          INSTALLATION NOTES AND OPERATING CONSIDERATIONS FOR
  THE FUTUREWARE SPREADSHEET POWER IMPORTER (SPIP) APPLICATION PROGRAM

GENERAL
The FutureWare Spreadsheet Power ImPorter ("SPIP") application is used to
generate an Import file from a selected Excel worksheet, either as a tab
delimited plain text file, or as a rich text document that includes style
information (e.g., fonts, their sizes and colors, etc.). The generated Import
file can then be imported into other tool programs, often directly. The use of
an intermediate file instead of the Excel file directly eliminates
time-consuming file interpretation and version dependency issues, as well as
enhancing application stability and security. It also eliminates requiring any
specialized knowledge of Excel's use and manipulation.

Column header descriptions can be changed, and the column positions
re-ordered, without changing the underlying Excel data.

Multiple columns can be collected into a group for quick single element
insertion (e.g., combining City, State and ZipCode columns into one).

Row data can be indented with hard returns and leading tabs to make more
efficient use of limited layout space.

Column values can have leading and trailing text strings, eliminating the need
to edit each inserted element manually.

The Excel data can be sorted on up to three column headers as sort keys before
the Import file is generated.

The SPIP application can be directly exploited by Pagemaker or Quark, with
particularly dramatic savings in time and increased efficiency over the
"native" Excel import methods of these layout programs. It is particularly
effective when the Excel file contains large tabular datasets, such as
name/address lists, extended directories, parts catalogs, etc.

Style information is not obtained from the Excel worksheet, but instead set
within SPIP. This insures that any style selection is "known" to the
workstation using SPIP, and eliminates the problem of an Excel style that is
undefined to the workstation (e.g., when the Excel file originates from a
different organization). It also increases security in that imbedded macros or
"unknown" objects within an Excel file will not be initiated.

The SPIP application uses Excel's published COM interfaces to eliminate any
need to open an Excel file and prepare it in any way before the Import file is
generated.

SPIP is a 32-bit application for Windows 9x/NT/2K/XP, and requires that
Microsoft Excel be installed in the same workstation as the SPIP application.
It can accommodate a maximum of 100 columns and 10,000 rows from an Excel
file, without requiring any additional memory beyond the size of its
executable.


INSTALLATION
This version of the SPIP application is distributed as a ZIPed file, using
WinZip 8.0, and encapsulates an InstallShield wizard that can be started by
running the SETUP.EXE program, and includes a standard Windows UnInstall
utility. When unziping this program, the setup and supporting installation
files are placed in the TEMP folder by default, but the ZIPed file can be
placed in, and installed from, any folder. When the SPIP program is
installed, these installation programs and files can be deleted from the TEMP
folder, but MUST NOT be deleted if they are in the same folder as the
installation folder, otherwise the UnInstall utility will not work properly.


DEFAULT INSTALLATION FOLDER (DIRECTORY)
Unless otherwise specified during the installation process, the folder in
which the SPIP application program is placed will be:

       C:\Program Files\FutureWare\SPIP

This folder will have one executable file, "fwspip.exe", which encompasses
all of the ordinary use processing and administration functions for the
application program. Additionally, the installation folder includes the
following files:

  FWSPIP_LICENSE.TXT
    The software license agreement under which the SPIP application can be
    used
  FWSPIP_REMITTANCE.TXT
    A remittance form used to obtain the RegistrationKey and Use License by
    regular mail
  FWSPIP_README.TXT
    This document
  SPIPHELP.HLP, SPIPHELP.CNT, SPIPHELP.GID
    The application's context-driven Help subsystem files
  SPIP_PMQ_Notes.Doc
    An MS Word document that describes using SPIP with Pagemaker and Quark
  UNFWSPIP.EXE
    An un-install utility program

Additionally, SPIP creates and uses several subfolders from the installation
folder:

  demos
    Contains an Excel spreadsheet and a sample Pagemaker document file as a
    demonstration vehicle
  tutorial
    Contains the SPIP "Quick Start" HTML tutorial files that can be opened in
    the default browser


INSTALLATION DEFAULT DESKTOP AND PROGRAM FOLDER SETTINGS
The InstallationWizard will create a desktop shortcut for the SPIP program,
and a program folder named "FutureWare SPIP" accessible from the
START|Programs menu. This program folder will contain shortcuts to the SPIP
program, its Help subsystem, the ReadMe text file, a Tutorial, and an
Uninstall utility.


SYSTEM REGISTRY
The SPIP program does not add to or use the system Registry, but the install
program will add an entry to the HKLM\Software hive. This will be removed by
the Un-Install facility. DO NOT ATTEMPT TO MAKE REGISTRY CHANGES MANUALLY.


REFERENCE DOCUMENT
The SPIP application's operation and administration is described in the
context-sensitive Help subsystem located in the same folder as the executable.


LICENSE PURCHASE AND REGISTRATION
A License for the SPIP application program must be obtained and registered
before the evaluation period expires, afterwhich the application program's
administration and usage will be restricted until it is subsequently
registered. This unlicensed state can be removed at any time by entering valid
"NameKey" "RegistrationKey" values obtained from FutureWare, either on its
secure eCommerce site (which requires a valid credit card), or by filling out
the included form (e.g., with NotePad) in the FWSPIP_REMITTANCE.TXT file and
mailing it with payment to the address indicated. The procedure for on-line
License purchase and registration is described in detail in the Help subsystem
under the headings "GetFutureWareLicense" and "ApplyFutureWareLicense".


UN-INSTALLING THE SPIP APPLICATION PROGRAM
The distribution includes an Un-Install facility. We strongly recommend that
the SPIP application is first closed and all files other than those described
above (if any) be deleted from the folder that contains the executable, as
well as the sub-folders, before using the system's standard un-install utility
(e.g., the ControlPanel's Add|RemoveProgram item).

If the Windows removal utility warns that there are some components that
haven't been removed, then delete the SPIP folder (e.g., located by default at
C:\Program Files\FutureWare\SPIP.

The SPIP application can also be removed by first closing the program, and
selecting the "Uninstall SPIP" menu item from its program folder (i.e., the
START|Programs|FutureWare SPIP|UninstallSPIP item).


THANK YOU!
Thank you for choosing this FutureWare product. We are always working to
improve our current products, and welcome comments and suggestions for making
this one even better. Please share your ideas and critiques with us be email
to spip@futurewaredc.com.
