June 28, 1999

Dear user of FCPLite2:

The following will highlight the changes and enhancements to the inaugural (version 1.0) 
of FrenchClozePlus that FCPLite2 represents...

1.  The most significant change is the addition of a Main Menu that provides clear 
     choices in both the main frame and in the ever-present 5-button lower frame.

2.  While the redesigned opening screen (Main Menu) is now pleasantly intuitive, 
     as it should be, a variety of hyperlinks have been added to make the tutorial more 
     fully interactive:  There are links to the bilingual presentations of texts and to text- 
     or quiz-related lexicons.  The latter links (to lexicons) have made it pedagogically 
     possible to offer more challenging items in the short-answer-quiz sections.

3.  The lexicons themselves have all been fully alphabetized and in some cases
     enlarged to provide more meaningful challenges (as alluded to above).

4.  The "-Help-" button in the various quizzes or exercises has undergone changes
      consistent with NEW navigation-related buttons and the redesigned Main Menu and
      an expanded HelpMe.htm file.

5.   Clicking the HelpMe button now takes the user to a much-enhanced document.  The 
      file is now more than ever central to the user's interactive progress within the tutorial.

6.  Several documents have been added to make navigating FrenchClozePlus a more 
     surfooted experience.  The TIPS document is chockful of suggestions that anticipate 
     possible problematic situations...

7.  The Verb-practice exercises are now more easily negotiated, since the English text 
     now stands out boldly.  In each of the exercises' screen an icon can be clicked to reach
     a correlated lexicon and from there the related bilingual text is accessible via another
     hyperlink.

8.  A list of commented text titles is now available for viewing via the "PreView" hyperlink in 
     the startup page. Below each title's line or two of comment, a hyperlink ("texte") provides 
     access to the English version of the original French text.

9.  A list of the additional specific items that the full-featured FrenchClozePlus provides -- 
     beyond those available in FCPLite2 -- is accessible via the "MoreInfo" button in the TIPS 
     hyperpage. 

10. The entire tutorial was carefully reviewed to detect any inaccuracies.  When found the
      errors were corrected.

11. Several new verbs now appear in the VerbPrac menu.  Although present in FCPLite1,
      they had not found a place in its menu.  Now that omission has been remedied -- and
      is significant, at least in the "version intgrale" (full-featured) tutorial.

12.  References to the author's website have been added, so that the latest news related to
       the FrancoPhil software collection can be accessed.   

13.  The "PreView" hyperlink that appears in the opening main frame (Main Menu) is listed 
       as TITLES in the TIPS hypertext page. Thus, if you missed accessing this feature, you 
       are reminded to view the texts that are central to this tutorial. 

      
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If you, the user, detect or imagine other changes that might be incorporated in a subsequent
version of FrenchClozePlus, please do not hesitate to le me know.     