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CONTACT US FOR -iNFORMAT-iON @#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#* @#copying files from one computer's cd driwe to itsh own hard driwe a cd rom DR-iVE ACTS JUST L-iKE ANY OThER HARD OR FLOPPY DR-iVE ON YOUR COMPUTER. uSE ANY F-iLE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM/ SUCH AS ThE ONE -iN dos OR windows/ TO COPY F-iLES OFF ThE cd AND ONTO YOUR HARD DR-iVE/ -iF YOU W-iSh. tH-iS ALLOWS YOU TO MOD-iFY ThE F-iLES/ S-iNCE ON ThE cd -iTSELF ThEY ARE READ-ONLY.. @#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#* @#copying files from a computer with a cd rom driwe to a computer without one acip -iS AWARE ThAT FEW OF -iTS USERS HAVE cd rom DR-iVES AT PRESENT. tHEY AREN'T EXPENS-iVE/ AND ThEY ARE ThE WAY OF ThE FUTURE. wE URGE YOU TO PURCHASE ONE. w-iTh-iN A YEAR OR TWO/ MOST COMPUTERS W-iLL BE MADE W-iTh ThEM/ AND ThE USE OF cd'S W-iLL EXPLODE. iN ThE MEANT-iME/ HERE ARE T-iPS ON HOW TO GET DATA OFF ThE cd rom DR-iVE OF ONE MACH-iNE TO ANOThER W-iThOUT ONE. tHE SLOW WAY -iS TO COPY F-iLES FROM YOUR cd rom DR-iVE TO FLOPPY D-iSKETTES/ -iNSERT ThEM -iN ThE SECOND COMPUTER/ AND COPY ThEM TO -iTS HARD DR-iVE. a BETTER WAY -iS TO USE A COMMERC-iAL PROGRAM TO L-iNK ThE TWO COMPUTERS ThROUGH ThE-iR PR-iNTER PORTS/ AND JUST DUMP OVER ThE TEXTS YOU WANT. tH-iS -iS VERY QU-iCK/ REL-iABLE/ AND S-iMPLE. wE L-iKE ThE laplink PROGRAM FOR Th-iS PURPOSE. @#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#* @#copyrig+hted materials acip HAS -iNPUT A SUBSTANT-iAL QUANT-iTY OF COPYR-iGHTED MATER-iALS/ SUCH AS ThE "gREAT d-iCT-iONARY OF ThE t-iBETAN lANGUAGE" (tshig-mdzod chen-mo) AND A NUMBER OF CATALOGS TO ThE sUNGBUM OR COLLECTED WR-iT-iNGS OF t-iBETAN CLASS-iC-iSTS. tH-iS DATA -iS MEANT FOR -iNTERNAL USE ONLY AND CANNOT BE D-iSTR-iBUTED/ DUE TO COPYR-iGHT CONS-iDERAT-iONS. cONTACT ThE pROJECT FOR MORE -iNFORMAT-iON ON ThESE MATER-iALS/ AND WE W-iLL TRY TO HELP -iF WE CAN. @#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#* @#copyrig+ht information tHE FOLLOW-iNG COPYR-iGHTS APPLY TO ThE acip cd romH d-iG-iTAL FORM AND DOCUMENTAT-iON OF tHE aS-iAN cLASS-iCS iNPUT pROJECT'S source cd release a/ COPYR-iGHT C. 1993 BY ThE aS-iAN cLASS-iCS iNPUT pROJECT. aLL R-iGHTS RESERVED. d-iG-iTAL FORM OF united states library of congress t-iBETAN AND sANSKR-iT B-iBL-iOGRAPH-iCAL DATA COPYR-iGHT C. 1989-1992 BY tHE l-iBRARY OF cONGRESS/ EXCEPT -iN ThE usa. tH-iS DATA HAS BEEN L-iCENSED FROM/ AND A FEE PA-iD TO/ ThE uN-iTED sTATES l-iBRARY OF cONGRESS. rEQUESTS FOR PERM-iSS-iON TO COPY OR D-iSTR-iBUTE ThE RECORDS -iN ANY FORM ShOULD BE REFERRED TO ThE cATALOG-iNG d-iSTR-iBUT-iON sERV-iCE OF ThE l-iBRARY OF cONGRESS/ wASh-iNGTON dc/ usa 20541. tibeasy aS-iAN-SCR-iPT V-iEW-iNG AND SEARCH-iNG PROGRAM COPYR-iGHT C. 1992 BY tHE aS-iAN cLASS-iCS iNPUT pROJECT. aLL R-iGHTS RESERVED. acip WOULD L-iKE TO EXPRESS -iTS ThANKS TO mR. eDWARD sOFTKY FOR H-iS CONTR-iBUT-iON OF Th-iS F-iNE PROGRAM. list F-iLE AND BROWS-iNG UT-iL-iTY COPYR-iGHT C. 1983-1992 BY wERNON d. bUERG. aLL R-iGHTS RESERVED. @#sEE REG-iSTRAT-iON -iNFORMAT-iON ON ThE ACCOMPANY-iNG DOCUMENTAT-iON F-iLE. gofer SEARCH PROGRAM COPYR-iGHT C. 1987/ 1989 BY m-iCROLYT-iCS/ iNC/ AND s-iGNUM m-iCROSYSTEMS/ iNC. aLL R-iGHTS RESERVED/ WORLDW-iDE. gofer -iS A COMMERC-iAL PROGRAM WH-iCH HAS K-iNDLY BEEN PROV-iDED TO acip USERS BY m-iCROLYT-iCS/ iNC/ W-iThOUT