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ClipBook Ver 3.0
Documentation
Starting ClipBook---Like all programs, ClipBook can be started from the
Windows Program Manager or from the File Manager.
In the Program Manager click on File, New, and select Program Item - OK.
Give a description of ClipBook and a command line of
C:\TOOLBOOK\TBOOK.EXE CB-EVAL.TBK
Once this is done, ClipBook can be started by just clicking on the
ClipBook icon.
In the File Manager the file CB-EVAL.TBK can be double-clicked if the .TBK
extension has been associated with the ToolBook program via the File,
Associate function.
In either case, see your Windows manual for more details.
Once in ClipBook for the first time, you will be asked for your name or
company name to identify this copy as yours. If you pass ClipBook on to
other people you should pass a copy of the original disk rather than a
program that you have run.
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This remainder of this text file contains the contents of the Help screens
accessible within ClipBook by clicking on the "?" button.
This file may be printed by the command PRINT CLIPHELP.TXT PRN or by
clicking the Print button in the help section.
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Introduction---Thank you for evaluating ClipBook (formerly known as Scrap
Book). I designed this program as a convenient way for DTP users to store
and use many pages of clipart. If you create bitmap or vector art in
other Windows applications you can store this clipart in ClipBook.
Some users may wish to use ClipBook on their system as a "front end" to
launch their Windows applications. As well as the customizable application
buttons, I have provided for the major DTP oriented programs. All users
can use the bundled clipart in their "Books" or DTP projects, create
custom buttons to launch their favorite application, keep notes and custom
art in ClipBook, and ad and remove pages.
Upgrades for registered users will be reasonably priced and implement the
suggestions you make. Please use ClipBook and then let me know what you
like and what you don't like as well as new features you want. Custom
versions of this application are available. Please call me for a quote.
When you use ClipBook and you see an option to click Cancel you may also
use the Escape key. In some cases where you have options or buttons to
select the space bar or Enter key may be used if you see a marquee around
the item you wish to select. This help file will cover features that are
not immediately apparent as you use this application.
Steve Shubitz
Published Perfection!
7486 La Jolla Blvd. Suite 552
La Jolla, CA 92037 U.S.A.
Technical support hours: 9:00AM--5:00PM Monday--Friday -- PST
at (619) 546-9309
Copyright 1990, 1991 by Steve Shubitz, Published Perfectoin! All Rights
Reserved
Also feel free to contact the publisher of ClipBook.
Bob Ostrander
Software Co-op
5437 Honey Manor Dr
Indianapolis, IN 46241 U.S.A.
317-856-6052
CIS 76635,1670 (monitoring WINAPA forum, Asymetrix section (1)).
Mouse Commands---A single click of the left button on the custom buttons
or application specific icons will launch your program or data file. A
single click of the left button on your clipart will select it and display
a marquee around it. Drag it around on the page for position.
You can click on successive objects to create a group. Once you have
created a group you may drag it around the page or double click on the
group to copy it to the clipboard. A group can ONLY be pasted into
ClipBook and only the clipart you click on will be selected regardless of
the marquee's appearance.
You may also click and drag your clipart with the left mouse button.
Another way to select is to marquee your art by a single click and drag
outside of it. Watch the marquee draw around your clipart. A double click
of the left button on your clipart will briefly display a marquee and copy
it to the clipboard.
A double click of the RIGHT button will display the Open and Launch dialog
box. If you hold down the Ctrl key and then click and drag with the left
mouse button on any of the custom buttons or application specific icons
you can move them around the page. After you position these elements you
MUST release the left mouse button FIRST while still holding down the Ctrl
key. If you release the Ctrl key first you will execute the script for
your icon or button which is NOT a good idea. Make sure your clipart or
other elements do not prevent proper operation of your buttons or icons.
Bookmark---This feature is built into ClipBook and automatic. When you
Save or Save As on a page of clipart and then Exit - the next time you
launch ClipBook you will navigate directly to this page.
