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┌───────────────────────────┐
│ ADVANCED USER INFORMATION │
└───────────────────────────┘
HOW TO MAKE A CLIPBOARD CLIPPING FILE
It's easy to make a clipping file of DOS information as you
move through this health package. Here's how.
First off, a clipping file is just a file you can use to store bits of
the Guide you electronically clip for future reference, just like you'd
keep a scrapbook of newspaper articles. You can even add your own notes
and comments.
This program will create a clipping file called CLIP.TXT. To move
a section of this guide to CLIP.TXT do the following:
1) If you press the grey plus (+) and minus (-) keys you can move
a highlighting bar up and down through the text. Using the plus and
minus keys, move the highlighting bar to the line of text at which you
want to start the clipping.
2) Press the F5 key to anchor the highlight.
3) Using the cursor keys, extend the highlighting down to
cover the section of text you want to clip. You can also use
the PGDN and PGUP keys if the passage is longer than one
screen.
4) Once you've highlighted the text you want to clip, do one of the
following:
a) If you want to append the clipping to the information in the
CLIP.TXT file hold down the ALT key and, at the same time, press the
A key.
b) If you want overwrite the information in the CLIP.TXT file with
the clipping hold down the ALT key and, at the same time, press the O
key.
CLIP.TXT is an ASCII file. It can be edited and read with most word
processors. Remember, however, that no material in the Southam Health
Package Hypertext can be used for anything other than personal purposes
without the written permission of Southam Inc. see <SYSTEM>.
When you save a section of text to CLIP.TXT the clipping will be
preceded by an angle-bracketed jump to the file the clipping came from.
This can be handy to explore if you need to get the context of the
clipping later on.
To view the clipping file as it is now see <CLIP.TXT>
EXECUTING DOS COMMANDS
To execute a DOS command hold down the ALT key and press the D key at
the same time (ALT D). No matter where you are in the Guide you will be
able to execute a single DOS command and return to the Guide after it
has executed.
For example:
Hit the ALT-D combination. At the prompt at the bottom of the screen
type DIR and hit RETURN or ENTER to see a directory listing of the
current directory
WORD SEARCH
To search for a word in a file you're reading do the
following:
To search forward from the screen you're reading press ALT-F
You'll see a SEARCH box appear at the bottom of the screen. Enter the
word(s) you'd like to search for and hit the RETURN or ENTER key.
To search backward from the screen you're reading press ALT-B
You'll see a SEARCH box appear at the bottom of the screen. Enter the
word(s) you'd like to search for and hit the RETURN or ENTER key.
This technique will allow you to search a single file for a word. To do
more complex word searches through the whole health package system use
the word search feature in the ISSUES menu.
ON-LINE HELP
Remember, for help anytime just press the F1 key.