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Chapter 2

Getting Started: A Tutorial

 Now that you've installed DESQview on your system, take ten
minutes to learn how to use it. We suggest you follow the steps
in this chapter, Getting Started: A Tutorial, to learn how to use
DESQview's major features for yourself. You'll learn:

~Item~ How to start up DESQview from either a floppy-based or
hard disk system.

~Item~ How to use the keyboard or the mouse to execute DESQview
commands.

~Item~ How to use the Open Window command to open DESQview
windows and run your programs in those windows.

~Item~ How to use the Switch Windows command to switch between
programs.

~Item~ How to use the Rearrange command to move and resize a
window.

~Item~ How to use the Zoom command to zoom (enlarge) a window to
full screen, or shrink it back to its previous size and position.

~Item~ How to use the Add a Program command to add a program to
DESQview's Open Window menu.

~Item~ How to use the Help command to get immediate assistance
for a particular DESQview command or feature.

~Item~ How to use the Close Window command to close programs.

~Item~ How to use the Quit DESQview command to exit from DESQview
and return control to DOS.

These are the basics of DESQview. But there's lots more you can
do. You can use the auto dialer to dial phone numbers. You can
use the Mark and Transfer commands to transfer columns of numbers
into spreadsheets or disjoint pieces of information into
databases. You can use the Learn command to record a series of
your keystrokes as a keystroke macro.

These are just some of DESQview's many advanced features, which
are covered in later chapters. Once you've completed Getting
Started: A Tutorial, you can read about the advanced features as
you need them.

 Have fun!

~Heading~ Starting Up DESQview

 The commands you use to start up DESQview depend on whether you
have a floppy-based or hard disk system.

~Subhead~ Starting Up DESQview on a Floppy-Based System

 If you have a floppy-based system, follow these steps:

~Step~ Place your everyday DESQview diskette in drive B.

~Step~ Type B: and press <Enter>.

~Step~ Type DV and press <Enter>.

The DESQview copyright notice appears on your screen for a
moment, then the DESQview menu appears. DESQview is now ready for
you commands.

 Notes:

~Item~ Your everyday DESQview diskette is the copy you made when
you installed DESQview.

~Item~ It is important to set the default drive to B before
starting up DESQview.  This is where DESQview looks for the files
it needs.

~Item~ Once you start up DESQview, you may use drive B for data.
However, you must have your everyday DESQview diskette in drive B
to open a window, to get online Help, to use DOS Services, to
add, delete, or change a program, and to quit DESQview.

~Item~ If you have a laptop PC, or other type of PC, with high-
capacity floppy drives, and you have followed the instructions in
Appendix D, Using DESQview with a Floppy-Based System, to
optimize your diskette configuration for DESQview,  you start up
DESQview from drive A rather than drive B.

~Subhead~ Starting Up DESQview on a Hard Disk System

 If you have a hard disk system:

~Step~ Type DV and press <Enter>.

The DESQview copyright notice appears on your screen for a
moment, then the DESQview menu appears.  DESQview is now ready
for your commands.

Notes:

~Item~ It's important to set the default drive and directory to
C:\DV (or to the drive and directory where you've installed
(DESQview). This is where DESQview looks for the files it needs.

~Item~ The DESQview installation procedure automatically creates
a batch file named DV.BAT in the root directory of your hard
disk.  So, if your PATH command includes the root directory (PATH
C:\), you can start DESQview just by typing DV and pressing
<Enter>.

~Heading~ Using the Keyboard or the Mouse

 When you start DESQview, the screen clears, the DESQview menu
appears, and DESQview is ready to accept your commands.

~Subhead~ Selecting a Command Using the Keyboard

 To select a command using the keyboard:

~Step~ Type the letter to the right of the command you want. (A
missing letter indicates the command isn't currently available.)

~Subhead~ Selecting a  Command Using the Mouse

 To select a command using the mouse:

~Step~ Move the mouse until the menu cursor is on the command you
want.  Then click (press and release) the select (left-most)
mouse button.

The mouse and keyboard can be used interchangeably.  You can
perform part of an operation with the keyboard and part with the
mouse.

The term click is important in DESQview. It means:

~Step~ Position the mouse cursor on the item to be selected.

~Step~ Press and release button 1 ~dash~ the "select button."

~Heading~ Running a Program

 To run a program in DESQview, you use the Open Window command:

~Step~ Select Open Window from the DESQview menu using the
keyboard or the mouse:

~Step~ Using the keyboard, type the letter O.

~Step~ Using the mouse, click on the Open Window line.

