
           INTRODUCTION TO FREE NUTRITION WIZARD/QUICK-TEST


+++ WELCOME TO NUTRITION WIZARD/QT

++ Where to Find Information

This document (file MANUAL.TXT) will get you started:
     Installation information
     How to start Nutrition Wizard/QT
     How to use the help system
     Basic instructions
The remaining documentation for Nutrition Wizard/QT is available via 
the Nutrition Wizard/QT help system while you use the program.

Also supplied with this program are the following text files:
     BROCHURE.TXT -- Exciting information about Nutrition Wizard Deluxe
     QUICK.TXT -- Quick summaries of how to use Nutrition Wizard/QT

If you want or need more detailed printed information, we suggest you 
upgrade to the complete Nutrition Wizard package which includes many 
more features and capabilities plus a 200 page nutrition, health and 
user guide.

++ What is Nutrition Wizard/QT?

Nutrition Wizard/Quick-Test is a free introduction to the ease and 
value of computer-assisted nutrition-improvement using the Nutrition 
Wizard family of products.  It is a simplified version of full-featured 
Nutrition Wizard Deluxe.  You can obtain Nutrition Wizard Deluxe 
(version 2.5) for only $29.95.  See the information file BROCHURE.TXT 
or the section in the Information menu of Nutrition Wizard/QT.

++ What Is Nutrition Wizard?

Eating right is essential to good health.  A good diet makes you 
healthier, feel better and live longer.  Many, perhaps most, health 
problems, including heart disease and cancer, are diet-related.  
Experts believe a good diet can add four years to your lifespan.

Unfortunately, most of us still don't eat very well.  For example, 
nearly all of us eat way too much fat, making us susceptible to heart 
disease.  Fewer than 1/2 of U.S. women get enough calcium making them 
targets for brittle bones.  Lack of fiber is linked to colon cancer.  
The list is almost endless.

Nutrition Wizard makes watching what you eat easy, enlightening and 
fun.  It's the high-quality nutrition improvement software that 
provides long-lasting health insurance for you and your entire family.  
It helps you and your entire family eat better, easily.  Nutrition 
Wizard lets you improve your eating patterns at your own pace, 
without having to understand nutrition, read a food label or figure out 
food groups.

Nutrition Wizard makes it easy to find out the nutrition in the 
food you eat:

1. Tell Nutrition Wizard what you ate by selecting food items from 
a menu.  An entire meal takes less than a minute.

2. Nutrition Wizard immediately shows the nutrition on the screen 
in plain English and in an easy-to-read "gas gauge" form.

3. Get a complete report including a personal evaluation and comments.  
The report appears on the screen instantly.  Press another key to print 
it.

You don't have to know anything about nutrition to use Nutrition 
Wizard.  It quietly watches sources of calories (such as fats and 
protein), cholesterol and fiber for you.  But rather than forcing you 
to swim through a sea of numbers, the Wizard simply tells you where you 
need improvement and how to accomplish it.

If you are weight-conscious, Nutrition Wizard also counts calories 
for you.  But Nutrition Wizard is far more than a calorie-counting 
program.  It emphasizes eating WELL.  Good eating habits are a key to 
permanent weight loss.  Nutrition Wizard will teach you to reduce 
the empty calories and junk in your diet.

++ An Important Note about Using Nutrition Wizard/QT

Nutrition Wizard/QT does not give medical advice.  Nutrition Wizard/QT 
should be used only by healthy individuals seeking assistance in 
improving their diets.  It interprets data on the basis of the personal 
information and meal information you provide.  The basis for the 
interpretations are U.S. government recommendations for nutrient 
levels appropriate for healthy persons and its assessments of the 
nutrients contained in individual foods.  We have made every effort to 
insure the accuracy of the information supplied by this program.  But 
ultimately, you and your doctor must determine if this information is 
appropriate for you.

Good health is the most important thing you can own.  Discuss any new 
nutrition program with your doctor first.  In particular, do not make 
radical changes in your diet without professional guidance.

We urge you to eat a variety of good foods and stay in the mainstream 
of the most thoroughly researched nutrition recommendations.  Be wary 
of wild, unsubstantiated claims and nutrition quacks.  Some can be 
harmful.

Pleasant and healthful dining!

++ Copyright Notice

Nutrition Wizard/Quick-Test is free software -- you can give it to 
your friends.  However, Nutrition Wizard/QT software and its 
documentation are copyrighted and subject to both United States 
copyright law and international treaty provisions.  If you wish to 
distribute the program to anyone, see the requirements for this at the 
end of this document.


+++ HOW TO INSTALL NUTRITION WIZARD/QT

Nutrition Wizard/Quick-Test has TWO full installation programs:

* If you NEVER use Microsoft Windows, use INSTALL.EXE.

* Otherwise, we suggest you use SETUP.EXE.  This is a program that runs 
in Microsoft Windows.

To install Nutrition Wizard/Quick-Test do either one of the following:

* In DOS, type A:\INSTALL (or B:\INSTALL) on the command line.

