LINE UP \ LINE DOWN

Mouse
LINE UP  : Left click on LINE UP
LINE DOWN: Left click on LINE DOWN

Keyboard
LINE UP  : [Arrow Up]
LINE DOWN: [Arrow Down] or [Return]

     Selecting LINE UP will display
the next line of text towards the
beginning of the file.



LINE UP \ LINE DOWN  (cont)

     Selecting LINE DOWN will display
the next line of text towards the end
of the file.

     The following applies only if
using a mouse.  By pressing and
holding the left mouse button you can
rapidly scroll through the file,
however for speed considerations the
PAGE _ OF _ and TOP LINE NUMBER = are
updated only after the mouse button
has been released.


PAGE UP \ PAGE DOWN

Mouse
PAGE UP  : Left click on PAGE UP
PAGE DOWN: Left click on PAGE DOWN

Keyboard
PAGE UP  : [Shift-Arrow Up]
PAGE DOWN: [Shift-Arrow Down] or
           [Space Bar]

     Selecting PAGE UP will display
the next 23 line page of text towards
the beginning of the file.


PAGE UP \ PAGE DOWN  (cont)

     Selecting PAGE DOWN will display
the next 23 line page of text towards
the end of the file.

     The following applies only if
using a mouse.  By pressing and
holding the left mouse button you can
rapidly scroll through the file,
however for speed considerations the
PAGE _ OF _ and TOP LINE NUMBER = are
updated only after the mouse button
has been released.


TOP \ BOTTOM

Mouse
TOP   : Left click on TOP
BOTTOM: Left click on BOTTOM

Keyboard
TOP   : [Clear Home]
BOTTOM: [Shift-Clear Home]

     Selecting TOP will display the
first 23 line page of text in the
file.

     Selecting BOTTOM will display the
last 23 line page of text in the file.
SEARCH

Mouse
SEARCH: Left click on SEARCH

Keyboard
SEARCH: [Control S]

     Selecting SEARCH will display a
dialog box that will ask you to enter
the character or word that you wish to
find.  You may enter your 'STRING' in
either upper or lower case.  After you
have entered your 'STRING' press the
Return key.

SEARCH  (cont)

     Another dialog box will be
displayed showing you how many times
your 'STRING' was found.  Press the
right mouse button or any key to
continue.

     Ascii-View will not search for a
SPACE.  If a search locates more than
1000 'STRINGS' it will abort the
search.  This is a safety feature to
avoid using up all available memory.



SEARCH  (cont)

     By left clicking on the FORWARD
and REVERSE commands located on the
bottom of the screen you can scroll
through the occurrences of your
search.

     The 'STRING' will be located on
the tenth line unless the 'STRING' is
located in the first ten or last ten
lines of the file in which case it
will be shown in it's original
position relative to the currently
displayed page.  The 'STRING will be
displayed in inverse video.
SEARCH  (cont)

     The box labeled TOP LINE NUMBER =
shows what the top line number is for
page that is currently displaying the
'STRING'.

     To return to the main screen
simply click the right mouse button or
press any key.






PRINT

Mouse
PRINT: Left click on PRINT

Keyboard
PRINT: [Control P]

     Selecting PRINT will display an
alert box that will ask you to verify
that you wish to print the entire
file.




PRINT  (cont)

     If you wish to print the entire
file either press Return or click the
left mouse button in the box labeled
'Yes'.  If you don't want to print the
entire file click the left mouse
button in the box labeled 'No'.

     If you try to print a file and
your printer is not turned on or not
connected properly an alert box will
be displayed giving you the option to
turn on your printer or to abort the
printing of the file.  If you wish to
print a part of the file select BLOCK.
BLOCK

Mouse
BLOCK: Left click on BLOCK

Keyboard
BLOCK: [Control B]

     Selecting BLOCK will display a
dialog box located in the upper right
of the screen showing you the choices
you may select from.  Only the Block
Start, Block End and Exit commands are
enabled until a legal block has been
defined.  Following is a description
of each command and how to use them.
BLOCK  (cont)

     Block Start

     Block start signifies the first
line of the block of which you will
define.  To select this line click the
RIGHT mouse button anywhere on this
line and then click the LEFT mouse
button on the Block Start command.  If
everything went correctly the line
number will be shown next to the Block
Start command.



