Contents
File Browser 1.0

Overview

Open a File

Close a File

Switch to Another Open File

Scroll the Window

Move the Text Cursor

Mark a Block

Copy a Block to the Clipboard

Print a Block

Search for Text

Zoom In or Out

Help

Exit

Status Bar


Overview

This File Browser is a simple Windows utility that displays as many as ten text files in a  single window.

(1) You can scroll the window horizontally and vertically.

(2) You can move the window and change its size.

(3) You can "zoom in" to view small parts of the file with larger type.

(4) You can "zoom out" to view large parts of the file with smaller type.

(5) You can mark a rectangular block of text and then

(a) copy it to the Windows Clipboard,

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 (b) print it on the default printer.

(6) You can switch rapidly from one file to another.

(7) You can open files for viewing by "dropping" them onto the File Browser window or icon.


Open a File

To open a new file:

(1) Drop the File menu and choose Open, or strike the O key. A standard file dialog box will appear.

(2) Type the file specifications or choose the drive, directory and file from the boxes.

(3) Push the OK button.

The new file will become the currently displayed file.

Note: The number of open files is limited to 10. If there are already 10 open files, this menu item is disabled.


Close a File

To close the currently displayed file:

(1) Drop the File menu and choose Close.

The next file will become the currently displayed file.

To close all files:

(1) Drop the File menu and choose Close All.


Switch to Another Open File

To switch the display to another open file:

(1) To switch to the next file, drop the File menu and choose Next, or strike the Tab key.

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(2) To switch to the previous file, drop the File menu and choose Previous, or hold the Shift key down and strike the Tab key.

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(3) To switch to any open file, drop the File menu and choose List, or strike the L key. A list of currently open files will appear. Choose the desired file and press the OK button (or double-click on the desired file).


Scroll the Window

To scroll the window:

(1) Click on an arrow at one end of a scroll bar to scroll the window one row or column in the direction of the arrow.

(2) Click on a blank area of a scroll bar to scroll the window approximately one window height or width from the position of the runner toward the position of the mouse cursor.

(3) Move the mouse cursor to a scroll bar runner, depress the left mouse button and hold it down. Then move the mouse cursor to the desired position on the scroll bar. The runner will follow it. When the runner reaches the desired position, release the left mouse button.

The text cursor will not be moved when the window is scrolled in this manner. To move the text cursor, just move the mouse cursor to the desired position on the text and tap the left mouse button.

Note: The scroll bars will not respond to the keyboard. To scroll the window with the keyboard, move the text cursor. The window will be scrolled to keep the text cursor in view.


Move the Text Cursor

To move the text cursor:

(1) Strike one of the arrow keys (up, down, left, or right), to move the text cursor one row or column in the direction of the arrow.

(2) Strike the Home key to move the cursor to the left end of the row.

(3) Strike the End key to move the text cursor to the right end of the row.

(4) Strike the PgUp key to move the text cursor up a distance approximately equal to the height of the window.

(5) Strike the PgDn key to move the text cursor down a distance approximately equal to the height of the window.

(6) Hold the Control key down and strike the Home key to move the text cursor to the left end of the first (top) row.

(7) Hold the Control key down and strike the End key to move the text cursor to the right end of the last (bottom) row.

(8) Move the mouse cursor to the desired position and tap the left mouse button.

(9) Search for text to move the text cursor to the end of a specific word, number or phrase.

Note: The window will scroll, if necessary, to keep the text cursor in view.

Note: The text cursor cannot be moved below the last row of the file or farther right than the end of the longest row that has been read from the file.


Mark a Block

To mark a rectangular block of text:

(1) Move the text cursor to one corner of the block and use the keyboard to move the text cursor to the opposite corner, while holding the Shift key down.

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(2) Move the mouse cursor to one corner of the block and use the mouse to move the mouse cursor to the opposite corner, while holding the left mouse button down.

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(3) Move the text cursor to one corner of the block. Drop the Copy menu and choose Beginning, or strike the B key. Move the text cursor to the opposite corner. Drop the Copy menu and choose End, or strike the E key.

Note: To remove the mark, move the text cursor without holding down the Shift key as described in (1), or move the mouse cursor over the text and tap the left mouse button.

Note: Use method (3) when you must search for text to find the end of the block.


Copy a Block to the Clipboard

To copy a block to the Clipboard:

(1) Mark a block.

(2) Drop the Copy menu and choose Clipboard, or strike the C key.

Note: The File Browser will not copy a large block (more than about 10K).


Print a Block

To print a block (on the default Windows printer):

(1) Mark a block.

(2) Drop the Copy menu and choose Printer.

Note: The use of the Print Manager is suggested, since it allows you to abort the printing.

Note: At most one page of text will be printed.


Search for Text

To search for text:

(1) Move the text cursor, if necessary, so the text cursor is before (above) the text to be found.

(2) Drop the View menu and choose Search, or strike the S key. A dialog box will appear.

(3) Enter the text you want to find, and check the Match Case box if you want the search to be case-sensitive.

(4) Push the Search button.

The search will begin at the text cursor position and proceed forward to the end of the file. If the text is found, the text cursor will be positioned to the right of the text.

To search for the same text again:

(1) Drop the View menu and choose Again, or strike the F3 key.


Case-Sensitive

A search is case-sensitive if an exact match is required.

A search is case-insensitive if capital letters are not distinguished from the corresponding small letters.

For example, "Hello" matches "hello" only if the search is case-insensitive.


Zoom In or Out

To zoom in (i.e, to see a magnified view of a smaller part of the text):

(1) Move the text cursor to the part of the text that you want to view more closely.

(2) Drop the View menu and select Zoom In.

To zoom out (i.e., to see a less detailed view of a larger area):

(1) Move the text cursor to the center of part of the text that you want to view .

(2) Drop the View menu and select Zoom Out.


Help

To view the online help table of contents:

(1) Drop the Help Menu and choose Contents, or strike the F1 key.

To search for help by key word:

(1) Drop the Help Menu and choose Search, or hold the Shift key down and strike the F1 key.


Exit

To close the File Browser window:

(1) Drop the File menu and choose Exit.

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(2) Drop the system menu and  choose Close.

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(3) Double click on the horizontal line in the extreme upper left corner of the window.

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(4) Bring up the task list and close the File Browser.


Status Bar

The Status Bar at the bottom of the window shows:

(1) The row and column that contain the text cursor. (If no file is displayed, these numbers are meaningless.)

(2) If the file has been read to the end:

(a) The file height:, i.e., the total number of rows.

(b) The file width; i.e., the number of columns in the widest row.

The first (top) row is number 1.

The leftmost column is number 1.

Note: To force the File Browser to display the height and width, hold the Shift key down and strike the End key to move the text cursor to the end of the file.