Copyright: Copyright © 1998 EasyWare
Citation: Easytext Help File


Colors And Fonts

There are several colors and fonts which you can customize in Easytext.

These options can be set from the 'Options,Preferences' selection in the menu or most of them can be set individually from other menu options or from the Toolbar.

To change the colors in the 'Preferences. ' dialog, click on the colored panel next to the color you are changing. Some of the settings allow for custom colors also.

See Also:

Formatting RichText


Easytext Features

Welcome to the Easytext Program.

This program contains  a number of very useful Features some of which you have probably used before and some you may have not.

Below is a list of some of the features incorporated in the program with a short description of each.

For more information on a particular topic see the Help Contents or the Help Index.

Allows for Multiple Users:

In the 'Options' section you may add as many

User Names as you wish.

Each user can customize Easytext  to their own

 preferences with over 35 customizable options.

Each User Has His/Her Own:

Favorite Folders

'Save To' List

Most Recent Files List

Format Options Etc.

Multiple Editors:

You may choose to open files in a single editor or

 open them up each in it's own editor. Each editor

is separately customizable.

Tabbed editors eliminate the burden of multiple

windows.

Open Files As You Left Them

Easytext has the ability to restart exactly as you

shut it down.

Will  bring up the last file you were working on and

even place the cursor where you left it.

Plain Text or Rich Text:

When opening a "new' document, you can select

whether to open it as Plaintext or Richtext.  This

saves system resources.

Files can be saved in either format. Warns before

format change.

Customizable Folders and MRU lists:

Add folders to a list of Favorites  list to quickly open folders that you use the

most.

Recent File list can be disabled

You also choose how many files to retain in the

'Recent File' list.

Save-O-Matic :

Tool for automatically saving files as you work.

You can set the Save Intervaland choose whether

 to save to the original file or to a temporary file.

Turn it on or off with the click of a button.

Scroll-O-Matic:

Feature for 'Hands Off' scrolling of the editor

window.  You set the Scroll Speed.

Works in all four directions. Can be disabled.

ToolBars - Status Bar - Ruler - ToolTips:

Two(2) separate Toolbars keep most operations

a button click away.

Ruler option available for working with Richtext

documents.

Status Bar at bottom of window shows Username

, Editor State, Current Row and Column,

WordWrap and User Customizable Date and

Time.Useful Tool Hints.

All options can be either shown or hid.

File Registration and File Filters:

You choose which files, if any, to associate with the

 program.( double clicking on that type file

launches the Easytext program). You can also set

up the File Filters for the 'Open File Dialog' box.

(ie: 'Text Files', 'All Files' etc.).

Run Other Programs

Set up a list of other useful programs that you use

 a lot.

Programs can be run from the click of a button.

Colors and Fonts:

You set the colors for the Editor windows, Ruler,

ToolTips, Window Font, Tab Font and Spell

Checker Window. You also choose the font for the

Editor window Tabs.

There are many more features which you can customize to suit your individual needs.

See the 'Options' menu item in the Easytext program for more details.

Once in the Preferences dialog, selecting 'Help' will display help for the page you are working on.


Editor Windows

Open Files in Separate Editors

Setting this option allows each file that is opened

 have it's own window. Each window can in turn

have it's own settings.

You can open as many editors as your system

resources allow.

Each editor will have a tab that can be clicked to

bring that window to the top.

Automatic WordWrap Feature

This allows you to select whether files that are

 opened in Easytext are automatically wrapped to

the Editor window when opened.

Date/Time Format

Here you can select how to insert the date and/or

time when clicking on the date in the status bar at

the bottom of the window. Inserting the date

and time can also be accomplished from the

menu bar under 'Text, Insert'

This setting only pertains to inserting the date by

clicking the status bar.

See Also:

Colors and Fonts

Editing Procedures

Formatting RichText


Folder Options

By selecting 'Add To Favorites' from the Easytext menu, you can add or remove folders

 from this list.

These options allows quick and easy access to the folders you use the most.

You will be presented with a dialog box where you can select the folders that  you wish to add to the list. After each folder selection, you will need to hit the Add button in order for it to be added.

To remove a folder, select the folder from the list and hit the

'Remove' button.

See Also:

Opening and Closing Files

Saving Files


General Preferences

Allow Multiple Users

This option allows for more than one User to set

up their options in Easytext.

