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- ClipBook Ver 3.0
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- Documentation
-
- Starting ClipBook---Like all programs, ClipBook can be started from the
- Windows Program Manager or from the File Manager.
-
-
- In the Program Manager click on File, New, and select Program Item - OK.
- Give a description of ClipBook and a command line of
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- C:\TOOLBOOK\TBOOK.EXE CB-EVAL.TBK
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- Once this is done, ClipBook can be started by just clicking on the
- ClipBook icon.
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- In the File Manager the file CB-EVAL.TBK can be double-clicked if the .TBK
- extension has been associated with the ToolBook program via the File,
- Associate function.
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- In either case, see your Windows manual for more details.
-
-
- Once in ClipBook for the first time, you will be asked for your name or
- company name to identify this copy as yours. If you pass ClipBook on to
- other people you should pass a copy of the original disk rather than a
- program that you have run.
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- This remainder of this text file contains the contents of the Help screens
- accessible within ClipBook by clicking on the "?" button.
-
- This file may be printed by the command PRINT CLIPHELP.TXT PRN or by
- clicking the Print button in the help section.
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- Introduction---Thank you for evaluating ClipBook (formerly known as Scrap
- Book). I designed this program as a convenient way for DTP users to store
- and use many pages of clipart. If you create bitmap or vector art in
- other Windows applications you can store this clipart in ClipBook.
-
- Some users may wish to use ClipBook on their system as a "front end" to
- launch their Windows applications. As well as the customizable application
- buttons, I have provided for the major DTP oriented programs. All users
- can use the bundled clipart in their "Books" or DTP projects, create
- custom buttons to launch their favorite application, keep notes and custom
- art in ClipBook, and ad and remove pages.
-
- Upgrades for registered users will be reasonably priced and implement the
- suggestions you make. Please use ClipBook and then let me know what you
- like and what you don't like as well as new features you want. Custom
- versions of this application are available. Please call me for a quote.
-
- When you use ClipBook and you see an option to click Cancel you may also
- use the Escape key. In some cases where you have options or buttons to
- select the space bar or Enter key may be used if you see a marquee around
- the item you wish to select. This help file will cover features that are
- not immediately apparent as you use this application.
-
- Steve Shubitz
- Published Perfection!
- 7486 La Jolla Blvd. Suite 552
- La Jolla, CA 92037 U.S.A.
- Technical support hours: 9:00AM--5:00PM Monday--Friday -- PST
- at (619) 546-9309
-
- Copyright 1990, 1991 by Steve Shubitz, Published Perfectoin! All Rights
- Reserved
-
- Also feel free to contact the publisher of ClipBook.
-
- Bob Ostrander
- Software Co-op
- 5437 Honey Manor Dr
- Indianapolis, IN 46241 U.S.A.
- 317-856-6052
-
- CIS 76635,1670 (monitoring WINAPA forum, Asymetrix section (1)).
-
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- Mouse Commands---A single click of the left button on the custom buttons
- or application specific icons will launch your program or data file. A
- single click of the left button on your clipart will select it and display
- a marquee around it. Drag it around on the page for position.
-
- You can click on successive objects to create a group. Once you have
- created a group you may drag it around the page or double click on the
- group to copy it to the clipboard. A group can ONLY be pasted into
- ClipBook and only the clipart you click on will be selected regardless of
- the marquee's appearance.
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- You may also click and drag your clipart with the left mouse button.
-
- Another way to select is to marquee your art by a single click and drag
- outside of it. Watch the marquee draw around your clipart. A double click
- of the left button on your clipart will briefly display a marquee and copy
- it to the clipboard.
-
- A double click of the RIGHT button will display the Open and Launch dialog
- box. If you hold down the Ctrl key and then click and drag with the left
- mouse button on any of the custom buttons or application specific icons
- you can move them around the page. After you position these elements you
- MUST release the left mouse button FIRST while still holding down the Ctrl
- key. If you release the Ctrl key first you will execute the script for
- your icon or button which is NOT a good idea. Make sure your clipart or
- other elements do not prevent proper operation of your buttons or icons.
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- Bookmark---This feature is built into ClipBook and automatic. When you
- Save or Save As on a page of clipart and then Exit - the next time you
- launch ClipBook you will navigate directly to this page.