CHARGE. m-iCROLYT-iCS REQUESTS ThAT USERS do not CONTACT ThE COMPANY FOR ANY TECHN-iCAL SUPPORT. cONTACT acip FOR ANY HELP YOU NEED. saikeasy SEARCH PROGRAM COPYR-iGHT C. 1984-1992 BY cORRELAT-iON sYSTEMS. aLL R-iGHTS RESERVED. @#sEE REG-iSTRAT-iON -iNFORMAT-iON ON ThE ACCOMPANY-iNG DOCUMENTAT-iON F-iLE. multilingua -iNTERNAT-iONAL SPELL-iNG CHECKER COPYR-iGHT C. 1990- 1992 BY cONCEPTS iNFO. aLL R-iGHTS RESERVED. @#sEE REG-iSTRAT-iON -iNFORMAT-iON ON ThE ACCOMPANY-iNG DOCUMENTAT-iON F-iLE. xtrai F-iLE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM COPYR-iGHT C. 1985/ 1989 BY ThE xtREE cOMPANY OF eXECUT-iVE sYSTEMS/ iNC. aLL R-iGHTS RESERVED. @#sEE REG-iSTRAT-iON -iNFORMAT-iON ON ThE ACCOMPANY-iNG DOCUMENTAT-iON F-iLE. graphics workshop PACKAGE COPYR-iGHT C. 1989/ 1992 BY aLCHEMY m-iNDWORKS/ iNC. aLL R-iGHTS RESERVED. @#sEE REG-iSTRAT-iON -iNFORMAT-iON ON ThE ACCOMPANY-iNG DOCUMENTAT-iON F-iLE. @#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#* @#creditsh and thank-you's pRODUC-iNG ThE F-iRST acip cd rom HAS BEEN AN -iMMENSE EFFORT REQU-iR-iNG ThE HELP AND DED-iCAT-iON OF MANY PEOPLE. wE WOULD L-iKE TO EXPRESS OUR S-iNCERE ThANKS AND GRAT-iTUDE TO ThE FOLLOW-iNG PERSONS (AND WE APOLOG-iZE -iN ADVANCE FOR ANY OM-iSS-iONS)H tO OUR cH-iEF eD-iTOR/ kHEN r-iNPOCHE gEShE lOBSANG tHARCH-iN/ W-iThOUT WHOSE DECADES OF GU-iDANCE/ COMPASS-iON/ AND -iNSP-iRED TEACH-iNG NONE OF Th-iS -iMPORTANT WORK WOULD EVER HAVE BEEN DONE; tO OUR aSS-iSTANT pROJECT d-iRECTOR/ dR. rOBERT j. tAYLOR/ WHO HAS BROUGHT TO ThE pROJECT ALL OF -iTS -iNTEGR-iTY/ D-iSC-iPL-iNE/ AND FOCUS/ W-iTh YEARS OF SELFLESS EFFORT AND UNFA-iL-iNG HUMOR; tO OUR oPERAT-iONS mANAGER/ mS. mAR-iA mONTENEGRO/ FOR HER AB-iL-iTY TO JUGGLE A ThOUSAND D-iFFERENT TASKS S-iMULTANEOUSLY/ W-iTh CREAT-iV-iTY/ AND GOOD HEART; tO OUR oVERSEAS qUAL-iTY mANAGER/ mR. d-iETER gEW-iSSLER/ FOR H-iS SELFLESS AND EXEMPLARY CONTR-iBUT-iON OF T-iME/ ANY T-iME/ ALL ThE T-iME/ -iN ThE SERV-iCE OF OThERS' NEEDS; tO ThE mANAGER OF OUR oVERSEAS dATA oPERAT-iONS/ wEN. lHUNDUP sHERAB/ FOR YEARS OF STRUGGL-iNG W-iTh OVERWHELM-iNG ENTRY SCHEDULES/ PHONE CALLS -iN ThE M-iDDLE OF ThE N-iGHT/ AND SUDDEN 3-DAY TRA-iN R-iDES FOR MEET-iNGS ALL OVER iND-iA; tO ALL OUR DED-iCATED NAT-iVE t-iBETAN ED-iTORS AND ENTRY OPERATORS/ REFUGEE MONK SCHOLARS WHO ON A DA-iLY BAS-iS G-iVE ThE-iR BEST TO COAX ThE DATA FROM UNRULY WOODBLOCK MANUSCR-iPTS; tO ThE bOARD OF d-iRECTORS OF ThE sERA mEY sCHOLARSh-iP fUND/ ESPEC-iALLY wEN. kONCHOK pELDEN/ FOR ThE-iR SELFLESS/ DEPENDABLE/ AND HONEST MANAGEMENT OF ThE F-iNANCES OF ThE pROJECT OVERSEAS; 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tO mR. pRAV-iN sAREEN/ PRES-iDENT OF cLASS-iCS OF iND-iA/ nEW dELH-i/ FOR H-iS EXACT-iNG CARE -iN D-iRECT-iNG acip'S OVERSEAS PUBL-iSh-iNG; tO ALL ThE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF acip'S jAPAN cONTACT oFF-iCE/ FOR ThE-iR HARD WORK AND GU-iDANCE -iN -iMPROV-iNG AND EXPAND-iNG OUR DATA AND eAST aS-iAN D-iSTR-iBUT-iON; tO mR. jOHN mALPAS AND mR. eDWARD sOFTKY/ WHO HAVE G-iVEN COUNTLESS HOURS OF ThE-iR T-iME W-iThOUT ANY MONETARY RETURN/ PROGRAMM-iNG ThE TOOLS NEEDED FOR ThE pROJECT'S wp DATA ENTRY SYSTEM (BY mR. mALPAS) AND t-iBEASY aS-iAN SCR-iPTS V-iEW-iNG PROGRAM (BY mR. sOFTKY); tO OUR cd rom pRODUCT-iON sUPERV-iSOR/ mS. jANET m-iZAR/ FOR HOURS OF LATE N-iGHT DATA VER-iF-iCAT-iON/ AND CALLS TO COMPAN-iES EVERYWHERE; TO mS. mAR-iE pLAC-iDE FOR HER CONSTANT