The Open Window menu that appears is customized to your system.
It contains the programs shown above plus all the other programs
on your hard disk that DESQview knows about ~dash~ which is most
popular programs. (If you don't have a hard disk, only these
programs appear.) Let's start up Sample Spreadsheet:

~Step~ Select Sample Spreadsheet.

A window appears in the top half of the screen. The program's
name ~dash~  Sample Spreadsheet ~dash~ appears in the top frame
bar, preceded by the window number ~dash~ 1. Then, after a
moment, the text of Sample Spreadsheet appears in the window.

~Heading~ Displaying the DESQview Menu

 Whenever you want to start up another program, move or resize a
window, mark and transfer information from one program to
another, or use any of the other DESQview features, you start by
displaying the DESQview menu.

~Subhead~ Using the Keyboard

 To display the DESQview menu using the keyboard:

~Step~ Press and release the Alt key.

DESQview uses the Alt key like all other keys ~dash~ you press it
down and release it, just as you would for the "A" key. When the
Alt key is used in this manner, we call it the DESQ key. To
remind you of this usage, we ask you to tap the DESQ key, rather
than to press or type it.

~Subhead~ Using the Mouse

 To display the DESQview menu using the mouse:

~Step~ Click button 3 (on a three-button mouse) or click both
buttons simultaneously (on a two-button mouse).

When we use the term click the DESQ button,  use the method
appropriate to the type of mouse you have.

 Note: If the program in the window uses a mouse, you must tap
the DESQ key to display the DESQview menu.

~Heading~ Running a Second Program

 Now let's run another program ~dash~ Sample Document:

~Step~ First, check if the DESQview menu is displayed.  If it's
not, tap the DESQ key or click the DESQ button on the mouse to
display it.

~Step~ Select Open Window to display the Open Window menu.

~Step~ Select Sample Document

A new window ~dash~ window 2 ~dash~ appears in the bottom half of
the screen. Notice that the frame around window 2 ~dash~ Sample
Document ~dash~ consists of a double line and that the frame
around Sample Spreadsheet has changed to a single line.

You can only type in one window at a time.
Begin footnote
You  cannot type into the sample spreadsheet or document ~dash~
they are for tutorial purposes only.
End footnote
 This is the window you are working on. It is also called the
current window or the foreground window.  In DESQview all three
terms mean the same. The current window is distinguished by
having a frame that consists of a double line.

All other windows are called background windows. Their frames
consist of a single line. If you want to work in another  window,
you must switch to it. Let's make Sample Spreadsheet the current
window.

To switch to Sample Spreadsheet ~dash~ window 1 ~dash~ using the
keyboard:

~Step~ Tap the DESQ key to display the DESQview menu, then type
1.

To switch to Sample Spreadsheet using the mouse:

~Step~ Click on any visible part of window 1, including anywhere
on its frame.

 When you switch windows, the mouse and typing cursors move to
their last positions in the window you switched to ~dash~ Sample
Spreadsheet in this case. Any operation that was in progress in
the window switched away from continues. This is called running
in background.

~Heading~ Working with Windows

 Windows are your view into the programs running in DESQview.
They are of two types:

~Item~ A full-screen window occupies the full screen.  It has no
frame and looks no different from what you see when you run the
program outside of DESQview, under DOS.

~Item~ A small window occupies less than the full screen. It has
a double or single-line frame, depending on whether it's the
current window or a background window.

To give you flexibility in working with your programs, you can
change several aspects of each program's window:

~Item~ If it's a small window, you can change its size and
position on the screen or scroll its contents. Also, you can zoom
(enlarge) it to full-screen or, if it's already full-screen,
shrink it back to a small window.

~Item~ If you have a color display, you can change its colors.

~Item~ Iif you want to suspend processing in the window, you can
freeze it.  If the window is in your way, you can hide it.  Or,
if you want to run another program, but don't have enough memory,
you can put the program aside to disk, RAM disk, or expanded
memory to free up memory.

All these actions are performed on the current window. Since
Sample Spreadsheet is now the current window, let's change its
size and position.

~Subhead~ Moving and Resizing the Current Window Using the
Keyboard

 To move or resize the current window using the keyboard:

~Step~ Tap the DESQ key to display the DESQview menu.

~Step~ Type R to display the Rearrange menu.>

~Step~ Type M if you want to move the window or R if you want to
resize it.

The Move or Resize menu appears, depending on which action you
choose.  That action is highlighted on the menu.

~Step~ Use the four arrow keys to move or resize the window.

If you've chosen Move, the window will move in the corresponding
direction whenever you press an arrow key. (However, you can't
move any part of the window off the screen.) If you've chosen
Resize, the window will stretch or shrink in the corresponding
direction.  You can alternate between moving and resizing any
time you want:

~Step~ If you're moving and want to resize, type R. If you're
resizing and want to move, type M.

