Almanac for Windows
                                Version 0.96


    INSTALLATION
    ------------

    DO NOT COPY THE ALMANAC FILES INTO THE DIRECTORY OR DIRECTORIES THAT
    YOU WISH TO INSTALL THEM TO!  INSTALLATION SHOULD BE PERFORMED FROM
    A TEMPORARY DIRECTORY OR A FLOPPY DISK ONLY.

    The program ALMSETUP.EXE is provided to allow easily installation and
    initial configuration of Almanac in your Windows system.  If you are a
    registered user, and are installing Almanac into a NEW windows system
    (like Windows 3.0, you should run ALMSETUP twice; once to install and
    register, and a second time with the '/C' option (see item #1.C. below)
    just to convert any existing support files.  Sorry for the inconvenience, 
    I will update the program to do the convert AFTER registration on the
    next release.


    WINDOWS 2.x USERS:  You must change the current Windows directory to
                        the directory containing the setup files before
                        running ALMSETUP.

    WINDOW 3.0 USERS:   Simply select 'File' from the Program Manager
                        and then select 'Run...'.  Enter the command line
                        for ALMSETUP using the directory the setup files
                        are located in.

                        Examples>   A:\ALMSETUP or D:\TEMP\ALMSETUP


       1.  Start ALMSETUP from Windows from within the same directory
           as the rest of the Almanac files.  If you perform the setup
           from a hard disk, files are relocated to the installation
           directories.  If your setup files are on a floppy disk, the
           files will be copied (and not removed) from the floppy.

           Besides starting ALMSETUP for normal installation, you
           may also activate two other features by using the 'Run...'
           command from the 'File' menu:

              A. Entering 'ALMSETUP C:\mywindir' tells the program
                 where to find your Windows directory if it is not
                 WINDOWS or WIN386 or is on a drive higher than 'F:'.

              B. Entering 'ALMSETUP /C' will skip the installation
                 process and go immediately to the support file
                 conversion phase (available only to registered users).

       2.  You will be presented with a dialog box allowing selection of
           the sub-directories for Almanac's files.  To accept the default
           installation paths simply select 'Install'.  The installation
           paths are described in detail below.  Select 'Install' after
           selecting your desired directories.

       3.  If ALMSETUP detects a previous Almanac installation and you are
           a registered user, you will be provided with an opportunity to
           convert any existing support files you may have created (except
           the location data base).  You will be prompted to select the
           disk drive(s) you would like scanned.  ALMSETUP will locate all
           overlay, auto-load module, and desk files that will require
           conversion.  You may select any or all of these files for
           processing.  All current files will be renamed by changing the
           'A' in their extensions to a tilde '~' when they are converted
           so the old files are still available should they be required.
           You should delete these files after determining the new files
           work correctly and that you are comfortable with version .95.

       4.  After installation has completed, ALMSETUP will continue with
           options for entering registration information or viewing the
           Almanac documentation.

       NOTE: ALMSETUP will not copy any of the *.TXT elements during the
       installation process (the program manual ALMANAC.WRI *is* copied into
       your Almanac directory).  You should review these files, and
       unregistered users who would like to order Almanac should print the
       ALMORDER.TXT file.


    INSTALLATION PATHS
    ------------------

    A suggested directory structure:

                                 ----------------
                                 |   WINDOWS    |
                                 ----------------
                                 | ALMANAC.EXE  |
                                 ----------------
                                       |
                                 ----------------
                                 |   ALMANAC    |
                                 ----------------
                                 | ALMANAC.MST  |
                                 | ALMLOCN.DAT  |
                                 | ALMFONTx.FON |
                                 | ALMANAC.ALM  |
                                 | other *.ALMs |
                                 ----------------
                                         |
                         -------------------------------
                         |                             |
                  ----------------             ----------------
                  |     ALO      |             |      ALD     |
                  ----------------             ----------------
                  |  overlays    |             |  desk files  |
                  |  ( *.ALO )   |             |   ( *.ALD )  |
                  ----------------             ----------------


       In the above diagram, ALMANAC.EXE is installed in the main Windows
       directory.  ALMANAC's system files are contained in the ALMANAC
       sub-directory located below.  In addition to the location data file
       and font files provided with ALMANAC, all auto-load modules (*.ALM)
       are maintained in this sub-directory.

       Below the ALMANAC sub-directory are the ALO and ALD directories.
       These are the initial directories to store calendar overlay files
       and where ALMANAC maintains desk data information.  You may later
       create other overlay and desk sub-directories, if you desire, and
       select them in auto-load modules that you create.

       You may select directories however you like.  The above example is
       only a suggested approach.  It is not neccessary to place the
       directories under your WINDOWS directory, nor do you have to keep the
       files separated into different directories.