Compact Pro Users Guide

Compact Pro ® A File Compression Utility for the Macintosh® User’s Guide 1.52 © 1998 Bill Goodman All Rights Reserved Compact Pro is a registered trademark of Bill Goodman. AutoExtractor and CptExpand are trademarks of Bill Goodman. Finder, GateKeeper, HyperCard, Macintosh, Microsoft, MultiFinder and TeachText are trademarks or registered trademarks of the respective product’s manufacturer. This document uses the following fonts: HELVETICA 10/14/18/24 and TIMES 10/14. Compact Pro User’s Guide Contents 1 Introduction 3 Features 3 Requirements/Limitations 4 How Does Data Compression Work? 4 Acknowledgments 4 2 Getting Started 5 Installing Compact Pro 5 Registering Your Copy 5 3 Using Compact Pro 6 About Archives 6 Viewing An Archive 7 Creating And Opening Archives 9 Modifying An Archive 9 Saving Your Work 11 Retrieving Files From An Archive 12 Validating Files In Archives 14 Encrypting Files 15 Working With Segmented Archives 16 Working With Self-Extracting Archives 18 Working With BinHex4 Files 19 Printing The Catalog 20 Generating A Report File 20 Setting Preferences 21 4 Technical Support 23 Program Updates 23 Answers To Some Common Questions 23 5 Distribution/Registration 26 What Is Shareware? 26 Distribution 27 Registration 27 Warranty 29 REGISTRATION FORM 30 —2— Compact Pro User’s Guide 1 Introduction Compact Pro is a Macintosh application which lets you reduce the size of many of the files on your computer by “compressing” the data in the files. Making files smaller can free up valuable space on your hard disk. It can also reduce the number of floppy disks needed to save back-up copies of important files. If you transfer files between computers using modems, you can save time and money by first compressing the files since compressed files usually take significantly less time to transmit. Compact Pro also supports “archives”. An archive is a collection of files and folders which are combined into a single unit. By g…