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- CLIPREAD.ME - installation instructions and an
- overview of Clip Edit
-
-
- Please Note: CLIPEDIT.LIC contains license information for
- Clip Edit. You should read CLIPEDIT.LIC before installing
- or using Clip Edit.
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-
-
- This file is divided into 4 sections:
- 1) Clip Edit hardware/software requirements
- 2) Clip Edit support
- 3) A description of what Clip Edit can do
- 4) Installation instructions
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- 1) Clip Edit hardware/software requirements
-
- Clip Edit runs on OS/2 under Presentation Manager.
- OS/2 Version 1.2 or later is required, although 1.3
- is recommended. Clip Edit should run under OS/2 2.0, but
- we have not tested it yet against the early 2.0 code.
-
- If you have enough memory to run OS/2, you have enough
- to run Clip Edit
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- 2) Clip Edit support
-
- Support for Clip Edit is available though the mail
- by writing to us at the following address:
-
- Solaris Precision Software
- 203 South Blvd.
- Gunnison, CO 81230
- USA
-
- On-line support is available via CompuServe at 70304,126.
- Send us your questions, comments or concerns, and we'll try
- to respond as soon as possible.
-
- If you would really like to see a third avenue for support,
- let us know.
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- 3) A description of what Clip Edit can do
-
- The following text is a small excerpt from Clip Edit's
- on-line help. The best way to find out what Clip Edit
- can do for you is to try it, and browse through the help.
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- Clip Edit lets you control the clipboard
- like no other program does. Need to get
- a text file into the clipboard so you can
- paste it into a Lotus 123/G
- spreadsheet? Try Load File into
- Clipboard.
-
- Want to save a bitmap image to a file
- of a Microsoft Excel spreadsheet? Try
- Save Selected Format As.
-
- How about printing the clipboard? Clip
- Edit lets you Print the selected format to
- your default printer.
-
- Here's a real life example of what Clip
- Edit can do:
-
- Let's say you are using Microsoft Excel
- and Microsoft Word (OS/2 versions).
- Your spreadsheet has some data that
- you want to insert into your document
- via the clipboard. If you copy the Excel
- data and paste it into Word, Word
- decides to paste the metafile format,
- so you get a picture of the area of the
- spreadsheet. That's is great if you want
- the metafile. But what if you're printer
- doesn't print metafiles? Or what if you
- wanted the text from the spreadsheet
- instead of the picture?
-
- That's where Clip Edit comes in. Just
- select the format you want to keep, and
- use the Clear Others option. Try pasting
- into Word now, and you'll see that Word
- gladly accepts the text or the bitmap.
-
- Even better, try doing a Clear Others on
- the private type Rich Text Format, and
- paste it into Word. You'll see that you
- get the text and the column formatting.
- So you've just now given Microsoft
- Excel and Microsoft Word a synergism
- that not even Microsoft had allowed you.
- (if that's not enough to motivate you to
- sending in your $20, we don't know
- what is).
-
- There are many more examples like this
- in the world of OS/2 applications and
- tools. If you have one that is especially
- good, let us know.
-
- A less obvious benefit is that since Clip
- Edit can read and write both the old
- (PM 1.1) and new (PM 1.2+) bitmap
- formats, you should be able to solve
- any compatibility problems related to
- this format change. For example, let's
- say you have a new (PM 1.2+) bitmap
- that you want to use with IBM's Image
- Support program, which, the last time
- we saw it, only reads the old format.
- You can either do a Load file into
- clipboard and then paste it into Image
- Support, or you can Load it and then
- Save it in the PM 1.2+ format. The latter
- turns Clip Edit into a bitmap converter!
-
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- 4) Installation instructions
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- Clip Edit is easy to install. There are only two files needed:
-
- CLIPEDIT.EXE is the executable file. It can be started like
- most other OS/2 .EXE files. You can run it from an OS/2 command
- line if CLIPEDIT.EXE is in your path or the current directory.
- The best option is probably to put it in an OS/2 group. If you
- don't know how to do this, there are "cookbook" instructions
- for a complete installation below.
-
- CLIPEDIT.HLP is the file containing help for Clip Edit. This file
- needs to be in either the current directory, or a directory
- that is specified in your HELP environment variable (HELP path).
-
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- "Cookbook" installation instructions
-
- 1) Unpack CLIPEDIT.ZIP using PKUNZIP. This will yield 4
- files, CLIPEDIT.EXE, CLIPEDIT.HLP, CLIPEDIT.LIC, and
- CLIPREAD.ME (this file). Since you are reading this, you
- have probably already accomplished this step.
-
- 2) Move the 4 files to the directory where you want to keep
- Clip Edit.
-
- 3) Optionally, move or copy the CLIPEDIT.HLP file to a directory
- that is in your HELP path, like C:\OS2\HELP.
-
- 4) Select the group that you want to put Clip Edit in, like
- GROUP - MAIN. Use the Program pull down, and select NEW. This
- will bring up a dialog box. In the Program Title entry field, type
- "Clipboard Editor" (no quotes). In the Path and File name
- entry field, type the path name followed by the file name, for
- example "D:\CLIPEDIT\CLIPEDIT.EXE" (no quotes). No parameters
- are necessary, so just skip the Parameters entry field. If you
- placed CLIPEDIT.HLP in your HELP path, you can skip the Working
- Directory field or put in any path that you want. If you didn't,
- enter the path where CLIPEDIT.HLP is, so that you get the on-line
- help. In the Program type pull down, use the pull down to select
- Presentation Manager. The Clip Edit program should appear at
- the bottom of the Group. The Clip Edit icon will also appear
- if you have the View pull down option set to Icon.
-
- 5) To execute Clip Edit, double click on the Clip Edit icon.
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