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HELP SYSTEM QUICK INDEX ------------------------- A) GENERAL OVERVIEW #2 B) MAIN MENU COMMANDS #6 C) DATABASE COMMANDS #10 D) FILE COMMANDS #14 E) INDEX DATABASE #25 F) MENU COMMANDS #26 G) SETUP #31 H) TREE COMMANDS #33 I) PROTECTION & USAGE #39 J) USING A MOUSE #40 GENERAL OVERVIEW At any time during the operation of the program, you may press the [Alt-C] key combination to activate an on-screen calculator. The [Esc] key will return you to the program at the point from which you started the calculator. Another "always available" command is the [Alt-S] command which displays the current space statistics of your disk drives and other program option settings. Again, the [Esc] key will return you to the point at which the statistics screen was activated. [Alt-P] displays a detailed copyright notice and [Alt-H] displays help information. When you use [Alt-H], the first screen to appear is a quick index for the help system. You may jump to a section of the help file by pressing the appropriate hilited letter. You may always return to the help index by pressing [Home]. [Alt-L] displays a calendar and [Alt-D] provides quick access to the DOS prompt. The current directory will be whichever directory was currently in use by the FILE command of the program. From the DOS prompt, you may enter any DOS command (given sufficient memory). [F1-F10] recalls the last 10 DOS commands. [Esc] returns to the program. Most of the program functions are executed through the list of commands shown in the bottom area of the screen. The [Space] or [BackSpace] keys may be used to highlight the desired command. The one-line description of the command shown on the last line of the screen will change appropriately. To execute any of the functions, press the first letter of the command. The command corresponding to the selected letter will be immediately executed. Some commands will move to another command list. The name of the current command list is always shown on the left side of the command list. You may move to a previous command list by pressing the [Esc] key. Most command lists also have a QUIT command which will move to the previous command list. Occasionally, you will be presented with a vertical list of choices for some program function options. Select from these lists by pressing the up or down arrow keys and press [Enter] when the desired option is highlighted. If the first letters of the options are shown in bold characters, you may press the corresponding letter to make a selection. You may optionally press the [Esc] key to abort the selection process. In general, the [Esc] key serves to abort any operation or selection. At many points in the program, you will be entering or changing information on the screen. The procedure is generally the same and is outlined here. Differences that occur in this procedure are covered in the appropriate detail sections of this documentation. When entering or updating data screens, a flashing "*" will appear on the data screen to indicate where information is to be entered. A cursor will also show the current position within a data field. Data fields are the hilited areas of the screen. Some or all of the following commands will be available for data entry: [left/right arrow]: Moves the cursor within the current field. If the the cursor is at the first position within a field, then the previous field will be selected. If the cursor is at the last position within a field, then the next field will be selected. [ctrl-left/right]: Moves the cursor to the first position or last character of the field. [F1/F2]: Enters the current date/time if appropriate. [F5/F6]: Moves to the previous/next record (databases only). [ctrl-home/end]: Moves to the first or last record (databases only). [up/down arrow]: Selects the previous or next data field for editing. [Enter/return]: Same as right or down arrow for next field. [F8]: Blanks the current data field. [Esc]: Aborts changes made to the data screen and completes enter/update action. [F10]: Accepts changes to the data screen and completes enter/update action. MAIN MENU COMMANDS BACKUP Attempts to locate and execute the Backup/Restore program to perform a perform a hard disk backup or restoration. The Backup/Restore program is a separate program available from AMST that is used to backup your hard disk to floppy disks. If you have not purchased and installed the Backup/Restore program, a message will indicate that the program could not be found. DISKFORMAT The DISKFORMAT command is used like the DOS FORMAT command to format diskettes. For your protection, the DISKFORMAT command will only operate on drives A and B. When you select the DISKFORMAT command, a screen will appear for you to enter the format specifications: FORMAT DRIVE: The letter designating the drive to format. TYPE: This is the type of drive to format: 1 = 360K 3 = 720K 2 = 1.2M 4 = 1.4M VOLUME LABEL: Up to 11 characters may be entered as a volume label to be placed on the disk. When you have entered the appropriate data for the format specification, [F10] will begin the format process. All disks formatted with the DISKFORMAT command will be checked for bad sectors. Progress of the format operation will be shown on the screen. When the format operation is complete, the total and available bytes on the formatted disk will be shown, as well as the number of bytes in bad sectors found and marked. If you wish to format another disk, you may press [F10] when the format specification screen is showing again. Press [Esc] to end the formatting