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- PixCat
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- Picture Cataloger
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- NewsMaster(tm), PrintMaster(tm), and Print Shop(tm)
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- by Richard A. Sharon
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- MIDPA Softworks
- P.O. Box 48121
- Fort Worth, TX. 76148
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- (c) Copyright 1988, 1990 by Richard A. Sharon. All Rights Reserved.
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- Note: NewsMaster(tm) and PrintMaster(tm) are registered trademarks of
- Unison World Inc. Print Shop(tm) and New Print Shop(tm) are
- registered trademark of Broderbund Software. These trademarks,
- products, and companies and are in no way related to PixCat or
- MIDPA Software.
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- DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
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- THIS SOFTWARE AND MANUAL ARE SOLD "AS IS" AND WITHOUT WARRANTIES AS TO
- PERFORMANCE OR MERCHANTABILITY. THE SELLER OR DISTRIBUTER MAY HAVE
- MADE STATEMENTS ABOUT THIS SOFTWARE. ANY SUCH STATEMENTS DO NOT
- CONSTITUTE WARRANTIES AND SHALL NOT BE RELIED ON BY THE BUYER IN
- DECIDING WHETHER TO PURCHASE THIS PROGRAM.
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- THIS PROGRAM IS DISTRIBUTED AND SOLD WITHOUT ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED
- WARRANTIES WHATSOEVER. BECAUSE OF THE DIVERSITY OF CONDITIONS AND
- HARDWARE UNDER WHICH THIS PROGRAM MAY BE USED, NO WARRANTY OF FITNESS
- FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE IS OFFERED. THE USER IS ADVISED TO TEST THE
- PROGRAM THOROUGHLY BEFORE RELYING ON IT. THE USER MUST ASSUME THE
- ENTIRE RISK OF USING THE PROGRAM. ANY LIABILITY OF SELLER OR
- MANUFACTURER WILL BE LIMITED EXCLUSIVELY TO PRODUCT REPLACEMENT OR
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- THIS SOFTWARE AND MANUAL ARE BOTH PROTECTED BY UNITED STATES COPYRIGHT
- LAW AND INTERNATIONAL TREATY PROVISIONS. UNAUTHORIZED REPRODUCTION
- AND/OR SALES MAY RESULT IN IMPRISONMENT AND FINES. COPYRIGHT
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- PER THE STIPULATIONS LISTED UNDER "Product License, Distribution, and
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- PixCat Version 2.3 Reference Manual
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- Table Of Contents
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- Disclaimer of Warranty................................................i
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- Table Of Contents....................................................ii
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- A. Introduction.......................................................1
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- B. Hardware Requirements..............................................1
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- C. Setup..............................................................1
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- D. Operating PixCat...................................................2
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- E. Setting Screen Colors..............................................5
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- F. Selecting Printer..................................................6
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- G. Selecting Directories..............................................7
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- H. Selecting A Graphics Library to Print..............................9
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- Product License, Distribution, and Support...........................11
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- PixCat Registration Form.............................................13
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- PixCat Customer Survey...............................................14
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- PixCat Version 2.3 Reference Manual
- ii (c) Copyright 1988, 1990 by Richard A. Sharon. All Rights Reserved ii
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- A. Introduction
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- Thank you for selecting PixCat, another amazing product from MIDPA
- Softworks. PixCat is used for printing a catalog of all pictures in a
- NewsMaster(tm), PrintMaster(tm), Print Shop(tm), or New Print Shop(tm)
- graphics library.
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- Depending on the type of printer you have, and the libraries you are
- using, PixCat prints approximately 56 pictures per page in a matrix 7
- pictures wide by 8 pictures deep.
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- PixCat enables you to see, at a glance, the entire contents of a
- graphics library. That, in turn, is a great help when you want to plan
- your next newsletter or poster; Pixcat enables you to compare available
- pictures to determine which would be most appropriate.
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- B. Hardware Requirements
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- Pixcat will run on IBM PCs, ATs, PS/2s and true compatibles.