See Also:

Specifying New Users

Confirm Before Changing Settings

Checking this box will cause Easytext to prompt

you before changing any User settings.

This will give you a chance to 'Cancel' if you

decide to.

Open Program With Last User

This will cause the program to start up with

the last User's settings. This includes any

open files, window settings etc.

If this option is not selected, the program will

open in the Default state. That is, it will use

the default settings for StartUp.

See Also:

Specifying New Users

Visual

Removing a check by any of these Features

will cause the item to be hidden from view in the

Easytext window.

Recent File Record

Removing this checkmark will disable the

Recent File list in Easytext. The program will

not keep track of the recently used files if

this box is not checked.

Note: Recent files can also be cleared from the menu

under 'Options'.

On Program Exit

When you close the program, Easytext carries out

procedures before closing the window.

Some of these are customizable.

If you would like to close all the files you are

working on then place a check next to the

'Close All Open Files' label.

Likewise, to clear the Recent File list on exit

place a check next to the corresponding label.

Note: This option only clears the recent files list.

             It does not remove the files from the Open Files list.


Opening And Closing

There are various methods for opening files in Easytext.

If you wish to open a New file, select 'New' from the menu

or hit the 'New' button. You will be asked whether to open the

new file as Plaintext or Richtext. This determines whether

the RichText capabilities are enabled.

By selecting 'Open' from the menu or hitting the 'Open' button

you will be presented with the Open Dialog box where you can

select the file to open. Choosing which file type to display

when in the dialog is determined by the File Filters options

in Easytext.

These settings include Five(5) of the more common ones.

You may remove from or add to this list by selecting 'Options,

Preferences' from the menu and going to the page labeled

'Files/Filters'. For more information on this see Setting Filters.

You may also open files from the Recent File list by selecting

'Open Recent' from the File Menu or hitting the Recent button.

This will present you with a list of recently used files if the

Recent Files option is enabled.

See:  General Preferences

You can keep a list of Favorite Folders ( see: Folder Options)

from where you can quickly open folders that you use most.

Easytext features 'Drag and Drop' capabilities also for

ease in opening files.

Note:

When you open a file in Easytext, the file is placed in a

RichText editor only if it is a Richtext file.

Otherwise, it is opened in a PlainText editor. This disables the

Richtext features of the Editor. If you wish to use RichText

capabilities on a Plaintext file, you will have to Save the File As

a Richtext file first.

To close an open file, select the file by clicking the

appropriate tab and hitting the Close button ( Red X) or select

Close from the File Menu.

Don't confuse the Close item with the Exit item.

When you exit the program, all files will be removed from

the Open Files list if you have that option selected. Otherwise,

The files will be re-opened the next time you start Easytext.

When you close a file out, you will be prompted to save any changes or name the file if you have not already done so.

See Also:

Saving Files


Registering Files

See Also:

Setting File Filters

Note:

This procedure will write to your System Registry.

Although no problems should be encountered registering

files to open in Easytext, if Easytext is Deleted or Un-Installed,

the registration entries made will not be removed.

To register a file type to open in Easytext, place a

check next to the appropriate Extension in the Preferences

Dialog. This can be accessed through the 'Options' menu item.

If the required File Extension is not shown, you may add it by entering the file extension ( ie: txt, rtf, ) in the 'New Type' box

and hitting the button next to it.

Note: Don't enter the period ('.') in the extension.

You may register as many extensions as you like before

closing the window. No changes are made until you select 'OK'

in the Preferences Dialog. You will then be prompted to verify

the changes if the 'Confirm Before Change' option is enabled.

After that, those File Types will start the Easytext program when you open them.


Saving

To save a file either select 'Save' or 'Save As' from the File Menu or hit the 'Save' button. If the file is 'Untitled' you will be presented with a 'Save' dialog in which to enter a name.

If the file you are working on is RichText, the Save dialog

will open by default to the Type RTF file. Or if the file is a Text

file, the default Extension will be TXT. You can change these

as necessary.

You may also choose to have Easytext automatically save your files as you work. See below for more information.

See Also:

Save-O-Matic


Setting File Filters

See Also:

Registering Files

File Filters are basically filters that filter out certain types of files.

When you use a File Open or Save dialog, the combo-

box  listing 'Files of Type' is such a device.

In Easytext however, you can customize these filters to

suit your individual needs.

