Shareware Grab Bag/Shareware Grab Bag.iso/002/pcw255.arc/HELPE.DEF

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F7:printfile F8:deletefile F9:prefixname F10:directory.  Arrows select one of:
Simple summary, Keyboard chart, Cursor movement, Simple editing, Marked blocks
Search & replace, Ruler & windows, Simple formatting, Printer fonts & commands
Your options right now are:             Esc:cancel save, so exit will not save
F1: just continue editing               F6: save file, go edit some other file
F2: save file, exit back to DOS         F7: save file, go run printer program
F3: save file, then continue editing    F8: delete some other file on the disk
F4: save file, run DOS command shell    F9: enter prefix to use for file names
F5: change file name used to save file  F10:directory, list all files on disk
A few of your options while editing:    Esc:un-delete (insert deleted block)
F1: show this help screen               F6: mark each end of block, move block
F2: show Ruler line, split screen       F7: reformat paragraph to right margin
F3: mark each end of block, copy block  F8: change case of letter at cursor
F4: mark each end of block to delete    F9: enter text to Find and Replace with
F5: clear any block marks               F10:replace Find text with Replace text
Four arrow keys: move cursor around     Enter key (return key): insert new line
Home key: move cursor to left margin    Bksp key (above Enter): delete on left
End key:  move cursor to end of line    Del key: delete one character on right
PgUp key: scroll screen up              Ins key: insert one space pushing right
PgDn key: scroll screen down            Ctrl with Bksp: delete one word on left
Alt with =+ key: to start of text       Ctrl with Esc: delete one word on right
Alt with -_ key: to end of text         Ctrl with Enter: delete to end of line
Grey +/- keys on right (PCjr: Fn +/-):  Scroll lock (PCjr: Fn S): switch typing
  search forward/backward for Find text   mode between Pushright and Overwrite
Legend:         ^ means with Ctrl key    * means with Shift key
F1  FILES      │F2  RULER      │Esc    ││<-Bksp │ NumLock       │ Scroll Lock
  exit, save,  │  reset margin,│ un-del││ delete│  switch keys  │  entered text
  switch files.│  split screen.│*R swap││*L swap│  from cursor  │  overwrite or
 ^repage, merge│ ^read Ruler.  │^del wd││^del wd│  to numbers.  │  pushright old
F3  COPY       │F4  DELETE     │TAB    ││<Enter │Home  7│Up    8│PgUp  9│Search-
  mark, mark,  │  mark; delete │to stop││ create│ left M│ a line│ scroll│ to beg
  copy marked. │  to hold area.│*back- ││ a line│*start │*to top│*screen│*go end
 ^insert file. │ ^insert hold. │* wards││ break,│^isbook│       │^paragr│
F5  CLEAR      │F6  MOVE       │Ctrl   ││ start │Left  4│      5│Right 6│Search+
  all text     │  mark, mark,  │^means ││ line. │ cursor│       │ cursor│ to end
  unmarked.    │  move marked  │^Ctrl  ││*align │ *side │       │ *side │ search
 ^mark entire. │ ^mark to file.│^  key ││^del ln│ ^word │       │ ^word │ for
F7  REFORMAT   │F8  CASE       │Shift  ││PrtSc  │End   1│Down  2│PgDn  3│ Find
  paragraph,   │  change case, │*means ││ replay│ rightM│ a line│ scroll│ text
  or marked.   │  or marked.   │*Shift ││*print │*end ln│*bottom│*screen│ set
 *reform mode. │ *center line. │*  key ││^reset │^tobook│       │^paragr│ using
F9  FIND       │F10 REPLACE    │Alt    ││Ins           0│Del           .│ F9 key
  enter find,  │  search and   │ enters││  insert space,│  delete text, │*go to
  replace text.│  replace once.│ font  ││  push right.  │  pull right.  │*text
 *goto place.  │ *repeat/undo  │ letter││ *repeat it.   │ *repeat it.   │*start
Cursor (flashing bar on screen) shows where you are in your text.
To change cursor position:

Arrow keys (on right side) go once in direction shown.
  Shift with arrows goes to edge of screen (PCjr: shift and Fn).
  Ctrl with left and right arrows go a word at a time.

