═══ 1. Help for PLAYCD Help ═══ Use these choices to find out how to use help, to get extended help, to go to a list of keys, or to go to the help index. Help for help Provides detailed information on the kinds of help available and how to use help. Extended help Displays general help. Keys help Displays a list of keys. Help index Displays the help index. ═══ 2. Help for Help ═══ Use this choice to obtain information on how to use the Help facility. ═══ 3. Help for Extended Help ═══ Use this choice to obtain general information on the tasks you can perform while you are viewing a help window. ═══ 4. Help for Help Index ═══ Use this choice to display the help index. The help index lists the titles of the help information that is available. ═══ 5. Help for Keys ═══ Use this choice to see a list of keys and a description of the function of the keys. ═══ 6. Extended Help for PLAYCD ═══ The PLAYCD program allows you to play audio compact discs; however, you will need external speakers or headphones to listen to the disc. PLAYCD is able to accept both keyboard and mouse input. At run time, PLAYCD will recognize any CD/ROM drives which currently contain a valid CD/ROM, allowing you to control and play any or all of these drives. Once a drive is recognized, you may freely change or remove discs from the drive without notifying the program. Discs will continue playing even when you exit PLAYCD. For help on any function, select the button and press F1. ═══ 7. Help for Commands ═══ The Commands Menu allows the user to select any of a set of special commands. The available commands include: Next Drive Change control panel focus to next CD/ROM drive. Random Play Play tracks of current CD/ROM at random. Stop All and Exit Exit the program after stopping any currently playing drives. Exit Exit the program without stopping any drives. ═══ 8. Help for Next Drive command ═══ The Next Drive command is used to select the next recognized CD/ROM drive. When selected, the focus of PLAYCD control panel changes from the current CD/ROM drive to the CD/ROM drive with the next higher logical drive letter (C, D, E, ...). If there are no other CD/ROM drives, the focus remains on the current drive. ═══ 9. Help for Random Play command ═══ The Random Play command causes the current CD/ROM drive to begin playing tracks at random. Until another command or button is selected, the drive will select tracks at random, playing each track completely before selecting the next track. ═══ 10. Help for Stop All and Exit command ═══ The Stop All and Exit command causes PLAYCD to stop all drives that may have been playing, and then to terminate the program. ═══ 11. Help for Exiting PLAYCD ═══ The Exit command causes PLAYCD to terminate immediately. Any drives currently playing will continue to do so. ═══ 12. Help for Key Assignments ═══ The list of keys is arranged in groups. ACCELERATOR KEYS Ctrl+N Advance control panel focus to next drive Ctrl+R Begin playing tracks at random Ctrl+X Stop all drives and Exit F3 Exit PLAYCD E Eject disc from the current drive P Play the disc in the current drive U Seek to the start of the next higher track on the current drive D Seek to the start of the next lower track on the current drive A Pause/Unpause the current drive M Mute/Unmute the current drive R Start rewinding the current drive, or scan backward if it is playing F Start fast forwarding the current drive, or scan forward if it is playing N Advance control panel focus to next drive PageUp Increase the audio volume on the current drive PageDn Decrease the audio volume on the current drive HELP KEYS F1 Get help F2 Get extended help (from within any help window) Alt+F4 End help F9 Go to a list of keys (from within any help window) F11 Go to the help index (from within any help window) Esc Previous Help Panel, or End help if only one panel Alt+F6 Go to/from help and programs Shift+F10 Get help for help SYSTEM KEYS Alt+F6 Switch to the next windowed program Alt+Esc Switch to the next program, including full-screen programs Ctrl+Esc Switch to the Task List WINDOW KEYS F3 Close a window F10 Go to/from the action bar Arrow keys Move among choices End Go to the last choice in a pull-down Esc Cancel a pull-down or the system menu Home Go to the first choice in a pull-down Underlined letter Move among the choices on the action bar and pull-downs Alt+F4 or F3 Close the window Alt+F5 Restore the window Alt+F7 Move the window Alt+F9 Minimize the window Shift+Esc or Alt+Spacebar Go to/from the system menu Shift+Esc or Alt Go to/from the system menu of a text window ═══ 13. Help for Eject Button ═══ Pressing the Eject button will cause the current CD/ROM drive to immediately eject its disc. If the drive is playing, it will be stopped and the disc will be ejected. ═══ 14. Help for Stop Button ═══ Pressing the Stop button will cause the current CD/ROM drive to immediately stop playing. Once stopped, playing may be resumed by pressing Play. Stop has no effect if the drive is not playing. ═══ 15. Help for Play Button ═══ Pressing the Play button will cause the current CD/ROM drive to begin playing the current location on the disc. Play has no effect if the drive is not ready, or is already playing. ═══ 16. Help for Track Up ═══ Pressing the Track Up button will cause the current CD/ROM drive to immediately advance to the beginning of the next audio track. If the drive is playing, it will continue playing at the start of the next track. If you use Track Up when in the last audio track, the drive moves to the start of the first (lowest) audio track. ═══ 17. Help for Track Down ═══ Pressing the Track Down button will cause the current CD/ROM drive to immediately move to the beginning of the previous audio track. If the drive is playing, it will continue playing at the start of the previous track. If you use Track Down when in the first audio track, the drive moves to the start of the last (highest) audio track. ═══ 18. Help for Pause ═══ Pressing the Pause button will cause the current CD/ROM drive to toggle between pausing and playing. If the current drive is playing, pressing Pause will cause playing to stop at the current location, putting it in a paused state. If the current drive is paused, pressing Pause again will resume playing. Pressing any other key while the drive is paused will cancel the Pause. Pressing Pause when in any other state (i.e. stopped, not ready) will have no effect. ═══ 19. Help for Mute ═══ Pressing the Mute button will cause the volume of current CD/ROM drive to toggle between its current value and zero (no sound). If the current drive is playing, it will continue playing. If the Volume Control is used while Mute is active, Mute is made inactive. ═══ 20. Help for Rewind ═══ The Rewind button is used to move the position of the head on the current drive quickly backward. If the drive is playing, pressing the Rewind button will move halt playing and move the head in reverse until the button is released. Once released, the drive will resume playing at the new location. If the drive is stopped, pressing the Rewind button will start the head moving in reverse until it reaches the beginning of the disc, or until another button is pressed. ═══ 21. Help for Fast Forward ═══ The Fast Forward button is used to move the position of the head on the current drive quickly forward. If the drive is playing, pressing the Fast Forward button will move halt playing and move the head forward until the button is released. Once released, the drive will resume playing at the new location. If the drive is stopped, pressing the Fast Forward will start the head moving forward until it reaches the end of the disc, or until another button is pressed. ═══ 22. Help for Next Drive ═══ The Next Drive button is used to select the next recognized CD/ROM drive. When pressed, the focus of PLAYCD control panel changes from the current CD/ROM drive to the CD/ROM drive with the next higher logical drive letter (C, D, E, ...). If there are no other CD/ROM drives, the focus remains on the current drive. ═══ 23. Help for Volume Slider ═══ The Volume Slider control is used to set the volume of the sound produced by the current CD/ROM drive. By dragging the slider up and down using the mouse, or using the PageUp and PageDown keys, the volume can be increased and decreased. On some CD/ROM drives which lack software volume control, the Volume Slider will not change the sound level until the lowest setting, when the sound will be muted. ═══ 24. Help for Track ═══ Moves to the track you specify. If an invalid track number is entered, it will be ignored.