’´F$j²àü1ƒ=x÷>ŒƒSWÁÔg‰]i+ˆƒ0S0ƒ§Å Hµ‚Ê·d.¹ to get help for the currentoperation. Also pressing H from the Main Menu will get the index toHELP!'s help screens. There are two special attributes assigned to thehelp screens. The Title Attribute and the Attribute. Thetitle attribute normally is a heading for a subject or something thatshould be noted. The key attribute represents a key that you press todo some action. Gets help on current screen. H Pressed from main menu will bring up help subject index. Exits the help system. The HELP! Menu SystemsHELP! has different types of menus. The first is the type you see whenthe Main Menu is present. This appears at the bottom of the screen now.This type of menu can be navigated in one of two ways. The first is bytyping the capitalized letter in the menu item and the second is to usethe or keys followed by . This method hasthe advantage of displaying a prompt line that changes to give adescription of the menu item. Their are two menus in HELP! that usethis method. The first is the Main Menu and the other is the UtilitiesMenu. Of course you will use less key strokes if you learn to use theCapital Letter Method.The Second type of menu has a word with first letter between a pair ofparenthesis. This type of menu wants you to press the letter that is inthe parenthesis to select that item. No prompt line is available butthe help system can be invoked by typing . Both types of menus,with few exceptions, allow you to exit them by typing . The Main Screen MAIN MENUSelect commands from main menu by typing the capitalized letter in thecommand or use the following to select the command: - Move Menu Cursor Forward. - Move Menu Cursor Forward. - Move Menu Cursor Backward. - Will Execute the Command on which the Menu Cursor is positioned.Notes on the Main Menu: 1) The Main Menu is normally positioned on the eXecute Command. This command allows execution of a program if the File Window's Cursor (see next page) is positioned on a program name and is pressed. If the file cursor is positioned on Sub-Directory entry (entry with a triangle next to it), pressing will change to that directory. 2) Using the and keys will allow a brief description of the command to appear on the prompt line (bottom line of screen). File WindowThe File Window is the window on the left side of the screen. There aretwo styles of File Windows available. The default is the window thatdisplays the most files. This window can occupy the whole screen byselecting an option in the Options Command. The other type of windowwill display the files name, size and time & date of last modification.The first window type can also display this information in the statuswindow if you want to give up the Key Status Displays. All of theseoptions are selected in the Options Command. The File Window has twoattributes assigned to it's file names. One attribute indicates anormal file and the other indicates Hidden & System Files. Key Usage in File Window - Go to first window of files in the list. - Go to last window of files in the list. - Move cursor to first file in current window. - Move cursor to last file in current window. list. - Brings file window up (towards beginning) 1 page. - Brings file window down (towards end) 1 page.Arrow Keys - Cursor Left, Right, Up, Down in file window. Status WindowThe Status Window is the area on the right hand side of screen. Itdisplays information about the systems resources. These resources aredisk space, file information and memory usage. Contained in the frameof the window is the current version of DOS in use. Resources Displayed - Status WindowDisk SpaceItems Displayed Include: Number of Total Bytes on the Selected Disk. Number of Bytes Used on the Selected Disk. Number of Bytes Used in the Current Directory of the Selected Disk.File ResourcesItems Displayed Include: Number of Files in the Current Directory. Number of Directories Sub-ordinate to the current directory. Number of File that are Hidden or System in the current directory. Resources Displayed - Status WindowMemory UsageItems Displayed Include Total Real Memory in the machine. Total Real Memory left for your programs.The Status Window can be turned off allowing more files to be displayedthrough the Options Command. Key Status WindowUnder the Status Window is the Key Status Window. This window displaysthe status of caps lock, number lock and the scroll lock keys. Thiswindow can be turned off in the Options Command for systems that don'tneed this display. Path WindowThe very top line of the screen is the Path Window. This displays thecurrent directory's total DOS Pathname. Each directory can be thoughtof as a file folder. The Top directory or the file cabinet, if youwill, is named '\'. Each additional directory or file folder isdelimited by '\'. Thus a pathname of '\Bruces\Privates' can be thoughtof as a file folder named 'Bruces' containing another file folder withinit called 'Privates'. Assuming that the above Pathname was displayed inthe Path Window, pressing while the Main Menu's Cursor is oneXecute and the File Window's Cursor is on 'Move Up One' would change tothe directory '\Bruces'. This would be equivalent to closing the foldernamed 'Privates' and putting it back into the folder named 'Bruces' andthen examining other objects in the file named 'Bruces'. Volume WindowThe upper right corner of the screen contains the Volume Label if anyexists for the current disk. This can be changed under the Utilitiessub-menu and the Volume Command. A Volume label is simply a reminderof what is on the disk. It is optional and may not always appear. COPY CommandThis command will make a copy of one or more files from the currentdrive and directory to either a different drive or a different directoryor both. F Pressing this will allow you to copy only one file at a time. The next screen will ask you to select a file to copy. Do this as you normally would from the file window. Press when you have selected a file. The next screen will ask where you wish to copy the file. Enter the drive first or press to go to the current drive and then enter the directory or press for the current directory on the drive specified. V The Verify Switch controls whether the file is compared after a copy is done. If on, a full byte by byte compare is done. Overwrite Destination LogicThere are three options available for overwriting a file of the samename in the destination drive and directory. The options are toggled bypressing O until the proper option is selected. These options arelisted below. Prompted This Option will bring up a window with the source and destination file size, time and date. You can then decide whether to copy the file or not. Older Files This will check the file stamp on files and will not copy an older file onto a newer file. Files of the same size, time and date will also be excluded. Always This will copy the file to the destination whether the file is present in the destination or not. Copying Multiple FilesMultiple file selection is invoked by typing M . This will bring upthe multiple file selection menu. Use the keys on the left of the menuto position the cursor over the file you want to select. When thecursor is positioned type a to select it. A ¯ will appearnext to the file. If you change your mind, type again todeselect the file. Next position your cursor on the other files youwould like to select and repeat the above until all files desired areselected. When you are done selecting, type to carry out thecommand. Multiple File Selection Special Key Strokes A - Allows all files to be selected. After this command the ¯ Character is before every file. To deselect some files use the bar before typing to complete file selection. C - Un-marks (un-selects) all files that are marked. + - Selects the current file and advances the cursor. - - Un-marks the current file and advances the cursor. - Toggles the current file's select and advances the cursor. - Completes selection and goes to next menu. File Name Specifiers for Multiple File SelectionFilenames contain two parts, the name which is the first 1-8 charactersbefore the '.' , and the extension or type which is the 1-3 charactersfollowing the character. In Help! the File Window separates these twoparts with a space. The Following options can use one or more '?'wildcard characters to represent any character. N - Allows you to type a name portion as a file selector. Typing 'N' will cause an 8 character entry field to pop up. Example: [HELP????] will select all files beginning with HELP. HELPRUN.EXE, HELP!.HLP, HELP.COM etc... T - Allows you to type an extension or type portion of the filename. Typing 'R' will cause an entry field to pop up. Example: [B??] will select any files with an extension beginning with B. AUTOEXEC.BAT, AUTOEXEC.BAK, MY.BAT, FILE.BIG etc... Using Multiple File Selection FilesThe filenames marked can be saved in a file in the current directory.These filenames can then be recalled and added to any that are currentlymarked. The filenames saved are saved in an ASCII format text file.These filenames can then be printed or added to other text files. S - Saves a file with marked filenames