Home key goes to left margin, End key to end of line,
  Shift with Home to start of line, Shift with End to right margin.
  Ctrl with Home sets "bookmark", Ctrl with End goes to "bookmark".

PgUp and PgDn keys scroll one line (PCjr: Fn with left/right arrow).
  Shift with PgUp and PgDn scrolls one screen (PCjr: Shift, no Fn).
  Ctrl with PgUp and PgDn move one paragraph (PCjr: Ctrl, with Fn).

Shift Grey+ (or Alt +) goes to start of text;  Shift Grey- (or Alt -) to end.
Tab key goes to next tab stop, Shift Tab to previous one.

Alt F9 key (or Alt 9) shows cursor line number in file, column, line and
  page when printed.  To change any of these, use F7, F8, F9 and F10 to
  select number to change, type new number, press Enter.
Typing a character either inserts pushing text right (Pushright mode) or
  replaces old text (Overwrite mode).  Scroll Lock (PCjr: Fn S) switches
  mode.  Top line says Push or Over, cursor changes size.  Num Lock makes
  right-hand keys enter digits.  Enter any character code by holding Alt
  and typing code on this keypad.

Enter key starts new line (or breaks line in two).  When you type text at
  right margin the word you're typing moves down (wordwrap).  Either inserts
  "line boundary" character, which Del, Bksp, etc. can delete to join lines.

To delete character and go left, press Bksp (back arrow on top row).
To delete character on right, press Del.
To insert space but not move cursor, press Ins.
After using Ins/Del to slide line right/left, move down and
  use Shift with Ins or Del to slide lines below by same amount.

To delete word and go left, press Ctrl Bksp.
To delete word on right, press Ctrl Esc.
To delete from cursor to end of line, press Ctrl Enter.
To recover deleted word or line, press Esc.

To delete block of text, press F4 at one end of block.
  Move cursor to other end of block (you are MARKING block).
  Press F4 at other end to delete block.
  Deleted text is in hold area.  Press Esc to un-delete (insert hold).

To copy block of text, press F3 at one end of block.
  Move cursor to other end of block, marking it.
  Press F3 at other end to make block MARKED.
  Move cursor to place to copy.  Press F3 to copy it.
  Block is still marked;  F3 makes another copy or F5 unmarks.
To move block of text, press F6 at each end of block.
  Move cursor to new location, press F6 to move block.
  Block is still marked;  F6 moves it again or F5 unmarks.

To copy block of text to a file, press Ctrl F6 (Alt 6) at each end of block.
  After entering file name, if file exists you can cancel copy, make block
  replace this file, or append block to end of file.
To insert file at cursor, press Ctrl F3 (Alt 3).  Ctrl F4 is same as Esc.

To mark entire text, press Ctrl F5.
  Shift Ins/Del, Reformat (F7), Center (Shift F8) apply to marked/marking text.
Grey+ key on right (PCjr: Fn with +) searches forward for Find text.
Grey- key (PCjr: Fn with -) searches backward.

To enter "Find" text, press F9.
To enter "Replace" text, press F9 and then F10.
After entering either or both, press Enter to resume editing,
  or Grey+ (Grey-) to immediately search forward (backward).
During search lower case letters match capitals, but not vice versa.
In Find or Replace text, some keys match in special ways:
   F3 copies marked area
   F4 copies hold area
   F5 matches any letter or digit
   F6 matches any other character ("F6wordF6" matches word)
   F7 matches any character
   F8 matches line boundary

