Contents:

1. Shareware Information
2. Loading Text
3. Moving Through Documents
4. Marking a Block of Text
5. Saving/Printing
6. Searching
7. Editing Text
8. Tools
9. Program History



1. Shareware Information
========================

Mountain View is an easy to use SHAREWARE text viewer.

The Demonstration version is fully operational, except the Save and Print
functions are limited to 60 lines of text. The registered version may be
obtained by sending $10 (Check or Money Order in US FUNDS Only) to:

                    Mountain Software
                    6911 NE Livingston Road
                    Camas, Washington  98607  USA


Mountain Software assumes no responsibility for damages caused to your system
or software by this program. Use at your own risk!

Contact the author, Anthony Watson, at any of the following E-mail sites:

              Internet: awatson@pacifier.com
                   WWW: http://www.pacifier.com/~awatson
                   FTP: ftp.pacifier.com/pub/users/awatson
       Bear Cavern BBS: (360) 573-2054


2. Loading Text
===============

A file is loaded into Mountain View by clicking on the 'Load' button or by
pressing the 'L' key on the keyboard. A fileselector will appear allowing you
to locate the file you wish to view.

Alternatively, you can drag and drop any file onto the MTN_VIEW.EXE file and
have it loaded automatically. Or, use Windows "Associate" functions to have
Mountain View run automatically when selecting certain filetypes.

Mountain View allows you to view any file, though many files may not be
readable. To ease the reading of certain text files, Mountain View will
automatically strip control codes from MS-Write documents.

You may prefer to view non-text files in a hex display format. To do this,
RIGHT click the 'Load' button to load a file.

Mountain View will load files of any size, provided you have enough free
memory to hold the file.


3. Moving Through Documents
===========================

Scrolling through text may be accomplished by using the Up/Down cursor keys,
or by placing the mouse pointer over the text and clicking either mouse key.
The LEFT mouse key takes you backward through a document, the RIGHT mouse key
takes you forward through a document.

'Paging' through a document is accomplished by holding down the SHIFT key when
scrolling, or by using the Left/Right cursor keys, or by using the Page
Up/Page Down keys.

You can jump to any line in the document by clicking the 'Jump' button and
entering the desired line. Or, you can click on 'Top' or 'Bottom' in the
Jump dialog.


4. Marking a Block
==================

Mountain View allows you to mark any block of text and save or print just that
block.

To mark a block of text, hold down the CONTROL key and LEFT click the first
line of text you wish to block. Then, hold down the CONTROL key and RIGHT
click the last line of text you wish to block.


5. Saving/Printing Text
=======================

To save text, click the 'Save' button or press the 'S' key on the keyboard.
The file-selector will appear so that you may enter a filename for the new
text file.

To print text, click the 'Print' button or press the 'P' key on the keyboard.

If you have selected a block of text you will be asked whether you want to
save/print the entire text file, or just the block you have marked.

NOTE: The demo version will only save the first 60 lines of a text file or
text block.


6. Searching
============

Mountain View allows you to search for any text string by clicking the 'Find'
button or by pressing the 'F' key on the keyboard.

A dialog box will appear for you to enter your search string. Press the ENTER
key when you have finished.

New searches will begin at the top of the document. If you have already
performed a search, you can find the next or previous occurances by clicking
the appropriate button in the 'Find' dialog.

As an alternative, you can find the next occurance by pressing the 'N' key on
the keyboard.


7. Editing Text
===============

Mountain View is designed only as a text viewer. However, you can call up the
editor of your choice by clicking the 'Edit' button, or by pressing the 'E'
key on the keyboard.

The defined editor may be changed by RIGHT clicking the 'Edit' button. The
file-selector will appear so that you may locate and select your preferred
text editor.

The text in Mountain View will remain intact, even if you edit the file
originally loaded. If you wish to view the modified file, you will need to
reload it into Mountain View after editing.


8. Tools
========

The 'Tools' button allows you to sort text files alphabetically by line.
This is often useful for lists that are stored one item per line. You may
sort in forward or reverse alphabetical order.

Note that you can mark and sort a block of text in addition to the entire
text file.


9. Program History
==================

Mountain View was originally written for the Atari ST line of computers. The
latest version 1.6 for the Atari was released on March 11, 1994.


Version 1.0   - The first Windows release
Nov 1, 1995

Version 1.1   - Improved scrolling and paging speeds
Nov 15, 1995  - Fixed maximum line display in JUMP dialog
              - Fixed file-selector to show available drives beyond "D"
