Help For Clip Words

Menu Commands:

File Menu

Edit Menu

Find Menu

Text Menu

Window Menu

Icons:

Category Icons

Toolbar Icons

Windows:

Category:

Topic:

Browser:

Grabber:

Editor:

Finder:

Sound:

Sound Button


File Menu

File Menu commands.

New

Clears the Clip Grabber or Clip Editor windows of their contents.  The last selected window will be cleared.

Open

Opens a previously saved Clip Editor (.clp) or Clip Grabber (.grb) file.

Save

Saves the current Clip Grabber Window or Clip Editor Window contents.  The last selected window will be saved.

Save As

Save the Clip Grabber or Clip Editor contents under a new file name.

Print

Prints out the visible area of the Clip Editor Window.  Use the Windows Print Manager to control printer options.

Exit

Exits the program.


Edit Menu

Edit Menu commands.

Copy

Copies selected text in the Clip Editor window to the Windows Clipboard.  Select text within the Clip Editor Window using click and drag.  Control C accomplishes this directly when the Clip Editor Window is active.

Cut

Cuts selected text in the Clip Editor Window to the Windows Clipboard.  Control X accomplishes this directly when the Clip Editor Window is active.

Paste

Pastes the text contents of the Windows clipboard into the Clip Editor Window at the current cursor position.  Control V accomplishes this directly when the Clip Editor Window is active.


Clip Finder Menu

Brings up the Clip Finder window which allows you to enter a keyword criteria for a  search. You can search the current Category, the current Topic, or all of the Clip Words Phrases by selecting the corresponding  Search: criteria. Select match whole word only to search for whole word matches only. Select match case to do a case sensitive search such that only words matching both upper and lower case characters indicated in the keyword will be found. Click the OK button to list the Clip Words Phrases containing the keyword.  Transfer Phrases from the Clip Finder list to the Clip Grabber list by double clicking.


Text Menu

Displays the Clip Editor window.


Window Menu

Window Menu commands.

Cascade

Arranges all of the currently active windows in an overlapping display.

Tile

Arranges all of the currently active windows in a non-overlapping display.


Category Icons

Select a Category icon to view  the Phrases in the selected Category. The Topic Window appear listing the Topics within the selected Category.

The following lists each icon and the Category it represents.

People:

Holiday:

Promotion:

Issues:

Places and Things:

Industry:

Extras:

Motivational:

Social:

Government:

Sports:

Events:

Science and Tech:

Seasons:


Topic List Window

This window contains a list of the Clip Words Topics within the current Category. The current Category name is displayed in the gray bar above the list. Click on a Topic to bring up the Clip Browser Window displaying the Phrases concerning this Topic. Use the + ("plus") button to move forward through the Categories or the - ("minus") button to move backward.

Topic list by Category:

