Neodesk 3.0

OVERVIEW

comes with the Atari. It is the easiest and most affordable way to rea- lize your Atari's true potential.

desktop, while keeping full compatibility with your current and future software.

easier to use. It doesn't get any simpler. NeoDesk 3 is the ultimate upgrade for your Atari ST.

INSTALLATION

boot the computer.

OUTSTANDING FEATURES

o FILE CLIPBOARD Store files and folders temporarily in memory while changing floppy disks, paths, or reorganizing your hard disk. You can think of it sort of an automatically expanding and shrinking ramdisk. The File Clipboard grows and shrinks according to the files you place within it.

o DESKTOP NOTES Write important notes, numbers, or doodle right on the desktop itself! Simply double-click on the desktop itself and a cursor will appear. [Esc] clears the line.

o DESKTOP ICONS Place commonly used programs, files, and folders directly on the desktop. You can then select the icon and use "Install Desktop Icon..." to rename the icon and assign a unique key to it. Selecting that key will select and open the icon.

o CUSTOM ICONS Assign different icons (each with its OWN COLOR) to any file or fol- der. This makes it much easier to locate and manage them. Many icons are included, with more available. And of course, you may create your own Icons or use the Icons from earlier versions.

o ICON EDITOR This multiple window Icon Editor lets you edit and modify custom icons for any file or folder. Includes a complete set of drawing tools. Select "Edit Icons..." to call it. Double-click on any icon to edit it, on the desktop to edit it. This editor is far superior to any Icon editor I have used, including the older version from Gribnif.

o SPLIT-WINDOWS Easily split a window so that it will display two different parts of the same directory. Very useful when copying or manipulating files. To do this, drag the "Split Window Bar" under the window information line to any window position.

o "SELECT ALL" ABILITY A new window button (left of the bottom horizontal bar) lets you select all the files in a single directory, even if they don't fit in the window. You can even keep files selected while you scroll the window to a new location by holding down the [Shift] key.

o INDEPENDENT WINDOWS Each window can be set to display text or icons, independently of each other. Each window can even have its own sorting and text options. The new button at the lower left corner of the window toggles a window between text or icons.

o SMART FILE COPYING No more useless disk swaps. In a very efficient and fast manner, as many files and folders that will fit into all the available memory are read in at once. Especially nice for hard drives, this feature is a real benefit for all hard drive users.

o SMART DISK COPYING NeoDesk 3 can intelligently detect the type of format used on the original disk and format the destination disk the exact same way. You can even copy identical hard disk partitions.

o FULL MACRO IMPLEMENTATION Automate any series of desktop operations like opening windows, copying or deleting files, executing programs, etc. Then assign them to any key on the keyboard. Select the menu entry once to start recording and a second time to end recording. Does not record inside of running programs or in dialog boxes.

o ACTIVE ICONS Drag any group of files to any program icon and that program will be automatically executed with all the selected files as parameters.

o SEARCH FILES Easily search your system for that missing file. When found it will open a window to it, scroll to the file, and select it.

o FILE TEMPLATES Up to six file templates are supported. For example, you could have a single window display all files ending in both ".TXT" and ".DOC" endings.

o DISK FORMATTING You can specify 9 or 10 sector format, number of tracks, and even use the newer "Twister" option.

o REORDER MODE You can easily reorder any directory on your system. Select it once to enter the reorder mode, a second time to exit it.

o ENHANCED FILE "SHOW" Neodesk 3 is able to display Degas, Degas Elite, and NeoChrome pic- tures. Right mouse button goes forward a page, left mouse button back a page.

o ENHANCED INSTALL APPLICATION You can select the type of application you are using, if NeoDesk should unload for it or not, and more.

o SUPERB DIABLO MANAGEMENT The Diablo Emulator purrs like as kitten with Neodesk 3, just drag a file or a number of files to the LASER PRINTER ICON and they will be printed. Has a 'form feed' in the drop down menu if needed.

COMMENTS

upon here. Features like a NEW ENHANCED Control Panel with its own screen saver and corner clock, Printer Queue, Print Directory function, and much more. NeoDesk 3 comes with a superb, well written 140 page illustrated instruction manual, two disks, several extra utilities (one can even replace the system fonts!), and a recoverable trashcan for NeoDesk. The FORMAT AND FILE COPY functions in Neodesk 3 are so unique they even remove the boredom of these mundane everyday tasks by providing information relative to the task and it is constantly updated. This is a very nice touch. The Gribnifs have really outdone themselves on this one! This version is equal to if not better than TOS 2.0.

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