On Disk Monthly 70/odm70.zip/DOSMAN.HLP

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^C^IHot-Key Information

F1   Help                     Shift-F3  duplicates single file
F2   toggles sound/silence    Shift-F4  renames file(s)
F3   copies file(s)           Shift-F7  create & edit file
F4   moves file(s)            Shift-F8  continues search
F5   prints directory         Enter     views file
F6   selects sorting options  Space     marks/unmarks file
F7   edits file               +         marks all files
F8   searches for a file                [except subdirectories]
F9   shows credits screen     -         unmarks all files
F10  change drive/directory   Esc       exits program
Ins  creates directory        Del       deletes file(s)

/    (slash) runs program or executes command

PgUp, PgDn, Home, End, and arrows move through directory.
Shift-F1 brings up this screen.
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^C^I

^C^1^V

^CProgrammed by
^CDaniel Tobias

^CCopyright 1990-92 by Softdisk, Inc.

^CThe names of various programs mentioned in conjunction with
^Cthis program's file viewing capabilities are trademarks of
^Ctheir respective owners, and are mentioned for identification
^Cpurposes only.  No endorsement of this program by other
^Csoftware publishers is implied.

^C^I

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^C^IMain Screen

The main screen of DOS Manager shows you the current directory.
Use the arrow keys to move around on the directory, or use the
mouse on the scroll bar to the right.  Press ENTER to view the
current file (or, if it is a subdirectory, to go to it).
Double-clicking with the mouse has the same effect.

To select multiple files for an operation such as copying,
moving, or deleting, use the space bar to toggle a check mark in
front of the currently-highlighted file, or click with the
middle mouse button if you have a three-button mouse.

Various functions are available from menus which can be "pulled
down" from the top line of the screen with a mouse click, or by
pressing Alt and the first letter of the desired menu.  Each
function also has a "hot key" to access the function without
going through the menus.

           Press F1 now to see the full instructions.
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^C^IGetting Ready to Print

You have selected a printout, and DOS Manager is getting ready
to send the report to your printer.

Be sure your printer is turned on, on line, lined up with the
top of a page, and is set to the proper mode in which you would
like the printout to appear.

After pressing ESC to leave this help text, press the space bar
to begin printing, or ESC if you decide you don't want to print
after all.
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^C^IText Editor

This is a miniature text editor, designed particularly for
editing batch and control files.  It is not intended as a full-
function word processor.

Available commands:

  F1   Help                     Home       Go to start of line
  F2   Toggle sound             End        Go to end of line
  F4   Insert another file      Ctrl-Home  Go to top of file
  F5   Print the file           Ctrl-End   Go to end of file
  F6   Insert a line            Backspace  Delete before cursor
  F7   Delete current line      Del        Delete at cursor
  F8   Search for text          Shift-F8   Repeat search
  F9   Program information      Ins        Toggle insert mode
  F10  Save file and exit       Esc        Exit without saving

  Arrows move around, and PgUp and PgDn page.
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^C^IGetting Into the Text Editor

You are first asked for the name of the file to edit.  The
default is the currently-selected file, but you can type
something else, even a name of a file that doesn't exist but you
want to create.

There is a size limit to files you can edit, depending on your
available memory; you'll be told if a file is too big.

Only ASCII text files can be edited.  Non-text files are not
editable, and many word processor files have embedded commands
that will be stripped by DOS Manager when you edit them.

Lines longer than 80 characters will be shown word-wrapped onto
multiple lines, with an arrowhead () at the left edge of
continued lines to show they are part of the preceding line.
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^C^IChanging Directories

You are being asked for a new directory to go to, which can be
on the same disk drive or a different one.  Type the MS-DOS path
specification, in the standard format, such as:

^1    C:\TEXT\DOCS\

^1    A:

^1    SUBDIR\NEXT

You can get a full tree to select from by pressing F8.

You can also navigate the directories of the current drive by
moving to a subdirectory on the main screen and pressing ENTER,
or moving to the ".." entry at the top of a directory and
pressing ENTER to go up to its parent directory.
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^C^ICreating a Directory

To create a subdirectory within the current directory, simply
type the desired directory name.
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^C^IRun Program or Command

You can type the name of any executable program or batch file
you wish to run, or a DOS command such as DIR.

You can add any parameters you wish to pass to the program or
command.  Type the command you wish to execute exactly as you
would from the DOS command line.

Note that it's possible to do destructive things through DOS
commands, such as DEL *.* to delete all files in a directory, or
FORMAT C: to reformat your hard disk.  DOS Manager doesn't do
any command parsing to screen out harmful commands, so be
careful what you do with this function just as you would be
careful what you type at the DOS command line.
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^C^IFind File

You are being asked for the name of a file to search for.  Don't
include any drive or path information; the file will be searched
for in all directories of the current drive.

You may include MS-DOS wildcard characters:

       STUFF.*        selects all files with the name "STUFF"
                      no matter what extension they have

       A*.TXT         selects all .TXT files starting with A

       DEMO?B.ARC     selects all .ARC files starting with DEMO,
                      followed by any character, then a B.

