TextTone v1.05 Introduction - April 1999, Basil Hussain

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Welcome to TextTone!

TextTone assists you with creating HTML code for sections of text that
have a graduated colour effect. Besides looking rather cool, this kind
of effect in a web page can make for eye-catching text and great
headlines.

But just what is a graduated colour effect? Let's have an example -
the word "TextTone", with a blue to red fade. The first couple of
characters of the text would start out in blue, and the further across
the word you get, the colour of each character would get nearer to
red. Overall, the colouring of the word would go blue, purple, red.

It's fairly difficult to get a mental image of this effect when just
reading this text, so why not take a look at the file 'example.htm' in
a web browser? The file is located in TextTone's installation folder.

TextTone helps you with the creation process by utilising a
step-by-step 'wizard' interface. This prompts you at each step of the
process as to what you need to do. Just fill in the required
information, and press the 'Next' button to go on to the next step.
Once you've finished, all you need to do is select an output option
for the HTML code and press 'Finish'!

TextTone features the following methods of output for the generated
HTML code:

* Copy the code to the Windows Clipboard.
* Create a template file for you to work on.

Also, besides the colouring effect for the text, there are other
options such as font, size and style that you can format your text
with.

To be able to install and use TextTone, you will need:

* A system running Windows 95/98 or Windows NT 4.
* 1Mb of free hard disk space.

If you want to view the generated HTML code, you will also need a web
browser.

Please remember to regularly visit the TextTone web site, located at
http://www.rivermill.demon.co.uk/texttone, where you will find answers
to frequently asked questions, info on bugs that have been found (if
any!), and news about updates to the program.

Have fun and good luck!

- Basil Hussain

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TextTone v1.05 copyright © 1998-99 by Basil Hussain. All rights
reserved.

TextTone is freeware. If you would like to distribute TextTone as a
part of a shareware collection, magazine cover disk/CD-ROM, Internet
book, etc. please contact me for permission. All commercial use
interests should be also be directed at the author.

The author can be contacted by e-mail at
texttone@rivermill.demon.co.uk

TextTone is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind, including,
but not limited to, implied warranties of merchantability or fitness
for a particular purpose. In no event shall the author be liable for
any damages to hardware or loss of data whatsoever arising out the use
of or inability to use TextTone, even if advised of the possibility.

TextTone is distributed free of charge, and as such you may copy or
distribute it freely, subject to the following conditions: TextTone
may not be sold or resold, distributed as a part of any commercial
package, used in a commercial environment, used or distributed in
support of a commercial service, or used or distributed to support any
kind of profit-generating activity, even if it is being distributed
freely.

When distributing TextTone, it should be done so complete and intact,
with all required files and documentation present. It may not be
distributed any other way. You may not reverse engineer or decompile
TextTone in any way.