USING THE FILE BROWSER
This CD contains a fast and easy menu system
for accessing the files from the entire CD.
As there are many files here for you to chose
from, the files have been split up various
categories or areas. This menu allows you to
browse through the different file areas, as
well as allowing you to unzip, copy, or
view the files.


SELECTING A FILE AREA
The area selection window is the second window
to appear when you load the File Browser
(after the About/Credits Screen). You will be
required to make a selection in this window to
start using the File Browser. You can select it
later by clicking on the CHOOSE NEW AREA button
from the main File Browser screen.
The area selection window displays a list of
all the file areas available on the CD-ROM.
The areas have been categorized into several
topics which allows you to quickly and easily
find the type of program you need.
To select an area to browse, click on the area
name and press the ENTER AREA button.
The listing will be loaded and you will be
returned to the main File Browser screen.
On the main screen the File area and the name
of the Quench CD will be displayed in a window
in the top center of the screen.


BROWSING THROUGH THE FILE LISTS
The File list is in the center of the
File Browser Program window.
It consists of a listing of the available
files in the selected area.
It displays 4 different sections of
relevant information :

FILE NAME   - The name of the file. It contains
              an 8 character file name, plus
              the .ZIP extension which means
              the file is a compressed Zip file
SIZE        - The size of the file in bytes.
              1024 bytes = 1 kilobyte.
              1024 kilobytes = 1 megabyte.
DATE        - The date the file was created.
DESCRIPTION - A brief description of the file.
              (This description may stretch
              over several lines).


FILENAME       Size    Date        Description
----------------------------------------------
FILENAM1.ZIP   34333   21-03-94    Description
                                   listed here

In most cases the file listing is several
screens in length. Only a small portion of this
list can be displayed at the one time as we
would run out of room otherwise! You can use
your mouse by clicking on the desired part of
Vertical Scroll Bar to navigate your way
through the file listing!
You will notice that one line in the file
listing is highlighted. This highlighted line
is the currently selected file for when you
need to perform certain operations such as
copying and unzipping files.


COPYING FILES FROM THE CD-ROM
This button allows you to copy the currently
selected Zip file from the CD-ROM to your
hard disk or any other writable storage device.
You will be prompted to enter a destination
directory. If you wish to copy the file into
a new directory you may type in the directory
name. When you click on COPY FILE it will,
after confirmation perform the copy operation.
If you entered a new directory name it will
first ask you if you wish to create this
directory. Use this function only if you want
to copy the file to your hard drive.
You will not be able to use the program until
you unzip the file, hence you must use
the UNZIP command.


WHAT IS A ZIP FILE?
Zip files are known as archive files.
They contain one or more files which have been
compressed together into the one file.
For example a Zip file of your DOS directory
would contain ALL the files in that directory,
but instead of it appearing on your hard drive
as several files it will only appear as 1 file.
This file will also be much smaller than the
total size of all the files in that directory
as each file INSIDE the Zip file has been
compressed to it's smallest possible size.
The advantages of using Zip Files is that it
enables so much more data to fit onto your
hard drive and it also allows you to have only
one file representing that particular program
or collection of data. 
The disadvantage of Zip Files is that they
cannot be used by your machine until they have
been 'UNZIPPED' (all of the files INSIDE are
uncompressed and put back onto your hard drive
as separate files).
The File Browser gives you the option of
keeping each program in its Zip File format
(COPY in menu) or to Unzip (UNZIP in menu) it
so you can use it straight away (you may have
to install the software from DOS or Windows)


UNZIPPING FILES FROM THE CD-ROM
This button allows you to Unzip or Download the
currently selected Zip file from the CD-ROM to
your hard disk or any other writable storage
device. You will be prompted to enter a
destination directory. If you wish to UNZIP the
file into a new directory you may type in the
directory name. When you click on UNZIP FILE it
will, after confirmation from you, perform the
UNZIP operation. If you entered a new directory
name it will first ask you if you wish to create
this directory before proceeding.
HINT : Use this function to unzip or download
the program to your hard drive. Select a file
and click on UNZIP FILE with your mouse.
Select a directory you wish to unzip it to
and click on OK!


VIEWING THE CONTENTS OF A ZIP FILE
This command will allow you to view the
contents of the currently selected Zip File.
It will display the file names in a list box.
It will also show you other relevant
information of the selected file
underneath the list box :

FILE NAME       - The name of the selected file

FILE SIZE       - The Uncompressed Size
                  (the actual size) of the
                  selected file.
  
COMPRESSED SIZE - The new Compressed Size  of
                  the selected file.

FILE DATE       - The date the file was
                  created.

By clicking on the VIEW FILE command you can
view the selected file. The File Browser will
automatically use the "Associations" settings
from your WIN.INI file to determine which
program to use to view the file (e.g. a file
with the extension .BMP means that it is a
Windows Bitmap Picture and will most likely
load Windows Paintbox or another drawing
package to view the file).
If you wish to create new Associations you will
need to load "File Manager" which comes with
Windows. If an association is not found for the
file it will use "MS Write" word processor to
view the file. You can also force the File
Browser to use "MS Write" by selecting this
option in this window.
By clicking on the EXTRACT FILE command you can
extract or unzip the selected file. This is
handy if you only need one particular file
from inside the current Zip file.
NB: This function is useful for viewing
documentation and 'readme files' without
unzipping the program to your hard disk.
Click on the file with your mouse, click on
view file. Then a list of files that are
contained within the zip' file will be shown on
screen. Click on the file you wish to view and
press "Ok". This function will not allow you to
use the program, but only lets you view
the documentation.


SEARCHING FOR PROGRAMS
This command allows you to search through the
current file listing(s) using a specified
keyword. For example you may want to search for
the keyword CARDS in the "Entertainment Area"
of the Super Oz Shareware 1 CD if you are trying
to find all the card games available in this
area. If you select the QUICK SEARCH button
then you will be prompted to enter the
"Search Text". This is the keyword or phrase
that you wish to search for.
You can click on BEGIN SEARCH to commence the
keyword search. If your keyword is found it
will highlight the line in which the text was
found in the file list box. You will notice
that the SEARCH AGAIN and END SEARCH commands
will be now be visible in the center of the
screen just above the file area listing.
You can either perform a command on the
selected file (such as copying, unzipping and
viewing), or you can use the SEARCH AGAIN to
continue searching through the listing for more
matches. END SEARCH will abort the current
search. If you select the GLOBAL SEARCH button
then you will be prompted to enter the
"Search Text". You will also be prompted to
select the areas that you wish to search.
This is extremely useful if you are not sure
which area the program may be located. You can
select every area on the CD-ROM or simply just
select one or two. You can click on
BEGIN SEARCH to commence the keyword search.
By using the Quick search you can only search
for the area you are in. However if you use
Global Search it will search the areas you have
highlighted.
Hint: You can search all the areas by keeping
the left mouse pressed and moving your mouse
down until all file areas are highlighted and
then clicking on Begin Search.

PRINTING FILE LISTS
The PRINT LIST command allows you to print the
currently selected file area to your printer or
file. A printer dialogue box will appear
prompting you to select the printer, and other
relevant information such as the number of
copies, and the portion of the list you wish to
print. If you click OK it will then send the
list to the selected printer.
This command can only be used if you
have a printer!