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Central Point Help | 1991-10-15 | 14.8 KB | 614 lines

General Help
Copyright Central Point Software, Inc., 1991.
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GENERAL HELP
ADVICE
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Manuals
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is not available for
(topic. Please
 ESC to exit
F4 to view a list of
*for
 NOTE:
 For more
about DOS errors,
F9 and
the Advice manual.
Index
%Control
PZThe
%Control
.in all Central Point
when you
Alt+SPACE or
 Version...
box. PC
Shell and PC
)Desktop Manager
  Alt+F4
an extended version of
for manipulating
Version
-containing copyright
specific to the
 . To return to the
the Version
box or
ESC.
box which asks you to
confirm
'you want to exit the
 . Double-
box to bypass the
%Control
exit the
 Return to Previous Topic
 Getting
    -Line
 Advice for DOS Errors
Index
.in Central Point
 s, or the hypertext
%, to obtain a
ed index specific to the
Getting
  You can get
 anywhere
.in a
ing F1,
 Index
 Keyboard
 horizontal
 The
text
 depends on what you were
 doing when you accessed
 About...
. If you were in a
gives you
about the
    . If you were in
box,
tells
 you about the available
 If a
page contains more text than can fit in
 the
-at once, use the PGUP and PGDN
 UP and DOWN
) to
"text in the
-. If you
, you can use the
"bar at the right. The end of the
-is indicated by a horizontal line.
.in most
,, you can access
 other
is a word or phrase
'is connected
(connection is invisible to the user) to text
'provides more
about the chosen
. To
, use the TAB or
 cursor
to move the highlighter among
(END takes you to the last and HOME
 takes you to the first), then
. If you
, just point and
 associated
'word or phrase on
there, you can
another
F5 to return to the previously
 viewed
-, or
F3 to exit the
 and return to the
Related
located at the bottom left of some
,take you to a related topic of the
. For example, the related topic in
-is "Special
a list of available function
General
located at the bottom right of some
,take you to a more general topic of
 the
Special
Special
 Function
  Print prints the
  Index
  Prev
  index entries for
  previous
 (not necessarily the
* previously
  Exit quits the
  Next
the next
%and returns you
 to the
  Manuals
a list
%'s "top
  of other
" which lists
 to which you can go.
 general
 which you can go.
  GoBack
  previously
 Other
s the
above the
  PGUP
"s the
 DOWN
below the
  PGDN
"s the
 HOME
-down.
 first
+ the
   TAB
the next
 END
the last
in the
Sample
(is a sample
'illustrates how
can be used
to move you quickly throughout a
word or phrase transports you to another
'provides more
about the
topic. To return to the
were just viewing,
ed word "return." In
case, you can also
the general topic (located at the bottom
right of
-), "
," to return to the previously
viewed
Getting
If you need assistance beyond what the manual,
, and README.TXT
file can provide, please contact us
.the
listed in
$chapter of the Getting Started manual.
Phone
 Our business hours are 6 am to 5 pm PST, Monday
 through Friday. If possible, call
a phone next to
 the computer you're having problems
.and
 PC turned on and ready to go. Our
 phone number is [phone].
 To receive
via fax, send us a description of
 problem along
to our
$fax number:  [phone].
+our 24-hour-a-day bulletin board
%, you can
Bulletin
 direct questions or messages to
Board
 well as download the latest update files for CPS
 products. To connect to our BBS, set
/modem to N-
 8-1 full duplex and dial [phone].
CompuServe   CompuServe members can reach our forum by typing GO
 CENTRAL at the ! prompt. In the Central Point forum,
 you can direct questions or messages to
$and download Central Point
 update
 files.
     You can write to
$at the address
 below. Be sure to send us a description of
 as well as the problem you are experiencing.
 Central Point Software, Inc.
 15220 NW Greenbrier Pkwy., Suite 200
 Beaverton, OR  97006
 Attn:
International  Phone:  [phone]
 Fax:
 [phone]
 BBS:
 [phone]
 Mail:   3 Furzeground Way
 Stockley Park
 Uxbridge
 Middlesex
 UB11 1DA
 United Kingdom
Boxes
 Working
 Configuring Central Point
    -Line
You can
+either pull-down
s or the message
'appears at the bottom of the
+the keyboard:
  1.
ALT and the
letter of a
 You can also
F10 in most
 s to activate the
 horizontal
bar, then use the
to select a
 and
  2.
letter of a
 You can also use the
to select a
    and
If the
a sub
it in the
same ways explained above.
+the
   Point to the
    on the horizontal
bar (File,
, etc.), then
and hold the left
 drag the pointer to the
    you want on the
, and release the
 If you change
/mind and don't want to make a
 selection, drag the pointer outside the
and release.
the message bar:
the function key associated
.the
    (F1, F2,
 etc.)
