------------------------------------------------------------ Readme for SmallPea ClipEditor Version 4.0 (Build 1310) June 2001 ------------------------------------------------------------ (c) Copyright Dick Jia, Small Pea Team, 1993-2001 ------------------------- How to View This Document ------------------------- To view the Readme file on the screen in Windows Notepad, maximize the Notepad window. To print the Readme file, open it in Notepad or another word processor, and then click Print on the File menu. ------------------------- Special Thanks to... ------------------------- ALF LONG JURG NAUDE KEIJI LYNDA H MARKWELL V. HONS VERNE WRIGHT VESVOLOD -------- CONTENTS -------- 1. SMALLPEA CLIPEDITOR 2. NEW FEATURES IN THIS RELEASE 3. HOW TO USE CLIPEDITOR 4. AWARDS 5. SUPPORT FOR SMALLPEA CLIPEDITOR 6. NEXT VERSION ================================= Part 1: SMALLPEA CLIPEDITOR ================================= ClipEditor is a Windows clipboard management tool that can save text that you copied every time in Windows. You can reuse them for next time and organize them so you can easily know which one is which. * You should have VB6 Runtime files in your system to run ClipEditor. * You should have Windows Common Controls 6 in your system as well. * If you can't run ClipEditor, go to Small Pea Team's Download Centre and download the full install version of ClipEditor instead of the upgrade version. http://smallpea.tripod.com/download * You can get more help from ClipEditor's online support at http://smallpea.tripod.com/support/help ================================= Part 2: NEW FEATURES IN THIS RELEASE ================================= New features in ClipEditor 4.0: - Categories The new Categories feature makes SmallPea ClipEditor easier organize clips than ever! You can create unlimited categories and put your clips in the right place. (The Categories feature include: Move to, Copy to, New Category, Rename Category, and Delete Category) You can switch between categories from the shortcut menu in ClipEditor's icon in system tray. - Auto Scroll ClipEditor 4.0 makes your reading easier! The new Auto Scroll feature lets you read Windows Clipboard or your clips without moving the scrollbar. Let you and your mouse be relaxed. - Read Aloud ClipEditor 4.0 uses Microsoft Text-to-Speech engine and can read the text in both Windows Clipboard and your own clips for you. You have to have Microsoft Text-to-Speech in your system. - Drag and Drop You can put part of text in your clip to Windows Clipboard. You can drag the text in your clip directly to your applications. You can drag the text in your applications to Windows Clipboard in ClipEditor. You can do these cool and fast things by one dragging. ClipEditor makes everything easy! - Clean Text From Edit menu, you can now use Clean Text feature to reformat your text. You can now convert HTML code to normal text, or remove all prefix in a replied e-mail text. - New Ways of Naming Clips Not only using by number, now you can let ClipEditor name your clips automatically by your ways. ClipEditor now can name clips by using the first 20 letters in content, or the time you save it. You can change the way you want in Options from Tools menu. - All in One Place! ClipEditor 4.0 makes all features of previous version be together. ClipViewer has been removed. If you want to read a clip in a full- screen mode, click My Clips in View menu. If you want to edit your clip, just edit in Clip box and it will save itself. - Different Views Change your view without switching between ClipEditor and ClipViewer. ClipEditor now has a View menu which allows users to change the view modes. You can now view Windows Clipboard or your clips in almost full screen. - Multiple ClipViewer You can open up to 8 clips with ClipViewer. - Edit Clip Now you can choose your own editor to edit clips. In Options from Tools menu, choose the program you want and click OK. You can also use Windows Notepad by click Default button. You can also edit your clips in Clip box as well. "All in one place!" - Send Clip You can send your favourite clip to someone else as an attachment via e-mail by using the new Send To feature. - Deleted Clips folder If you delete your clips by mistake, don't worry now. ClipEditor put all deleted clips into a category named "Deleted Clips". You can find you clips back. The names of clips in "Deleted Clips" are given by the date and time you delete clips. For example, 01-02-05-08-53-44 means you deleted this clip on February 5, 2001, at 8:53:44. - Notice on changing Windows Clipboard In Options, click Play sound when Windows Clipboard changes. Every time you copy a new text, ClipEditor will beep. - Title Case Now you can not only change your text to uppercase and lowercase, but also change to Title Case. - Improved Go To Feature You can jump to the URL in your clip by using Go To feature now. - Improved Web Page Preview ClipEditor can let you preview Windows Clipboard or your clips in your default Internet Browser. - Improved Status Bar When you are editing whether Windows Clipboard or your clip, status bar will show the line and column your cursor is on. - Improved Saving Setting ClipEditor can remember the state of Auto Save now. - Improved Clips Merge Feature The new Clips Merge allows users to join clips which are from different categories into one clip file. The bug in Put Space Between