Reference Manual

SoftDock Journal 1.0 Reference Manual SoftDock 127 Tweedy St. Hustisford, WI 53034 Tech Support: Opry99er@aol.com Getting Started Journaling offers you the opportunity to capture your thoughts in writing. SoftDock Journal provides a unique and creative program for recording and storing those thoughts on your computer. System Requirements To use this journal software, you will need: Macintosh Computer, System 7.1 or higher 2.5 MB of free RAM 4 MB of free disk space Color monitor capable of thousands of colors (16 bit color) Before you Begin Make a backup copy of SoftDock Journal. It is always a good idea to make a backup copy of any application in case something happens to the original. You can do this by making an "Duplicate" under the "File" menu item on your menu bar. Conventions used in this manual In order to make the manual as easy as possible to use, style variation is used to distinguish different types of features. Menu names appear in bold type (the Background menu) Commands in the menus appear in bold type (Edit) Keyboard Shortcuts appear in bold type within brackets ([Command-F]) Button names appear in bold type (Search Text) Installing SoftDock Journal The file that you downloaded is self-extracting. Simply click on the SoftDock icon and the program will open. Choosing the "Close" button from the cover page will end the program, or you may select "Quit Softdock" in the File menu. MENU ITEMS File menu "Save Backup Copy" Allows you to save a copy of the application. If more than one member of your "immediate" household would like their own copy of the journal, you may make a copy. Please do not distribute this copy to those outside your own immediate family (spouse, children). "Page Set Up" Standard feature of the Macintosh, the "Page Set Up" allows you to format for printing. "Print Journal Entry" This option allows you to print a hard copy of your journal entry. You can print either one day's entry or the entire journal. "Export Text" This allows you to export your journal to new file or to a file in another application. (note: Choosing export will export all your journal entries, not just one particular day.) Edit Menu "Undo" Undo text you are writing. "Cut," Copy," "Paste" Text within the journal can be cut or text from another application can be pasted in your journal. "Clear Text" Functions in the same way as "Undo" or "Cut." "New Entry" Creates a new date for journal entry. You can also choose the "Find a Date" button. "Delete Entry" Deletes the text entry of the day that you are currently working on. Go Menu "First," Previous," "Last" Selecting "First" will take you to the date of the first entry made in this journal. Choosing "Previous" will take you to whatever entry you were writing or viewing just previously in this particular session. Selecting "Last" will take you to the very last entry you have recorded in the journal. "Go To A Day" Allows yo…