Edwin's Power Tools
version 1.1.2 January 27, 1997, by Edwin H.B. TAM
(Excel Add-In for Excel 5 and 7, Mac & PC)

Copyright  1997
ALL RIGHTS RESERVED


About the author -

I am currently an Accounting and Finance undergraduate final year 
oversea student (from Hong Kong) at Lancaster University (UK).


E-mail the author at :
edwintam@vol.net
This is also the address for tech support, comments, and bug reports.

Edwin Tam's Home Page :
http://www.vol.net/~edwintam/

Edwin's Power Tools is an Excel Add-In that adds useful functions 
to Microsoft Excel. It is a cross-platform add-in, which means it 
is fully compatible with both the Apple Macintosh and Windows PC. 
Besides, it is compatible with Excel 5 and Excel 7.

Please do NOT distribute modified versions of Edwin's Power Tools. 
Also, please distribute the shareware as a complete package, 
including all the files in its original archive(s).



Shareware info

Edwin's Power Tools is a shareware; it is NOT free. If you use 
Edwin's Power Tools for more 15 days, you MUST pay a $30 registration 
fee. To register, please fill-in the registration form provided in 
Edwin's Power Tools and send the finished form to me together with 
the registration fee. I accept most currencies as well as cheques 
issued by banks in Hong Kong, US, and UK. Or, if you didn't have 
access to the Add-In, just send me your name, e-mail address, postal 
address, the registration fee, together with the following statement 
with your signature :

    " I agree not to modify, adapt, translate, reverse engineer,
      decompile, disassemble or otherwise attempt to discover the
      source code of Edwin's Power Tools Excel Add-In."

The latest registration addresses (valid until May 31,1997) are :

    USA : King-Yee Ng
          P.O. Box 1444
          W.A.S.
          Ames, IA 50014-1444
          United States

    Rest of the world : Edwin H.B. TAM
                        Furness College
                        Lancaster University
                        Lancaster   LA1 4YG
                        United Kingdom

If you are registering by bank cheques, I suggest you e-mail me first 
for further instructions. Or you can refer to the EPT Home Page for 
the latest registration instructions.


Special Offer for Mac Users!

As a gift to all Macintosh fans (I myself is one!), any Mac user who 
can send me a screen capture printout of your beautiful Macintosh 
desktop and tell me 10 reasons "Why you have chosen the Apple 
Macintosh as your platform", I can give a US$10 discount (i.e. a 
reduced price of US$20 per license). This offer is limited to 1 
license per person. (The online registration form will deal with this 
discount automatically.)



List of features

For a full list of features, please refer to the EPT Functions page 
at :
        http://www.vol.net/~edwintam/functions.html



System Requirements

Edwin's Power Tools can be used with the following Microsoft Excel 
versions:
     7.0 - Microsoft Windows 95
     5.0 - 32-bit Windows (Microsoft Windows NT 3.x)
     5.0 - 16-bit Windows (Microsoft Windows 3.x)
     5.0 - Macintosh and Power Macintosh 



Installation

Edwin's Power Tools should reside in the Microsoft Excel Library 
directory. The path to this directory is different depending on which 
version of Excel you are running.

For Windows users :

For standalone Excel 5.0, you will find the LIBRARY directory 
directly under the EXCEL directory (for example, C:\EXCEL\LIBRARY).
For MS Office and Excel 7.0, you will find the LIBRARY directory 
under the MSOFFICE and EXCEL directories (for example, 
C:\MSOFFICE\EXCEL\LIBRARY).

For Macintosh users :

For standalone Excel 5.0, you will find the Macro Library folder 
directly inside the Microsoft Excel 5 folder (for example, Hard 
Disk:Microsoft Excel 5:Macro Library).
For MS Office 4.2 or 4.2.1, you will find the Macro Library folder 
inside the Microsoft Excel 5 folder (for example, Hard Disk:Microsoft 
Office 4.2.1:Microsoft Excel 5:Macro Library).

To Install Edwin's Power Tools --
   1. Copy EPT.XLA, EPTPART.XLA and REG_CODE.TXT to the
      Microsoft Excel Library
      Directory.
   2. Run Microsoft Excel.
   3. On the Tools menu, select Add-Ins.
   4. Check the "Edwin's Power Tools" checkbox.
      (If you couldn't find the checkbox, locate EPT.XLA by
       pressing the "Browse" button.)
   5. Click OK. 



Version History

Version 1.1.2 -- (27 Jan 97)

  Fixes a problem which causes some of the Excel 5 for Windows
  to quit unexpectedly while EPT is trying to modify the shortcut
  menus. This problem also causes a "Not enough memory to start
  Excel" error while trying to launch Excel again. Excel cannot
  be restarted without restarting Windows. This problem is not
  caused by errors in the VBA codes but by the inconsistency of
  Excel 5 across the PC and Mac platforms.

  Slight modifications to EPT Power Append.

Version 1.1.1 -- (6 Jan 97)

  Minor bug fixes and updated readme file.

Version 1.1 -- (1 Jan 97)

  The 30 days time limit for the use of EPT has been 
  completely removed. This version won't expire. (Version 1.0 
  would kill itself after 30 days of use.)

  Bug fix to "Duplicate Sheets".

Version 1.0 -- (26 Dec 96)

  First releaase of EPT. 



Disclaimer

The author, Edwin H.B. TAM, makes no warranties, either express or 
implied, regarding the fitness of "Edwin's Power Tools" for any 
particular purpose. Use "Edwin's Power Tools" at your own risk. The 
authors claim no liability for data loss or any other problems caused 
directly or indirectly by "Edwin's Power Tools".
