User manual DATAVIZ CONVERSION PLUS SUITE

[. . . ] Convert and Open Files, No Matter Where They Come From. Instantly. User's Guide ® Don't Get Caught With a File You Can't Open! User's Guide Conversions Plus Windows 95, 98, NT 4. 0 and 2000 DataViz, Inc. All rights reserved. No part of this book may be reproduced in any form or by any means without permission in writing from the publisher. © Copyright 1997, 1999, 2000 by DataViz, Inc. Trumbull, Connecticut U. S. A. MacOpener, Conversions Plus, MacLinkPlus, Desktop To Go, and Documents To Go are registered trademarks of DataViz, Inc. Table of Contents Welcome to Conversions Plus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . [. . . ] If you receive attachments through any of these mail packages, you can quickly view the contents of these files by simply right-clicking on the attachments and selecting "Quick View". Chapter 2: Viewing and Printing Files 23 The following screen shows an attachment received in Microsoft Outlook. By right clicking on the file and selecting "Quick View", you can instantly view the contents of any attachment. Viewing Compressed Files If at any time you choose to view a compressed file, Conversions Plus will bring you to the "Archive Viewer" window which will be discussed in Chapter 3, "Decompressing Files". Within the Archive Viewer window, you will see a list of files in the archive and can view any or all of the files. Viewing Files Using the Conversions Plus Program As mentioned in Chapter 1, the Conversions Plus program gives you an Explorer like interface to locate files. You can view files using Conversions Plus by launching it from the Conversions Plus Program Group, selecting the files and choosing "View". As with right-clicking, the product will present the file in the "File Viewer" window and provide you with options for handling the file. 25 Chapter 3 Decompressing Files Often times, files you download from the Internet or receive via e-mail are compressed to save space (and transfer time). Conversions Plus will allow you to open a compressed file and extract, view or print its contents. It will allow you to decompress any file that was created using the most popular compression formats, including Zip, Gzip, Tar, and z. How to Decompress Files When you install Conversions Plus, you will have the option to use it as your default decompression utility. If you choose it as your default, all compressed files on your PC will appear with the Conversions Plus compressed file icon shown below: Using Conversions Plus to decompress these files is easy. Simply double-click on the file, and Conversions Plus will display the contents of the compressed file in the Conversions Plus "Archive Viewer" window. 26 Chapter 3: Decompressing Files You will notice in this window that you have the option to extract, view, convert or launch any file contained in the archive. Extracting Files You can extract files to a specific location in a variety of ways. The easiest is to click on the desired files and click <Extract>. When you do this, Conversions Plus will prompt you to choose a location to save the extracted files. Once you have chosen where to put the extracted files, click <Extract>. The files you selected are now in their original format in the chosen folder. Chapter 3: Decompressing Files 27 You can also drag and drop file(s) from the Archive Viewer window to any folder in the Windows Explorer (including the desktop). Viewing Files Within the Archive Viewer window, you have the option to view any of the files listed. To use this feature, simply highlight the file(s) and click <View>. For more information on viewing files, see Chapter 2, "Viewing and Printing Files". Converting Files From this window you also have the option to convert any of the files listed in the archive. To do this, highlight the file(s) and click <Convert>. For more information on converting files, see Chapter 1, "Using and Converting Files". Launching Files The Archive Viewer window also allows you to launch any of the files in the archive. To do this, either highlight the file and click <Launch> or double-click on the file. Conversions Plus will open the file in its appropriate program, assuming you have the program on your computer. Using the Conversions Plus Program to Decompress Files As mentioned in previous chapters, the Conversions Plus program can be used to access files. [. . . ] In situations where a particular translator does not exist, there is usually a workaround solution to convert the file. Many programs give you an alternative to "Save" the file into another format that Conversions Plus can translate. When this is an option, you should choose the format which is richest in the features it supports, so that maximum formatting is retained. For a list of formats supported by Conversions Plus, see Appendix C. Appendix B: Features Supported 51 Character Attributes: Bold Italics Outline Shadow Underline Double Underline Word Underline Dotted Underline Wave Underline Subscript Superscript Hidden Text Small Caps All Caps Strikethru Text Color Background Colors Foreground Shading Background Shading Fonts & Font Sizes Redline Expanded Condensed Paragraph Attributes: Margins Indents Tabs Justification Line Spacing Paragraph Spacing Borders Shading Document Attributes: Margins Page Setup Mirror Headers Footers Auto Numbering & bulleting Other Attributes: Footnotes Endnotes Hard Page Breaks Date & Time Stamping Page Number Newspaper Columns Parallel Columns Extended Columns Style Sheets Tables Absolutely Positioned Objects Hyperlinks Spreadsheet Attributes: Row Heights Column Widths Split Panes Print Area Embedded Objects 3D Conversions Plus will support the features listed when the program being translated to supports the feature. 52 Appendix C: The Translator List The Translator List This appendix provides a complete list of the translators supported in Conversions Plus. 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