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- \i Introduction \i
-
- The discussion and examples in the following "Quick Start"
- topic will show you how to use the CD-ROM library. You should
- also read the brief discussion that starts on page In-1 of the
- catalog. The information there tells you about $ave-On-$oftware,
- how to get updates to the library, BBS usage and more. You can
- use the Table of Contents to automatically access this information
- by topic. Use of the Table of Contents is explained in the
- "Quick Start" topic.
-
- \i Quick Start \i
- !Important!
-
- Please take a few minutes to complete the "Quick Start". It
- briefly explains the organization of the CD-ROM library and how to
- use our electronic catalog to access the library. Three examples
- are provided to help you get up to speed quickly. If you need
- additional help, use the "F1" function key and select the "Program
- Help Topics" for review. First time users should press the Page
- Down (PgDn) key now for more on this topic.
-
- LookBook presents text and supporting information via
- "views". Each view -- including this help view -- consists of
- continuous, "print file", text that you find in the "doc" and
- "readme" files of shareware programs. Accordingly, your normal
- cursor keys work as you would expect to let you browse and read a
- view's text. The HOME key will take you to the beginning of a
- VIEW and the END key will take you to the end of a VIEW. The DOWN
- and UP arrows move directionally one line at a time, and the PGUP-
- PGDN keys move one screen at a time.
-
- Each "view" corresponds to a traditional document function.
- The DOCUMENT view presents the body of the text -- in this case,
- our catalog's program descriptions -- while the TABLE OF CONTENTS
- and INDEX serve in traditional roles, although in an automated
- fashion. In fact, the catalog text that is used to access the
- library, comes directly from the printed version. Two other
- views, NOTES and BOOKMARKS provide the traditional support that
- their names suggest -- note taking and book marking.
-
-
- Table of Contents Example
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- │ Note │
- │ This text assumes that you are using the booklet that came │
- │ with your CD-ROM disk. If you are reading this "on screen" │
- │ as part of LookBook's help function, you can follow these │
- │ instructions easier by printing this text via the F10 key. │
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-
-
- 1. Get to the Table of Contents View
-
- You can access the TABLE OF CONTENTS view from the DOCUMENT
- view. To get to the DOCUMENT view from anywhere in the
- program, repeatedly press the ESCAPE key until you come to the
- exit prompt. Selecting "Resume" at the exit prompt will return
- you to the DOCUMENT view.
-
- You can identify the DOCUMENT view by the page number display
- on the right end of the second screen line. Once in the
- DOCUMENT view press F3 or "C" to select the TABLE OF CONTENTS
- view.
-
-
- 2. Select a category and page.
-
- For this example we will be looking for the program "Ample
- Notice" in the "Desktop Managers" category. To select the
- category use the HOME and Down Arrow keys to move the current
- line indicator (">") to the following text line:
-
- Desktop Managers DT 46
-
- Note: You may find it helpful to change the current line's
- display attributes. Pressing the "A" key will cycle
- through the three available choices.
-
-
- 3. Go to the document page
-
- Once you have the current line positioned properly, press the
- ENTER key. This will take you to the page listed at the end of
- the current line. Once on the selected page, LookBook
- automatically locates the target topic heading -- in this case
- "Desktop Managers".
-
- Now that you are at the topic you can see the program "Ample
- Notice" listed as the first program for this topic. Unless you
- were specifically looking for a program, as in this example,
- you would normally go to a topic heading and browse to find
- programs of interest to extract.
-
-
-
- Index Example
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- 1. Get to Index View
-
- You access the INDEX view from the DOCUMENT view. To get to
- the DOCUMENT view from anywhere in the program, repeatedly
- press the ESCAPE key until you obtain the exit prompt.
- Selecting "Resume" at the exit prompt will return you to the
- DOCUMENT view. You can identify the DOCUMENT view by the page
- number display on the right end of the second screen line.
- Once in the DOCUMENT view press F2 or "I" to select the INDEX
- view.
-
-
- 2. Select the desired program.
-
- For this example we will be looking for LookBook's shareware
- entry by using the "Topic" feature to find the LookBook listing
- in the index list.