* In Windows, using either the Program Manager or the File Manager, 
select RUN from the FILE menu.  Type A:\SETUP (or B:\SETUP) and select 
the OK button.

Both installation programs tell you what to do.

If you do not want to use an installation program, you can manually 
copy Nutrition Wizard files to the disk drive and directory of your 
choice.  If desired, you can then run the program MAKEGRP from Windows 
to create a Nutrition Wizard program group and program icon for you.


+++ HOW TO START NUTRITION WIZARD/QT

To start Nutrition Wizard/QT from Windows, simply double-click on the 
Nutrition Wizard icon.

To start the program from DOS, specify the disk drive and path to 
Nutrition Wizard/QT on the command line.  Examples:
     A:\NWQT
     C:\NUWIZARD\NWQT
     NWQT     {if NWQT.EXE is in the current, logged-in directory}

If you used either installation program to copy the program files, you 
can also start Nutrition Wizard/QT another way. First make sure that 
you have logged-in the root directory of the disk drive on which you 
have Nutrition Wizard installed.  You will do something like
     C:
     CD \
Then type
     NWQT


+++ HELP ON THE HELP SYSTEM

The Nutrition Wizard/QT help system provides information on
     Basics
     Commands
     Dialog boxes

While using Nutrition Wizard/QT, press F1 at any time to see help 
concerning the active window, menu item or dialog box.  Press ALT+H to 
get help on the basics of using Nutrition Wizard/QT.

To view a different portion of help text use the up and down arrow keys 
to change the text viewed by one line.  Or press PAGE-UP or PAGE-DOWN 
to move the view by a full window of text.

Press ESC to make the help window disappear.

Most help screens have highlighted items that lead to additional help.  
Use the TAB and SHIFT+TAB keys to move from one highlighted item to 
another.  Press ENTER to see help on the highlighted item.  Using a 
mouse, click on an item to highlight it and double-click to activate it.

Press ALT+F1 to see a previously-viewed help screen.  Nutrition Wizard/QT
remembers a series of up to 20 topics.

Press CTRL+F1 to obtain a quick summary of how to enter information in 
Nutrition Wizard/QT dialog boxes.


+++ GETTING STARTED

To use the main menu system, do one of the following:

* Press the F10 key.  Use the arrow keys on the keyboard to select the 
desired menu item or press one of the highlighted shortcut letters for 
the desired item.  Then press the ENTER key.

* Hold down the ALT key and press the highlighted first letter of the 
menu.  For example, the Personal menu is selected by pressing ALT+P.  
Use the arrow keys on the keyboard to select the desired submenu item 
or press the highlighted shortcut letter for the desired item.

* If you have a mouse, move the mouse cursor to the desired menu item 
and click the mouse button.

To dismiss the menu system press the ESC key or move the mouse cursor 
to a spot not on a menu item and click the mouse button.

To obtain help on a feature of Nutrition Wizard/QT, press F1.

Press ESC to make the help screen disappear.

++ You Will Do Three Basic Things with Nutrition Wizard/QT

There are three major activities you will perform as a Nutrition 
Wizard/QT user:

1. First, you give the program some personal information (Personal 
Profile dialog).  You do this only once.

2. Use the food menu in the meal screen to tell Nutrition Wizard/QT what 
you eat.  The Nutrition window gives an easy-to-use summary of your 
nutrition and tells you how you are doing.

3. Whenever you want, you can create a full report.  A report includes 
an evaluation of your nutrition.

++ Help Topics for New Users

Here are some topics of interest to new Nutrition Wizard/QT users on 
the Nutrition Wizard help system.  You can reach them by entering ALT+H 
G.

* Display screen basics -- information on the basic pieces of the 
Nutrition Wizard/QT display screen.

* Personal Profile dialog -- As part of becoming a new user, Nutrition 
Wizard/QT displays this dialog to let you tell the program about 
yourself.  This only needs to be done once.

* Meal screen -- This is the screen you use most of the time.

* Food menu -- You select items from the food menu in a meal screen to 
tell Nutrition Wizard/QT what you have eaten.

* Food Amount dialog -- Use this dialog to tell Nutrition Wizard/QT 
how much you have eaten of each food.

* Meal Item window -- As you select food items, they form a list here.

* Nutrition window -- The total nutrition for the foods you eat appears 
here.  It shows either the nutrition for a meal or the whole day.

* View Report screen -- Once you make a report, you view it in one of 
these.

* Major screens (activities) -- This is a summary of all the major 
screens (activities) in Nutrition Wizard/QT.


+++ DISPLAY SCREEN BASICS

This section provides information on the pieces of the Nutrition 
Wizard/QT Jr. display screen.  They are all described in the help 
system (ALT+H D).