in it. This can be used to save combinations you copy frequently or whatever other use you might have for this. L - Marks the files from the names stored in the file you are loading. If the filename does not exist, no warning is given and the search continues for the next filename. Notes on CopyThe Copy Command will always check the destination first to see if theiris enough room on the disk for the current file. If their is not, itwill prompt you to insert a new disk and repeat this check. You, ofcourse, can choose to abort the copy at any time by pressing . Ifthe current file is larger than the destination disk if the destinationwere blank, copy will prompt you and not allow the copy. HELP! does notallow this type of copy but will in a future release. MULTIPLE FILE SELECTION Copy, Compare, Erase, Move or Print CommandsThis allows you to select more than one file for an operation. Use thekeys on the left of the menu to position the cursor over the file youwant to select. When the cursor is positioned type a toselect it. A ¯ will appear next to the file. If you change yourmind, type again to deselect the file. Next position yourcursor on the other files you would like to select and repeat the aboveuntil all files desired are selected. When you are done selecting, type to carry out the command. Multiple File Selection Special Key Strokes A - Allows all files to be selected. After this command the ¯ Character is before every file. To deselect some files use the bar before typing to complete file selection. C - Clears (unselects) all files that are marked. + - Selects the current file and advances the cursor. - - Clears the current file and advances the cursor. - Toggles the current file's select and advances the cursor. - Completes selection and goes to next menu. File Name Specifiers for Multiple File SelectionFilenames contain two parts, the name which is the first 1-8 charactersbefore the '.' , and the extension or type which is the 1-3 charactersfollowing the character. In Help! the File Window separates these twoparts with a space. The Following options can use one or more '?'wildcard characters to represent any character. N - Allows you to type a name portion as a file selector. Typing 'N' will cause an 8 character entry field to pop up. Example: [HELP????] will select all files beginning with HELP. HELPRUN.EXE, HELP!.HLP, HELP.COM etc... T - Allows you to type an extension or type portion of the filename. Typing 'R' will cause an entry field to pop up. Example: [B??] will select any files with an extension beginning with B. AUTOEXEC.BAT, AUTOEXEC.BAK, MY.BAT, FILE.BIG etc... Using Multiple File Selection FilesThe filenames marked can be saved in a file in the current directory.These filenames can then be recalled and added to any that are currentlymarked. The filenames saved are saved in an ASCII format text file.These filenames can then be printed or added to other text files. S - Saves a file with marked filenames in it. This can be used to save combinations you copy frequently or whatever other use you might have for this. L - Marks the files from the names stored in the file you are loading. If the filename does not exist, no warning is given and the search continues for the next filename. DRIVE CommandThis Command allows the active drive to be switched. The current driveis High-lighted on the Selection menu. The Drive is Selected By Typingthe letter of the desired drive, or escape or to exitthis command with no change of Drive. HELP! senses which drives arepresent and will display those drives letters. ERASE CommandThis Command will PERMANENTLY erase files or directories. Once thiscommand is executed the effects are irreversible. You can chose to erasefiles or directories one of three ways: 1) One File 2) Multiple Tagged Files 3) Prompted Erase of the Files in the current directoryNotes on Erase1) Erasing a file does not wipe a disk or diskette clean of the information that was in the file. All it does is to let DOS forget where the information was and allows DOS to reuse that space.2) Files Marked Read Only Cannot be erased. If erasing is desired or not desired select the Attribute Command from the Utilities Menu to change the read only status accordingly. Erase One FileWhile in the erase menu type F to select single file erase. You canthen select a file or directory to erase using the cursor keys. When thecursor is positioned on the file you desire to erase, type . HELP!will prompt you by asking if this the correct file to erase. Answering Y will erase this file or directory. Erase PromptedPrompted erase will display each files name in the current directory inthe menu area of the screen. The command is invoked by typing P . Atthis point you will be prompted to Delete the file by typing a Y ornot deleting by typing an N . If you want to stop the prompted erasecommand either type Q or . Erase Multiple FilesErasing multiple files can be dangerous. This is a very powerfulcommand and should be used with care. You can erase multiple filesand/or directories. In order for directories to be erased, they must beempty. The Multiple Erase Command is invoked by typing M . At thispoint the multiple file selection screen will be present. This screenis defined on the following pages. You will not given a chance torespond to each individual deletion! If you this command is activatedand you decide you didn't want to do this, type . This willnot recover any files already erased but will abort the erase commandso no others are erased. Remember, once is pressed from themultiple selection menu the erase begins. MULTIPLE FILE SELECTION for EraseThis allows you to select more than one file for an operation. Use thekeys on the left of the menu to position the cursor over the file youwant to select. When the cursor is positioned type a toselect it. A ¯ will appear next to the file. If you change yourmind, type again to deselect the file. Next position yourcursor on the other files you would like to select and repeat the aboveuntil all files desired are selected. Multiple selection on the erasecommand unlike the others allows you to select directories. When youare done selecting, type to carry out the command. Multiple File Selection Special Key Strokes A - Allows all files to be selected. After this command the ¯ Character is before every file. To deselect some files use the bar before typing to complete file selection. C - Clears (unselects) all files that are marked. + - Selects the current file and advances the cursor. - - Clears the current file and advances the cursor. - Toggles the current file's select and advances the cursor. - Completes selection and goes to next menu. File Name Specifiers for Multiple File SelectionFilenames contain two parts, the name which is the first 1-8 charactersbefore the '.' , and the extension or type which is the 1-3 charactersfollowing the character. In Help! the File Window separates these twoparts with a space. The Following options can use one or more '?'wildcard characters to represent any character. N - Allows you to type a name portion as a file selector. Typing 'N' will cause an 8 character entry field to pop up. Example: [HELP????] will select all files beginning with HELP. HELPRUN.EXE, HELP!.HLP, HELP.COM etc... T - Allows you to type an extension or type portion of the filename. Typing 'R' will cause an entry field to pop up. Example: [B??] will select any files with an extension beginning with B. AUTOEXEC.BAT, AUTOEXEC.BAK, MY.BAT, FILE.BIG etc... Using Multiple File Selection FilesThe filenames marked can be saved in a file in the current directory.These filenames can then be recalled and added to any that are currentlymarked. The filenames saved are saved in an ASCII format text file.These filenames can then be printed or added to other text files. S - Saves a file with marked filenames in it. This can be used to save combinations you copy frequently or whatever other use you might have for this. L - Marks the files from the names stored in the file you are loading. If the filename does not exist, no warning is given and the search continues for the next filename. LOCATE CommandThis command will find all occurrences of a file or files in alldirectories on the disk. That is, this command will search the entiredisk for a name. The wild card characters * and ? are allowedas in standard DOS. See your DOS Manual for a complete description ofwild cards. The locate command will cause a tree read to take place onthe current drive. When the command is complete, the Tree Command canbe used to find which directories contained matches. * Matches any number of characters from here to the end of the name ? Matches any one letter for each ?Examples:[HELP!.COM ] will look in all directories for a copy of this program[HELP*.* ] will look for all files beginning with HELP[HELP??.COM ] would find HELP!!.COM or HELPAB.COM if they exist.