   Use the
%Control
Boxes
box allows you to enter
 needs
before continuing. For example, if you select "File
in PC Shell, a
box appears
'lets you
specify how you want
/files
on the
There are six types of
 Option
 Lets you select one of several listed
ing the option's
letter or
ing the
 option
.the
. Selecting any one
 option turns off all other
 the same group.
 Checkbox
 Lets you toggle an independent option on
 or off by
ing the option's
letter or
ing it
 the
 Text Box
 Lets you enter text, such as a file name
 or text to search for. Type the text and
TAB to move to the next option or
to proceed
[-A-]
"ing List
 Lets you select an item
a list by
[-B-]
 highlighting it and
[-C-]
ing it
.the
 Carries out an action and
s the
box.
TAB or SHIFT-TAB to
 cycle through the
s, then
 the
letter of the
. CANCEL terminates the
 while OK goes to the next step of the
 You can
the up or down
 the
to automatically increase or
 decrease the adjacent value by one. For
 example, you might adjust an alarm time
+the
To leave a
box,
--usually OK or the name of the
action.
To leave a
box and cancel the
the Cancel
ESC, or use the
box in the
top-left corner.
Working
Opening
     Each time you
, a new
     opens, allowing you to work
 When you first
some
s, the
-does not fill the whole
!. However, if
 the
-contains a Maximize/Restore
 the upper-right corner, you can maximize it to a
 larger size.
The Active
more than one
 the active
-is indicated by a
 title bar
'contains a
box and a
 Maximize/Restore (Zoom)
(if it can be
 resized). All other
title bars
 are not
and are
.out
boxes or
 Maximize/Restore
s. You can
more than
 one
-open at once, but you can work in only
 one
-at a time, the active
 or SHIFT-TAB to activate
in the
-you want to activate
.the
 Some
,also
"bars along the right
     and/or bottom edge,
.a small box indicating
 the position of the
-in relation to the
 entire file.  Drag
(box
.the
"the
-, or
the location in the
 bar
'represents where you want to
above and below the bar to
"the
-one line at a time. If you don't
, you can use PGUP and PGDN or the UP
 and DOWN
Note:
 If you are
+a CGA, EGA, or monochrome monitor, the
 characters used for the
box, Maximize/Restore
 and
"bar will look different
those shown in
 the documentation. The expanded character set used for
 these objects
only on VGA
. However,
 they work the same.
Configuring Central Point
PC Config is a stand-alone
'allows you to configure
Central Point
.PC Config you can do the following:
  Change
 colors
  Select
, and keyboard
To start PC Config:
DOS, type PCCONFIG and
 The Configuration
will appear allowing you to
 type of configuration settings to change.
    -Line
You can use these
    -line
to control the way Central
Point
 s appear on the
!. Just type them after the
name, either in
/AUTOEXEC.BAT file or at the DOS prompt, along
.any other
you are
+. Be sure to separate multiple
.a space. For example:
 PCCONFIG /LE /IN
Additional
    -line
used by an individual
be obtained by typing /? after the
 name at the DOS prompt.
Video
 Sets the
to 25 lines.
 Sets the
to 28 lines.
 Sets the
to 43 lines.
is for
 EGA
, but can be used on some VGA
 emulate EGA
 Sets the
to 50 lines.
is for
 VGA
only.
 Sets the
to 60 lines.
is for
 Video 7
only.
 Uses the
%'s BIOS to manipulate fonts, instead of
 writing directly to the
!or other port. Try
if the characters
 do not look like they should.
 Starts the
 in black-and-white mode.
(results in
 a better
when
+a color card
.a non-
 color monitor.
 Disables
!"snow" sup
ion on CGA
 Normally, video "snow" is sup
ed on CGA
 sharpen
/video
(may slow
"ing on some
. If you
a CGA monitor and don't mind minor
 flickering on
!, use the /FF
to speed
 up the
 Overrides the default selection for monitor color type. If
 you
a monochrome monitor,
changes
 the monitor type to color. If you
a color monitor,
is ignored.
 Used on computers
.LCD
(usually laptops) to
 set the colors.
/MONO
 Selects the default monochrome color set.
 has an effect similar to /BW. If you
an IBM monochrome
 monitor and
+/BW does not improve
 try /MONO.
 Disables the use of alternate fonts.
 Exchanges the left and right
functions for
 left-handed
users.
 Disables the graphics
character. When
(option is
 selected, the
will be a solid box instead of an
. You might want to use
 is running too slowly and you want to speed it up.
 Disables the
in Central Point
 s, but does not
 affect keyboard functions.
does not affect
 the
/underlying
 . Use /IM if you
 an old Microsoft
driver or
problems
after hotkeying out of a
 memory-resident Central Point
 NOTE: If you
problems
.the
after entering a
 Central Point
 , it is most likely due to an old
 driver. You can use the /IM
, but we recommend
'you ask
manufacturer for an upgrade.
 Provides optimal
performance and corrects problems
'can occur
when you are
+a PS/2.
 You can also use
does not work
 after you
been
,3.0.