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Esc: Help off, cancel. F1: Help off, continue. Arrows: Select a Help topic: Basics DOS commands Footnotes Merge: input References Auto-numbering Dot lines I Guide lines Merge: template Ruler lines Auto-reformat Dot lines II Headers/footers Merging steps Scroll/jump Char: foreign Dot lines III Locate cursor Misc. stuff Shareware Char: math Enhance text Manual reformat Page breaks Spaces/hyphens Copy/move text Enter text Margins/tabs Page layout System/file Cursor moves File management Mark text Printing Windows Delete text Find/replace Merging Record keys Glossary B A S I C S Loading a File and Exiting ┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ FILE OPERATIONS │ SEE ALSO: │ 1. Create or load a file A>ED filename │ CURSOR MOVES: Arrow keys │ │ │ 2. Enter text from keyboard │ RULER LINES: format (margins) │ │ │ 3. Save the text to disk Press F1 F3 │ DOT LINES: format (printing) │ │ │ 4. Edit the text Bksp, Del, Ins │ ENTERING TEXT: editing │ │ │ 5. Close the file Press F1 F2 │ MARKING: move, copy, delete │ │ │ 6. Print the file Press F1 F7 │ FIND/REPLACE: text or chars └────────────────────────────────────────────┘ D O S C O M M A N D S Introduction to Computers and DOS Here are some DOS COMMANDS you may find useful. PC-Write has keystrokes for most of these file operations. "A>" is the DOS prompt. See MANAGING FILES. FORMAT │ RENAME A>FORMAT B: │ A>RENAME oldname newname formats diskette in drive B │ renames "oldname" to "newname" │ DIR │ COPY A:DIR B: │ A>COPY fromfile tofile lists files in drive B │ copies "fromfile" to "tofile" │ TYPE │ DEL A:TYPE filename │ A>DEL filename displays contents of "filename" │ deletes the file "filename" F O O T N O T E S Formatting: Document Features CREATE │ EXAMPLE 1. Enter a footnote reference in the text. │ In 1975 the urban population Reference character is your choice. │ of Venus [1] had not yet Sequential numbering is an option. │ materialized. See AUTOMATIC NUMBERING. │ .D 2. Enter the footnote text just after the │ 1. A warm, fragrant planet paragraph containing the references. │ covered with clouds. 3. Place one .D Dot line directly above │ .D and one directly below the footnote text.│ See DOT LINES. │ Footnote separator .DH:text (or dashes) │ .DH:-------------------- Footnote line spacing .DM:number │ .DM:2 Send footnotes to file .DF:filename │ .DF:B:NOTE.DOC M E R G E : I N P U T F I L E Merging Create an INPUT FILE with PC-Write or export one from a data base program. PC-Write accepts 3 Input file formats: │ Here are some rules: │ SEPARATE LINE Each field on a │ * Every record must have the same separate line. │ number of fields. │ * The Input file can have any COMMA-SEPARATED Each record on a line,│ number of records. each field separated │ * Maximum Input field length is 160. by a comma. │ * A field can be empty: In separate │ line format, leave empty line. In FIXED-LENGTH Every field contains │ comma-separated format, leave a fixed number of │ extra comma. In fixed-length characters. │ format, leave blanks. R E F E R E N C E S Formatting: Document Features Enter references as Dot lines in your text file. The table of contents or index is created when you print. Each Dot line begins with an Alt G font character. ┌────────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────┬────────────────────┐ │ │ TABLE OF CONTENTS │ INDEX │ │ Name of file to send entries to....│ .KF:filename │ .IF:filename │ │ │ │ │ │ Text for entry.....................│ .K:entry │ .I:entry │ │ │ │ │ │ Change width of the entry..........