@2{CRUNCH MANIA QUICK HELP @3 }By Andy Gibson @5 I have been using this packer for about one year now and so have many others that I know such as LSD, AMOSZINE, LOGIC PD and mostly everyone who has used past versions of DMC. It is a neat utility that crunches files to a smaller file size (sometimes over 50% smaller) thus saving you valuable disk space. Any file used by DMC can be crunched with this packer such as all your text files and pictures and music. I'll type in a quick guide on how to use Crunch-Mania to pack your files. However, please note that this is not the complete instructions which can be found with the full Crunch-Mania package. (Although this is all you need to knwo as its the way I do it !!!!) @1 First of all Load Crunch-Mania Click On DATA (*IMPORTANT*) on Shareware Version only. Click On LOAD Click On Crunch @5 The file will be packed for you. Now all you have to do is save the file back to disk. If for some reason you want to de-crunch the file back to normal, then the process is as follows: @1 Load Crunch-Mania Click on DATA (Again only required in Shareware Version) Click On LOAD Choose a crunched file which will be loaded and automatically de-crunched for you. Click On SAVE and save the file to disk. (You do not have to click on CRUNCH) @5Please note that if you plan to crunch Reloc (exe) files with the shareware version of CMania, then you won't be able to de-crunch these files with it ! You shouldn't have any use for Reloc files as DMC only requires DATA files such as Text, Pics and Music etc. If you want to use CMania to the full, then I suggest you register with the author today. I have been using the full registered version for almost a year and it was the best purchase I have made yet. Thanx for an excellent utility Thomas. Cheers #1:) @5 Please note that you can also use the new DMC Tester/Converter to uncrunch files packed with CMania. Just load one in and click on save to save the file to disk as a normal uncrunched ASCII file. See the section about the Article Tester for more details. @1 End.