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- PixCat requires at least 256K of memory and MS DOS or PC DOS versions
- 2.00 or higher. PixCat may run under other configurations but, those
- have not yet been tested. If you are not sure whether PixCat will run
- on your machine, try it and see what happens.
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- C. Setup
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- Files that should be on your disk include:
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- PIXCAT.EXE PixCat program. For those of you that have earlier
- versions, this replaces PixCatPM.COM and PixCatPS.COM.
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- PIXCATBW.BAT Invoke PixCat in "Black and White".
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- PIXCAT.HLP Data required by the PixCat help system.
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- PIXCAT.CFG The PixCat configuration file. This "remembers"
- screen colors, printer type, and other parameters. If
- this file is not in your default directory, PixCat will
- provide default colors and assume you are using an
- Epson FX+ type printer. Once in PixCat, you can adjust
- these parameters and create or update this file by
- using the "Save Configuration File" option on the main
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- Note: NewsMaster(tm) and PrintMaster(tm) are registered trademarks of
- Unison World Inc. Print Shop(tm) and New Print Shop(tm) are
- registered trademarks of Broderbund Software. These trademarks,
- products, and companies and are in no way related to PixCat or
- MIDPA Software.
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- PixCat Version 2.3 Reference Manual
- 1 (c) Copyright 1988, 1990 by Richard A. Sharon. All Rights Reserved 1
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- menu. This replaces any PIXCAT.CFG file(s) from PixCat
- versions prior to version 2.0.
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- PIXCAT.CFP PixCat printer configuration file. This replaces any
- PIXCAT.CFG files from earlier versions.
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- *.CFP (optional) Additional printer configuration files.
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- PIXCAT.DOC The documentation you are now reading.
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- PIXCAT.HST History of Modifications to PixCat.
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- INVOICE.DOC PixCat Invoice/Registration Form and Customer Survey.
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- READ.ME General information and comments.
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- Ensure that your default directory path contains the PIXCAT.HLP file,
- all "*.CFP" file(s) and, if it has already been created, the PIXCAT.CFG
- configuration file.
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- D. Operating PixCat
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- To invoke PixCat, type in "pixcat" at thdOÉ79É(97╢8:▀ü├êÿ892╣ÖÉ2╖:29àà τΦ≤⌠
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- -b to display using BIOS calls (if you don't know what this is
- you probably don't need it).
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- For example to invoke PixCat with a black and white display:
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- A:\> pixcat -c<enter>
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- To invoke PixCat eliminating CGA "snow" and using BIOS calls:
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- A:\> pixcat -cb<enter>
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- Regardless of the options you use, after entering "pixcat" on the DOS
- command line, the following "primary selection" menu will be displayed:
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- ┌────────────────────[ Select Processing Option ]────────────────────┐
- │[Information] Print Config OS Shell Exit │
- │ Product Overview, License Agreement, Registration Form │
- └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
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- The first menu line lists the options available from the menu
- ("Information", "Print", "Config", "OS Shell", and "Exit"). The second
- menu line describes the highlighted choice. In this case, the second
- line describes the "Information" selection.
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- "Information" provides product and license information.
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- "Print" provides a menu for printing pictures from the various graphics
- libraries.
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- "Config" is used to change screen colors, graphics library directories,
- or specify printer. The first time you use Pixcat, and any time your
- hardware changes significantly, you may want to adjust "Config"
- parameters. Please note that any changes made will be active during
- this session only unless explicitly saved by using the "Save" option on
- the "Config" menu. UNSAVED CHANGES WILL BE LOST WHEN YOU EXIT PixCat.
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- "OS Shell" lets you "shell" to DOS to do various DOS commands (e.g. DIR
- *.*, Erasing files, etc.). When you are finished with DOS and want to
- return to PixCat, type "exit" on the DOS command line and press
- "Enter".
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- "Exit" terminates PixCat and returns to the operating environment.
- Press your left and right arrow keys to highlight selections. Press
- "Down Arrow" to "pull down" a menu for the highlighted selection, or
- "enter" to invoke the highlighted selection. If the highlighted
- selection leads to another menu, "Down Arrow" and "Enter" have the same
- effect.
