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- Getting started with Scraps
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- This brief manual gives quick instructions on how to get starting
- with Scraps. For fuller information consult the main manual.
- There is also a tutorial manual with step by step demonstration
- of some of the functions of Scraps, together with examples of
- uses to which Scraps can be put.
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- Installation
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- Before you install Scraps you should make a copy of the Scraps
- floppy disk, just in case anything should happen to it. Consult
- your DOS manual for details on how to copy a floppy disk.
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- Hard Disk Installation
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- To install Scraps on a Hard Disk use the supplied INSTALL
- program. Place the Scraps floppy disk in a disk drive and type
- either A:INSTALL or B:INSTALL from the DOS prompt, depending on
- whether the floppy disk is in drive A: or B:.
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- Select the appropriate options from the INSTALL menu to Install
- Scraps, read or print out these manuals.
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- Floppy Disk Installation
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- If you only have floppy disk drives on your computer then
- manually copy onto a suitable disk these minimum files:
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- SCRAPS.COM
- SCRAPS.HLP
- SCRAPS.DAT
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- To have the sample Scraps installed also copy to your floppy disk
- this file:
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- SAMPLES.DAT
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- Using Scraps
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- When you first run Scraps it opens the data file and reads in the
- configuration information before showing the opening copyright
- notice.
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- Then a small box will appear with the word "OK" in it. Press the
- Enter key or click either mouse button to continue.
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- The screen then clears to show the main Scrap Editor screen.
- This is where scraps are entered, edited and read.
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- Across the top of the screen are the names of the various menus
- available can choose. Each menu name has a single high-lighted
- letter. Hold down the Alt key and type that letter to pull down
- the menu.
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- When a menu is pulled down choose an option from the menu or
- press the Esc to abort the menu.
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- Along the bottom of the screen are some reminders of the keyboard
- short cuts to access common functions without going through the
- menus.
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- Try the Find command. Hold down the Alt key while typing F to
- bring the Find menu down. Then type F on its own to choose the
- Find command. Type the word SCRAPS in the space given and press
- the Enter key twice to start the command.
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- Scraps will tell you how many scraps it has found, then press
- enter or click the mouse to continue.
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- The scraps that have been found by the find command form a
- 'group' of scraps. What you'll see on your screen is the first
- scrap in this group.
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- Near the top right hand corner of the screen, just under the
- clock showing the time of the day, there will be two numbers
- similar to "1/10". The second number is the total number of
- scraps in the current group. The first number shows that the
- scrap on the screen is number one of this group.
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- Press the Grey Plus key at the far right hand side of the
- keyboard to view the next scrap, number two of this group. Keep
- pressing Grey Plus to go through all the scraps in this group.
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- Grey Minus goes backwards through the group.
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- Past the last or first scrap there is a blank scrap. This is
- where new information is entered. In the top right hand corner
- of the screen it will say "New" to show that this scrap has not
- yet been saved into the Scraps data file.
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- The Scrap Editor works just like a mini-Word Processor; all the
- normal PC keys such as Insert, Delete, Home, End, Page Up and
- Down, Ctrl-Left, Ctrl-Right, Ctrl-Home and Ctrl-End will work as
- normal.
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- The command to save a new scrap on the Scraps menu, use the key
- combination Alt and S to pull down the menu and pick the Save
- command. They keyboard shortcut for this is the F2 key.
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- When saving a brand new scrap Scraps will ask for a 'reminder
- date'. This field may be left blank, but if a date and time are
- entered Scraps will note this in the scrap. Reminder dates are
- used to provide audible chimes and to allow searching for 'due'
- reminders.
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- The Scraps Tutorial manual gives a detailed step by step
- demonstration of how these and other Scraps functions operate.
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- Configuring Scraps
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- Scraps will function on any PC as soon as it is installed. There
- are, however, some configurable settings that you may wish to
- change straightaway.
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- These options are all on option boxes from the SetUp menu.
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- Check for reminders at startup
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- Activating this option will cause Scraps to check all scraps to
- see if any have a 'reminder date' that is due every time Scraps
- is run. Set this option on if to use Scraps primarily as a
- reminder system. Even if it is not set it is still possible to
- use the command from the Find menu to search for currently due
- reminders.
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- Use BIOS Video writes
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- Normally leave this option set at the default of NO. In some
- windowing systems or less compatible PCs it is advisable for
- Scraps not to write directly to the screen but to use BIOS calls
- instead.
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- This setting it comes into effect at once. This can cause
- strange video effects in some situations. Exit the program and
- restart to fix this.
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- Colours
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- Initially set to Force Mono change this to Autoselect unless your
- PC has a colour video card used with a mono monitor as this
- combination might produce unreadable 'colour' text.
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- AutoDialer Setup
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- On the autodialer set up box install Scraps autodialer for use
- with your modem.
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- Set the "Serial Port" as appropriate. Do not change either the
- Modem init string or the Modem dial string unless you have
- unusual requirements in which case refer to the modem manual.
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- Setup Security
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- This dialogue box allows you to activate the security system of
- Scraps. Scraps security consists of an access password and file
- encryption.
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- See the section in the manual on "Security" for details.
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- All Scraps settings is stored in the SCRAPS.DAT file together
- with scrap data. Should this file every be erased it will be
- necessary to reconfigure Scraps.
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