diff --git a/.gitignore b/.gitignore
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..4598f02
--- /dev/null
+++ b/.gitignore
@@ -0,0 +1,5 @@
+*.ncb
+*.sln
+*.suo
+*.user
+Release
diff --git a/BUILD.txt b/BUILD.txt
new file mode 100644
index 0000000..6907296
--- /dev/null
+++ b/BUILD.txt
@@ -0,0 +1,30 @@
+Build instructions
+======================================================================
+
+    For the DMSDKs contact Gatan or look on their website www.gatan.com.
+    
+    It is assumed, that the DMSDKs and their dependencies (e.g. boost) 
+    were already properly installed.
+
+    GMS-2.X:
+    * Open vc2008/fftpack.vcproj with Visual Studio 2008
+    * Add your DMSDK include and library directories to the VC++ Directories 
+      in Visual Studio (in Tools/Options/Projects and Solutions/VC++ Directories). The
+      DMSDK is usally installed to C:\ProgramData\Gatan\DMSDK
+    * Build the Release build
+    * You should find your plugin as vc2008/Release/fftpack_GMS2X_x86.dll
+
+    GMS-1.X:
+    * Open vc2003/fftpack.vcproj with Visual Studio 2003
+    * Add your DMSDK include and library directories to the VC++ Directories 
+      in Visual Studio (in Tools/Options/Projects/VC++ Directories). 
+    * Build the Release build
+    * You should find your plugin as vc2003/Release/fftpack_GMS1X.dll
+
+Documentation
+======================================================================
+
+The documentation uses the Sphinx (sphinx.pocoo.org) documentation system,
+which in turn requires a working Python (www.python.org) installation. 
+To build the documentation simply go into the documentation subdirectory
+(doc/) and invoke the sphinx system (e.g. by calling make.bat html)
diff --git a/README.txt b/README.txt
index 1d1df9a..8b72aed 100644
--- a/README.txt
+++ b/README.txt
@@ -1,4 +1,4 @@
-1. Introduction
+Introduction
 ======================================================================
 
 The plugin contains FFT functions for Digital Micrograph:
@@ -9,30 +9,7 @@ The plugin contains FFT functions for Digital Micrograph:
 The functions are based on the fftpack.c implementation provided with 
 the numpy package (see www.numpy.org). 
 
-2. Building
-======================================================================
-
-    For the DMSDKs contact Gatan or look on their website www.gatan.com.
-    
-    It is assumed, that the DMSDKs and their dependencies (e.g. boost) 
-    were already properly installed.
-
-    GMS-2.X:
-    * Open vc2008/fftpack.vcproj with Visual Studio 2008
-    * Add your DMSDK include and library directories to the VC++ Directories 
-      in Visual Studio (in Tools/Options/Projects and Solutions/VC++ Directories). The
-      DMSDK is usally installed to C:\ProgramData\Gatan\DMSDK
-    * Build the Release build
-    * You should find your plugin as vc2008/Release/fftpack_GMS2X_x86.dll
-
-    GMS-1.X:
-    * Open vc2003/fftpack.vcproj with Visual Studio 2003
-    * Add your DMSDK include and library directories to the VC++ Directories 
-      in Visual Studio (in Tools/Options/Projects/VC++ Directories). 
-    * Build the Release build
-    * You should find your plugin as vc2003/Release/fftpack_GMS1X.dll
-
-3. Install
+Install
 ======================================================================
 
 Simply copy the fftpack.dll to the plugin directory of your Digital
@@ -41,10 +18,15 @@ Micrograph installation. By default these are for GMS-2.X:
 and for GMS-1.X:
     c:\Program Files\Gatan\DigitalMicrograph\Plugins
 
-4. Documentation
-======================================================================
+Disclaimer
+==========
+
+All product and company names are trademarks or registered trademarks of
+their respective holders. Use of them does not imply any affiliation 
+with or endorsement by them. 
+
+Author & Contact
+================
 
-The documentation uses the Sphinx (sphinx.pocoo.org) documentation system,
-which in turn requires a working Python (www.python.org) installation. 
-To build the documentation simply go into the documentation subdirectory
-(doc/) and invoke the sphinx system (e.g. by calling make.bat html)
+The plugin was written by Tore Niermann.
+Email: niermann at physik.tu-berlin.de