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ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Help Contents ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Image Notebook 2.01
A Bitmap Viewer
and
Multimedia Player
for OS/2
Double-click on a highlighted word or phrase for more information.
What is Image Notebook?
Author Information
How do I View Bitmaps?
How do I Play Multimedia Files?
How do I Remove a Page?
What's an Album?
How do I Open an Album?
How do I Create or Save an Album?
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. What is Image Notebook? ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
What is Image Notebook?
Overview
Image Notebook is a fun utility you can use to view your bitmaps (*.BMP files)
and play multimedia files supported by OS/2 (currently this includes Wave
(*.WAV) files, MIDI (*.MID) files, and Video (*.AVI) files).
Just use the right mouse button to bring up the menu, or drag 'n' drop bitmap
or multimedia files right onto Image Notebook. It's that easy!
You can use the numbered tabs at the bottom of Image Notebook's screen to move
between different images. To play a multimedia file, just press the play
button. Have FUN!
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Author Information ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
Author Information
Image Notebook was written by Lou Miranda. Lou is a former Contributing Editor
to PC WORLD magazine. He is currently an OS/2 C++ Programming Consultant based
in St. Paul, Minnesota. He is also Managing Director of the Minnesota OS/2 User
Group.
Lou Miranda
P.O. Box 65707
St. Paul, MN 55165-0707 USA
CompuServe: 73567,471
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. How do I View Bitmaps? ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
How do I View Bitmaps?
Opening a Bitmap
There are two ways to open a bitmap:
1. Click the right mouse button and select Add Page.... Then choose a bitmap
file from the File Dialog box.
2. Drag a bitmap file from one of your OS/2 desktop folders and drop it on the
Image Notebook window.
Viewing a Bitmap
Bitmaps are automatically displayed after you open them. If you have more than
one bitmap open, press the numbered tabs on the bottom of the notebook to
change between them.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. How do I Play Multimedia Files? ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
How do I Play Multimedia Files?
Opening a Multimedia File
There are two ways to open a multimedia file:
1. Click the right mouse button and select Add Page.... Then choose a
multimedia file from the File Dialog box.
2. Drag a multimedia file from one of your OS/2 desktop folders and drop it on
the Image Notebook window.
Playing a Multimedia File
Multimedia files need to be played, they don't play automatically. Just press
the Play button. If you have more than one file open, press the numbered tabs
on the bottom of the notebook to change between them.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. How do I Remove a Page? ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
How do I Remove a Page?
To remove a page, click the right mouse button to bring up the menu. Then
choose Remove Page and choose either This page or All Pages.
Don't worry about removing pages. It doesn't delete the file on your hard disk,
it only removes the file's name from Image Notebook's album.
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. What's an Album? ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
What's an Album?
An Album is a way of collecting several bitmaps and multimedia files into a
collection.
Just think of an Album as a photo album: you can have several different photo
albums, each with its own collection of pictures. For example, you could have
an album of your children, or you can have an album for a business
presentation.
A sample Album comes with Image Notebook. It's called ReadMe.INB. It contains a
list of several images that come with OS/2. Albums are really just text files
that contain bitmap and multimedia file names. (Look at ReadMe.INB in the OS/2
System Editor if you're interested in its format.)
To open an Album, see How do I Open an Album? To save or create an Album, see
How do I Create or Save an Album?
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. How do I Open an Album? ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
How do I Open an Album?
There are two ways to open an Album:
1. Click the right mouse button and select Open Album. Then choose an Album
(*.INB) file from the File Dialog box.
2. Drag an Album (*.INB) file from one of your OS/2 desktop folders and drop
it on the Image Notebook window.
To save or create an Album, see How do I Create or Save an Album?
ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9. How do I Create or Save an Album? ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
How do I Create or Save an Album?
Creating and Saving albums are done the same way. Just click the right mouse
button, and choose Save as Album... from the menu.
Then enter the name of an Album (*.INB) file. You will be warned if you try to
overwrite a file that already exists.
The Album that is saved is the collection of bitmaps and multimedia files that
you current have open in Image Notebook.