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IIt ATARI' /l\coueurrn Portfolio THE SUPER ORGANIZER Owner's Manual LA. .ny ol6ctrrcal appllanc6. lhe Alari Portlolio compuler uses and floduces rrdlo.lroquoncy Energy. ll not and used according to the lnsrucrons,n lhl! manual, lhe oquipmenl ma'nys ctaalulesde interlerence wlth your hdio and/or llyou belleve lhal lhis oquipmenl l. causing interlerence, try swltching it on and oll. ll rhs inlglle,6nco problem srops wh€n lho 6qurpmenr is swilched ott, lhen h€ €qulpmenl is probably causlng lhe problem. With tho equlpm€nl ssitched on you may bo able lo corecl lhe problemby tryinO on€ or more ot lhe toltowano . . Adjusl the posilion ol lhe radio or relevision antenna. . Feposilion lhs equipmeni ln relafon ro the radio or rel€vlsron set. Plu0 the equipmenr inro a dillerent walloutlet so that lhe oqutpmenl and ihe radio or lelevision sst ars connecled to dille.ent ranch clrcults. llnocossary. consull you Atari compuler rolader or an expen€nced radlo lelevision lechnici€n lor addillonal sussestions A helplul resource is a booklet prepared by the Federal Communacallons Con- mlssion (Fcc)t /nte//ere!1ce Han&ook rh,s booklet is avairabre trom the U.S. Govornmenl Prinrlng Ollice, Washinslon, Dc 20t02, Slock No. 004-000-00450-7. WABNING: This oquipmonl h.s bo€n ce.rilied ro comply xlth th€ llmlts ol a Class B cohpuring deyice, pursuant to Subpart J ol Part t5 ol the Fcc rules. Thsso rulos aro do8igned to provld€ reasonable protection a0ainsl such lnterlerence rhen rhe equipment is usod in a resldentlal serling. Horever, lhere is no guarants. lhal lnt€rlorenc€ f,ill nor occur in a pa.licular home or .osldence, Only ihe compurinC devices that have been certllled lo complt, rirh rhe class B limitE mey be attachod to rhis equipmenl. Operalion ol noncorlalied dcyices ullh thls equlpmenl ls llkoly ro rosull ln lnGrlerence ylrh radio and teleyision reception- shielded cables musl be used on all llo connocloB; olherwaso. radlo emisslon may erceed Class B limils. chenges or modilicalions nol expressl! approved by Atari Corporation could void lhe user's aulhorily to operale lhe equipmenl. Every ellorl has been made lo ensure lhe ac.uracy ol lhe producl documenlalion in lhis manual. However, because Alari coporalion is conslanlly improving and updaling lts computq hardware and sollware, it is unable lo quara.lee lhe ac.ura.y ol prinled malerial alld lhe date ol publication and disclaims liabilily lo. changes, erors. or omissjons. Reproduction ol all or any porlions ollhis manualas nol allowed without lhe specllic wrirlen consenr ol atad coQorarlon. Alari, lho Alari looo, and Po lolio ar€ lrademarks or regislsred lradema,ks ol Atan Corporallon. IBM ls a lrademark ol lnlerhatlonal Buslness Machines Corp. Lolus l-2.3 is a lrademark ol Lolus Developmenl Corporalion MS_DoS is a regislered lradomark ol Microsoll Co.po.alion. Jll.ATARI' Copynghl O 1991, AlarlCoporalion Sonnyv!16, CA 91089.1302 Allrishls reserved. IIt ATARI' /l\coruflnER Portfolio THE SUPER ORcnrurzeR Owner's Manual TABLE OF CONTENTS CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCING THE POBTFOLIO ,, Using th;s lVanual (eyboard lnlormalron... Special Notatons. .... .. Selllng Up Your Syslem lnsralllng rhe Barlefles. Switch'ng Your Portlolio On and OIL........... ... Swilching On .... .......... Swilching Oll .. .. 7 CHAPTEB TWO: SYSTEM OVERVIEW 11 How Your Porilolio Works 11 Memory 11 Operaling Syslem and Buili-jn Applications 12 Memory Cards 12 CHAPTER THREE: HOW TO GET AROUND 15 Tutorial Basic Skills .... ........... 15 Special KeysandModes........ ................................. 17 lAta,ilKey .................... ................................... 17 [FnIKey................................................................. 18 Key... llockl ..................... 18 Shilt 1ock.......................................................... 18 NumLock..........................-.........-.................... 1s ScrollLock..........-.............................................. 1g lnserl Mode ................ ...................................... 19 Keyslroke Combinations...............-....-..................... 19 The Numeric Keypad...........................................-... 20 CHAPTER FOUR: FILE MANAGER, BASIC FUNCTIONS 21 . File Manager Screen....... .. ... 21 Files and Filenames... .... .... . 22 . Wildcard Characlers 23 Direclories..... 24 ldenlrlyrnqDirectories......... ... .. 25 Paihnames. 25 Displaying a Directo.y.. .. 26 Open,nq FiLes 26 Openrnq a B,rilt-in Applicanon cr,e 26 Ope.rng a Program F le ... 27 trile Openrng an App,rcalron Dala .. 27 N4anipulating Files ... 28 Selecting. .......... .. ... 28 Selectlng a Srngle Frle Seleclrng AllFJes ln a Direclory 29 Selecling a GIoLp ol Files 29 Tagging......... 29 Untaqqinq. 30 Tagging and Uniagging Usino Wilcards ...... 31 Frles Menu........... 32 copy........... 32 Enlenng a Targel Localion . ... 33 Using Palhnames in the Ta[gel Prompl ....... copyrng a Si,lgle ltem. 34 Copyrng a Tagged Gro.rp ...... . 35 36 Rename 37 Show lType).. .. ........... 3S CHAPTEH FIVE: FILE MANAGER, OTHEH FUNCTIONS 41 New Dflve 41 Make D'recrory 42 Creating a Subdireclory on lhe Currenlly .. .. Selecred Dnve and Drreclory ... 43 Creating a Subdirectory on a Direclory Olher lhan the Cufienlly Selected Direciory . ...... 43 Check Dish.. 44 A: Formal 44 . Label ..... .. 45 Trme/Dale 46 CHAPTER SIX: BUILT-IN APPLICATIONS, COMMON FUNCTIONS ,,, ,,,, ,,, ,, 47 Frle Handling 47 F les Menu 48 New .. ..... 49 Load .. .... 49 Save As .... .. .... . .. 50 N,4erge.... 52 Write Selected 53 The Clipboard 54 CHAPTEFI SEVEN: BUILT-IN APPLICATIONS, TNTRODUCTTON ..................... 55 Book ... Address ................ 55 Creating an Address Book Fi|e....... .................... 56 Lrne Mode/Page Mode 58 .. Aod.nq ano Deretrng Cards ... 58 D aling .. 59 Diary 60 File Creatng a Diary 61 .. ... .. Selling the Alarm . ... .. . 63 Ediior 64 Crealrnq a Text File 65 Settrng tne Brghr Margin .... ... 65 Changrng Modes {l,1serl/Overtype) 66 Setup .. ..... 6? .. ... .. CalcuLalor .. 6S Workrheer 7A Sellrng Column Widlh .. .... 71 Nam ng Colu.nn Headels 72 Enleflng Dala .. .. ..... .. Enlering FormLLas 74 CHAPTER EIGHT: PERIPHERALS 77 AC Adaplo{ .. .... .. 77 Smart Parallel lnterlace 67 Serial lnterlace 67 PC Card Dnve 67 CHAPTER NINE: oUESTIONS and ANSWERS CUSTOMER SUPPORT 85 CHAPTER ONE: INTRODUCING THE PORTFOLIO Welcome to lhe convenience and powe, ol the Alari Porifolio. lnslead ot ca(ying a calculalor, dalebook, and address book, you have it all in your Portlolio. And in the same package, you have a powerlul MS-DOS command compalible personal compLiler wilh buill-in spreadsheel and word processing applications-all in a palmtop porlable no bigger than a VHS video cassetle lape. Porliolio computers come siandard wilh the lollowing: . An 80C88 4.92 MHz processor. . An 8line, 4o-column LCD screen display. . 128K of RAM. . 