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- ARJ Version 2.30 Hypertext Documentation
-
- ARJ-Help is an electronic book (brand named Window Book (tm)) that
- allows the user to easily discover how to use ARJ. It can be run as
- a stand-alone program or as a TSR "popup" in the DOS operating system.
- It is very fast and has a rich set of features which include full-text
- search, hypertext links, a table of contents that can be reorganized to
- your needs, a complete index, and much more.
-
- This Window Book contains the complete documentation to ARJ version 2.30
- in an easy to use on-line hypertext help systems.
-
- Note: This Window Book is designed to work as a DOS application - you can
- order a dual-mode DOS and MS-Windows version that will run under
- BOTH DOS and MS-Windows if you register.
-
- To run ARJ-Help, at the DOS Prompt, type ARJ-Help
- C>ARJ-Help
-
- To run ARJ-Help as a background-resident pop-up, with the Alt+Esc "hotkey"
- combination, add the /B parameter:
- C>ARJ-Help /B
-
- To run ARJ-Help as a background-resident pop-up, with your own private "hotkey"
- combination, add the /B and the /HK:? parameters:
- C>ARJ-Help /B /HK:?
-
- where ? can be a function key F1-F10 (yielding hotkey combinations
- Alt-F1 thru Alt+F10), or a letter A-Z (yielding hotkey combinations
- Ctrl+Shift+A thru Ctrl+Shift+Z), or a number 0-9 (yielding hotkey
- combinations Ctrl+Shift+0 thru Ctrl+Shift+9)
-
- Note all the information below is contained on-line inside your Window
- Book (press F1). We suggest you refer to it there.
-
- Using Your Window Book Under DOS Display
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- Options for DOS Display
-
- The complete activation syntax for running a Window Book is:
-
- [drv:][\path\]bookname [/b] [/hk:X] [/g]
-
- where:
-
- drv: is a disk drive name (e.g., A:, B:, C:, D: etc.)
-
- \path\ is a directory name (e.g., \)
-
- /b specifies that the Window Book should operate as a background
- resident popup (TSR).
-
- /hk:X specifies the user-chosen hotkey combination. X
- can take the values 0 through 9, A
- through Z, and F1 through F10.
-
- /g Normally, when there's a choice of multiple volumes,
- the program starts up by offering a volume selection menu. The
- user then decides which volume to read. The /g (for go!) option
- bypasses the volume selection menu on startup.
-
-
- How-To Guide for DOS Display
-
- Do Full Text Search: (1) Press F4. (2) Type in the first word you are
- looking for - then press enter. (3) review the list of topics that contain
- the word (or root of the word) you chose. (4) you can refine the search
- with additional logical operators by pressing the F4 key again and adding
- the appropriate restrictions.
-
- Note that:
- ■ You can combine successive searches, using logical operators.
- ■ You can type the beginning of a word, terminated by the wildcard
- symbol * , it will match all suffixes. For example: if you type th* you
- will match the this these those though thoughtfully thoroughfare etc...
- ■ A word must begin and end with a letter or a digit. (no +,@,# ect...)
- ■ Even though the Window Book can locate any word in any topic, the
- book's author can specify that certain topics be excluded (for example,
- helps, introduction, glossary, acknowledgement etc.). As a rule, the
- search only applies to the topics listed in the ALPHA-SORTED ToC.
-
- Make a hypertext jump: (1) The topic you're reading
- must have references (hypertext links) built into it. You can tell
- by the Turn references ON message at the right side of the
- menu line (at the top of the screen). (2) Press Ins (the keypad 0
- key). The message flips over to the left side. The references are
- ON. (3) If the information in the window has references in it, you'll
- see them highlighted. If there are no references in the window, use
- PgDn or PgUp to reach the section of information that does have references.
- (4) If the window shows several references, you can use the left/right
- arrow keys - - to select the one you want. (5) Press Enter.
-
- Do "QuickScroll" lookup: (1) Press ALT and, keeping it pressed, type
- the first letters of a title or a highlighted reference. (2) Whatever
- you type, is displayed in the menu line. (3) If such a title or reference
- exists, Window Book will select it (same as if you pressed the up/down
- arrows until you located the desired item).Note however that you can
- only type letters or digits; If you release the Alt key and then
- press it again, you're starting a new keyword. Keyword lookup works
- in the ToC, in the INDEX, and when a topic's cross-references are
- ON.
-
- Change the form of the Table of Contents: (1) Press F2. (2)
- Press the keypad right arrow key, or left arrow key, once.(3) Select
- the view of the Table of Contents that you wish to use.
-
- Print an entire topic: (1) Press F6. (2) Press Enter.
-
- Copy an entire topic to a file: (1) Press F6. (2) Press the
- keypad down arrow key once. (3) Press Enter.
-
- Mark a text selection: (1) Press F5 for the first time. A line
- is highlighted. (2) Using the keypad up/down arrow keys position the
- highlighted line at the beginning of the desired selection. (3) Press
- F5 for the second time; this starts marking. (4) Using the keypad
- up/down arrow keys move the highlighted text to the end of the desired
- selection. (5) Press F5 a third time; the selection is marked. If
- you press F5 a fourth time, marking disappears.
