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This is the first release of the Gospels in a Window Book.
Please call 800-524-0380 with your comments or if you need technical
assistance.
Note: This Window Book is designed to work as a DOS application when run
under plain DOS and as a true MS-Windows application when run under
MS-Windows 2.x or 3.x.
Note: This Window Book has a new Full-text retrieval feature. Please review
the online help (press F1 inside the Window Book) for full details.
Here is the one-step installation procedure:
1) Place the disk in drive A:,
then at the DOS prompt type A:INSTALL
C>A:INSTALL
Following installation, to run Gospels, at the DOS Prompt, type Gospels
C>GOSPELS
To run Gospels as a background-resident pop-up, with the Alt+Esc "hotkey"
combination, add the /B parameter:
C>GOSPELS /B
To run Gospels as a background-resident pop-up, with your own private "hotkey"
combination, add the /B and the /HK:? parameters:
C>GOSPELS /B /HK:?
where ? can be a function key F1-F10 (yielding hotkey combinations
Alt-F1 thru Alt+F10), or a letter A-Z (yielding hotkey combinations
Ctrl+Shift+A thru Ctrl+Shift+Z), or a number 0-9 (yielding hotkey
combinations Ctrl+Shift+0 thru Ctrl+Shift+9)
To run your Gospels as a true MS-Windows application, Double click on
Gospels.exe while running MS-Windows 2.x or 3.x. See
below.
Note all the information below is contained on-line inside your Window
Book (press F1). We suggest you refer to it there.
Using Your Window Book Under DOS Display
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Options for DOS Display
Note: these options do not apply when you use your Window Book
under MS-Windows.
If you want to run the Window Book as a background-resident (TSR)
popup, you must specify the /B option:
C>GOSPELS /b The Window Book goes TSR ("Popup")
The complete activation syntax for running a Window Book is:
[drv:][\path\]bookname [/b] [/hk:X] [/g]
where:
drv: is a disk drive name (e.g., A:, B:, C:, D: etc.)
\path\ is a directory name (e.g., \)
/b specifies that the Window Book should operate as a background
resident popup (TSR).
/hk:X specifies the user-chosen hotkey combination. X
can take the values 0 through 9, A
through Z, and F1 through F10.
/g Normally, when there's a choice of multiple volumes,
the program starts up by offering a volume selection menu. The
user then decides which volume to read. The /g (for go!) option
bypasses the volume selection menu on startup.
How-To Guide for DOS Display
Make a hypertext jump: (1) The topic you're reading
must have references (hypertext links) built into it. You can tell
by the Turn references ON message at the right side of the
menu line (at the top of the screen). (2) Press Ins (the keypad 0
key). The message flips over to the left side. The references are
ON. (3) If the information in the window has references in it, you'll
see them highlighted. If there are no references in the window, use
PgDn or PgUp to reach the section of information that does have references.
(4) If the window shows several references, you can use the left/right
arrow keys - - to select the one you want. (5) Press Enter.
Do keyword lookup: (1) Press ALT and, keeping it pressed, type
the first letters of a title or a highlighted reference. (2) Whatever
you type, is displayed in the menu line. (3) If such a title or reference
exists, Window Book will select it (same as if you pressed the up/down
arrows until you located the desired item).Note however that you can
only type letters or digits; If you release the Alt key and then
press it again, you're starting a new keyword. Keyword lookup works
in the ToC, in the INDEX, and when a topic's cross-references are
ON.
Change the form of the Table of Contents: (1) Press F2. (2)
Press the keypad right arrow key, or left arrow key, once.(3) Select
the view of the Table of Contents that you wish to use.
Print an entire topic: (1) Press F6. (2) Press Enter.
Copy an entire topic to a file: (1) Press F6. (2) Press the
keypad down arrow key once. (3) Press Enter.
Mark a text selection: (1) Press F5 for the first time. A line
is highlighted. (2) Using the keypad up/down arrow keys position the
highlighted line at the beginning of the desired selection. (3) Press
F5 for the second time; this starts marking. (4) Using the keypad
up/down arrow keys move the highlighted text to the end of the desired
selection. (5) Press F5 a third time; the selection is marked. If
you press F5 a fourth time, marking disappears.
Print or copy selected information: (1) Using F5, mark the
selected text. (2) Press F6 for printing/copying.
(3) Follow instructions shown in F6 menu. (4) Press F5 once more,
to undo the marking.
Import information into your word processor: (1) Copy the information
into a file. (2) Import/Read the file into your word processor with
your word processors import/read feature.
See the foreground application while reading: When the Window
Book is in the background, you can split the screen and see parts
of the foreground application screen while reading the Window Book.
(1) Press F7. The screen splits. Pressing F7 a second time inverses
the split-screen. Pressing it a third time restores the full-screen
display.
One-key sequential reading: When the Toc or INDEX is visible
in the background, you can get the next page of the current topic
by pressing PgDn. Then, by pressing Shift-PgDn, you automatically
read the next topic. This single key lets you read an entire Window
Book sequentially, page by page, topic by topic, as if it were a regular
paper book! (the keypad + and keypad - keys do the same as Shift-PgDn
and Shift-PgUp; use the one you find most convenient).
Dynamically Redefining Keys in DOS Display
It has been observed that people generally feel more comfortable when
able to leave their finger on the key it's on, rather than moving
from key to key.
The Window Book user interface has been designed to reduce the number
of times your fingers must move from key to key by redefining the
function of most keys after they are pressed so that pressing such
a key a second time will produce another, normally complementary,
action. We encourage you to experiment in pressing a key twice to
see how the second time undoes or modifies the effect of the first
time.
Pressing F1 once brings up the HELP Menu. Pressing it again removes
the menu.
Pressing F2 or F3 once brings up the Table of Contents, or the INDEX.
Pressing it again has the same effect as if Enter was pressed: the
currently selected topic is displayed.
Pressing F6 once brings up the Print/Export menu. Pressing it again
removes the menu. Pressing Esc also removes the menu, as does selecting
NONE of the above... and pressing Enter. Choose the method
that you find most comfortable.
Pressing F10 once brings up the Termination/Book Selection menu, which
offers you the choice of selecting another Window Book for reading.
Pressing F10 again closes the Window Book and returns you to DOS.
Thus, to close the Window Book, just press F10 twice.
Pressing F5 will activate the Marking Text function pressing F5 again
will begin marking . Pressing F5 the third time will turn Marking
off. Pressing F5 a fourth time will unmark any marked text.
Pressing F7 will toggle split screen when you have your Window Book
installed in the background.
Pressing Enter takes you from ToC or INDEX to a selected topic, or
from a cross-reference to a target topic. Pressing Enter again normally
takes you back to where you came from. This le