This is the ABRACADABRA. 
Welcome!

Program is maded to view, edit, and save any files you'd like. 

Among set of the utilities for Windows "Abracadabra" differs by the unique interface. If you have got tired of the standards, it is program for you. In this program many diverse functions are assembled. It is and image viewer and text editor and explorer and browser... All is incorporated by one interface and named "Abracadabra".

Abracadabra 1.1 has the following features:

•	new interface;
•	quick navigation in both files and catalogues (one left/right mouse click performs all necessary functions);
•	the files box is always present "under a hand"; 

•	view and edit text-files ( including files larger than 64kb);
•	view and edit RTF, WRI files ;
•	convert text from Windows to DOS- format and vice versa;

•	convenient viewing of graphic files of the following formats: BMP, JPG,  WMF, PCX, TGA, DIB, RLE, ICO;
•	save any image in BMP format;
•	zoom in/out and movement of images on screen (all this is done with the mouse, without using rulers and buttons); 
•	set any image as tiled or centered desktop wallpaper;
•	set any image as logoscreen for Abracadabra;
•	copy image in clipboard;
•	slideshow mode;

•	support of standard file opperations: rename, delete, open document in associated program;
•	local files navigation (forward/back/history functions).

System requirements:

•	Windows 95
•	1 MB free disk space
•	high-color display adapter  recommended

Working

Abracadabra window is divided into 2 parts: display area and browser bar. You can use browser bar to move through directories and click on file you want to see. File selected by you is showed in display area. 

Program allows you to move through your system, or across your network, with a few simple clicks of your mouse to move up and down in your folder structure. Left click - open drive or catalogue and view file. Right click - move up in  folder structure.
Right click on  icon of file show popup menu. 

Popup menu

This menu contain next punkts for all types of files:
 
•	open                           Open selected file in associated program. Some action doing and by doubleclicking on file.
•	view                            View file in Abracadabra.
•	delete...                      Delete selected file. Attention! This command make the real delete. It is not moving to Recycle Bin.
•	rename ...                   Rename selected file.
•	show                           Display files by categories. All - all files.Green - images. Red - html files. Executable - EXE, COM, LNK, PIF files. Blue - all other files.  History - show history list.

only for image files:

•	center wallpaper       Set image as Windows center wallpaper.
•	tile wallpaper             Set image as Windows tile wallpaper.
•	copy to clipboard      Copy selected image file in clipboard.
•	slideshow                  Auto viewing off all files in catalogue. Default delay - 3 seconds. You can change delay from 1 to 60 seconds in image's toolbar.

Tool panel

In top part of browser is placed main tool panel. Main tool panel contain next buttons (left to right):

•	toolbar ON/OFF. Show/hide image and text toolbars.
•	autohide ON/OFF. You can hide browser panel for increasing screen workspace. When mouse pointer will go over side-border, browser panel will be showed. When mouse pointer go out browser panel - it hide.
•	create new textfile. Program create blank text document untitled.txt for editing.
•	top level. Show drives list in browser panel.
•	save. Save current editing text. You can change filetype in filename field on .RTF or .WRI . Your file will be saved in Rich Text Format. If you want to save file in other directory, you must change directory in browser panel and then click on "Save" button. Save of BMP files is made in standard Save dialogue.
•	about...  Show "About" screen.
•	forward and back. These buttons allow you to navigate in your local files like in WWW.
•	left/right bar. Place browser near left or right side of Abracadabra's window.
•	minimize. Minimize main window of program.
•	exit. Exit from program.
•	border ON/OFF. You can hide standart window border and caption. For show caption - click this button again.

Abracadabra save all settings when program closed.

Toolbars

You can use standart toolbar when work with file. For text files this toolbar contains analogues of "Save"  and "New text" buttons from browser panel. Other buttons:
•	font button. Change default font for text window (not for RTF and WRI format. For these formats used documents internal fonts).
•	color button. Change default color for text window (not for RTF and WRI format. For these formats used only white color).
•	WIN/DOS button. This button allow to convert text from Windows to DOS- format and vice versa. This function work very slow and can be used only for small files. This function actuall for national versions of Windows with different keyboard  layout for DOS and for Windows.

For image files toolbar contains next buttons:

•	copy to clipboard.   Copy current image file in clipboard.
•	center wallpaper.    Set current image as Windows center wallpaper.
•	   tile wallpaper.         Set current image as Windows tile wallpaper. 
•	   set as logo image    Set current image (and its dimension and placing) as Abracadabra's startup logo image. 
•	   slideshow                Start/Stop of slideshow mode. You can change catalogues and select new start file in browser bar. Slideshow will started from first selected file in any catalogue. To stop the slideshow you must click on slideshow's button again.

Mouse functions for images

 You can zoom in and zoom out image by left and right clicking on image. The movement of image in window is made by dragging with left button pressed. 

GIF problem

Today "Abracadabra" contains all means for work with GIF format. But because of absence  of the license agreement on use GIF in non-freeware programs, these means temporarily are switched-off in shareware-version 1.1. After receiving of the license, will be offered upgrade to all registered users.

Only for registered users:

There is version of program with HTML-support. This version requires instaled Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.0 or higher. You can receive this version free-of-charge. For it send e-mail to the address: ara@etel.ru.  In this letter you must specify your username and registration code.

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