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                                EDM TUTORIAL


This tutorial is meant to help you become acquainted with the Easy DOS Menu
(EDM).  Its purpose is not to cover every option within EDM, but it will
provide you with a working knowledge of the most commonly used features.  Any
features not discussed, can be found in the main sections of the Easy DOS MENU
documentation.

Before you start the tutorial, you should find an application program (such
as Wordperfect, Lotus 1-2-3, etc..) you wish to add to EDM.  Once you have
decided which program you wish to add, you will need to find the entire path
of where the program resides.  For example, Lotus 1-2-3 may reside in
C:\LOTUS.  Therefore, the path is C:\LOTUS.  You will also need to know the
name of the executable program.  Again with Lotus 1-2-3, it may be LOTUS.EXE.
Once you have obtained this information, you may begin the tutorial.

The tutorial is designed to walk you through the steps required to accomplish
certain tasks.  This means, you should have the menu on your screen, so that
you can see what actually happens on the screen when each operation is
performed.


Exercise 1
To start, become familiar with the menu.  Use your arrow keys or mouse, to
move around the menu.  You will notice that your active box (the highlighted)
one moves as you use the arrow keys or mouse.  The active box is the one in
which actions can be performed upon.  You will notice that as you go off the
bottom of the screen, the menu will scroll up, so that the active box is
always at the bottom of the screen.  The opposite holds true for when you go
off the top of the screen, the top box will always be active.  Once you are
comfortable with the movement of the active box, you can now change the
information which resides within a given box.
Move your active box to the top box.  Now, hit ALT-O on the keyboard.  This
will bring up the option bar on the bottom of the screen.  There are many
options here, but for now, just concern yourself with the QEDIT option.  Move
the highlight bar so that it highlights the QEDIT option.  Then hit the
<ENTER> key.  This will bring up a window containing information about the
active box.
The box will be titled "QUICK EDIT> " followed by the title of the active box.
Below this, the path and executable file name are listed, with the first line
being highlighted.  You can now change the information.  On the first line,
type in the drive where the program resides, followed by a colon.  Then hit
the <ENTER> key.  This will add your change.  Now move the highlight bar down
one line.  Type in the letters CD (for change directory) followed by a space,
followed by the path where the program resides.  After typing in the path,
hit the <ENTER> key.
For example, for Lotus 1-2-3, type "CD C:\LOTUS".
Finally, move the highlight bar down one more line, and type in the
executable file name and hit the <ENTER> key.
You have now entered all the needed information to run the application
program.  However, there is one more thing to do.  You need to change the
title of the box.  If you hit the F1 key, another option bar will appear at
the bottom of the screen.  Again, there are many options, but you only need
to be aware of the Rename-item option.  Move the highlight bar, so that it
highlights this option and hit the <ENTER> key.  A box will appear labeled
"CHANGE TITLE> " followed by the current title.  The flashing cursor tells
you that it is ready for your new title name.  Enter the title of your choice
and hit the <ENTER> key.  You will return to the QUICK EDIT box with the new
title in place.
It is now time to see if you have setup the box correctly.  Hit the <ESC> key
to exit the Quick Edit feature.  You should now be at the menu with the
active box being the one you just changed.  If you now hit the <ENTER> key,
you should now enter your application program.  If this did not work, you
must verify that the program exists where you said it did, and then repeat
the above process to make sure you inputted the data correctly.  If this did
work, and you are currently in your application program, then everything
worked correctly.  Now, when you exit the application program, you will come
back to the menu.


Exercise 2
The second exercise is the use of Add and Delete.
Before adding a module, you must decide where you wish to add it, in respect
to the other modules.  The added module will occur after the presently
highlighted module.  So highlight the module in which you want the added
module to follow.  Then hit the F2 key.  This will bring up the Quick Edit
box.
  Note: it is quicker to access the Quick Editor with F2,
        rather than accessing through the option bar.

