



		PAPERMAN 1.4
	        The Ultimate Image Compression and Wallpaper Utility
		for Windows 3.1
		from SJHDesign

       NOTE : This special 'registration key' version of PAPERMAN  
       will load but will only display a Registration Reminder if you 
       try to use it. THERE IS NOTHING WRONG WITH THE PROGRAM-if you 
       register the version of DROPVIEW\IP in this archive, we will 
       furnish you with a number to input into PAPERMAN, after which it 
       will be fully functional. This version of PAPERMAN is intended as
       a bonus for those who register DROPVIEW\IP. 
       

	A) WHAT IT DOES
	   PAPERMAN is a Drag n' Drop Image Viewer\Wallpaper\Image Compression Utility 
	   made for those of us who have a lot of bitmaps hanging around taking up a lot 
           of disk space. With this program you can:


		- Compress bitmap(.bmp), PCX and Targa(.tga) files into Compressed TIF, 
                  GIF or JPEG files simply by dragging them to the PAPERMAN icon.

		- Change wallpaper or view images by dragging them to the PAPERMAN icon.
	          These images do NOT have to be in .BMP format-they can be .GIF, .TIF,
		  .PCX, .JPG or .TGA files. You can even compress your large .bmp images
                  while you use them for wallpaper! 

	    	- Choose an Image Directory and hotkey(Alt N) through all the images
                  in that directory without time-consuming File Open dialogs. Images can
                  be loaded in a window, loaded as wallpaper or auto-compressed in this
		  manner, saving a great deal of time.

		- Pull in bitmaps or DIB's from the clipboard and compress or load them
                  as wallpaper or both in one step.

		-Drag and drop multiple images from File Manager(or Norton Desktop or
                 PCTools for Windows file managers) for batch compression- a tremendous
                 timesaver.


	   NOTE TO OS/2 2X USERS: PAPERMAN runs normally in a WinOS/2 full screen
	   session. The program can also be run from the Windows File Manager in
	   a WinOS/2 window, but only in View or Compress mode-it's Wallpaper  
	   functions will not be available. To run PAPERMAN in this manner, load 
	   the program, choose OPTIONS from the system menu and check either VIEW
           or COMPRESS in the PROGRAM MODE box. Images can be viewed and compressed
           but cannot be loaded as wallpaper.  On some systems, it may be 
	   nescessary to copy the file TTY.DRV from your \Windows\System directory 
 	   to your OS2\Mdos\Winos2\System directory.



	B) STARTING PAPERMAN
	   PAPERMAN requires the File Manager (or the Norton Desktop or PC Tools
	   for Windows file managers) to run. You can start it from the Program 
	   Manager, your favorite menu program or by double-clicking on 
	   PAPRM14k.EXE in File Manager. When the PAPERMAN icon appears on your
           desktop, you are ready to start loading images one at a time by 
           by dragging them from the File Manager down to the PAPERMAN icon.
	   If you want PAPERMAN to load automatically whenever you
	   start Windows, open the File Manager and drag the file PAPRM14k.EXE 
	   to the STARTUP group in Program Manager. This way, the PAPERMAN is
	   always on your desktop, ready to go.  If you place the PAPERMAN icon
	   in a NDW or PCTW Toolbox, you can also start PAPERMAN by dragging
	   an image file to it. 



	C) MENU COMMANDS
           Clicking on the Paperman Icon brings up the System Menu. Along with the` 
           usual MOVE, CLOSE and SWITCH TO commands, Paperman has these commands`
           added to its System Menu:`

           OPTIONS (hotkey : Alt O)
           Use this dialog box to set Paperman's global options. Be sure to read
           "The Options Dialog" section of this document for more information on
           these settings.

           CLIPBOARD
           If the Clipboard contains a bitmap or DIB, this command loads it in a View 
           window where it can be saved, compressed or used as wallpaper. To use a
           clipboard image as wallpaper, click on PAPER in the View window menu bar.
           A Save As dialog will pop up so you can assign a filename to the clipboard
           image. After you click on OK, the image is saved(in whatever format you
           choose in the Save As dialog) and will be loaded as wallpaper. To compress
           a clipboard image, click on COMPRESS in the View window menu bar. The Save 
           As dialog appears and you choose the filename and format. The compressed 
           formats available are .gif, compressed .tif and .jpg. Clipboard images can
           also be saved in .bmp format.

	   UNLOAD WALLPAPER
           This command clears the current desktop wallpaper.

