About The Software : If you have lots of plain text files on your hard drive then you will know how frustrating it can be sometimes to open them all individually to find the info you are looking for. This handy utility will help you to quickly browse through your drives and folders and display the text files with just a few clicks. Simple but effective.

This application was previously released as "Speed Reader" but this latest version goes back to the original idea of text-only use so the image features have now been removed and developed into a seperate utility.

License Agreement : This program is FREEWARE. You may install it on as many computers as you want! You may use it without any charge for both personal and commercial work. While every effort has been made to ensure the compatibility and stability of this application, no warranty is given on it's use. Cybia is NOT liable for any damage or loss of data resulting from the use of this software. All resources are Copyright © S.W.Upham 2005. This agreement does NOT grant you any intellectual property rights.

Distribution : If you wish to host this utility on a website or include it on a CD compilation (i.e. magazine cover CD), then please contact me first for permission. All zip file contents MUST remain intact and unmodified for distribution purposes.

System Requirements : Windows 95/98/ME/2000/XP

Installation : Unzip all the files to a suitable folder on your hard drive, for example C:\Cybia\PlainView. Create a shortcut to the PlainView.exe file and run it To uninstall just delete the folder where you installed the program files to. Also delete the PlainView.ini file that has been automatically created in your Windows folder (this is where your settings are stored, so keep a backup if you want to reuse it at a later time). Finally, remove any shortcuts that you have created manually for the program.

Additional Credits : Plain View was programmed using Borland Delphi with additional LsFileExplorer component by Leo D. Shih. This user guide was created using Macromedia Dreamweaver. Screenshots taken with IrfanView and edited in Adobe Photoshop. Zip file created using Enzip. Many thanks also to all my beta testers who helped along the way!

1. Drive/folder drop-down browser
2. Directory contents filelist window

The right-hand side shows the preview area for viewing plain text files selected from the filelist.

Select a drive by clicking on the ICON and not the text next to it. Then browse through the folders contained on that drive until you find your required location.

It works in a similar way to Windows Explorer so most users should be familiar with this method.

Click on the plus (+) and minus (-) boxes in order to expand and contract the directory trees.

When you have found the location you are looking for make sure you click on the folder ICON and not the text next to it.

As soon as you click on your chosen folder icon then the browsing window will disappear and show the filelist box containing the directory contents.

Filelist Popup Menu : If you right-click anywhere in the filelist then a popup menu will appear. You can choose to show the folder option plus switch focus between either pane. You can also revert to all the default settings.

Reading Text Files : The filelist mask is set to display only files that are labelled with known plain text format extensions. This will help you find the appropriate text files more quickly.

For example : *.txt, *.ini, *.sys, *.bat, *.htm, etc

Click ONCE on a file to automatically preview the contents in the text pane area.

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