LatinKey version 1.01
Copyright (C) 1999 Fanix Software.
All Rights Reserved

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Readme.txt content:

1. Overview
2. Requirement
3. Installation
4. Price/Order
5. Contact
6. History

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OVERVIEW:

LatinKey is a keyboard utility that helps users type any Latin-
based languages on US keyboard in almost all Windows 95/98/NT 
application by using only ten unique diacritic keys.

If sometime you have to type a foreign language, you may need 
to install a keyboard driver for that language.  The keyboard 
driver will re-assign your keyboard layout in order to let you 
type the language specific characters that are not available 
directly on the US keyboard.  However, it also interferes with 
your habit: you may get now a quite strange character instead 
of a certain expected character after a familiar keystroke.  
For example, you will get "Y" character when you type "Z" key 
and vice versa on the French layout of your US keyboard.  
Therefore you must switch back and forth between English 
layout and the layout of your foreign language all the time.

Different keyboard drivers have different layouts, so you have 
to remember quite a lot of different key assignments if you 
are working with more than two languages at a time.  As a 
result, your typing speed is decreased significantly, and 
your life is unhappy.

LatinKey is written to help you overcome this kind of 
inconvenience: LatinKey lets you type all Latin-based languages 
with only ten unique diacritic keys.  Once you are familiar 
with these 10 keys, you can type any foreign language in the 
same way, same speed and as comfortable as you do in English! 

Other features include:

* Easy-to-remember and easy-to-use because it uses only 10 
  unique diacritic keys for all languages.
* Provide a simple, intuitive and fast way to enter accented 
  characters by simulating handwriting (type as you write: 
  base characters first and then the diacritic keys -- no Alt 
  key, no dead key is needed)
* Support both Windows and ISO codepages
* Hotkeys for switching and activating codepages quickly
* The diacritic keys are reassignable

Languages that LatinKey supports include: 
* Western languages uses Windows cp1258 codepage, which 
  covers most West European languages, such as French, 
  Spanish, Catalan, Basque, Portuguese, Italian, 
  Albanian, Rhaeto-Romanic, Dutch, German, Danish, 
  Swedish, Norwegian, Finnish, Faroese, Icelandic, 
  Irish, Scottish...
* Central European uses Windows cp1250 codepage, which 
  covers the languages of Central and Eastern Europe, 
  such as Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Croatian, 
  Slovak, Slovenian, Sorbian...
* Central European (ISO 8859-2) uses ISO 8859-2 codepage, 
  which covers the languages of Central and Eastern Europe, 
  such as Czech, Hungarian, Polish, Romanian, Croatian, 
  Slovak, Slovenian, Sorbian...
* Latin3 uses ISO 8859-3 codepage, which covers Esperanto 
  and Maltese...
* Latin4 uses ISO 8859-4 codepage, which covers Latvian, 
  Lithuanian, Greenlandic, Lappish...
* Latin9 uses ISO 8859-15 codepage.
* Baltic uses Windows cp1257 (and also ISO 8859-13) codepage, 
  which covers the Baltic languages, such as Latvian, 
  Lithuanian, Greenlandic, Lappish...
* Turkish uses Windows cp1254 (and also ISO 8859-9) codepage, 
  which covers the Turkish.
* Vietnamese uses Windows cp1258 codepage, which covers the 
  Vietnamese.
* Vietnamese Quotation (VIQR) uses the Vietnamese VIQR codepage
* Celtic uses ISO 8859-14 codepage, which covers the Celtic 
  languages, such as Gaelic, Welsh...
* Nordic uses ISO 8859-10 codepage, which covers the Nordic 
  languages.

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REQUIREMENT

LatinKey requires Windows 95,98,NT.
See the online help for details.

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INSTALLATION

If you received version 1.01 of LatinKey on a floppy disk or a 
CD-ROM, follow the instructions on the disk label for installation.

* If you received this version of LatinKey through a self-extracting 
  ZIP file (for example, LATINKEY.EXE), you may install it by:

   1. Selecting "Run" from the Taskbar Start menu;
   2. Typing the full name of the file (for example, 
      C:\DNLOAD\LATINKEY.EXE);
   3. Pressing the ENTER key, and following the prompts.

* If you received this version of LatinKey through a normal ZIP file 
  (for example, LATINKEY.ZIP), you may install it by:
   1. Extract it to a directory of your choice using PKUNZIP, WINZIP 
      or other ZIP program.
   2. Run SETUP.EXE file for complete the installation.


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PRICE/ORDER

Customer information is considered confidential and will not be shared 
or distributed to any third party.  All orders are subject to the 
LatinKey License Agreement.  Please see the LICENSE.TXT for details.

* Immediate Online Delivery

You can place secure credit card orders on the Internet using the Order 
link on the LatinKey order page at http://www.fanix.com/latinkey/order.htm.  
For information on credit card ordering by fax, mail or e-mail, or 
ordering by check or money order, please see the LatinKey order page 
http://www.fanix.com/latinkey/order.htm.

* Site licenses

A site license for LatinKey entitles an organization to receive one copy of 
the distribution package and duplicate the software as necessary for use 
within the organization on the specified number of computers.  See the 
table below for site license pricing.  For higher quantity pricing, please 
send e-mail to latinkey@fanix.com.

* Pricing

LatinKey Single Copy		$19.95 each
LatinKey Site Licenses:	
	2 to 9 computers:	$16.95 each
	10 to 24 computers:	$13.95 each
	25 to 49 computers:	$10.95 each
	50 to 99 computers:	$7.95 each
	100+ computers:		$5.95 each

Prices guaranteed through June 2000.

* Note: Once you buy a version of LatinKey, you will get the next major 
        upgrade for FREE.  All minor upgrades are automatically FREE of 
        charge.


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CONTACT

The latest information about LatinKey is available online at 
http://www.fanix.com/latinkey.  

If you have any questions, and/or suggestions, please write us to 
latinkey@fanix.com.

Thank you for your continuing support.


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HISTORY

Version 1.01 (10/25/1999): 
   !! Fix bug with entering some Western extra characters, such as inverted question mark,
      currency sign...
   !! Fix bug with shift state of Cyrillic characters
   !! Other minor bug fixes

Version 1.00 (09/10/1999): 
   The initial release 


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