File Menu---The Change to color and change to black and white allow you to
determine the colors that this application runs in. These changes only
affect applications written with ToolBook. ClipBook runs faster in black
and white. More speed is available by launching Windows via "win/s" or
changing your display to 16 color VGA mode from 256 color VGA mode.
ClipBook was designed for a 16 color VGA display.
If you change to color from black and white you will have to restart
ClipBook for the changes to take affect. To reliably run ClipBook in color
requires about 2MB of extended memory. If you change to black and white
from color you will have to restart ClipBook for the changes to take
affect.
The Open and Launch feature on the file menu may also be selected by
double clicking the RIGHT mouse button on a page. This is a handy feature
to launch any application on your system or open a file and launch the
application at the same time. The Exit option allows you to save your
changes to ClipBook, your Bookmark (page location), and Exit in one easy
step.
Edit Menu---The Change Name option assigns ClipBook any name you wish up
to 32 characters. This is handy when running 2 or more copies of ClipBook.
The other options on this menu are used to work with text and NOT clipart.
Use the buttons on the page to work with your clipart. Text is selected by
a click and drag of the left mouse button.
Pages Menu---The Add Page and Add Pages inserts a new page or pages in
ClipBook. Click and hold down the left mouse button on the page to stop
adding pages.
The Remove page option removes the current page from ClipBook. Please make
sure that's what you want to do. The Remove pages option starts with the
current page and goes forward automatically. To stop this procedure click
and hold down the left mouse button on the page. You may use this feature
to edit ClipBook down to 3 pages and then use this copy as a front end to
launch your applications. For your protection one page of clipart which is
titled "This page CAN NOT be removed" can not be removed.
The Combine option merges two ClipBooks together using DDE. Lets assume
you want to Combine the clipart and text that describes it from Book2.
Launch ClipBook and Book2. Make sure Book2 is NOT minimized and decide
what page range you want to Combine. If Book2 is not running Combine will
still work. Any changes made to Book2 should be saved before running
Combine. Navigate to the page in ClipBook where you want the clipart and
text from Book2 merged. Lets assume this is page number 15 and you Combine
pages 20 through 30 from Book2. Next select the Combine option and answer
the questions. The page range could be from 1 to 1 or 20 to 30 or any
valid range of clipart pages in Book2. If Book2 is not running it will
briefly pop up and then be hidden. If Book2 is running it will be hidden.
The cursor will change to a hourglass and ClipBook will appear and process
your request with no clipart visible. You will hear one beep for each page
Combined. At this point you can stop Combine by holding down the Escape
key until Book2 pops up. When Combine is finished you are notified, Book2
is closed down, and ClipBook contains the 11 pages you specified starting
with page 16. Sorting, Updating the Index , and a Save or Save As should
be performed on ClipBook after Combine is completed. Please make sure that
your system contains enough memory and disk space before you Combine.
While Combine is running you should NOT use other applications. Combine
has been optimized for speed at the expense of a real time display however
Combining 500 pages could take 15 minutes on some systems. You can
substantially improve the performance of Combine by invoking a Change to
Black and White and closing down all your other applications. If Combine
hangs and you no longer hear a beep hold down the left mouse button on the
page to break the DDE script and run Combine again with an erroneous page
range to make Book2 visible. Next make sure Book2 is NOT minimized and run
Combine again to finish.
Launch Menu---This feature allows you to launch the bundled Windows
applications which must be present on your system and located in a
directory defined by your path statement.
Titles Menu---This option refers to text that appears in the box at the
top of each page describing the clipart on the page. You may edit this if
you wish. The export option takes all the titles in your ClipBook and
saves them to a plain text file called titles.txt located in the root
directory of your C drive. You should do this before you use the Load
feature which automatically starts notepad and loads titles.txt. If
notepad or titles.txt are not on your system this feature will not work
correctly. The sort feature arranges the pages of ClipBook in alphabetical
order based on the text that describes the clipart. The sort is based on
the first word.
