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BigDOC

 EDIT PALM PILOT DOCUMENTS ON YOUR PC!

BigDOC is a PC text editor that directly creates and edits DOC files, the standard file format for large text documents on the PalmPilot and compatibles. Create any size documents on your PC or take e-texts from on-line virtual libraries and send them to your organizer for reading. You can even word process these large documents on your organizer using QED and synchronize them back to your PC.

To install: download BigDOC to your PC. Run it. Accept the default install directory or change it if required. Once installed, to use BigDOC you must run it yourself from c:\Program Files\bigdoc\bigdoc.exe or create a shortcut to the program on your desktop or start menu.

With BigDOC you can:
  • Prepare large text documents on your PC for viewing on your organizer.


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  • Exchange large text documents between your PC and your organizer.
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    Usage

    Convert a PC text file to a DOC file:

    1. Click FILE, OPEN and select the file on your PC. This should be a simple text file, as created in Notepad or by using save as text in most other programs. The file size is limited only by the amount of free memory in your organizer.

    2. Click FILE, SAVE AS. Set save as type to Doc Files and also be sure to change the extension on the file name to .prc and click OK.

    Install a DOC on your organizer:

    After performing the steps above to create a .prc file, click FILE, INSTALL and follow the dialogs. You will be prompted to specify a user and a document title. The document should appear on your organizer after the next HotSync and can be viewed there using QED

    Open a DOC taken from your organizer:

    Documents edited on your organizer using QED can be returned to your PC and saved as text, or modified and returned to your organizer. Click FILE, OPEN. Set Files of type to Doc Files. Use browse to select the HotSync receive directory (on most systems this is C:\PILOT\\BACKUP - you must determine this yourself). Select the desired DOC file and click OK. Once opened the document can be converted to text using FILE, SAVE AS, or modified and put back on your organizer using FILE, SAVE, then FILE, INSTALL PDA.

    For more information read the built-in help.

    Try out BIGDOC.EXE on your PC.

    Also try QED - the e-text viewer/editor for your organizer.

    For great e-texts visit http://www.memoware.com

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