Updated readme with some info for windows

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Veronica K. B. Olsen
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Alternatively, the packages can be installed with `pip` by running
```
pip install -r requirements.txt
python3 -m pip install -r requirements.txt
```
in the application folder.
You can also do them one at a time, skipping the ones you don't need:
```
python3 -m pip install pyqt5
python3 -m pip install appdirs
python3 -m pip install lxml
python3 -m pip install pyenchant
python3 -m pip install pycountry
python3 -m pip install latexcodec
```
This may be necessary on Windows, as `pyenchant` may cause problems.
I'm looking for a good alternative for spell checking.
Note: On Windows, make sure Python3 is in your PATH if you want to launch novelWriter from command line.
You can also right click the `novelWriter.py` file, create a shortcut.
Then right click again, select "Properties" and change the target to your python executable and `novelWriter.py`.
```
C:\...\AppData\Local\Programs\Python\Python38\python.exe novelWriter.py
```
## Key Features
The text documents of novelWriter uses a format similar to markdown, but with a few extensions and a few omissions.