session. FILE Moves to the FILE command list described later. INDEX Moves to the INDEX database. See the section on DATABASE COMMANDS. MENU Moves to the MENU command list described later. SETUP Moves to the program setup data screen described later. TREE Moves to the TREE command list described later. USAGE Provides access to the protection and usage log features of the program. See the sections on DATABASE COMMANDS and PROTECTION & USAGE. DATABASE COMMANDS There are three databases in the program: the Index, Timelog, and User databases. In general, the program databases operate in the same fashion. After you select a database from the program main menu, a screen appears that displays information relative to the database in use. Line 24 of the screen will display information related to the current database. This line will show, in order, the name of the current database, the current order of the database, the page and number of pages total, the current record number, the number of records currently stored in the database, the total number of records counting previously deleted records, and the number of records that may still be added to the database (dependant on disk space remaining). Following is a description of the standard database commands. Browse: Shows the records in tabular format. The [PgUp/PgDn] and [Up/ Down arrow] keys are used to move through the list. The [left/ right] arrow keys scroll the screen horizontally. [^Home] and [^End] immediately jump to the beginning and end of the database respectively. [Esc] returns to the original database screen at the original record and [Enter] selects the record that the arrow is pointing to. Search options are included in the BROWSE command to allow quick location of records. The [F1] and [F2] keys are used to set the primary and secondary search strings for the field currently shown on the left side of the BROWSE screen. After the desired search strings have been set, [F5] and [F6] are used to search forward or backward through the database. A match indicator is shown on the lower right corner of the screen. The [F9] key may be used to examine the current record in detail before leaving the BROWSE mode. Delete: Deletes the current record after user confirmation. Enter: Enters a new record into the current database. The GENERAL OVERVIEW section describes data entry in detail. Find: Finds a record matching the current order key. You will be prompted to enter a key to match. You may enter a partial key key and the program will attempt to find the closest match. Key: Allows you to add or remove a key field (a field to sort on). A list of fields will appear from which you may select a new key or a key to delete. Current key fields will be marked with a "K" or "k" to indicate unique or duplicate keys respectively. Only duplicate keys may be added or deleted. Misc: Miscellaneous database functions. Fixup is the most common command found here. Fixup performs two functions. First, it attempts to rebuild damaged databases by scanning the database and reconstructing the index files. Second, Fixup attempts to free unused disk space by eliminating old records (previously deleted) from the database. The Fixup command may be necessary if damage has occurred in one of the databases for some unknown reason or if you have deleted many records from a given database. Fixup will free unused disk space and speed database access. Order: Changes the order that records will be displayed. A list of key field choices will appear from which you may select the desired order. Key fields are marked with a "K" or "k" to indicate unique keys or duplicate keys respectively. Report: Allows selection of reports to print for the database. Reports offered for each database incluse all records and current record detail. Additional reports will be available for each database as required. Transfer: Transfers the database records to an Ascii file that for use by programs. Each field in the database will be place on a separate line in the output file. Text fields will be enclosed in quotes, numeric fields are left-justified without quotes. The field specifications are detailed in the appropriate database section of the printed documentation. The Transfer command creates a file with the same name as the current database, but with a ".TFR" extension. If the transfer file already exists, you will be asked if it is ok to replace it. All records will be sent to the output file. Update: Updates the current database record. The GENERAL OVERVIEW section describes data entry in detail. FILE COMMANDS IMPORTANT: YOU SHOULD ALWAYS SELECT ORIGIN AND TARGET DIRECTORIES BEFORE USING FILE COMMANDS!!! IF YOU CHANGE FLOPPY DISKS, YOU MUST USE THE ORIGIN OR TARGET COMMAND IN THE TREE COMMANDS TO RE-LOG THE DISK, OTHERWISE THE FILE DISPLAY WILL BE INCORRECT. The file commands provide a comprehensive set of functions for file manipulation. When you select FILE from the main menu, a dual display screen will appear. The left half of the screen displays a list of files and the right half of the screen displays the subdirectories on your hard disk. If no files are found, a NO FILES FOUND message will be displayed on the file side of the screen. The FILE and TREE commands work in concert. The file list shown is always for the directory (or floppy disk) marked on the tree with an "O" denoting Origin. In addition, the current Origin and Target paths will be shown (abbreviated) above the graphic tree display. File commands generally operate on the currently hilited file. Some commands like Copy will also use the directory (or floppy disk) marked with a "T" for Target. You may move between the FILE and TREE sides of the screen with the right and left arrow keys. Additional commands available with FILE that are not shown on the menu are: [Enter]: Tags/untags the currently hilited file for BLOCK commands. [+ or -]: Tags/untags all files for use with BLOCK command. [^PgDn]: Tags current file and moves cursor down. [up/down arrow], [PgUp], [PgDn], [Home], [End]: Moves the hilite bar. [Tab]: Moves between file lists if split window mode is used. ATTR Used to change the attributes, date, or time of the currently hilited file. Choices include Read-only, Hidden, System, and Archive. A pop-up list will appear from which you may examine the current attribute settings or change to new attributes. [Esc] will leave the attributes unchanged. If you select [D] for Date, a prompt will appear over the currently hilited file's date and then time for your modification. BLOCK Used to perform a Copy, Delete, Move, Newcopy, or Rename operation on a group of tagged files. When you select BLOCK, a new menu will appear on the bottom of the screen. The command options will be displayed along with the number of tagged files and the total size in bytes of the tagged files. When you have tagged the desired files, press the appropriate command letter and the operation will begin. Files will be untagged after each operation is completed. If all files are Deleted or Moved, then execution will automatically return to the FILE COMMANDS menu, otherwise, you must press [Esc] or [right arrow] when you are finished with the BLOCK commands. COPY Used to copy the currently hilited file from the ORIGIN directory to the TARGET directory. If the ORIGIN and TARGET directories are the same, then you will be prompted for a new file name. The result is a file duplication in the ORIGIN directory. If the selected file exists in the TARGET directory, then you will be asked if it is ok to replace the existing file. DELETE Used to delete the currently hilited file. You will be asked if it is ok to delete the file before the deletion takes place. EDIT When you select EDIT, the text file editor will automatically load the currently hilited file. Instructions for the editor can be found in the program documentation and in a separate help screen in the editor. Files used with the editor must be standard text and can be no larger than 64K. FILTER Used to filter the file search for the file display list. The default is "*.*" which will find all files. File filter strings are the same as used in DOS (see your DOS manual for details). When you select FILTER, the cursor will move to the top of the screen where FILTER appears. You may then edit the string to match the files of interest. If you do not see the files you think you should see in a directory, then look at the current FILTER to make sure you have not excluded any files. GLOBAL Used to search your entire hard disk for files matching the current file filter. After you have used the FILTER command to select the appropriate files, use GLOBAL to search the entire disk. Two options for GLOBAL are all files or quick scan. The all files option gathers all matching files into one file list. These files may then be deleted or moved to the current target directory. The quick scan option pauses in each directory to allow the following options: D)elete: Deletes the currently hilited file. If the deleted file was the only file left in the current list, the global search will continue. N)ext Dir: Skips the current directory and continues the global search. [Esc]: Stops the global search and stays in the current directory. All of the file list commands (arrows, [PgUp], [PgDn], [Home] and [End] will operate when global search has paused in a directory. A current count of files found and deleted will be displayed in the bottom portion of the screen when using the quick scan option. The ORIGIN directory will be hilited on the directory tree as the global search proceeds. HEX Used to edit any file in Hex/Ascii mode. When you select HEX, the first 256 bytes of the currently hilited file will be read into memory and the HEX screen will appear. The left side of the screen displays the file in Hex code and the right side displays the Ascii equivalent. Commands included in HEX are: [F1]: Rereads the current 256 bytes from disk [F2]: Saves the current 256 bytes to disk [F3]: Jumps to the Hex side of the screen [F4]: Jumps to the Ascii side of the screen [F10], [Esc]: Quits the Hex/Ascii editing session The [PgUp], [PgDn], [Home] and [End]] keys work as expected. LOCATE Used to locate text strings in files anywhere on the hard disk. When you select LOCATE, you will be prompted for a text string to find. Options for LOCATE include all directories, current directory only, and forward from the current directory. If the text is found, a portion of the file which contains the text will be shown with the search text hilited. You then have the option to continue or stop the search. [Esc] aborts the search at any time. MOVE Used to move the currently hilited file from the ORIGIN directory to the TARGET directory. If the selected file exists in the TARGET directory then you will be asked if it is ok to replace the existing file. If you think you have lost a file after using MOVE, check which directory is set as TARGET, then look there for your file. NEWER NEWER is similar to the COPY command except that if the Target contains a file with the same name, the date and time of the files will be compared and the Target file will only be replaced if the Origin