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^Cby
^CGeorge Leritte

   These utilities are designed to help you make the most of Broderbund
Software's popular Print Shop program, a program that lets you design your own
greeting cards, letterheads, and other such things.  Back in issue #18, we
published a Print Shop Utility program.  This was a popular program, so we have
now revised and revamped it, with many improvements and added features.  Like
the earlier Print Shop Utility, it allows images to be combined, extracted, and
moved from one file to another.  Also, images can be converted between Print
Shop and Printmaster (and we fixed a bug in this section from the earlier
utility, that was sometimes producing improper "File Not Found" errors).  New to
this utility is an option to print out your image files and an option to let you 
edit the names of your images.

   These utilities will function with Printmaster files as well as Print Shop; 
all you have to do is set one toggle option (described below).  Thus, users of 
either of these fine programs can make use of this utility, and if you've got a 
library of images in either format you can port them over to the other.

   Included with this program is a library of Print Shop images.  This issue, 
we've gone to the dogs, with a variety of canines.

   This program was designed to work similarly to Print Shop in order not to
confuse users.  All of the commands are chosen by highlighting a menu selection
and pressing the ENTER key.  A detailed description of the main menu options
follows.

   Note:  Print Shop images are contained in two files, a data file and a name 
file.  The data file has an extension of ".DAT" and contains all the images.  
The name file has an extension of ".NAM" and contains the name of each 
corresponding image in the ".dat" file.  Both of these files must start with the 
letters "GR".  When asked to enter Print Shop file names, no extension can be 
entered.  The utility will automatically add the "GR" letters for you. 

   The first option is to display a Print Shop file.  The program will present a 
list of Print Shop files (or PrintMaster files, if you have toggled the file 
type as shown below in the eleventh option) on the disk for you to choose from.  
If there are no Print Shop files on the disk or directory, then you will be told 
so and returned to the menu. 

   The second option allows you to extract images from a Print Shop file and 
place them in another file, either existing or new.  You move through the file 
and select the images you want extracted in the order you want them extracted.  
A selected image will have a number next to it indicating the order in which you 
selected the image.  When finished, the program asks you to move a highlight bar 
to the name of the file in which to place any selected images. If you want to 
place them in a new file, then put the cursor on ^1New File^0 and press ENTER.  
The program will prompt you for the filename. 

   The third option allows you to combine two or more Print Shop files into one
file, either to an existing file or a new one.

   The fourth option allows you to take a bunch of transferred images from the 
Apple and Commodore versions of Print Shop (in which each image is a separate 
file) and place them in an IBM-compatible Print Shop file.  All of the images to 
be grouped should be in the same drive or directory.  You will be prompted for 
the file in which to place the images (new or existing).  Then you are prompted 
for the drive or directory where the images are.  Note: In the case of images 
transferred from the Commodore, this will only work on three-sector Commodore 
files.  If you don't understand this, then don't worry.  A three-sector 
Commodore file that has been transferred will be at least 572 bytes long. 

   The fifth option allows you to edit the name of an image.  First select the 
name of the file and then select the image as with the extract option.  Then use 
the cursor keys to edit the image name.  Print Shop automatically uses all 
uppercase letters in its image names, and so do these utilities.  Use the 
^1Ins^0 key to toggle between insert and overwrite mode.  The ^1Del^0 key deletes
the character under the cursor, and the backspace key deletes the character to 
the left of the cursor.  ^1Home^0 moves the cursor to the beginning of the line, and
^1End^0 moves the cursor to the end of the line. 

   The sixth option allows you to print a file of images to your printer.  You
are asked if you want to use the file name as a title or you can enter your own
title.  You must first configure the program to use the correct codes. The
program prints eight images to a line and puts the name of each image under it.

   The seventh option allows you to convert images between Print Shop and 
Printmaster, two different popular programs for which many images are available.  
If you have only one of these programs, this will let you use images designed 
for the other.  If you have both, this will let you use your full image library 
in both programs.  In this option, you are again prompted for the filenames to 
transfer.  The drives and paths for Print Shop and PrintMaster images are set up 
using the ninth and tenth options discussed below.

   The eighth option allows you to select your printer.  The program supports 
all of the printers that Print Shop supports.  The program default is for Epson 
printers. 

   The ninth option asks you for the drive or directory path where your Print
Shop data files are.  Once you've selected this option, the program will
automatically look for all Print Shop files in that drive/directory until you
change it.

   The tenth option asks you for the drive or directory path where your
Printmaster data files are.  Once you've selected this option, the program will
automatically look for all Printmaster files in that drive/directory until you
change it.

   The eleventh option allows you to change whether the program operates with 
Print Shop or Printmaster files.  This indicates which kind of file is used by 
all the above commands (except for the PS/PM file conversion, which always uses 
both types).  This is a toggle option; each time you select it, the type is 
switched to its opposite.

   The twelfth option allows you to save your printer selection, the default 
drive/directories where your files reside, and the main file type that the 
program works with to the PSUTIL2.CFG file on disk.  Each time the program 
loads, it reads this file and sets the printer, the drive/directories and the 
main file type.  Use this to set your preferred defaults.

   Note:  We suggest you do not use this program on your original BIG BLUE DISK
because Print Shop and Printmaster files take up so much disk space, and there
is very little room left on Disk 1.  Copy it to a blank disk, or even better, to 
your hard disk.

   To run this program outside ^1Big Blue Disk^0, type: ^1PSUTIL2^0.

DISK FILES THIS PROGRAM USES:
^FPSUTIL2.EXE
^FPSUTIL2.CFG
^FCHARACT.DAT
^FGRBBD27.NAM
^FGRBBD27.DAT