│ .KW:number │ .IW:number │ │ │ │ │ │ Change space preceding entry.......│ .KX:entry │ .IX:entry │ └────────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────┴────────────────────┘ See DOT LINES, GUIDE LINES. Use DOS SORT to sort index files. A U T O M A T I C N U M B E R I N G Formatting Use automatic numbering for footnotes, lines, and outlines. You enter a NUMBERING SEQUENCE that is translated into a sequential series of numbers when you repage. See PAGE BREAKS. Create a unique numbering sequence. │ EXAMPLE Each member of the sequence contains: │ ( is the Alt N font character) 1. An Alt N font character () . │ 1. Cats 2. A digit or letter. │ 1. Dogs 3. A symbol (anything but a digit │ 1. Mice or letter). │ │ becomes the following when you repage: When you REPAGE, the digit or letter │ 1. Cats turns into a sequential number. The │ 2. Dogs symbol remains the same. │ 3. Mice D O T L I N E S I Formatting: Page Layout Put each Dot line on its own line, preceded by Alt G. OPERATION DOT LINE │ OPERATION DOT LINE Blank lines to print .E:number │ Footer lines, quit all .FQ Comment line .. │ Footer, extra left margin .XF:number Entire text begin/end .E │ Footer, width for entry .W:number Entire text, begin .EB │ Footnote entry begin/end .D Entire text, end (quit) .EQ │ Footnote entry, begin .DB Entire text, reserve space .E:length │ Footnote entry, end .DQ Font, quit Regular font .Q:letter │ Footnote file .DF:filename Font, start Regular font .R:letter │ Footnote forced Fonts, quit ALL fonts .QQ │ to bottom of page .DD Footer line, all pages .F:text │ Footnote header (fence) .DH:text Footer line, left pages .FL:text │ Footnote spacing .DM:number Footer line, right pages .FR:text │ Continued on DOT LINES II G U I D E L I N E S Formatting Guide lines control formatting. Guide lines for editing are RULER LINES. Guide lines for printing are DOT LINES. All Guide lines begin with ALT G font charac- ter. Each Dot line begins with Alt G followed by a dot (period). Example: .R:F RULER LINES │ DOT LINES * Press F2 for Ruler line. │ Page layout Help topics: * Text Layout options include: │ Centering │ AUTOMATIC REFORMATTING MANUAL REFORMATTING Justification │ DOT LINES I, II, III MARGINS/TABS Margins │ ENHANCE TEXT PAGE LAYOUT Reformatting │ FOOTNOTES PRINTING Tabs │ HEADERS/FOOTERS REFERENCES M E R G E T E M P L A T E F I L E Merging The TEMPLATE FILE has two parts. The INPUT TEMPLATE lists the fields for the records in Input File at the top of the file. The OUTPUT TEMPLATE comes next, containing the format for the letters, labels, etc. INPUT TEMPLATE │ OUTPUT TEMPLATE * List fields on separate lines, in the │ * Separate Input and Output templates order they appear in the Input file. │ with empty braces, { }. Add Dot * Start list at the top of the file. │ lines next, if you want them. * Give each field a unique name. │ * Type document, entering field names * Enclose each field name in curly │ in braces (no commas or colon/ braces. Include comma after a comma- │ lengths) in appropriate places. separated field name {name,}. Include │ * Use same field names as in Input colon and field length after fixed- │ template. length field name {name:10}. │ * You don't have to use all fields. R U L E R L I N E S Formatting and Customizing F2 displays the default Ruler line from the edit control file (ED.DEF) and the Window/Ruler Menu. The DEFAULT RULER LINE is the last one in the edit control file. The CURRENT RULER LINE is the one that precedes the text. Here are some Ruler line options: ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Display/remove