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- For example, pressing down arrow from the previous screen would result
- in the following:
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- ┌────────────────────[ Select Processing Option ]────────────────────┐
- │[Information] Print Config OS Shell Exit │
- │ Product Overview, License Agreement, Registration Form │
- ┌───────────────────┐────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
- │[Product Overview ]│
- │ License Agreement │
- └───────────────────┘
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- Pressing "Right Arrow" would move right to the "Print" menu:
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- ┌────────────────────[ Select Processing Option ]────────────────────┐
- │ Information [Print] Config OS Shell Exit │
- │ Print Catalog Of Graphics │
- └────────────┌────────────────────────────┐──────────────────────────┘
- │[NewsMaster(tm) Library(s) ]│
- │ PrintMaster(tm) Library(s) │
- │ Print Shop(tm) Library(s) │
- │ NeW Print Shop(tm) │
- │ Form Feed │
- │ Line Feed │
- │ Exit (Esc) │
- └────────────────────────────┘
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- Pressing "Down Arrow" would move down to the "PrintMaster" selection:
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- ┌────────────────────[ Select Processing Option ]────────────────────┐
- │ Information [Print] Config OS Shell Exit │
- │ Print Catalog Of Graphics │
- └────────────┌────────────────────────────┐──────────────────────────┘
- │ NewsMaster(tm) Library(s) │
- │[PrintMaster(tm) Library(s)]│
- │ Print Shop(tm) Library(s) │
- │ NeW Print Shop(tm) │
- │ Form Feed │
- │ Line Feed │
- │ Exit (Esc) │
- └────────────────────────────┘
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- You can also invoke selections by entering the highlighted letter in
- the selection code ("N" for NewsMaster, "F" for Form Feed).
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- For "context sensitive" help, press "F1" from any screen. By context
- sensitive, I mean that the help screen will pertain specifically to
- whatever function you were doing when you pressed "F1". Once in the
- help system, you can press "PgDn" or "PgUp" to move through multiple
- page help screens. When "Also See" text is highlighted, you can use
- your arrow keys to highlight related help topics then press "Enter" to
- display them. To exit the help system and return to whatever you were
- doing, press "Esc".
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- From just about any screen you can press Alt-X to exit i.e. hold down
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- E. Setting Screen Colors
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- To change screen colors, select "Config" from the primary selection
- menu then select "Color Selection" from the Config Menu:
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- ┌────────────────────[ Select Processing Option ]────────────────────┐
- │ Information Print [Config] OS Shell Exit │
- │ Revise Configuration Parameters (Colors, Printer, Directories) │
- └───────────────────┌────────────────────┐───────────────────────────┘
- │[Color Selection ]│
- │ Printer Selection │
- │ Directories │
- │ Save Configuration │
- │ Exit (Esc) │
- └────────────────────┘
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- When "Color Selection" is highlighted, press "Enter" to display the
- color selection screen. Two windows will be displayed (below), a
- "Sample" window (top) and a color selection window (bottom):
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- ╔══════════════════════════[ Sample Menu ]══════════════════════════╗
- ║ Current Selection Available Selection Disabled Selection ║
- ║ Optional Description of Current Selection ║
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- ╔═══════[ Use Arrows To Pick Color, Space Bar To Change It ]════════╗
- ║ Color Setting Background Foreground Hilight ║
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- ║ [Menu Window ] [Blue ] White Yellow ║
- ║ Menu Selection Bar Light Grey Blue Yellow ║
- ║ Disabled Selection Blue Cyan Light Blue ║
- ║ Data Entry Window Blue White Yellow ║
- ║ Current Data Field Cyan Black Yellow ║
- ║ Other Data Field(s) Light Grey Black Yellow ║
- ║ Help Window Brown White Yellow ║
- ║ Active See Also Bar Black Yellow Yellow ║
- ║ Inactive See Also Bar Brown Yellow Yellow ║
- ║ Prompt Window Cyan White Yellow ║
- ║ Prompt Answer Bar Black Yellow Yellow ║
- ║ Status Window Red White Yellow ║
- ║ PixCat Logo Window Green Blue Black ║
- ╚═ [F10]=Finished ═══════════════════════════════════ [Esc]=Cancel ═╝
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- You adjust color by "pointing" to a color setting type like "Menu
- Window", pointing to a color type like "Background", and pressing the
- spacebar to vary that color. The result of your changes will be
- simulated in the "Sample" window. Keep selecting color to be changed
- and pressing "Enter" until you are satisfied with the colors you've
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- Specifically, use:
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- UP/Down Arrows to to highlight the color setting to be changed ("Menu
- Window", "Menu Selection Bar", etc.).
