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:Quick-Start

                    Quick-Start▄
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 The following describes briefly how to convert
 archives in the UI(User Interface) mode.

 1) Goto Options(F3) and set any options that
    you need to, such as the archive you want to
    convert to, etc.  Be sure and press <F10>
    to save your selections.

 2) If you want to convert more than one archive
    then tag the archives you wish to convert.

 3) If you just want to convert one archive, then
    highlight it and press <ENTER>.  If you want
    to convert multiple archives, then press <F2>
    and select the appropriate method.

 AC Should now convert the archive(s) you have
 selected.

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:Overview

                     OverView▄
                      ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀

 Welcome to AC - The Archive Converter! AC will
 convert to/from  any know archive type and can
 also be configured to convert to/from any archives
 that may be released in the future.

 AC has 2 modes of operation: Command Line and
 UI(User Interface) Mode Running AC without any
 command line options will start AC in UI Mode.
 The only exception is setting the initial number
 of rows when starting AC.  All of the features
 that AC has are available in both modes of
 operation.
 
 UI Mode:
 ────────

 UI Mode provides an easy to use interface for
 users who prefer not having to learn many
 different commands, just to begin using a 
 program.

 Command Line:
 ─────────────

 The Command Line mode, allows users to tell
 AC what to do from DOS using command line
 options.  For more help on using the command
 line portion of AC, see the file AC.DOC that
 accompanies this program, or type 'AC /?' for
 a description of command line switches.

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:Registering AC

                  Registering AC▄
                   ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀

 This program is shareware and copyrighted material.
 You are granted a 30 day trial period to evaluate
 this program, after which you must: register it or
 discontinue use.  The amount of time I have put into
 this program is enormous.  Just typing the help files
 took several days!  I believe the cost of $10 for
 this program to be quite reasonable.  Once you register
 this product, you will not have to re-register this
 product, all future upgrades will be free-of-charge.

 Once again, if you find that you use this program often,
 please license it.  Also remember that there are additional
 features available in the registered product.

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:Navigation keys

			  Navigation Keys▄
			   ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀

 <>     Move Highlight Up one
 <>     Move Highlight down one
 <HOME>  Top of List
 <END>   Bottom of list
 <PGDN>  Page down list
 <PGUP>  Page Up List
 <ENTER> Change Directory or...
 <ENTER> Convert higlighted file
 <SPACE> Tag highlighted file
 <ALT-C> Toggle Scanning ON/OFF
 <ALT-E> Toggle Exploding windows ON/OFF
 <ALT-G> Change Drive/Directory
 <ALT-I> Toggle Timestamping ON/OFF
 <ALT-N> Toggle Nesting ON/OFF
 <ALT-R> Toggle Recursion ON/OFF
 <ALT-S> Toggle Sound ON/OFF
 <ALT-T> Tag/Untag All Files
 <ALT-U> Toggle Update ON/OFF
 <ALT-V> Toggle Video Mode{25/28/43/50} rows
 <ALT-X> Quick Exit{No Prompt}

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:Running ACSetup

                ACSetup▄
                 ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀
    When you press <F4> in AC, it will
 run ACSETUP, and allow you to make
 changes to the data file that AC uses.
 Any changes that you make in ACSETUP,
 will take effect as soon as you exit
 ACSETUP and return to AC.

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:Function Keys

                Function Keys▄
                 ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀

 The following is a brief desription of the
 function keys that AC uses, and what they do.

   F-ONE▄ Help -- Provides Help for AC,
    ▀▀▀▀▀ you can press this key most
            anywhere to obtain help.

   F-TWO▄ Convert Menu -- When you select
    ▀▀▀▀▀ this option, you can choose how
            to convert the tagged files.

 F-THREE▄ Options -- Allows the user to change
  ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀ run-time parameters for AC.

  F-FOUR▄ ACSetup -- Runs ACSetup program to
   ▀▀▀▀▀▀ allow the user to modify AC without
            having to exit the program.

  F-FIVE▄ Quick Keys -- Displays the shortcut
   ▀▀▀▀▀▀ keys that are available for AC.

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:Dialog Boxes

                   Dialog Boxes▄
                    ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀

 Dialog boxes provide an easy and organized way
 to make changes to a program.  When you press
 <F3>(Options), you will be presented with a
 dialog box.  The Following terms are useful
 when describing Dialog Boxes:

 Field      - A field is an indivual item of
                information that must be filled in.

 Dialog Box - A collection of fields make up a
                dialog box.

 Picklist   - A List of items that you can select
                from to fill in a field.

 The following keys are available
 when using a dialog box:

  <>      Goto previous field.
  <SH-TAB> Goto previous field.
  <>      Goto next field.
  <CR>     Goto next field.
  <TAB>    Goto next field.
  <F2>     Bring up a Picklist if one is available.
  <ESC>    Exit dialog box; cancel changes.
  <F10>    Exit dialog box; save changes.

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:PickLists

                    Pick-Lists▄
                     ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀

 Picklists are lists of items that can you can select
 from.	The following keys are available when using
 picklists:

  <>          Goto previous item
  <>          Goto next item
  <HOME>       Goto top item
  <END>        Goto Last item
  <PGDN>       Goto next pageful of items
  <PGUP>       Goto previous pageful of items
  <CR>         Exit; Accept selected item
  <ESC>        Exit; Cancel selection.