ASS-iSTANCE -iN GRAPH-iC DES-iGN; tO ALL OF OUR SPONSORS/ ESPEC-iALLY TO mR. oFER aZR-iELANT AND mS. aYA aZR-iELANT (cHA-iRMAN AND pRES-iDENT/ RESPECT-iVELY/ OF ThE aND-iN iNTERNAT-iONAL d-iAMOND cORPORAT-iON) FOR YEARS OF SUPPORT AND GU-iDANCE -iN ThE MANAGEMENT OF ThE pROJECT; tO mS. hELEN aGUERA AND mS. aDR-iENNE lO/ OF ThE us nAT-iONAL eNDOWMENT FOR ThE hUMAN-iT-iES/ FOR HOURS OF MEET-iNGS AND SAGE ADV-iCE ThAT HAVE HELPED US REF-iNE AND FUND ThE pROJECT; tO OUR OR-iG-iNAL ACADEM-iC ADV-iSORS/ pROF. sAMUEL aTK-iNS AND pROF. w-iLL-iAM lAfLEUR/ FOR ThE-iR BEL-iEF -iN AND SUPPORT OF ThE V-iS-iON OF AN aS-iAN CLASS-iCS DATABASE; TO dR. dAV-iD pACKARD AND ThE STAFF OF ThE pACKARD hUMAN-iT-iES iNST-iTUTE FOR ThE-iR ADV-iCE AND ASS-iSTANCE; AND TO ALL ThE STAFF AND CONTRACTORS OF ThE tHESAURUS l-iNGUAE gRAECAE/ PART-iCULARLY pROF. t. bRUNNER/ FOR ThE-iR EARLY TECHN-iCAL AND ADM-iN-iSTRAT-iVE ASS-iSTANCE; tO ThE MANY STAFF OF ThE us l-iBRARY OF cONGRESS WHO HAVE ASS-iSTED ThE pROJECT -iN EVERY WAY OVER ThE YEARS/ -iNCLUD-iNG ThE l-iBRAR-iAN OF cONGRESS/ dR. jAMES b-iLL-iNGTON/ AND mS. sUSAN mE-iNaHE-iT/ mS. aL-iCE kN-iSKERN/ mS. lYG-iA bALLANTYNE/ mR. lOU jACOB/ ThE STAFF OF ThE cATALOG d-iSTR-iBUT-iON sERV-iCES/ AND ThE -iN-iM-iTABLE dR. e. gENE sM-iTh; tO OUR pROJECT d-iRECTOR/ mR. m-iCHAEL rOACH/ FOR H-iS UNSTOPPABLE V-iS-iON AND EFFORTS TO PRESERVE AND FURThER ThE aS-iAN CLASS-iCS; aND LAST/ BUT CERTA-iNLY NOT LEAST/ TO ThE AUThORS OF ThE aS-iAN CLASS-iCS ThEMSELVES/ WHO REACH OUT TO US ACROSS ThE LAST 25 CENTUR-iES/ TO BR-iNG US ThE-iR W-iSDOM AND GU-iDANCE FOR ThE BENEF-iT OF OUR OWN L-iVES/ AND ThOSE OF ALL HUMAN-iTY. @#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#* @#dating a text sEE @#historical analysis of a text @#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#* @#errors in the data oNLY AFTER REAL-iZ-iNG ThAT/ W-iTh ThE L-iM-iTED CAPAC-iTY OF AUThOR-iT-iES WORLDW-iDE/ -iT WOULD TAKE MANY YEARS TO PROPERLY ED-iT ALL ThE MATER-iAL -iNPUT ALREADY/ acip STAFF HAVE MADE ThE DEC-iS-iON TO RELEASE DATA WH-iCH HAS NOT YET RECE-iVED -iTS F-iNAL MANUAL ED-iT-iNG. eVERY TEXT HAS BEEN TYPED -iN FULLY TWO T-iMES AND RUN ThROUGH A COMPAR-iSON PROGRAM ThREE FULL T-iMES BY NAT-iVE OPERATORS. wE ARE ENT-iRELY AWARE ThAT ThE DATA NONEThELESS CONTA-iNS ERRORS. tHESE ARE DUE TO -iNCORRECT OR-iG-iNALS/ MECHAN-iCAL PROBLEMS W-iTh ThE COMPUTERS -iN iND-iA WH-iCH -iNTRODUCE GARBLED L-iNES/ AND S-iMPLE OPERATOR M-iSTAKES. nONEThELESS WE HAVE FOUND EVEN ThE SOURCE DATA TO BE A FANTAST-iC BOON -iN OUR OWN RESEARCH EFFORTS HERE/ AND WE FEEL ThAT USERS WORLDW-iDE ShOULD HAVE ThE SAME OPPORTUN-iTY TO USE Th-iS DATA -iN ThE-iR -iNTER-iM RESEARCH. oUR POS-iT-iON -iS ThAT/ -iF YOU LOCATE A DES-iRED QUOTAT-iON OR TEXT STR-iNG -iN ThE SOURCE DATA/ Th-iS W-iLL BENEF-iT YOUR RESEARCH GREATLY. iF YOU FA-iL TO LOCATE A QUOTAT-iON/ DO NOT ASSUME ThAT -iT -iS NOT ThERE. tH-iS COULD BE DUE TO AN ERROR -iN TYP-iNG OR/ -iN F-iLES MARKED W-iTh ThE EXTENS-iON inc/ DUE TO ThE FACT ThAT AT LEAST SEVERAL PAGES OF ThE TEXT ARE ST-iLL -iNCOMPLETE. acip -iS G-iV-iNG ThESE -iNCOMPLETE TEXTS F-iRST PR-iOR-iTY FOR F-iN-iShED -iNPUT BEFORE ThE NEXT RELEASE. acip WOULD BE VERY GRATEFUL TO RECE-iVE SUGGEST-iONS ABOUT CORRECT-iNG DATA--L-iSTS OF ERRORS -iN WHATEVER TEXT YOU ARE US-iNG REGULARLY. pLEASE SUBM-iT ThESE L-iSTS TO E-iThER OF ThE OFF-iCES L-iSTED ABOVE/ AND WE W-iLL DO OUR BEST TO VER-iFY AND -iNCORPORATE