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^CGeorge Leritte

    These utilities are designed to help you make the most of both Broderbund 
 Software's Print Shop program and Unison World's Printmaster program, which 
 allows you to design your own greeting cards, letterheads, and other such 
 things.  This is the fourth version of this program, with new features and a 
 new look. 

    The main menu is separated into the main types of operations you can 
 perform on these files. 

 ^1File Menu 
    This will allow you work with files of images.  You can "Display", "Copy", 
 "Move", "Rename", or "Delete" a file of images or "Merge" files of images. 

 ^1Image Menu 
    This will allow you to "Extract" or "Move" images from a file, or "Edit"  
 image names in a file, or "Alphabetize" images in a file. 

 ^1Print Menu 
    This will allow you to "Print" the images in a file or to "Enhance Labels" 
 with chosen images and some text. 

 ^1Conversion Menu 
    This will allow you to "Convert" the format of a file of images, "Group" a 
 subdirectory of images ported from another computer into a file of images, or 
 "Separate" a file of images into individual files for porting to another 
 computer. 

 ^1Index Menu 
    This will allow you to "Index" your files of images, "Display" the index on 
 your screen, or "Print the index to your printer. 

 ^1Configure Menu 
    This will allow you to choose your "Printer", or "Save" your configuration 
 to disk. 

 ^1Exit 
    This will allow you to exit the program. 

^C^1Notes on certain portions of the program. 
    When you go to select an image file to do something with, you are presented 
 with much information.  The heading at the top of the screen reminds you what 
 you are about to do with the file you are about to choose.  Just below that is 
 the current subdirectory you are in.  In the center of the screen is a divided 
 box.  The left half of the box gives you a list of the available drives and 
 subdirectories you can change to.  The right half of the box gives you a list 
 of the available image files in that drive or subdirectory.  Next to each file 
 is an short phrase telling you what type of file each is.  These phrases are: 
 "old PS"- meaning an original Print Shop file; "new PS"-meaning a converted, 
 original Print Shop file; "hires PS"-meaning an new high resolution Print Shop 
 file; or "PMaster"-meaning a PrintMaster file.  If there is nothing there, 
 then the file is none of the four types of image files. 
   
    To choose a file, use the up and down arrow keys to move the highlight up 
 and down.  Use the PgUp and PgDn keys to move the highlight a screen full at a 
 time.  The Home and End keys take you to the top and the bottom of the list. 
 Press ENTER to select the file you want.  The left arrow moves the highlight 
 to the directory listing.  The Up arrow, Down arrow, PgUp, PgDn, Home, and End 
 keys perform the same functions as in the files list.  To change to the 
 highlighted directory or drive, press enter.  The program will read the disk 
 and present you with a new list of subdirectories and files.  To get back to 
 the files list, press the right arrow key.  If the "New File", is selected, 
 you will be asked for the type of file to create and the name of the file to 
 create.  If you are to select only a subdirectory, you will not be allowed to 
 go into the files area of the screen and must use F10 to select a 
 subdirectory. 


 ^1When selecting images from a file: 
    You move through a list of images in the file with the keypad keys and 
 select the images you want extracted, in the order you want them extracted.  
 The selected images will have numbers next to them indicating the order in 
 which they were selected.  You select and deselect with the ENTER key and 
 press ESC when you are finished. 

 ^1When printing an Image File 
    You are asked if you want to use the file name as a title or you can enter 
 your own title lines.  You must first configure the program to use the correct 
 printer codes.  The program prints seven images per line.  The image names are 
 printed directly below each image.  Do to the printer manufacturers making 
 their printers just slightly incompatible, if you have any trouble with page 
 breaks on your print out, then you need to answer yes to the question in the 
 printer configuration section. 

 ^1When using the Label Enhancer 
    You can select up to twelve images from one of your files and print them on 
 labels.  After selecting the file and the images, you are asked for the size 
 of the labels to print.  This number is in inches.  For example, if your 
 labels are 1 1/2 inches from top of label to top of label, then enter 1.5.  
 Then you enter the number of labels you want to print.  Then you can enter up 
 to four lines of text for printing.  If you do not wish to print any text, 
 just press ENTER. The program reads in the selected images and displays one on 
 the screen.  You may then specify where on the labels the images will be 
 printed.  This is accomplished by moving the image on the screen, left and 
 right, until it is in the desired position.  If you place the image in the 
 middle of the label, then the text will not be able to be printed.  The images 
 selected will be printed in rotation until the total number of labels is 
 printed. 

