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Copyright (c) 1987 Blue Sky Software. All rights reserved.
#ovhelp HOW TO USE HELP IN OVERVIEW
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OverView uses the last two lines of your computer's screen to show you what
topics have help information available. The next to last line displays the
list of topics available while the very last line displays a short message
about one of the topics listed.
You can select a topic for further help in one of two ways. You can
"point" to the topic by using the space bar, tab key, or backspace key to
move the highlighted bar over the desired topic and press the Return key.
As you move the highlighted bar, the last line will change to display a
short message about the currently highlighted topic. The other, faster
method of selecting a help topic is to simply press the key that is the
first letter of the topic.
For example, to get help on OverView commands ("Cmds" on the topic line
below) you can either press the space bar twice (to highlight "Cmds") and
then press the Return key, or just press the C key once.
For more information on using HELP, press the M (for More) key.
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More More help on using Help
Menus Help on using menus
Cmds Help on OverView commands
Fkeys Help on function key usage
Keys Help on other key usage
Screen Help on OverView screen displays
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#more MORE HELP ON USING HELP
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Each help screen contains a topic named "Quit." Selecting the Quit topic
will exit OverView's help facility and return you to whatever you were
doing before you asked for help.
All help screens except the first screen contain a topic named "Prev." If
you select the Prev topic, you will be returned to whatever help screen was
displayed prior to the current topic.
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#keys OTHER KEY SUMMARY
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Esc - Returns you to the top level menu of the current function.
- Interrupts an operation (copy, rename, etc) on tagged files.
- Aborts operation when answering prompt.
- Moves the file or dir pointer, scrolls up in VIEW.
- Moves the file or dir pointer, scroll down in VIEW.
-> - Moves the file or dir pointer, scrolls right in VIEW, moves cursor
right when answering prompt.
<- - Moves the file or dir pointer, scrolls left in VIEW, moves cursor
left when answering prompt.
Home- Goes to first file name, moves to top of file in VIEW, moves to root
dir in DIR.
End - Goes to last file name, moves to bottom of file in VIEW.
PgUp- Moves up a screen of file names, moves up a screen in VIEW.
PgDn- Moves down a screen of file names, moves down a screen in VIEW.
Ins - Toggles insert mode when answering prompt.
Del - Deletes char under cursor when answering prompt.
<- - (backspace) Deletes char left of cursor when answering prompt.
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#menus USING MENUS
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The last two lines of the computer's screen display a menu of the commands
and command options you can currently perform (in HELP, they display the
help topics available). The next to last line lists the individual
commands or options available, while the very last line displays a short
message about the highlighted command or option.
You can select a command or option from the menu in one of two ways. You
can "point" to the command or option using the space bar, tab key, or
backspace key to move the highlighted bar over the desired topic and press
the Return key. As you move the highlighted bar, the last line changes to
display a short message about the currently highlighted command. The
other, faster method of selecting a command or option is to simply press
the key that is the first letter of the topic.
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#screen SCREEN LAYOUT
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OverView has four distinctly different screen displays. They are:
File name display - displays the names of the files in the current
directory or drive. Detailed information about each file will be shown if
selected by the INFO command. This is the normal display.
Directory tree display - displays the directory organization of the current
disk in a graphical, tree-like manner. This display is selected by the DIR
command.
Help display - displays a screen of help information. You are looking at
the help display now. This display is selected by the HELP command or the
F1 function key.
View display - displays the contents of a file in ascii or hexadecimal
format. The view display is selected by the VIEW command.
The file name and directory tree displays share a common header that
displays information about the current disk and directory. For more
information on the header, select the More option from the menu below.
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menu
More More information on the header format
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#more HEADER FORMAT
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The top of the file name and directory tree screens show OverView's current
status. Included is information about the current disk Volume, the current
directory Path, the Files in the current directory and Selection criteria
used to pick the files displayed.
The Volume section displays the current disks volume label, the size of the
disk in bytes and the amount of free space available on the disk.
The Path section displays the full pathname of the current directory.
The Files section displays the number and size in bytes of the selected
files in the current directory and the number and size of the tagged files.
The Selection section displays the current file name mask and attribute
settings used to selection files from the current directory. Only files
that match the selection criteria are displayed in the file name screen.
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#cmds OVERVIEW COMMAND SUMMARY
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HELP - Provides on-line help on OverView usage
COPY - Copies the current or all tagged files
DIR - Display the current disk's directory tree
ERASE - Erases the current or all tagged files
INFO - Toggles the display of additional file information
NEW - Reread and redisplay the current directory
RENAME - Rename (or move) the current or all tagged files
SORT - Sort files by name, extension, date, size, unsorted
TAG - Tag one or more files for other operations
VIEW - View the current file on your screen
OTHER - Display secondary menu of commands
QUIT - Quit to DOS
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Dir Help on DIR commands
Info Help on Info
Sort Help on SORT commands
Tag Help on TAG commands
View Help on VIEW commands
Other Help on OTHER commands
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#fkeys FUNCTION KEY SUMMARY
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F1 - Get Help
F2 - Tag/Untag the current file (toggles current tag state)
F3 - Login to the parent directory
F4 - Login to the subdirectory under the file pointer
F5 - Goto the next tagged file
F6 - Goto the previous tagged file
F7 - Open another file name display window
F8 - Close the current file name display window
F9 - Goto the next file name display window
F10 - Goto the previous file name display window
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#dir DIR COMMAND
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The DIR commands let you view, make, remove, and change directories. When
DIR is selected from the main menu, the current disks directory structure
will be displayed in a graphical tree format.
When first displayed, the current directory will be highlighted. You can
move this dir pointer by using the keypad arrow keys and the home key. As
you move the dir pointer, the pathname displayed at the top of the screen
will be updated.
Moving the dir pointer does not actually change the current directory
unless you use the Dir Login command to log in to the currently highlighted
directory. If you quit the dir tree display (instead of logging into a
directory) you will be returned to same directory that was displayed before
displaying the dir tree (regardless of where you move the dir pointer).
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#info INFO COMMAND
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The INFO command turns on