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- File Menu---The Change to color and change to black and white allow you to
- determine the colors that this application runs in. These changes only
- affect applications written with ToolBook. ClipBook runs faster in black
- and white. More speed is available by launching Windows via "win/s" or
- changing your display to 16 color VGA mode from 256 color VGA mode.
- ClipBook was designed for a 16 color VGA display.
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- If you change to color from black and white you will have to restart
- ClipBook for the changes to take affect. To reliably run ClipBook in color
- requires about 2MB of extended memory. If you change to black and white
- from color you will have to restart ClipBook for the changes to take
- affect.
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- The Open and Launch feature on the file menu may also be selected by
- double clicking the RIGHT mouse button on a page. This is a handy feature
- to launch any application on your system or open a file and launch the
- application at the same time. The Exit option allows you to save your
- changes to ClipBook, your Bookmark (page location), and Exit in one easy
- step.
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- Edit Menu---The Change Name option assigns ClipBook any name you wish up
- to 32 characters. This is handy when running 2 or more copies of ClipBook.
- The other options on this menu are used to work with text and NOT clipart.
- Use the buttons on the page to work with your clipart. Text is selected by
- a click and drag of the left mouse button.
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- Pages Menu---The Add Page and Add Pages inserts a new page or pages in
- ClipBook. Click and hold down the left mouse button on the page to stop
- adding pages.
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- The Remove page option removes the current page from ClipBook. Please make
- sure that's what you want to do. The Remove pages option starts with the
- current page and goes forward automatically. To stop this procedure click
- and hold down the left mouse button on the page. You may use this feature
- to edit ClipBook down to 3 pages and then use this copy as a front end to
- launch your applications. For your protection one page of clipart which is
- titled "This page CAN NOT be removed" can not be removed.
-
- The Combine option merges two ClipBooks together using DDE. Lets assume
- you want to Combine the clipart and text that describes it from Book2.
- Launch ClipBook and Book2. Make sure Book2 is NOT minimized and decide
- what page range you want to Combine. If Book2 is not running Combine will
- still work. Any changes made to Book2 should be saved before running
- Combine. Navigate to the page in ClipBook where you want the clipart and
- text from Book2 merged. Lets assume this is page number 15 and you Combine
- pages 20 through 30 from Book2. Next select the Combine option and answer
- the questions. The page range could be from 1 to 1 or 20 to 30 or any
- valid range of clipart pages in Book2. If Book2 is not running it will
- briefly pop up and then be hidden. If Book2 is running it will be hidden.
- The cursor will change to a hourglass and ClipBook will appear and process
- your request with no clipart visible. You will hear one beep for each page
- Combined. At this point you can stop Combine by holding down the Escape
- key until Book2 pops up. When Combine is finished you are notified, Book2
- is closed down, and ClipBook contains the 11 pages you specified starting
- with page 16. Sorting, Updating the Index , and a Save or Save As should
- be performed on ClipBook after Combine is completed. Please make sure that
- your system contains enough memory and disk space before you Combine.
- While Combine is running you should NOT use other applications. Combine
- has been optimized for speed at the expense of a real time display however
- Combining 500 pages could take 15 minutes on some systems. You can
- substantially improve the performance of Combine by invoking a Change to
- Black and White and closing down all your other applications. If Combine
- hangs and you no longer hear a beep hold down the left mouse button on the
- page to break the DDE script and run Combine again with an erroneous page
- range to make Book2 visible. Next make sure Book2 is NOT minimized and run
- Combine again to finish.
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- Launch Menu---This feature allows you to launch the bundled Windows
- applications which must be present on your system and located in a
- directory defined by your path statement.
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- Titles Menu---This option refers to text that appears in the box at the
- top of each page describing the clipart on the page. You may edit this if
- you wish. The export option takes all the titles in your ClipBook and
- saves them to a plain text file called titles.txt located in the root
- directory of your C drive. You should do this before you use the Load
- feature which automatically starts notepad and loads titles.txt. If
- notepad or titles.txt are not on your system this feature will not work
- correctly. The sort feature arranges the pages of ClipBook in alphabetical
- order based on the text that describes the clipart. The sort is based on
- the first word.
