Welcome to Help. The menu is activated by pressing F10. The menu titles are accessed by pressing Alt-Z, where Z is the first letter of the menu. For example, the "File" menu is pulled down by Alt-F. O
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Palette
Desktop
Save
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Load
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File
New
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Open
Save
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Print
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File Menu
(Alt-F)
The File menu provides commands for:
- Creating new catalogs
- Opening an image window from a file
- Saving an image into a file
- Saving an image with a new name
- Saving all images
- Printing an image
- Quitting Catalog
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File
New catalog
The New catalog command displays the New
catalog dialog box, where you can create a new multi-image grid.
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File
Open
(F3)
The Open command displays the Open
File dialog box, where you select an image file to open in an image window.
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Save
The Save command saves the image that is in the active image window to disk. (This menu item is disabled if there is no active image window.)
If the file has the default name UNTITLED, the Save
As dialog box will be displayed, where you can rename the file or save it to a different directory or drive.
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Save As
The Save As command displays the Save
As dialog box, where you can rename the image in the active window or save it to a different directory or drive.
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Save All
The Save All command sends the File|Save command to all windows on the desktop.
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Print
The Print command displays the Print dialog box, where you can print the image in the active window.
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Quit
(Alt-X)
The Quit command exits Catalog, removes it from memory, and returns you to DOS. ]
If you have modified a file without saving it, Catalog prompts you to do so before exiting.
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Create Catalog dialog box
Before the Create Catalog dialog box is displayed, a file selector appears that allows you to specify the directory to get images from. Clicking on the OK button opens the Create Catalog dialog box.
This dialog box allows you to control how the multi-image catalog is created. The Name field controls what the resultant image grids will be called. The extension can be either PCX, GIF or BMP. l
The Size field controls the dimensions of the grid. For example, a 4 would mean a 4 x 4 grid or 16 images. Z
The Border check box controls whether or not each image is drawn in a small black frame.
The Merge palettes check box controls whether or not the palettes in all the images are merged into one master palette, or whether the palette of the last image loaded becomes the catalog image palette. z
Clicking on the OK button scans the directory and creates image catalogs that are then placed in windows on the desktop.
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Open A File dialog box
This dialog box allows you to select an image from the file list by clicking on the file or using the arrow keys. You can also type in the name of the file to load in the name field in the upper right corner. Clicking on a drive letter in the lower right corner will change to that drive. X
Clicking on the OK button opens the image file and puts it in a window on the desktop.
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Save File As dialog box
This dialog box allows you to save the current image with a new name by typing the file name in the name field in the upper right corner. Setting the extension to PCX, BMP or GIF will save the image in that format. Clicking on a drive letter in the lower right corner will change to that drive. M
Clicking on the OK button saves the image in the active window into a file.
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Print File dialog box
This dialog box allows you to print the current image. First find the correct printer driver for your printer and then pick the DPI resolution you wish to print at. Clicking on OK will open a new dialog box that allows you to set the printer port, orientation, and brightness / color usage. B
Clicking on the OK button prints the image in the active window.
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Image Window
There is a single active window on the desktop. It is the one with the blue title bar. Commands selected from a menu are performed on this active window. r
<Up> Move up one line
<Down> Move down one line
<Right> Move right one column
<Left> Move left one column
<Ctrl><Right> Move right one page
<Ctrl><Left> Move left one page
<PgUp> Move one page up
<PgDn> Move one page down
<Home> View top most page of the file
<End> View bottom most page of the file
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(System) Menu
The system menu provides commands for:
- Changing the screen mode
- Changing the default palette
- Changing the desktop colors
- Saving a desktop configuration
- Loading a desktop configuration
Mode Default
Palette Desktop Save
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Mode
The Mode command opens the Mode
dialog
box, where you can change to a different display mode.
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Default palette
The Default Palette command opens the Default
Palette dialog box, where you can change the default colors that the system comes up with.
