|Cษออออออออออหออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออหออออออออออป |Cบ |5Helpware|C บ ^1 Print Shop Utilities IV |C บ |5Helpware|C บ |Cศออออออออออสออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออสออออออออออผ ^Cby ^CGeorge Leritte These utilities are designed to help you make the most of both Broderbund Software's Print Shop program and Unison World's Printmaster program, which allows you to design your own greeting cards, letterheads, and other such things. This is the fourth version of this program, with new features and a new look. The main menu is separated into the main types of operations you can perform on these files. ^1File Menu This will allow you work with files of images. You can "Display", "Copy", "Move", "Rename", or "Delete" a file of images or "Merge" files of images. ^1Image Menu This will allow you to "Extract" or "Move" from a file, or "Edit" image names in a file. ^1Print Menu This will allow you to "Print" the images in a file or to "Enhance Labels" with chosen images and some text. ^1Conversion Menu This will allow you to "Convert" the format of a file of images, "Group" a subdirectory of images ported from another computer into a file of images, or "Separate" a file of images into individual files for porting to another computer. ^1Index Menu This will allow you to "Index" your files of images, "Display" the index on your screen, or "Print the index to your printer. ^1Configure Menu This will allow you to choose your "Printer", or "Save" your configuration to disk. ^1Exit This will allow you to exit the program. ^C^1Notes on certain portions of the program. When you go to select an image file to do something with, you are presented with much information. The heading at the top of the screen reminds you what you are about to do with the file you are about to choose. Just below that is the current subdirectory you are in. In the center of the screen is a divided box. The left half of the box gives you a list of the available drives and subdirectories you can change to. The right half of the box gives you a list of the available image files in that drive or subdirectory. Next to each file is an short phrase telling you what type of file each is. These phrases are: "old PS"- meaning an original Print Shop file; "new PS"-meaning a converted, original Print Shop file; "hires PS"-meaning an new high resolution Print Shop file; or "PMaster"-meaning a PrintMaster file. If there is nothing there, then the file is none of the four types of image files. To choose a file, use the up and down arrow keys to move the highlight up and down. Use the PgUp and PgDn keys to move the highlight a screen full at a time. The Home and End keys take you to the top and the bottom of the list. Press ENTER to select the file you want. The left arrow moves the highlight to the directory listing. The Up arrow, Down arrow, PgUp, PgDn, Home, and End keys perform the same functions as in the files list. To change to the highlighted directory or drive, press enter. The program will read the disk and present you with a new list of subdirectories and files. To get back to the files list, press the right arrow key. If the "New File", is selected, you will be asked for the type of file to create and the name of the file to create. If you are to select only a subdirectory, you will not be allowed to go into the files area of the screen. ^1When selecting images from a file: You move through a list of images in the file with the keypad keys and select the images you want extracted, in the order you want them extracted. The selected images will have numbers next to them indicating the order in which they were selected. You select and deselect with the ENTER key. ^1When printing an Image File You are asked if you want to use the file name as a title or you can enter your own title lines. You must first configure the program to use the correct printer codes. The program prints seven images per line. The image names are printed directly below each image. ^1When using the Label Enhancer You can select up to twelve images from one of your files and print them on labels. After selecting the file and the images, you are asked for the number of labels you want to print. Then you can enter up to four lines of text for printing. If you do not wish to print any text, just press ENTER. The program reads in the selected images and displays the last one read on the screen. You may then specify where on the labels the images will be printed. This is accomplished by moving the image on the screen, left and right, until it is in the desired position. The images selected will be printed in rotation until the total number of labels is printed. ^1When editing a Name File After selecting a file, select the image name by pressing ENTER when the highlight is over the name you want to edit. Use the cursor keys to edit the selected image name. Print Shop automatically uses all uppercase letters in its image names, as do these utilities. Use the ^1Ins^0 key to toggle between insert and overwrite mode. The ^1Del^0 key deletes the character under the cursor, and the backspace key deletes the character to the left of the cursor. ^1Home^0 moves the cursor to the beginning of the line, and ^1End^0 moves the cursor to the end of the line. The original Print Shop and PrintMaster use 16 characters in their image names. The new Print Shop uses only 15 characters in their image names. ^1On Grouping Images This option allows you to take images transferred from the Apple and Commodore versions of Print Shop (in which each image is a separate file) and place them in an IBM-compatible Print Shop file. All of the images to be grouped should be in the same drive or directory. You will be prompted for the file in which to place the images (new or existing). Then use the file select area to get the drive or directory where the images to be grouped are located. Next you are prompted for the type of machine the images came from. You are then presented with two versions of the first image. Put the highlight box around the one that looks OK to you and press enter. If neither looks OK then press ESC and you will return to the main menu. Note for Commodore Users: This will only work on three-block Commodore files. On issue #46 of our sister publication, LOADSTAR, is a routine, Print Shop Converter, which will convert Commodore files from two-block to three- block. ^1On Separating Images This option allows you to select a series of images and separate them into individual files for transfer to an Apple or Commodore. After you select a file and the images in the file you want to transfer, you are asked to which machine the transfer will be made. You then choose which of two separation methods the program will use. The correct method to use depends upon how the transfer will be made. We recommend that you use the first one, and if the images will not load properly or look strange when loaded, use the second method. ^1On Indexing Images This option allows you to build, and maintain, an index of your images. You are asked to select a file to index. If the file is already in your index, it will have a small arrow next to its name. If you select it to be indexed you are asked whether to replace the previous data in the index, to remove it from the index, or to abort and choose another file. The index contains a comment field where you can enter information about each of your image files. If you select Replace or if you select a file that has not been indexed, you are asked to enter a comment pertaining to that file. ^1On Displaying the Index You will be able to display the index of the image files that you have built. ^1On Printing the Index You will get a printout of the data in the index. The first page(s) is a list of each image file in alphabetical order, the number of images in that file, and the comment you entered for that file. The remaining pages are a double-column, alphabetized printout of each image name and the file in which it resides. ^1Custom Printer Configuration If none of the printer selections work for your printer, you can use a standard ASCII text editor to modify the printer configuration file. Load the PSUTIL4.CFG file into your editor. Below is a brief description of the items in the file. For a Custom configuration, use a printer selection number of 11. 5 ;Printer selection number (use 11 for customized) 27 15 ;Compressed or condensed mode 27 51 16 ;1/9th in. linefeed combination code WITH optional number 27 85 1 ;uni-directional printer code 27 76 ;Graphics mode code WITHOUT optional number 27 64 ;Printer reset code ;Exit Bit-Image-graphics mode (not used on most printers) N ;Normal graphics; use R for reverse graphics 16.8 ;Printer characters per inch 0 ;Image position (starting) for label enhancer Enter all of the printer codes as decimal numbers separated by spaces. Note: We suggest you do not use this program on your original BIG BLUE DISK. Print Shop and PrintMaster files take up a lot of disk space and Disk 2 is almost full. Copy the program to a blank disk or to your hard disk. ^C^1Print Shop Utilities IV requires a Graphics Adapter.^0 To run this program outside ^1Big Blue Disk^0, type: ^1PSUTIL4^0. DISK FILES THIS PROGRAM USES: ^FPSUTIL4.EXE ^FPSUTIL4.CFG ^FGRBBD52.NAM ^FGRBBD52.DAT