Now hit the F1 key to bring up the Editor option bar.  Highlight the word Add
and hit the <ENTER> key.  A box will appear waiting for you to type in the
title of the module.  Once you do this and hit the <ENTER> key, the Quick
Edit box will pop up with the first line highlighted.  You will notice that
the box is empty.  You must now enter the necessary information, just as you
did in exercise #1.
Once you have done this, hit the <ESC> key and you will notice that the
module has been added.  If you wish to save this change.  Enter the Quick
Editor (via the ALT-O or by F2) and enter the Editor option bar (F1).  Now
select "SAVE" and your change will become permanent.

To delete a module, you must first highlight the module you wish to delete.
Then, enter the Quick Editor and select "DELETE" from the Editor option bar.
A question will pop-up to verify that you wish to delete this module.  If you
wish to delete the module, move your mouse or use the arrows to change from
the word "NO" to "YES".  Then hit the <ENTER> key.  You may also hit the
letter "Y" on the keyboard.
If you do not wish to delete the module, hit the <ENTER> key when the box is
labeled "NO" or hit "N" on the keyboard.

You now have a good working knowledge of the Quick Editor.  See documentation
for an explanation of the other features.



The following exercises will demonstrate the use of the SETTINGS feature and
CLOCK screen.

Exercise 3
This exercise will discuss the SETTINGS feature.  It can be accessed through
the option bar (ALT-O and highlight STATS) or by F1.  A window will pop-up
with five options: Shadow Drop, Echo Mode, Time, Date, Mouse Tension, and
Verify Exit.
The Shadow Drop feature allows you to display all windows with a shadow, or
without.  So turn the shadow on by highlighting the Shadow Drop line and have
the box say "YES".  You can toggle from "YES" to "NO" and back again, by
using the <ENTER> key or the space bar.  If you hit the <ESC> key, you will
notice that the boxes have a shadow.  Now go back to the SETTINGS feature and
turn the shadow off by making the box say "NO."  Now hit the <ESC> key and
notice the difference.
The Echo Mode establishes whether you see the commands printed to the screen
or not.  If echo mode is "YES", as you select an application to enter, you
will see the commands printed to the screen as they are inputted.  Select
"YES" for echo mode and escape from the SETTINGS menu.  Enter an application
program and you will notice that commands are displayed to the screen as they
are processed.  Try this with Echo Mode at "NO", and you will see nothing
take place before you enter your application program.
The time feature lets you decide if you wish the time to be displayed or not.
If this is "YES", you will see the time in the bottom, right corner.  If you
select "NO", the time will not be displayed.  Try both options.
The date feature is just like the time.  You decide whether to display the
date or not.  If "YES", the date will appear in the bottom, left corner.  Try
both options ("YES" and "NO").
The mouse tension is used to help you control your mouse better.  If you are
using a mouse, change this value to "1".  Then escape from the SETTINGS menu
and move about the menu.  You will notice the movement occurs much faster and
it is more difficult to control.  Now, change the value to four (4) and do
the same thing.  Now the movement is slower and easier to control.
Finally, the verify exit is used to allow the program to verify that you wish
to exit EDM.  If this option is "YES", you will be questioned on exit if you
truly wish to exit.  If this is set to "NO", you will simply exit to DOS.
The "YES" option is just a safety check.


Exercise 4
This exercise helps you learn about the CLOCK feature.  Select CLOCK from the
option bar (ALT-O).  A window will pop-up with time and date.  If the time
and/or date are wrong, you can change one or both.
So, now change your date.  Highlight date and hit the <ENTER> key.  A window
will pop-up with the current time and three (3) choices: Hour, Minute, and
Second.  So, change the hour.  Highlight Hour and hit the <ENTER> key.  A
box with the current hour will appear.  You may change this value by using
the Up and Down arrows.  Change this value to 20 (it works on military time).
Then hit the <ENTER> key.  Now change the minutes to 35.  Now if you hit the
<ESC> button to leave the Time window, and then hit the <ESC> key to leave
the Clock window, you will notice that the new time is displayed.  Try doing
this for the date also.  Remember, set your time and date back to their
correct values when you are done.