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Welcome to KatNews!. ╛
KatNews is a newsletter creator for Wildcat! v3.xx.  If you want to use the RIP Graphics Support provided by KatNews, you must have Wildcat! v3.90 which supports the RIP Graphics Protocol. <
Just a quick note on how KatNews! works. If you are using a mouse, KatNews is a completely mouse-driven program, if not, then select an item by pressing its high-lighted key, or if it is a pull-down menu, then push ALT plus the key high-lighted on the menubar.  For example, to access the Options menu, push ALT-O. Ç
We hope that you enjoy KatNews! and find it easy to use, and the fact that it is the first RIP newsletter creator for Wildcat! 
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 │ Newsletter Menu │
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This menu provides you with 2 options, they include: +
 Create a Newsletter
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This option allows you to create the actual newsletter with all of the configuration options that you have chosen from the Options menu.  If you have RIP turned-on, then it will output a NEWSLTR.RIP along with the standard NEWSLTR.BBS.  It features a full-screen editor which allows you to edit the newsletter in ease. 
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If you type more than 80 characters on one line, anything after 80 characters will be truncated and not displayed in the newsletter. 6

 Delete NEWSLTR.(BBS/RIP)
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This allows you to delete the actual newsletter off of your disk. It will delete the newsletter in the specified "Output Path" in KatNews! Setup and ask you for confirmation. 
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 │ Options Menu │
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This menu provides you with 3 options, they include: )
 Newsletter Options
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This option allows you to change settings in the actual newsletter output.  Settings like colors, styles, etc... !
 KatNews! setup
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This option allows you to change main settings like your Wildcat! HOME directory, the output directory where you would like KatNews! to output the actual newsletter file(s), and toggles to options available when saving the newsletter. )
 Save Configuration
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This option allows you to save the configuration that you have modified to your tastes to disk, this is very important that you run this option, because otherwise all of your setup will go down the drain. 
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This menu provides you with 2 options, they include: 
 DOS Shell
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This option allows you to shell to DOS, and do whatever it is that you need to do there, then you may re-enter KatNews! simply by typing in "EXIT" followed by the <Enter> key. %
 Change Directory
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This option allows you to change directories without going to the actual DOS shell function.  It features a fully-mouse driven directory pick-list which lets you change directories with ease. 
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 │ KatNews' Full-Screen Editor │
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This full-screen editor allows you to edit the actual newsletter that you are going to send.  The following are commands/keys available to you while in the editor: 
  ■ F1         This help screen
  ■ F5         Done, you can then save or discard the newsletter
  ■ Up         Move up one line
  ■ Down       Move down one line
  ■ Right      Move right one column
  ■ Left       Move left one column
  ■ PgUp       Move one page up
  ■ PgDn       Move one page down
  ■ Home       Move to the right most column of the newsletter
  ■ End        Move to the left most column of the newsletter
  ■ Ctrl-PgUp  Move to the top of the newsletter
  ■ Ctrl-PgDn  Move to the bottom of the newsletter

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In this dialog box, you are able to change the color for one of the following newsletter fields: N
  ■ From Label
  ■ Sysop's Name
  ■ Date/Time
  ■ Border
  ■ Newsletter text
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You can click on the color coresponding to the color that you want to use for that coresponding field, or press 'C' if you are not using a mouse. 
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In this dialog box, you are able to change the style for the non-RIP newsletter output.  You can choose from 7 styles: W
  ■ Single-Line                          (Bordered)
  ■ Double-Line                          (Bordered)
  ■ Double Horiz. / Single Vert.         (Bordered)
  ■ Single Horiz. / Double Vert.         (Bordered)
  ■ Single-Line                 (Top & Bottom Only)
  ■ Double-Line                 (Top & Bottom Only)
  ■ Computer Paper Look-alike
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You can click on the style coresponding to the style that you want to use, or press 'Y' if you are not using a mouse. 
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In this dialog box, you are able to change the style for the RIP! newsletter output.  You can choose from 4 styles: ╒
  ■ Standard RIP! Style            (Text & Graphics)
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  ■ Windows Clone                         (Graphics)
  ■ Computer Paper Look-alike             (Graphics)
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You can click on the style coresponding to the style that you want to use, or press 'Y' if you are not using a mouse. 
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 │ KatNews! Setup │
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In this dialog box, you are able to change settings regarding newsletter output options, directory paths, and your personal name for the newsletter file. ñ
  ■ Append News  - Allows the old news in the newsletter
                   file to be "appended" to the new news
                   when you Create a Newsletter.
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  ■ Add @NOSTOP@ - Adds the Wildcat! "@NOSTOP@" control-
                   code to the beginning of the
                   newsletter file, disabling the user's
                   ability to abort the screen.
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  ■ Add @CLS@    - Adds the Wildcat! "@CLS@" control-
                   code to the beginning of the
                   newsletter file, clearing the screen
                   before displaying the newsletter to
                   the user.
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  ■ Enable RIP!  - Enables you to have RIP! Graphics
                   support in your newsletter, when this
                   option is set, you then have access to
                   change Newsletter Options for RIP!
                   output.
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  ■ WC! Home Dir - This is the PATH to your Wildcat!
                   HOME directory, (ex. C:\WC30).
                   If you have installed KatNews! in
                   your Wildcat! HOME directory, then
                   leave this field blank.
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  ■ Output Path  - This is the PATH to the output of
                   your newsletter (ex. C:\WC30\DISP).
                   If you want the newsletter to be
                   created in the current directory
                   that KatNews! is in, then leave
                   this blank.
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  ■ From Field   - This is your name, or whatever
                   name you would like to use for
                   the output of the newsletter.
                   (ex. The Sysop).  DO NOT leave
                   this blank, it could screw-up
                   the output of the newsletter.

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The Change Directory dialog box consists of an input box, a list box, the standard OK and Help buttons, and two other buttons (Chdir and Revert). |
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oThe Directory Tree list box enables you to navigate directories by using the selecting bar and pressing Enter. ÿ
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bThe Chdir button changes the current directory once you've selected or typed in a directory name. +
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iThe Revert button goes back to the previous directory, as long as you haven't yet exited the dialog box. '
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