




                                     Quick Start

          The following outline/paragraphs detail the steps necessary to
          begin using ATODfine (without wading through the user's guide).

          1)   Read and agree to the license agreement (found on the third
               page of the ATODfine user's guide).

          2)   Copy ATODfine to the same directory that AUTOSIG is run
               from.

          3)   Make a backup of your configuration file (just as a
               precaution).  This can be accomplished by typing

                         copy autosig.dfn autosig.bak <enter>

          4)   Start ATODfine by typing

                                   atodfine <enter>

               Or, to force ATODfine to ignore the mouse, type

                                  atodfine/n <enter>


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                                                             ATODFINE FORUMS
                                                                Ŀ
                                                                        
                                   Ŀ     Ŀ            
            AUTOSIG   FORUMS         Help         sWap              
          ͻ                     
           CSMail                                                    
           PCCom                Ŀ     Ŀ            
           PCSys              <   Edit     <   Copy              
           PCNew                                 
           PCPrg                                                     
           Practic              Ŀ     Ŀ            
                              <   Add      <  Delete             
                                                 
                                                                     
                                Ŀ     Ŀ            
                                  ATOL     <   Sort              
                                                 
                                                                     
          ͼ    Ŀ     Ŀ            
                  1 of 6         <   saVe         eXit              
                                                    
                                                                
                                                                  0 of 0 
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         Figure 1 - ATODfine Main screen




          Upon starting ATODfine, an intro screen is displayed while the
          configuration files are read.

          Once the configuration files have been successfully read, the
          main screen is displayed, as roughly illustrated on the previous
          page.

          The box on the left contains the forums as read from the AUTOSIG
          configuration file.  The ten boxes in the center, are the
          functions of this program.  The box on the right contains the
          forums as read from the ATODfine configuration file.

          Note the AUTOSIG forums have a double-line box around them, while
          the ATODfine forums have a single-line box.  Also note the tick
          marks beside some of the function "buttons".  These conventions
          denote what is being operated on, or the "focus".

          The box drawn with the double-line has the focus.  The function
          "buttons" with a tick mark work on the focused forums.  The
          function "buttons" without a tick mark work on any set of forums,
          i.e. the function of these "buttons" are not focused.  They
          either apply to both sets of forums at once, or they don't apply
          to either.

          To change the focus to the other set of forums, you may

               *    press the Tab key or the space bar, or
               *    click the RIGHT mouse button anywhere on the screen

          The double-line box will move to the other set of forums.  The
          tick marks will also shift to point in the proper direction.

          In short, you are ALWAYS working on the focused forums, which are
          pointed to by the tick marks and surrounded by double lines.

          The function "buttons" have a capitalized, highlighted letter on
          them (except for ATOL).  These letters are one way of invoking
          the function.

          Look at the function "buttons" closely.  Their positioning and
          alignment are no coincidence.  They are arranged to resemble the
          ten function keys of the old PC keyboard.  Each "button" has an
          associated function key -- the second way of invoking the
          function (the only way to invoke ATOL with the keyboard).

          The function "button" to function key alignment was carefully
          thought out to closely resemble AUTOSIG.  For example, Help is
          F1, Exit is F10, cancel is Esc(ape).  Below is a function
          "button" to function key map.

                              Help ->   F1   F2   <-   sWap
                              Edit ->   F3   F4   <-   Copy
                              Add  ->   F5   F6   <-   Delete
                              ATOL ->   F7   F8   <-   Sort
                              saVe ->   F9   F10  <-   eXit




          The third and final way of invoking a function "button" is to
          click the LEFT mouse button on the function "button".

          Moving the highlight bar among the forums depends on which set of
          forums has the focus.  In the AUTOSIG forums, movement is
          accomplished with the up, down, left, and right arrow keys.  In
          the ATODfine forums, movement is accomplished with the up/down
          arrow keys, PgUp/PgDn keys, Home, and End keys.

          You may also move the highlight bar by clicking on the desired
          forum with the LEFT mouse button.  Note that the forum set MUST
          be in focus for the keyboard OR mouse to move the highlight bar. 
          When the ATODfine forum set has the focus (and a mouse is
          present), arrows will appear on the top-right and bottom-right of
          the surrounding, double-line box.  Clicking on these arrows with
          the LEFT mouse button simulates pressing PgUp/PgDn.  Clicking on
          these arrows with the RIGHT mouse button simulates pressing
          HOME/END.
           
          The numbers below each box denote which forum is currently
          highlighted and the total number of forums.

          Three other keys have a special definition.  The letter L, which
          causes a shell out to DOS; the letter Q, which terminates
          ATODfine WITHOUT saving any changes; and the shift keys, which
          invoke the "shuffle forum" function.

          Pressing H or F1 (or clicking the HELP function "button" with the
          LEFT mouse button) will display a listing of all the important
          keys.

          Following are brief descriptions of the function "buttons". 
          Detailed descriptions can be found in the appropriate section of
          the user's guide.

          Help      -    Gives a listing of the keys, and mouse
                         functionality (if mouse present)
          Swap      -    Exchanges the highlighted forums, i.e. moves the
                         focused forum to the un-focused set of forums and
                         the un-focused forum to the focused set of forums
          Edit      -    Edits the focused, highlighted forum
          Copy      -    Copies the focused, highlighted forum to the un-
                         focused set of forums
          Add       -    Adds a new forum to the focused set of forums
          Delete    -    Deletes the focused, highlighted forum
          ATOL      -    Allows modifications to the AUTO List
          Sort      -    Sorts the focused set of forums
          Save      -    Forces a save of the focused forums
          Exit      -    Exits ATODfine (after any necessary saving)