PEOPLE

BABIES

COWBOYS

DISABLED

FAMILY

FRIENDS

GROUPS

KIDS

LEADERS

MEN

NEIGHBOR

PARENTS

PIRATES

SENIORS

WOMEN

YOUTH

MOTIVATION

AWARDS & CERTIFICATES

MEETING THEMES

RECOGNITION

THANKS

TRAINING

HOLIDAYS

CHRISTMAS

COLUMBUS DAY

EASTER

FATHER'S DAY

HALLOWEEN

JEWISH HOLIDAYS

JULY 4TH

LABOR DAY

MEMORIAL DAY

MOTHER'S DAY

NEW YEARS

PRESIDENTS DAY

ST. PATRICKS DAY

THANKSGIVING

VETERANS DAY

VALENTINE'S DAY

SOCIAL

ENTERTAINMENT

FASHION

FOOD & RESTAURANTS

FUN

GAMBLING & GAMES

LIVING

LOVE

LUCK

MAGIC

OLD FASHIONED

RELIGION

SILLY STUFF

PROMOTION

CONTESTS & SWEEPSTAKES

COUPONS

FREE

SALE

VALUE

WIN

GOVERNMENT

FIRE FIGHTING

LAW

MILITARY

POLITICS

POST OFFICE

TAXES

VOTING

ISSUES

CRIME

DRUGS

ECONOMY

EDUCATION

ENVIRONMENT

HEALTH & FITNESS

POOR & POVERTY

STRESS

SPORTS

AUTO RACING

BASKETBALL

BASEBALL

BOXING

BIKING

FOOTBALL

FISHING

GOLF

HORSE RACING

HOCKEY

HUNTING

OLYMPICS

OTHER SPORTS

RUNNING

SWIMMING

SKIING

SAILING

TENNIS

SOCCER

PLACES & THINGS

AMERICA

BOOKS

FLOWERS

FRUITS & VEGETABLES

GARDENING

GOLD

JEWELRY

MUSIC

RAINBOWS & COLORS

TIME

TODAY

WORLD

WILDLIFE

EVENTS

ANNIVERSARY

BACK TO SCHOOL

BIRTHDAYS

CIRCUS

GRADUATION

MARRIAGE

PARTY

PARTY THEMES

TRAVEL & VACATION

INDUSTRY

AGRICULTURE

BANKING

BEST

BUSINESS

CAREER

CUSTOMER

HOME IMPROVEMENT

INSURANCE

INVESTMENT

MONEY

NEW

OFFICE

QUALITY

REAL ESTATE

SALES TEAM

SERVICE

STORE

SUCCESS

TRANSPORTATION

WORKING AT HOME

SCIENCE & TECHNOLOGY

BITS & BYTES

FLIGHT

FUTURE

MEDICINE

SPACE

SCIENCE

TECHNOLOGY

WEATHER

SEASONS

FALL

SPRING

SUMMER

WINTER

EXTRAS

EXPRESSIONS

POPPERS

PUNS

PHRASES

SLANG

STATEMENTS

WORDS


Clip Browser Window

This window contains a list of the Phrases within the current Topic.The current Category and Topic names are displayed in the gray bars above the list. DoubleClick on a Phrase to add it to the Clip Grabber Window. Use the + ("plus") button to move forward through the list of Topics in the current Category. Use the - ("minus") button to move backward through the list of Topics.


Clip Grabber Window

This window contains a list of the Clip Words Phrases in your current project. The project name (specified in the last File-Save As procedure) is displayed in the gray bar above the list. Double click on a Phrase to add it to the Clip Editor Window. Use the - ("minus") button to remove the highlighted Phrase from the Clip Grabber Window.


Clip Editor Window

The text in the Clip Editor Window can be edited and saved to a file.  The editor supports the standard keyboard editing command and also Cut (Control X), Copy (Control C), or Paste (Control V) to the Windows Clipboard.


Toolbar Icons

The toolbar is displayed below. Click on the icon you would like help with.


This displays the Category Window


This brings up the Topic Window.


This brings up the Clip Browser Window.


This brings up the Clip Grabber Window.


This brings up the Clip Editor Window.


This brings up the Clip Finder Window.


Sound Button

Note: The sound buttons are only available on the CD-ROM version of Clip Words.

The sound button appearing on the Toolbar in the main window enables or disables the sound play.  When this button is on, selection of any Clip Words Phrase in the Browser, Grabber or Search windows will audibilize the Phrase.

The sound buttons appearing in the Clip Browser window, the Clip Grabber window, or the Clip Finder window provide continuous sequential audio play of each Phrase in the associated list.


Finder Window

This window allows you to enter a keyword criteria for a  search. You can search the current Category, the current Topic, or all of the Clip Words Phrases by selecting the corresponding  Search: criteria. Select match whole word only to search for whole word matches only. Select match case to do a case sensitive search such that only words matching both upper and lower case characters indicated in the keyword will be found. Click the OK button to list the Clip Words Phrases containing the keyword.  Transfer Phrases from the Clip Finder list to the Clip Grabber list by double clicking.


Category Window

This window contains 14 buttons with Category Icons representing each of the Clip Words Categories.  When you select a Category, the Topic Window will appear displaying the Topics within this Category.