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- Left/Right Arrows to pick which color to change ("Background",
- "Foreground", "Hilight").
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- Spacebar to change color for the highlighted color setting and type.
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- F10 to "lock in" your changes and return to the "Config" menu.
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- Esc key to "cancel" your changes and return to the "Config" menu.
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- Home key to jump to the beginning of the list.
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- End key to jump to the end of the list.
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- F. Selecting Printer
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- To specify printer, select "Config" from the primary selection menu
- then select "Printer Selection" from the Config Menu:
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- ┌────────────────────[ Select Processing Option ]────────────────────┐
- │ Information Print [Config] OS Shell Exit │
- │ Revise Configuration Parameters (Colors, Printer, Directories) │
- └───────────────────┌────────────────────┐───────────────────────────┘
- │ Color Selection │
- │[Printer Selection ]│
- │ Directories │
- │ Save Configuration │
- │ Exit (Esc) │
- └────────────────────┘
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- When "Printer Selection" is highlighted, press "Enter" to display the
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- ╔════[ Use Arrows To Move To Printer, Press Enter To Select It ]════╗
- ║ [Epson FX+ (80/100/86e/286e) ] Epson EX 800/100 ║
- ║ Epson MX Graphics Printer Epson LQ500/510 ║
- ║ IBM Graphics Printer OKIDATA ML 192/193 ║
- ║ OKIDATA ML 182/120F OKIDATA with IBM Plug & Play ║
- ║ Panasonic KX P1092/1093 SPG 8050/8070 ║
- ║ Star Gemini 10x/15x Toshiba P351 ║
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- ╚═ [Enter]=Select ═══════════════════════════════════ [Esc]=Cancel ═╝
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- A list of available printer configurations, read from the "*.CFP"
- file(s) in the current directory, will be displayed. By "current
- directory", I mean the directory you were in when you invoked PixCat.
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- Note: if your printer is emulating another printer, USE THE SETTING FOR
- THE PRINTER BEING EMULATED. For example, if you have an Okidata 192
- but have it set up to emulate an IBM Graphics Printer, then select "IBM
- Graphics Printer".
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- Any settings modified from this screen will be active during this
- session only unless explicitly saved by using the "Save" option on the
- primary selection menu.
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- Specifically, while in the "Printer Selection" window use the:
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- Arrow keys to Move through the printer list and "Point" to a displayed
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- Home key to jump to the top of the displayed list.
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- End key to jump to the bottom of the displayed list.
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- PgDn key to page down; to display the next page of printers.
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- PgUp key to page up; to display the previous page of printers.
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- F10 or Enter key to "lock in" your printer selection and return to the
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- Esc key to return to the primary selection menu WITHOUT CHANGING
- the previous printer selection.
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- G. Selecting Directories
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- You will need to tell PixCat "where" to find your graphics libraries.