[HELP!.??? ] would find HELP!.COM or HELP!.EXE if they exist MOVE CommandThis command will move one or more files from the current drive anddirectory to either a different drive or different directory or both. Ifthe file(s) is on a different drive, Move copies the file(s) to thedestination, then compares the source and destination, and if theycompare, erases the source file. If they are on the same drive, Moverenames the file(s) with the new pathname into the new directory. F This will move one file. The next screen will prompt you to select a file. Do this as you would in the file window. Press . The next screen will ask where you wish to copy the the file. Enter the drive first or press to go to the current drive and then enter the directory or press for the current directory on the drive specified. Moving Multiple FilesMultiple file selection is invoked by typing M . This will bring upthe multiple file selection menu. Use the keys on the left of the menuto position the cursor over the file you want to select. When thecursor is positioned type a to select it. A ¯ will appearnext to the file. If you change your mind, type again todeselect the file. Next position your cursor on the other files youwould like to select and repeat the above until all files desired areselected. When you are done selecting, type to carry out thecommand. Multiple File Selection Special Key Strokes A - Allows all files to be selected. After this command the ¯ Character is before every file. To deselect some files use the bar before typing to complete file selection. C - Clears (unselects) all files that are marked. + - Selects the current file and advances the cursor. - - Clears the current file and advances the cursor. - Toggles the current file's select and advances the cursor. - Completes selection and goes to next menu. File Name Specifiers for Multiple File SelectionFilenames contain two parts, the name which is the first 1-8 charactersbefore the '.' , and the extension or type which is the 1-3 charactersfollowing the character. In Help! the File Window separates these twoparts with a space. The Following options can use one or more '?'wildcard characters to represent any character. N - Allows you to type a name portion as a file selector. Typing 'N' will cause an 8 character entry field to pop up. Example: [HELP????] will select all files beginning with HELP. HELPRUN.EXE, HELP!.HLP, HELP.COM etc... T - Allows you to type an extension or type portion of the filename. Typing 'R' will cause an entry field to pop up. Example: [B??] will select any files with an extension beginning with B. AUTOEXEC.BAT, AUTOEXEC.BAK, MY.BAT, FILE.BIG etc... Using Multiple File Selection FilesThe filenames marked can be saved in a file in the current directory.These filenames can then be recalled and added to any that are currentlymarked. The filenames saved are saved in an ASCII format text file.These filenames can then be printed or added to other text files. S - Saves a file with marked filenames in it. This can be used to save combinations you copy frequently or whatever other use you might have for this. L - Marks the files from the names stored in the file you are loading. If the filename does not exist, no warning is given and the search continues for the next filename. Notes on MoveThe Move Command will always check the destination first to see if theiris enough room on the disk for the current file. If their is not, itwill prompt you to insert a new disk and repeat this check. You, ofcourse, can choose to abort the copy at any time by pressing . Ifthe current file is larger than the destination disk if the destinationwere blank, copy will prompt you and not allow the copy. HELP! does notallow this type of move. NAME CommandUse this command to Rename a File or Directory. First Point to the fileto rename and hit , then you will be prompted to give the newname. Only Valid DOS characters are allowed. Directories cannot berenamed if your Version of DOS is less than 3.0.Do Not Use these characters: " / \ [ ] : | < > + = ; , All others are valid. OPTIONS CommandThe Options Command allows you to select many customizing features foryour version of HELP!. These options can then be saved so they will bein effect the next time HELP! is loaded. If they are not saved, theywill only be in effect while you are in HELP!. Unlike older versions,the options are saved when programs are executed from within HELP!. Selectable Options B Switch to Monochrome color set. This is useful for Color Adapter users who run with black & white (monochrome) monitors. C Calls color setting screen. F Sets the file window type. The default has little information about a file but allows the viewing of many file names. The other file window type has file size, date and time displayed. Selectable Options - Continued K The key status window can be turned on and off with this. Turning this off will add the file size, date and time to the status window. This allows viewing the maximum files and still getting status information on the file selected. W This will turn off the status window and allow more files to be displayed (see next page). V Some Color Adapters require you to wait for a vertical retrace interval to display information to the screen. HELP! senses if you have a Color Adapter and forces this wait. If your display is compatible with the color adapter and does not require this, you can toggle this option on and off here. Waiting for retrace slows down the display. Selectable Options - Continued L This sets the number of lines left on the screen during a View page up or page down. The default is 1 line. This can be set to 0 or more lines. P When using the Run or Execute Commands, HELP! will normally pause and display `Press any key to continue...'. If you do not want this to appear and instead would like to go right into HELP!, Press P to set it to `No Wait'. Mouse OptionsPressing M causes the mouse options screen to appear. The listbelow are the commands supported on this screen. M Enables or Disables the mouse. If your mouse is not compatible with Microsoft conventions, or you don't want to use a mouse with HELP!, you can disable the mouse here. B Reverses the mouse buttons' functions. R Revives a dead mouse. Use this if you can't move the cursor. T Although most mice claim Microsoft compatibility, most are not 100% compatible. This function takes out the software reset call which most compatible mice do not support. Setting this to Microsoft will make the time to activate the mouse faster. Controlling Screen SizeHELP! auto configures by default. It can configure screen sizes from 80X 25 to 80 X 60, 132 X 43 etc. The only requirement is that the displayadapter save the screen size in the BIOS Save Area defined by theEGA/VGA. If your adapter can use different screen sizes, try them. Inaddition, if you have an EGA or VGA you have several options selectablefrom HELP!. Please Note: The 25 line mode is the only one that willauto configure. 2 This is the default 25 line mode that allows auto configure. 4 If you have an EGA or VGA or compatible, you can view 43 lines of screen using this option. This mode will display the file size date and time as well as the attributes assigned to the selected file in the status window. Using the default file window you can see 108 files or 180 files using the W option. 5 VGA only, will display 50 lines allowing 129 or 215 files. Set Expert Level E This option allows you to turn off some of the prompting that occurs in HELP!. The default level is 1 . This offers the most protection against errors. You should use this level until you are familiar with the program. Level 2 takes away many of the prompts that are not critical. Making a mistake at this level will still be reversible. Prompts such as (Y)es (N)o for rename, make directory and so on will be eliminated at this level. Level 3 eliminates more prompts, such as those under Erase File. Level 4 turns off the Erase Multiple Prompt in addition to the above (not recommended). The Expert Level is saved by saving options. Setting the Editor to Use with Words T Selecting this option will bring up an edit field in which you can specify a drive, path and file name for a text editor or word processor of your liking. The default is to call the HELP! Editor. This can be restored by making this field blank. Setting the Path your FORMAT Command O Under some circumstances HELP! cannot find your FORMAT command. If this happens, you should specify the complete drive, path and name where format can be found. HELP! will work with any format program if its command line options are the same as DOS's FORMAT. Example: C:\DOS\UTILS\FORMAT.COM Using Automatic TREE Read and Save OptionsThe TREE can automatically be read for one or more drives on enteringHELP!. This is specified by typing R . This tree information issaved in a file in the drive and directory where the HELP! files arestored. There is a file for each drive that is specified in thisoption. You can also save this file so the TREE read will not benecessary when HELP! is entered. If the automatic read is specified,the file will be read if present. If it is not present, the TREE willbe read. Be careful when using the TREE save option. The informationin this file may not be up to date if any directories are erased orrenamed or added from the DOS level. R Auto Tree Read Options Saving the ConfigurationTyping