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Desktop
The Desktop command opens the Desktop
dialog
box, where you can change the pattern and color of the background desktop.
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Load Desktop
The Load Desktop command restores a collection of desktop windows that have been saved with the Save
desktop command.
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Save Desktop
The Save Desktop command saves all the open windows on the desktop so that they can be loaded back later in exactly the same positions with the Load
desktop command.
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Desktop dialog box
The Desktop dialog box contains three selector boxes. The first one is a color selector for the desktop background. The second color selector is for the desktop foreground. The third selector is the desktop fill pattern. I
For the fastest display, set the fill pattern to blank (the first one).
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Mode dialog box
The Mode dialog box contains a set of radio buttons that show the current screen display mode. If you choose a different mode and press the OK button, you will be switched into the mode. Y
If your display hardware does not support the new mode, an error box will be displayed.
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Image Menu
(Alt-I)
The Image menu provides commands for: T
- Viewing an image
- Resizing an image
- Changeing the color palette of an image
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Image
View
The View command displays the image in the active window as a full screen image. B
You can use the arrow keys to change how the image is displayed.
<Right> Strobing right
<Left> Strobing left
<Up> Increase speed
<Down> Decrease speed
<Shift><Right> Pan right
<Shift><Left> Pan left
<Shift><Up> Pan up
<Shift><Down> Pan down
<K> Kaleidoscope image
<F> Fade random palette
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Resize
The Resize command opens the Resize
Image dialog box, where you can change the width and height of the image in the active window.
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Change palette
The Change palette command opens the Change
palette dialog box, where you can change the palette of the image in the active window.
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Resize Image dialog box
The Resize Image dialog box contains input boxes for the new width and height. You may enter any width or height combination you want. C
Clicking on the OK button resizes the image in the active window.
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Change palette dialog box
The Change palette dialog box contains the palette
viewer, group
input
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AutoRamp Rotate
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Clicking on the OK button makes this palette the palette of the image in the active window.
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The palette viewer allows for selection of a group of colors by clicking on the first color and dragging a box to the last color. The colors will be selected in groups of the number in the group
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If the <Alt> key is held down while clicking the mouse on a color, the current group will be extended to include that color.
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Group:
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The group size input box sets the number of colors that will be grouped together in a selection in the Palette viewer.
For example, a Group value of 16 would split the palette into 16 regions of 16 colors each, a Group value of 32 would split the palette into 8 regions of 32 color each, etc.
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AutoRamp
The AutoRamp button creates a new random palette with all the color ramps already done. The size of the color groups is set by the group
input
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The rotate buttons shift the selected group left or right one color.
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Ramp
The Ramp button creates a smoothly changing range of colors. First select a group in the palette
viewer. Then click on the Ramp button. The group will automatically be filled in with all the shades between the first and last color.
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Pick
The Pick button allows you to find where the color of a pixel is in the palette
viewer. Press the Pick button, click on a pixel in the image, and when the dialog box is redisplayed, the palette viewer will have the pixel color selected.
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Reverse
The Reverse button reverses the order of colors in the group selected in the palette
viewer.
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Load
The Load button displays a file selector and allows you to load a palette from an image or a PAL file.
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Save
The Save button displays a file selector and allows you to save the current palette as a PAL file.
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Window Menu
(Alt-W)
The Window menu contains commands to close, move and perform other window-management commands.
Most of the windows in this program have all the standard window elements, including scroll bars, a close box, and maximize icons. :
Window-management commands
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Window
Maximize
(F5)
Choose Maximize to resize the active window to the maximum size. If the window is already maximized, you can choose this command to restore it to its previous size. U
You can also click the Maximize box in the upper right corner to maximize a window.
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Window
Next
(F6)
Choose Next to cycle forwards through the windows on the desktop.
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Window
Close
(Alt-F3)
Choose Close to close the active window. N
You can also click the Close box in the upper left corner to close a window.
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Window
Close All
Choose Close All to close all windows on the desktop.