 ^1When editing a Name File 
    After selecting a file, select the image name by pressing ENTER when the 
 highlight is over the name you want to edit.  Use the cursor keys to edit the 
 selected image name.  Print Shop automatically uses all uppercase letters in 
 its image names, as do these utilities.  Use the ^1Ins^0 key to toggle between 
 insert and overwrite mode.  The ^1Del^0 key deletes the character under the 
 cursor, and the backspace key deletes the character to the left of the cursor. 
 ^1Home^0 moves the cursor to the beginning of the line, and ^1End^0 moves the 
 cursor to the end of the line.  The original Print Shop and PrintMaster use 16 
 characters in their image names.  The new Print Shop uses only 15 characters 
 in their image names. 

 ^1When Grouping Images 
    This option allows you to take images transferred from the Apple and 
 Commodore versions of Print Shop (in which each image is a separate file) and 
 place them in an IBM-compatible Print Shop file.  All of the images to be 
 grouped should be in the same drive or directory.  You will be prompted for 
 the file in which to place the images (new or existing).  Then use the file 
 select area to get to the drive or directory where the images to be grouped 
 are located.  Next you are prompted for the type of machine the images came 
 from. You are then presented with two versions of the first image.  Put the 
 highlight box around the one that looks OK to you and press enter.  If neither 
 looks OK then press ESC and you will return to the main menu. 
    Note for Commodore transfers:  You have an additional selection to make.  
 Pressing F10 will switch the display between three-block and two-block 
 Commodore files.  

 ^1On Separating Images 
    This option allows you to select a series of images and separate them into 
 individual files for transfer to an Apple or Commodore.  After you select a 
 file and the images in the file you want to transfer, you are asked to which 
 machine the transfer will be made.  You then choose which of two separation 
 methods the program will use.  The correct method to use depends upon how the 
 transfer will be made.  We recommend that you use the first one, and if the 
 images will not load properly or look strange when loaded, use the second 
 method. 

 ^1On Indexing Images 
    This option allows you to build, and maintain, an index of your images. You 
 are asked to select a file to index.  If the file is already in your index, it 
 will have a small arrow next to its name.  If you select it to be indexed you 
 are asked whether to replace the previous data in the index, to remove it from 
 the index, or to abort and choose another file.  The index contains a comment 
 field where you can enter information about each of your image files.  If you 
 select Replace or if you select a file that has not been indexed, you are 
 asked to enter a comment pertaining to that file. 

 ^1On Displaying the Index 
    You will be able to display the index of the image files that you have 
 built.  When looking at the list of image names you can use the arrow keys to 
 page up and down in the list.  The home and end keys will bring you to the top 
 and the bottom of the list. 

 ^1On Printing the Index 
    You will get a printout of the data in the index.  The first page(s) is a 
 list of each image file in alphabetical order, the number of images in that 
 file, and the comment you entered for that file.  The remaining pages are a 
 double-column, alphabetized printout of each image name and the file in which 
 it resides. 

 ^1On Using a Mouse 
    The program recognizes and uses a mouse, if present, automatically.  The 
 program uses mouse movement to generate the up, down, left, and right arrow 
 keys, and uses the mouse buttons to generate the ENTER and ESC keys. 

 ^1Custom Printer Configuration 
    If none of the printer selections work for your printer, you can use a 
 standard ASCII text editor to modify the printer configuration file.  Load the 
 PSUTIL4.CFG file into your editor.  Below is a brief description of the items 
 in the file. For a Custom configuration, use a printer selection number of 11. 

  1          Printer selection number 
  15         Compressed code 
  27 51 24   One-ninth linefeed code 
  27 85 1    Uni-directional code 
  27 76      Graphics mode code 
  27 64      Printer reset code 
             Graphics stop byte(s) 
  N          Reverse printer pins 
  99         Lines per page 
  16.80      Characters per inch    [horizontal measurement] 
  216        linefeed per inch      [vertical measurement] 
  0          Label margin position  [where the image goes on the label] 
  1.0        Inches per label       [vertical size in inches of the label] 

    Enter all of the printer codes as decimal numbers separated by spaces. 

^C^1Print Shop Utilities IV requires a Graphics Adapter.^0 

   To run this program outside ^1Big Blue Disk^0, type: ^1PSUTIL4^0. 

 DISK FILES THIS PROGRAM USES: ^FPSUTIL4.EXE ^FPSUTIL4.CFG ^FGRBBD52.NAM 
^FGRBBD52.DAT 