S will save the options set with the options command. Inaddition to this the current Sort method set with the Sort Command, theprinter options selected in the Print Options Menu, the break and verifyswitch settings set with the Switch Command, and the copy overwriteoption set in the Copy Command will be saved. They are saved in a filecalled HELP!.CFG in the directory in which HELP! is stored. If you givea copy of HELP! to someone, do not include HELP!.CFG. This will insurethat the defaults are all in effect for them. S Saves the current configuration. Change Screen ColorsChanging screen colors is done by moving the up or down arrows to selectthe item being changed. The item being changed has the blinking arrownext to it. I Selects which items colors are to be changed. C Selects the Foreground color of the item to be changed. B Selects the Background color of the item to be changed. F Blinks the Foreground color of the item to be changed. D Returns to the original default colors coded into the program. Q Returns to the options menu. FILES CommandThis command may not be obvious at first. It's sole purpose is toupdate the directory on the current drive. Normally HELP! will keep thedirectory information current. A special situation arises when youchange a diskette or removable hard drive cartridge. HELP! has noguarantee of knowing that this happened. Pressing an F from themain menu will assure you that your directory information is current. PRINT Options Selection Menu C You can set up the initialization of your communications ports with this menu. O This will select the options menu that allows the setting of formatted printing parameters. P You can select the printer port with this option. A menu will pop up allowing you to select any parallel or communications port. PRINTER PORT SELECTIONThe printer port you use can be selected by this menu. HELP! will sensewhich ports are available in your machine a display these in the normalmenu color. The other ports will be shown in the prompt color. Youselect a port by typing the number next to the desired port. If HELP!thinks the port is not supported in your hardware, it will print amessage to warn you but will still allow you to set this port for yourprinter. If you choose a serial port (COM1 - COM4), you should setupthe port using the Print Options Communication menu. This port willremain in effect until the program is exited unless you save it by usingsave configuration under Options.Get Here From Main Menu With: P O P COMMUNICATIONS Setup ScreenYour COM (serial) ports can be setup with this screen. If you use saveconfiguration under the Options menu, these ports will be set thesettings you have listed here each time HELP! is entered.Get Here From Main Menu With: P O C PRINT CommandThis command allows you to print a Directory Listing, a File, or a HexDump of a File to the Screen, Printer or another File. Optionally aText file may be printed with a formatted output. The current printerport is listed in the text on the prompt line. Text Mode Printing T This Prints a regular ASCII (text) File. This the most often used option in this menu. A file can be printed formatted or unformatted. A formatted file will contain a header, page numbers and optionally left margin and line numbers. Press for more information on formatting in the Printer Options menu. F Toggles formatting on and off for a text file Hex-ASCII/EBCDIC File Dump H This will show the file in a DOS debug style format. This allows you to page up and down through the file seeing it's Hexadecimal format and either it's ASCII or EBCDIC meaning. Press to get more help while in this mode. Print Directory D This option is used to print the current directory information to the printer for storage in your diskette jacket. Provided is the file name, size, date & time of creation and the volume label of the diskette. Printer Control Functions I Sends the setup string defined in options to the printer. this string can be defined to set up a different font or to reset the printer on each print. This string is normally sent at the beginning of a print job. This gives you a way of sending it on your own. P This sends a TOP of FORM character to the printer (ASCII 12). Most printers respond to this character by putting the page at top of form. You can use this to insure that your printer thinks it is at top of form. Printer Options O This will get you to the options selection menu. From this menu you can select the menus to change the printer port, setup the communications ports or the menu to set the formatted printer options. Saving the Printer OptionsPrinter setups can be saved with the save command and loaded again withthe load command. This allows you the option of having multipleprinters or printer setups saved in the current directory. L Get a stored set of formatting options from the current disk S Put a set of formatting options on the current disk Printing Multiple FilesMultiple file selection is invoked by typing M . This will bring upthe multiple file selection menu. Once the M option is selected, itwill remain in effect until changed. This option can be permanentlyselected by using save configuration under Options. Use the keys on theleft of the menu to position the cursor over the file you want toselect. When the cursor is positioned type a to select it. An ¯ will appear next to the file. If you change your mind, type again to deselect the file. Next position your cursor on theother files you would like to select and repeat the above until allfiles desired are selected. When you are done selecting, type to carry out the command. You can abort a print job at any time bypressing . This will cause a question to pop up asking whetheryou want to abort all printing or do a re-selection of print jobs. Ifyou choose to re-select, you will see the multiple selection windowagain. Multiple File Selection Special Key Strokes A - Allows all files to be selected. After this command the ¯ Character is before every file. To deselect some files use the bar before typing to complete file selection. C - Clears (unselects) all files that are marked. + - Selects the current file and advances the cursor. - - Clears the current file and advances the cursor. - Toggles the current file's select and advances the cursor. - Completes selection and goes to next menu. File Name Specifiers for Multiple File SelectionFilenames contain two parts, the name which is the first 1-8 charactersbefore the '.' , and the extension or type which is the 1-3 charactersfollowing the character. In Help! the File Window separates these twoparts with a space. The Following options can use one or more '?'wildcard characters to represent any character. N - Allows you to type a name portion as a file selector. Typing 'N' will cause an 8 character entry field to pop up. Example: [HELP????] will select all files beginning with HELP. HELPRUN.EXE, HELP!.HLP, HELP.COM etc... T - Allows you to type an extension or type portion of the filename. Typing 'R' will cause an entry field to pop up. Example: [B??] will select any files with an extension beginning with B. AUTOEXEC.BAT, AUTOEXEC.BAK, MY.BAT, FILE.BIG etc... Using Multiple File Selection FilesThe filenames marked can be saved in a file in the current directory.These filenames can then be recalled and added to any that are currentlymarked. The filenames saved are saved in an ASCII format text file.These filenames can then be printed or added to other text files. S - Saves a file with marked filenames in it. This can be used to save combinations you copy frequently or whatever other use you might have for this. L - Marks the files from the names stored in the file you are loading. If the filename does not exist, no warning is given and the search continues for the next filename.Print Notes1) If you should encounter any errors (i.e. Paper Out, Printer Off Line, etc.) when printing to a printer, DOS will try 3 times to send the information. Each time DOS tries it has to go through a printer time-out. These time-outs are quite long. Please be patient and don't re-boot your computer. HELP! now has extensive error recovery and a message will pop up alerting you of the problem.2) A useful feature of HELP! is tab expansion. If you have a file that contains tab characters and you want them permanently expanded, you can use the P rint T ext F ile command sequence then enter the name for the file with the expanded tabs. Note that tabs must be on in the print options menu and formatting must be off. PRINT OPTIONS Page Layout Options for Formatted Print A This sets the number of blank lines printed after the header or the margin if no header was specified. B This sets the number of blank lines printed before the footer or the margin if no footer was specified. C Number of characters in a line including the left margin and line numbers. Line Numbers take up 7 character spaces. F Number of lines of footer to be printed. The total number of Footers plus the total number of headers must not exceed 4. H Number of lines of header to be printed. The total number of Headers plus the total number of footers must not exceed 4. I An initialization string to be sent with the I command on the Print Menu. L Number of spaces comprising the left margin. Print Options - Continued M The number of blank lines to print before the header and after the footer. N When TRUE, Line Numbers appear on the left edge of the line. P Number of lines that can fit on a page. A typical printer will print 6 lines per inch. An 11 inch page would be set for 66. R Bit Strip of High Bit. Sometimes a printer cannot handle the 8th bit of an ASCII byte being sent. This will turn it off. S Size of a Tab. Normally this will be set to 8 characters. T Tabs are expanded when this is TRUE. Print Options - Continued V Visual Control Characters. When printing to the screen, a control character will be indicated with ^A etc... When going to a printer or file, this command set to TRUE would cause the same action. Normally these characters would be sent as their true value. The FALSE state allows embedded printer control sequences to work. W Wrap Lines (True/False). When set to TRUE the line will be wrapped if it is longer than the that specified in C above. If FALSE the line would truncated. 