file is newer. If no Target exists, the copy will proceed. PRINT Used to print text files and the file list. If printing the file list, you may select an expanded list including filename, size, date, and time, or filenames only. Print Text File prints the file. HP Laser 2 Column prints the file in a double column format on HP LaserJet printers with 80 character lines/60 lines per page. Use a word processor to format text files to improve appearance before printing. RENAME Used to change the name of the currently hilited file. When you select RENAME, the cursor moves to the name of the currently hilited file. You may then enter a new name for the file. SORT Used to sort file list by Date, Extension, Inverse date, Name or Size. TREE Moves to the TREE commands (same as right-arrow) VIEW Used to view the currently hilited file. VIEW commands include: [F1]: Toggles filtering of characters of Ascii 128 or higher. [F2]: Toggles the display of printable characters only. WINDOW Splits the file list into two windows, one for Origin files and one for Target files. The [Tab] key is used to move between the windows. File commands will only operate on the Origin file list. XECUTE Executes the currently hilited file in memory (.COM or .EXE only). DO NOT EXECUTE MEMORY RESIDENT PROGRAMS!!! The ability to execute programs is limited by the amount of memory currently available (see [alt-S] command). INDEX DATABASE The Index database is used to store information from a variety of sources. The database contains fields for an item name, category, date, keywords, and several comment fields. The database is primarily designed to use for file names and descriptions to facilitate locating files, but the database may potentially be used for lists of any types of item. The category field is useful to separate items in the database if more than one type of item is stored. The commands used in the index database are explained in the documentation in the DATABASE COMMANDS section. Reports included in the index database include All Entry Detail, Current Entry Detail, Keyword Match, and Single Category. MENU COMMANDS The Menu commands are used to manipulate the user defined program menus. User menus consist of menu titles, commands that you wish to execute, the directory path from which to execute the command and optional passwords. The menu entries are created and modified with the ADD and CHANGE commands described below. Up to 30 menu entries may be defined for the program. Each of these menu entries may contain up to 10 more submenu entries. Following is a description of each of the Menu commands. ADD Used to add new menu entries into the program. When you select ADD, a hilite bar will appear in the center portion of the screen. Use the arrow keys to select a position for your new menu entry (don't worry, you can move it later). When the desired position is hilited, press [Enter]. The MENU DETAIL data screen appears with the following data fields: MENU ENTRY TITLE: This is the name that will appear on the main screen. The first menu title line defines the main entry. The remaining 10 lines are for submenu entry definition. You MUST enter a title in the first line, but the rest may be blank. If you choose to enter submenu titles, it is best to use a different starting letter for each title so that selection may be made by the first letter. COMMAND TO EXECUTE: The command you enter here will be executed when you select this menu entry on the main screen. If you leave the first command blank and define some of the submenu commands, the submenu will be invoked when you select the corresponding menu entry. Several commands (up to 50 characters) may be entered on one line by separating each command with the vertical bar |. A } symbol forces prompting for parameters. If you place the carat symbol ^ in the command string, the program will not resume after command execution. APPLICATION PATH: As you move through each of the menu title or command fields, the path for the current menu line will appear here. You may specify different paths for each command in the menu entry. If you do not specify any paths, the root directory will be used. If a path is not specified for a submenu entry, the path for the main entry will be used. [F7] displays the tree for path selection. APPLICATION PASSWORD: The [F3] key is used to set or change passwords. You may specify different passwords for each command in the menu entry. If a password is specified and PROTECTION is enabled (see SETUP) then when users attempt to select the menu entry, they will be required to enter the password. In addition, [F5] allows you to delete one of the menu entry lines and [F6] allows you to switch two lines. When you have finished entering your menu entry, [F10] saves the entry. [Esc] aborts all changes. CHANGE Used to change the specifications for an existing menu entry. When you select CHANGE, a hilite will appear on the first menu entry. Use the arrow keys and [Enter] to select the menu entry you wish to change. The MENU DETAIL data screen will then appear. Editing of this screen is the same as for the ADD command. DELETE Used to delete a menu entry. When you select DELETE, a hilite appears on the first menu entry. Use the arrow keys and [Enter] to select the menu entry to delete. [Esc] will abort the process. EXCHANGE Used to exchange two existing menu entries. When you select EXCHANGE, a hilite will appear on the first menu entry. The arrow keys and [Enter] select the first menu entry for the exchange operation. A flashing arrow will mark your spot. The arrow keys and [Enter] are then used to select the second menu entry for the exchange. [Esc] will abort the process. MOVE Used to move an existing menu entry to a new location. When you select MOVE, a hilite will appear on the first menu entry. Use the arrow keys and [Enter] to select the menu entry that you wish to move. A flashing arrow will mark your spot. Next, use the arrow keys and [Enter] to select the new location for the menu entry. [Esc] will abort the process. UPGRADE Updates previous versions of the menu file to the current version. SETUP The SETUP command is used to establish the configuration for the program as described below. COLORS: Allows changing colors on computers with a color monitor. Only the background, low text, normal text, headline, and help line colors may be changed. A sample screen is shown to assist in color selection. The up and down arrow keys select a color to modify, and the left and right arrow keys choose a color. Colors take effect after quitting SETUP. BEEPER ON?: If "Y", the computer's beeper will sound on errors. HOURLY CHIME?: If "Y", the computer's beeper will sound on the hour. EDITOR BACKUPS?: If "Y", when you edit a text file with FILE EDIT the editor will make backups (.BAK files) if you save a file while editing. This only works with the built-in editor. MOUSETRAP?: If "Y", mouse input is enable if a mouse is attached. TEXT EDITOR NAME: If a text editor file is entered here, then that editor will be used in place of the built-in text editor when using the FILE EDIT command. DISK DRIVE USAGE: Determines the disk drives available on your computer for directory tree scanning. PROTECTION ENABLED?: This option will enable menu passwords, user logons, and user access privilege checks. USAGE LOG ENABLED?: This option will force user logons. Whenever a user runs a menu item, logs on or off, or uses the TREE GOTO command, their activity will be logged. MAIN MENU TITLE: This name will appear on the main program screen and is strictly for aesthetic purposes. TREE COMMANDS IMPORTANT: YOU SHOULD ALWAYS SELECT ORIGIN AND TARGET DIRECTORIES BEFORE USING FILE COMMANDS!!! IF YOU CHANGE FLOPPY DISKS, YOU MUST USE THE ORIGIN OR TARGET COMMAND IN THE TREE COMMANDS TO RE-LOG THE DISK, OTHERWISE THE FILE DISPLAY WILL BE INCORRECT. Tree commands provide a comprehensive set of functions for subdirectory manipulation. When you select TREE from the main menu, a dual display screen will appear. The left half of the screen displays a list of files and the right half of the screen displays the graphic subdirectory tree. The FILE and TREE commands work in concert. The file list shown is always for the directory (or floppy disk) marked on the tree with an "O" denoting Origin. You may move between the FILE and TREE sides of the screen with the right and left arrow keys. The [Enter] key will select the currently hilited directory as the ORIGIN. A&B Adds floppy disk subdirectories (if any) to the graphic tree display. COLLECT Used to reread the directory names from the hard disk. Usually it is not necessary to use this command. However, if you make or remove a directory while in DOS, the program will not know that the directory structure has changed unless you use COLLECT. DELETE Deletes the currently hilited directory. You may not remove directories that have child directories or those that contain files. No prompting occurs before the directory is deleted. FILE Moves to the FILE commands (same as left-arrow). GOTO Immediately exits the program and moves to the directory that was hilited. HIDE Hides the currently hilited directory. The directory name will be masked with asterisks "*" to show that it is hidden. The program can find these hidden directories, but they will be hidden from the DOS DIR command. If the directory is already hidden, then the HIDE command will unhide it. If protection is enabled, a hidden directory cannot be selected as the Origin or Target. MAKE Used to make a new directory following the currently hilited directory. When you select MAKE, you will be prompted for the new directory name. Directory names are the same format as file names. You may have to use SORT after this command to show the directories in correct sorted order. ORIGIN Selects the currently hilited directory as the ORIGIN for FILE commands. [Enter] will serve the same purpose as ORIGIN. PRINT Used to print the directory tree, optionally with a list of files after each directory. RENAME Used to change the name of the currently hilited directory. A prompt will appear over the directory name to allow for entry of a new name. SORT The directory tree is automatically sorted. However, if you use the TREE RENAME or MAKE commands, the tree may be out of sorted order. The program will sort the tree the next time it is saved or loaded but you may force a sort with the SORT command. TARGET Selects the currently hilited directory as the TARGET for FILE commands. If the second file window has been opened using the FILE WINDOW command, then the files from the Target directory will be shown. UNDELETE When UNDELETE is selected, the Origin directory is examined for files and subdirectories that have been deleted. If any are found, they will appear in file list. Files marked with a "*" MAY be fully recoverable, but there is no guarantee. Files without the "*" have been partially or completely overwritten. Pressing "U" will cause the program to attempt to undelete the currently hilited file. The Verify option causes the program to show each cluster of data and ask for verification. This option is useful on partially overwritten files. As