Frequently Asked Questions (FAQs)
Below is the FAQ for Personal MicroCosms products. If you have a question that should be added, please request to by sending feedback. If you have a tip that you'd like to share with other users, send it to the same address.
Forms of Payment for Shareware Registration
We accept the following forms of payment:
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Checks in US funds drawn on a US bank
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International Postal Mail Orders
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American Express International Money Orders
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US Cash
We do NOT accept:
Eurocheques
You can register many of our programs on-line using SWREG.
Versions for Other Platforms
The programs on this web site are only available in Windows versions.
Astronomy Lab
Astronomy Lab Fonts
The File / Set Font command allows you to select only fixed-width fonts. This is done to ensure that the columns of printed reports line up.
If you want a greater selection of fonts, you may want to purchase a disk or CD ROM of fonts. But make sure that it includes fixed-width fonts.
Hangman
Modifying Hangman's Dictionary
Hangman's dictionary is stored in a file named HANGMAN.DAT which resides in the directory in which Hangman was installed. This dictionary can be edited with a word processor. For example:
Windows 3.1 and NT:
Run the Write program (in the Accessories group). Open HANGMAN.DAT and specify No Conversion. Make your changes and save the file.
Windows 95:
Run the WordPad program (Start Menu / Programs / Accessories / WordPad). Make your changes and save the file.
In either case, make sure the file has exactly one word per line, with no spaces to the left or the right of each word. Note: You can add foreign-language words to Hangman's dictionary. However, the letters can only be A - Z. So enter "cañyon" as "canyon", enter "straße" as "strasse", etc.
Vault
Creating a New Vault File
To create a new Vault file:
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Select File / New to create a new Vault file.
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Select Outline / Add Below to add new outline items.
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After adding an outline item, type its text in the text window.
Creating Items in Vault
When you start a new Vault file there are no outline items:
To create your first item, select the Outline menu and the
Add Below menu item, or the corresponding toolbar button:
After adding the first item it will display in the outline:
An outline item is drawn as a book only if it has one or more items
indented beneath it. To make the "Personal Information Managers" item
appears as a book, first add a new item below it by selecting the Outline menu and the
Add Below menu item, or the corresponding toolbar button:
Now select the Outline menu and the Indent menu item, or the
corresponding toolbar button:
Then the item will be drawn as a book because it contains
an indented item:
Copying Outline Items from one Vault File to Another
The following discussion assumes that you want to copy items from Vault file "A" to Vault file "B".
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Run Vault and open Vault file "A". Select the items that you want to copy. Use the Outline / Cut Items or Outline / Copy Items command.
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Without leaving Vault, open Vault file "B". Use the Outline / Paste Items command.
Installing the Registered Version of Vault
To install the registered version, just run setup and install it in the same subdirectory in which
you installed the unregistered version. You will not lose your Vault file(s), except example.vlt,
which is over-written by the setup program.
Uninstalling Vault
To Uninstall Vault:
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Delete the subdirectory in which you installed Vault.
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To remove Vault from the start menu, right-click the taskbar and choose Properties. Select the Start Menu Programs tab. Press the Remove button. Delete Vault from the Programs folder.
- Vault stores configuration data in the Registry. To delete this data, run the regedit (Win95) or regedt32 (NT). Expand HKEY_CURRENT_USER. Then expand Software. Expand Personal MicroCosms and delete the Vault item.