Once a file is found, you can go to it, keep searching, or abort
the search.
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^C^ICopy and Move

These commands will act on the files in the current directory
which you have selected by pressing the space bar, or by
pressing + to select all files.  You can select a subdirectory
with the space bar (though directories are not automatically
highlighted by "+"), and in this case the directory and
everything in it will be acted on by the copy or move command.
If no files or directories are selected, the file at the current
highlight-bar position will be chosen.

Copy makes a copy of the files to another directory, leaving the
originals alone.  Move puts the files in a different directory,
removing them from the current place.

Copy and Move keep the filenames the same as they presently are.
Use Duplicate if you want to copy a single file to a new file of
a different name.

If there is insufficient space on the destination drive, you
will be prompted to insert a new formatted disk.
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^C^IRename

This command will act on the files in the current directory
which you have selected by pressing the space bar, or by
pressing + to select all files.  You can select a subdirectory
with the space bar (though directories are not automatically
highlighted by "+").  If no files or directories are selected,
the file at the current highlight-bar position will be chosen.

You are then prompted for new names for each of the files and
directories you have selected.  A directory is treated just like
any other file; you can rename it to any other legal name.
(Files within a directory are not changed.)

Legal filenames consist of up to eight characters, followed
optionally by a period (.) and up to three characters as an
extension.
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^C^IDuplicate

This command lets you copy a single file into a different name,
either in the current directory or a different directory.

Duplicate always acts on the file at the current highlight-bar
position, whether or not you have selected other files using the
space bar or +.

You are prompted for the name of the new file you wish to create
as a duplicate of the selected file.  If you type a name with no
path, the current directory will be used.  You can type any
drive or path preceding the name to select the position of the
file you are creating.

Subdirectories can't be duplicated using this command; use the
Copy command to copy files from one directory to another.
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^C^IDeleting Directory

You are about to delete a directory.  If you do this, everything
in the directory, including any files and subdirectories, will
be removed.  Thus, you'd better be really certain that this is
what you actually want to do, so you don't accidentally lose
files you wanted to keep.

It's always a good idea to make regular backups of your hard
disk, so that you can recover files you delete by mistake.

Some software packages might be able to recover some of the
files you have deleted, but this is dubious, particularly after
you've written other information to your disk.  So, always
regard all deletions as permanent and irrevocable.
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^C^IDelete

This command will act on the files in the current directory
which you have selected by pressing the space bar, or by
pressing + to select all files.  You can select a subdirectory
with the space bar (though directories are not automatically
highlighted by "+").  If no files or directories are selected,
the file at the current highlight-bar position will be chosen.

Say "Y" as each filename is shown to confirm that you really
want to delete it.  Be careful you don't delete something you
wanted to keep.  Press the exclamation mark (!) to skip further
questions and delete all remaining selected files without asking
you first.

You will still be asked to confirm deletion of subdirectories
and of hidden, system, or read-only files, as such deletions are
potentially more perilous than deletion of normal files.
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^C^IDirectory Tree

You can display the tree of any drive in order to select a
directory to go to or to copy files to.

First, press the letter of the desired drive when prompted (or
ENTER to use the current drive).  Then, the tree will be
generated.

When the tree is displayed, use the arrow keys to move around,
and ENTER to choose the currently highlighted directory.  You
can also double-click the mouse on a directory name to select
it.  Press ESC to abort without selecting a directory.
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^C^IDirectory Sorting

You may select a sorting order to use in displaying all
directories, or choose Unsorted to leave directories in their
actual order.

These options affect only the order the directory entries are
shown within DOS Manager, and do not change the actual order
of the directories on your disks.

Your chosen directory sorting order remains in effect until
you change it by bringing up this command again.

Numeric sorts put files in order of any numbers found within
their names or extensions, so that HELP9.TXT sorts before
HELP10.TXT, whereas normal alphabetic sorting would put these
files in the opposite order.
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^C^IViewing Spreadsheet

You are viewing a spreadsheet or template created using
Lotus 1-2-3, Symphony, or a compatible program.

You can use the arrow keys, PgUp, PgDn, and Home to move
around in the spreadsheet to view other parts of it, but
you can't change data in the spreadsheet.

Each time you move, the whole spreadsheet is reloaded,
so this can be slow for large spreadsheets.  However,
you needn't wait for the loading to complete before
pressing another key to move again or exit.

ESC or ENTER returns you to the main screen.
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^C^IFile Contents

DOS Manager has the built in capability of listing a number of
specialized file types, such as ARC, ZIP, LZH and ARJ archives,
DBase-style database files, and Lotus-style spreadsheet
templates.  The file type is automatically detected when you
press ENTER to view a file.  Files that are not of a supported
type will be displayed either as ASCII text or as raw
hexadecimal dumps depending on their content.

Specialized-format file listings are shown one screenful at a
time, and you should press ENTER to continue to the next screen.
F5 will print the entire listing (not just the current page),
and F6 switches to a raw hexadecimal dump of the file.  These
"hex dumps" will probably not be meaningful to non-technical
users, but may be helpful to PC experts who want to see what the
innards of their files look like in their raw form.
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^C^IPrinter Error

DOS Manager is unable to send output to the printer.

You may be out of paper, or the printer may be offline.

Please correct this and press ENTER to try again, or else
press ESC to abort the printout.