These options can be accessed by selecting 'Options,

Preferences' from the 'Options' menu.

Lets say for example you worked a lot on files with a

'.pas' extension but you never worked on files with a '.rtf' extension.

You could choose to add the .pas extension to the list of filters

and remove the .rtf extension.. This is just an example.

To remove an extension, select it in the Current list

and hit the 'Remove' button.

To add a new type, enter a description in the box labeled

'Description' ( A description would be something like 'Textfile'

or 'Logfile') and then enter the three letter extension in the box

provided. Then just hit the 'Add' button. It will be added to the

list of filters.

In the event that you would like to reset the filters to the

Easytext default filters (the ones that came in the program),

hit the 'Restore' button and all will be as it was when you installed

the program.

See Also:

Opening And Closing Files

Saving Files


Specifying New Users

At any time after the Easytext program is installed, you may add or remove User Names from the User List. To do this just select 'Options, Add/Remove User' from the Menu Bar.

You will be presented with a Dialog box in which you can add as many new Users as you wish.

You may change Users at any time while the program is running. To do this, select 'Users' from the menu and choose the User Name from the list. The previous User will be prompted to save any work before changing to a new User.

 When selecting 'Options, Preferences' from the menu. The Options Dialog box will reflect the User's name that is the current User. Any changes made to the program options will

pertain to the current User only.  Each user has their own settings which are independant of  any other user.

When removing users from the list, you can not remove a User name if that user is the current User. If there is only one User listed and you wish to remove that name, you will

either have to add another User  name or select 'Restore Defaults' from the menu under 'Users'.

Upon removing a user from the list, that user's initialization file is deleted.

See Also:

General Preferences

Editor Window Options

Colors And Fonts

Folder Options

Registering Files

Setting File Filters


Adding To Objects List

Sometimes, you might find yourself

constantly searching for the same graphics

object to insert into a file or letter. Or you may

type the same block of  text in every file you

open.

Fortunately, Easytext allows you to

save objects and or text that you use frequently

 into a menu that is easily accessible.

The Easytext program comes with a

few objects already in this list. You can access the

list by selecting 'Insert, From Custom in the menu.

Any objects that are in the list are shown as

'Names that you assign to the objects when

you create them. ( ie: smiley for a 'SmileyFace or

MyPicture for a bitmap etc.). Just select the object

and it will be inserted at the cursor position in the

current active document.

To Add to this List:

Just type the text and/or insert objects

as desired in the Easytext editor window.

Highlight the selected text with the mouse

and choose "Customize Selection" from

the menu. You will be asked to enter a

name for the selection. This is the name

as it will appear in the Menu.

It is best to name the selections with

names that describe what the object is.

This will make it easier to remember what

each one is.

For example, if you have a block of text

that you use as a header for all text files,

You could select the text and after choosing

"Customize Selection" from the menu, you

could name this "Header".

Then "Header" will be listed in the menu

under "Insert", "Objects" and by selecting

it, the text and/or objects will be inserted

at the cursor position in the active window.


External Programs

Adding or Removing:

You can add or remove programs from the External Program list by selecting 'Options, Add To Externals' from

the menu.

To add a program, enter the full path and filename

for the program or hit the 'Browse' button and search for it

that way. The filter for the Browse dialog box is set to show

.EXE files only. If you are looking for a file with another

extension, you will have to select All Files from the 'Files of

Type' box.

After locating the program you wish to add, you will need to hit the 'Add'(>>) button to add it to the list.

To remove a file from the list, simply select the file in the Current list and hit the 'Remove'(<<) button.

Running:

After you have added programs to the 'External Program' list, you can run the programs by selecting

'Run' from the menu and selecting the program you wish to run.

Note:

You can not add the same program more than once to the list. If you try to do so, on rare occasions it will appear as though the program was added again.

However the program will show up only once on the menu.

See Also:

Folder Options

Specifying New Users


Inserting Graphics

You can insert pictures, sounds etc. into

your projects either by pasting them from

another program or by selecting  'Insert', Object'

or  'Insert Custom'   from the menu.

For more information on adding objects to your

list of favorite objects, please see:

Adding to Favorite Objects List in this help file.

If you select Insert New Object, you wil

be presented with  a dialog in which you can

select the type of object you wish to insert.

You may choose to insert an object from

another file or you can choose to insert a

new object.

