Please at least skim this documentation (printing it would be nice too :-). There are many useful features that would not be readily apparent otherwise, thank you.
What is ScrapIt Pro?
Try the utility that made MacUser's list of the top 30 shareware programs of 1995! Anything you can copy to the clipboard can be pasted and stored in a ScrapIt Pro file. Features full support of Apple's latest technology; Drag & Drop, QuickDraw 3D, Speech, and more!
ScrapIt Pro, is the editable, searchable multimedia scrapbook... and a mini-word processor to boot! Need a place to store, sort, display and search all of your text notes, sounds, GIF files, JPEG files, QuickDraw 3D files? Look no further, ScrapIt Pro is the utility you've been looking for!
Text items or Sounds can also be created from within ScrapIt Pro. ScrapIt Pro has many uses, here’s a list of some ideas:
• Use it as a super notepad to store (and create) all those notes you can’t seem to keep track of.
• Use it to store your favorite letterhead(s) for your letter writing.
• Store all your email.
• Store, sort and view all the GIF or JPEG files you collect from the internet.
• How about storing all your favorite sounds or QuickTime™ movies in a scrap file.
• Keep a clip-art library of all your favorite pictures for use in letters, page layout programs, etc.
• Keep all your favorite recipes in a scrap file for instant access.
Those uses are just a start. Write and tell me what ScrapIt Pro does for you.
New features in version 5.2:
• Edit more than 32k of text
• Export multiple items at one time
• New text options (like uppercase & lowercase)
• Import Claris Emailer files
• Open a QuickScrap file
• Import/Play QuickTime sounds
Some ScrapIt Pro Features:
• PowerMac & 680x0 native code!
• Searchable comments for each item
• QuickDraw 3D support
• Full ArchiCAD support (copy/paste from/to ArchiCAD)
• Search & Replace
• Scrap File merge
• Much better importing capabilities (grab multiple PICTs or
• Multiple file support (open up to twenty scrap files at
the same time, depending on memory)
• Each file can have its own window color and sorting options
• Word and character count for text items
• Speech Manager support
If you have the Speech Manager installed, have ScrapIt
Pro speak the text in any text item!
• Drag & Drop support
If you have the Drag manager installed, drag PICT, GIF, TIFF, JPEG,
Sound, TEXT, QuickTime Movie or Paint files to the ScrapIt window.
Drag items between scrap file windows or any other
applications that support Drag & Drop.
• Sound recording
If you have the ability to record sound, use ScrapIt to
record and store any sounds.
What comes in the ScrapIt Pro package?
Your ScrapIt Pro package should contain the following files:
• ScrapIt Pro
• ScrapIt Pro Documentation
• ScrapIt Pro - Read Me First! (a SimpleText file)
• Registration (open me!)
(fill out the registration form with this application)
My Thanks!
I would like to thank all the people who've helped me so much with this project, by testing it, pointing out the bugs and suggestions (including Rick Baggott (for loaning me his SE for testing), Byron Barker, Lofty Becker, Janet Calvert, Dan Deacon, Ezra Ekman (for testing and creating some of the artwork), Mike Fahl, Joyce C. Farruggia, Dee Forsythe, Jack M. Fox, Steve Holden, Byron Hukee, Oliver Johnson, Stephen Kayner, Larry Kuhn, Steve Lawson, Sean McNiff (for letting me test on the computers at his work and for testing), Casey Meaden, Michael O'Henly, Jijnes Patel, E. Joseph Pred, Kevin Savetz, Andrew Schultz, Jim Sorensen, Edwin M. Uyeki, Lorne Walton, Walter Weiss) and those who have written with suggestions over the years (many of those suggestions have been implemented). I couldn’t have done it without you, thanks! Also, thank you to everyone who has registered and supported my shareware efforts.
Also, thank you to Eddy J. Gurney for his code to get multiple files, Aaron Giles for the JPEG code, Jordan Zimmerman for the PICT selection marquee code, Marco Piovanelli for the WASTE text engine. Thanks to the folks at Graphisoft for the help with solving the ArchiCAD problems with ScrapIt Pro!