YOUR SUGGEST-iONS/ W-iTh FORMAL CRED-iT TO YOUR EFFORTS. @#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#* @#european distribution center aLL acip MATER-iALS CAN BE ORDERED BY eUROPEAN USERS FROM ThE oXFORD tEXT aRCH-iVE. pLEASE CALL OR WR-iTE TOH tHE oXFORD tEXT aRCH-iVE 13 bRANBURY rOAD oXFORD ox2 6nn eNGLAND TELEPHONEH (0865) 273-200 FAXH (0865) 273-275 ELECTRON-iC MA-iLH ARCH-iVE@UK.AC.OXFORD.VAX CONTACTH dR. lOU bURNARD/ d-iRECTOR/ OR dR. aLAN mORR-iSON eUROPEAN USERS CAN ALSO CONTACT ThE usa OFF-iCE ADDRESSES FOR ANY MATER-iALS ThEY NEED. @#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#* @#file management tHE acip cd rom -iNCLUDES AN EXCELLENT PROGRAM FOR PERFORM-iNG EVERYDAY F-iLE MANAGEMENT TASKS/ SUCH AS COPY-iNG/ MOV-iNG/ CHECK-iNG DATE OF CREAT-iON/ AND SO ON. sELECT ThE programs MENU -iTEM AND START ThE xtrai F-iLE MANAGEMENT PROGRAM. please note ThAT Th-iS -iS A ShAREWARE VERS-iON ONLY OF Th-iS EXCELLENT PROGRAM/ AND DOES NOT HAVE ENOUGH CAPAC-iTY TO HANDLE ALL ThE D-iRECTOR-iES ON ThE LARGE cd rom. wE ENCOURAGE USERS TO CONS-iDER PURCHAS-iNG ThE FULL VERS-iON OF Th-iS PROGRAM AT ANY NORMAL OUTLET -iF ThEY F-iND -iT USEFUL. tHE FULL VERS-iON HANDLES ThE cd QU-iTE WELL/ AND ALLOWS A PLEThORA OF USEFUL OPERAT-iONS ThAT ThE ShAREWARE VERS-iON LACKS. @#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#* @#file names tHE F-iLE NAMES FOR ALL acip DATA ARE ASS-iGNED ACCORD-iNG TO ThE FOLLOW-iNG CONVENT-iONS-- cATALOG NUMBERH REFERS TO ThE STANDARD tOHOKU uN-iVERS-iTY CATALOG NUMBER WHEREVER AVA-iLABLE/ AND TO ThE acip CATALOG NUMBER WHERE NOT. lETTERS PRECED-iNG CATALOG NUMBERH REFER TO COLLECT-iON AND ED-iT-iON/ AS FOLLOWS-- k = kANGYUR COLLECT-iON -iTEM t = tENGYUR COLLECT-iON -iTEM s = sUNGBUM COLLECT-iON -iTEM r = rEFERENCE MATER-iAL kl = iTEM FROM lHASA ED-iT-iON OF kANGYUR kd = iTEM FROM dERGE ED-iT-iON OF kANGYUR td = iTEM FROM dERGE ED-iT-iON OF tENGYUR tsh = iTEM FROM "gOLDEN" ED-iT-iON OF tENGYUR if you chause to modify a file for your own research/ acip requestsh that you change the file name/ so that it is clear that the data has bain changed. @#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#* @#file extensions acip USES ThE FOLLOW-iNG EXTENS-iONS AT ThE END OF A F-iLE NAME/ TO -iND-iCATE ThE NATURE OF ThE DATA-- aceH eNGL-iSh TEXT/ APPROVED FOR REGULAR acip RELEASE actH t-iBETAN TEXT/ APPROVED FOR REGULAR acip RELEASE acmH tEXT -iN M-iXED LANGUAGES (SUCH AS t-iBETAN AND eNGL-iSh/ OR sANSKR-iT AND eNGL-iSh)/ APPROVED FOR REGULAR acip RELEASE incH iNCOMPLETE TEXT; 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SEVERAL T-iMES/ UNT-iL -iT TAKES YOU BACK TO ThE MA-iN cd D-iRECTORY. aRROW DOWN TO graphics AND ThEN CONT-iNUE DOWN ThROUGH ThE D-iRECTOR-iES UNT-iL YOU SEE ThE NAME OF ThE P-iCTURE YOU WANT/ ThEN S-iMPLY H-iT ThE KEY TO V-iEW. pLEASE NOTE ThAT ThE gws V-iEWER MAY NOT WORK ON COMPUTERS (SUCH AS OLDER OR SOME LAPTOP MACH-iNES) ThAT DO NOT HAVE ThE REQU-iRED GRAPH-iCS CAPAC-iTY. a COMPLETE CATALOG OF ThE aS-iAN cLASS-iCS gRAPH-iCS l-iBRARY -iS AVA-iLABLE FROM ThE MA-iN MENU UNDER acip documentation. @#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#* @#hardcopy bauks and brochures a GOOD PART OF acip DATA HAS BEEN PUBL-iShED -iN ATTRACT-iVE HARDCOPY BOOKS UNDER ThE uN-iVERS-iTY tEXT sER-iES OF sERA mEY t-iBETAN mONAST-iC uN-iVERS-iTY. cONTACT ThE pROJECT FOR MORE -iNFORMAT-iON; MANY OF ThESE ED-iT-iONS HAVE