Clips is also fixed. - Improved Working in System Tray Not only see what is in your Windows Clipboard, but you can now also see what category you are in so that you won't copy the text to the wrong place. Also, when Windows Clipboard is empty, you will see "Clipboard is empty" in the tooltip. You can now switch between category without maximize ClipEditor. - Bugs Fix: - Put Space Between Clips: In Clips Merge Wizard, there is an option which allows user to put space between each clip. In the previous version, the space is put after all clips. ClipEditor 4.0 fixes this bug. - Go To URL: The Go button in Go To dialog does not work sometime when user chooses a URL from the list. ClipEditor 4.0 fixes this bug. - Status Bar: Status Bar displays "2 Clip" instead of "2 Clips" when there are only two clips in a category, but it displays correctly as "1 Clip" and "3 Clips" when there is one clip or more than 2 clips. ClipEditor 4.0 fixes this bug. - Windows Clipboard: When ClipEditor starts, it will clear the text in Windows Clipboard. ClipEditor 4.0 fixes this bug. ================================= Part 3: HOW TO USE CLIPEDITOR ================================= - Auto Save When ClipEditor starts, the Auto Save feature is on and watches any change on Windows Clipboard. If there is, ClipEditor will save the last piece of text into a clip file, and display the new one on Windows Clipboard in ClipEditor. You can turn Auto Save feature off by uncheck Auto Save from File menu. - My Clips You can reuse your old clips by click one of them from clip list. All clip files are saved as ".dat" file. When you want to put them back to Windows Clipboard, you just drag the Title Bar, and drop into Windows Clipboard. Open your clips with Windows Notepad, improved ClipViewer, or other editors by clicking Edit from File menu. - Organize Clips You can rename a clip or delete a clip by just clicking Rename or Delete buttons. For advanced organizing, click Category button. You can also send your favourite clip to a friend via e-mail by using the new Send To feature. - Clips Merge When you want to join more than two clips into one single file, click Clips Merge from Tools menu or Clips Merge button on toolbar, follow the wizard and join clips together. Quickly join two or more clips into one file, just select them from clips list with Ctrl key holding, and then click Clip Merge button, type the new name, and click Finish to do that. - Use Windows Clipboard Save current Windows Clipboard to Clips List by click Save from File menu or Save button in toolbar, or save to an outer file by using Save As from File menu. To clean Windows Clipboard, go to Clean Clipboard in Tools menu. Click Import Text from Edit menu and choose the text or HTML file that you want to put into Windows Clipboard. - Print Clips Print Windows Clipboard or your old clips by clicking Print from File menu or Print button in toolbar. - Jump to the Internet Click Go To from Tools menu and get a list about all the URL address in current Windows Clipboard. Choose the one you want and press Enter to jump to there. You can also type the address and go there directly. - Other Features Read "Part 2: New features in this release" and get to know the rest. - Tips and Tricks Read Tip.txt to learn more tips and tricks on SmallPea ClipEditor 4.0. ================================= Part 4: AWARDS ================================= - SoftList gave SmallPea ClipEditor 5 stars (out of 5). - NoNags gave SmallPea ClipEditor 6 ducks (out of 6) on February 14, 2000. - TUCOWS gave SmallPea ClipEditor 4 cows (out of 5) in January 2000. - Super Shareware gave SmallPea ClipEditor 5 stars (out of 5) on January 5, 2000. - ZDNet Software Library gave SmallPea ClipEditor 4 stars (out of 5) on October 6, 1999. They reviewed ClipEditor and said: "ClipEditor is a free utility that can automatically save all text that you copy through the Windows Clipboard. Each clip may be renamed and organized so that you can easily reuse it. Options let you keep the program on top, change all text to upper or lowercase, and choose the display font. Not only is ClipEditor easy to use, but it can be a real time-saver." ================================= Part 5: SUPPORT FOR SMALLPEA CLIPEDITOR ================================= For the latest information about SmallPea ClipEditor see my Web page at http://smallpea.tripod.com/clipeditor. For more help from Small Pea Team, go to http://smallpea.tripod.com/support/help A guest book is dedicated to the discussion of SmallPea ClipEditor: http://smallpea.tripod.com/support/book Join my mailing list at http://smallpea.listbot.com so that you won't miss any news and update on ClipEditor. You can also send your e-mail to dickjia@hotmail.com. ================================= Part 6: NEXT VERSION ================================= As the developer, I am listening to you. Any comments, ideas, or suggestions are welcome. You can whether send it to dickjia@hotmail.com or post it on my guest book at http://smallpea.tripod.com/support/book SmallPea ClipEditor is a freeware, so you can enjoy it all the time; however, you can give any help you can to me. I wish you could provide some financial support (it does not matter more or less) to me for further development. The mailing address is: 2309-40 Gerrard St. E. Toronto, Ontario Canada M5B 2E8 Att: Dick Jia Thank you for using ClipEditor!