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PC Ladder, Version 1.0
Copyright (c) 1998 Ziff-Davis Publishing Company
Written by Neil J. Rubenking
First Published in PC Magazine, US Edition, April 21, 1998
http://www.zdnet.com/pcmag/pctech/content/17/08/ut1708.001.html
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PLATFORMS:
Windows 95, Windows NT 4.0, Windows NT 3.51

DESCRIPTION:
PC Ladder (Version 1.0) lets you create, solve, and print "word ladder" puzzles. 
To solve such a puzzle, you transform a starting word into an ending word 
(usually an opposite) by changing one letter at a time, using a real word at 
every step. For example, a FOOL can become WISE: FOOL, POOL, POLL, PILL, WILL, 
WILE, WISE. The mathematician Charles Lutwidge Dodgson (better known as Lewis 
Carroll) is credited with inventing this delightful word puzzle.

REVISION HISTORY:
Initial release.

INSTALLATION:
PC Ladder is supplied as a self-contained INSTALL program. Run this program 
to install PC Ladder and its associated files in the directory of your choice. 
The install program will add PC Ladder, its help file, and an uninstall utility 
to your Start menu. For information on program operation, see the online Help file.

SUPPORT:
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areas, both on the World Wide Web (www.pcmag.com/discuss.htm) and on CompuServe 
(GO ZNT:TIPS, Section 2). You may find an answer to your question simply by 
reading the posted messages. The authors of current utilities generally visit 
these forums daily. If the author is not available and the forum sysops can't 
answer your question, the Utilities column editor, who also checks the forums 
each day, will contact the author for you.

LICENSE INFORMATION:
The programs presented in PC Magazine are copyrighted and cannot be copied or 
distributed or modified for any purpose, except that a single copy may be made 
for archival purposes only. Use of the programs is subject to the terms and 
conditions of the license agreement distributed with the programs.

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Neil J. Rubenking, the author of PC Ladder, is a Contributing Technical Editor 
to PC Magazine. Sheryl Canter is the editor of the Utilities column, and a 
Contributing Editor to PC Magazine.