Author: Clive Whitear
Date: December 21st 1998
Version: ER5 release
SYSTEM
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System: Quick start
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The System screen is the EPOC machine's file and program manager, displaying the files on the EPOC machine, and the folders that are used to organise the files.
Use the System screen to::
•	Open and close files and programs.
•	Create new files and folders.
•	Change the way files and folders are displayed.
•	Move, copy, rename and delete files and folders.
•	Change the way the EPOC machine is set up by selecting Control panel on the Toolbar or Tools menu.
A file or folder in the System screen is represented as an icon, with the filename next to it. When a file is open, its filename is displayed in bold.
To open a folder and display the files within it, highlight it and then tap it or press Enter - the folder's name appears on the Title bar. Any files created from here are put into that folder.
To close a folder, highlight the (Close) icon in the top left of the System screen, and then tap it or press Enter.
•	If no folder name is displayed on the Title bar (or if the name is in inverted commas), then the "root" of the currently selected disk drive is open. Any files created from here are not put into a folder, but straight into 'C' or 'D'.
Password & owner information for the EPOC machine
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To set a password to prevent unwanted access to the EPOC machine, go to the System screen, select Control panel on the Toolbar or Tools menu, and then select the Password icon.
•	The password does not protect files stored on Memory disks or files copied to other machines.
Important: If the password is forgotten, the machine will have to be reset, and all the files stored on the internal disk will then be lost.
To record personal details (such as your name and address) on the EPOC machine, in case it is lost, press Owner info.
Set when the owner information should be shown on the Display owner infromation line.
•	Once per day is the first time the machine is switched on each day.
Tick the Ask for password box to set the password.
•	To change a password, type in the current one first.
To change your name and contact details select Owner on the Information menu.
Browsing folders & files (System)
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To use the "browser" to display files and folders on the currently selected disk drive in a "tree" structure, tap the Title bar, press the Tab key, or select Browse folders on the File menu.
Folders are displayed on the left under the disk drive; files in the current folder are displayed on the right. To open a folder, tap it or highlight it and press Tab.
•	To display the files in a different order, tap the relevant 'Sort by' button (or press Ctrl+N, T, S or D to sort by Name, Type, Size or Date).
•	To create a new folder, go to the disk drive and folder in which it is to be created, and press New folder.
•	To select a file on the System screen from the browser, highlight it and press OK.
•	To open a file quickly from the browser highlight it and press Enter twice.
Bookmarks (System)
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To "bookmark" the folder in which you keep frequently required files, move to the required folder and select Set bookmark on the Edit menu.
To move to the bookmarked folder at any time, select Go to bookmark on the Edit menu.
•	New files are created in the "standard folder" (initially the "Documents" folder) if a program icon is tapped and the last used file cannot be found. The "standard folder" can be different to the "bookmarked folder".
Standard folder (System)
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The "standard folder" is where new files will be created, when a program icon from the Program icon bar is tapped, and the last file that was open cannot be found (e.g. if it has been renamed, moved or deleted).
Initially the "Documents" folder is set as the Standard folder. To select a different folder, select Preferences on the Tools menu.
Creating a new folder (System)
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Grouping files together in appropriately named folders makes them easier to find, e.g. put correspondence in a folder called 'Letters'.
To create a new folder:
1.	Move to the disk drive and folder within which a new folder is going to be created. If all folders in the current disk drive are closed, the folder will be created in the "root" ('C' or 'D').
2.	Select New folder on the Toolbar or Folder on the Create new cascade of the File menu.
3.	Type in the folder name.
•	Folders can also be created from within the Browser.
•	You might want to create folders that mirror the folders on your PC.
Renaming files, folders & disks (System)
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To rename a file or folder, highlight it on the System screen, and select Rename on the File menu.
To rename a disk drive, select Name disk on the Disk menu.
Backing up & restoring (System)
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To back up the internal disk drive to an external disk:
1.	Select Copy disk on the Disk menu.
2.	Set the From disk line to 'C' and set the To disk line to 'D'. Leave the Into folder line blank - this means the "root" of the 'D' disk drive.
•	Some programs will not work properly if you back them up to the D disk.
To restore the items from the External disk:
1.	Select Copy disk on the Disk menu.
2.	Set the From disk line to 'D' and set the To disk line to 'C'. Leave the Into folder line blank - this means the "root" of the 'C' disk drive.
•	To just back up a few files or folders, copy them to a Memory disk. You might want to create a special backup folder on the Memory disk, called e.g. 'Backup(July)'.
Alternatively, if you have EPOC CONNECT the files on the EPOC machine can be backed up to a PC rather than to an external disk.
File properties (System)
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To view the modification date of a file and its size and to view or change its read-only, hidden and modified status, highlight it on the System screen and select Properties on the File menu.
To avoid accidentally changing a file which is needed, make it "read-only" by ticking the Read-only box. Remove the tick to be able to edit it again.
Tick the Hidden box to make the file invisible on the System screen. A preference can be set in the System screen to make all hidden files visible.
Display preferences (System)
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The current disk drive and folder are shown on the Title bar, which is initially on the left of the screen. To move it to the top of the screen, select Top of columns from the Title position cascade on the View menu.
Files and folders are displayed in columns. To change the width of the columns use Column width on the View menu. Use the left and right arrow keys, or the scroll bar at the bottom of the screen, to see more files and folders.
File are initially sorted by program type. To sort them differently, select Sort files on the View menu, and then select:
•	By name to sort the files alphabetically.
•	By size to list them by size, with the largest first.
•	By date to list them by date when last edited, with the most recently edited first.
To display file size and/or date select Show file details on the View menu.
To make hidden files visible, use Preferences on the Tools menu.
Keypresses (System)
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The default keypresses are:
Tab or Ctrl+G - select the browser view (or tap on the name at the top of the Toolbar).
Hold down the Ctrl key and tap the System icon to display the list of open files and programs.
Fn+Esc - turn the EPOC machine off.
Searching for files (System)
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To find a file you have recently used:
Tap on the Recent files button on the Toolbar to see a list of the last files you have used. Tap on a filename or highlight a file and press Enter to go to the file.
To find files with a specific name:
Use Find files|Find files on the Edit menu to search for files if you know part of the filename and/or the program.
•	Type in part of the filename on the Name line to find files that match it, or leave the line blank to find all files.
•	The search will find any filename containing the text you enter. You can also type ? for a unknown single letter or * for any number of unknown letters (known as "wildcards").
•	Use the Program line to find only files for a specific program, or select Any to find all files.
Press OK to start the search.
Files are listed as they are found.
•	To go to a file in the System screen highlight the filename and press Go to.
•	To sort the listed files by name, type, size or date, press Sort and choose the required sort type. Choose the same sort type again to reverse the sort order.
•	You can stop the search while files are still being listed by pressing Stop.
Use Find files|Find again on the Edit menu to show the results of the search again (if filenames have been changed since the initial search, a new search will be performed with the same search criteria).
System wallpaper
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You can change the image shown in the System screen behind the icons, to an image of your choice.
1.	Create an image in Sketch and use More|Save as System wallpaper on the File menu to save it.
•	Avoid using too much dark shading, as this may obscure the icons.
•	If you save an image larger than the screen (the screen is 640 pixels wide by 240 pixels high) only the central part of it will appear as system wallpaper.
2.	In the System screen select Preferences on the Tools menu and select the Wallpaper dialog page.
3.	Select the image you want to use and when you want it to be displayed.
Use More|Delete System wallpaper on the File menu in Sketch to remove an image you no longer require.