1 These numbers allow you to change the header and footer lines. 2 The first of these are the Header lines defined, if any. The 3 Last ones are the Footer Lines defined, if any. 4 How the Commands Affect Page Layout ÚÄ C Chars/Line Ä¿ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ M Margin ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>³ ³<ÄÄÄ¿ H Headers(s) ÄÄÂÄ>³ Header 1 ³ ³ ÀÄ>³ Header 2 ³ ³ A After Header ÄÄ>³ ³ ³ ³ 0001 Text Ln 1 ³ ³ ³ 0002 Text Ln 2 ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ÃÄ P Page Length ³ ³ ÀÄ N Line Numbers ³ ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄ L Left Margin ³ B Before Footer Ä>³ ³ ³ F Footer(s) ÄÄÄÂÄ>³ Footer 1 ³ ³ ÀÄ>³ Footer 2 ³ ³ M Margin ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ>³ ³<ÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙNotes: 1) The R , S and T options also affect the View Command. 2) Formatted Printing can only be turned off on the Print Menu now. 3) Un-Formatted Printing puts the file to the output device without processing it. The exception is when going to the screen where control characters are filtered with the ^ in front of them. PRINT LOAD / SAVEYou can save the formatted options in two places. When you use theOPTIONS - SAVE command from the main menu this saves the printformatting in the configuration file HELP!.CFG and it is called up whenthe program starts. If you want other options as well, you can usethese commands to save and retrieve the format. These commands save andload a file that has to be in the current directory. The file's namecan be anything. This allows many formatted options to be available. L Loads a previously saved format file. S Saves the current print settings in a file you name. RUN Command - Main MenuThis Command provides the DOS command line for you to enter any DOScommands or program names. This is equivalent to not having HELP!present at all. Upon Execution of the command you will be returned toHELP!. This option is for power users who prefer the DOS command linefor doing some operations. SORT CommandThis selects the way in which the files are viewed in the file window. N Sort the files by the name portion of the filename. Directory entries can be set with a higher priority so they will be first. E Sort by the Extension/Type (3 character's to the right of the name field) and secondarily by name. D Sort by the Date associated with the file. S Sort by the Size of the file. T Sort by the time associated with the file. O Turn off sorting. Display in their natural order. TREE CommandThe tree command will print a visual tree of the hierarchical structureof the disk to the screen. The current directory can then be selectedwith arrow keys and . will return you to the currentdirectory with no change. Once the Tree is read, selecting Tree againwill not cause a reread unless a file has been executed or the drive hasbeen switched. Erasing directories, changing directory names, makingnew directories will automatically update the tree. This allows rapiddirectory changes to be made when cleaning a HARD disk of files nolonger needed or moving files around etc.The TREE Command can also be used to find which directories containedmatches during the last Locate Command. The tree markings used for theLocate Command can also be switched for displaying which directoriescontain special attributes such as being hidden. The TREE Command willuse the screen to it's fullest by configuring it's size based on themaximum depth of the tree and the screen size. Using Automatic TREE Read and Save OptionsThe TREE can automatically be read for one or more drives on enteringHELP!. This is specified in the Options Command. This tree informationis saved in a file in the drive and directory where the HELP! files arestored. There is a file for each drive that is specified in thisoption. You can also save this file so the TREE read will not benecessary when HELP! is entered. If the automatic read is specified,the file will be read if present. If it is not present, the TREE willbe read. Be careful when using the TREE save option. The informationin this file may not be up to date if any directories are erased orrenamed or added from the DOS level. Keys Used In Navigating the TREE This moves the tree cursor up to the next entry on the same level of the TREE. This moves the tree cursor down to the next entry on the same level of the TREE. This moves the tree cursor one level to the right or one level down if none exists to the right. This moves the tree cursor one level to the left or one level up if none exists to the left. Moves the cursor to the first entry of the TREE. This is the root \ directory. Moves the cursor to the last directory in the TREE. Moves the Cursor to the first directory on the page. Moves the Cursor to the last directory on the page. This moves the Cursor and the page up 1 page worth of directories. This will move the Cursor and the page down 1 page worth of directories. TREE Keys Continued C This moves the cursor to the current directory. N This allows you to rename the directory. This only works with DOS Version 3.0 or Greater. R This will cause the tree to be re-read. This changes the to the directory currently selected. It then exits TREE. This will exit TREE without changing directory. H Typing this will bring up a menu allowing you to change the conditions under which highlights appear on the screen. The default is the Located Directories. This can be turned off or the attributes of the directory can be used as conditions for highlight. More than one condition can be set. View CommandThe View Command allows the viewing of 1 to 4 files on the screen at thesame time. The commands available while viewing allow you to pagethrough the file, search for a string, and scan and compare two or morefiles stopping when they no longer compare. Viewing is started bypressing V . The file on which the cursor is positioned in the FileWindow will then be read. Additional files may be opened on the screenby pressing O for open. The File selection window will appear andyou can select the file by pressing . Repeat this procedurefor each additional file you desire. Pressing in a view windowwill close that window. Note to previous owners of HELP! - The keystrokes of view have changed to emulate the more common key combinationsin word processors and other file viewers. Keys Used to Control the Cursor Position Positions the cursor at the beginning of the line. Positions the cursor at the end of the line. Positions the cursor at the top of the screen. Positions the cursor at the bottom of the screen. Pages toward the beginning of the file 1 page. Pages toward the end of the file 1 page. Goes to the beginning of the file. Goes to the end of the file. Moves the cursor 1 position to the right. Moves the cursor 1 position to the left. Moves the cursor towards the end 1 line. Moves the cursor towards the beginning 1 line. C Prompts you to enter a Column number. G Prompts you to enter a Line Number. Finding a StringHELP! has a search capability for the view command. Pressing F willprompt you to enter a search string. When the string is entered press. A prompt will pop up saying: Options (B)ackwards (G)lobal(U)pper (W)hole word (BGUW): Enter the Letters BGUW depending onthe options desired. Press . The search begins and will eitherend successfully with the string highlighted or will end with no match. Keys Used for Finding or Searching for a string A Finds a string Again without prompting. F Finds a string. N Finds Next occurrence. Same as A . Options for the Find Command B Search Backwards from this point G Starts search at beginning or end of file dependent on B U Makes search case insensitive. W Will only match whole words Window Commands L When 2 or more windows are on the screen at the same time, you can link all of the windows together. What this allows, is scrolling through the files on the screen at the same time. This can be used only with the cursor commands. O This allows you to open another view