Game Head 1996 March/Game Head March 96.iso/dos/tarot2/t2.exe/HELP.1

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Help on using the mouse and keyboard
on the main screen, in dialog boxes,
and in the built in text editor.

* The mouse, and keyboard equivalents
* Coordinate readout
* The text viewer/editor

 Press PgDn or use the scroll-box >>

 THE MOUSE BUTTONS AND KEYBOARD: Using
the mouse is the easiest way to do
things in this program but there is
nothing that can't be done with just
the keyboard. You can move the cursor
around with the mouse or with the
cursor keys. When <Num Lock> is on,
you can use the cursor keys on the
number pad (2,4,6 and 8) to move the
cursor beyond the visible edge of the
screen. When using the cursor keys,
the <+> and <-> keys will speed up
and slow down the cursor.
 In this and the other help files:
Keys and key combinations are shown
in angled brackets (e.g. <Esc>);
Clicking, left-clicking and choosing
all refer to placing the cursor on an
item and pressing the left mouse
button or <Enter> on the keyboard;
Right-clicking  refers to pressing the
right mouse button or <Esc>; Dragging
means to hold the right or left mouse
button down as you move the mouse.
If you are prompted for a yes or no
answer (e.g. Overwrite file?) you can
press <Y> or left-click for yes or
press <N> or right-click for no.
You can also use <Ins> instead of
<Esc> to move the deck. To move the
deck with the mouse you right-click on
it and drag it to where you want it.
To move it with the keyboard you can
use <Esc> or the <Insert> key. The
deck will move with the cursor until
you press <Esc>. The <Ins> option
allows you to move the deck while
defining a Spread. The deck can't be
moved if you are in a spread.
(See SPREAD help for more on this)
To toggle the menu-bar on and off
right-click while the cursor is not on
the deck or on a card while in a
spread in interpretation mode.
(See SPREAD help for more on spreads).
This program has three main modes:
Card manipulation mode in which you
deal out cards and place them where
you want; Interpret mode in which you
can get various interpretations;
Spread mode where the cards will
automatically be placed into position
when you deal them (See SPREAD help).
The program starts out in card
manipulation mode.
To deal a card, left-click on the deck
The card will appear on the top of the
deck or to one side of it depending on
the setting of the Deal toggle in the
DECK sub-menu (See DECK help). To move
a card left-click on it and then drag
it to where you want it. If you
pressed <Enter> to left-click, you
will have to press <Esc> to drop the
card.
You can deal and move the card all in
one motion if the Deal toggle is
set to TOP. Just click on the deck and
drag the card to where you want it.
You can also move a group of cards.
Left click on a card and hold down the
<Ctrl> key and/or the <Alt> key. Use
the <Ctrl> key to move the card the
cursor is on and all the cards under
it which overlaps its position. Use
the <Alt> key to move the card and
all overlapping cards above it. Hold
down both <Ctrl> and <Alt> to move
all the cards above and below which
overlap the key cards position. All
cards meeting the chosen criteria will
disappear until you have moved the
key card into the new position for the
group. Hold down the mouse button
until the key card appears with the
move-group cursor on it. It may take
a while to calculate which cards
should be moved and then redraw the
screen without them. Once you see
the key card with the
three-overlapping-cards cursor on it
you can move it into the new position
and release.
In Interpret mode, clicking on a card
will bring up an interpretation for
that card and clicking on the deck
will bring up the Overview (See
EXAMINE help). To toggle in and out of
Interpret mode press the left and
right mouse buttons at the same time
or choose CARD from the EXAMINE sub-
menu. An "I" will appear on the deck
in interpret mode. In addition to
using the cursor to choose items on
the menu bar, you can press the first
letter of the sub-menu you wish to
open (e.g. to open the DECK sub-menu
press <d>). In the sub-menus you can
hit the number of the item you want to
choose as if the items where numbered
from top to bottom (e.g. to shuffle
the deck, press<1> while the DECK
sub-menu is open or press <2> to cut
etc.). Here are a few more functions
you should know about.
Press <F1> to get help. Which help
file comes up depends on where you are
at in the program. Choose MENU from
the HELP sub-menu to choose the help
file you want. The middle mouse button
(if you have one) acts as the Face
Up/Dn toggle (See DECK help). Pressing
all three mouse buttons, on a three
button mouse, will quit the program.
You can also quit by pressing <Alt-X>
or by choosing QUIT from the FILE
sub-menu.

