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   Have you ever sat staring at a directory listing full of .TXT and
.DOC files and wondered what exactly was in those files?  You may
have used the DOS TYPE command, but your file scrolls across the
screen at warp speed in one direction only.  Of course you could fire
up your trusty editor, but that takes too long--you just want to take
a peek.  What you need is a text file lister!

   EZ SCAN is the solution to your dilemma.  This powerful,
easy-to-use utility allows you to view your text files on the screen
and print part or all of them to your printer.  You can search for
text, set a marker to return to, and set parameters that affect the
way your file is displayed.  You can even change the background and
foreground colors of your displayed text.  Make your life easier and
your computing environment more productive:  Copy EZ.EXE to your
utility directory and make sure that directory is on your path.
Then, from anywhere on your system invoke EZ SCAN to peruse those
mysterious text files.


^C^1Using It Is EZ^0

   To invoke EZ SCAN from DOS, simply type ^1EZ^0.  You will be
placed in the Main Menu with the default settings listed in the
Current File and View Settings window (more about this later).  The
Main Menu has four options that pull down sub-menus:  File,
Parameters, About, and Quit.  Use the left and right arrow keys to
highlight an option, then press ENTER to select that option.  ESCAPE
backs out of any selection or exits EZ SCAN.  Pressing F1 provides
you with context-sensitive help from anywhere in the program.  The
four Main Menu options are explained below:

^1File^0
   This pull-down menu offers 4 selections:

   ^1View A File^0
       Displays files to view from the current drive and directory
       and with the set file specs (see below).  Move highlight bar
       with arrow keys and select with ENTER.  Once you have pressed
       ENTER, the file will be loaded for viewing and/or printing.
       See Viewing And Printing Your File, below.

   ^1Change Drive^0
       Select a physical drive to read from.  Up to 6 system drives
       are detected and displayed in a menu.  Move highlight bar with
       arrow keys and select with ENTER.  The EZ default setting is
       the current DOS drive.

   ^1Change Directory^0
       Select a directory on the current drive.  This option builds a
       graphic directory tree for up to 255 directories on your
       drive.  Including file names, paths are supported up to 95
       characters, and visual display of the directory tree is
       supported to 10 levels with graphic accuracy.  Move highlight
       bar with arrow keys and select with ENTER.  The EZ default
       setting is the current DOS directory.

   ^1Set File Specs^0
       Enter a filename or file specs for directory search.  Any spec
       can be entered, even *.EXE; however, non-text files will
       appear as random characters (gibberish).  The EZ default
       setting is *.*.

^1Parameters^0
   This pull-down menu offers 5 selections:

   ^1No Parameters^0
       Displays text files as is with no special formatting used
       except that ASCII characters 0 to 15 are removed.  Other
       control characters embedded by text editors are left intact
       and margins are respected.  This is the EZ default setting.

   ^1No Extended Characters^0
       Displays text files with all control characters (ASCII
       characters 0 to 31) and extended characters removed.  Margins
       are respected.

   ^1No Left Margins^0
       Displays text files with left margins ignored and ASCII
       characters 0 to 15 removed.

   ^1Word Wrap Lines^0
       Displays text files with long lines of text wrapped onto the
       next line.  Normally, if a line is too long to fit on one
       screen line, it is truncated.  Word wrapping breaks lines at
       word breaks and continues on the next screen line.  The EZ
       default setting is OFF.

   ^1Change Display Colors^0
       Displays text in 36 color combinations or 2 monochrome
       combinations.  Use arrow keys to move highlight bar and select
       with ENTER.  The EZ default setting is light gray on black.

^1About^0
   This pull-down menu offers 1 selection:

   ^1About EZ SCAN^0
       Program credits, where published, copyright information.

^1Quit^0
   This pull-down menu offers 1 selection:

   ^1Quit EZ SCAN^0
       Quit EZ SCAN and return to DOS or On Disk Monthly Menu.


^C^1Viewing And Printing Your File^0

   Once you have selected a file to view, the file is loaded and is
displayed on the screen in accordance with your set parameters.  The
following commands are active:

   UP ARROW      Move up 1 line.
   DOWN ARROW    Move down 1 line.
   PGUP          Move up 1 page.
   PGDN          Move down 1 page.
   HOME          Move to beginning of file.
   END           Move to end of file.
   CTRL-END      Automatic scroll to end of file.  Speed of scroll is
                 controlled by numbers 1 (fastest) to 9 (slowest).
   CTRL-PGDN     Move to place marker set with F8 if one has been set.
   F1            Context-sensitive help.  (Help is always available.)
   F7            Print all or part of file.  Press F1 for help here.
   F8            Toggle place marker ON and OFF.
   F9            Search for text.  Press F1 for help here.
   ENTER         Searches for next occurrence of entered/marked text.


^C^1Current File And View Settings Window^0

   The Current File and View Settings are displayed in the middle of
the Main Menu screen.  The EZ SCAN default settings are shown below:

     Drive         : Current DOS drive
     Directory     : Current DOS directory
     File Spec     : *.*
     Parameters    : No Special Parameters
     Word Wrap     : OFF
     Display Color : Light Gray on Black


^C^1Command Line Parameters^0

   To bring up a text file faster for immediate viewing, you can
invoke EZ SCAN from DOS with a text file command line parameter.
Simply type ^1EZ filename^0, where filename is the name of the text
file to view and/or print.  You may also include DOS wildcards in the
filename to bring up a list of files to choose from.

  To select foreground and background colors from the command line,
type ^1EZ /C color^0, where color is a number from the following list
of foreground/background color combinations:

 ^1--------------------------------------------------------------^0
   01   Light Gray on Black        19   Yellow on Green
   02   Green on Black             20   White on Green
   03   Cyan on Black              21   Light Gray on Brown
   04   Light Blue on Black        22   Light Green on Brown
   05   Light Green on Black       23   Yellow on Brown
   06   Light Cyan on Black        24   White on Brown
   07   Light Red on Black         25   Black on Light Gray
   08   Light Magenta on Black     26   Blue on Light Gray
   09   Yellow on Black            27   Blue on Light Gray
   10   White on Black             28   Red on Light Gray
   11   Light Gray on Blue         29   Magenta on Light Gray
   12   Light Green on Blue        30   Brown on Light Gray
   13   Light Cyan on Blue         31   Dark Gray on Light Gray
   14   Light Red on Blue          32   Light Blue on Light Gray
   15   Yellow on Blue             33   Light Green on Light Gray
   16   White on Blue              34   Light Cyan on Light Gray
   17   Black on Green             35   Yellow on Light Gray
   18   Light Cyan on Green        36   White on Light Gray
 ^1--------------------------------------------------------------^0

   If you can't remember these numbers (and who could?) simply type
^1EZ /C^0 from the DOS prompt to get this list.  Of course, you can
also change the colors from within EZ SCAN itself.

   You may use either parameter to start EZ SCAN, but you may not use
both at the same time.


^C^1Outside On Disk Monthly

   To run EZ SCAN outside of ^1On Disk Monthly^0, type:
       ^1EZ^0            or
       ^1EZ filename^0   or
       ^1EZ /C color^0.


Disk files this program uses:
^FEZ.EXE