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:Convert Menu

					Convert Menu▄
					 ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀

 This option allows you to convert more than one archive
 at a time. The following options are available when you
 press <F2>:

  Convert Highlight - Allows you to convert the highlited
                      archive.

  Convert All       - Will convert ALL archives in the current
                      directory

  Convert Tagged    - Will convert all archives that have been
                      tagged(marked).  If all files are tagged
                      then this would be equivalent to
                      converting all archives.

  Convert Untagged  - Will convert all archives that are NOT
                      tagged.  If no files are tagged, then
                      this would be equivalent to converting
                      all archives.

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:Convert To

				Convert to▄
				 ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀

 This option allows you to tell AC what
 archive you want to convert TO.  If you
 want to convert to an archiver that is
 not listed, simply run ACSetup, and add
 it as an archiver.

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:<ALT-R> Toggle Recursion

				 Recursion▄
				  ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀

 The available options for this entry are
 either ON or OFF.  Setting Recursion to ON,
 will cause AC to provide support for
 directories inside of archive files.  If
 recursion is OFF,then AC will convert ALL
 archive files into a single directory, and
 any directories that may have been stored in
 the original archive would be lost.

:
:<ALT-I> Toggle Timestamp

				Timestamp▄
				 ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀

   The available options for this entry are
   either ON or OFF.  Setting timestamp to ON,
   will cause AC to set the date and time of
   any archives it converts to the most recent
   file inside the archive.  With this option
   turned off, any new archives will be set
   to the current system date and time.

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:<ALT-C> Toggle Virus Scan

					 Scanning▄
					  ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀

  The available options for Scanning are ON or OFF.
  Setting Scanning to ON, will cause AC to scan
  the archive for viruses.	This will increase the
  conversion time, but provides an easy method of
  checking archives for viruses.

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:<ALT-E> Toggle Explode

			  Explode▄
			   ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀

  When you press the ALT-E key this
  will toggle exploding windows on/off.

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:<ALT-G> Change Directory

			  Change Drive/Directory▄
			   ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀

  When you select this option an edit box will appear
  with the current path appearing.  Simply type in the
  drive and or directory you would like to goto. To
  simply change drives, just type in the drive letter
  and a colon.  IE ('C:').

  To clear the edit window, press <CTRL-END>.
  Pressing <INS> will toggle insert/overwrite mode.

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:<ALT-K> Toggle Keep Originals

				 Keep Originals▄
				  ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀

   When you select this option, it allows you to
   change how AC handles the original archive when
   it converts it.	When this is set to ON, AC will
   NOT delete the original archive.  When this is
   set to OFF, AC will delete it when the conversion
   is complete.

:
:<ALT-L> Toggle Logging

					Logging▄
					 ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀

 This option allows you to control whether
 or not AC will report conversions to a log
 file or not.  If logging is ON, then AC will
 write out information to AC.LOG which can
 be found in the same directory that AC.EXE
 is in.  When logging is OFF, no reporting will
 take place.

 NOTE: AC does NOT log nested conversions.

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:<ALT-N> Toggle Nesting

				 Nesting▄
				  ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀

 This option allows you to control how AC
 will handle archive files that are stored
 inside of another archive.  When Nesting
 is OFF, AC will treat any nested archives
 like any other file.  When Nesting is ON,
 AC will convert any archives inside of the
 original archive to the archive type that
 the original is being converted to.

 Notes:
  -AC only supports nesting 1 level deep.
   What this means is that it will not
   convert an archive in an archive in an
   archive.
  -Use this option with care.  Many programs
   have installation routines that expect
   archives to be a certain type.  If you
   convert nested archves, you may find you
   have to manually install the program.

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:<ALT-S> Toggle Sound

				 Sound▄
				  ▀▀▀▀▀

 This option allows you to turn the Sound
 ON or OFF.  When sound is on, all windows
 will beep when opened or closed.  This
 feature is for esthetic effect only.

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:<ALT-T> Toggle Tags

				   Tags▄
					▀▀▀▀

 When you select this option, AC will reverse
 the Tag state of all files in the current
 directory.  any files that were tagged will
 become untagged, and likewise any file that
 were not tagged would become tagged.  If no
 files have been tagged and you select this
 option, ALL files would be tagged since there
 would be no tagged files to untag.

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:<ALT-U> Toggle Updating

					Updating▄
					 ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀

 This option allows you to turn Updating ON or OFF.
 When Updating is ON, AC will support conversions
 of archives to the same type.	This is useful if
 you want to upgrade an archive file to a newer
 version.  IE PkZip 1.10 to PkZip 2.04g.

 Note:
 - When Updating is OFF, and you convert an archive
   to the same type, the archive will be deleted.
   Be sure and turn this switch to ON if you want to
   convert like archives.

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:<ALT-V> Change Video Mode

				  Video-Mode▄
				   ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀

  When you select this option AC will change the
  video mode or the number of rows on the screen.
  The possible options are 25, 28, 43, and 50.
  You must have a VGA display for this to operate
  correctly.  If AC cannot change the video mode,
  then it will default to 25 lines.

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:<ALT-X> Quick Exit

            Quick Exit▄
             ▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀▀

  Pressing the <ALT-X> key will exit
  AC immediatly without any queries.
  AC will restore the video mode and
  return you to the directory that
  you originally ran AC from.

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