IT UTILITIES Version 1.5 summary

CONTENTS

1. What are the It Utilities
2. Trash It features
3. View It features
4. Zip It features
5. Load It features
6. What our users say about the It Utilities
7. How to contact us

WHAT ARE THE IT UTILITIES

It Utilities are not free or public domain software. Non-
registered user are permitted to use them for a 21 days trial 
period. To continue using these utilities for more than 21 days 
requires registration.

The It Utilities are extensions to the File manager of Windows 
3.1. They use the drag and drop facility of the File manager to 
enhance it. Instead of buying a replacement File manager you can 
add functions to it, you won't have to learn a whole new tool. 
These utilities are enhanced with icon animation and sound. All
sounds were recorded using a Media Vision Pro Audio Spectrum 16
sound card. 8 bits sound files are included for every utilities.
16 bits sound files are available upon registration.

The first utility is Trash It and implements a trash can to delete
files. Trash It can keep files from your fixed disk when deleting
so you can undelete them if need be.

The second utility is View It, a file viewer that can show up to
four text files at a time in either text or hex mode. View It does
not load files in memory, it reads each page from the disk when 
needed. View It is thus capable of showing text files of ANY size.

The third utility is Zip It, a shell for PKWare's PKZip and 
PKUnzip. For this release you need a copy of PKZip and PKUnzip to
use Zip It.

Finally Load It is an extension menu to the File manager to 
automatically or manually load/unload the It Utilities when you
start or close the File manager.

All this for $24.95 plus shipping and applicable taxes, less than
others are charging for one of these utilities!

TRASH IT FEATURES

- Run as an icon and stays an icon even when opened to access 
  files or options. You'll never close Trash It by mistake.
- Can keep files so you can undelete them if need be.
- New! Files can be kept forever or for the session.
- New! You browse through your kept files in a similar way as a 
  directory window in the File Manager.
- Files with the same name but from different sub-directories are
  treated as different files and both copies can be kept by Trash 
  It.
- A file with the same name and same sub-directory than one in 
  Trash It is considered a new version of the same file. The old 
  one is deleted and the new one is kept in Trash It.
- Any file with any attributes (Read-Only, System, Hidden) can be
  put in Trash It. These attributes will be restored if the file 
  is undeleted.
- Trash It includes icons and sound files for a standard trash 
  can, a kitchen trash can and a toilet.

VIEW IT FEATURES

- Can read files of ANY size. View It reads only what is needed 
  for a screen full. No waiting for the full file to be read.
- You can drop up to four files on View It.
- New! Shows files in hex mode with auto-select of text or hex 
  mode depending on the file type.
- You can change the viewing font.
- New! You can set up a default font for each mode.
- New! you can copy what you see on the screen to the clipboard.
- You can search text using a full featured find dialog.
- New! You can search for an hexadecimal string.
- You can quickly exit a file window with the escape key or the
  direct close command.
- File windows can open either in cascade mode, maximized mode or
  the keep positions mode.
- The keep positions mode will retain any positions and sizes you 
  give the four file windows. You can easily make an arrangement 
  that splits your screen to compare files.

ZIP IT FEATURES

- You can drop files in one or more drag to the Zip It icon, from
  anywhere on any drive and as many drives as you wish.
- New! For convenience all files are selected when you enter the
  Files to Zip dialog.
- If you drop a single zip file on the Zip It icon you will enter 
  the Zip File dialog.
- New! For convenience all files are selected when you enter the 
  Zip File dialog.
- You can setup default directories for zipping and unzipping.
- New! The Zip File dialog gives compressed and uncompressed sizes
  of the selected files. If a single file is selected you will 
  also have it's date and time.
- New! Zip It can be setup so it will not update the File Manager 
  after zipping or unzipping. This speeds things up. You can 
  either update it manually or have the File Manager track DOS 
  file changes by changing your SYSTEM.INI file.
- Very little or no setup. If PKZip and PKUnzip are in your path 
  Zip It will find them!

LOAD IT FEATURES

- Load It takes care of loading and/or unloading each utility when
  you start or close the File Manager. No need to put them in your
  Start Up group or have them around, taking desktop space, when 
  not needed.
- Load It adds a menu command to the File Manager's Menu. You can
  also start these utilities from that menu.

WHAT OUR USERS SAY ABOUT THE IT UTILITIES

"IT is a very good program, you get a YOU DONE GOOD AWARD!"
                       R.W.S. -- Oregon City, Oregon

"... this is a fine piece of work ..."
                       R.L.F -- San Diego, California

"Nice program."
                       R.G. -- Val d'Or, Canada

"I recently downloaded your program. I was very much impressed by 
 it... I LOVE IT!! Having the viewer alone is worth the 
 registration. Keep up the good work."
                       K.L.W. -- Murfreesboro, Tennessee

"Great product!"
                       C.R. -- Framingham, Maine

"Thank you very much for the very useful programs."
                       J.H. -- Sindelfingen, Germany

"I recently obtained a copy of the IT Utilities v1.3 for windows 
 off a shareware CD Rom collection and couldn't help but be 
 impressed by the quality and integration of the utilities..."
                       C.P. -- Appledore, United Kingdom

HOW TO CONTACT US

We can be reached on Alleycat BBS, the home of Allegro software
and the best place to get the latest version of the It Utilities.
You should leave messages to Jacques Boileau. The phone number is 
514-527-6599.

We can be reached on Compuserve at ID: 72357,1727

Phone/Fax: 514-689-6689

You can write to us at:

    Allegro
    560 Gervais
    Laval (Quebec)
    Canada H7X 1M4

Any feedback is appreciated. Tell us what you like or dislike
about the It Utilities. What features or other utilities you would
like to see. We listen to our users. If this version of the It
Utilities does not suit your needs, tell us your needs, then maybe
the next version will. We certainly listened to our users and 
incorporated many of their ideas in this release!