BEEN SOLD OUT/ BUT WE CAN PUT YOU -iN TOUCH W-iTh ThE PUBL-iShERS/ ESPEC-iALLY FOR FUTURE WORKS. oUR SUPPL-iES OF HARDCOPY VERS-iONS OF ThE VAR-iOUS acip RELEASE BROCHURES FOUND ON D-iSK HERE ARE ALSO MOSTLY EXHAUSTED/ EXCEPT FOR rELEASE tHREE. cONTACT OUR wASh-iNGTON aREA oFF-iCE AT ThE ADDRESS ON ThE F-iRST PAGE OF Th-iS HELP F-iLE TO ORDER A COMPL-iMENTARY COPY. @#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#* @#*@#acip cd rom help system@#*@# min topics are asterisked. use the search function/ or arrow down/ to wiew topics. to get the most out of the acip cd/ we suggest that you browse throug+h the entire help section first! if you are a regular user of this cd rom/ you are required to read the "@#shareware programs" section below. @#acipH contacting us acip STAFF ARE HAPPY TO HELP YOU W-iTh ANY QUEST-iONS/ PROBLEMS/ OR SUGGEST-iONS. wE HAVE A VERY SMALL STAFF AND SOMET-iMES DUE TO ThE TREMENDOUS WORK LOAD WE ARE NOT ABLE TO RESPOND AS QU-iCKLY AS WE WOULD L-iKE TO. pLEASE BE PAT-iENT W-iTh US AND SEND A REM-iNDER -iF NECESSARY. acip CONTACT -iNFORMAT-iON -iSH tHE aS-iAN cLASS-iCS iNPUT pROJECT wASh-iNGTON aREA oFF-iCE 11911 mARMARY rOAD gA-iThERSBURG/ mARYLAND usa 20878-1839 TELEPHONE AND FAX (CALL VO-iCE F-iRST FOR FAX)H (301) 948-5569 ELECTRON-iC MA-iLH AC-iP@WELL.SF.CA.US CONTACT PERSONaH dR. rOBERT tAYLOR/ ASS-iSTANT PROJECT D-iRECTOR (cONTACT ThE wASh-iNGTON aREA oFF-iCE TO ORDER D-iSKS/ BROCHURES/ acip PROGRAMS/ PR-iNT-OUTS -iN NAT-iVE SCR-iPT; TO MAKE A TAX- EXEMPT CONTR-iBUT-iON OF USED COMPUTER EQU-iPMENT; OR FOR GENERAL PROJECT UPDATES.) tHE aS-iAN cLASS-iCS iNPUT pROJECT nEW yORK aREA oFF-iCE C(O tHE pR-iNCETON cLUB OF nEW yORK bOX 57 15 wEST 43RD sTREET nEW yORK/ nEW yORK usa 10036 TELEPHONE AND FAX (SAME NUMBER)H (908) 364-1824 ELECTRON-iC MA-iLH AC-iP@WELL.SF.CA.US CONTACT PERSONaH m-iCHAEL rOACH/ PROJECT D-iRECTOR jOHN mALPAS/ CH-iEF PROGRAMMER mAR-iA mONTENEGRO/ OPERAT-iONS MANAGER (cONTACT ThE nEW yORK aREA oFF-iCE FOR QUEST-iONS ON ED-iTOR-iAL CONTENT/ TEXT -iNPUT SCHEDULES/ PROJECT PART-iC-iPAT-iON/ SUBM-iSS-iON OF ERRORS FOUND/ OR SUPPORT OF PROPOSALS FOR RELATED EFFORTS.) @#acip documentation w-iTh EACH OF -iTS REGULAR RELEASES/ acip HAS PUBL-iShED A HARDCOPY BROCHURE ThAT G-iVES MUCH V-iTAL -iNFORMAT-iON ABOUT HOW TO GET ThE MOST OUT OF ThE DATA/ AS WELL AS OThER SUBJECTS. tHESE BROCHURES ARE AVA-iLABLE HERE ON ThE cd/ UNDER ThE acip documentation MENU SELECT-iON. wE URGE YOU TO STUDY ThEM. oNLY ThE MOST RECENT BROCHURE (rELEASE tHREE) -iS ST-iLL AVA-iLABLE -iN HARDCOPY FROM ThE pROJECT; 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tO OUR aSS-iSTANT pROJECT d-iRECTOR/ dR. rOBERT j. tAYLOR/ WHO HAS BROUGHT TO ThE pROJECT ALL OF -iTS -iNTEGR-iTY/ D-iSC-iPL-iNE/ AND FOCUS/ W-iTh YEARS OF SELFLESS EFFORT AND UNFA-iL-iNG HUMOR; tO OUR oPERAT-iONS mANAGER/ mS. mAR-iA mONTENEGRO/ FOR HER AB-iL-iTY TO JUGGLE A ThOUSAND D-iFFERENT TASKS S-iMULTANEOUSLY/ W-iTh CREAT-iV-iTY/ AND GOOD HEART; tO OUR oVERSEAS qUAL-iTY mANAGER/ mR. d-iETER gEW-iSSLER/ FOR H-iS SELFLESS AND EXEMPLARY CONTR-iBUT-iON OF T-iME/ ANY T-iME/ ALL ThE T-iME/ -iN ThE SERV-iCE OF OThERS' NEEDS; tO ThE mANAGER OF OUR oVERSEAS dATA oPERAT-iONS/ wEN. lHUNDUP sHERAB/ FOR YEARS OF STRUGGL-iNG W-iTh OVERWHELM-iNG ENTRY SCHEDULES/ PHONE CALLS -iN ThE M-iDDLE OF ThE N-iGHT/ AND SUDDEN 3-DAY TRA-iN R-iDES FOR MEET-iNGS ALL OVER iND-iA; tO ALL OUR DED-iCATED NAT-iVE t-iBETAN ED-iTORS