Print Shop Utilities  
 by
 George Leritte


   These utilities are designed to help you make the most of Broderbund
Software's popular Print Shop program, a program that lets you design your own
greeting cards, letterheads, and other such things.

   Since the IBM version of Print Shop puts multiple images into one file, a
utility to easily move images beteen files would come in handy.  We decided to
make it simple for our readers to move or consolidate their Print Shop image
files.  Hence this program.

   The program was designed to be very similar to Print Shop in order not to
confuse users.  All of the commands are chosen by highlighting a menu selection
and pressing the ENTER key.  A detailed description of the main menu options
follows.  Note:  Print Shop images are contained in two files, a data file and a
name file.  The data file has an extension of ".DAT" and contains all the
images.  The name file has an extension of ".NAM" and contains the name of each
corresponding image in the ".dat" file.  Both of these files must start with the
letters "GR".  When asked to enter Print Shop file names, no extension should be
entered.  The initial letters of "GR" is optional.  The utility will add them if
you don't enter them.

   The first option is to display a Print Shop file.  The program will then get
a directory of the Print Shop files on disk and present a selection screen for
you to choose a file from.  If there are no Print Shop files on the disk or
directory, then you will be told and asked to press a key to continue.

   The second option allows you to extract images from a Print Shop file and
place them in another file, either an existing file or a new file.  You move
through the file and select the images you want extracted in the order you want
them extracted.  A selected image will have a number next to it indicating the
order in which you selected the image.  When finished, the program asks for the
name of the file in which to place the images if any images have been selected.
If you want to place them in a new file, then put the cursor on New File and
press enter.  The program will prompt you for the filename.

   The third option allows you to combine two or more Print Shop files into one
file, either to an existing file or a new one.

   Print Shop first appeared for the Apple computer and each image was in a
separate file.  The fourth option allows you to take a bunch of transferred
images and place them in an IBM compatible Print Shop file.  All of the images
to be grouped should be in the same drive or directory.  You will be prompted
for the file in which to place the images or you can create a new file.  Then
you are prompted for the drive or directory where the images are.  Note:  in the
case of images transferred from the Commodore, this will only work on three-
sector Commodore files.  If you don't understand this, then don't worry.  A
proper Commodore file will at least 572 bytes long.

   For those of you who have Print Shop and Printmaster, the fifth option allows
you to convert Print Shop to Printmaster files and vice versa.  Again you will
be prompted for the names of the files and in the case of Printmaster, the
directory where the files reside.

   The sixth option asks you for the drive or directory path where your Print
Shop data files are.  Once you've selected this option, the program will
automatically look for all Print Shop files in that drive/directory unless you
change it.


 DISK FILES THIS PROGRAM USES:
 PSUTIL.EXE
 BRUN30.EXE
 RETURN30.EXE
 GR35678.NAM } LASERMAN FILE
 GR35678.DAT }    "      " 
 GRBBD18.NAM
 GRBBD18.DAT


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