*** Global Abbreviations ***

*** Attention!  Attenzióne!  ¡Atención! ***

If you are NOT using a U.S. keyboard, you must read
this carefully!

Global Abbreviations will fully support all Windows 3.1
(8 bit) keyboards.  A great deal of work was required
to make this possible, and still, there are a few
things which you must do.

1. Read this file and follow the directions.
2. See "Help International" for more information.

Global Abbreviations has four Hot Keys that it responds
to.  Two of them you will use constantly.  The other
two, rarely.  These Hot Keys are given default values.
To feel the full power of Global Abbreviations you
will want these Hot Keys to be easy to type.

On U.S. keyboards, the defaults for the Hot Keys are
set so that they:
	1. Are easy to type.
	2. Do not conflict with commonly used key
	   combinations.

The first time you run Global Abbreviations it will 
determine if you are not using a U.S. keyboard.  If
you are not, it will change the defaults.  This is
necessary because the U.S. defaults will NOT work 
on most non-U.S. keyboards.  NOTE: It is your 
country and language settings which Global Abbreviations
will use to make this determination.

The new defaults (see below) that are chosen are NOT 
recommended!  This is important.  They were only 
chosen because they will work on any keyboard.
The problem is, they are not easy to type, and 
therefore, do NOT make for good typing aids.  They
can also conflict with many programs which make
use of the Function Keys.  

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	| Non-U.S. defaults for Hot Keys.     |
	|      (you should change these)      |
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	| The Append Hot Key->  F2            |
	| The Popup Hot Key->   F4            |
	| The Immediate Hot Key-> F7          |
	| The Replace Hot Key->   F8          |
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Here is the recommended course of action.

1. Take the "Quick Tour" first.  You should see
the above defaults used throughout the QuickTour.
If instead, you see things like "<Cntl>;" then you
are in the U.S. Version instead of the Non-US version.
This should only happen if you currently have your
"Country" setting to U.S.

2.  After you've gotten the idea of what 
Global Abbreviations can do, you should go into
the Hot Key Editor (see Help) and CHANGE the
Hot Keys to something easier to type.  The Help
topic on Hot Keys gives suggestions.

3. Be sure to read the "International" topic in 
the Help file.  It has more suggestions and a few
minor things to watch for.  See the "Caveats" 
subsection of the "International" topic!

Once you spend a little time with Global Abbreviations 
you will find that you are getting much more work
done in much less time.  And, you will reduce your
repetitive motion.

Ciao,
George Tatgé
gat@csn.org