C&D 2.0 Documentation

WARNINGS, GOTCHAS AND GOOD THINGS TO KNOW

	C&D is meant to be a shell for your Newton. Therefore it makes sense to load it in internal memory. Otherwise some of the features and functions don’t really make sense. I’ve made it as small as I can.

	When you load C&D, do it without a card in the slot, or make sure that “Extras->Card->Store new items on card” is NOT checked.

	If you ever remove C&D, the keyboard icon on the Notepad may go away. Reset your Newton to bring it back.

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REGULAR DOCUMENTATION AND READ ME STUFF

Hi!

Welcome to the wonderful world of C&D 2.0.

(If you are one of the first 10 people to e-Mail me with the correct explanation of why this package is called C&D you will receive a free copy of Chron - The Automation Utility for Newton)

Features
C&D is sort of a shell for the Newton Environment.  It (hopefully) makes certain things easier, and adds a few capabilities to you Newton. The basic screen looks like this

Title
Tap the title for important version and author information.

Package List
This is a scrolling list of all packages (well, form and book parts for you tweaks out there). To open an application, tap on its name.  To scroll the list up and down, tap and hold on an item in the list and drag your pen up or down past the edge of the list.  Hard to describe, but easy to do.

In and Out Boxes
Tapping on one of these buttons opens the appropriate box. As shown above, both the In Box and Out Box are empty. When you have an item in a box, its button's appearance changes

Calculator
Tap on this button to open your Newton’s 4-banger, or if Go Figure is loaded, that will open instead.

Formulas
Tap on this button to open your Newton’s formula roll.

File Cabinet
Tapping on this button opens the appropriate slip for whatever card is currently inserted in your Newton.

Time Zones
Opens the Time Zone/World Map.

Control Panel
This opens the following screen

You can set the contrast (MessagePad 100 only) the volume, check your Newton’s Battery, Temperature, Free Heap, Internal and Card Memories and Pack Up or Unpack packages. What? Tap on this button to bring up the following screen

This allow you to move packages to and from cards, remove them and store them so that they don’t use up Newton's limited heap memory. The top list contains Unpacked (normal) packages. The bottom list contains Packed (stored) packages. To pack a package, tap on its name, select whether you want it packed to internal or card memory, and tap “Pack->.” Packing can take a little while, wait until the button un-highlights before continuing. Once the app is packed, it will appear in the bottom list. When you pack a package, the original, unpacked copy may be removed from memory and later reloaded. To remove a normal package, select it from the top list and tap the upper "Remove" button. WARNING - THIS ACTION IS NOT UNDOABLE. The package will be removed from your Newton. 

To Unpack (reload) a package, tap its name in the bottom list, select whether you want to unpack it to internal or card memory and tap “<-UnPack”. Unpacking can also take a little while, so be patient. To remove a packed package, select it from the bottom list and tap the lower "Remove" button. The flexibility of the Packager allows you to move packages between Newtons, cards, or any combination. A couple of examples follow

Moving a package from card to Newton
1. Open the Packager.
2. Pack the desired package.
3. Remove the package.
4. Select Pack/Unpack to Newton
5. Unpack the packed package.
6. Remove the packed package.

Moving a package between Newtons
1. Open the Packager.
2. Select Pack/Unpack to Card.
3. Pack the desired package.
4. Remove the unpacked package.
5. Close the Packager.
6. Eject the card from Newton 1 and insert it into Newton 2.
7. Open the Packager.
8. Select the Packed package.
9. Select Pack/Unpack to Newton.
10. Unpack and remove the packed package.

A couple of things to keep in mind when using the Packager
	Packager only works on upgraded MessagePads, MessagePad 110s and MessagePad 100s.
	Close the Packager when changing cards.
	Don’t remove C&DtOP from the unpacked list.
	Don’t unpack C&DtOP (if you’ve packed it previously).
	Pay close attention to the Pack/Unpack to setting.
	Have enough memory (that's storage memory, not heap) available (roughly twice the size of the largest package you want to play with)
	Backup before mucking around (Remove MEANS remove!).
	DON’T VIOLATE LICENSE AGREEMENTS

Call
Tapping this brings up the Newton’s call slip.  More on this later...

