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Beep
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  Toggles ON/OFF. Turns beep on/off for errors, etc.
 
Grid lines
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  Toggles ON/OFF. Turn this switch ON to insert grid lines in the FAST
  ACCESS program display.

Screen compress
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  Toggles ON/OFF. Turn this switch ON to allow more programs to be
  shown on screen. Grid lines will be deleted to get more room for
  programs.

Exploding windows
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  Toggles ON/OFF. Turn this switch ON for exploding windows, OFF for
  popping windows.

Compile ".BAT" files (this option is not available to 4DOS/NDOS users)
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  Toggles ON/OFF. Turn this switch ON if your using PC Magazine's
  BAT2EXEC.COM utility program (it compiles ".BAT" files into ".COM" 
  files, which run a little faster). Every time you Add a program to 
  FAST ACCESS it will automatically compile the ".BAT" file into a 
  ".COM" file. Also, when you Edit the batch file with FAEDITOR.EXE, 
  the ".BAT" file will be compiled when you exit the editor.

  NOTE: BAT2EXEC.COM must be located in the directory that FAST ACCESS
        is in.
                   
Use ".BAT" extension (this option is only available to 4DOS/NDOS users)
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  Toggles ON/OFF. Turn this switch ON if you only want to work with
  ".BAT" files. FAST ACCESS will not recognize ".BTM" files with this
  switch ON. When you use the Add command to add a new program, FAST 
  ACCESS will give the batch file a ".BAT" extension and include the 
  LOADBTM ON statement in the batch file so that the batch file will be 
  loaded into memory just like a ".BTM" file. This way you don't have 
  to keep two sets of batch files (one set of ".BAT" and one set of 
  ".BTM" if you switch between using COMMAND.COM and 4DOS/NDOS).

Global cursor access
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  Toggles ON/OFF. Global cursor access ON will allow you to move your
  programs anywhere on the screen. You can have blank spaces between
  programs, organize programs into different columns etc.

  NOTE: With this option ON, you cannot use the mouse to move a program.

Display (video mode)
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  Toggles Standard/Enhanced. If you have a EGA video adapter installed,
  Enhanced will display 43 lines instead of the Standard 25 lines. If
  you have a VGA or 8514/A video adapter installed, Enhanced mode will
  display 50 lines.
 
Sort programs
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  Toggles Ascending/Descending/Custom. This is the order that program's
  are listed on the FAST ACCESS screen. Select Custom and use the Move
  command to customize the order of your program list. If Global cursor
  access is ON, then Sort is automatically set to Custom.

Blank screen
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  Time in minutes that the screen will blank. Must be less than 31
  minutes. If you entered a Company name, that name will be displayed
  when the screen blanks. If a hard disk is installed, the heads will
  be parked to a safe zone as soon as the screen blanks, if you have
  specified a hard disk parking program. If you specify a time of 0,
  the screen blanker will be disabled.

Password protection
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  Enable/Disable "master" password. Provides protection throughout FAST
  ACCESS. If the password is enabled, all commands will be protected
  except the Add and Help commands. You will see "PASS" at the bottom
  of the screen when the "master" password enabled. You can protect
  individual programs with there own unique password when you use the
  Add or Revise commands, or use the "master" password to protect them.
  Unique passwords are always active, no mater if the "master" password
  feature is enabled or not.

                     !!! DO NOT FORGET THIS !!!

  NOTE: For the "master" password feature to be active when you load 
        FAST ACCESS, you MUST quit out of FAST ACCESS before you turn 
        your computer off. FAST ACCESS updates it's configuration files 
        every time you quit.

  NOTE: This is NOT a fail safe protection method. If you want complete
        protection from anyone accessing your hard disk data, buy a hard
        disk locking program.

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Misc
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  Allows you to enter:
   1) Your company name.
   2) A file manager program for use on the FileMan command. 
   3) A file editor program for use with the Edit command.
   4) A hard disk parking program to park the drive heads while the
      computer is unattended, or after you use the Quit command.

      NOTE: Some hard disks with built in cache will never stay parked 
            for very long periods (usually less than 2 minutes).
            They are always updating there internal cache by reading
            data. If this is the case, you might as well not park
            the drive heads.

   5) The directory that your batch files are located in (the default is
      \BAT).     
   6) A command to flush your disk cache, if you have one installed.
      You would use this command in conjunction with the hard disk 
      parking program, if your disk cache program is setup for delayed 
      writes (SMARTDRV, NCACHE, NCACHE2, SUPER, SUPERPCK and CACHECLK 
      [among others] can all delay writes to disk). 
   7) A command to enable your disk cache, if you have one installed.
      When you use the Info command and select Full, Quarterdeck's 
      Manifest Program (MFT.EXE) will sometimes crash when a cache is 
      enabled. If this occurs on your computer, enter commands to enable 
      and disable your cache. Then when you execute the Info command, 
      the cache will automatically be disabled before running MFT, then 
      be re-enabled before reloading FAST ACCESS.
   8) A command to disable your disk cache, if you have one installed.
      See above explanation.

Colors
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  Allows you to change colors for: Background, Program, Cursor, Grid
  line, Command line, Highlighted letter, Status indicator, Border,
  Window accent and Box color.

  NOTE: Mouse users: If you want to modify the Background color for
        example, then double-click on the word Background in the menu.
        To select a new color, just click once on the new color.

Help
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