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IPJ DOCUMENTATION Copyright 1992 Gary R. Smith PREFACE PLEASE NOTE: The first time you view any main text, IPJ will be modified to prevent distribution of a copy that has been opened. Please make a back-up copy of the IPJNEW file and save it, "unopened", for distribution -- prior to running IPJ. When you open a main body of text the first time, you will be asked if you want to change the name of the PAD. You may enter a file name of your choice--for volume 1, version 1 you might enter "IPJV1V1." If you do not rename the file, select <Cancel> -- otherwise you will get an error message because the file cannot be renamed "IPJNEW". If you are reading this on-line in IPJ but have not read a primary body of text you may still make a copy for distribution by exiting now (select "File, Exit"). For example, in IPJV1V1, there are four main bodies of text: "Thirteen Moon Journal", "Life Notebook", "Bicycling and Thoreau" and "Under Construction." To be certain you haven't caused an alteration before making a distribution copy, check the Cover for a notice which would appear at the top if any main text has been opened, as well as noting the name of the file. This security measure protects you as well as the integrity of IPJ. For example, it helps prevent the distribution of any confidential notes or inadvertent changes to copyrighted text you may have made. Please report any violations to the address provided at "Interact, Registration." Thank you for your cooperation. IPJ is being continually refined, and the documentation is updated, both on-line and in the separate text file. Due to the nature of the updating process, the two may not be identical, and you may want to read both. Please read about Shareware, by selecting "Navigate, Shareware." DESCRIPTION OF IPJ AND RELATIONSHIP WITH HYPERPAD IPJ is both a logical, systematic structure, and a tool and vehicle for spontaneous exploration and honest, insightful expression and interaction. The IPJ concept was designed within the attractive interface and powerful features of the authoring system, with the intention of providing for your ease of transition from IPJ to HyperPAD. HyperPAD, a program separate from IPJ, has extensive, excellent documentation including a free demo disk and highly acclaimed manuals. In addition, HyperPAD is available as shareware. Because re-writing the HyperPAD documentation would be a redundant and needless exercise, the features of IPJ which are identical to HyperPAD's are not covered herein. This also trims the IPJ file size, an advantage for downloading and distributing the evaluation copy. Regarding file size, once you have the Browser .EXE and .OVL files, all you need to run additional volumes of IPJ is the *.PAD file. Therefore, IPJ may be considered a modular system, allowing the user to build upon the core files with volumes of personal interest. To learn more about the features (for example, all but two of the top menu bar items) which are part of HyperPAD's domain, you should contact Brightbill-Roberts (select Navigate, HyperPAD). The two top menu bar items which are part of IPJ's domain are Navigate and Interact. All of the second row of menu items, from "Text" to the right arrow, are a part of the Interactive Personal Journal interface. Their use is best learned by selecting each, observing and responding. IPJ is highly intuitive and instructional. An advanced level of proficiency as an IPJ user can be attained without reference to documentation, simply by reading the screen and experimenting. For IPJ on-line readers, if you haven't already visited the "Navigate, Using IPJ" section, that stop-over is highly recommended. SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS IBM Personal Computer, Compatible, or IBM PS/2 Series 384KB available memory DOS 2.1 or higher Hard disk recommended Use of the Microsoft(R) Mouse is optional IPJ FILE NAMES IPJNEW.PAD BROWSER.OVL BROWSER.EXE IPJDOC.TXT USINGIPJ.TXT SHARWARE.TXT IPJNEW.BAT IPJV1V1.BAT The above files, as of this writing, will uncompress to about 500K. INSTALLATION To run IPJ on a hard drive, generally a sub-directory is created, the IPJ files copied from a floppy disk into the sub-directory, and (if zipped) the primary file is extracted. OPERATION Because IPJ is a concept for a product line that may grow to a large number of volumes, the start-up name will be unique to the volume. Two batch files have been written to provide for one step start-up; one for IPJNEW and the other for the suggested name after you have opened IPJ. To start IPJV1V1 (Volume 1, Version 1), type IPJV1V1 and enter. To start other volumes, use the name of the program file with the .BAT extension. You may also start IPJ by typing "Browser <filename>" at the IPJ subdirectory. When you start the IPJ evaluation copy, you will be asked for a password. Type in "My Journal" (with space, not in quotes, not case-sensitive). While some may use IPJ for keeping a personal reference library, preparing notes for a paper or speech, research or other purposes, it is primarily designed as a journalling tool and vehicle. For many people, the contents of their journal is confidential. HyperPAD has built-in password protection, a feature which transfers well to the IPJ concept. Evaluation copies of IPJ are password protected to demonstrate that capability for journal-writers. Registered users are able to personalize or remove the password protection. See "Interact, Registration." METHODS OF EXPLORING IPJ CHAPTER-BY-CHAPTER If you choose a systematic approach to using IPJ, the structure is there: you may travel from the Cover to Contents, through preliminaries such as Author, Acknowledgments, and Introduction, to the Chapters from first to last and finally the Epilogue. WORD AND THEME Using the search and hyperlinking capabilities of HyperPAD, you will be able to choose your paths through the text, by key word. Select "KeyWs", type the word(s) you want to find and press enter. If the word or phrase you seek is in the text, it will be located and highlighted. To go to the next occurrence, press enter, and again, and so on. You can actually "travel" through the entire text within IPJ in this manner--a wonderful way to compare text by different authors on a theme, find links and gain insights, as well as re-locate a word or phrase previously read. Once you register IPJ, you will be able to select "Tools, Text" and find the line number where you are reading. When making notes on text, you can include the text "address", a valuable aid in re-locating those portions. The themes that may be explored within IPJ in future volumes will, if development goes as planned, be far-ranging. The text of IPJV1V1 is primarily centered on the hows and whys of the journalling process, from various sources. The perspective is mostly from a spiritual, Christian viewpoint (with the exception, perhaps, of the articles on fitness journalling and Thoreau's journal). The IPJ vision is to offer a balance and diversity of opinions and belief systems, including some which the IPJ author does not accept. For further understanding of the author's thought processes -- where he "is coming from" -- see the portion of the author's journal in "Under Construction", which may be accessed from the cover menu of IPJV1V1 (Navigate, Map). The full text may become available in its entirety. For more information, select "Interact, Registration", check the appropriate box on the order form, and mail the printed form to the address provided. TIME OR GOAL APPROACH The planned design will allow you to select your own pace for completing the journalling process through the text, and see a calendar or charts of your progress. WHY AND HOW TO JOURNAL For more about why and how you should use the journalling process, read the text of "Thirteen Moon Journal" and "Under Construction, the Author's Journal", which will be found in IPJV1V1 and some other volumes, by selecting "Interact, Catalog". COMPRESSING PADS [The following is from "HyperPAD 2.0 User's Guide", pages 199-200, (c) Copyright Brightbill-Roberts & Company, Ltd. 1990 All rights reserved.] You may have noticed that the Pad Info dialog box contains a Free Space option, which reports the number of bytes of free space within the pad. Free space accumulates while you're modifying or creating pads. As you use your pad, HyperPAD objects change size and empty spaces form within the disk file. These spaces are used, resized, and emptied as needed while you're working with the pad. In fact, HyperPAD manages free space in your pad without your knowing it. However, to conserve disk space, HyperPAD gives you the ability to remove all the free space in the pad. To remove the free space in a pad: 1. Select the Pad Info command from the Objects meny (ALT+O, D) and check the free space. (The user level has to be set at least to Painting.) [IPJ note: the registered version is set to Painting]. 2. Select Compress from the File menu. A message indicating the status of the compress is displayed during the compression process. Pad compression requires twice the disk space of the original pad. For example, if the size of the pad is 10,000 bytes, to compress the pad you will need 10,000 free bytes of space on your disk. [End of quote from HyperPAD manual]. MOVING AROUND IPJ IPJ inherits the excellent "Point-and-Click" and "Push-Button Computing" features of HyperPAD. To make a selection or type in notes, simply use the Tab and Enter keys or Mouse button. The primary IPJ screen uses a "Scrolling" field. The page you are on (for those reading this on-line in IPJ) is scrolling. If you Arrow Up or Down you will see, when the blinking cursor reaches the top or bottom, how new text is exposed to view. IPJ screens are designed to be attractive and efficient. The top menu and bottom status bars are standard on all screens and a standard second menu bar at the top is found on most, in order to minimize your learning curve. You may customize the menu colors too! Just select "Interact, Colors", use the arrows to see color combination or go to "Examples" and make your choice, then "Set" from the "Colors" screen. "Text" will show a full screen of text. "Notes" will give you a full screen for typing in your notes. "T by N" displays text on the left and your notepad on the right. "T over N" displays text on the top and your notepad on the bottom. Some pages do not have fields which can be sized. Those have the instructions, "Menu bar/arrows to navigate from this screen." "Go To Pg" brings up a dialog box which asks "Which Page." If you choose OK, you'll go to the next page. Or, you can type in any page number to go to that screen. Notice the page number in [] in the Status Bar below. The arrows are a quick way to toggle forwards and backwards. If you are on-line in IPJ (hard copy won't work), try the selections now! You can return to this screen by selecting an arrow, "Go To Pg", or "Navigate, Documentation" from the menu bar. You can also use the "Go" pull-down menu. The methods you use will depend upon what you are trying to accomplish and your personal preferences. The "M" buttons toggle on and off markers along the top of the right side. Hidden "L" buttons can be made visible along the lower right side and used to create user-defined links from page to page. In combination with other IPJ features, these enable you to mark pages, perform queries to find all markers, make notes on the theme of the marked text, gain insights by finding links between bodies of text and notes, and so on. Future versions will include examples and ideas for making the best use of these capabilities. You will find information about features which are planned but not yet functional under "Navigate, Progress." IPJ is a concept which generates excitement in the responsive. You are invited to participate. [END]