═══ 1. About The Norton Guide Viewer for OS/2 ═══ The Norton Guide Viewer for OS/2 (NGVPM) allows you to read .NG files without having to start a DOS window or full-screen session which loads the DOS NG viewer. NGVPM can handle any norton guide and all its features, which are: o Short and long entries; o See-also list; o Bold text; o Underlined text; o Reverse text; o All the standard DOS colors. Extra features in NGVPM not found in the DOS ng viewer: o Searching for text in both short and long entries; o Printing a topic or some selected lines from a topic; o Copy selected text to the Clipboard; o Placing bookmarks on often used entries (short or long); o Easy to use interface (pulldown menu's and toolbar). Using the print option requires that you register NGVPM, see Register NGVPM Hardware and software requirements for NGVPM: o OS/2 2.0 or higher; o VGA or better; o 80386SX or better. Related Information: o Using NGVPM o Help on Dialogs o Register o Future plans ═══ 1.1. Using NGVPM ═══ Assuming you already started NGVPM, you should see a window with a menubar, a toolbar, a big listbox control with a vertical scrollbar and two status windows at the bottom of the window. You can execute commands by using the pulldown menus, the toolbar or a key combination. In the following table all available menu options and there equivalent toolbar and key combinations are shown: Menu Item Key Toolbar -------- ---------------- -------- ------- File Open CTRL-O Yes Print CTRL-P Yes Printer Setup No Setup NGVPM CTRL-S No Exit ALT-F4 No Register NGVPM No Edit Copy CTRL-INS Yes Search Find SHIFT-F3 Yes Find Next F3 Yes Guide Expand F5 Yes Previous F6 Yes Backward - Yes Forward + Yes Credits F7 No Bookmark Define Bookmarks F8 No ═══ 1.2. Help on dialog boxes ═══ Help is available for the following dialog boxes: o Open o Print o Printer Setup o Setup NGVPM o Find o Define Bookmarks o Register NGVPM ═══ 1.3. Register ═══ To register NGVPM v1.1 send the order form and your payment to: Steven van Loef Prof. Bronkhorstlaan 50 3451 ET VLEUTEN The Netherlands Mail: 2:512/45.16@fidonet.org Fill out the following order form and send it to the adres mentioned above. ORDER FORM +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | ORDER FORM | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Product Name : The Norton Guide Viewer for OS/2 | |Product Version : 1.1 | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Client information | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | |NAME : .................................................................. | | (this name will be used for registration) | |ADDRESS : .................................................................. | | | |ZIPCODE : .................................................................. | | | |CITY/STATE: .................................................................| | | |COUNTRY : .................................................................. | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Program information | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | |PRICE : O f 30,-- Giro: 5720973 Bank: 3675.00.493 | | t.n.v. S. van Loef, Vleuten o.v.v. NGVPM | | O $ 25,-- Send a check if you live outside The Netherlands | | (check one) (made payeble to S. van Loef) | | | |Prices include shipping and handling | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | |DATE : ../.../.... SIGNATURE: | | (DD/MMM/YYYY) | | | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Comments/suggestions | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ |Send this order form to: | |S. van Loef, Prof. Bronkhorstlaan 50, 3451 ET VLEUTEN, THE NETHERLANDS | +-----------------------------------------------------------------------------+ ═══ 1.4. Future plans ═══ o Support for EH files. ═══ 2. Open Dialog ═══ This dialog allows you to open an .NG file. You can do this by either typing the filename or by selecting the filename from the list. You can also change to another directory or drive by selecting one from the directory or drive list. The default directory (and drive) is the one you selected in the Setup Dialog. After selecting the desired file from a directory click the Open button to open the norton guide. ═══ 3. Print Dialog ═══ In the registered version of NGVPM you are able to print topics. To print a topic first select the topic you wish to print. Then press CTRL-P, push the printer button or select Print from the File menu to bring up the print dialog. In the print dialog you can specify the number of copies to be printed and the priority of the print job. To start printing press the OK button. Related topics: o Register NGVPM o Printer Setup ═══ 4. Printer Setup Dialog ═══ With the printer setup dialog you can select a printer and set its properties. After selecting a printer and setting its properties push the OK button. ═══ 5. Setup NGVPM Dialog ═══ With this dialog you can setup the default directory for norton guides, setup colors, and other startup options. To specify a default directory you can type a directory in the Startup directory edit-control. To make