We now discuss some of the basic skills required to get started with PcGive. We will give a brief introduction to the services provided by GiveWin. The convention for instructions that you should type is that they are shown in Typewriter font. Capitals and lower case are only distinguished as the names of variables in the program and the mathematical formulae you type.
Common commands have a shortcut on the toolbar.
PcGive works on Windows 3.1, Windows NT or Windows 95, but the screen appearance of the program and dialogs will reflect the operating system you are using. The captures in this book were made under Windows 95. Starting GiveWin and PcGive First start GiveWin, then PcGive can be started from the Modules menu of GiveWin. Alternatively, start PcGive from the taskbar or from the GiveWin group. If this is the first time you have used PcGive, you may wish to reduce it to a smaller size.