NoteWorthy Composer 1.21, Notation Processor for Windows A Shareware music composition and notation processor for Windows, providing for the creation, play back, and printing of your own musical scores. You can: - Print your whole score (for a conductor's view), or just the staves you select, in several font sizes - Import and export standard MIDI files - Use the computer keyboard or mouse for notation editing - Selectively add or remove slurs, staccato, accents, beams, triplets, and accidentals through tool bar buttons - Multi-level Undo/Redo feature makes music experimentation safe and easy during the composing process - Use the included tools to automatically transpose, beam, and arrange accidentals in your score staves to make them look professional - Create up to eight lyric lines per staff - Add various performance expressions, such as crescendos, fermatas, breath marks, and accelerandos that are recognized and peformed during play back. You'll be composing, arranging, and printing in no time! ** New in This Version: - Undo/Redo of up to last 100 edit actions - Lyrics expanded to 8 possible lines per staff - Whole measure rests are now centered - Tightly packed chords with dotted note attribute are displayed better - Print Preview Copy feature now supports *.WMF files - Open *.NWC files direct from the File Manager or the Windows 95 Explorer - File History mechanism standardized in the Last In/ First Out format of most other applications - Setup detection of Windows 95 - NoteWorthy Updater application included for simplified upgrade path to future issues of NWC ** Registration: Upgrading to the registered version is still priced at $39. See online help and associated order form for details on how to order. ** Minimum Hardware Requirements: A PC equipped with an 80386 CPU, a mouse, and 3 Meg of RAM ** Hardware Recommendations: A sound card or MIDI port; A Windows Supported Printer; A VGA or better color monitor; 4 Meg of RAM ** Operating System Requirements: Windows 3.1 ** Keywords: Notation;MIDI;Music;Score;NtWorthy;Composer;Windows;NWC; Shareware;Soundcard;SoundBlaster;Multimedia ** Upgrade Instructions For Owners of Previous Versions: Before installing this software, make sure you have your registration codes from the certificate that was mailed to you. You will need your codes to re-register your system for use with NoteWorthy Composer after installing this new version. ** Installation Instructions: If you have received the NWC files in an archive such as a ZIP file, extract the files into either a temp directory on your hard drive, or onto a dedicated diskette. Run the SETUP application that is contained in this directory or diskette that you created. For example, if you extracted the application files into a disk in drive A:, then from the Program Manager you would select the Run command from the File menu, type A:\SETUP and press enter. Once SETUP starts executing, just follow the prompts. After the install is complete, an on-line context sensitive help file can guide you the rest of the way. ** A Note About Future Upgrades We may, from time to time, release new updates that enhance the software base included in this version of NoteWorthy Composer. These updates will be provided as *.UPG files, which can be processed by the enclosed NoteWorthy Updater application. As with any new issue of NoteWorthy Composer, we will notify all "wired" customers via e-mail when an update is made available online. ** Getting Support/Providing Feedback: You can reach NoteWorthy ArtWare at one of the following addresses: Internet E-Mail: NtWorthy@AOL.COM America Online: NtWorthy Compuserve: 73561,1021 Prodigy: KBHV62B Alternately, if you do not have access to on-line E-Mail to one of the above addresses, you may write to us at the following postal address: NoteWorthy ArtWare 9432 Jenmar Drive Fuquay-Varina, NC 27526-9647 USA Note to registered users: For best service, be sure to indicate that you are a registered user on any correspondence with NoteWorthy ArtWare. Response time for E-Mail queries from registered users will typically be within 48 hours. Copyright (C) 1994,1995 Eric Heile All Rights Reserved