Copyright: PaperPad 2.0 is copyright ® 1994 XpresWare


Main Contents
PaperPad 2.0 Contents

PaperPad:

NEW IN 2.0!

WIN.INI Settings

The Menus:

File Menu

Edit Menu

Character Menu

Help Menu

The Picture:

XpresWare Information


 WIN.INI Settings

For those Power Users who like to know what ever little setting and possible change in their Windows Initialization file, we have strove to show what possible things PaperPad could to to your WIN.INI.  Below is the PaperPad and XpresWare sections of the file:

[XpresWare]

PadPath=C:\WINDOWS\

[PaperPad]

HelpPath=C:\WINDOWS\

SaveDFlt?=1

TextBox=0

Font=Arial

Size=12

The XpresWare section is for the benefit of other XpresWare programs.  It states the location of their executable file (.EXE), for instance if you have Easy Out on your system, the line EOPath= is added.  The PaperPad section, however, is slightly more complex:

HelpPath is where this help file is located.

SaveDFlt? decides whether the font and font size are saved at exit (1 means yes, 0 means no).

TextBox decides whether the Text Information Box is open. (1 means yes, 0 means no).

Font is the last used font.

Size is the size of last used font.

Most of these settings can be modified in the Options... dialog box.


NEW IN 2.0!

For users of earlier versions of PaperPad, this new release probably resembles your version to such an extent that you are probably saying "So, what's so new about this?"

Well, here is the answer:

•	Options are now grouped together in a single dialog box!

•	Search and replace functions!

•	Undo function!

•	Save As... and Save are seperate!

•	Search from the Help menu!

•	Edit and read files up to 60 kilobytes!

•	New icon!

•	No messy problems regarding the location of the WIN.INI!

•	Better clipboard control!

•	Print the text using the settings on screen!


File Menu

The File menu controls general file input/output with Open... and Save [As...] commands, along with printing, creating new files, and exiting the program.

This chart should help to make what the specific commands in the File menu are:

If you choose this option.......................................................this is what happens

New	Clears the editing area for a new file.  If text is displayed that has changed since last being save, the program prompts for a save.

Open...	Brings up the Open File... dialog box, which prompts you to choose the file to open.  After the file opens, it is displayed in the edit window, and the file name is displayed on the title bar in the sintax "PaperPad 2.0 - filename".  If there was text displayed in the edit window, then the program prompts you to save.

Save	Saves the current text to the text's filename (the filename part of "PaperPad 2.0 - filename").  If the file has not yet been previously saved, then the Save As... dialog box appears.

Save As...	Brings up the Save As... dialog box, which prompts you to enter the filename to which the text currently displayed in the edit window will be saved to.  The title bar of the program will then change from whatever it used to be to "PaperPad 2.0 - filename."

Print	Prints the text in the edit window.  When this option is chosen, the program pauses to print (there is no background printing).

Exit	Quits PaperPad 2.0.  If the text in the edit window has changed since it was last saved, then the program asks you if you wish to save, and if you choose yes, brings up the Save As... dialog box.

Shortkey Keys


File Menu shortcut keys:

New	Ctrl+N

Open...	Ctrl+O

Save	Ctrl+S

Save As...	Ctrl+A

Print	Ctrl+P

Exit	Alt+F4


Edit Menu

The Edit menu controls all the editing commands, like cutting and pasting text, and finding and replacing specific strings of text.

If you choose this..............................................................................This happens

Undo	The program undoes the most recent action, such as adding or deleting text.

Cut	The program cuts the selected text to the clipboard.

Copy	The program copies the selected text to the clipboard.

Paste	The program pastes whatever the clipboard currently contains into the edit window of PaperPad.

Delete	The selected text inthe the edit window is deleted, recoverable only if Undo is clicked.

Search...	The Search... dialog box is displayed, which allows you to enter the string of text that you wish to find.

Again	The last search is repeated.

Options...	The Options... dialog box is displayed, which allows you to choose whether to view the Text Information box, to save the font and size at exit, and to enter where the program executeable (PPAD.EXE) and help file (this one, PPAD.HLP).

Shortcut keys


Edit Menu shortcut keys

Undo	Ctrl+Z

Cut	Ctrl+X

Copy	Ctrl+C

Paste	Ctrl+V

Delete	Del (sometimes Delete)

Search...	Ctrl+Q

Again	Ctrl+W

Options...	(none)


Character Menu

This menu contains the formatting codes designed to make the text look more attractive to you, or if you wish to write in a different language that does not use the Latin characters, like Greek or Chinese, for instance.

If you choose this..............................................................................This happens

Font	A sub menu opens that displays your fonts, either all of them or the first twenty, which ever is less.

Format	A sub menu opens that displays five options: Normal, Bold, Italic, Underline, Strikethru.  If you choose Normal then all the other formatting is removed (no bold, no italic...).

Size	A sub menu opens that displays the even font sizes between 8 and 20 points.

Options...	The Font Options dialog box is openned.  It allows you to do everything on the other menu choices, but includes all fonts.