window. Q The current view window is closed. S Scan and Compare two to four files. Described on next page. W Switches the active window in a round robin fashion. The current view window is closed. Same as Q . Scan and Compare FilesThis command scans two or more files from their current cursor positionsand continues until one of the files is not the same or all of the fileshas reached their end. This is useful to see if certain sections offiles match or to find where they differ. The last location scanned ishighlighted in each file. This Command is invoked by typing an S .You are then prompted for any options. Type in the letters of thedesired option and/or type . Options for Scan & Compare D Allows a full display of the scan. With this option the command operates much slower. E Ignore end of line. U The command is case insensitive. EXECUTE CommandWhen the file cursor points to a sub-directory entry, using this commandwill cause the directory to be changed to the one pointed to in the filewindow. When the file cursor points to a file with a COM EXE or BATextension, that program will be executed. When the file cursor pointsto anything else, a search is done for a pointer file defined by thePOINT command in the Utilities Menu. If the file extension is not inthe pointer file -or- a pointer file is not found, an error message isdisplayed. If a pointer file is found -and- the extension is in thepointer file, the program defined in the pointer file is called with thefile pointed to in the file window as a command line argument. TheCommand Line Display is for you to add arguments if needed. If not,simply type . ATTRIBUTE CommandEvery DOS file has certain attributes associated with it. Theattributes can be toggled on and off by pressing the Capital letter ofthe attribute in the menu. Use the arrow keys to select the file. A This attribute indicates the file has been modified and not backed up. H This file will not show up during normal DOS directory commands. This will show in HELP! as a different color. R This file cannot be modified or erased by normal DOS or HELP! operations. Setting this bit will give some insurance that it will not be destroyed. S This is a file usually used by DOS. It will be hidden and behave just as a hidden file. Changing the Time & Date Stamp T Changes the time the file was last modified. D Changes the date the file was last modified. Exiting the Attribute Command Q This returns you to the utilities menu. This returns you to the utilities menu.To Enter Attribute From the Main Menu Type: U A COMPARE CommandThe compare command allows you to compare files in a different drive ordirectory or both. If the files compare, no message will be output. Ifa difference is found, The comparing process will be stopped until youacknowledge the error message printed. Currently compare can onlycompare files with the same name. If the files are text and you want toview their differences, try the View Command with the Scan & CompareOption. Compare allows you to select more than one file for anoperation. Use the keys on the left of the menu to position the cursorover the file you want to select. When the cursor is positioned type a to select it. A ¯ will appear next to the file. If youchange your mind, type again to deselect the file. Nextposition your cursor on the other files you would like to select andrepeat the above until all files desired are selected. When you aredone selecting, type to carry out the command. Multiple File Selection Special Key Strokes A - Allows all files to be selected. After this command the ¯ Character is before every file. To deselect some files use the bar before typing to complete file selection. C - Clears (unselects) all files that are marked. + - Selects the current file and advances the cursor. - - Clears the current file and advances the cursor. - Toggles the current file's select and advances the cursor. - Completes selection and goes to next menu. File Name Specifiers for Multiple File SelectionFilenames contain two parts, the name which is the first 1-8 charactersbefore the '.' , and the extension or type which is the 1-3 charactersfollowing the character. In Help! the File Window separates these twoparts with a space. The Following options can use one or more '?'wildcard characters to represent any character. N - Allows you to type a name portion as a file selector. Typing 'N' will cause an 8 character entry field to pop up. Example: [HELP????] will select all files beginning with HELP. HELPRUN.EXE, HELP!.HLP, HELP.COM etc... T - Allows you to type an extension or type portion of the filename. Typing 'R' will cause an entry field to pop up. Example: [B??] will select any files with an extension beginning with B. AUTOEXEC.BAT, AUTOEXEC.BAK, MY.BAT, FILE.BIG etc... Using Multiple File Selection FilesThe filenames marked can be saved in a file in the current directory.These filenames can then be recalled and added to any that are currentlymarked. The filenames saved are saved in an ASCII format text file.These filenames can then be printed or added to other text files. S - Saves a file with marked filenames in it. This can be used to save combinations you copy frequently or whatever other use you might have for this. L - Marks the files from the names stored in the file you are loading. If the filename does not exist, no warning is given and the search continues for the next filename.To Enter Compare From the Main Menu Type: U C DATE CommandThis command allows you to set the internal date of the COMPUTER. Youare then prompted to enter the date you wish to set. HELP! will notallow illegal dates. Once the date is entered you will be asked if youwant to set an AT compatible battery backed up clock. In your computertheir are two clocks. The first is the clock that DOS sets up. Thisclock loses it's time & date each time the computer is powered down. Thesecond type of clock is optional. This clock will maintain the time &date even after a power down. The first clock reads the second clock ona power up condition. If you have an AT or your computer has a clockcompatible with the AT, answering Yes to the question will set thesecond clock and the change will be permanent. Normally the DateCommand only sets the first clock, which as we said is temporary.To Enter Date From the Main Menu Type: U D FORMAT CommandThis Command will prepare a diskette for use. If the disk already hasdata on it, IT WILL BE DESTROYED ! The format command will not allowyou to format a hard disk. It automatically senses the type of driveand presents you with all of the valid formatting options for this drivetype after it is selected. There may be a slight pause as HELP! decidesthe drive type.The D option tells HELP! to put DOS on the diskette. The V option tells the Format Command to prompt you for a Volume Label Name.Once the type of format and any options are selected, press .The DOS Format command will then be called by HELP! with the options youspecified.Notes On Format 1) Because the DOS Format Command is used for this Command, you must start HELP! by typing HELP! to use this command. HELPRUN will not work. 2) If the format command doesn't work correctly, this is probably because the PATH variable in DOS does not point to the directory in which Format resides. Consult the HELP! manual and your DOS manual for setting the PATH variable.To Enter Format From the Main Menu Type: U F EQUIPMENT CommandThe equipment command will display a list of the equipment HELP! thinksyour computer contains. It will display the type of display adaptersand monitors in your system. It also displays the number of serial andparallel ports your system contains. Other information included is thetype of Central Processing Unit (CPU) your system contains as well aswhether or not you have a Floating Point Processor and if you do whattype is it.If you have any expanded or extended memory, HELP! displays the amountit senses. This type of memory is different than the regular memorydisplayed in the status window.To Enter Equipment From the Main Menu Type: U E MAKE A SUB-DIRECTORYThis command allows you to create a Sub-Directory. A Sub-Directory canbe thought of as a File Folder. Using this command you can create andname this folder. Enter in the desired name of Sub-Directory. Theformat of the name is 8 characters or less followed by an optional . andan optional 3 character or less extension. Only Valid Characters areallowed. No spaces are allowed.To Enter Make Sub-Directory From the Main Menu Type: U M POINT CommandNormally eXecute only can run files ending in BAT, COM and EXE. ThePoint Command allows you to define different extensions, but instead ofrunning those files, they point to a different file to run. For example,suppose the file is README.DOC. You would define all files that endwith DOC to call up your word processor. When you are pointing toREADME DOC in the File Window, invoking eXecute will cause point to lookup in it's table the name of your word processor. If your wordprocessor was WP.COM, This then would be the equivalent of typing ->WP.COM README.DOC from the DOS command line. Any file ending with theextension, or type, of