset the display settings to their default values.

Start-up menu

    

With this menu the program startup options, a tick mark indicates that a item is selected.

  • Load With Windows will start the Dailytext program each time the computer is switched on.
  • Play Sound determines if a sound is played when the program starts, the file played is set in the File menu.
  • Error checking will not be used by most users and it is advisable to keep it selected. Unchecking this item disables the data checking when the program starts, this can cause errors in the display data.

Help Menu

   

This help file can also be accessed from here, also pressing F1 at anytime will also do this.

 

Displays the About information, links to the website and email, and the program version information.

    

 

Pressing the Update button brings up the Live Update wizard, this will automatically update the program if a newer version is available.