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- #$$ About this tutorial
- This tutorial file is...
-
- * a HELP.TXT file immediately available without creating it yourself.
-
- * an on-screen tutorial of basic ClipHelp color editing commands.
-
- * something to view in your ASCII processor to see how simple its
- basic structure is.
-
- * somewhere to pass on one or two tips which may prove handy.
-
- #$$ Starting the tutorial
-
- To ensure that complete sets of instructions are visible without
- needing to scroll the color editing panel I have had to cram things in
- a bit. Sorry.
-
- Please scroll down until the line "*─ Important: ──" is at the top.
-
- #$$ Coloring a message panel
- *─ Important: ────────────────────────────*
- To color this panel: │ Be sure to back up your data regularly, │
- │ preferrably daily! Chances are the day │
- 1 Tap <F3> and move the │ you don't will be the day it goes down! │
- color cursor box to 63. *─────────────────────────────────────────*
-
- 2 Tap <F3> again. Tap <->> until the arrow is above the '*' then <F6>
- and <->> until the second '*' has been painted, then <F2> to save.
-
- 3 Tap <F8> four times to copy the line's attributes to the next line.
-
- #$$ Adding emphasis by flashing
- *─ Important: ────────────────────────────*
- 1 Please color this │ Be sure to back up your data regularly, │
- panel remembering │ preferrably daily! Chances are the day │
- the technique used │ you don't will be the day it goes down! │
- previously. *─────────────────────────────────────────*
-
- 2 Now scroll until "*─ Important: ──" is once more at the top. Tap
- <F3> twice to pass through color selecting to moving, then <->>
- until reaching 'I'. Tap <F6> to paint and <F7> to turn on flashing
- then <->> until ':' is flashing, then <F2> to save.
-
- #$$ Multiple colors in a line
- 1 Please color this *─ Important: ────────────────────────────*
- panel as before. │ Be sure to back up your data regularly, │
- │ preferrably daily! Chances are the day │
- 2 Put 'Important' at top │ you don't will be the day it goes down! │
- again, tap <F3> and *─────────────────────────────────────────*
- select 59, <F3> again, move to '*', <F6> to paint and <->> twice to
- color border beginning, <F6> to toggle back to moving and <->> to
- the next '─', <F6> and <->> until '*' painted, then <F2> to save.
-
- 3 See if you can work out how to do the other lines of the panel.
-
- #$$ Let's see what that looks like
- You can now see the result of your labours as it would appear in your
- application's help screen by tapping <F1> and then using <PgDn> or
- <PgUp> to move from page to page.
-
- Note that you can tap <F1> to check final appearances at any time while
- you are working on your help file.
-
- #$$ and so on...
- By now you're probably getting the hang of it.
-
- You will have noticed that the actions performed by the function keys
- you have been pressing are listed at the bottom of the screen. Please
- refer to the CLIPHELP.DOC file for a full explanation of their use.
-
- #$$ Finally, a few tips
-
- 1 When you work on your help file for real, don't forget to use the
- 'Rewrite Text' option after each occasion of using the 'Edit
- Colors' option to incorporate the results of your color editing in
- your HELP.TXT file prior to next using your ASCII processor.
-
- 2 Have a look at TUTORIAL.TXT file as included in the original suite
- of files to see how simple it is to lay out a basic HELP.TXT file.
- Note in particular the way topic titles are indicated.
-
- 3 If you wish to indent topic titles as has been done in this
- tutorial use a few CHR(255)s - spaces will be ignored.
-