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- == PC World's Best of Star-Dot-Star (*.*) Vol 1 ==
- == ==
- == Copyright 1988 by PCW Communications, Inc. All rights reserved. ==
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-
- INSTRUCTIONS
-
- GENERAL NOTES:
- The bottom line of the display tells you what keys to press. Refer
- to this line if you need help.
-
- SELECTING ENTRIES FROM THE MENU:
- Use the cursor keys plus <Home>, <End>, <PgUp>, and <PgDn> to move
- the selector bar. To select a highlighted command, press <Enter>.
-
- VIEWING ENTRIES ON SCREEN:
- Select one of the categories--WordPerfect, dBASE, 1-2-3, and so on.
- This will display instructions about this program's utilities. Use
- the cursor keys plus <Home>, <End>, <PgUp>, and <PgDn> to scroll the
- text up and down. For example, if you are reading these notes on
- screen, press <PgDn> now to see more instructions...
-
- HOW TO PRINT THE MANUAL:
- Select the "Print Manual" command from the menu. Make sure your
- printer is on and has paper. Then, press P to begin printing. Press
- <Esc> at any time to cancel printing and return to the menu.
-
- USING THE UTILITY PROGRAMS:
- Each utility, macro, and batch file is stored in a separate disk
- directory. The directory names begin with underscores to avoid
- possible conflicts with other directories in your system. From DOS,
- use the CD command to change to a directory. For example, type CD
- \_WP to change to the _WP directory. Inside each directory is a
- README text file that describes how to use the utilities stored
- there. (Some directories have more than one utility, others have
- only one.) The text in these README files is the same as the text
- displayed and printed by the STAR.EXE program.
-
- COPYING THE FILES TO A HARD DISK
- You might want to copy the files on this diskette to your hard drive.
- To do this, insert the diskette in drive A: and type A:INSTALL A: C:
- where C: is the letter of your hard drive. The INSTALL.BAT batch
- file creates a new directory named STAR1 on your hard disk. You may
- also use DOS commands COPY and XCOPY to copy the diskette files.
-
- ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS:
- I wrote STAR.EXE in Turbo Pascal 5.0 using the Turbo Professional
- toolkit from TurboPower Software. The PC World logo (visible only on
- graphics displays) was designed by Karl Koessel. Special thanks
- to the many readers who have contributed to Star-Dot-Star. (Don't
- forget--we pay cold cash for your hot tips! See page 4 in any
- recent PC World issue for details on where to send your own
- contributions.) Enjoy!
- --- Tom Swan, Editor, Star-Dot-Star
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