                   Welcome to Accent Composer!
           Copyright (C) 1998 Kovach Computing Services

Accent Composer is a tool for Windows 95/NT 4 that simplifies the 
process of entering accented characters with keyboards that do 
not have special accent keys. It works by waiting in the 
background until you press a special 'compose key' (the right 
control key by default). It then traps the next two keys you type 
and tries to turn them into an accented character.  For example, 
pressing the compose key followed by '~' and 'N' produces the 
character . It also works with other extended characters: 'c' 
and 'o' produces  and '=' and 'Y' produces . 

Accent Composer will work with any Windows program running under 
Windows 95/98 or NT 3.51 or later. It is also customizable: you 
can change the keys used to produce any particular character and 
you can change the key that acts as the compose key. 

System Requirements
Windows 95/98 or Windows NT 3.51 or later.
Recommended minimum RAM: 16Mb (Windows 95) or 32 Mb (NT).
700kb hard disk space.

Accent Composer is being distributed as shareware. You are 
allowed to evaluate this program for up to 30 days. After that 
time, if you wish to continue using it, then you must register by 
paying a fee to the author. The cost of registration is UK15 (or 
US$25) plus shipping and handling and VAT (UK and Europe only).   

If you have access to the Internet you may register on-line using 
a credit card at our World Wide Web page 
(http://www.kovcomp.co.uk/).  Otherwise, you can use the Ordering 
Wizard built into Accent Composer. Just click on the "Order Form" 
button on the shareware notification screen and follow the 
instructions.  Alternatively, you can print out the order form in 
the help file and fax, e-mail, or post it to us with your 
payment. 

In the USA, Accent Composer is also available from RegNet (21200 
Trumpet Drive #201, Santa Clarita, CA 91321-4441 U.S.A.  Tel. 1-
800-WWW2REG (1-800-999-2734), fax: 805-288-1867, e-mail: 
RegNet@swregnet.com URL: http://www.swregnet.com/1403p.htm). 

Version history
Ver. 1.0  - Initial release, 1 Oct 1997

Ver. 1.01 - released 16 Jan 1998 
* Added a menu option to allow Accent Composer to be disabled 
without exiting the program. 
* Fixed a problem that meant that spaces could not be used in 
compose sequences. A space can now be used as either or both 
characters of the sequence. 

Ver. 1.02 - released 2 Feb 1998
* Fixed problem that caused Excel to not go into edit mode if an 
Accent Composer compose sequence was entered as the first 
character. The fix causes problems with the Delphi 3 programming 
editor; it is possible other programs may also be affected. As a 
result this fix was made an option. 
* Modified ordering wizard to include multiple user discounts in 
prices. Also slightly modified printed order form. 

Ver. 1.03 - released 9 Feb 1998
* Fixed problem with Microsoft Works for Windows 3, where compose 
sequence characters were being inserted into the editing window 
as well as the accent character. This fix was also made an 
option, like the key faking one. 
* Fixed problem where floppy disk drive was being activated when 
Accent Composer was started. 

Ver. 1.04 - released 24 Feb 1998
* Fixed problem where Windows 95 would crash in MPREXE.EXE, 
Explorer, OpenGL.dll or other Windows modules when Accent 
Composer was active. This would happen soon after a password was 
typed in to access a network, the Internet or a screen saver. 

Ver. 1.05 - released 6 March 1998
* Fixed problem where floating point exceptions would occur in 3-
d graphics programs based on Microsoft's OpenGL when Accent 
Composer was active. 

Ver. 1.06 - released 30 April 1998
* Fixed Access Violation problem when clicking on Order Form 
button on shareware startup dialog. 
* The Load At Startup checkbox stopped working in version 1.05. 
This now works again. 

Ver. 1.07 - released 11 Sep. 1998
* Fixed problem where the list of compose sequences could get 
corrupted, causing a "PutObject to undefined item" error when 
opening the options dialog. 

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Kovach Computing Services
85 Nant-y-Felin
Pentraeth, Isle of Anglesey
LL75 8UY
Wales, U.K.

E-mail: support@kovcomp.co.uk
http://www.kovcomp.co.uk/
Tel.(UK): 01248-450414, (Intl.): +44-1248-450414
Fax (UK): 0870-054-3180, (Intl.): +44-870-054-3180