current Ruler line. F2 │ │ Append edited Ruler to control file; becomes default Ruler line. F2 F3 │ │ Embed current Ruler into text; saved with file, doesn't print. F2 F4 │ │ Make default Ruler the current Ruler (re-establishes it). F2 F5 │ │ Read a Ruler from a control file. F2 F6 │ │ Make the next Ruler line in the text the current Ruler. F2 Grey+ │ │ Make the prior Ruler line in the text the current Ruler. F2 Grey- │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ See MARGINS, WINDOWS, AUTO-REFORMAT, and PAGE LAYOUT for other Ruler options. A U T O M A T I C R E F O R M A T T I N G Entering Text ┌────────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ TURN ON AUTOMATIC REFORMATTING Shf F7 │ REFORMAT LEFT MARGIN │ │ │ 1. Change Ruler line margins (F2). │ │ REFORMATTING OPTIONS (in Ruler line) │ Old "L" to "M", add new "L". │ │ center text C │ Old "P" to "Q", add new "P". │ │ flush right F │ 2. Press Shf F7 to turn on reform. │ │ justify J │ 3. Begin typing. │ │ force auto reformatting on A │ │ │ force auto reformatting off N │ CONTROL REFORMATTING │ │ │ To keep a line or paragraph from │ │ Add above option letters to Ruler │ reformatting, end each line/para. │ │ line. │ with an Alt K font character. │ └────────────────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────┘ See RULER LINES, MANUAL REFORMATTING. D O T L I N E S II Formatting: Page Layout Put each Dot line on its own line, preceded by Alt G. OPERATION DOT LINE │ OPERATION DOT LINE Force text to left page .PL:text │ Included file, Force text to right page .PR:text │ length to adjust to .TL:length Header line, all pages .H:text │ Index entry .I:text Header line, left pages .HL:text │ Index entry space .IX:number Header line, right pages .HR:text │ Index entry width .IW:number Header lines, quit all .HQ │ Index file name .IF:filename Header, extra left margin .XH:number │ Keyboard input .U Header, width of entry .W:number │ Keyboard input prompt .U:prompt Include file │ Length of page (11 ins) .L:length when printing .T:filename│ Length of text body .LB:length Include unprocessed file │ Length of .T/.TI file .EL:length (eg. graphics file) .TI:file │ Continued on DOT LINES III H E A D E R S and F O O T E R S Formatting: Page Layout Each of these Dot lines is preceded by an Alt G font character. PAGE LOCATION HEADERS FOOTERS all pages .H:text .F:text left pages only .HL:text .FL:text right pages only .HR:text .FR:text width of header/footer, right margin .W:number PAGE NUMBERS/POSITIONING EXAMPLE HEADER EXAMPLE FOOTER page numbers .H:$$$ .F:$$$ blank line .HL: .FR: flush left .H:text... .FL:$$$... flush right .HL:...$$$ .FR:...text centered .H:...text... .F:...$$$... See GUIDE LINES, DOT LINES. Footnotes are not footers. M E R G I N G S T E P S Merging START THE MERGE │ MERGE ONE RECORD AT A TIME 1. Create the Input file. │ 1. Press Shf F2 then F7 to merge one │ record. 2. Create the Template file. │ 2. Press F5 to edit record if desired. │ 3. Press F8 to send to Output file. 3. Start the merge by pressing Shf F2. │ 4. Repeat above steps for all records. Merge while in the Template file. │ To skip a record, do not press F8. │ 4. Press F9 and type Input file name. │ MERGE ALL RECORDS AUTOMATICALLY Press F10 and type Output file name. │ 1. Press Shf F2, F10. F6 stops merge. Type PRN to send directly to printer.