General 1STTEXT Editing Information ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ 1STTEXT.EXE is used to maintain your 1STTEXT file. 1STTEXT contains many of the text prompts displayed by 1stReader. You may start the program by entering 1STTEXT from the DOS command prompt. The program will then ask you to "Enter filename to edit". You should enter your complete 1STTEXT filename. If you would like you can also add this filename to the 1STTEXT command issued from the DOS prompt. 1STTEXT will show you each prompt used 1stReader. If your prompts use color (@Xnn variables) then 1STTEXT will show you your prompts in color below the filename box. You may use these keys to help navigate through the prompt file: [ESC] Saves and quits the program [Up] Back one record [Down] Ahead one record [PgUp] Back ten records [PgDn] Ahead ten records CTRL+[PgUp] Move to the beginning of the file CTRL+[PgDn] Move to the end of the file [F1] Displays a color chart [F2] Search for specific text If you press the [F1] key you will be shown a color chart of the colors supported by 1stReader. Pressing the [F1] key again will remove the color chart from your screen. The [F2] key will let you search for specific text included in any prompt. Enter the text phrase you wish to locate inside 1STTEXT. If the text is found the program will display the prompt on your screen. You may then press the [ESC] key to edit the text or press [ENTER] to continue the search. There is a companion file to your 1STTEXT data file called 1STTEXT.DES. This file contains "notes" on each of the text prompts inside 1STTEXT. Most of these notes are blank but some prompts contain entries. They will be displayed by 1STTEXT underneath the text entries. You may edit the "note" field by pressing the [F3] key. Advanced features ÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ The 1STTEXT program call also be used to export and import text files into your 1STTEXT prompt file. Here is an example of the DOS command syntax: 1STTEXT C:\1ST\1STTEXT TEXTFILE If TEXTFILE does not exist then 1STTEXT will create the file containing the prompts held within C:\1ST\1STTEXT. If TEXTFILE does exist then 1STTEXT will read the file and update the prompts stored inside C:\1ST\1STTEXT. All text entries will have a four digit record number followed by a colon. If you try to import a text file that is not in this format then 1STTEXT will ignore the file completely.