Downloading the Program &
System Requirements |
Download your free
evaluation copy |
This software program only takes up about 5Mb of space on your hard drive, or about as much space as one song file. The program runs on a PC; it will only run on a Mac if the Mac is running Windows. With the demo, you can see the entire program and its contents. The only limitation is that when building a gap-fill exercise, the evaluation copy only allows you to create an exercise with 5 sentences, and only using keywords starting with letters from the first half of the alphabet. If you decide to purchase the program, we will send you a user-name and key, which allow you to register. Registering will instantly enable the entire program. For information on prices and registration, see the Prices & Ordering page.
Warning
This program runs on PCs.
It will only work on a Mac if the Mac is running Windows.
During set-up, you will be given 3 options:
Full install (the software application & the vocabulary files databases)
This is the normal download for those who are purchasing the program.
Application files only
This option is for users who have previously purchased the program and simply want to install a new version of the software but don't need to reinstall the vocabulary database files.
Database files only
This option is for users who have previously purchased the program but who have accidentally corrupted, lost or changed their vocabulary database files and simply want to reinstall them.
The current version of Gerry's Vocabulary Teacher is v2.0 Release 4 Build 1. If you have an earlier version, it is recommended that you download and install the latest version. No new registration key is required: although the current program is version 2, registration keys for any previous version will work with it.
If you wish to update your version of Gerry's Vocabulary Teacher, you can simply install the new version over the old version. When the program starts up, it will offer to merge the new version of the database with your old version. This process can take some time to accomplish. If you have made changes to the old database, by adding or changing sentences, or by marking used sentences, you should choose to merge the databases so that you can retain your changes but also get the benefit of all the new sentences and headwords. If you have not made any changes to the database, you can simply load the new database instead of the old one when the program starts up for the first time.
Gerry's Vocabulary Database comes with individual files for American, British and Canadian English. When you download the program, you will receive all three files; by clicking on one file during the setup, you are simply choosing which file to use as the default setting. Other files, including the Academic Word List sublist files, can be opened by clicking on the file option at the top of the program interface and selecting 'Open a database.'
The file you download is an installation program - to install Gerry's Vocabulary Teacher, simply double-click on the program and follow the on-screen instructions. The default setting installs the program in C:\Program Files\gerryvoc - for more information, see the Readme file.
If you would like to read the Readme file before downloading your copy of Gerry's Vocabulary Teacher, you can view a copy by clicking here.
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Limitations of the Evaluation Copy |
The only limitation to your evaluation copy is that when you build a gap-fill exercise, the demo only allows you to create an exercise with 5 sentences, and only using keywords starting with letters from the first half of the alphabet. If you decide to purchase the program, we will send you a user-name and key, which will allow you to register. Registering will instantly enable the entire program.
Individual Files for the
Academic Word List |
Individual files for each of the 10 sublists of the Academic Word List are automatically downloaded with the program and can be accessed by clicking on 'Open a database' under 'File' in the menu at the top of the program interface.
Gerry's Vocabulary Teacher is a 32-bit Windows application. This means that it will run on any computer running Windows 98, NT4, 2000, XP or Vista. The Gerry's Vocabulary Teacher software program only takes up about 5Mb of space on your hard drive, or about as much space as a single song file.
The GVT program works with Windows Vista, however, in their new Windows VistaTM operating system, Microsoft originally decided to stop supporting their old standard for Help files in Windows programs (technically the WinHelp component of Win32). This includes the Help file for Gerry's Vocabulary Teacher.
Responding to customer concerns about this Help file, Microsoft has chosen to make the old Windows Help system available as an update for Vista. For information, click here. To download the Windows Help program for Windows Vista, click here.