AND ENTRY OPERATORS/ REFUGEE MONK SCHOLARS WHO ON A DA-iLY BAS-iS G-iVE ThE-iR BEST TO COAX ThE DATA FROM UNRULY WOODBLOCK MANUSCR-iPTS; tO ThE bOARD OF d-iRECTORS OF ThE sERA mEY sCHOLARSh-iP fUND/ ESPEC-iALLY wEN. kONCHOK pELDEN/ FOR ThE-iR SELFLESS/ DEPENDABLE/ AND HONEST MANAGEMENT OF ThE F-iNANCES OF ThE pROJECT OVERSEAS; tO ThE bOARDS OF d-iRECTORS OF ThE sERA mEY t-iBETAN mONAST-iC uN-iVERS-iTY AND rASh-i gEMP-iL l-iNG kALMUK mONGOL-iAN sOC-iETY/ FOR YEARS OF SUPPORT AND PROV-iD-iNG FAC-iL-iT-iES TO ThE pROJECT; tO ThE eD-iTOR OF ThE acip eXPERT cOMMENTARY sER-iES/ mR. w-iNCENT mONTENEGRO/ FOR H-iS EXCELLENT EYE -iN CRAFT-iNG ThE WORDS AND -iMAGES/ AND CHEERFUL HELP -iN ANY TASK; tO ThE MANAGER OF OUR aS-iAN cLASS-iCS gRAPH-iCS l-iBRARY/ mS. bARBARA tAYLOR/ FOR MONThS AND YEARS OF SCANN-iNG/ "MOUS-iNG" AROUND W-iTh -iLLEG-iBLE WOODBLOCK PR-iNTS/ AND PUTT-iNG UP W-iTh SUDDENLY CHANG-iNG PR-iOR-iT-iES; tO wEN. tHUPTEN pELMA/ dEBRA bALL-iER/ FOR ThE MANY DAYS AND MONThS SPENT PREPAR-iNG AND MANAG-iNG ThE FAC-iL-iT-iES OF ThE aS-iAN cLASS-iCS iNST-iTUTE/ nEW yORK (AND TO pONCHO AND rUSTY/ ThE WATCHMEN); tO mR. nGUDUP gYATSO AND H-iS W-iFE nAMGYAL/ OF k-iNGATE lTD/ hONG kONG AND nEW dELH-i/ FOR YEARS OF EXPED-iT-iNG acip STAFF ThROUGH ThE V-iSA/ CUSTOMS/ AND TRAVEL REGULAT-iONS OF ThE iND-iAN GOVERNMENT; tO mR. dH-iRU sHAH OF oVERSEAS eXPORTS/ bOMBAY/ AND H-iS ENT-iRE FAM-iLY FOR ThE-iR K-iND ASS-iSTANCE -iN TRANSFERR-iNG PEOPLE/ SUPPL-iES/ MESSAGES/ AND EQU-iPMENT TO AND FROM ThE DATA CENTER; tO mR. pRAV-iN sAREEN/ PRES-iDENT OF cLASS-iCS OF iND-iA/ nEW dELH-i/ FOR H-iS EXACT-iNG CARE -iN D-iRECT-iNG acip'S OVERSEAS PUBL-iSh-iNG; tO ALL ThE MANAGEMENT AND STAFF OF acip'S jAPAN cONTACT oFF-iCE/ FOR ThE-iR HARD WORK AND GU-iDANCE -iN -iMPROV-iNG AND EXPAND-iNG OUR DATA AND eAST aS-iAN D-iSTR-iBUT-iON; tO mR. jOHN mALPAS AND mR. eDWARD sOFTKY/ WHO HAVE G-iVEN COUNTLESS HOURS OF ThE-iR T-iME W-iThOUT ANY MONETARY RETURN/ PROGRAMM-iNG ThE TOOLS NEEDED FOR ThE pROJECT'S wp DATA ENTRY SYSTEM (BY mR. mALPAS) AND t-iBEASY aS-iAN SCR-iPTS V-iEW-iNG PROGRAM (BY mR. sOFTKY); tO OUR cd rom pRODUCT-iON sUPERV-iSOR/ mS. jANET m-iZAR/ FOR HOURS OF LATE N-iGHT DATA VER-iF-iCAT-iON/ AND CALLS TO COMPAN-iES EVERYWHERE; TO mS. mAR-iE pLAC-iDE FOR HER CONSTANT ASS-iSTANCE -iN GRAPH-iC DES-iGN; tO ALL OF OUR SPONSORS/ ESPEC-iALLY TO mR. oFER aZR-iELANT AND mS. aYA aZR-iELANT (cHA-iRMAN AND pRES-iDENT/ RESPECT-iVELY/ OF ThE aND-iN iNTERNAT-iONAL d-iAMOND cORPORAT-iON) FOR YEARS OF SUPPORT AND GU-iDANCE -iN ThE MANAGEMENT OF ThE pROJECT; 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Th-iS -iS ThE S-iNGLE MOST POWERFUL AND S-iMPLE SEARCH METhOD WE ARE AWARE OF. yOU NEED TO KNOW ThE D-iRECTORY WHERE ThE TEXT TO SEARCH -iS LOCATED; USE xtrai (FROM ThE programs D-iRECTORY) OR ANY OThER D-iRECTORY V-iEW-iNG PROGRAM (SUCH AS ThE trai COMMAND -iN dos -iTSELF) TO F-iND ThE COMPLETE PATh/ OR ELSE ENTER ThE PATh SCREEN OF gofer AND USE ThE alt-t OPT-iON. please note ThAT ThE m-iCROLYT-iCS cORPORAT-iON HAS K-iNDLY L-iCENSED acip TO PROV-iDE Th-iS PROGRAM FREE OF CHARGE TO OUR cd USERS. tHE COMPANY HAS REQUESTED ThAT USERS ThEREFORE not CALL ThE-iR TECHN-iCAL SUPPORT NUMBER W-iTh QUEST-iONS. fEEL FREE TO CONTACT acip FOR HELP. acip STRONGLY RECOMMENDS ThAT USERS PURCHASE ThE PROGRAM FROM m-iCROLYT-iCS -iN ORDER TO TAKE ADVANTAGE OF ThE DOCUMENTAT-iON FOR US-iNG ThE PROGRAM/ AS WELL AS ThE COMPANY'S