Notice

WordCab is a FREEWARE program, written by Frank Ramos. You can copy this 
program without charge. Please send problem reports and other comments to 
72202.2574@compuserve.com.

                             Installation

Put WORDCAB.EXE and WORDCAB.HLP together in any directory (typically the 
same directory where you put WINWORD.EXE). Run WORDCAB.EXE and use the 
Change Directory option of the File menu to change to the directory where 
you normally store your WinWord document files.

The first time WordCab is run, files WORDCAB.INI and WORDCAB.DAT will be 
created in the directory where WORDCAB.EXE was put. These files will be 
updated each time WordCab is run thereafter. WordCab makes no other 
modifications to your system or its files (other than performing file 
deletes that you specifically request).

Version 1.1 corrects a confusing typo in the filter dialog, which read "Find 
next" instead of "Show only". There is also a fix for a problem where the 
horizontal scrollbar sometimes did not disappear even though the client 
window was big enough to show the complete title and name without scrolling.

                                 Overview

WordCab is a file cabinet for Microsoft Word version 2.0 and Windows 3.1. It 
allows you to manage WinWord files by title instead of by filename.

The WinWord title is set using the Summary Info dialog under the File menu. 
You can set an option (Tools menu, Options dialog, Save option group, Prompt 
for Summary Info option) that will cause WinWord to prompt you for a title 
whenever a new document is saved. WordCab only shows the first 64 characters 
of the title.

WordCab only displays files with a .DOC suffix.

WORDCAB.EXE and WORDCAB.HLP can be installed together in any directory. 
Files WORDCAB.INI and WORDCAB.DAT will be created in this same directory the 
first time WordCab is run, and updated each time WordCab is run thereafter. 
The .INI file contains the screen position and directory from the last time 
WordCab was invoked. The .DAT file contains some directory cache information 
to make WordCab start up faster. WordCab will recreate these files if they 
are deleted.

WordCab accepts an optional pathname as a command line parameter. This 
pathname can be either a directory or a file. If a directory, WordCab will 
use this directory as its starting directory, instead of the directory from 
WORDCAB.INI. If a file, WordCab will open this file in WinWord before 
displaying the WordCab list box.

WordCab attempts to open multiple documents using a single instance of 
WinWord, instead of starting multiple instances of WinWord.

The maximum number of files in a single directory that WordCab can show in 
its list box is 780. Files beyond this maximum will not be displayed. 
MS-DOS/Windows recommends that the number of files per directory be kept 
below about 150 for best performance. In informal testing, I have had no 
performance problems with directories containing 780 files.

A good way to use WordCab is as follows. Invoke WordCab instead of WinWord. 
Select a document. Edit the document in WinWord. Close the document, but do 
not close WinWord (CTRL+F4). Use ALT+TAB to switch back to WordCab. Select 
another document to be edited in WinWord. By keeping WinWord active between 
documents, the second and subsequent documents can be opened much faster.