-
- Once you are in the INDEX view press either "T", "F8" or the
- Space Bar to bring up the topic list. The topic window will be
- displayed in the center of the screen. The INDEX topic list
- contains the alphabetic headings "A" through "Z". You select
- individual topics with the cursor keys or by pressing the
- topic's "key letter". Upon selecting a topic, the ENTER
- key will take you to that topic in the text.
-
-
- Steps to locate the "LookBook" entry:
-
- A. Bring up the topic list - Press "F8"
-
- B. Select alpha heading "L" - Press "L"
-
- C. Go to alpha heading "L" - Press ENTER
-
- D. Browse to LookBook entry - Press Dn Arrow <repeatedly>
- until "LookBook" and page "211" are highlighted.
-
- 3. Find the program description in the catalog.
-
- Once you have highlighted the LookBook entry, the ENTER key will
- take you to page 211 where the program automatically finds
- the "LookBook" entry. You can use this position for the
- "Program Extraction" example that follows.
-
-
- Program Extraction Example
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-
- We will use "LookBook" as the extract example. If you don't
- have the LookBook catalog entry displayed from the previous
- example, go through the Index example again.
-
- Once you have the LookBook program description on the screen,
- place the current line marker (">") on the line containing the
- LookBook heading -- UT247: LookBook v2.52 -- and then press "F9".
- This will summon the extract option window. If you didn't have the
- current line marker positioned properly, you will get an
- explanation window that explains the proper use of the "F9 Run"
- function. Read this explanation and then try the operation again.
-
- Your extract options are:
-
- ■ Extract Program Extracts program to disks as submitted
- by the author.
-
- ■ Copy Archive Copies compressed archived "ZIP" files
- as stored on our BBS.
-
- ■ Resume Return to catalog review.
-
-
- Note: The "F1" key summons explanatory help for each option.
-
-
- We will demonstrate the extract option here. The copy option
- is very similar and should be easy to use once you are familiar
- with the extract option.
-
- Place the blinking right bracket ">" on the extract option and
- press ENTER.
-
- 1. The extract routine reports the total archive files found.
- Each archive file will expand to fit on a 360K disk. Although
- some archives will expand to less than 360K, disk space
- calculations assume that the full 360K will be needed.
-
- 2. The program prompts for a destination. This normally would
- be one of your floppy drives, but it can be any legal drive
- or directory combination you want. For now, use a floppy
- drive by either pressing the ENTER key to accept the default
- of "A", or by backspacing over the "A" and replacing it with
- your drive letter choice.
-
- 3. Next you will be asked for a destination disk type. This is
- important when using multiple disks for space checking and
- for floppy disk insert prompts.
-
- 4. Once you have entered the above information you will be
- given the opportunity to accept or change your entries.
- Once accepted, the program checks the validity of your
- choices and examines the destination for adequate free
- space. If problems arise, you may exit to DOS at this
- time to investigate your destination problems.
-
- 5. Upon finding a legal destination with adequate space the
- program launches the extract using PKUNZIP. The progress of
- PKUNZIP will display on the screen.
-
- 6. After the extract is complete, you may press ENTER to return
- to the extract window where "Resume" or escape will return
- you to the catalog.
-
-
-
- \i Image File Set Up and Viewing \i
-
- Setting Up SOSVIEW.BAT
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-
- You will be happy to know that the library's image support
- will accommodate your favorite image display program. If you
- haven't settled on a graphic display program be sure to check out
- the CD-ROM Library's offerings since they include several excellent
- image viewing programs.
-
- Once you have a viewing program you wish to try, you can set
- up SOSVIEW.BAT to view images without having to leave the library.
- If you are using a shareware program, make sure that you abide by
- the trial period and registration requirements of the program's
- author. Remember, SHAREWARE needs the registrations of satisfied
- users.
-
- To set up SOSVIEW.BAT, you will need to copy SOSVIEW.TMP from
- the root directory of the CD-ROM to a "SOSCD" directory on any hard
- drive on your system. SOSVIEW.TMP includes the commands and
- instructions to support several different viewers.