When the window is positioned and sized the way you want:

~Step~ Press <Enter> (Done) to finish the command.

 Before continuing, use Move and Resize again to put Sample
Spreadsheet back in the top half of the screen.

~Subhead~ Moving and Resizing the Current Window Using the Mouse.

 If you're using a mouse, you can move and resize the current
window without displaying the DESQview or Rearrange menus:

~Step~ To initiate a Move, click anywhere on the top bar of the
window frame.  To initiate a Resize, click anywhere on the bottom
bar.

~Step~ Move the mouse.  As you do, the window will move around
the screen (for Move) or stretch or shrink (for Resize).

~Step~ To alternate between moving and resizing, click twice.

 Note: While the Move or Resize menu is displayed, there is no
mouse or typing cursor.

When the window is positioned and sized the way you want:

~Step~ Click once to bring the menu cursor back onto the Move or
Resize menu.

~Step~ Click anywhere in the current window ~dash~ Sample
Spreadsheet.  (Or, if you prefer, click on DONE. Both actions
have the same effect.)

 Before continuing, use Move and Resize again to put Sample
Spreadsheet back in the top half of the screen.

~Subhead~ Zooming and Unzooming the Current Window

 Running a program in a small window isn't always convenient, so
DESQview lets you quickly zoom (enlarge) programs in small
windows to full screen.

Zoom works on the current window. Let's zoom Sample Document.
First, we have to make it the current window:

~Step~ Tap the DESQ key to display the DESQview menu, then type
2.

Now,  let's zoom Sample Document to full screen.

~Step~ Tap the DESQ key or click the DESQ button on the mouse to
display the DESQview menu.

~Step~ Select Zoom.

If you use the Zoom command when a window is already full-screen,
it shrinks back to a small window (if it was previously in a
small window).  Let's restore Sample Document to its previous
size and position:

~Step~ Display the DESQview menu.

~Step~ Select Zoom.

 There are two types of programs: those that can run in a small
window and those that can't. If a program can't run in a small
window, it's said to be full-screen-only.  When you put a full-
screen-only program in a small window, it's suspended.

~Heading~ Adding a Program to DESQview

 Now that you've run and manipulated two programs in DESQview,
it's time to try adding your own program.

Before a program can run in DESQview, you have to tell DESQview a
little about the program ~dash~ such as where it's stored on
disk, its name, the DOS command that starts it up and how much
memory it needs. To make this as easy as possible, DESQview comes
with the necessary information already set up for many popular
programs. All you need do is tell DESQview which programs you
want to use. If the program you want isn't one of these, it takes
only a few moments to supply the information yourself.

The program we'll add is DESQview Setup. We've chosen DESQview
Setup because it's a real program (unlike the sample programs
you've used so far) and because all of you have it.  It comes
with DESQview.  To add most programs, there are two steps:

~Item~ First, you must install the program on your computer.  In
this case, however, Install has copied DESQview Setup to your
DESQview directory, and no further installation of the program
itself is needed.

~Item~ Second, you must tell DESQview to add  the programto the
Open Window menu.

~Subhead~ Adding DESQview Setup to DESQview

 To tell DESQview to add DESQview Setup to the list of programs
on the Open Window menu:

~Step~ Tap the DESQ key or click the DESQ button on the mouse to
display the DESQview menu.

~Step~ Select Open Window to display the Open Window menu.

If you're using a floppy-based system, check that your everyday
DESQview diskette is in drive B. (If you have a hard disk system,
you need do nothing.)

~Step~ Select Add a Program.

 Add a Program is itself a DESQview program, and takes a moment
to load. Then the Add a Program menu appears along with
instructions telling you how to mark programs.

To mark DESQview Setup using the keyboard:

~Step~ Use the PgDn and arrow keys to move the menu cursor to the
Setup DESQview entry.

~Step~ Press the space bar.

To mark  Setup  DESQview using the mouse:

~Step~ Click on PgDn for More to find Setup DESQview.

The  Setup DESQview entry is preceeded by >> and highlighted
~dash~ indicating it's marked.

 If you wanted to add other programs at this time, you would
follow the same procedure to mark additonal names. If you make a
mistake and mark the wrong name, highlight it, then press the
spacebar again to deselect it.

~Step~ Select DONE.

 A new menu appears ~dash~ the Program Location menu. It asks you
to tell DESQview where you've stored DESQview Setup.

~Step~ Type the drive and directory where DESQview Setup is
stored.  For example, type C:\DV if DESQview Setup is stored in
the \DV directory of drive C, (where install copied it).

~Step~ Select DONE.