256K ol ROM (used lor the operating syslem and buall-in appljcations). . Six burlt-ln apphcations (Worksheet. Edrtor Drary Address Book. Calculator, and Setup) . A buill-in memory card drive (lor RAlvl and ROM cards). . Porl lor connecling a smart parallel interlace, a serial interlace. or other peripherals. . Three 1.5 AA batteries. . The Porllolio File t\4anager and Tulorial sollwale, conlaihed on a single BOIV card. USING THIS MANUAL This manual explains in clear, nonlechnical language lhe basic inlormalion you need lo gel starled usinq your Portlolio. Alter you become lamiliar with the computer. use lhis manual as a telerence guide io individual procedures and specilic inlormation. This manual is a guide to basic operation oi your Porliolio and buill-in applicaiions using lhe File lvanager shell program. The manual's design, conienl, and layout were chosen to help you easily (amilianze yoursell wrlh lhe super organ,zer leaiures of your Porllolio. Bul because lhe Porllolio is also a lrue compuler, olher manuals are available from Alari Compuler Corporaljon lo help you masler lhe complex and powerul DOS commands, and lhe advanced iunctions ol lhe built-in applications. A summaty ol each manual seclion lollows Chapter One: Introducing lhe Portfolio lamiliarizes you wiih the Portlolio's hardware This chapter explains how io sei up the compuler, installballeries, and swilch on your system, and also explotes lhe Porllolio s major Iealures and avarlable opiions. Chapler Two: syslem and Sotlware overvtew jniro- duces basic compuler concepls, teaches you how to use ROM and RAM cards. and qives a briel descriplion ol lhe syslem soflware, including the builtin applications. Chapter Three: How lo Get Around erplarns how lo Llse lhe heyboard lo rssue commands to youl Portlol,o, and eyplarns now lo run lhe TLIonal plogram ll also explains dialog boxes and olher elements of the Portioljo screen. Chapter Four: File Manaqer, Basic Functions teaches you all about liles.lilenames, and direcloly siruclures. and how 10 use lhe File Manager 1o issue basic commands lo your Po iolio. Chapter Five: File Managet, olher Functions desclibes how 10 use the runolions of the File Managefs Other menu. Chapler Six: Buill-ln Applications-Common Functions explains Ile handling and lhe c|pboard. lJnctions common io most ol lhe builtin applicalions. ChaDter Seven: Built-ln Apolications-lnhoduclion expl;lns in hands-on luloflal style the bastc lealules ol each application. Cuslomer Supporl lells where lo lind more intormation aboui the Alari Portlolio compuler as well as olher Atari computer producls. Keyboard lnlormation Characters enclosed by square brackels (t l) represent keys on lhe compuler keyboard. Somelimes a procedure requjres you to use lwo or more keys al the same time. For example, A l^rsral IEI means to hold down the l^bril key while you press ihe IEI key. The keyboard layout ol your Portiolio is similar lo thal ol a iypewriler or siandard PC compuler. However, lhe Atari key [At.ril and the Function key [Fnl are only lound on lhe Portlolio's keyboard. For ir.r her inlormalion on ihese special keys, reler lo Chapter Three: How to Get Around. Special Notations Paragraphs marked Note or Warning appear ihroughout lhe manual o Note: Notes contain uselul hints and other inlormalion relevaht lo lhe topic being discussed @ Waming: Warnings alerl you to potenlial problems and suggest ways lo avoid lhose problems. SETTING UP YOUR SYSTEM The box containing your Alari Poflfolio computer should also conlain the iollowing: . A memory card conlaining lwo soltware programs. This memory card is ah€ady inserted into lhe card drive ol your compuler. one ol lhe lwo proorams on lhe card is the File Manager. You will be using lhe File Manager to run your

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