Welcome to OUTLYNE. This is a program that allows you to create and maipulate outlines. All the menus are accessed by pressing Alt-Z, where Z is the first letter of the menu. For example, the "File" menu is pulled down by Alt-F. )
Press ESC to put this help screen away.
File (Alt-F)
The File menu offers choices for opening files, changing directories, and exiting the program. $
Open Change
Dir FExit
File
Open (F3)
The Open command displays the Open a File dialog box. In this dialog box you select the data file you want to use. &
The Open
File dialog box contains:
an input
box with a history list
a list
box to browse the directory
the standard Cancel button
Open action button
an information panel that describes the
selected file
File
Change Dir...
Change Dir brings up the Change
Directory dialog box, in which you can change the current directory.
File
Exit
(Alt-X)
The Exit command terminates this program.
Window
(Alt-W)
The Window menu contains commands to close, move and perform other window-management commands.
Most of the windows in this program have all the standard window elements, including scroll bars, a close box, and zoom icons. >
For more about windows and their elements, refer to windows. :
Window-management commands
Size/Move Zoom
Tile Cascade
Next Previous
Close
Window
Size/Move
(Ctrl-F5)
Choose this command to change the size or position of the active window.
Size
If you press Shift while you use the arrow keys, you can change the size of the active window. Once you've adjusted its size or position, press Enter. Q
If a window has a Resize corner, you can drag that corner to resize the window.
Move
When you choose Window
Size/Move, the active window moves in response to the arrow keys. Once you've moved the window to where you want it, press Enter. F
You can also move a window by dragging its title bar with the mouse.
Window
Zoom
(F5)
Choose Zoom to resize the active window to the maximum size. If the window is already zoomed, you can choose this command to restore it to its previous size. {
You can also double-click anywhere on the window's title bar (except where an icon appears) to zoom or unzoom the window.
Window
Tile
Choose Window
Tile to tile all file viewers on the desktop. L
Tiled Windows
Window
Cascade
Choose Window
Cascade to stack all file viewers on the desktop. A
Cascaded Windows
Window
Next
Choose Next to cycle forwards through the windows on the desktop.
Window
Previous
Choose Previous to cycle backwards through the windows on the desktop.
Window
Close
(Alt-F3)
Choose Close to close the active window. O
You can also click the Close box in the upper right corner to close a window.
Help on Open a File Dialog Box
The Open a File dialog box contains an input box, a file
list, a file information panel, the standard button Cancel, one other action button (Open), plus a history list that's attached to the Name
inputbox.
Name
The Name input box is where you enter the name of the file to load, or the file-name mask to use as a filter for the Files list box (for example, *.*).
Files
FILENM01.DAT
FILENM09.DAT
FILENM02.DAT
FILENM10.DAT
FILENM03.DAT
FILENM11.DAT
FILENM04.DAT
FILENM12.DAT
FILENM05.DAT
..
FILENM06.DAT
\MOREXAMP
FILENM07.DAT
\YOURS
FILENM08.DAT
\ANSWERS.DIR
The Files list box lists the names of files in the current directory that match the file-name mask in the Name input box, plus the parent directory and all subdirectories.
C:\OUTLYNE\EXAMPLES\*.DAT
HELLO.DAT 152 Jan 14,1992 12:00pm
The File information panel shows the path name, file name, date, time, and size of the selected file. =
None of the items on this information panel are selectable.
[ Open ]
The Open button opens a new Viewer window and places the selected file in that window.
[ Cancel ]
If you choose Cancel, nothing changes and no action occurs, and the dialog box is put away. M
(Esc always cancels a dialog box, even if a Cancel button does not appear.)
[ Open ]
In the Open a File dialog box, if you choose the Open button OUTLYNE opens a new window and places the selected file in that window.
Help on the Change Directory dialog box
The Change Directory dialog box consists of an input box, a list box, the standard OK and Help buttons, and two other buttons (Chdir and Revert). |
Directory Name
The Directory Name input box is where you type in the path of the new directory.
Directory Tree
Drives
C:\
OUTLYNE
EXAMPLES
The Directory Tree list box enables you to navigate directories by using the selecting bar and pressing Enter. z
Press Enter to make the selected directory be the current directory, then choose OK or press Esc to exit the dialog box. +
[Chdir ]
The Chdir button changes the current directory once you've selected or typed in a directory name. +
[Revert]
The Revert button goes back to the previous directory, as long as you haven't yet exited the dialog box.
File (Alt-F)
Alt-A will display the "About" window. J
Press the Escape key or the return Key to make the about window go away.
Move Cursor
Search (Alt-S)
Search will open a dialog box where you can enter text. OUTLYNE will then search forward for the next occurence of that text and make that occurence the current line.
Node (Alt-N)
This menu contains ways to act on an node, independent of its children.
File
Save (F2)
Saves the outline in the current window to a data file.
Edit
Tree to Clip board
Copies a subtree from the current window to the clip board. If the clip board is not open yet, OUTLYNE will open it.
Relocate
Tree to Clip Board
Removes a subtree from the current window and inserts it under the current line in the clip board. OUTLYNE opens the clip board if it needs to do so.