Parts of the screen you always see:
     Main menu system (menu bar)
     Program information line
     Status line

Parts of the screen you sometimes see:
     Frame or title bar
     Window
     Dialog box
     Food menu
     File viewer
     Scroll bar
     Major screens (activities)
     Label
     Information panel

Parts of a window or dialog box that let you enter information:
     Command button
     Input line
     List box
     Option buttons
     Check box


+++ MAJOR SCREENS

Two types of activities use the entire central screen area in Nutrition 
Wizard/QT:
     Meal screen
     View Report screen

Some points about these screen activities:

* Each screen is made of one or more frameless windows (windows with 
only a title at the top).

* The Meal screen is the one you see most.

* The View Report screen does not have a Food Menu window.

* Nutrition Wizard/QT uses dialog boxes to obtain other information 
from you.

Only one window in a screen is active and highlighted at a time.  There 
are three ways to move BETWEEN windows in a major screen:

* Click somewhere on the desired window using a mouse.

* Press TAB repeatedly until the desired window and item are 
highlighted.

* Press the F6 key or ALT+W N (Window|Next from the main menu) until 
the desired window is highlighted.

Sometimes a window has more than one object -- perhaps an input line 
and command buttons.  To move between objects WITHIN a window

* Press the TAB or SHIFT+TAB key or

* Click somewhere on the desired control object using a mouse once the 
window is active.

A window with several controls behaves just like a dialog box except 
you cannot dismiss it.


+++ YOU ENTER DATA USING DIALOG BOXES

A dialog box is a framed, pop-up window containing a collection of 
objects such as input lines, check boxes or command buttons you use to 
enter data.  Dialog boxes have three basic purposes:

* Many Nutrition Wizard/QT commands cause a dialog box to appear in 
order to allow you to enter or view information.

* Sometimes Nutrition Wizard/QT itself causes a dialog box to appear.  
For example, when you try to exit the program and you have meal 
information that has not yet been saved, it automatically provides a 
dialog box asking if you want to save the information.

* A dialog box containing a system message (an error notice or warning) 
may appear.  You can only read what it says.  You then tell it to 
disappear.

When a dialog box is active, the surrounding screen elements, including 
the main menu system, do not operate.  You can, however, obtain help by 
pressing F1.

Unlike the windows that make up major screen activities, a dialog box 
window is a temporary object.  It disappears whenever you tell it to 
disappear.

To use a dialog box, enter information into the various objects in any 
order.  The two major navigation keys are

* TAB -- Moves to the next item, usually down or to the right.  
Pressing TAB at the last item selects the first item.

* SHIFT+TAB -- Moves to the previous item.  Pressing SHIFT+TAB at the 
first item selects the last item.

When you are finished and satisfied with the dialog, press the OK 
command button (or press the ENTER key).

To dismiss the dialog box without using any changes you entered, select 
the Cancel command button (or press the ESC key).

Nearly all dialog boxes have two standard command buttons:

* OK -- Activating this button means that you are finished with this 
dialog box and want Nutrition Wizard/QT to use its contents.  All OK 
buttons use the ENTER key as the shortcut.

* Cancel -- This button means that you are finished with this dialog 
box but you do not want Nutrition Wizard/QT to use its contents.  This 
is the "I changed my mind" button.  All Cancel buttons use the ESC key 
as the shortcut.  Using a mouse to click on the small box in the upper 
left corner of the frame is also the same as Cancel.


+++ WHEN YOU CAN'T FIND THE PRECISE FOOD, PICK SOMETHING SIMILAR

We carefully chose the foods in the Nutrition Wizard food menu to 
provide the most often eaten foods without overwhelming you with 
choices.  Sometimes you won't find the exact food, particularly with 
mixed dishes.  When this happens, do one of two things:

* Choose a similar food.

* If the food is a mixture of ingredients, select the major ingredients.

!!! Remember, the foods and amounts you select in Nutrition Wizard are 
always only approximations. Don't worry about getting foods and amounts 
precisely correct. You can't do it anyway. The guesses balance out and 
in the end you still get a good picture of your eating habits.


+++ DISTRIBUTION RULES AND FILE LIST

As stated earlier, Nutrition Wizard/Quick-Test is free software.  
However, both the software and its documentation are copyrighted and 
subject to United States copyright law and international treaty 
provisions.  If you distribute this program you are permitted to 
charge a nominal copying/shipping/handling fee of up to $6.

Anyone distributing the program (free or not) must distribute an 
entire set of unmodified files:
    INSTALL.EXE
    INSTALL.INF
    SETUP.EXE
    SETUP.INF
    MAKEGRP.EXE
    MAKEBAT.EXE
    NWQT.EXE
    NW.HLP
    NW.DB1
    NW.DB4
    NWQT.PIF
    NWQT.ICO
    NWQT.BA$
    2NWQT.BA$
    README.BAT
    VIEWFILE.EXE
    MANUAL.TXT
    QUICK.TXT
    BROCHURE.TXT
    FILE_ID.DIZ



Copyright 1995 QPlus Inc.
Nutrition Wizard and QPlus are trademarks of QPlus Inc.