-
- Print or copy selected information: (1) Using F5, mark the
- selected text. (2) Press F6 for printing/copying.
- (3) Follow instructions shown in F6 menu. (4) Press F5 once more,
- to undo the marking.
-
- Import information into your word processor: (1) Copy the information
- into a file. (2) Import/Read the file into your word processor with
- your word processors import/read feature.
-
- See the foreground application while reading: When the Window
- Book is in the background, you can split the screen and see parts
- of the foreground application screen while reading the Window Book.
- (1) Press F7. The screen splits. Pressing F7 a second time inverses
- the split-screen. Pressing it a third time restores the full-screen
- display.
-
- One-key sequential reading: When the Toc or INDEX is visible
- in the background, you can get the next page of the current topic
- by pressing PgDn. Then, by pressing Shift-PgDn, you automatically
- read the next topic. This single key lets you read an entire Window
- Book sequentially, page by page, topic by topic, as if it were a regular
- paper book! (the keypad + and keypad - keys do the same as Shift-PgDn
- and Shift-PgUp; use the one you find most convenient).
-
- Dynamically Redefining Keys in DOS Display
-
- It has been observed that people generally feel more comfortable when
- able to leave their finger on the key it's on, rather than moving
- from key to key.
-
- The Window Book user interface has been designed to reduce the number
- of times your fingers must move from key to key by redefining the
- function of most keys after they are pressed so that pressing such
- a key a second time will produce another, normally complementary,
- action. We encourage you to experiment in pressing a key twice to
- see how the second time undoes or modifies the effect of the first
- time.
-
- Pressing F1 once brings up the HELP Menu. Pressing it again removes
- the menu.
-
- Pressing F2 or F3 once brings up the Table of Contents, or the INDEX.
- Pressing it again has the same effect as if Enter was pressed: the
- currently selected topic is displayed.
-
- Pressing F6 once brings up the Print/Export menu. Pressing it again
- removes the menu. Pressing Esc also removes the menu, as does selecting
- NONE of the above... and pressing Enter. Choose the method
- that you find most comfortable.
-
- Pressing F10 once brings up the Termination/Book Selection menu, which
- offers you the choice of selecting another Window Book for reading.
- Pressing F10 again closes the Window Book and returns you to DOS.
- Thus, to close the Window Book, just press F10 twice.
-
- Pressing F5 will activate the Marking Text function pressing F5 again
- will begin marking . Pressing F5 the third time will turn Marking
- off. Pressing F5 a fourth time will unmark any marked text.
-
- Pressing F7 will toggle split screen when you have your Window Book
- installed in the background.
-
- Pressing Enter takes you from ToC or INDEX to a selected topic, or
- from a cross-reference to a target topic. Pressing Enter again normally
- takes you back to where you came from. This lets you quickly preview
- where you might be going, then return to the original position.
-
- Concerning Your Monitor - for DOS Display
-
- Note: You only need to read this section if you are having trouble
- reading the Window Book. Window Books automatically detect the type
- of video display you have. If you have a mono system, Window Book
- adapts itself to the mono display mode. Window Books automatically
- detects the presence of the color capability, and uses it. It automatically
- distinguishes between VGA, EGA and CGA, and adapts the display mode
- for optimum results. For your convenience (there being no single color
- display scheme that everybody prefers), you can choose between built-in
- color palettes in the F1 Help Menu.
-
- Window Books require a EGA or VGA monitor to display graphics.
-
- Choosing Among Color Palettes in DOS Display
-
- To change the colors while reading a Window Book: Press F1 and choose
- SELECT to change color palettes.
-
- You can pre-specify the colors for all Window Books by indicate the
- color palette of your choice by adding a SET line to your AUTOEXEC.BAT
- file: SET WBDISPLAY=X where X is one of the values: VGA, EGA, CGA,
- MONO or REVERSE.
-
- Using Window Books with Mono Graphics Video under DOS.
-
- This portion concerns you only if your computer has a GRAPHICS MONOCHROME
- monitor (a mono display connected to a graphics controller of type
- CGA, EGA or VGA). This is typical of laptops, portables and even some
- desktop PC's.
-
- A problem may arise with certain computers using a mono display but
- having a graphics controller mechanism. The Window Book is tricked
- into thinking that it is dealing with a color monitor, producing a
- washed-out and hard-to-read image. You fix this problem by pressing
- F1 and choosing VIDEO, then specifying the MONO option. The image
- should immediately clear up.
-
- To complicate matters further, a laptop computer's LCD paper-white
- display shows black as white, white as black, and may reverse dim
- and bright accentuation. For the best image, choose the REVERSE option
- (rather than MONO).
-
- You can set the proper display mode for your system by typing a SET
- command: SET WBDISPLAY=MONO For regular mono display or
- SET WBDISPLAY=REVERSE For paper-white LCD display
-
- You can permanently set the proper display mode for your system by
- adding a SET line to your AUTOEXEC.BAT file: SET WBDISPLAY=MONO or
- SET WBDISPLAY=REVERSE
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- If you have any questions, please feel free to call (617) 661-9515.
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