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THE WORD PROCESSOR IS VERY DIFFERENT FROM ORDINARY
WORD PROCESSORS, BECAUSE ITS PURPOSE IS NOT JUST TO
PROCESS WORDS, BUT TD PROCESS 'THE WORD'. THE WORD
OF GOD, THAT IS. THIS PACKAGE CONSISTS OF A
SOPHISTICATED SEARCH AND DISPLAY PROGRAM AND THE
ENTIRE KING JAPES TEXT OF THE BIBLE ON EIGHT DISKS.
AT $199.95 IT'S NOT CHEAP, BUT IT IS WORTH THE MONEY.
THE WORD PROCESSOR WAS FIRST DEVELOPED FOR THE APPLE,
AND HAS BEEN TRANSLATED FOR THE IBM, CP/PI MACHINES,
AND NOW THE COJTDDORE 64. THE BIBLICAL TEXT WAS
ORIGINALLY DOWNLOADED FROM A COMPUTER TYPESETTER, AND
THUS DOES NOT SUFFER FROM ANY DF THE ERRORS THAT
MIGHT HAVE BEEN INTRODUCED THROUGH RETYPING. THE
WHOLE TEXT WAS THEN PASSED THROUGH A COMPLEX TEXT
COMPRESSION ALGORITHM, WHICH IS WHY THE WHOLE 4.5
MILLION CHARACTERS OF THE BIBLE CAN FIT ON ONLY EIGHT
DISKS.
THE WORD PROCESSOR PROGRAM STARTS OUT WITH A MENU OF
OPTIONS WHICH SETS UP FOR YOUR PARTICULAR HARDWARE
CONFIGURATION. THE SETUP CAN BE SAVED TO DISK AND
FORGOTTEN ABOUT THEREAFTER OR CHANGED AT ANY TIME.
BASICALLY, THE PROGRAM GIVES YOU THE OPPORTUNITY TO
DISPLAY AND READ BIBLICAL PASSAGES (A MINOR
FUNCTION), DUMP SELECTED VERSES TO THE PRINTER
(SOMEWHAT MORE USEFUL), AND PRODUCE INDEXES BY
KEYWORD SEARCHES. THIS IS THE REAL POWER OF THE WORD
PROCESSOR. YOU CAN PRODUCE AN INDEX BY FIRST
DEFINING THE RANGE OF TEXT YOU WANT TO SEARCH, SUCH
AS JUST THE GOSPEL OF JOHN, OR ALL THE BOOKS OF THE
OLD TESTAMENT. YOU THEN ENTER A WORD OR PHRASE, OR A
LIST OF WORDS AND PHRASES THAT YOU WANT TO SERVE AS
KEYWORDS FOR YOUR INDEX. YOU THEN SIT BACK AND WAIT
FOR THE SEARCH TO COMPLETE. THE ONLY WORK REQUIRED
OF YOU WILL BE IF YOUR SEARCH PASSES ON INTO TEXT
CONTAINED ON A DIFFERENT DISK THAN THE ONE IN THE
DRIVE, IN WHICH CASE YOU WILL BE PROMPTED TO SWITCH
DISKS. WHEN THE SEARCH IS COMPLETED, THE INDEX
REFERENCES WILL BE DISPLAYED. YOU CAN THEN REVIEW
THE TEXT ASSOCIATED WITH THE VERSES REFERENCED, AND
ADD OR DELETE REFERENCES MANUALLY IF YOU WISH. WHEN
YOU ARE DONE WITH THIS REVIEW, YOU CAN SAVE THE INDEX
TO DISK.
SSOR
Review by. mBK BROWN
ONCE YOU HAVE BUILT UP A USEFUL LIBRARY OF INDEXES,
YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSOLIDATE SOME OF THEM. THIS IS
EASILY DONE THROUGH THE MERGE OPTION. YOU CAN MERGE
INDEXES TOGETHER INCLUSIVELY, OR SO THAT ONLY VERSES
REFERENCED BY BOTH ARE INCLUDED IN THE RESULTING
INDEX. YOU MAY ALSO CREATE INDEXES MANUALLY IF YOU
WANT TO DO TOPICAL STUDIES RATHER THAN KEYWORD
SEARCHES. BIBLE RESEARCH SYSTEMS HAS AN AUXILLARY
DISK FULL OF 200 SUCH TOPICAL INDEXES AVAILABLE FOR
AN ADDITIONAL $49.95.
This package consists of a
sopnisticated search & display
progran and tne entire King
Janes text of the bible on B
disks