English

Introduction: DingDang Write 2000 is a Chinese word processor similar
to Microsoft WordPad. It is designed to work on Microsoft Windows
(Windows 95/98/NT). The program supports most of the functionality as
in the WordPad since both are based on Microsoft Rich Edit Control. In
addition, it can load and save Guo Biao (GB2312) coded Chinese file. It
supports customer changeable input methods including PinYin, QuanPin,
WuBi, CangJie, YingWen, BiHua, DianBao, ShouWei, YueYu and QuWei.

Installation: The program works especially well in Chinese Windows
system.  Chinese support is needed on English Window 95/98/NT system.
If you have Windows NT, you only need to install Chinese font "MS Song"
which is freely available from Microsoft. From Internet Explore 4.0,
click Help, "Product Updates", select "Chinese (Simplified) Language
Support" and click a few more buttons. Or you can go to
http://chinese.yahoo.com/docs/info/cnbridge.html and following links
there to download the Chinese font.

Format text: To format text font, size and shape etc., select the text
and then select menu items Format, Font or click the font icon. To
format paragraph, select the paragraph and then select menu items
Format, Paragraph.  Other items like Cut/Paste, Undo or
Insert Object etc. are all standard windows operations.

Chinese Input Methods: Open and edit the file "DRich.CFG" to change the
default setting. Each line in this file is a file name of an input
method. Select the input method that you use most often and put it in
the first line. All input methods can be selected from a drop down
list. But F9 key will toggle English and the first Chinese input method
listed. Input files with extension .GB are considered character input
files such as PINYIN.GB. You can input one character at a time.
Files with extension .GBL are word input files such as YINGWEN.GBL.
You can input word/sentence. Input method describtions available from
my web page.  My input method files have very simple structure so that
you can change or make your own input method easily. You can look the
file directly if you have troubles to input a character.

Input Chinese: Select desired input method to input Chinese. PinYin is
probably the easiest to use. Type an input string and select the
desired character by pressing corresponding capital letter. When input
a word consists of more than one characters from word input file, you
can press any capital letters on top of that word/sentence. If a file
is saved with extension ".RTF", that file will be saved in rich text
format which preserves all format information and can contain objects
like pictures. Otherwise the file will be saved in plain text.

Lian Xiang (LX): The program will try to guess the next character you
will type.  Press F8 to toggle LX mode (which defaults to on in Chinese
mode). In this mode, any two Chinese characters you typed consecutively
will be saved as LX word. Each character can have up to 25 LX words. LX
word is updated dynamically as you type. The LX file LXIANG.GB will
be updated when you exit the program with LX mode on. It will be
created automatically if it is not found in the current directory.

Shareware Notice: There are some restrictions on shareware version:
1.	This file will be loaded automatically on start up.
2.	 You must save file with file name extension .RTF.
3.	The following are list of file of regular version. Files included in shareware 
version are indicated with *:
? DRICH.EXE - Regular version
? *DRICH.EXE - Shareware version
? *DRICH.RTF - Help file
? *DRICH.CFG - Input method configuration file
? *PINYIN.GB - ????? Pin Yin input method
? *YINGWEN.GBL - ????? English input method
? QUANPIN.GB - ????? Quan Pin (Pinyin without tones) input method
? WUBI.GBL - ????? Wu Bi input method
? CANGJIE.GB - ????? Cang Jie input method
? SHOUWEI.GB - ????? Shou Wei input method
? BIHUA.GB - ????? Bi Hua (strokes) input method
? DIANBAO.GB - ?????? Dian Bao (telegraph code) input method
? YUEYU.GB - ????? Yue Yu (Cantonese Pin Yin) input method
? LXIANG.GB - My Lian Xiang file.
? DCONV.EXE - DingDang Convert
? DCONV.B2G - Convert BIG 5 coding to GB coding
? DCONV.G2B - Convert GB coding to BIG 5 coding
? DCONV.T2G - Convert English to GB coding

You can also load this file by press F1 key since this is the help file
of the program. To have regular version of the program, send $20 to the
address below. You can select to get the program either by e-mail
(preferred) or by disk (free shipping). Thanks for your support.

Yijun Ding, PhD
14 Edenfield Cove
Little Rock, AR 72212
USA

email: yding@acxiom.com
web: http://www.ualr.edu/~xxye/index.html

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