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- Help for View
- (C)Copyright IBM Corp. 1993
- Copyright 1993 Central Point Software, Inc.
- GENERAL HELP
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- Index
- : Topics
- System Control menu
- PZThe System Control menu appears when you
- press Alt+SPACE or click the program window
- close box. Some programs have an extended
- Version...
- version of this menu with options for
- manipulating application windows.
- Close Alt+F4
- Choosing Version displays a window containing copyright
- information specific to the current program. To return to the
- program window, choose OK, click the Version window close box or
- press ESC.
- Choosing Close displays a dialog box which asks you to confirm
- that you want to exit the program. Double-click the program
- window close box to bypass the System Control menu and exit the
- program.
- 2 Choosing Commands
- Help Topics
- About View
- Function Keys
- Supported Viewers
- Viewing a File
- Using Command-line Options
- Using Help
- Basic Skills
- ! Index
- Index
- A - C
- Arrow Keys
- Browse mode
- Changing viewers
- Command-line operation
- D - F
- Database fields
- Database files
- Exiting View
- File information
- Function keys
- G - I
- Graphics files
- Help function keys
- Help on help
- Horizontal menu bar
- M - O
- Message Bar
- P - R
- Record mode
- Repeating a search
- S - U
- Scroll bars
- Searching for text
- Special keys in help
- Spreadsheet files
- Using Help
- V - Z
- Video modes
- View window
- Viewers supported
- Viewing a file
- Word processing files
- About View
- PZView allows you to display files generated by many popular
- applications--without starting the application or even knowing which
- application created the file.
- For example, in any text editor or word processor, a spreadsheet file
- would be unrecognizable. However, View automatically selects the
- correct viewer and displays spreadsheet files approximately as they
- would appear in a spreadsheet program. Of course, View is not a
- spreadsheet program, so you can't use it to make changes to your file,
- but you can view your work without having to start the spreadsheet
- program.
- The viewer is available from within UNDELETE and CPBACKUP.
- Types of files that can be viewed include word processing files;
- spreadsheet files; database files; graphics files, such as those
- created in PC Paintbrush; binary files, which may contain executable
- code; and files created by archiving applications.
- Supported Viewers
- Viewing a File
- Supported Viewers
- PZThe following file types can be displayed in their native format:
- Database Viewers
- Archives and Other Viewers
- Microsoft Works 2.0
- SEA archive catalog
- " Binary
- " PAK archive catalog
- " ZIP archive catalog
- " ZOO archive catalog
- Spreadsheet Viewers
- Word Processor Viewers
- Lotus 1-2-3 1A, 2.0, 3.0
- ASCII
- Lotus Symphony 1-2
- Microsoft Windows Write
- Microsoft Works
- Microsoft Word 5.0
- Microsoft Excel 2.0-4.0
- Microsoft Works W.P.
- Mosaic Twin
- Text
- Quattro 2.0
- WordPerfect 4.2-5.1
- Quattro Pro
- Viewing a File
- Viewer List window
- Close View dialog box
- PZTo exit View:
- Press F3, press ESC, or click the close box.
- When you exit view, you return to the program you opened View from.
- The View window
- Viewing a File
- To select a file to view:
- Using the arrow keys, highlight the file that you want to view
- and press ENTER to select it, or use the mouse to double-click
- the file that you want to view.
- The View window appears with the type of viewer identified in
- the title bar of the window. View attempts to use the correct
- viewer for the file you want to view. If View does not recognize
- the file, it uses the Binary viewer.
- The View window
- The View window
- PZThe View window is divided into three areas:
- If you loaded View from another program, the Horizontal Menu Bar
- at the top of the window displays menu commands for that
- program.
- The main area displays the contents of the current file. To
- scroll text, use the arrow keys or (if you have a mouse) use the
- scroll bars along the right and bottom edge.
- The Message Bar at the bottom of the window lists commands that
- you can execute with function keys or by clicking the command.
- Available function keys change depending on the viewer you are
- using.
- To exit the View window and return to the program you opened View from,
- press ESC or F3, or click the close box in the upper-left corner.
- Viewing a File
- Help Topics
- Scroll Bars
- PZThe View window contains two scroll bars: a vertical one at the right
- and a horizontal one at the bottom. A scroll box in each bar indicates
- the current position of the window in relation to the overall file. For
- example, if the window shows the last part of a long file, the scroll
- box will be at the bottom of the vertical scroll bar.
- If you have a mouse, drag the scroll box on either bar to the position
- corresponding to the portion of the file you want to view, then release
- the button. For example, if you want to scroll to the middle of a file,
- move the scroll box to the middle of the vertical scroll bar.