You can also select whether to insert

the object as the original or as an Icon, in

which case the object will look like the objects

parent program. ( ie: A paint object will show

up as a Paint program Icon.).

If you choose to insert from file, you will

see a file dialog in wjich you can pick the file

to insert.

Also, if you choose to insert  from file, you

will be given the option of inserting the object

'AS IS' or inserting it as a link.

It should be noted that if you insert an object

as a link, the original object, whever it is on

your system, must stay intact and unmoved.

Otherwise, the Easytext file will not be able to

locate it when necessary.

If you choose to insert a new object,

the program associated with that object will

be launched to enable you to edit the object.

( A Bitmap object will start the Paint program)

Regardless of which type of object you

insert, you can double click on the object to

launch the objects program for editing purposes.

Or you can Right Click on the object to bring

up a menu of other associated actions.

To remove an object, simply select the

object with the mouse and hit 'Delete' on the

keyboard.


Page Setup

See Also: Printing

      Each time you start the Easytext program,

      the page margins are automatically set to

      the default value. That is :

Top :     1.25 inches,

Bottom: 1 inch,

Left:       1 inch,

Right:    .75 inch.

If you need to change this before printing,

select 'Page Setup' from the 'File Menu'.

You will see a dialog box in which you can

change the page Margins to whatever you wish.

At the top you can see a page that show about

what your page will look like printed.

After you have set the margins, you may then

select print to begin the print procedure.

(See  Printing ).


Printing Files
Printing

See Also: Page Setup

Printing in Easytext is fairly automatic.

To begin the print operation, select 'Print' from

the file menu or hit the 'Print Button' on the toolbar.

You will be presented with a print dialog in

which you can select printer, number of copies,

and setup the printer if needed.

The dialog will open up with the default printer

listed as the printer. In most cases, you will not

need to change this.

Also , if needed, you can set the printer options

by selecting the properties button next to the

printer name. Any changes you make to the

printer will be made for the Easytext program

only.

If you desire more than one copy of the

project , you can then select the copies desired

 in the 'Number of Copies' edit box.

After you have made any selections desired,

just hit the 'OK' button and your document will

be printed.

see also : Page Setup.


Basic Editing

The editing operations can be carried out from the

Edit menu in the Easytext window or by 'Right-Mouse Clicking' in

the editor window.

Basic editing consists of entering , cutting , copying ,pasting , and  deleting text in and out of a text window.

These operations can be carried out from either the'Edit' menu

or the button bar.

Cutting text will remove it from the editor and place it in

the Window's Clipboard.

Copying text places it in the Clipboard but does not remove it from the text.

You select the text you want to cut or copy by placing the cursor at the start of the text in question and, while holding the

mouse button down, drag the mouse to the end of the text.

You may also select all of the text in the editor by choosing

'Select All' from the Edit menu.

Pasting simply places the contents of the Clipboard into

the editor at the cursor position.

It should be noted that the Paste features are enabled only

if the Clipboard contains Text.

In the Edit menu there is also a menu item labeled'Delete'.

This deletes the selected text without placing it in the Clipboard.

To 'Undo' the last edit operation you performed, select 'Undo' from the Edit menu.

See Also:

Formatting RichText

Inserting Date And Time


Contents


Formatting Richtext

All of the editing functions listed in the section titled

'Basic Editing' pertain to editing RichText also.

However, RichText allows some options not found in Plaintext

documents.

You can format the text any way you like. That is, you can make any or all of the text any color, size, font style etc. that

you prefer. This is opposed to plaintext in which all of the text assumes the same attributes.

Select the text you would like to format and then choose the

Font, Color, Size etc. that you prefer.

Easytext detects whether the text is in Richtext format.

Using this information, it enables and disables certain options

in the program.

Inserting Bullets is accomplished by hitting the 'Bullet'

button or selecting 'Insert Bullet' from the Text Menu.

A 'Bullet' will be placed at the start of the line.

To set the Alignment of selected text, hit one of the 'Alignment' buttons or select 'Text , Align' from the menu.


Inserting Date And Time

You can insert either the Date, the Time or the Date and

Time. This is accomplished by selecting 'Insert' from the Text

menu and choosing the format you prefer.

You may also click the Date in the Status bar at the

bottom of the window to insert the formatted Date and/or Time.

Your choice will inserted at the cursor position.