things easier you can click the questionmark button to select a directory from a directory list. This directory will be used when opening a norton guide. In norton guides four colors are used: foreground, background, bold and underlined. With the setup dialog you can change these colors by selecting them using the four radiobuttons and the color valueset. Make sure you don't select the same colors for forground and background. You don't realy have to select a different color for underlined text because NGVPM can display underlined text. There are two startup options which can be selected. The first is Save window position and size on exit so the next time you start NGVPM the same position and size will be used. The second is Start with last used guide which will load the norton guide that was active when you closed NGVPM. Using the change font button you can select the font of your choice for printing norton guide topics. When you push this button the standard font selection dialog will appear. You are advised to select a printer font for fast printing. When you are done setting up NGVPM, click the OK button, or click the Cancel button to leave all settings unchanged. ═══ 6. Register NGVPM Dialog ═══ Enter your name and the registration number to register NGVPM. See Register on how to register your copy of The Norton Guide Viewer for OS/2. After registration this dialog box will not be shown on start up, the Register NGVPM option will not show up in the File menu and the print option will be enabled. ═══ 7. Find Dialog ═══ With this NGVPM dialog it is possible to search text in short and long entries. Type the text you want to find in the Find What edit-control. Optionally you can set the Match Whole Word Only and/or the Match Case options. Click the Find Next button to start the search. The search operation starts from the line which is selected. After a line has been found with which contains the text you specified, you can press the F3 key to continue the search. If the search text is not found a message will pop up saying no text was found. ═══ 8. Define Bookmarks Dialog ═══ NGVPM allows you to define up to 9 bookmarks. A bookmark is very useful in large guides. To set a bookmark select a topic within the norton guide using the navigation keys, then push the F8 key or select the Define bookmark item from the bookmark menu. A dialog box will now appear. In this dialog you must enter a descriptive name for the topic you wish to place a bookmark on. To define the bookmark push the OK button. The next time you select the bookmark menu, you will notice that it has a new item: the bookmark you just defined. All bookmarks are saved in a file, which enables you to use the bookmarks in the future. To remove bookmarks push the F8 key or select the Define bookmark item from the bookmark menu, then select the bookmark you wish to remove and push the Remove button. After pushing the OK button all removed bookmarks will be deleted from the bookmark menu and file. ═══ 9. Help Menu ═══ Use the choices on the Help pull-down to display: Help index Displays the index of help menu. General Help Provides detailed information on the kinds of help available and how to use help. Using Help Displays information about File Compare sample program. Keys Help Displays a list of keys usage. ═══ 10. Using Help ═══ Use this choice to obtain information on how to use the Help facility. ═══ 11. General Help ═══ Use this choice to get general help for the program. General help provides general information about The Norton Guide Viewer for OS/2. ═══ 12. Tutorial of Keys ═══ Use this choice to see a list of keys and a description of the function of the keys. ═══ 12.1. Key Assigments ═══ The list of keys is arranged in groups. ACCELERATOR KEYS F3 Exit F4 Toggle Chain HELP KEYS F1 Get help Esc Previous Help Panel, or End help if only one panel Alt Switch TO/OUT action bar Alt+F4 End help or End program SYSTEM KEYS Alt+Esc Switch to the next program, including full-screen programs Ctrl+Esc Switch to the Task List WINDOW KEYS Underlined letter Move among the choices on the action bar and pull-downs submenu or execute the function chosen Alt+Underlined letter Execute the function chosen immediately ═══ 13. Index ═══ Use this choice to display the help index. The help index lists the titles of the help information that is available. ═══ 14. Product Information ═══ This dialog displays information about the application, such as version number and copyright notice. ═══ 15. Release history ═══ *** Juli 1993 beta version 0.25 - First beta release *** 14 August 1993 beta version 0.37 - Corrected font in listbox - Underlined text is now displayed - Added a toolbar - Made reading of NG file faster - Released to some people because of CRC erros in the ZIP file of beta version 0.25 *** 24 April 1994 version 1.0 - First official release *** 29 Juli 1994 version 1.1 - Made loading of topics very fast by implementing my own listbox control - Changed the color selection in the setup dialog - Added the Select All option to the Edit menu - Removed some redundant code - Some minor bugfixes