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Introduction---Thank you for purchasing Scrap Book. I designed
this program as a convenient way for DTP users to store and use
the 500+ pages of clipart. Some users may wish to use another
Scrap Book on their system as a "front end" to launch their
Windows applications as well as the 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 Scrap Book, and ad and remove pages. Upgrades for
registered users will be reasonably priced and implement the
suggestions you make. Please use Scrap Book 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 the fee and your requirements. The proper
operation of Scrap Book requires that ToolBook is properly
installed on your system and that the following seven files are all
located in your ToolBook directory and named exactly as stated:
TBOOK.exe, SCRAPBK.tbk, TBKOPEN.dll, TBKWIN.dll,
TBKUTIL.dll, TBKBASE.dll, and TBKCOMP.dll  When you use
Scrap Book 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 [phone]
       ⌐ 1990 All Rights Reserved

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 Scrap Book 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 Scrap Book and automatic.
When you Save or Save As on a page of clipart or the Index page
and then Exit - the next time you launch Scrap Book 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.
Scrap Book runs faster in black and white. More speed is
available by launching Windows via "win/s" If you change to color
from black and white you will have to restart Scrap Book for the
changes to take affect. If you change to black and white from color
you will have to restart Scrap Book  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 Scrap Book, your
Bookmark (page location), and Exit in one easy step.

Edit Menu---The Change Name option assigns Scrap Book any
name you wish up to 32 characters. This is handy when running 2
or more copies of Scrap Book. 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.The Paste option on this menu should
only be used with text. The Select All option may be used on the
Index page to copy all your page numbers and Titles to the
clipboard and then paste them into notepad and print them.

Pages Menu---The Add Page and Add Pages inserts a new page or
pages in Scrap Book. Click and hold down the left mouse button on
the page to stop adding pages. The Remove page option removes
the current page from Scrap Book. 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 Scrap Book 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
Scrap Books together using DDE. Lets assume you want to
Combine the clipart and text that describes it from Book2. Launch
Scrap Book 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
Scrap Book 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 Scrap Book 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 Scrap Book contains the 11 pages you
specified starting with page 16. Sorting, Updating the Index , and a
Save or Save As should be performed on Scrap Book 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 20 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
Scrap Book 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 in Scrap Book in alphabetical order based on
the text that describes the clipart. The sort is based on the first
word. 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. If you are on the Index page and toggle
"This page only" you can search your Index entries.

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 Scrap Book. 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 Scrap Book +. 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 Scrap Book 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 Scrap Book.

Index Button---This button takes you to the Index page. A single
click on any entry will navigate to the page. Use your Pg Up, Pg
Dn, and cursor keys to view your Index. The Update button on this
page rebuilds the Index. If you have a blank line after rebuilding
the Index it means you have entered a carriage return when you
were typing the description of your clipart in the titles field. Just
keep typing to avoid this problem and the text will wrap around
automatically. To fix the blank line in your Index navigate to the
page above the blank line and click the cursor on the blank line
and then strike the backspace key so the manually entered
carriage return is removed. Go back to the Index page and
navigate to the blank line and then strike the backspace key to
remove the blank line. Don t forget to save your changes.   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. Another way to print your Index is invoke
Select All from the Edit menu and copy to the clipboard and paste
into notepad.

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.

Copy Button---This button has been removed. To copy your clipart
to the clipboard double click with the left mouse button on your
clipart. A marquee will display to signal this action. Use the Paste
button to move your clipart around.

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 only works with clipart. If you copy from
paintbrush and then use this button your clipart will appear in the
upper left corner. Click and drag it into position. If you double click
on your clipart in Scrap Book and then Paste it into the same page
it will be placed on top of your original clipart. Click and drag with
the left mouse button to position.

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 Scrap
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 Scrap Book and
reclaim disk space. ToolBook has a limit on the size of bitmapped
images. If your clipart fits on a page and does not overlap buttons
or icons the paste should work. Colored clipart requires more
memory than black and white clipart. The "Notes" pages contain
objects that may only be used in ToolBook applications. The
mouse routines for selecting and moving clipart are not very
responsive. Please be patient and look for improvements in speed
with the next version of ToolBook. Run Scrap Book in black and
white for a substantial gain in speed. Use the Bookmark feature on
the Index page if you prefer to open Scrap Book to the Index. If you
are pasting art from paintbrush or other Windows applications it
will appear in the upper left corner of Scrap Book. At this point click
and drag it into position and make sure your art does not overlap a
icon or button to prevent it from working. While your clipart is
selected issue a Cut and scale your clipart for another paste.
Customize Scrap Book 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 will continue to be implemented as more DTP
applications support it. Speed and graphics import and export with
the major formats (pcx,tiff,wmf,bmp) are a function of ToolBook and
will be implemented when ToolBook supports these improvements
or features.

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! assumes no
responsibility for any damage or adverse actions that may occur
through the use of Scrap Book. Please use this application at your
own risk. This application is NOT Shareware or Freeware. Make as
many backups as you wish for your own exclusive use but  DO
NOT distribute this application to third parties by any means. If
you decide to distribute this application to a third party you have
violated the law and the licensing agreement of Scrap Book.
Please respect these thoughts and let me know what features you
would like to see in the next version. 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: Scrap Book may NOT function
properly if you add scripts or perform any modifications at the
Author level.

A Special Thank You---To Asymetrix Corporation for ToolBook.
Brian Moura and William Morgan for their testing and
suggestions. Without your help Scrap Book would never have
been written.

       Thank you!
       Steve Shubitz
       Published Perfection!
       ⌐ 1990 All Rights Reserved
       February 1991
       V 1.9