Basic TACT Instructions:

To get the menu, go to Programs, select MS-DOS

Type C:\cd\TACT

TACT\TACT  This will open up the MENU

To create a .tdb file you need to get rid of the HTML codes and other unnecessary markings.  Use Find and Replace keys in Word.

To use the  QUERY feature, do the following:

.*ing (lists all the -ing words)

.*ment (lists all the words that end in -ment)

.*tion (lists all the words that end in -tion)

.*ou.* (lists all words that have out combinations such as about)

To use a .tdb file, just type c:\tact\text\corzine3.tdb or whatever the name of the file is.

To search for frequently occurring phrases or words in an electronic text, type

The (shift key + backspace key) and you will get a pipe; e.g., in|terms|of