           LOAD NEXT IMAGE(hotkey : Alt N)
           This command(or the Alt N hotkey) will load the next image from the IMAGE
           DIRECTORY you specify in the OPTIONS dialog.

           HELP(Hotkey F1)
	   Loads the Paperman Help file.

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	D) OPERATING MODES
           Paperman has three operating modes-Wallpaper, View and Compress. You can 
           set the operating mode by opening the OPTIONS dialog(choose Options on the
           Paperman Icon's System Menu or use the Alt O hotkey) and going to the
           PROGRAM MODE box. The three modes are described below:

		1) WALLPAPER - this mode loads each image you drag to the Paperman
                   icon as wallpaper. Images can be in .bmp, .pcx, .tif, .tga or
                   .jpg format. There are three other settings in the OPTIONS dialog
                   that affect this program mode:

                   a) Delete Temporary Bitmaps- If you load a file in a format other
                      than .bmp as wallpaper, Paperman creates a temporary bitmap. If
                      this option is checked, this bitmap will be deleted when the next
                      file is loaded or the program is exited.

		   b) Replace Original with Compressed Image- if this box is checked,
                      every time you load a .bmp, .pcx .tga or uncompressed .tif file
                      as wallpaper, Paperman will replace it with a compressed image
                      in .gif, compressed .tif or .jpg format. A dialog will pop up
                      asking you to confirm the deletion of the original uncompressed
                      file. The new file will have the same filename, but with a .jpg,
                      .tif or .gif extension. You choose the compressed file type you
                      want to use with in COMPRESSION TYPE box, described below.

		   c)Compression Type- this box allows you to choose the type of 
                     compressed file Paperman converts your .bmp, .pcx .tga and 
                     non-compressed .tif images to as described above. Available
                     choices are .gif, compressed .tif and .jpg. For more info on
                     these file formats, see "Image File Formats' in the Help file.

                 Here's an example of how wallpaper mode works: Let's say that you 
                 have a directory full of large .BMP files that you use for wallpaper
                 (or whatever). Load PAPERMAN, hit Alt O to open the OPTIONS dialog
	         and do the following:
		        
			1)Set the IMAGE DIRECTORY to the directory with your bitmaps.
			2)Check the REPLACE ORIGINAL WITH COMPRESSED IMAGE box.
			3)Choose COMPRESSED TIFF in the COMPRESSION TYPE box and hit
                          enter to close the dialog.
			4)Now just hit ALT N to load each file in succession and hit
                          OK each time you are asked to confirm the deletion of the
                          original bitmap file. After you go through all of the bitmaps
                          in this directory, you will be left with a directory full of
                          compressed .tif files that use 30-50% less disk space than 
                          your old .bmp files! But the best part is that you can still
                          use them for wallpaper with Paperman or easily convert them
                          back to .bmp format if needed.

                  Note: if you are interested in compressing your bitmaps without
                  viewing each one, Paperman has an even faster way to do it. See
                  "Compress" below.           

                2)COMPRESS - this mode is for those who want to compress their
                  .bmp, .pcx, .tga or uncompressed .tif files and do it FAST. In this
                  mode, any file in the above formats that you drag to the Paperman
                  icon is automatically converted to the compressed file type you
                  specify in the COMPRESSION TYPE box in the OPTIONS dialog. Files 
                  can be dragged down individually or in groups. You can also hotkey
                  (Alt-N) through the directory specified in the IMAGE DIRECTORY box
                  and each time Paperman encounters an uncompressed image, it will
                  compress it. Either way, you can convert a whole directory of images
		  in a fraction of the time it would take with a conventional image 
                  conversion program.
		  NOTE: if you drag a .gif, .tif or .jpg file to the PAPERMAN icon while the 
		  program is in this mode, a dialog will pop up telling you the file is
                  already compressed. If you want to change the file format of a .gif,
                  .tif or .jpg image, change the program mode(in the OPTIONS dialog) to
                  VIEW, load the file and use the SAVE AS command to save the file to the
                  desired format. When you hotkey through your image directory using the
                  ALT N  hotkey, if the program is in COMPRESS mode and the next file is
                  a .tif, .gif or .jpg image, the program will automatically skip to the
                  next uncompressed file.  

		3)VIEW -  this mode turns Paperman into an old fashioned image viewer.
		  Files can be dragged down one at a time or you can hotkey through your
                  Image Directory as described above. The view window has the usual File
		  menu with open, Save As, Exit, Print and File Info choices. There are 
                  two other menu commands available in the View window:
                  
		  1)Paper - this command takes the image in the view window and loads
                    it as desktop wallpaper with the settings specified in the OPTIONS
                    dialog.