 COORDINATE READOUT: Press <F2> to
get a coordinate readout of the cursor
and the deck or any dealt card. The
readout will appear in the lower left
of the screen but can be toggled to
the lower right with <F3>. the lower
pair of numbers represent the x,y
coordinates of the cursor and the
upper pair represent either the deck
or one of the dealt cards. The word
"Deck" will appear in front of the top
numbers if it is showing the
coordinates for the deck or the word
"Card" and a number will appear if the
coordinates are for one of the cards
(1 for the first card dealt, 2 for the
second etc.). The numbers on top
represent the x and y location of the
upper left corner of the deck or card.
Use <Pgup> and <Pgdn> to cycle thru
the dealt cards and deck coordinates.
You can use this readout to place the
cards exactly where you want them
(slow the cursor down and use the
cursor keys to get pixel-perfect
postioning). You can also use this
readout for moving cards around beyond
the visible edge of the screen.

 THE TEXT VIEWER/EDITOR: This is what
pops up loaded with interpretations,
help files or comments. You can view
the file, edit it and even erase it
and start a new file. The files
created with this editor can be used
in any DOS ascii text editor and you
can read and edit any ascii file in
this editor. As an editor it is very
basic. You can't cut and paste blocks
of text for example. If you want more
sophisticated editing abilities you
can use your favorite text editor
outside of this program (See the file
"TAROT2.DOC" for a list of file names
for the various interpretations etc.).
Loading files is usually done
automatically when you choose COMMENT
from the SPREAD sub-menu or when you
click on a card or the deck in
interpret mode or when you seek help.
You can also open any text file you
want by pressing <Alt-O> from the main
screen (that is when no other
functions are active). The file dialog
box will appear with "*.CDI" as the
wildcard spec. CDI is the extention
for the card interpretations. You can
type in the name, and path, of any
text file and it will be loaded into
this editor (See FILE help for more on
using the file dialog box). This
editor only loads a maximum of 23
kilobytes. If the file you load is
more than this a beep will sound while
it is loading and the file will be
truncated within this editor. Make
sure you exit without saving or the
file will be saved in the truncated
state. There are two ways to exit the
editor; to exit without saving and to
exit and save your changes. You can
exit without saving by right-clicking.
To exit and save any changes you made,
when you choose EDIT or NEW or when
you are first creating a file or when
you are in a comment, click on CLOSE
or press <Alt-C>. Clicking on CLOSE
will exit without saving if you
haven't chosen EDIT or NEW while
viewing the file. If you are in a
comment you will be prompted whether
or not you want to save the comment
even if you haven't made any changes.
Clicking on EDIT or pressing <Alt-E>
will toggle between view mode and edit
mode in the editor. In edit mode a
flashing cursor will appear and you
can enter or delete text. Click on the
right end of the editor's menu bar,
where the letter 'O' or 'I' appears,
or press <Insert> to toggle between
insert and overwrite mode. <Delete>
will delete the letter under the
cursor and the backspace key will
delete the letter to the left.
Pressing <Enter> will move the cursor
and any text above and to it's right
to the next line.
Letters are wrapped to the next line
when you reach the right edge and you
will hear a beep. In insert mode when
the number of letters (including
spaces you added) exceeds the maximum
for a line, the line will be split at
the cursor. Use the cursor keys to
move the cursor around within the
file. The <Home> and <End> keys move
the cursor to the start and end of the
line. Move to the top of the page with
<Ctrl-Home>and to the page bottom with
<Ctrl-End>.Page up and down with
<Pgup> and <Pgdn> and move to the very
top of the file and the very bottom
with <Ctrl-Pgup> and <Ctrl-Pgdn>. You
can move the cursor to any letter by
moving the mouse cursor to that letter
and clicking the left button. You can
also use the mouse with the scroll bar
along the right edge. The two ovals
represent the very top and bottom of
the file. The single arrows represent
one line up or down and the double
arrows represent one page up or down.
In view mode you can use the scroll
bar the same way as well as the <Pgup>
and <Pgdn> and <Ctrl-Pgup & Pgdn>
keys. Press <Home> and <End> to move a
line up and down in view mode as the
cursor keys move the mouse cursor
around. To delete all the text and
start fresh choose NEW or press
<Alt-N>. Remember you can alway exit
without saving your changes by
right-clicking.