Assisters
These input lines allow you to keep a couple of common assist phrases ready. Just write them down and tap “Do.” C&D will remember these lines when you close it, so they’ll always be there, ready for you. To change the lines just scrub out your text and start again.

Finders
Same as above but three lines to hold items you commonly look for using the Newton’s Find feature.

Clock
Duh.

Prefs
Opens the Newton’s preference roll. When you tap the “C&D” item in Preferences, the following panel is shown

The settings are as follows
You can set the time between inbox and outbox updates by choosing from the “Update every” pick list

To allow C&D to log your phone calls in your Newton’s Dates application, check the “Log phone calls in Dates” box. When ever you use the Newton’s call slip (I told you I’d get back to this) and tap “Call,” a supplemental slip pops up

Checking the boxes and tapping the close box will log the call, open the dates application, either or both.

To allow C&D to detect when you’ve plugged in your modem, check the “Auto modem detection” box. When modem detection is on, your Newton will ask you if you want to send any pending faxes or mail, or if you want to get your mail whenever you plug in a modem. NOTE–THIS WORKS BEST WITH LONGER UPDATE TIMES, SAY 30 SECONDS OR ONE MINUTE. MODEM DETECTION WILL ALSO INCREASE THE DRAIN ON YOUR NEWTON'S BATTERIES. Modem detection is smart enough, so you won't keep getting asked if you want to check your mail. You will be asked once whenever modem detection is enabled, C&D is open, and your modem is plugged in.

To have C&D notify you when items arrive in your in box, check the “In Box notification” box. This box must be checked to allow the four types of notifications
	To notify you when something arrives from someone in particular, check “Notify when item is from” and write the person’s name or eMail address on the line.  You can set the notification for more than one person, just separate the names by commas.
	To notify you when an item’s subject or title contain a particular word or phrase check “Notify when Subject contains” and write the word or phrase in the provided space. To use multiple phrases, separate them with commas.
	To notify you when an item contains a particular word or phrase check “Notify when contents contain” and write the word or phrase in the provided space. To use multiple phrases, separate them with commas.
	To notify you whenever there is any item in the In Box, check “Notify on any item.” NOTE- THIS GETS REALLY ANNOYING, ESPECIALLY WHEN YOU HAVE “UPDATE EVERY” SET TO 1 OR 5 SECOND(S).

The last check box , “Allow Auto In Box Assistant” enables the AutoInboxAssistant.   What this does is check your in box for any items which contain the key word “NewtonAssist” If one is found, the contents of the item are sent to the assistant. A notification is popped up to let you know what is going on, and the item is removed from the inbox. Basically, if you want Bob to be at a lunch meeting Monday  and you can’t get a hold of him, you could send him eMail containing “NewtonAssist Lunch Monday with Greg” and when Bob gets his mail, the schedule slip will pop up, already filled out.

Styles
Opens the styles palette on your Newton.

Connection
Opens the Connection Chooser on your Newton.

QuickNotes button
Tap this button to open the QuickNote screen

This is a good place to write down a little note for yourself. It can handle ink, text or any combination.

Close box
Another Duh. When C&D is closed, none of the Inbox notifications work, nor the Auto modem detect or the Inbox Auto Assist.  However the call logger still works. To reopen C&D, tap the "•" bullet button on the Notepad status bar.

That’s it!  Just be careful with the Packager and the InboxAutoAssist. I’ll probably add confirmations to both these features in the next version. Until then,

Enjoy your new, improved Newton!

Thanks,

Software and documentation © 1994 Gregory N. Christie.  Apple and Newton are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc., registeredin the United States and other countries. MessagePad and NewtonMail are trademarks of Apple Computer, Inc.