- This is done by specifying valid "DOS Directory Paths" for each of the
- different types of graphics. To do so, select "Config" from the
- primary selection menu then select "Directories" from the Config Menu:
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- │ Information Print [Config] OS Shell Exit │
- │ Revise Configuration Parameters (Colors, Printer, Directories) │
- └───────────────────┌────────────────────┐───────────────────────────┘
- │ Color Selection │
- │ Printer Selection │
- │[Directories ]│
- │ Save Configuration │
- │ Exit (Esc) │
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- When "Directories" is highlighted, press "Enter" to display the
- directory specification screen:
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- ╔══════════════════════[ Specify Directories ]══════════════════════╗
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- ║ NewsMaster(tm): ║
- ║ C:\NEWS\GRAPHICS\ ║
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- ║ PrintMaster(tm): ║
- ║ C:\PRINTMAS\ ║
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- ║ Print Shop(tm) and New Print Shop(tm): ║
- ║ C:\PS\ ║
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- ╚═ [F10]=Finished ═══════════════════════════════════ [Esc]=Cancel ═╝
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- The "Directory Path" lines let you specify directories that contain
- your graphics libraries. These can be changed later when you actually
- select libraries for printing. You can key in a new directory or key
- in changes to the directory path already displayed. Several "edit"
- keys and capabilities have been provided for your convenience and are
- listed below. Included is the option of "Overlay" or "Insert" mode.
- In "Overlay" mode, entered characters replace the character under the
- cursor. In "Insert" mode, entered characters are inserted at the
- cursor by pushing all remaining characters to the right.
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- When in the display screen use the:
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- UP or Down Arrows to "move" to a directory.
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- Left or Right Arrows to move left or right within directory.
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- Home key to jump left to the beginning of the path.
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- End key to jump right to the end of the path.
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- Backspace to delete the character to the left of the cursor.
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- Delete to delete the character under the cursor.
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- Shift Delete to delete from cursor to end of line.
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- Insert key to toggle between "Insert" and "Overlay" modes.
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- F10 or Enter key to "lock in" your directory changes and return to the
- "Config" menu.
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- Esc key to "undo" any changes that have been entered and return to
- the "Config" menu.
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- When you try to "lock in" directory changes, PixCat will verify
- adequate syntax; if any syntax errors are detected, PixCat will
- produce an error message and automatically position cursor at the first
- inappropriate character.
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- If a path is specified but the last backslash ("\") is not specified,
- one will be automatically provided.
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- H. Selecting a Graphics Library to Print
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- To select and print a graphics library, select "Print" from the primary
- selection menu then select the appropriate type of library from the
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- ┌────────────────────[ Select Processing Option ]────────────────────┐
- │ Information [Print] Config OS Shell Exit │
- │ Print Catalog Of Graphics │
- └────────────┌────────────────────────────┐──────────────────────────┘
- │ NewsMaster(tm) Library(s) │
- │[PrintMaster(tm) Library(s)]│
- │ Print Shop(tm) Library(s) │
- │ NeW Print Shop(tm) │
- │ Form Feed │
- │ Line Feed │
- │ Exit (Esc) │
- └────────────────────────────┘
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- A list of graphics libraries in the specified Directory Path will be
- displayed:
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- ╔═══════════════[ Select Library From C:\PRINTMAS\ ]════════════════╗
- ║ (New Dir) [STANDARD] GALLERY1 GALLERY2 NMNEWS ║
- ║ ULIB4 NMBIZ NMSPORTS NMTRAVEL TOURISM ║
- ║ EARTH RAISONS FANTASY AA-AZ BA-BL ║
- ║ BM-BZ CA-CH CI-CZ DA-DZ GRAPHIC4 ║
- ║ GRAPHIC5 ULIB EA-EZ FA-FZ GA-HZ ║
- ║ IA-LZ MA-OZ PA-PZ PEANUTS1 QA-RZ ║
- ║ SA-SL SM-SZ TA-TZ UA-ZZ ║
- ╚═ [Enter]=Select ═════ [Arrows]=Move To Library ════ [Esc]=Cancel ═╝
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- "(New Dir)" lets you "point" to a different directory containing your
- graphics libraries. Selecting "(New Dir)" displays a window comparable
- to the "Directories" window displayed from the "Config" menu.
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- You can print a graphics library appearing in the displayed list by
- pointing to it and pressing enter. During library print, the screen
- will display progress by listing pictures as they are formatted and
- whether they are currently printing. You can stop printing at any
- time, before printing of a library has completed, by pressing the
- "Esc" Key.
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- Specifically, while pointing to a library use the:
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- Arrow keys to move to another library or to move to the "(New Dir)"
- Directory Path specification.
