AFTER READING THIS FILE, CLICK THE "FILE" MENU (IN THE WINDOWS PROGRAM) AND CLICK "PSL-NEWS". IN THE DOS PROGRAM, PRESS ENTER. Contents: - DOS & Windows Home Sections Split Up - PsL on the Internet - Program Descriptions in Text Files - Using the PsL CD =====DOS & Windows Home Sections Split Up Once again, when we took the Section of the Month (Home Apps) from the last CD-ROM it was on (March 1995) and updated it with all the new/updated programs received from March to the current month, the result was a lot more files than would fit on a CD-ROM. This month's CD has about 350MB of new files received in the last 30 days. After adding the space used by the screen shots, CD-ROM database files, etc., that only leaves 300MB of space for the Section of the Month. Unfortunately, we had over 525MB of Home Apps, split evenly between DOS and Windows apps. Rather than try to splinter off any subcategories from Home, we decided to do what we did with the Games section recently and split Home Apps between DOS and Windows. Because the CD packaging has already been printed for next month's (the January) CD, we will not be able to have the Home Apps for DOS section until February. If you are anxious to have some programs in the "Home Apps For DOS" sections, you can get the last CD which had those files on it (March 1995) for a special price of $6 plus $4 shipping. =====PsL on Internet PsL is establishing a Web server on the Internet. The impetus for this came from shareware authors for whom PsL provides a credit card registration/order service. The authors with pages on the Web want to let users click on an "Order" button and send them to a PsL order form page to order the registered version of their programs. (If you are a shareware author, you can get information about using our service from our home page.) In addition to this service, other PsL pages will include - - Shareware programs by PsL owner Nelson Ford to download, - Articles from PsL News, such as an updated page of where to get the "ideal" PC system at the best price, - The PsL Shareware Database (the same as on our CD-ROM) of over 20,000 programs and over 10,000 authors, We will be adding other features as well. Our URL is supposed to be "http://www.psl-web.com", but as this is being written, the name's registration has not taken effect yet. You can get there by entering our IP# if the domain name does not work: "http://198.65.233.6". Some people may be wondering what ever happened to the PsL Forum that was supposed to be on Compuserve. We are kinda wondering about that ourselves. We were approached last Spring about putting PsL's library on Compuserve and things have dragged along ever since. When we inquire about the status, we are always told that things are coming along, but we question whether we will ever see the forum open. Some people have called or emailed and shown impatience with PsL for the forum not being up yet, but this is completely out of our hands. All we have done is provide our software collection to Compuserve and waited for it to show up in a forum. We're still waiting... =====Program Descriptions in Text Files If you prefer to view descriptions of all the programs of one type in a scrollable file rather than viewing one program description at a time as this program does, you can do so by using the FILES.BBS file which appears in each directory. The file DIRECTRY.TXT in the root directory of the CD gives descriptions of all the directories on the CD. Change into a directory (example: CD \DOS\GRAPHICS) and type \VIEW FILES.BBS to read about all the files in that directory, using the cursor keys to scroll through the file. You can easily manually install a file to your hard disk by typing "\PKUNZIP . For example, to unzip SOMEFILE.ZIP to a directory on your hard disk, first create a directory for it (example: MD C:\SOME-DIR) then unzip the file to that directory: \PKUNZIP SOMEFILE C:\SOME-DIR Or in Windows, you may want to load a FILES.BBS file into Notepad in one window for easy reading and have WinZip (see previous article) in another Window for easy installation. =====Using the PsL CD If this is your first time to use a PsL Monthly CD-ROM, after reading the information in this window (use the scroll bars), follow the instructions above to get to the main program screen, then click on "Tutor" on the menu bar and also read the "Help" files. You are also welcome to call PsL at 713-524-6394 during our office hours for any assistance you might need. =====Important Features in Windows CD-ROM Access Program Print Author Labels: ------------------- A new feature in the CD-ROM Access Program for Windows is the ability to copy an author's name and address to the Windows Clipboard. From there, you can paste it into Notepad, Write, etc., to print a mailing label, write a letter, or whatever. To do this, you first must turn on the author display by clicking on "Author" on the menu bar, then click on "Show Author". Then either search for the author by name or bring up the author's program, which will cause his name and address to be displayed. Then click on the "File" menu and "Author Address to Clipboard". To paste the address into most Windows apps, you run the app, click its "Edit" menu, click the cursor where you want the address inserted, then click on "Paste" or press Ctrl-V. Search Descriptions: ------------------- You can search program write-ups for specified text. This is a slow search technique, but is the most thorough way to search for text. To speed up the search, first select the method to Browse By (e.g.: program name, file name, category, etc.), due a Get-Program, and THEN click on Edit and Search. For details, read the Help file. Context-Sensitive Help: ---------------------- The Help file offers context-sensitive help. To use the context-sensitive help for a menu item, click on the menu bar and use the cursor keys to move down to the desired option, then press the F1 key.