You may also choose which format to use when inserting

Date and/or Time.

Select 'Options , Preferences' from the menu and go to the

Editor tab. There you will see a section labeled 'Date/Time Format.

Here there are several different formats you can choose from.

Just pick the one you like from the list.

Then when you insert the date it will be inserted in this format.

See Also:

Editing Text

Formatting RichText


Registering Easytext

Thank you for your interest in 'Easytext'. The registration

fee is to help cover the cost involved in writing the program.

It also serves to bring you the very best possible software

through developer support.

    Below you will find the options for registering 'Easytext'.

You may also Register Online by clicking the "Register"

button on the EasyWare Homepage at :

http://www.nefcom.net/users/d3tech/

The registration form for ordering can be found at the bottom

of this file and in the file named  'Form.txt' in the

folder in which you installed Easytext. It can also be found

in the Easytext Help file which accompanies this program.

Just open one of these files and select 'print'.

    Or, if you prefer, you can write me a short letter to let

me know what you think of the program. Consumer feedback really

does produce better software.

    Upon receiving your registration fee, the registration number

will be sent to you either via E-mail or Postal or both. Make sure

you specify which on the registration form. Additional copies of

Easytext may also be ordered.

    Any questions or comments may be addressed to:

                        Email : d3tech@nefcom.net

                        or          JStan1@netscape.net

                        Postal:  Jim Stanford

                                        P O Box 4

                                        Macclenny, FL 32063

    Thank You again for your continued support. I hope you find the

program useful.

                                        Sincerely,

                                        Jim Stanford

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Reporting A Problem

If you experience any problems, have any suggestions

or comments, or would like to see an improvement in upcoming

versions of Easytext, please feel free to contact us in one

using one of the methods listed below.

Remember, better programs happen through User

Feedback. If you don't like the program please, by all means

let us know.

However, if you find it useful, please don't forget to

REGISTER.

For more information on registering Easytext please

click  HERE.

We can be contacted at:

E-Mail

d3tech@nefcom.net

                  or         JStan1@netscape.net

Post Office

Jim Stanford

P.O. Box 4

Macclenny,FL 32063

Phone

(904) 259-8121  or

(904) 259-5073


Save-O-Matic

See Also :

Scroll-O-Matic

Checking Spelling

This feature allows Easytext to save your work while you work. By selecting 'Save-O-Matic' from the menu or hitting the

Save-O-Matic button, all of your open files will be saved at the

interval you specify.

There are a few options you can specify  for

this feature.

Select 'Options , Preferences' from the menu and go to the Tools page. There you will see an option labeled 'Run Save-O-Matic on Startup'. Checking this will start the

Save-O-Matic feature every time you start Easytext.

The next option is 'Save Only To Temp File'.

This causes Easytext to create a Temporary file to save

your work in instead of saving it to the original file.

Sometimes you might not be ready to save a file but you would still

like to have a BackUp going in case of Power failures etc.

This option will do just that.

Note: THESE TEMPORARY FILES ARE DELETED DURING  NORMAL PROGRAM EXIT.

On a normal 'Program Exit', you will still be prompted to save your

work. DO IT. These Temp files are only used during the program

to guard against unwanted program shutdown. If this were to

happen, you can retrieve the file by locating it in the 'Temp'folder where you installed Easytext.

You will also see an option to set the 'Save Interval'.

This determines how often Easytext saves your work. Set this

interval to save as often as you like.


Scroll-O-Matic

See Also:

Save-O-Matic

Spell Checker

This feature allows for 'Hands Off' scrolling of those really

long text files. Simply select the Direction for the scroll with the

'Scroll Direction' button and then select the 'Scroll Speed' with the 'Speed' button.

These are the blue icons at the right side of the second

ToolBar.

You can elect to hide this feature by disabling it in the

Preferences dialog on the Tools Page. It will also be hidden

if you elect to hide the second ToolBar.


Spell Checking

See Also:

Save-O-Matic

Scroll-O-Matic

Easytext has a  nice Spell Checking feature incorporated

into it. It can be accessed from the Tools menu or by hitting

the 'Spell' button.

There are a couple of features you can set in the

Easytext Preferences dialog . These are Window Color and whether to save the Spelling Window position on Exit.

Most of the options of the Spell Checking feature can

be set from the 'Options' button in the Spell Checker.

For more information, see 'Visual Speller Help'