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- Home key to jump to the beginning of the library list.
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- End key to jump to the end of the library list.
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- Enter key to select a graphics library and begin printing it. You
- can stop printing at any time, before printing of a library
- has completed, by pressing any key.
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- Esc key to return to the primary selection menu.
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- I. Product License, Distribution, and Support.
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- This software and manual are both protected by United States Copyright
- Law and International Treaty provisions. Unauthorized reproduction
- and/or sales may result in imprisonment and fines. Copyright
- infringers may also be subject to civil liability.
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- PixCat is distributed under a marketing approach called "Shareware":
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- This product may be freely copied and shared with others as described
- below. However, if you use it, we expect you to register your copy(s)
- by sending a check for $10.00 for each copy to:
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- MIDPA Softworks
- P.O. Box 48121
- Fort Worth, TX. 76148
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- (Fort Worth, Texas, residents add 7.5% Sales Tax,
- Other Texas residents add 7.0% Sales Tax)
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- You Can: Copy this program for trial use and archival purposes. You
- can distribute this program for trial use by others on a
- private, non-commercial basis. You can make this product
- available for public access via clubs or telecommunications
- BBS Systems.
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- You can continue to use each REGISTERED copy of this
- program "like a book". By "like a book", we mean that you
- can freely transfer this product from user-to-user and to
- multiple computers or media provided that there is NO
- POSSIBILITY of it's being used by two different people on
- two different computers at the same time (just "like a
- book" can't be read by two different people at two
- different locations at the same time).
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- You Cannot: Continue using PixCat without registering your copy(s).
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- You cannot permit more than one person to use PixCat on
- more than one computer at the same time without REGISTERING
- EACH COPY.
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- CUSTOMER SUPPORT WILL ONLY BE PROVIDED TO REGISTERED USERS.
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- Please send any comments regarding this product to Richard A. Sharon
- c/o MIDPA Softworks (using the address listed above) or CompuServe ID
- 76416,2213.
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- Several enhancements to this product are currently under development,
- more enhancements are in the planning stages. However, any future
- evolution of this product will depend on volume of registered users;
- this product will not continue to grow and improve unless you register
- your copy.
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- MIDPA Softworks Registration/Order Form
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- Make Checks payable to "MIDPA Softworks"
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- and Send to: MIDPA Softworks
- P.O. Box 48121
- Fort Worth, TX 76148
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- MIDPA Softworks Customer Survey
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- Please help us improve PixCat by filling out the following survey and
- including it with your registration form. Thank You.
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- I use PixCat with the following computer(s):
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- [ ] IBM PC, XT or AT [ ] IBM PS/2 Model(s):___________________
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- [ ] Other(s) please specify:______________________________________
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- Minimum Size Ram Memory Used:___________Kilobytes
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- I use PixCat with the following printer(s) (please specify manufacturer
- and model number):
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- I use PixCat with the following operating system(s):
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- [ ] MS-Dos or PC-Dos Version:_____________________________________
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- [ ] Other(s) please specify:______________________________________
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- I use PixCat with the following software product(s):
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- [ ] NewsMaster(tm) [ ] PrintMaster+(tm) [ ] PrintShop(tm)
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- [ ] Other(s) please specify:______________________________________
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- Using a scale of 1 to 10 (1 = terrible, 5 = average, 10 = excellent),
- please indicate:
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- [ ] How easy is this product to use?
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- [ ] How practical or useful is this product?
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- MIDPA Softworks Customer Survey
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- The following questions require more lengthy responses. Please feel
- free to use additional sheets of paper if necessary.
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- How did you find out about PixCat? Where did you get your copy from?
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- What would you say are the best features of PixCat?
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- What would you say are its worst features?
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- Please list any extraneous or useless features of PixCat.
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- Please describe enhancements to PixCat, or related products, you would
- like to see.
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- What similar products have you seen or used?
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- Thank you for the time and effort you spent on this survey, we
- appreciate your feedback. And, most of all, thank you for being a
- customer of MIDPA Softworks.
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