Title:       Biorhythms 1.1.9
Description: Biorhythm calculator, predict your feelings (Win98)
Author:      Richard Smedley <rsmedley@cix.co.uk>
Home page:   http://www.cix.co.uk/~rsmedley/pc/


INTRODUCTION
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Biorhythms is a fully resizeable biorhythm calculator for Win98. Biorhythm charts can be used to predict how you (or anybody else!) will be feeling on any date in the past, present or future. To make a chart for somebody, all you need to know is their date of birth. The program will even interpret the charts for you, displaying a brief message to tell you what the chart means in real terms.

There is also a comparison feature, which allows you to compare how similar two people will be feeling on a required date.

The chart colours are fully customizable to fit your own personal preferences, and charts can be printed or saved as BMP files.

Includes a birthday database, which you can use to store the details of up to 50 friends and relatives. Allows you to display somebody's chart by simply selecting their name, instead of struggling to remember the exact date of their birthday!


BACKGROUND INFORMATION
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From time to time we all feel tired or depressed without any apparent reason, when just the day before everything had been alright.

Swiss scientists investigated this problem, studying medical files and carrying out a huge amount of statistical analysis. The discovered that these ill-fated days seem to occur at regular intervals.

In their analysis, they divided human abilities into three fundamental categories:

PHYSICAL - Concerning stamina, vitality, energy, vigour and physical strength.

EMOTIONAL - Concerning the nervous system, our emotions and sensitivity, optimism, self assurance, moods, creativity and intuition.

INTELLECTUAL - Concerning out judgement, perception, concentration, ability for logical thought, and powers of reason.

They found that our abilities in these categories seem to vary according to regular cycles, which start at birth and then continue throughout our entire lives. The physical cycle lasts 23 days, emotional 28 days, and intellectual 33 days.


BIORHYTHM CHARTS
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Biorhythm charts allow you to plot your biorhythm curves onto a graph, to reveal how you will be feeling on any required date.

Ensure that "Chart | Chart type | Biorhythm chart" is selected.

Use the "Birthday" and "Chart date" gadgets at the bottom of the window to enter your date of birth and the date of the chart.

A graph will appear showing three curved lines:

	[P] Physical

	[E] Emotional

	[I] Intellectual

Each line represents your abilities in that particular category.

Select "Chart | Interpret" (Ctrl-I) to display a brief message interpreting the chart, to tell you what the chart means in real terms.


COMPARISON CHARTS
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Comparison charts allow you to produce a graph showing how similar your biorhythm curves are with the curves of another person.

Ensure that "Chart | Chart type | Comparison chart" is selected.

Use the "Birthday", "Birthday 2" and "Chart date" gadgets at the bottom of the window to enter the two dates of birth and the date of the chart.

A graph will appear showing three curved lines:

	[P] Physical

	[E] Emotional

	[I] Intellectual

Each line shows how similar those two people are in that particular category.

Select "Chart | Interpret" (Ctrl-I) to display a brief message summarizing how similar the two people are on that date.


BIRTHDAY DATABASE
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This program includes a birthday database, which you can use to store the details of up to 50 friends and relatives. This allows you to display somebody's chart by simply selecting their name, instead of struggling to remember the exact date of their birthday!

Press the "Birthday" button at the bottom of the biorhythm window, and a second window will appear listing the names of all the people that you have entered into the program.

Use the "Add", "Edit" and "Delete" buttons to add, edit or delete entries from the list.

To display a chart for somebody, select their name and then press "Draw chart".


SETTINGS
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The "Settings" menu contains a number of options which affect how your biorhythm charts are displayed.

PHYSICAL CURVE
	Turn the physical curve on/off.

EMOTIONAL CURVE
	Turn the emotional curve on/off.

INTELLECTUAL CURVE
	Turn the intellectual curve on/off.

AVERAGE CURVE
	Turn the average curve on/off.

WEEK SEPARATORS
	Turn the week separators on/off.

TODAY MARKER
	Turn the today marker on/off.

COLOUR
	Change the chart colours, see below.


CHANGING THE CHART COLOURS
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The "Settings | Colours" menu contains a number of options which allow you to customize the colours used to draw the charts, allowing you to change the overall appearance of the charts to fit your own personal preferences.

PHYSICAL CURVE...
	Set the colour of the physical curve.

EMOTIONAL CURVE...
	Set the colour of the emotional curve.

INTELLECTUAL CURVE...
	Set the colour of the intellectual curve.

AVERAGE CURVE...
	Set the colour of the average curve.

BACKGROUND...
	Set the background colour of the chart.

RESET TO DEFAULT
	Reset all the colours to their original default settings.


DAYS OF THE WEEK
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You will notice that the biorhythm charts show which day of the week you were born on. If anybody is trying to remember the old rhyme about this, here it is:

	Monday's child is fair of face
	Tuesday's child is full of grace
	Wednesday's child is full of woe
	Thursday's child has far to go
	Friday's child is loving & giving
	Saturday's child works hard for a living
	And the child that is born on the Sabbath day
	is bonny and blithe and good and gay


HOW TO REGISTER
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This program is shareware. The evaluation is fully functional, but if you use it for more than 30 days then you must register.

When you register you will be sent a personal registration code to enter into the program. This will make your copy of the program fully registered, and will remove any nag screens & limitations from the evaluation version.

ON-LINE REGISTRATION
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This program can be registered on-line using your credit card. On-line registration costs $15 US Dollars.

To register on-line, please fill in the on-line registration form at this address:

        http://www.reg.net/product.asp?ID=7160

Your registration code will be sent to you by e-mail within 24-48 hours.

POSTAL REGISTRATIONS
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Postal registrations cost 6 Pounds Sterling. Cheques can only be accepted if they are made out in Pounds Sterling and drawn on a UK bank. Alternatively you can send *cash* in either US Dollars (15 USD) or Deutsche Marks (20 DM).

Send your registration to this address:

        Richard Smedley
        PO Box 59
        SUTTON-IN-ASHFIELD
        Notts
        NG17 3HP
        England

You *MUST* state in your letter that you are registering BIORHYTHMS FOR WIN98.

Please allow 5-7 days to receive your registration code.