Relocate
Tree from Clip Board
Removes the current subtree from the clip board and inserts it under the current line in the current window.
Edit
Delete
Current Tree
Erases the current subtree in the current window.
Move Cursor
This menu enables you to move the highlighted bar, selecting a new line as the current one.
Move Cursor
Up a Line
Select the line above as the current one.
Move Cursor
Down a Line
Select the line below as the current one.
Move Cursor
Previous Sibling (Shift-Tab)
Select the line above (that has the same parent) as the current one.
Move Cursor
Next Sibling (Tab)
Select the line below (that has the same parent) as the current one.
File
Save as
Enables you to save an outline to a file name other than the one shown as the title of the window.
File
Print
Prints the outline in the current window.
node
Edit (Enter)
Edits the data associated with the current node.
Edit
Add a Line
As a child of current line
Creates a new line and inserts it as a child of the current line.
Node
Add leaf
Creates a new node and inserts it as either a child of the current node or as a child of the current node's parent.
Edit
Add a Line
As a sibling of current line
Creates a new line and inserts it as a sibling of the current line.
Node
Add Branch
Creates a new node and inserts it as the parent, or the root of the current node.
Edit
Add a line
As first line
Creates a new root line and inserts the old root into the new root.
Edit
Current line to clip board
Copies a line from the current window to the clip board. The children of the line (if any) are not copied. If the clip board is not open yet, OUTLYNE will open it.
Relocate Items
Line to clip board
Cuts an line from the current window and inserts it in the clip board. If the line has children, the line's parent will adopt them. If the clip board is not open yet, OUTLYNE will open it.
Relocate Items
Line from clipboard
Takes a line from the clip board and inserts it in the current window. If the line has children, the line's parent will adopt them. If the clip board is not open yet, OUTLYNE will open it.
Edit
Delete
Current line
Deletes the current line from the current window. If the line has children, the line's parent will adopt them.
Relocate Items
Sort children of current
Sorts the siblings, under one branch, in either ascending or descending order.
Relocate Items
Tree up/Down
Moves the current subtree up or down by switching its position with the sibling above or below.
File
Import
This a way to bring in data from other programs like spreedsheets and databases. This intructs OUTLYNE to read in leaf values from an ASCII file. Each line must begin with 30 characters for the node name followed by a real number for the numerical value. You can create this file from a spreedsheet by printing to a file, but be careful not to have any blank lines at the beginning of the file.
File
Print
Print the outline in the current window.
Tree
This menu contains ways to manipulate an Node, including its descendents.
Window
Open Clipboard
Opens a window for the clip board.
Node
Edit (Return)
Change the text of the Node.
Node
Edit (Return)
Use the [TAB]/[Shift-TAB] to move from object to object in this form.
Others
Reference Marked Lines
Use this command to reference all marked lines.
Others
Mark/Unmark line
Use this command to identify a line that may be referenced at another location.
Tree
Push Reference
Replaces all references of the current line with copies that have referenced children.
Move cursor
Go To Line #
Moves to the selected line number.
File
Print to File
Prints the outline in the current window to a file of the same name but with the extension '.prn'.
Move Cursor
Jump to Mark
Select one of the Marked lines as the current line.
Move Cursor
To Child
Select one of the current line's children as the current line.
Move Cursor
To Parent
Select one of the current line's parents as the current line.
Move Cursor
To Sibling
Select one of the current line's siblings as the current line.
Edit
Add a Line
as parent of current line
Creates a new line and inserts it as the parent of the current line.
Move Cursor
Visit Relative
Go to a parent, child, or sibling of the current line.
Move Cursor
Go To Basis
Go to the Basis. When a line is referenced, only one instance shows the children explicitly. The instance that shows the children is the basis.
Move Cursor
First Line
Go to the first line in the outline.
Move Cursor
Last Line
Go to the last line in the outline.
Move Cursor
First Sibling
Go to the first sibling of the current node.
Move Cursor
Last Sibling
Go to the last sibling of the current node.
File
Specify
Prints a specification of the outline to an ASCII file with the current file name but with the extension 'SPC'. The file format is: L
Nodes
<ID Number> <Text>
Edges
<ID Number> <ID Number>
For example: }
Nodes
1234567890 The first node's text
1234566778 The second nodes text
Edges
1234567890 1234566778
The ID numbers are long integers assigned by the computer. The range from -2147483648 to 2147483647. The text is no more than 255 characters.
Edit
Marked lines to under current
Copy marked lines to under current line.
Edit
Marked Trees to under current
Copy marked trees to under current line.
Edit
Display
Hide children
Hide the children of the current line
Edit
Display
Show children
Show the kids of the current line.
Relocate
Marked lines to under current
Relocate marked lines to under current.
Edit
Undo changes to current
Undo the changes to the current line. This only has an effect if the cursor has not moved off the line since the changes were made.
Edit
Display
Select Display Style
Select the style with which the outline is displayed.
File
Report
Prints a report to a file with the same name but with the extension 'RPT'.
File
Import ASCII FIle
Reads an ASCII file and transforms it into an outline. This is the complement of Report.