- You can also scroll the file one line at a time by clicking the arrow
- buttons at the ends of the vertical scroll bar, or you can move right
- or left using the horizontal scroll bar.
- Arrow Keys
- The View window
- PSPT$
- Arrow Keys (Binary, Text, and W.P.)
- PZTo scroll the file shown in the View window, you can use any of the
- following arrow keys:
- Scrolls up one line.
- Scrolls down one
- line.
- Scrolls right one
- Scrolls left one
- column.
- column.
- Ctrl-
- Scrolls right ten
- Ctrl-
- Scrolls left ten
- characters.
- characters.
- PGUP
- Scrolls up one
- PGDN
- Scrolls down one
- screen.
- screen.
- HOME
- Moves to the
- END
- Moves to the end of
- beginning of the
- the line or file.
- line or file.
- Arrow Keys (Spreadsheets)
- Arrow Keys (Databases)
- The View window
- Scroll Bars
- Arrow Keys (Spreadsheets)
- PZTo scroll the file shown in the View window, you can use any of the
- following arrow keys:
- Scrolls up one cell.
- Scrolls down one
- cell.
- Scrolls right one
- Scrolls left one
- column or cell.
- column or cell.
- PGUP
- Scrolls up one
- PGDN
- Scrolls down one
- screen.
- screen.
- Ctrl-
- Scrolls right one
- Ctrl-
- Scrolls left one
- screen.
- screen.
- HOME
- Moves to the
- END
- Moves to the end of
- beginning of the row
- the row or
- or spreadsheet.
- spreadsheet.
- Arrow Keys (Databases)
- Scroll Bars
- Arrow Keys
- The View window
- Arrow Keys (Databases)
- PZTo scroll the file shown in the View window, you can use any of the
- following arrow keys:
- Scrolls up one
- Scrolls down one
- record or field.
- record or field.
- Scrolls right one
- Scrolls left one
- field or record.
- field or record.
- Ctrl-
- (Record mode)
- Ctrl-
- (Record mode)
- Scrolls right ten
- Scrolls left ten
- characters.
- characters.
- (Browse mode)
- (Browse mode)
- Scrolls right one
- Scrolls left one
- screen.
- screen.
- PGUP
- Scrolls up one
- PGDN
- Scrolls down one
- screen.
- screen.
- HOME
- Moves to the
- END
- Moves to the end of
- beginning of the
- the database or
- database or record.
- record.
- Arrow Keys (Spreadsheets)
- Scroll Bars
- Arrow Keys
- The View window
- Function Keys
- PZWhen the View window is active, special View function keys are
- available on the message bar, depending on which viewer you are using.
- For some viewers, pressing SHIFT displays an additional set of
- functions.
- View Function Keys
- Info Displays information F5
- Go To Lets you specify a
- about the file in the View
- line and column, record
- window.
- and field, or row and cell
- + to go to in the current
- Cells/Fields SHIFT-F2
- file.
- (database and spreadsheets
- only) Displays the name,
- Viewer Displays a list of
- type, and length of each
- available viewers you can
- field or cell in the file.
- select from to view the
- + current file.
- Exit Closes the View
- Search Lets you search for
- window.
- text or numbers within the
- + current file.
- Modes SHIFT-F3
- (PCX viewer only) Displays
- Again SHIFT-F7 Searches
- a list of video modes for
- for the next occurrence of
- PCX files.
- the search text.
- All/Hex/ASCII SHIFT-F3
- Unzoom/Zoom Unzoom shrinks
- (Binary viewer only)
- the View window to a
- Selects a view: ASCII for
- smaller size. Zoom returns
- printable characters, All
- it to its previous size.
- for all characters, or Hex
- for hexadecimal numbers
- Graph (.PCX viewer only)
- and a narrow column
- Switches between graphic
- showing the text
- display and information
- equivalent.
- about the image size and
- + resolution.
- Wrap SHIFT-F3 (text viewer
- only) Wraps text to fit in
- Prev Views the previous
- current window size. If
- file (in the File List
- text is wrapped, this
- window) to the one being
- unwraps it.
- viewed.
- Sheet SHIFT-F3 (1-2-3
- Record SHIFT-F9 (database
- Release 3 viewer only)
- viewers only) Switches
- Lets you view and select
- between record and browse
- from a list of worksheets.
- mode.
- Info SHIFT-F3 (R:Base
- viewer only) Displays more
- detailed file information.
- Text/ASCII SHIFT-F4 (Text F10
- Next Views the next file
- and ASCII viewer) Switches
- (if any) in the group of
- between these two modes.
- files being viewed.
- Tables SHIFT-F4 (R:BASE
- viewer only) Lets you view
- and select from a list of
- tables.