TECHN-iCAL ASS-iSTANCE. aLTERNATELY/ YOU CAN USE ThE SEARCH FUNCT-iON -iN ThE MENU SYSTEM -iTSELF. oR USE ThE list PROGRAM FROM ThE program MENU. oR USE ThE saikeasy PROGRAM FROM ThE program MENU. oR USE ThE grep PROGRAMS FROM ThE program MENU. eACH METhOD HAS -iTS OWN ADVANTAGES. eXPER-iMENT! @#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#* @#searching a text in tibetan script uSE ThE tibez PROGRAM FROM ThE program MENU TO CALL UP ThE TEXT AND USE ThE SEARCH UT-iL-iTY. tibez WORKS FULLY ONLY ON F-iLES W-iTh ThE EXTENS-iON act/ ALThOUGH YOU CAN ALSO USE -iT ON ALMOST ALL ThE F-iLES W-iTh ThE raw OR inc EXTENS-iONS. @#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#* @#status of a text fOLLOW-iNG ARE ThE CODES USED TO -iND-iCATE ThE CURRENT STATUS OF ANY acip TEXT F-iLEH d-iRECTLY AFTER ThE CATALOG NUMBER ONLY-- aH tEXT HAS RECE-iVED A S-iNGLE UNCORRECTED -iNPUT eH tEXT HAS BEEN DOUBLE-ENTERED AND TR-iPLE-ED-iTED/ BUT NOT APPROVED FOR A REGULAR acip RELEASE fH tEXT HAS RECE-iVED A ThOROUGH MANUAL ED-iT-iNG AND -iS APPROVED FOR A REGULAR acip RELEASE gH tEXT -iS AVA-iLABLE -iN A VERS-iON WH-iCH CAN BE PR-iNTED OUT US-iNG ThE "t-iBETAN tEXT pROCESS-iNG sYSTEM" hH tEXT -iS AVA-iLABLE -iN A VERS-iON WH-iCH CAN BE PR-iNTED OUT US-iNG ThE "t-iBETAN!" PUBL-iSh-iNG SYSTEM (PLEASE NOTE ThAT OLDER F-iLES ShOULD BE PASSED ThROUGH ThE UPDATE UT-iL-iTY SUPPL-iED W-iTh "t-iBETAN!" PR-iOR TO PR-iNT-iNG/ AND MAY NOT CONTA-iN ALL sANSKR-iT STACKS/ WHEN ThESE WERE NOT AVA-iLABLE). aS A F-iLE EXTENS-iON-- aceH eNGL-iSh TEXT/ APPROVED FOR REGULAR acip RELEASE actH t-iBETAN TEXT/ APPROVED FOR REGULAR acip RELEASE acmH tEXT -iN M-iXED LANGUAGES (SUCH AS t-iBETAN AND eNGL-iSh/ OR sANSKR-iT AND eNGL-iSh)/ APPROVED FOR REGULAR acip RELEASE incH iNCOMPLETE TEXT; DATA WAS GARBLED DUR-iNG TRANSM-iSS-iON TO us AND AT LEAST SOME PAGES ARE M-iSS-iNG rawH tEXT -iS RAW SOURCE DATA ONLY/ AND MAY CONTA-iN GROSS ERRORS; acip -iS RELEAS-iNG ONLY FOR -iNTER-iM RESEARCH PURPOSES @#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#* @#subject/ search by tO V-iEW OR SEARCH A GROUP OF TEXTS ON ThE SAME SUBJECT/ GO DOWN ThROUGH ThE textsh MENU SELECT-iON TO ThE subject CATEGORY. tEXTS ARE ARRANGED ThERE BY MAJOR COLLECT-iON AND ThEN BY MAJOR SUBJECT. @#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#* @#tantric literature sOLELY W-iTh PR-iVATE FUND-iNG/ acip HAS -iNPUT A NUMBER OF TEXTS FROM ThE tANTR-iC TRAD-iT-iON OF CLASS-iCAL sANSKR-iT AND t-iBETAN L-iTERATURE. tHESE WORKS CONST-iTUTE A COLLECT-iON WH-iCH BY TRAD-iT-iON -iS SECRET/ AND ThE pROJECT -iS COMM-iTTED TO HONOR-iNG ThE W-iShES OF ThE TRAD-iT-iONAL HOLDERS OF ThESE WORKS -iN Th-iS REGARD. iF YOU W-iSh TO RECE-iVE ANY OF ThESE F-iLES/ PLEASE CONTACT ThE pROJECT/ AND WE W-iLL FORWARD YOUR REQUEST TO ThE AUThOR-iT-iES -iNVOLVED. @#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#* @#technical assistance acip STAFF ARE HERE TO HELP YOU GET ThE MOST OUT OF OUR RELEASES. fEEL FREE TO CONTACT US FOR ANY TECHN-iCAL QUEST-iONS AND WE'LL DO ThE BEST WE CAN TO ASS-iST YOU. oUR COMPLETE PHONE/ FAX/ AND E-MA-iL NUMBERS ARE L-iSTED ON ThE F-iRST PAGE OF Th-iS HELP F-iLE. acip ALSO PROV-iDES FREE PUBL-iC DEMONSTRAT-iONS OF HOW TO USE -iTS DATA AND PROGRAMS EFFECT-iVELY; ThESE ARE APPROPR-iATE FOR -iNST-iTUT-iONS/ CONFERENCES/ AND SO ON. cONTACT OUR wASh-iNGTON aREA oFF-iCE FOR MORE -iNFO. @#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#* @#*title/ search by tO SEARCH FOR A PART-iCULAR T-iTLE/ ENTER ThE textsh MENU SELECT-iON AND ThEN GO TO ThE titles SELECT-iON. wORKS ARE GROUPED BY CATEGORY AND ThEN ALPHABET-iCALLY/ BY t-iBETAN T-iTLE/ -iF APPL-iCABLE/ RAThER ThAN BY sANSKR-iT T-iTLE (ALThOUGH ThE sANSKR-iT T-iTLE -iS ALSO -iNCLUDED). tHE L-iM-iTAT-iONS OF ThE MENU-iNG SYSTEM DO NOT ALLOW US TO -iNCLUDE ANY MORE ThAN A VERY BR-iEF T-iTLE. uSE ThE titles OPT-iON -iN ThE acip documentation MENU SELECT-iON -iF YOU WANT TO SEARCH ThE CATALOG FOR ThE FULL NAMES. @#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#* @#transcription method acip'S METhOD FOR TRANSCR-iB-iNG t-iBETAN FOLLOWS ThAT ESTABL-iShED BY ThE gOVERNMENT OF t-iBET/ AS DEVELOPED BY pROF. nGAWANGThONDUP nARKY-iD AND OThER RESEARCHERS AT ThE l-iBRARY OF t-iBETAN wORKS AND aRCH-iVES/ ThE nAT-iONAL l-iBRARY OF t-iBET. tH-iS METhOD -iS/ S-iMPLY/ ThE MOST ECONOM-iC SYSTEM POSS-iBLE W-iThOUT AMB-iGU-iTY AND W-iThOUT D-iACR-iT-iCAL MARKS/ WH-iCH CANNOT BE D-iSPLAYED ON ThE TERM-iNALS OF MANY OF acip'S USERS. acip REAL-iZES ThAT -iND-iV-iDUAL RESEARCHERS AROUND ThE WORLD HAVE -iND-iV-iDUAL PREFERENCES FOR TRANSCR-iPT-iON METhODS/ AND ThEREFORE WE PROV-iDE -iN ThE programs MENU SELECT-iON A FEW MACROS FOR AUTOMAT-iC CONVERS-iON UNDER wORDpERFECT. tHROUGH Th-iS OR ANY GLOBAL SEARCH AND REPLACE UT-iL-iTY -iT -iS POSS-iBLE TO CONVERT acip DATA TO ANY TRANSCR-iPT-iON METhOD YOU PREFER/ -iN ONLY A FEW M-iNUTES. tHE METhOD FOR TRANSCR-iB-iNG sANSKR-iT GENERALLY FOLLOWS PREC-iSELY ThE CENTUR-iES-OLD t-iBETAN METhOD/ WH-iCH -iS QU-iTE SU-iTABLE FOR ThE pROJECT'S DATA. iT -iS OUR OBJECT TO BR-iNG ThESE TEXTS TO ThE PERSONAL COMPUTERS OF OUR USERS -iN MORE ThAN 40 COUNTR-iES AROUND ThE WORLD/ AND ThEREFORE WE HAVE BEEN OBL-iGED TO AVO-iD ANY SYSTEM WH-iCH WOULD REQU-iRE D-iACR-iT-iCAL MARKS ThAT CANNOT BE D-iSPLAYED ON BAS-iC pc'S. wHEN WE ARE SURE ThAT ThE MAJOR-iTY OF OUR USERS HAVE OPERAT-iNG SYSTEMS ThAT CAN SUPPORT D-iACR-iT-iCS/ WE -iNTEND TO CONVERT ThE sANSKR-iT SPELL-iNGS TO ThE GENERALLY ACCEPTED SYSTEM W-iTh D-iACR-iT-iCS. iN ThE MEANT-iME/ WE HAVE CHOSEN AN UNAMB-iGUOUS AND ECONOM-iCAL METhOD ThAT CAN EAS-iLY BE UNDERSTOOD BY RESEARCHERS AND ST-iLL D-iSPLAYED ON ANY pc -iN ThE WORLD. @#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#* @#wiewing a text in roman letters s-iMPLY USE ThE MENU SYSTEM TO GO TO ThE TEXT YOU W-iSh TO V-iEW/ AND H-iT ThE KEY. oR GO TO ThE program MENU AND USE ThE list PROGRAM. @#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#* @#wiewing a text in tibetan script uSE ThE tibez PROGRAM FROM ThE program MENU TO CALL UP ThE TEXT. tibez WORKS FULLY ONLY ON F-iLES W-iTh ThE EXTENS-iON act/ ALThOUGH YOU CAN ALSO USE -iT ON ALMOST ALL ThE F-iLES W-iTh ThE raw OR inc EXTENS-iONS. @#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#* @#word count analysis gO TO ThE ml (mULT-iL-iNGUA) SPELL-CHECKER -iN ThE program MENU. rEAD ThE DOCUMENTAT-iON ON HOW TO BU-iLD A NEW D-iCT-iONARY F-iLE. lOAD ThE D-iCT-iONARY W-iTh ThE WORD WHOSE FREQUENCY YOU W-iSh TO COUNT. lOAD ThE TEXT YOU W-iSh TO CHECK FOR ThE WORD'S FREQUENCY. sELECT ThE AUTOMAT-iC MATCH-iNG OPT-iON AND NOTE ThE NUMBER OF MATCHES. iF YOU ARE US-iNG ThE wORDpERFECT WORD-PROCESS-iNG PROGRAM/ YOU MAY ALSO PERFORM A WORD COUNT BY US-iNG ThE wORDCOUNT MACRO SUPPL-iED -iN ThE program MENU OF ThE cd. @#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*@#*