BLOCK  (cont)

     Block End

     Block end signifies the last line
of the block of which you will define.
To select this line click the RIGHT
mouse button anywhere on the line
BELOW the last line that you wish to
define as the Block End and then click
the LEFT mouse button on the Block End
command.  If everything went correctly
the line number will be shown next to
the Block End command.


BLOCK  (cont)

     Block Off

     If a legal block has already been
defined, selecting this command will
clear the block markers and turn off
the block.








BLOCK  (cont)

     Block Start, Block End, Block Off

     In conjunction with these
commands once a legal block has been
defined you must select exit before
these commands will become visible. 
After exiting and a legal block has
been set, the text in the block will
be displayed in inverse video on a
monochrome system and the text will be
in a different color on a color
system.  After exiting, and a block
has been turned off, the text will be
returned to its original status.
BLOCK  (cont)

     You may set you block in either
direction (Block End before Block
Start) it doesn't matter.  If you have
defined one of your block markers and
can't see the line that you wish to
define as the other block marker,
simply exit the BLOCK dialog box and
locate the line the line you wish to
define.  Now recall the BLOCK dialog
box and set the block marker.




BLOCK  (cont)

     Block Print

     If a legal block has been defined
selecting Block Print will enable you
to print the block.  After selecting
Block Print an alert box will be
displayed asking you to verify if you
wish to print this block of text.  If
you wish to print the block either
press Return or click the left mouse
button in the box labeled 'Yes'.  If
you don't want to print the box click
the left mouse button in the box
labeled 'No'.
BLOCK  (cont)

     If you try to print the block and
your printer is not turned on or is
not connected properly an alert box
will be displayed giving you the
option to turn on your printer or to
abort the printing of the block.  If
you wish to print the entire file
select the PRINT command.






BLOCK  (cont)

     Block Delete

     If a legal block has been defined
selecting this command will enable you
to delete the block from memory. After
selecting this command an alert box
will be displayed asking you to verify
that you wish to delete this block of
text.  If you wish to delete the block
either press Return or click the left
mouse button in the box labeled 'Yes'.
If you don't want to delete the block
click the left mouse button in the box
labeled 'No'.
BLOCK  (cont)

     If you select 'Yes' you will be
returned to the Main screen otherwise
you will be returned to the BLOCK
dialog box.










BLOCK  (cont)

     Delete all but Block

     If a legal block has been defined
selecting this command will enable you
to delete everything EXCEPT this block
of text.  After selecting this command
an alert box will be displayed asking
you to verify that you wish to delete
everything EXCEPT this block.  If you
wish to delete everything EXCEPT this
block either press Return or click the
left mouse button in the box labeled
'Yes'.

BLOCK  (cont)

     If you don't want to delete
everything EXCEPT this block click the
left mouse button in the box labeled
'No'.  If you select 'Yes' you will be
returned to the Main screen  otherwise
you will be returned to the BLOCK
dialog box.







BLOCK  (cont)

     Block Save

     If a legal Block has been defined
selecting this command will bring up
the standard GEM file selector box. If
you wish to save this block type in
the name of the file and either press
Return or click the left mouse button
in the box labeled 'Ok'.  If you don't
want to save the block either press
Return without typing in a filename or
click the left mouse button in the box
labeled 'Cancel'.

BLOCK  (cont)

     After the block has been saved
you will be returned to the BLOCK
dialog box.











BLOCK  (cont)

     Exit

     Selecting Exit will always return
you to the Main screen.  If a legal
block has been set it will now be
displayed in highlighted form.  If a
block has not been set or the block
has been turned off the text will now
be shown in its normal fashion.