Help Menu

This drop-down menu has the controls to launch WinHelp with the PaperPad 2.0 help file (this is it!), the "Help on Help" file, and the About box.

If you choose this..............................................................................This happens

Index	This file is opened, with the Contents (index) displayed.  Please note that the program must know where the help file is, so you must enter the correct location in the Options dialog box (see the Edit Menu).

Search...	The WinHelp's Search dialog box will open, allowing you to find whatever topic you have a question on.  Once again, the program must know where the help file is.

Help on Help	    WinHelp launches the main windows helpfile.

About....	The About.... dialog box is displayed.

The only shortcut key for the Help menu is F1, which launches the Index.

Shortcut Keys


Shortcut Keys:

Index	Ctrl+F1

Search	Shift+F1


XpresWare Contents
This is the XpresWare section of the helpfile.  Here is where you may descover our other products, how to register, about XpresNews (the newsletter).

Please select from the choices below:

Copyright Information

XpresWare Catalog

Registration and Ordering Information

How to reach us


Copyright Inofrmation
Copyright Information

This is required.

PaperPad 2.01a, Easy Out 1.0, CD Xpres 1.0, and MaxPad 1.0 are copyright © 1994 by XpresWare.  All rights are reserved. To reproduce parts of this program or helpfile is illegal without the prior consent of XpresWare.

Microsoft is a registered trademark ® of Microsoft Corporation.  Windows, Windows for Workgroups, and Windows for Pen Computing are trademarks ™ of Microsoft Corporation.  Apple is a registered trademark ® of Apple Computing, Inc.  Macintosh is a trademark ™ of Apple Computing, Inc.  Neither of these companies support XpresWare or its programs.


XpresWare Catalog
 Catalog

For Microsoft Windows 3.x and Windows for Workgroups 3.1x:

PaperPad 2.01a is our head program, a text editor designed to be better and easier to use than Notepad.  Available now.  $15

CD Xpres 1.0 is a compact disc player that is for the Windows user who dislikes the Media Player that comes with Windows.  Sept '94, $10

GIF Work 1.0 is a GIF viewer and organiser.  A great utility because of the rarety of GIF viewers by themselves for low prices. Dec '94, $15

Easy Out 1.0 is a quick utility: from it the user can exit Windows the fast way or opt to reboot Windows.  Available now, $15

For Microsoft Windows for Pen Computing 1.0:

PenPad 1.0 is a pen-ready version of PaperPad 1.1a.  Available now, $20.

PenPad 2.0 is the pen version of PaperPad 2.01a.  Available Jan '95.  $20.

For Macintosh:

MaxPad 1.0 is the Macintosh version of PaperPad.  Comes with multiple document editing support.  Sept '94, $15.

Please see Registration and Ordering Information

Disclaimer:

PaperPad, CD Xpres, Easy Out, and MaxPad are copyright © 1994 XpresWare.  GIF Work is the tenative name for the GIF viewer.  None of these programs may ever be released, while others might be added to the list.  For users of Easy Out, there is no guarantee that it will work under any operating system that is not Windows 3.x, Windows for Pen Computing 1.0, or Windows for Workgroups 3.1x.


How to Reach Us
 How to Contact Us

You can E-Mail us at XPRESWARE@AOL.COM, or you can write to us at:

XpresWare

6 Channing Place

Cambridge, MA 02138.

If you do write, please include a SASE, so as to make our lives easier.

We will get back to you as soon as posible.


Registration and Ordering Informatoin
Registration and Ordering Information

THOSE WHO REGISTER PAPERPAD GET A SUBSCRIPTION TO XPRESNEWS, A QUARTERLY NEWLETTER SHOWCASING XPRESWARE PROGRAMS AND TALKING ABOUT THE INDUSTRY.  THEY ALSO GET DEALS ON OTHER XPRESWARE SOFTWARE AND DISCOUNTS ON UPGRADING PAPERPAD.

For Unregistered Users (Those who have not paid):

If you wish to purchase PaperPad 2.0 (this is also referred to as registration) either before or when your one month grace period has passed, please fill out the registration file (REGISTER.TXT), then send a hard copy, i.e. on paper, along with the registration fee, plus $2 for First Class US Postal Service Mail, or $11 for overnight Express Mail, in the form of check or money order to the below address:

XpresWare

6 Channing Place

Cambridge, MA 02138-3307.

Expect USPS sent mail to arrive in four days after being sent, and Express Mail to arrive by 5pm on the day after being sent.  We only send out the programs after the check clears (so a certified check or a money order would go faster).

For Registered Users (Those who have paid):

Please send in the included Registration card to the address listed above.

For Everyone about buying other software on the catalog:

Please send, in the form of check or money order, the amount listed plus $2 for First Class mail or $11 for overnight Express Mail to the above address.  The software will be sent out when it becomes available or when the cheque clears.


The PaperPad titlebar is a strange thing: when no file is loaded, the bar reads PaperPad 2.0 - [New], but when a file is loaded, the title bar reads PaperPad 2.0 - filename.


SASE: Self Addressed Stamped Envelope