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- The Update Index feature insures that all your pages of clipart are listed
- in the pop up Index. If you forgot to give a page a title this option will
- insert one for you which reads " Z- Page needs Title! ". With this feature
- all you have to do is strike z and you jump to that section of your index
- to find pages that need Titles. If your pages are not current you will
- have to perform a Sort Pages and Update Index. The search feature works in
- a number of ways. If you are on a clipart page you can search the text
- that describes your clipart. This search may also be invoked by a single
- click of the left mouse button on the black rectangle located at the
- bottom of the Titles box. If you are on the Help page and toggle "This
- page only" you can search this text.
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-
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- Install Menu---This feature creates application specific icons or custom
- buttons to launch your programs or data files with a single click of the
- left mouse button.
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- You can move these buttons or icons around the page to customize ClipBook.
- Hold down the Ctrl key and click and drag with the left mouse button on
- any of the custom buttons or application specific icons to move them
- around the page. After you position these elements you MUST release the
- left mouse button FIRST while still holding down the Ctrl key. If you
- release the Ctrl key first you will execute the script for your icon or
- button which is NOT a good idea.
-
- Make sure your clipart or other elements do not prevent proper operation
- of your buttons or icons. You will use the Custom 1-10 buttons or bundled
- icons to write a custom script to launch your programs or data files. This
- command: run "c:\art\myapp.exe" will launch the greater majority of
- applications.
-
- Some applications like A&L Editor which use overlays can only be launched
- with a double click of the RIGHT mouse button or place the directory in
- your path statement. This rule also applies to Designer and ScrapBook +.
- In this case the command is: run "myapp.exe" If you wish to open data
- files and the associated application which are in your path the command
- is: run "report.txt" Specify the location if the application is not in
- your path with this command: run "c:\art\report.txt" Your comments are
- always welcome in this regard or inquire about a reasonably priced custom
- ClipBook that supports your specific needs.
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- Slide Show Button---A great way to view all your clipart automatically. To
- stop the display click and hold down the left mouse button on the page.
- The Speed option permits you to slow down the Slide Show. The numeric
- range is Zero to 500. The larger the number the more delay between each
- page. Start with 50 and fine tune the delay on faster hardware. Your
- settings are saved with ClipBook.
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-
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- Index Page---This page has been removed and replaced with the Index
- button. The Word for Windows icon that appeared on this page has been
- moved to the help page. See below for instructions.
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- Index Button---This is a list of all the pages in ClipBook which allows
- you to navigate to the selected page very quickly. You can navigate to a
- page in a number of ways. Double click on the text, strike the first
- letter and you will jump to that section and then strike return, or use
- your cursor keys, Page Up, Page Down and then strike return.
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- Print Page Button---Please make sure your printer is turned on. This
- button prints the current page of ClipBook at the highest resolution of
- your output device. You can use this feature to produce hard copy of your
- clipart, notes, or an index of your favo rite clipart.
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- Caption Button---Located next to the time display in the lower left corner
- of your screen. This small button allows you to toggle the caption of
- ClipBook between the current time and the name of ClipBook. When ClipBook
- is launched the current time is alwa ys turned on. If you iconize ClipBook
- the current time is displayed on your desktop and the Task List. This
- clock runs in the background and is always current even if you are using
- another Windows application. If you invoke the Change Name option from the
- Edit menu while the clock is running your caption will flash briefly to
- the new name and then return to the current time. The name is stored and
- saved with ClipBook. If you don t like the current time displayed as your
- caption just click the Caption Button to turn it off and display your
- name.
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- Help Page---The Word for Windows Icon uses DDE. The Paste option will
- launch Word minimized, insert a number of headings, page numbers, and
- paste all your Index entries into Word. The Print option performs all the
- functions of Paste plus printing your Index entries and sending a exit
- command to Word. The Word icon will flash and wait for your instructions.
- Please make sure you have enough memory to launch Word. You can search
- this help file by invoking the search command under the Titles menu and
- turning on " This Page Only " in the dialog box.
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- Go To Page? Button---This button has been removed. To navigate to any page
- click on the page number area in the bottom left corner of your screen.
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- Cut Button---This button cuts the selected clipart on the current page to
- the clipboard. You can Undo this or Paste into another page. Clipart must
- be selected before you use this button. For your protection this button is
- disabled on the page titled "This page CAN NOT be removed."
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- Paste Button---This button supports bitmap and vector clipart from any
- well behaved Windows application.