		  2)Compress - this will take the current image(if it is in .bmp, .pcx
                    .tga or uncompressed tif format) and convert it to the compressed 
                    format specified in the COMPRESSION TYPE box in the OPTIONS dialog.
                    A dialog will ask you to confirm the deletion of the original
                    uncompressed file. This menu choice is disabled if the current image
                    in the View window is not in .bmp, .pcx, .tga or uncompressed .tif
                    format.



	E)THE OPTIONS DIALOG
          This dialog contains all the settings that you use to run Paperman. They are:

          PROGRAM MODE - these settings are described in depth in the "OPERATING MODES"
          section above.
	  
	  
          IMAGE DIRECTORY  - this is the directory where you store the images that you
          want to view, compress or load them as wallpaper using the Load Next Image 
          command or the Alt N hotkey. If you have a directory full of large bitmaps
          that you use for wallpaper or want to compress(or do both at the same time),
          that's the one to use.


          PAPER STYLE - for choosing wallpaper style, either TILED or CENTERED.


          DELETE TEMPORARY BITMAPS - if Paperman is in Wallpaper mode and you load a 
          non-.BMP file, a temporary bitmap with the original file's name and a .BMP 
          extension is created in the same directory as the original. If you want to
          keep this temporary bitmap for any reason, clear this check box. Normally, 
          the program will delete it when the next image is loaded or the program is
	  exited.


          REDUCE 24 BIT IMAGES TO 8 BIT - checking this box will speed up loading
          and saving 24 bit(16.7 million color) images if you are running Windows
          with a 256 color video driver. It is improtant to remember that if you 
          check this box and compress a 24 bit image, the new compressed image will
          have a 256 color palette. If you would like to save your original 24 bit
          image, click on CANCEL when the program prompts you to confirm the deletion
          of your original image.


          REPLACE ORIGINAL WITH COMPRESSED IMAGE - this option allows you to replace
          your uncompressed(.bmp, .pcx, and .tga) images with compressed ones. The way 
          this works depends on the program mode you have selected. In WALLPAPER mode, 
          if you load an image in one of the above formats as wallpaper, a dialog will 
          notify you that a compressed file has been written to replace the original 
          and you have the option to either confirm or cancel the deletion of the 
          original. In COMPRESS mode, dragging a file in one of the above formats to 
          the Paperman Icon will bring up the confirmation dialog. In VIEW mode, the 
          Replace option becomes active when you choose the COMPRESS menu choice from 
          the View Window menu, regardless of whether this dialog item is checked. In 
          all cases, the new compressed file is written to the same directory as the 
          original. It will also have the same name as the original, but the extension
          will depend on the file type chosen in the Compression Type option(described 
          below). For example: Paperman is in Wallpaper mode with the REPLACE ORIGINAL 
          WITH COMPRESSED IMAGE option enabled. In the COMPRESSION TYPE section, GIF is
          chosen as the file type. You drag the file TEST.BMP to the Paperman Icon. Before
          loading the file as wallpaper, a dialog appears giving you the name of the original
          file (TEST.BMP) and asking you to either confirm or cancel it's deletion. If you
          choose OK, the original(TEST.BMP) is marked for deletion and the program creates
          a compressed image(TEST.GIF). Once you make your choice, TEST.BMP is loaded as 
          wallpaper. When you either load another image or exit the program, TEST.BMP is
          deleted. 


          COMPRESSION TYPE - this option allows you to choose the file type used when
          Paperman compresses your uncompressed images in the manner described above. 
          Available compresed formats are .GIF, compressed .TIF and .JPG.



	F) CLOSING PAPERMAN 
           To close the program, click on the Paperman Icon and choose CLOSE
           or key in ALT F4. This will also close any View windows that are open	

	
	G) SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS AND LIMITATIONS
	   Any system that will run Windows 3.1 will run PAPERMAN. The program
	   does not run under Windows 3.0.  


	H) DISCLAIMER
	Please direct any comments, criticism, praise, bug reports, etc.
	to Scott Hanrahan, CIS I.D. 70144,3033.
          This software is offered for use as is, and no warranty
	is offered or implied.  SJHDesign is not responsible for any 
	loss of data, damage to hardware nor any resulting loss of
        time or revenue resulting from the use of this program.  Like 
	all commercial software, this program is utilized entirely at 
	the user's risk.	    	     
	

			