The Program Location menus disappears and DESQview Setup is
installed.  Then a menu appears asking if you want to add any
more programs to DESQview at this time. Since you don't:

~Step~ Select DONE.

~Subhead~ Opening a DESQview Setup Window

 Now let's run DESQview Setup.

~Step~ Display the DESQview menu and select Open Window.

Notice that  now DESQview Setup appears in the list in
alphabetical order.

~Step~ If DESQview Setup is stored on a floppy diskette, place
that diskette in drive A.  (If DESQview Setup is on your hard
disk, you need do nothing.)

Then, open a DESQview Setup  window:

~Step~ Select DESQview Setup

DESQview Setup is now running on your system.

Now, let's move the  DESQview Setup window to the top half of the
screen, using the Position command shortcut:

~Step~ Display the DESQview menu and select Rearrange.

~Step~ Type 1 to select position 1.

 See page 52 for a picture of what portion of the screen
positions 1 to 9 select.

~Heading~ Getting Help

You've just learned the basics of DESQview.  You know how to
start up DESQview, open programs, switch between programs, move
and resize windows, zoom and unzoom windows and add new programs
to DESQview. DESQview has more features that we'll let you
discover on your own:

~Item~ You can have a program continue to work for you in
background while you are working (in foreground) on another
program.

~Item~ You can change a window's colors, or the colors of
DESQview menus.

~Item~ You can put a program aside to disk, RAM disk, or expanded
memory to free up space. This feature (called virtual memory)
allows you to have more programs open than will actually fit in
memory at the same time.

~Item~ You can mark and transfer information between DESQview
windows. For example, you could transfer the fields from a set of
dBASE  records into columns of a 1-2-3 spreadsheet.

~Item~ You can change the information about programs installed in
DESQview, delete programs, or add new ones ~dash~ even ones
unknown to DESQview.

~Item~ You can use DESQview's DOS Services to simplify managing
your files.

~Item~ You can use DESQview's Auto Dialer feature to dial your
phone for you, if you have a modem.

~Item~ You can use DESQview's Learn feature to create scripts
(keystroke macros) for a particular program or global scripts
that work anywhere.  DESQview automatically saves and loads these
scripts for you.

To find out more about these and other DESQview features, there's
online Help to assist you. To get Help:

~Step~ Tap the DESQ key or click the DESQ button on the mouse to
display the DESQview menu.

~Step~ Type ? or click on Help for DESQview to display the main
Help index.

The currently selected topic is indicated by a brown box
Begin footnote
On a monochrome display, available topics are shown in reverse
video boxes and the selected topic is shown as highlighted text.
End footnote
. Other available topics are shown in green boxes. To select a
topic of interest:

~Step~ Use the arrow keys to move the brown box to the topic you
want and press the space bar, or click on the topic.

When you are finished reading Help.

~Step~ Press Esc or click on Press Esc to end Help to terminate
Help.

~Heading~ Quitting DESQview

 One more basic DESQview operation that you need to know is how
to quit DESQview. There are two steps. First, you must close down
all your programs and, second, you must issue the Quit DESQview
command.

~Subhead~ Closing Down Your Programs

 To close down your programs, you perform the Close Window
command on each program in turn:

~Step~ First, before using Close Window on a program, be sure
you've saved the file(s) you've been working on.  Do this as you
would normally for the program outside of DESQview.

Since you've been working only on sample documents, there aren't
any files to save this time. So, let's close down the current
window, DESQview Setup:

~Step~ Tap the DESQ key or click the DESQ button on the mouse to
display the DESQview menu ~dash~ if it's not displayed already.

~Step~ Select Close Window.

The Close Window menu appears, asking you to confirm that you
really want to close down the current window:

~Step~ Select Yes to indicate that you do.

Now the current window is Sample Document, so repeat these steps
to close it.  Finally, repeat these steps a third time to close
Sample Spreadsheet.

Another way to close down a program's window ~dash~ for most
programs ~dash~ is to terminate the program normally, the way you
do outside of DESQview. Usually this closes the program's window
as well. If closing the program doesn't close the DESQview
window, type EXIT in the window to close it down.

~Subhead~ Returning Control to DOS

 When all of your windows are closed, you are ready to quit
DESQview and return control to DOS:

~Step~ Tap the DESQ key or click the DESQ button on the mouse to
redisplay the DESQview menu.

~Step~ Select Quit DESQview.

The Quit DESQview menu appears, asking you to confirm that you
really want to terminate DESQview.

~Step~ Select Yes to indicate that you do.

If you quit DESQview before closing down your windows, your
programs will be closed down without saving the file(s) you've
been working on. Also, if the program in the window is one that
creates temporary files while running and erases them when quit
normally, if you close the DESQview window, the temporary files
will not be erased.