- Basic Skills
- The View window
- File Information dialog box
- Viewer/File Info
- Viewer: Text
- File Name: AUTOEXEC.BAT
- Length: 5248 bytes
- Date: April 1st, 1993
- Time: 11:46am
- Number of lines: 179
- Maximum line length: 100
- The File Information dialog box contains information about the file in
- the View window.
- When showing information about a database file, the last two lines
- change to "number of records" and "number of fields".
- When showing information about a spreadsheet file, the last two lines
- change to "number of rows" and "number of columns". Press F3 or click
- the close box to exit the dialog box and return to the View window.
- The View window
- Function Keys
- Fields window
- PZPressing SHIFT-F2 when viewing a database file produces the Fields
- window, which lists the name, type, and length of each field in the
- current file. Selecting one of the fields in the window closes it and
- moves the cursor to that field in the file.
- Fields
- NAME
- TYPE
- LENGTH
- USER_ID
- Character
- USER_NAME
- Character
- USER_PATH
- Character
- The View window
- Function Keys
- R:BASE Table List
- PZThe R:BASE Table List contains the table name, the number of rows and
- columns in the table and the table type. The currently selected table
- is highlighted.
- There are three table types:
- Defined by the user.
- System
- Generated by the application and are used internally by
- R:BASE. System tables can be viewed while in the R:BASE
- viewer but not from within R:BASE.
- A collection of data from various tables. View tables
- cannot be selected.
- The View window
- Function Keys
- Video Mode window
- PZDepending on the type of
- Available Video Modes
- monitor you have, the
- Video Mode window displays a
- VGA 320x200x256
- list of available video modes.
- Video7 640x400x256
- The default mode (which has a
- Video7 640x480x256
- check mark to the side)
- Video7 800x600x256
- usually provides the best
- display for the current .PCX
- file. The first number
- represents the number of
- horizontal pixels displayed.
- The second number
- represents the number of vertical pixels displayed, and the third
- number, colors available.
- The View window
- Function Keys
- PSPT"
- Going to a Line Number dialog box
- PZGo To displays a dialog box that allows you to specify the line and
- column, record and field, or row and cell you want to go to in the
- currently viewed file.
- Go To
- You are on line 1, column 1 of
- AUTOEXEC.BAT, which is 17 lines long
- and 52 columns wide. Enter the line
- and column numbers to which you want
- to go:
- line
- column
- Cancel
- The View window
- Function Keys
- Viewer List window
- PZThe Viewer List window displays a
- Viewers
- list of available viewers similar
- Binary
- to this picture. When you select a
- Text
- viewer from this list, the file
- ASCII
- you were viewing is displayed in
- SEA Archive Catalog
- the new viewer's format, if
- LZH Archive Catalog
- possible.
- PAK Archive Catalog
- ZIP Archive Catalog
- ZOO Archive Catalog
- dBASE IV
- dBASE II
- DCA Final Form
- DCA Revisable Form
- DisplayWrite
- The View window
- Supported Viewers
- Function Keys
- Searching for Text dialog box
- PZThe Search command allows you to search the current file for specific
- characters. If the search text is found, press SHIFT-F7 to search for
- the next occurrence. The following options control how View searches
- for the text entered in the text box.
- ] Case-sensitive
- Select the Case-sensitive option to find files that contain text with
- the same capitalization as that entered in the text box. For example,
- if you type "DATABASE," it will not find files containing "Database",
- "database" or "DataBase".
- ] Whole Word
- Select the Whole Word option to find text only if it is one or more
- complete words. For example, if you type "Data", View will find only
- "Data" not "Database".
- Enter the text you want to find, then choose OK. View searches through
- the displayed file for the specified text string and stops at the first
- instance it finds.
- Function Keys
- Record/Browse Mode
- PZThe Record/Browse command (SHIFT-F9) is available in Database viewers
- to switch between record and browse mode. In browse mode (the default),
- multiple records are displayed with field names positioned
- horizontally.
- Dbase III, DBASE.DBF, record 1, field 1
- LASTNAME
- FIRSTNAME
- DEPARTMENT
- Takagi
- Yoshiko
- SALES
- Miller
- Henry
- EXECUTIVE
- Rojas
- Maria
- EXECUTIVE
- Lecat
- Claire
- SALES
- In record mode, one record is displayed at a time with the field names
- positioned vertically. Press CTRL with the right or left arrow key to
- move to the next or previous record.
- Dbase III, DBASE.DBF, record 1
- LASTNAME: Takagi
- FIRSTNAME: Yoshiko
- DEPARTMENT: SALES
- EMP_ID: 703-22-
- PHONE: (505)555-4556
- FULL_TIME: T
- The View window
- Function Keys
-