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- WARNING - Please insure that the size of your pasted clipart DOES NOT
- obscure all the elements on the page. Here is an example: you create an
- 8.5" x 11" vector or bitmap image in your favorite Windows application and
- then Paste this clipart into ClipBook. When you do this your pasted
- clipart covers the entire screen and you can not resize it in ClipBook.
- You can not navigate or leave this page or reliably operate ClipBook if
- this happens. To fix this click and drag your clipart to the bottom of the
- page so you can see and invoke the cut button. Then click on the cut
- button to remove this clipart from ClipBook. Go back to your Windows
- application and resize the clipart so it fits on a page of ClipBook
- properly. After you copy this clipart to the clipboard return to ClipBook
- and click the Paste Button and drag your resized clipart into position.
-
- When you copy clipart from your Windows application and then use this
- button your clipart will always appear in the upper left corner of the
- screen. Click and drag it into position. If you double click on your
- clipart in ClipBook and then Paste it into the same page it will be placed
- on top of your original clip art. Click and drag with the left mouse
- button to position your clipart.
-
- I have included one page of vector clipart, Titled Vector Clipart, to
- further illustrate a point. To navigate to this page click the Index
- Button and then strike v till you select it . Next strike return to go to
- this page. This clipart was created in CorelDraw and pasted into ClipBook.
- Double click on this clipart to store it in the Windows clipboard as
- vector clipart. Launch your favorite Windows drawing application that
- supports vector clipart and paste this clipart into your application. It
- is still vector clipart and can be freely manipulated.
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-
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- The Arrow Buttons---Located at the bottom of each page. A single arrow
- button moves you forward or backwards one page at a time. To use the
- double arrow buttons click and hold the cursor on the button. This allows
- you to move foreword or backward in Clip Book continuously till you
- release the mouse button. Watch the Page Number display as you do this.
- Both of these features are a quick way to navigate to a specific page or
- view clipart.
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- Tips---
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- Use Save As with a new name to compress ClipBook and reclaim disk space.
- Store your vector clipart in a small size. You can always scale it in your
- target application.
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- Colored clipart requires more memory than black and white clipart.
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- The "Notes" pages contain objects that may only be used in ToolBook
- applications.
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- Run ClipBook in black and white for a substantial gain in speed.
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- If you are pasting art from Paintbrush or other Windows applications it
- will appear in the upper left corner of ClipBook. At this point click and
- drag it into position and make sure your art does not overlap an icon or
- button to prevent it from working.
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- While your clipart is selected issue a Cut and scale your clipart for
- another paste.
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- Customize ClipBook by moving the application specific icons or custom
- buttons around the page to create work groups.
-
- Use install to set up your data files as you work. Select Install on the
- same button and enter your new data file or application.
-
-
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- Future Plans---DDE/OLE will continue to be implemented as more DTP
- applications support it. Many of the features in ClipBook are a result of
- user requests. Please let me know what features you would like
- implemented.
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-
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- Conclusion---These instructions assume you are familiar with the proper
- operation of Windows and have a basic understanding of DOS. Please consult
- the appropriate manual for instructions.
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-
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- Legal Notice---This application has been thoroughly tested however Steve
- Shubitz and/or Published Perfection! and/or Software Co-op assumes no
- responsibility for any damage or adverse actions that may occur through
- the use of ClipBook. Please use this application at your own risk.
-
- This application is Shareware. Please distribute it as per the file
- LICENSE.DOC. Make as many backups as you wish for your own exclusive use
- but DO NOT distribute the commercial version of this application to third
- parties by any means. Please respect these thoughts and let me know what
- features you would like to see in the next version.
-
- ClipBook is a trademark of Published Perfection! Windows is a registered
- trademark of Microsoft Corporation. ToolBook is a registered trademark of
- Asymetrix Corporation. All other applications named are assumed to be
- trademarks of their respective companies.
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- WARNING to ToolBook developers: ClipBook may NOT function properly if you
- add scripts or perform ANY modifications at the Author level.
-
-
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- A Special Thank You---To Brian Moura, William Morgan, Alan Pabst, and
- Marcia Meier for testing and suggestions. And last but far from least the
- many users who took the time and energy to communicate your suggestions
- and bug reports. Without your help Clip Book would never have been written
- or improved.
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-
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- Dedication---To Pam with love. Your memory is my beacon in a dark night.
-
- Thank you!
- Steve Shubitz
- Published Perfection!
-
- Bob Ostrander
- Software Co-op
-