DOC would cause the word processor to be run.To Enter From the Main Menu Type: U P Limiting the Scope of PointWhat would you do if you had 2 different programs that used the samefile types (extensions) ? HELP! allows you to define two types of PointTables. The first type is defined to me active on the entire disksystem. This includes all drives & directories in the system. Theother type is defined for just the current directory. When you definethe point table, HELP! ask you if you want the table stored in thestart-up directory or the current directory. If you store it thestart-up directory, the table will be in effect for the entire disksystem. If it is saved in the current directory, the table will onlywork in the current directory. A table in the current directory haspriority over the start-up. You can see then the solution to myquestion at the beginning of the paragraph is to save the filesassociated with a given program in their own directories and then definea point table for those directories. Defining the Point TableThe first step in defining the point table is to execute the PointCommand. It will then ask which extension you wish to define. If anypoint table is in affect at the time, these parameters will appear inthe table. Type the number of the extension you wish to define. Nextyou are asked what extension to use. Type in the extension. Next youwill be asked for the complete path of the program to be run when thisextension is selected. Type in the programs path. Then it will ask ifyou want to enter command line parameters. If you say yes a commandline will pop up when you execute the program. The next question asksif you want to define any of the command line ahead of time. Enter thisin if desired. The last question is where you want to save the table.This is covered in the previous section. Repeat these actions for eachextension desired. Notes on Point1) Start by defining a point table that will work in all directories. This will save typing and provide a more logical approach to defining the directories own table.2) Point will accept the wild card character ? . This represents one position for each one typed.3) Point operates by looking for a point file in the current directory and if none exists will look for one in the start-up directory. The start-up directory is defined as the directory in which the HELP! files are stored. Assuming it found a point file it will then to a top down search of the point table.4) Because of the order of the search described in 3 above, you can make the last entry in your table ???. This will allow you to define a default program to be called when none of the other extensions are a match.5) Always start with the first blank entry when defining a table. SWITCHESThis command allows you to inspect the current setting and change it ifnecessary of the two DOS switches, BREAK and VERIFY. B This switch controls whether checking is performed during DOS file manipulation for a Control-Break sequence. In many programs this is a way to exit. Control-Break checking is still performed during certain other Input and Output operations regardless of this setting. V This switch controls whether a read is performed after a write to a DOS file. If verify is on this is the case and the data is verified. This will also slow down operation. Q This returns you to the utility menu.To Enter Switches From the Main Menu Type: U S TIME CommandThis command allows you to set the internal time of the COMPUTER. Youare then prompted to enter the time you wish to set. HELP! will notallow illegal times. Once the time is entered you will be asked if youwant to set an AT compatible battery backed up clock. In your computertheir are two clocks. The first is the clock that DOS sets up. Thisclock loses it's time & date each time the computer is powered down. Thesecond type of clock is optional. This clock will maintain the time &date even after a power down. The first clock reads the second clock ona power up condition. If you have an AT or your computer has a clockcompatible with the AT, answering Yes to the question will set thesecond clock and the change will be permanent. Normally the TimeCommand only sets the first clock, which as we said is temporary.To Enter Time From the Main Menu Type: U T VOLUME CommandThis command allows you to add, change or delete a volume label from adisk or diskette. A volume label is simply a reminder to you of whatthe purpose of this disk is. The volume label appears in the upperright corner of the HELP! screen. A label can be added to a disk evenif it was not formatted with the /V options.To Enter Volume From the Main Menu Type: U V Hex-ASCII/EBCDIC DumpThis option will give you a hex dump with either the ASCII or EBCDICrepresentation at the right. A Make Right Part of Screen Display ASCII Characters E Make Right Part of Screen Display EBCDIC Characters C Make Screen Scroll Continuously S Make Screen Revert to Page Mode Display Previous 256 bytes of the file Display Next 256 Bytes of the file Display First 256 Bytes of the file Display Last 256 Bytes of the file Return to Main Menu Q Return to Main Menu Set Expert LevelThis option allows you to turn off some of the prompting that occurs inHELP!. The default level is 1 . This offers the most protectionagainst errors. You should use this level until you are familiar withthe program. Level 2 takes away many of the prompts that are notcritical. Making a mistake at this level will still be reversible.Prompts such as (Y)es (N)o for rename, make directory, illegal printerports, quitting HELP!, time & date setting, volume labels and so on areeliminated at this level. Level 3 eliminates more prompts, such asthose under Erase File and a warning message in Format. Level 4 turns off the Erase Multiple Prompt in addition to the above (notrecommended). The Expert Level is saved by saving options.To Set The Expert Level From the Main Menu Type: O E Words CommandThis command is used to call the HELP! Editor normally. This can beoverridden by using the Options Command to define your own editor orword processor. N New File - This will call the editor with no file name and allow you to create your own file. S Select a File - will allow the selection of a file in the current directory. Once the file is selected, press Using HELP!'s Editing FieldsHELP! has editing fields that are used for entering information such asfile names & paths. Some of these fields have the information that waslast entered when they are called up again. Typing any letter or numberwill cause the field to be cleared. Should you want to edit the lastname that was in the field, press any one of the editing keys. Typing atthe current cursor position will insert text. Cursor Movement Commands Move cursor one character to the left. Move cursor one character to the right. Right one word. Left one word. Set cursor on first character in the field. Set cursor on last character in the field. Editing Commands Accept current editing field. Escape from the current edit field. Clear edit field. Clear to the end of the line. Delete character under the cursor. Delete character to the left of the cursor. R Restore to original line. P Type control character. Toggle insert/overwrite mode. Edit fields always start in insert mode. Using A MouseYou can use a mouse with HELP! to enhance your productivity. The mousecan be used with almost all of HELP! except the View Command and theHELP! Editor. To use a mouse, you must have your mouse driver alreadyloaded before you call HELP!. This driver must operate in a MicrosoftMouse compatible mode. Left Mouse ButtonThe left mouse button is the one used for most operations. In thefollowing pages, the left button is assumed unless otherwisespecified. Right Mouse ButtonSingle Click Equivalent to pressing the escape keyDouble Click Equivalent to pressing (gets help) Single Clicking the MouseSingle clicking the mouse is defined as moving the mouse cursor to thedesired point and depressing the desired button and then quicklyreleasing that button. Double Clicking the MouseDouble clicking the mouse is defined as single clicking the mouse twicein rapid succession. A good way to practice this is to try doubleclicking the right mouse button from the main menu. If you aresuccessful, a help screen will pop-up. The Mouse and Menus The Main Menu and Utilities MenuÚ To Select A Menu Item ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ Ú Copy, Erase & Move Multiple Ä¿³ Click Anywhere on the Menu Item ³ ³ Double Clicking on these ³ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ³ menu items will bring up the ³ ³ ³ multiple selection screen ³ ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ³ ³ ³ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄ¿ ³ ³ ³ Select: Attributes Copy Drive Erase Files Help Locate Move Name Options Print Quit Run Sort Tree Utilities View Words eXecute Enter Capital Letter of Desired Menu Item or Use or Shift The Sub-MenusÚ To Select A Menu Item ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿³ Click anywhere on the Menu Item Containing the Parenthesis ³ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ³ ÚÄÁÄÄ¿ Options: (B)lack & White (F)ile Window Type (2)5 Lines (C)olors (K)ey Status Window (4)3 EGA/VGA (S)ave Config (W)ide File Window (5)0 VGA Only (T)ext Editor (R)ead Tree Options (M)ouse Changing the Directory Click Here For These Directories ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¯ C:\ ³ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¯ C:\FIRST ³ ³ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¯ C:\FIRST\SECOND ³ ³ ³ ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄ¯ C:\FIRST\SECOND\THIRD ÚÁ¿ÚÄÁÄÄ¿ÚÄÁÄÄÄ¿ÚÄÁÄ¿Path Window ÄÄ¯ C:\FIRST\SECOND\THIRDFile Window ÄÄ¯ÕÍÍ Filename ÍÍÑÍÍ Filename ÍÍÑÍÍ Filename ÍÍð ³ Move Up One ³ ANOTHER DOC ³ ONEMORE DOC ³Single Click Will put these names into an edit field in the menu area for further editing. Once the proper directory name is there, press .Double Click Will change the directory to the path name shown. The Mouse in the File Window ÚÄ Top Bar ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄ File Window Toggle Ä¿ ³ Click for Page Up ³ ³ Click To Change ³ ³ Double Click for Home ³ ³ File Window Type ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ³ ³ÕÍÍ Filename ÍÍÑÍÍ Filename ÍÍÑÍÍ Filename ÍÍð ®ÄÄÙ³ Move Up One ³ 1TO3 DOC ³ GOODSTUF DOC ³ ÚÄ In File Window ÄÄÄ¿³ FIRST DOC ³ DEEW3 DOC ³ NEEDHELP DOC ³ ³ Click: Select File ³³ SECOND DOC ³ WERD DOC ³ MOUSE COM ³ ³ Double Click: ³³ THIRD DOC ³ NOGOOD DOC ³ PROGRAM EXE®ÅÄÄ´ Selects & eXecute ³³ FILENAME TST ³ DOUBLEU DOC ³ FUNNY DOC ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÏÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÏÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍX ®ÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ ³ ÚÄ Bottom Bar ÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ÚÄ Wide Window Toggle ÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Click for Page Down ³ ³ Right Arrow - Click for Wide Window ³ ³ Double Click for End ³ ³ Left Arrow - Click for Normal ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ Expanding the Status Window ÕÍ FileSystem ÍÍ DOS 3.20 Í¸ ³ ³ ³ 21,170,176 Bytes Total ³ ³ 2,766,848 Bytes Remain ³ ³ 1,199,102 Bytes Used ³ ÚÄ Status Window Toggle ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ 93 User Files ³ ³ Clicking Here When: ³ ³ 1 Directories ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ ³ Down Arrow - ³ ÃÄ Memory Usage ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ ³ Expand and Cover Key Status ³ ³ 655,360 Bytes Total ³ ³ Up Arrow - ³ ³ 576,960 Bytes Remain ³ ³ Contract and Uncover Key Status ³ ÃÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ´ ³ ³ ³ 12th of June 1988 ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ³ 01:57:24 pm ³ ³ ÔÍ HELP! 4.0 ÍÍ Help ÍX®ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ Clicking Here will Get Help Using TREE With A Mouse ÚÄ Top Bar ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ÉÍ Right Mouse Button ÍÍ» ³ Click for Page Up ³ º Click to Quit TREE º ³ Double Click for `\' ³ ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ¼ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ³ÚÄ Tree Of Directories ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿³\ ³³ÀÄÂÄDOS ÚÄ Inside Tree Window ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿³ ÃÄTC ³ Click on Directory to Select Only ³³ ³ ÀÄÂÄINCLUDE ®ÄÄ´ Double Click Will Select and Change Directory ³³ ³ ³ ÀÄÄÄSYS ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ³ ÚÄ Bottom Bar ÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Click for Page Down ³ ³ Double Click for last directories ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ The Help Index ÚÄ Top Bar ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ÉÍ Right Mouse Button ÍÍÍÍÍÍ» ³ Click for Page Up ³ º Click to Quit Help Index º ³ Double Click for Home ³ ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ¼ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ³ ÚÄ Help Index ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Help On Help ³ ÚÄ Help Topic ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Intro to Menus ³ ³ Click to Select ³ ³ Using Edit Fields ®ÄÄÄ´ Double Click to Get Help ³ ³ Using the Mouse ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ³ Main Screen ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ³ ÚÄ Bottom Bar ÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Click for Page Down ³ ³ Double Click for last help topics ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ The Mouse on the Help Screen ÚÄ Top Bar ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ÉÍ Right Mouse Button ÍÍ» ³ Click for Page Up ³ º Click to Quit Help º ³ Double Click for 1st Page ³ ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ¼ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ³ÚÄ Help ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿³ Page 2 of 7 ³³ 2) Using the and keys will allow a brief ³³ description of the command to appear on the prompt line ³³ ³³ for Previous Page , for Next Page ³ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ ³ ÚÄ Bottom Bar ÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Click for Page Down ³ ³ Double Click for last help page ³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ Change DirectoryThe Change Directory Command provides a fast way to change directory ifyou know the path name of the directory you want. When this command isinvoked, an edit field will appear allowing you to enter the path name.Once this is done, press to change to this directory. Pressingthe Up or Down arrows will bring up the directory TREE. This TREE canthen be used to select a valid directory. This command can be executedwith a mouse by clicking on the last part of the path name desired inthe Path Window.To Enter From the Main Menu Type C With a Mouse: Click anywhere in the Path Window Special KeysThese are special keys strokes that are available from the main menu.Most of these function are duplicates of others found in the variousmenus.Change Directory Key C This key will bring into the menu area a list box allowing you to changeto the current directory by entering a path name.Key Status Toggle K This key will turn off the caps, number and scroll status indicators andexpand the status window to allow for the file attributes of thecurrently selected file. Special Keys - continuedVerbose File Window V The verbose file window will display the file attributes along with thefile names. Only one third the number of file names can be displayed inthis mode.Wide File Window W This key will turn on and off the status window and allow for more filenames to be displayed if possible. Set Keyboard Repeat Rate & DelayThis Command will set the repeat rate for the typematic keys on thekeyboard. You will be asked to enter a number from 1 to 6 for therepeat rate you desire. The numbers next to these entries represent therepeat rate in characters per second. You will then be asked for adelay. This is the amount of time a key must be pressed before it willstart repeating. The default repeat rate is 10 char/sec and the defaultdelay is 1/2 second. This value can be saved by going to the OptionsMenu and Saving the Configuration. The value will be programmed eachtime HELP! is started. Please note that this command will only workwith newer machines whose BIOS support this call.To Change the Key Repeat Rate, From the Main Menu Type: U K Erase Options T This option selects one of the three erase modes in HELP!. Normal Mode This is the erase mode previous versions of HELP! used. It is the normal DOS type of erase in that it is non-destructive of the data in the file and can be recovered with programs available from other venders. This mode is the fastest mode available and should be used most of the time. DoD 5220.22-M This erase mode adheres to the DoD standard for erasing secure information. This mode writes a pass of 00s, a pass of FFs and then it writes one more pass with the character defined in the option Last Character. Erase Options - Continued User Specified This erase mode allows you to define how many passes to make on the data. It works similiar to the DoD mode in that it writes a pass of 00s followed by a pass of FFs. On the last pass, the character defined in the option Last Char- acter will be written. If the number of passes is one, then only the Last Character pass will be written. If the number of passes is two, then a pass of 00s and a pass of Last Character will be written. If the number of passes is three, a pass of 00s, a pass of FFs and a pass of Last Character will be written. You can define up to 99 passes if the DoD mode doesn't satisfy your basic paranoia. Erase Options - Continued P This allows you to enter the number of passes to be written while in the User Specified erase mode. Passes of 00s and FFs will alternately be written until the last pass. During the last pass, the character defined by the option Last Character will be written. The number of passes can be defined as 1 - 99. L Selecting this will allow you to enter the Last Character to be used when using the User Specified or DoD erase modes. A number between 0 and 255 should be entered.