The Update Index feature insures that all your pages of clipart are listed
in the pop up Index. If you forgot to give a page a title this option will
insert one for you which reads " Z- Page needs Title! ". With this feature
all you have to do is strike z and you jump to that section of your index
to find pages that need Titles. If your pages are not current you will
have to perform a Sort Pages and Update Index. The search feature works in
a number of ways. If you are on a clipart page you can search the text
that describes your clipart. This search may also be invoked by a single
click of the left mouse button on the black rectangle located at the
bottom of the Titles box. If you are on the Help page and toggle "This
page only" you can search this text.
Install Menu---This feature creates application specific icons or custom
buttons to launch your programs or data files with a single click of the
left mouse button.
You can move these buttons or icons around the page to customize ClipBook.
Hold down the Ctrl key and click and drag with the left mouse button on
any of the custom buttons or application specific icons to move them
around the page. After you position these elements you MUST release the
left mouse button FIRST while still holding down the Ctrl key. If you
release the Ctrl key first you will execute the script for your icon or
button which is NOT a good idea.
Make sure your clipart or other elements do not prevent proper operation
of your buttons or icons. You will use the Custom 1-10 buttons or bundled
icons to write a custom script to launch your programs or data files. This
command: run "c:\art\myapp.exe" will launch the greater majority of
applications.
Some applications like A&L Editor which use overlays can only be launched
with a double click of the RIGHT mouse button or place the directory in
your path statement. This rule also applies to Designer and ScrapBook +.
In this case the command is: run "myapp.exe" If you wish to open data
files and the associated application which are in your path the command
is: run "report.txt" Specify the location if the application is not in
your path with this command: run "c:\art\report.txt" Your comments are
always welcome in this regard or inquire about a reasonably priced custom
ClipBook that supports your specific needs.
Slide Show Button---A great way to view all your clipart automatically. To
stop the display click and hold down the left mouse button on the page.
The Speed option permits you to slow down the Slide Show. The numeric
range is Zero to 500. The larger the number the more delay between each
page. Start with 50 and fine tune the delay on faster hardware. Your
settings are saved with ClipBook.
Index Page---This page has been removed and replaced with the Index
button. The Word for Windows icon that appeared on this page has been
moved to the help page. See below for instructions.
Index Button---This is a list of all the pages in ClipBook which allows
you to navigate to the selected page very quickly. You can navigate to a
page in a number of ways. Double click on the text, strike the first
letter and you will jump to that section and then strike return, or use
your cursor keys, Page Up, Page Down and then strike return.
Print Page Button---Please make sure your printer is turned on. This
button prints the current page of ClipBook at the highest resolution of
your output device. You can use this feature to produce hard copy of your
clipart, notes, or an index of your favo rite clipart.
Caption Button---Located next to the time display in the lower left corner
of your screen. This small button allows you to toggle the caption of
ClipBook between the current time and the name of ClipBook. When ClipBook
is launched the current time is alwa ys turned on. If you iconize ClipBook
the current time is displayed on your desktop and the Task List. This
clock runs in the background and is always current even if you are using
another Windows application. If you invoke the Change Name option from the
Edit menu while the clock is running your caption will flash briefly to
the new name and then return to the current time. The name is stored and
saved with ClipBook. If you don t like the current time displayed as your
caption just click the Caption Button to turn it off and display your
name.
Help Page---The Word for Windows Icon uses DDE. The Paste option will
launch Word minimized, insert a number of headings, page numbers, and
paste all your Index entries into Word. The Print option performs all the
functions of Paste plus printing your Index entries and sending a exit
command to Word. The Word icon will flash and wait for your instructions.
Please make sure you have enough memory to launch Word. You can search
this help file by invoking the search command under the Titles menu and
turning on " This Page Only " in the dialog box.
Go To Page? Button---This button has been removed. To navigate to any page
click on the page number area in the bottom left corner of your screen.
Cut Button---This button cuts the selected clipart on the current page to
the clipboard. You can Undo this or Paste into another page. Clipart must
be selected before you use this button. For your protection this button is
disabled on the page titled "This page CAN NOT be removed."
Paste Button---This button supports bitmap and vector clipart from any
well behaved Windows application.
