GENERAL DESCRIPTION

Viewing and ClipBoard Copying

ClipShop is a simple "Old PrintShop" Graphics Utility Program that allows you to view "Old PrintShop" ClipArt (.DAT and .NAM Files) in Windows, and to Copy the current Clip to the Windows ClipBoard. You can then Paste the Clip into your favorite Windows Paint Program or Word Processor. You can choose a copy command from a variety of 3 clipboard copy commands. Each of these 3 commands are used to get different proportions for the appearance of the ClipArt graphic.

ClipShop also reads "New PrintShop" ClipArt (.POG and .PNM Files), "Old PrintMaster" ClipArt (.SHP and .SDR Files), and "Old PrintPartner" ClipArt (Uncompressed .GPH Files), and allows you to copy these to the Windows ClipBoard the same way as the "Old PrintShop" Clipart (.DAT and .NAM Files).

Export to Windows .BMP

ClipShop will "export" an entire library of ClipArt from "Old PrintShop", "New PrintShop" and "Old PrintMaster" ClipArt libraries to a Windows .BMP file. (Sorry, but no support for export of "Old PrintPartner" in this version, but you can still copy "Old PP" Graphics to the Windows Clipboard and save as a .BMP in Windows Paint.) This can be particularly useful to people who want to print-out hardcopy "catalogs" of all of their "Old Clipart".

Basic Editting Commands

A number of basic editting commands are also available for ClipArt libraries that use the small picture format (88 x 52 "Old PrintShop", "New PrintShop" or " Old PrintMaster" graphics). This support was included in ClipShop mainly to allow you to create custom ENGLISH vocabulary lesson plans for use in the METOO(C) Children's Program and other Teacher's Choice Programs that use the "Old PrintShop" graphics format. METOO(C) and other Children's Programs are available from the Teacher's Choice Website at:

http://www.escape.ca/~bbuckels/kidstuff

Change Caption Text

ClipShop allows you to change the Captions for the Text Descriptions of the ClipArt from "Old PrintShop", "New PrintShop" and "Old PrintMaster" ClipArt libraries. This is especially useful when preparing vocabulary Lesson Plans for use in the educational programs that use the "Old PrintShop" Graphics Format (.DAT and .NAM) files.

Create and Add To ClipArt Libraries

ClipShop allows you to create new Clipart libraries in the "Old PrintShop" format (.NAM and .DAT Files) or to add to existing libraries in the "Old Printshop" format if they already exist. The idea here is to load an existing library that was saved in the small picture format (88 x 52 "Old PrintShop", "New PrintShop" or " Old PrintMaster" graphics). You then copy the current picture to the library of your choice, and if the library doesn't exist, it will be created for you. Additional picture libraries and The METOO(C) Children's Program and other Teacher's Choice Programs that use the "Old PrintShop" graphics format are available from the Teacher's Choice Website.

Delete From ClipArt Libraries

ClipShop allows you to delete Clipart Images from libraries saved in the "Old PrintShop" format. (Other formats are not supported in this version.) This feature was included in ClipShop mainly to allow you to remove unwanted images and captions from custom vocabulary lesson plans for use in the educational programs that use the "Old PrintShop" Graphics Format (.DAT and .NAM) files.


ClipShop will not allow you to overwrite existing files without asking, and it has another similar feature for users of Teacher's Choice Children's Programs that needs to be explained.

Some Teacher's Choice Lesson plans use Bilingual Support which is not provided in this version of ClipShop. If the .DAT or .NAM file that you wish to modify may be linked to a BILINGUAL support library from Teacher's Choice Productions, ClipShop will not allow editting, since these files need to be synchronized. ClipShop is not guaranteed to prevent editting from occurring, but reasonable steps have been taken to catch these bilingual files and screen them out of ClipShop. You can still load the .DAT and .NAM file and paste them onto the clipboard and into new libraries, just not edit them.

ClipShop will tell you when a Bilingual Support file is suspected. You can Work on a copy if you want to modify files when this happens, but it is best not to overwrite or change the original since the program that uses the bilingual file may not work correctly. The bottom line is that ClipShop was never designed to edit these safely without affecting the related files.


© CopyLeft Bill Buckels 1999
All Rights Reversed.