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PC-Outline Version 3.34
ORGANIZATION AT YOUR FINGERTIPS
Copyright (C) Brown Bag Software 1987
2155 South Bascom Ave
Campbell Ca 95008
U. S. A.
Tel: (408) 559 4545
Disk Based Documentation
This document contains the "Getting Started" sections from
the actual PC-Outline manual. It is designed, in
combination with the PC-Outline user interface, to get you
up and running and doing useful things with PC-Outline in
a very short time. It does not, however, contain a
detailed description of all the PC-Outline commands nor
pretend to be a comprehensive tutorial or user's
reference. Registered users can receive the actual
PC-Outline manual which does contain a complete
description of all commands. Details on registering are
in the last section titled registration form.
TABLE OF CONTENTS
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Item Page
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THE SHAREWARE CONCEPT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH PC-Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
PC-Outline FACTS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
GETTING STARTED . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Making A Backup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
For Floppy Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
For Hard Disk Use . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
For Use As A Memory Resident Program . . . . . . . 7
THE FIRST SCREEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
THE OPENING MENU . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Open a New Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Load an Existing Outline . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Change Drive/Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Quit . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
OTHER COMMAND PARAMETER STARTUP OPTIONS . . . . . . . . 9
THE WORKING SCREEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
HOW TO USE THE MENUS . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .11
The Easy Way . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
The Quick Way #1 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
The Quick Way #2 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Shortcut Keystrokes . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
HOW TO USE OPTION BOXES . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .12
Numbers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Choices . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .13
Strings . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .14
CREATING YOUR FIRST OUTLINE . . . . . . . . . . . . . .15
Entering Text Into Your First Outline . . . . . .15
Creating The Second Outline Element . . . . . . .15
Positioning The Second Outline Element . . . . . .15
Hiding Outline Elements . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
Hiding Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .16
HELP SCREEN . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .17
TABLE OF SHORTCUT KEYSTROKES . . . . . . . . . . . . .18
ABOUT PRINTER SUPPORT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .20
USING PC-Outline ON A HARD DISK . . . . . . . . . . . .20
SITE LICENSES / BUNDLING ARRANGEMENTS . . . . . . . . .22
REGISTRATION FORM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .23
3
THE SHAREWARE CONCEPT
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Copyright 1987 Telemarketing Resources DBA Brown Bag Software. All
rights reserved world wide. Both the PC-Outline program and
documentation is copyrighted. It can not be disassembled or
modified without our express written consent.
PC-Outline is distributed on a ShareWare basis. You may use
PC-Outline without charge for the purposes of evaluating it's
suitability for your use. We suggest that this evaluation period be
limited to 30 days of actual use. If you find that PC-Outline is
worth continuing to use, then you are required to pay for it. We
call the payment a "Registration Fee". Simply complete the
registration form and mail it in to use with your payment. If your
company requires an invoice, we suggest that you use a copy of this
registration as the pro forma invoice. When you register your copy
of PC-Outline, you'll receive the latest version of the program,
along with a comprehensive printed user manual and free unlimited
technical support for one year. We aggressively develop our
products, and as a registered user you'll be entitled to upgrades to
the newest versions as they are released, at a greatly reduced
price. Most importantly though, by registering your copy of
PC-Outline (or any ShareWare product), you'll ensure the survival of
the convenient and risk free distribution method that brought you
PC-Outline in the first place.
If you have received this copy from a Users' Group, "Software
Library" or "SIG", and have paid a small fee (usually $3 to $10),
you have NOT acquired the registered rights or continued right to
use PC-Outline. This fee was for the convenience of obtaining the
diskette with PC-Outline on it. The fee does NOT apply to the
registration fee. If you have obtained a "ShareWare" copy of
PC-Outline from Brown Bag Software, and have paid a small fee, this
fee IS applicable towards registration if you register your copy
within 90 days.
If you don't know whether or not your copy of PC-Outline is
registered or not, then look for an original diskette with a printed
Brown Bag Software diskette label. If in doubt, just call us or
write us. As of October 1987, Brown Bag Software has offices in
London, Copenhagen, Amsterdam, Cologne and Zurich. Our products are
available locally in these cities with local technical support,
payable in local currency and shipped from within the EEC without
duty. If this version of PC-Outline does NOT support the European
keyboard, then you will receive a version that DOES support the
keyboard WHEN YOU REGISTER.
You may freely copy PC-Outline for distribution under the ShareWare
concept, without charge.
You may NOT charge any fee for the PC-Outline program or
documentation without our WRITTEN APPROVAL (usually granted).
You may NOT distribute PC-Outline or it's documentation in
connection with ANY commercial venture, product, publication or
service without our written approval.
4
WHAT YOU CAN DO WITH PC-Outline
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PC-Outline is an outlining and planning program. It
allows you to randomly enter information of almost any
type (thoughts, plans, ideas, etc.) and then organize it
into a hierarchial structure. Once in the hierarchial
structure, you can view the information in many powerful
ways. For example, using the hide/unhide feature, you
can view just down to any level of detail in the outline
that you want. With a single keystroke, you can go from
viewing the lowest level of detail to a view that shows
you only the highest, most important topics.
With another few keystrokes, you can print the outline,
send it to a file compatible with your word processor,
copy it into another outline, or paste it directly into
your word processor.
PC-Outline is particularly appropriate for list making.
Tasks like making todo lists or planning a project are
ideally suited for PC-Outline.
For an example of