LOAD

Mouse
LOAD: Left click on LOAD

Keyboard
LOAD: [Control L]

     Selecting LOAD will display the
standard GEM file selector box.

     To load a file simply locate the
ASCII file that you wish to view and
either single click on that file and
press Return or double click on your
chosen file.
LOAD  (cont)

     Ascii-View will now check the
file to verify that it is indeed an
ASCII file.  If it is an ASCII file
Ascii-View will continue with the
loading of the file and then display
the first 23 line page of text.








HELP

Mouse
HELP: Left click on HELP

Keyboard
HELP: [Help]

     Since you have made it this far
you probably already know how to
select the different help screens but
just in case....




HELP  (cont)

     Selecting HELP will display a
dialog box on the right of the screen
showing you the choices you may select
from.  Move the mouse to the command
that you need help with which should
now be in inverse video and click the
left mouse button on it.

     A new dialog box will now be
displayed on top of the old dialog box
showing the help information that you
requested.


HELP  (cont)

     In most cases there is more than
one page of help per command.  To view
the other pages use the Forward and
Reverse buttons to scroll through the
various pages.

     Selecting the button labeled
'Keyboard Equivalents' will display a
dialog box showing all the Keyboard
Equivalents used by Ascii-View.  To
exit this dialog box press the right
mouse button or any key.


HELP  (cont)

     Selecting the button labeled
'Help Screen' will return you to the
select help screen where you may
choose additional help.

     Selecting the button labeled
'Main Screen' will return you to the
Main screen where you may resume
viewing your file.





QUIT

Mouse
QUIT: Left click on QUIT

Keyboard
QUIT: [Q] or [Control C]

     Selecting Quit will display an
alert box asking you if you wish to
'Stay' or 'Quit'.





QUIT  (cont)

     If you wish to stay click the
left mouse button in the box labeled
'Stay' in which case you will be
returned to the file that you were
currently viewing.

     If you wish to exit click the
left mouse button in the box labeled
'Quit' in which case you will be
returned to the GEM Desktop.




GOTO LINE

Mouse
GOTO LINE: Left click on GOTO LINE

Keyboard
GOTO LINE: [Control G]

     Selecting GOTO LINE will display
a dialog box in which you may enter a
number in between 0 and the last line
of the file.  When you have entered a
valid line number and pressed Return
you will instantly go to that line in
the file.  It will be displayed as the
first line on the page.
GOTO LINE  (cont)

     If you press Return without
entering anything or enter an invalid
line number you will be returned to
the file you were viewing with no
changes having taken place.









STATISTICS

Mouse
STATISTICS: Left click on STATISTICS

Keyboard
STATISTICS: [Control I]

     Selecting STATISTICS will display
two dialog boxes.

     The dialog box on the left
displays system and program specific
information which includes the
following:

STATISTICS  (cont)

System Date
System Time
Total number of pages in the file
Total number of lines in the file
Current page number
Current line number
Current file name
Current file size (in bytes)
Remaining Memory (in bytes)





STATISTICS  (cont)

     The dialog box on the right
displays that this program is
shareware.

     If you use and/or like this or
any other Shareware program please
support the Shareware author.  After
all it takes time and effort to write
these darned programs.

     To exit this screen press the
right mouse button or any key.


PAGE _ OF _ \ TOP LINE NUMBER =

Mouse
PAGE _ OF _      : Left click on
                   TOP LINE NUMBER
TOP LINE NUMBER =: Left click on
                   PAGE _ OF _

Keyboard
PAGE _ OF _      : [Control T]
TOP LINE NUMBER =: [Control T]

     Selecting PAGE _ OF _ or TOP LINE
NUMBER = will toggle you between the
two commands.  Following is a
description of what each command does.
PAGE _ OF _ \ TOP LINE NUMBER = (cont)

     When PAGE _ OF _ is being
displayed this tells you which 23 line
page of text that you are currently
viewing out of how many total pages
that there are in the entire file.

     When TOP LINE NUMBER = is being
displayed this tells you the line
number of the first line of text
currently being displayed at the top
of the Main screen.