-
- Form:
-
- COPY <CD Drv>:\SOSVIEW.TMP <Your Drv>:\SOSCD\SOSVIEW.BAT [ENTER]
-
- Example:
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- COPY E:\SOSVIEW.TMP C:\SOSCD\SOSVIEW.BAT [ENTER]
-
- You will need to indicate your chosen viewer by removing the
- "REM" (remarks) designation from the sample command line for your
- viewer. Also, you must make sure the sample command has the exact
- path information for your viewer. See example 2 that follows.
-
- The following general rules for SOSVIEW.BAT should be used
- with the "how to" comments included in SOSVIEW.TMP.
-
- 1. SOSVIEW.BAT file must:
- A. Be on a disk drive of "C:" or higher.
-
- B. Reside in a directory named "SOSCD".
-
- Examples: C:\SOSCD\SOSVIEW.BAT
- D:\SOSCD\SOSVIEW.BAT
-
- Remember don't use A: or B:! LookBook won't
- execute a batch file from those drives.
-
- 2. The "viewer" command in the file must:
-
- A. Contain the full path of the image viewer command.
-
- B. Include any command line parameters that your
- viewer needs.
-
- C. Provide for parameter %1 to designate the image file
- name to display.
-
- Example: E:\VPIC\VPIC %1 /A /E
-
- Remember the full path -- drive and directory --
- must be given. Since we will be executing across
- drives and directories, DOS may not find a command
- that does not have a specific path.
-
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- Image Viewing and Copying
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-
- Once you establish an image viewing program via SOSVIEW.BAT, you
- can view the library images while in the library. Image viewing and
- copying works much like program extraction and copying. To view an
- image, place the current line marker (">") on the image you wish to
- work with and press "F9" or "R". This loads the image control program
- that presents you with the following options:
-
- ■ Copy Image Copy the image to a destination you choose.
-
- ■ View Image Uses your designated viewing program to
- view the image. See "The Image Batch File"
- topic about setting up a batch file to view
- images.
-
- ■ Resume Returns to catalog viewing.
-
-
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- \i Initiating the CD-ROM System via INSTALL \i
-
- The CD-ROM system works best when the FILES and BUFFERS
- system parameters are set at 10 or greater. If you are unsure
- about your settings, you can run INSTALL.EXE. This program
- will report your current values if under the recommended amounts
- and change them with your permission. INSTALL.EXE also will create
- a batch file that will let you start the system from any DOS
- prompt.
-
- To start INSTALL.EXE: <CD_ROM Drive>:\\INSTALL [ENTER]
-
- Example: E:\\INSTALL [ENTER]
-
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- \i Catalog Transfer to Hard Disk via INSTALL \i
-
- You can improve your search times by transferring the catalog
- and related files to one of your hard disks. The space required
- approximates 850K. "INSTALL.EXE" on the CD-ROM disk will install the
- catalog and related files to one of your hard disk drives. To use
- it just follow "INSTALL" with the command line parameter -- "HARD".
-
-
- Form: <CD_ROM Drive Letter>:\\INSTALL HARD [ENTER]
-
- Example: E:\\INSTALL HARD [ENTER]
-
- The transfer guides you by prompting for disk locations and
- checking the validity and space available at your chosen location.
-
-
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- \i Copyright Notices \i
-
- All Shareware programs are the copyright of the respective
- program authors.
-
- The LookBook program and portions of the menu system are
- copyright Red Oak Data Systems Inc.
-
- Ultimate Shareware Collection CD-ROM is the copyright of $ave
- On $oftware. Permission to use the on line catalog descriptions
- located in the individual file directories is granted to support
- BBS use. The high resolution digital images found on this CD-ROM
- in the areas designated Digital Images / Digital Tours (TM) may be
- used for personal use only. Commercial use or resale of these
- images, in whole or in part, is prohibited.
-
-
- \i Disclaimer \i
-
- We disclaim any liability for damages that may arise from the
- use, misuse, or inability to use, any software programs contained
- on this CD-ROM and cannot guarantee the effectiveness or suitability
- of any program. The catalog information contained on this CD-ROM is
- believed to be correct, but is not warranted in any way.
-
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- \i End of Catalog Help \i
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