
                        Welcome To GrabIt Pro 4.0
                                  From
                    * Software Excellence By Design Inc.
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                                Version 4.0
                             August 20th 1993

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 The GrabIt Pro ZIP (GBPRO4.ZIP) file is in PKZIP 1.10 format. Please
 leave it in 1.10 ZIP format so users who don't have version 2.04 will be
 able to extract it.  Thank You!
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 Version 4.0 Upgrade Information
 *Free* for GrabIt Pro version 3.1 Registered Users
 --------------------------------------------------
 If you are a registered user of GrabIt Pro version 3.1, version 4.0
 is a free upgrade.  You will HAVE to CALL US at 602-375-9928 to get a
 new registration number.  Make sure that you have your current registration
 number ready when you call.  You CAN'T get your new registration number
 without it!  The upgrade price for registered users of the old GrabIt
 versions 2.X is $15.00.

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 New Features and Important 
 Notes For Version 4.0
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  Hot Key Menu Capture
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 Now you can capture pull down and popup menus quickly and easily!  Refer to
 the GrabIt Pro users manual(MANUAL.WRI) for complete information on how to
 capture menus. NOTE: The users guide is in Windows Write Format

 New Startup Mode
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 At your request the program now starts as a normal size window instead of
 being minimized.  You can now specify through the properties selection from
 the program manager menu how you would like GrabIt Pro to start.

** Remember The System Menu **
 -----------------------------
 Remember that when GrabIt Pro is minimized ALL of the capture commands
 are available from the system menu.  Just click once on the GrabIt Pro icon
 at the bottom of your desktop to display the system menu.  This allows you
 to capture images without having the GrabIt Pro window in your way.  When
 you are done with a capture session restore GrabIt Pro to its normal size
 window by double cilcking on it.  All of your captures will be ready to view
 with each capture in its own child window.

 New Detailed Documentation and Help
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 The documentation is now typeset in windows write format and gives a
 complete discription of each command available from the GrabIt Pro Menus.
 The help file has been expanded and makes it extremely easy to find and
 command you may have a question about

 Invert Image Option
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 When saving a screen capture you can now select to save the image in an
 inverted bitmap or RLE.  This is PERFECT for those of you who are doing
 DOS screen captures and want to include the screen captures in your
 documentation.  By saving the capture as an inverse image you will have
 a screen shot that is black text on a white background.  You can also
 create some spectacular special effects by experimenting with the inverse
 option.

 Smaller Program Size
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 In these days of disk hungry apps, we are bucking the trend by giving you
 an improved application that takes up 117K LESS disk space than the
 previous version!  We will continue to reduce the space requirements
 of all our programs whenever possible.

 The GrabIt Pro Program Files
 --------------------------------- 
 The GrabIt Pro program files are in compressed format. You must run the
 GPSETUP program to expand them before the program can be used.  The
 setup program will create a Program Manager group and add the program
 files and other important files to the group.   

 PLEASE NOTE:
 ------------
 You must run GPSETUP.EXE from the Windows Program Manager.  Other shells
 like the Norton Desktop or PC Tools for Windows are not 100% compatible
 with our setup program and may cause it to fail when attempting to create 
 the GrabIt Pro Group.

 Step 1
 Running The GPSETUP Program
 ----------------------------
 After extracting the GRABPRO.ZIP file to either a directory on your hard
 drive or to a floppy drive. Start Windows and make sure that the Windows
 Program Manager is running.

 1. From the Program Manager File Menu choose Run...
 2. Enter the location of the GPSETUP Program. If the files were on your
    A: drive then you would enter: A:\GPSETUP and press Enter or Click on
    the OK button.
 3. The GrabIt Pro setup dialog will be displayed.
 4. The edit field will display a suggested directory.
 5. Press OK to accept the default directory or enter new destination
    directory and press Enter or Click on the OK button.
 6. The setup program will create the directory for you and display
    the file installation progress.
 7. When it has finished expanding and copying the files it will create
    a new Program Manager Group and add the program files to the group.

 Currently the manual is up to date and there have been no revisions
 or bugs reported.

 Be sure to read the MANUAL.WRI file, this is the program manual. It is in
 Windows Write format.

 Any questions or bug reports should be directed to:

 Software Excellence By Design Inc.
 14801 North 12th Street
 Phoenix, AZ 85022  USA
 (602) 375-9928 Voice
 (602) 375-9928 Fax

 We hope you enjoy using this program.

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 * Company Background

 Software Excellence By Design Inc.  was formed in 1992 by the same
 people that founded Moon Valley Software. When we founded our new
 company we retained the rights to several of our Windows Shareware programs
 including GrabIt.  The same programmers that brought you some of the
 first and best Shareware for Windows are back!  GrabIt Pro represents
 our commitment to deliver commercial quality software to Shareware users.
 We are using the experience gained from launching several very successful
 commercial programs and applying that same quality control and attention to
 detail to our shareware products.  You can look forward to more top notch
 software from us and the support to back it up in the near future.

 Sincerely,

 Eric D. Anderson
 President


