Welcome to JPad Help

Get help about specific commands and dialog boxes

If you aren't sure what a specific command does, or if you want to know more about an option in a dialog box, you can get help through ScreenTips. ScreenTips show information about different elements on the screen.
Use the this Help system to learn more about JPad.

Contents

To create a new file 

To open a file 

To save changes to a file

To quit JPad

Note: You can also quit a program by clicking the close button at the far right of the title bar.

To undo/redo your last action

To cut, copy, paste, or delete text

To find specific characters or words

To wrap text to the window size

Note: Wrapping text makes all the text visible on the screen,
but it doesn't affect the way text appears when it is printed.

To insert the time and date

To change the font style, background and foreground colors

To stop showing tips on status bar

Note: If you do not click on save these settings after clicking on
don't show tips on status bar next time, the change will not be recorded.

Keyboard Shortcuts

Key Function
Ctrl+A Selects All characters in the file.
Ctrl+C Selects All characters in the file.
Ctrl+R Redo last edit action.
Ctrl+U Undo last edit action.
Ctrl+V Pastes text from clipboard.
Ctrl+X Cuts highlighted text to clip board.
F1 Shows this help.
F3 Searches for next occurrence of string.
F5 Prints the current date and time.

Known Bugs

The last edited text not discarded from the UndoManager. When you open a file or create a new file and click Undo the last edited text is printed.
If you have any suggestions for this bug, please give me a mail.

For More Information

You can connect to the update web site by pointing your browser to http://www.hari8.net/ or http://www.geocities.com/hari_8/index.html.
For example, you can download free product enhancements.

Note: Information in this document is subject to change without notice.

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