with any file recovery program, this program must make some assumptions during file recovery, therefore: ANY FILE OR SUBDIRECTORY THAT IS UNDELETED SHOULD BE CHECKED AFTER RECOVERY USING FILE VIEW OR ANOTHER METHOD!!! UNDELETE has not been checked on all brands of computers and hard disks, so careful testing should be used when first using the UNDELETE command. PROTECTION & USAGE If the Usage Log has been enabled (in SETUP), users will be required to enter a User Id when they run this program (the User Id is located in the User database). After the User Id has been verified, access priviliges from the User database will be recorded for that user. From that point, until the user quits from the program, all system activity will be recorded in the Timelog database. In addition, whenever the user attempts to use one of the Hard Disk Manager commands, their access priviliges will be checked before access is allowed. Invalid attempts to access the Hard Disk Manager and the user-defined menus will also be recorded. If the Protection system is enabled (in SETUP), users will be required to enter their password (the password is located in the User database) when first logging on to the Hard Disk Manager. The protection system also provides password protection for user-defined menu entries and restricts access to directories. USING A MOUSE You may use a mouse instead of the keyboard for most of the program operations. The mouse interface has been designed to be as similar to the keyboard commands as possible. To enable the mouse, the MOUSETRAP option in the program SETUP command must be set to "Y". In addition, you must have previously executed your MOUSE driver program according to the documentation provided with your mouse. If your mouse has been installed correctly and enabled in SETUP, then upon initial startup of the program, you will see the mouse cursor (a solid rectangle) on the right side of the screen on the same line as the [Alt] commands. To check the mouse operation, move the mouse around the screen. NOTE: Mouse use will not prohibit screen blanking!! ALMOST all of the program commands can be executed with the mouse. Noted exceptions are the hex and text file editors, the file view command, any text entry, and the [Alt-D] drop to DOS command. All menus and file/tree manipulation commands may be operated with the mouse. The right mouse button is ALWAYS equal to the [Esc] key. In MOST cases, the left mouse button is equal to [Enter]. Mouse movement is generally equal to the up and down arrow keys. Following is a summary of the different types of mouse use you will encounter in the program. Command Menus: These are the menus found on the lower area of the screen. To select a menu command, place the mouse cursor anywhere within the command and click the left mouse button. User Menus: These are the menu items you create to run programs. To select a user menu, place the mouse on the menu entry and click the left mouse button. If the selected menu contains a submenu, select a submenu entry as discussed in Vertical Lists. Use the same procedure to select a user menu when using the Menu commands. Vertical Lists: These are the vertical lists of items you select from in user-defined submenus and options such as File Sort or File Attributes. The mouse will be tied to the horizontal cursor bar in the vertical lists. Move the mouse up or down to move the cursor bar and click the left mouse button to select the hilited entry. Switch Menu Lines: This command is [F6] in the Menu Add or Change command for user menus. When you use this command, the mouse cursor will be tied to the flashing star used to select a menu entry line to switch with. Move the mouse up or down to move the star and click the left mouse button to accept the selection. Path Selection: This command is [F7] in Menu Add or Change for the user menus and the User Database. When the directory tree appears on the screen the mouse cursor will be tied to the hilited directory. Move the mouse up or down to move the hilite. To scroll the tree, move the mouse cursor past the upper or lower tree box boundary. To select a directory path, click the left mouse button. File and Tree: The menu commands for file and tree operations operate as discussed previously. The mouse must be used in a different manner to manipulate the file list and directory tree. To move from file to tree commands, you may either click on the associated menu command, or you may click once anywhere within the box not currently in use. To move the cursor to a particular file or directory, place the mouse cursor on the item and click. The cursor will move to that file or directory. If the cursor is already on that file or directory, the file will become tagged/untagged and the directory will become the ORIGIN. The outer vertical boundary lines around the file list and directory tree are used as scroll lines. To scroll the file list or directory tree, place the mouse cursor on the associated scoll line and then, while holding the left mouse button down, move the mouse in the desired direction. A click on the top corner of the scroll line simulates a [Home] keypress, and a click on the lower corner of the scroll line simulates an [End] keypress. Similarly, a click on the second position of either scroll line simulates a [PgUp] or [PgDn] keypress. Finally, the FILTER and SORT commands may be selected by clicking on the associated area above the file list. Some practice is necessary to become comfortable with the mouse commands. *********************** END OF HELP FILE ******************************