Press F10 to replace "Find" text with "Replace" text.  First search with
  Grey+ or Grey-;  replace with F10 if appropriate.  Or, just press F10 to
  search forwards and replace in one operation.
Alt F10 (Alt 0) will search and replace continuously from cursor to end, or
  un-replace last replacement.  During continuous replace, Esc key will cancel.
Ruler Line sets margins and tabs, and divides screen into two windows.  Press
  F2 to see Ruler line and edit it.  Special letters (must be capital):
    L sets left margin, for body of paragraph (wordwrap).
    P sets paragraph margin, for first line of paragraph (Enter key).
    R sets right margin, for wordwrap and paragraph reformat (F7 key).
    B sets ring-bell margin.
    T sets tab stop.
    D sets Decimal tab stop, for entering numbers in columns.
    [ and ] set temporary margins.
  All other characters are ignored.  Shift End releases right margin.

Press F2 to make Ruler line divide screen into windows.  Up or down arrow
  moves to window for editing.  F1 then F6 sequence reads another file into
  one window, so switching windows also switches files.  In window, F2 moves
  cursor to Ruler line to switch windows.  On Ruler line, F2 cancels window.

When you start PC-Write, it tries to read Ruler from file RULER.XYZ where
  "xyz" is your file's extension;  if none, it tries for RULER.DEF. Press
  Ctrl F2 (Alt 2) to read ruler from file.  First line of file has Ruler;
  rest has customization information about display attributes, printer fonts,
  and other options.  File RULER.PRT used by the printer program, PR.
To PC-Write, a paragraph is one line of text, followed by additional lines of
  text which all have same left margin.  First line can be indented or hanging.

Press F7 to reformat paragraph (from cursor line to end, or in marked area)
  so it fits inside right margin.  Reformatting does not affect left margin.
  Reformatting occurs in one of three modes:  JustOff, Justify, or Un-Just.
  JustOff moves words between lines to fit but does not add or remove spaces.
  Justify adds or removes spaces to get right side even at right margin.
  Un-just is like JustOff, but removes any extra spaces added by Justify.
  Mode is on top line.  Press Shift F7 (Alt 7) to change it.

Press F8 to change case of letter between upper and lower.  With marking or
  marked text, all of it has case changed.

Press Shift F8 (Alt 8) to center line between left and right margins.  With
  marking or marked text, all is centered.

Ctrl Space inserts Hard-Space, and Ctrl \ inserts Hard-Hyphen.  Use them where
  reformat should not break a line.  Ctrl hyphen inserts Soft-Hyphen; use in a
  word where reformat can break a line.  Ctrl P inserts Hard-Break;  use where
  you want new page.  All are translated by the printer program, PR.
Appearance of text printed by PR program is set with dot commands and fonts.
  Dot commands are on separate lines.  Fonts are special characters entered
  in line with Alt and letter.  Alt space makes fonts are visible or hidden.
Printer Dot Commands (others available)            Alt letter, Font
.D         put before and after footnote lines
.E         put before and after lines on same page
.F:text    Footer line, for all pages              B  Boldface/bright
.FL:/.FR:  Footer line for Left/Right pages only   C  Compressed, 17 cpi
.H:text    Header line, for all pages              D  Double wide
.HL:/.HR:  Header line for Left/Right pages only   E  Elite, 12 cpi, Fast
.L:number  Length of page, total lines to end      F  Fast, one pass Pica
.M:number  Multiple line space (.M:2 double sp)    H  Higher/superscript
.N:number  page Number to use on next page         I  Italics (underline)
.O:file    Output file name (.O:prn for printer)   L  Lower/subscript
.R:letter  Regular font starts (.Q:letter Quits)   O  Overstrike with /
.S:number  spacing, lines/inch (6, 8, etc)         P  Pica, 10 cpi, Quality
.T:file    text filename;  next file to read       Q  Quality, two pass Elite
.U         user input (until user types Ctrl-Z)    S 
 Second strike (bold)
.X:number  extra spaces at start of every line     U  Underline
.XT:number extra lines at top of page              V  Variable/proportional
.W:number  width of header/footer lines            W  Double Underline