WARNING - Please insure that the size of your pasted clipart DOES NOT
obscure all the elements on the page. Here is an example: you create an
8.5" x 11" vector or bitmap image in your favorite Windows application and
then Paste this clipart into ClipBook. When you do this your pasted
clipart covers the entire screen and you can not resize it in ClipBook.
You can not navigate or leave this page or reliably operate ClipBook if
this happens. To fix this click and drag your clipart to the bottom of the
page so you can see and invoke the cut button. Then click on the cut
button to remove this clipart from ClipBook. Go back to your Windows
application and resize the clipart so it fits on a page of ClipBook
properly. After you copy this clipart to the clipboard return to ClipBook
and click the Paste Button and drag your resized clipart into position.
When you copy clipart from your Windows application and then use this
button your clipart will always appear in the upper left corner of the
screen. Click and drag it into position. If you double click on your
clipart in ClipBook and then Paste it into the same page it will be placed
on top of your original clip art. Click and drag with the left mouse
button to position your clipart.
I have included one page of vector clipart, Titled Vector Clipart, to
further illustrate a point. To navigate to this page click the Index
Button and then strike v till you select it . Next strike return to go to
this page. This clipart was created in CorelDraw and pasted into ClipBook.
Double click on this clipart to store it in the Windows clipboard as
vector clipart. Launch your favorite Windows drawing application that
supports vector clipart and paste this clipart into your application. It
is still vector clipart and can be freely manipulated.
The Arrow Buttons---Located at the bottom of each page. A single arrow
button moves you forward or backwards one page at a time. To use the
double arrow buttons click and hold the cursor on the button. This allows
you to move foreword or backward in Clip Book continuously till you
release the mouse button. Watch the Page Number display as you do this.
Both of these features are a quick way to navigate to a specific page or
view clipart.
Tips---
Use Save As with a new name to compress ClipBook and reclaim disk space.
Store your vector clipart in a small size. You can always scale it in your
target application.
Colored clipart requires more memory than black and white clipart.
The "Notes" pages contain objects that may only be used in ToolBook
applications.
Run ClipBook in black and white for a substantial gain in speed.
If you are pasting art from Paintbrush or other Windows applications it
will appear in the upper left corner of ClipBook. At this point click and
drag it into position and make sure your art does not overlap an icon or
button to prevent it from working.
While your clipart is selected issue a Cut and scale your clipart for
another paste.
Customize ClipBook by moving the application specific icons or custom
buttons around the page to create work groups.
Use install to set up your data files as you work. Select Install on the
same button and enter your new data file or application.
Future Plans---DDE/OLE will continue to be implemented as more DTP
applications support it. Many of the features in ClipBook are a result of
user requests. Please let me know what features you would like
implemented.
Conclusion---These instructions assume you are familiar with the proper
operation of Windows and have a basic understanding of DOS. Please consult
the appropriate manual for instructions.
Legal Notice---This application has been thoroughly tested however Steve
Shubitz and/or Published Perfection! and/or Software Co-op assumes no
responsibility for any damage or adverse actions that may occur through
the use of ClipBook. Please use this application at your own risk.
This application is Shareware. Please distribute it as per the file
LICENSE.DOC. Make as many backups as you wish for your own exclusive use
but DO NOT distribute the commercial version of this application to third
parties by any means. Please respect these thoughts and let me know what
features you would like to see in the next version.
ClipBook is a trademark of Published Perfection! Windows is a registered
trademark of Microsoft Corporation. ToolBook is a registered trademark of
Asymetrix Corporation. All other applications named are assumed to be
trademarks of their respective companies.
WARNING to ToolBook developers: ClipBook may NOT function properly if you
add scripts or perform ANY modifications at the Author level.
A Special Thank You---To Brian Moura, William Morgan, Alan Pabst, and
Marcia Meier for testing and suggestions. And last but far from least the
many users who took the time and energy to communicate your suggestions
and bug reports. Without your help Clip Book would never have been written
or improved.
Dedication---To Pam with love. Your memory is my beacon in a dark night.
Thank you!
Steve Shubitz
Published Perfection!
Bob Ostrander
Software Co-op