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- I N S T R U C T I O N S F O R U S E
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- Press F10 at any time to print these instructions
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- FORMS REALLY UNLIMITED can be used as a very simple WORD PROCESSOR, input
- directly from the Keyboard can be positioned, either with the Mouse Pointer
- or by using the Four Cursor Keys, then Printing can be typed in at the
- Cursor Position. Keeping the Down Cursor Key held will, when the Cursor is
- on the bottom line, scroll the screen up to allow the remainder of the File
- to be displayed. Up Cursor Key wil do the reverse. The same effect can be
- achieved by moving the Cursor with the Mouse and keeping the LEFT BUTTON
- pressed. There is no automatic wordwrap though the <ENTER> key gives the
- usual movement of the Cursor UNLESS within the confines of a Line or Box.
- YOU CANNOT OVERTYPE OVER A BOX CORNER OR ANY VERTICAL LINE
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- Three Commands are NOT available from the Menu or by Mouse Control :-
- These are achieved by holding down the Ctrl Key and pressing the key
- listed within the <> marks.
- <Ctrl-I> - Inserts a Line at the Cursor position.
- <Ctrl-Y> - Deletes a Line at the Cursor position.
- <Ctrl-U> - UNDOES the LAST <Ctrl-Y> and ONLY THE LAST.
- NOte that all of these commands will affect the FORM Length.
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- Access to the Menu Commands is by the normal Amiga Right Mouse Key.
- Some Commands have a Keyboard Shortcut - F1 to F10 - plus the Escape Key
- to QUIT. With practice the use of the Function Keys speeds up the Drawing
- quite considerably.
- To protect any Form Design on the Screen, the only way BOXES or LINES can
- be deleted is by using the CLEAR AREA Command.
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- F1NEW FORM - Clears the Screen work area, repositions the Cursor at 1,1
- and Requests an Input for Form Length. This Length is
- restricted to greater than 30 lines and less than 450.
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- ABOUT - Just shows the Name & Address of the Author
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- EscQUIT - Allows correct termination of the Program. Any Form in
- memory that HAS BEEN MODIFIED will cause a Requester to ask
- if it needs to be SAVED before quitting.
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- F2LOAD FORM - A File Requester prompts for a valid Filename to LOAD a FORM
- from Disc. Only Files created by this Program, (with the
- extension of ".fru") can be loaded.
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- F3SAVE FORM - Any FORM in memory that has a valid Filename (".fru") can be
- SAVED directly to Disc. If the Filename is the Default of
- "noname" then a switch will be made to :-
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- F4SAVE AS - A File Requester prompts for a valid Filename to SAVE a FORM
- to Disc. If the extension ".fru" is omitted then it will be
- automatically appended before Saving. Existing Files of the
- same name will be OVERWRITTEN WITHOUT WARNING.
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- MAKE SUB-DIRECTORY - Any valid Amiga Sub-Directory, or Folder, can be created
- with this option. NO CHECKS ARE MADE.
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- DISC DIRECTORY Shows a requester - YES gives Current Directory - NO allows
- an input to Change Directories - QUIT this option.
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- KILL FILES - To protect any other, "MORE VALUABLE" Files stored on the
- Disc, only Files with the extension ".fru" may be PURGED
- using this option. NO RECOVERY IS POSSIBLE.
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- RENAME FILES - Any Filename in any Directory, or Folder, may be RENAMED
- with this option. It will allow a minimal protection of any
- Forms created and saved from being purged accidentally.
- YOU CANNOT HOWEVER LOAD OR PRINT THESE RENAMED FILES
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- F5DRAW BOX - The Mouse Arrow changes to CROSS WIRES to allow accurate
- positioning, and a Box may be drawn FROM any point TO any
- point on the screen. Any existing BOXES, LINES or PRINTING
- will be overdrawn. Boxes may be Joined or linked together
- as preferred.
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- F6DRAW LINE - A Horizontal or Vertical Line may be drawn anywhere on the
- screen. It will overdraw ALL existing BOXES, LINES or
- PRINTING. The correct Corner Characters may be inserted
- after drawing the LINE by changing the CAPS LOCK to ON and
- positioning the Cursor over the Corner to be Changed with
- the Mouse Pointer. IT DOES NOT WORK WITH THE CURSOR KEYS.
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- F7CLEAR AREA - To give some form of protection against this users who
- type without looking at the Keyboard, this option has been
- inserted as the ONLY METHOD of deleting BOXES or LINES.
- It can however be used to Clear ALL Areas of Text or Lines.
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- F8JUSTIFY - ANY TEXT may be Justified LEFT, CENTRALLY or RIGHT within
- the boundaries of the Screen or within Boxes or Lines.
- The BOTTOM STATUS LINE changes to prompt the user to
- Highlight the required section of TEXT using the MOUSE ARROW
- to point at the START - then hold the LEFT BUTTON DOWN drag
- the ARROW over the TEXT. Releasing the LEFT BUTTON will
- Bring up a Requester to choose the type of Justification.
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- F9ADJUST LENGTH - The Overall Length of the FORM in memory may be changed
- with this option provided that the minimum of 31 lines or
- maximum of 450 lines is adhered to. To conserve Disc Space
- it is suggested that the Length be adjusted to the minimum
- reqired for any Form BEFORE Saving to Disc.
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- F10PRINT FORM - Sends the Form in memory to any attached PRINTER.
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- CHANGE PARAMETERS - Will allow a Permanent Record to be made of any change
- required to Initial Drive, Initial Directory, or Folder, and
- to the Printer attached, and some of its parameters.
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- NO GUARANTEES CAN BE GIVEN OR IMPLIED FROM THE USE OF THIS PROGRAM
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- Copyright 1990 - A.H.Meek.
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