│ NOW: │ After merging, you can edit Output Merge one at a time or automatically. │ file, then print it. See MERGING, MERGE: INPUT, MERGE: TEMPLATE. S C R O L L I N G and J U M P I N G Traveling Around a File Think of the screen as a window that lets you view a portion of a file. If you scroll UP, the window moves up to view the text above. If you scroll DOWN, the window moves down to view text below. You can also JUMP to places in the file. ┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────┐ │ SCROLL UP │ SCROLL HORIZONTALLY │ │ line PgUp │ right Right Arrow │ │ paragraph Ctl PgUp │ left Left Arrow │ │ window Shf PgUp │ │ │ │ JUMP │ │ SCROLL DOWN │ top of file Alt + or Shf Grey+ │ │ line PgDn │ bottom of file Alt - or Shf Grey- │ │ paragraph Ctl PgDn │ previous page Shf Ctl PgUp │ │ window Shf PgDn │ next page Shf Ctl PgDn │ └──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────┘ S P E C I A L C H A R A C T E R S: F O R E I G N Entering Text Press first key, then ACCENT KEY, then second key to display character. │ a Accent " ä │ a Accent ` à │ a Accent ^ â │ o Accent a å │ │ A Accent " Ä │ e Accent ` è │ e Accent ^ ê │ A Accent o Å │ │ e Accent " ë │ i Accent ` ì │ i Accent ^ î │ │ │ i Accent " ï │ o Accent ` ò │ o Accent ^ ô │ a Accent _ ª │ │ o Accent " ö │ u Accent ` ù │ u Accent ^ û │ o Accent _ º │ │ O Accent " Ö │ │ │ │ │ u Accent " ü │ a Accent ' á │ c Accent , ç │ │ │ U Accent " Ü │ E Accent ' É │ C Accent , Ç │ c Accent / ¢ │ │ y Accent " ÿ │ e Accent ' é │ n Accent ~ ñ │ - Accent L £ │ │ │ i Accent ' í │ N Accent ~ Ñ │ = Accent Y ¥ │ │ a Accent e æ │ o Accent ' ó │ ? Accent ? ¿ │ t Accent P ₧ │ │ A Accent E Æ │ u Accent ' ú │ ! Accent ! ¡ │ - Accent f ƒ │ D O T L I N E S III Formatting: Page Layout OPERATION DOT LINE │ OPERATION DOT LINE Line spacing (per inch)* .S:length │ Margin, extra left .X:number Line spacing (single)* .M:number │ Output file .O:filename Margin bottom .XB:length │ Page breaks, auto- off .EN Margin top .XT:length │ Page breaks, auto- on .EA Margin, extra left margin │ Page number footer .F:$$$ left pages .XL:number │ Page number, this page .N:number Margin, extra left margin │ Page number header .H:$$$ right pages .XR:number │ Reformat protect begins .- Margin, │ Reformat protection ends .+ extra footer margin .XF:number │ Table of Contents entry .K:text Margin, │ Table of C. entry space .KX:number extra header margin .XH:number │ Table of Contents file .KF:filename (* default setting) │ Table of Contents width .KW:number L O C A T I N G Y O U R P L A C E Traveling Around a File You can display the present CURSOR LOCATION or jump to a specific line, column, or page in a file. You can also set BOOKMARKS in a file to mark your location. ┌─────────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────┐ │CURSOR LOCATION │ BOOKMARKS │ │ display Shf F9 │ set first Bookmark Ctl Home │ │ jump to line in file Alt F9 F7 │ jump to first Bookmark Ctl End │ │ jump to column Alt F9 F8 │ set second Bookmark Shf Ctl Home │ │ jump to line on page Alt F9 F9 F10 │ jump to second Bookmark Shf Ctl End │ └─────────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────────┘ When you press Shf F9, the Top Line reads: Line x/xx in file. Column x/xx. Line x/xx on Page x/xx. When you press Alt F9, the Top Line reads: F7:Line xx/xx in file. F8:Column xx/xx. F9:Line xx/xx on F10:Page xx/xx. M I S C E L L A N E O U S S T U F F Miscellaneous Stuff ┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────┐ │INSERT CURRENT FIND TEXT │ MARK A PAIR OF SYMBOLS │ │ insert in file Alt F4, F2 │ mark the next pair Alt F4, F4 │ │ │ │ │WORD COUNT │ FIND NON-ASCII CHARACTERS │ │ number of bytes, characters, │ includes font characters Alt F4, F6 │ │ letters, words in file Alt F4, F3 │ │ │ │ REPEAT LAST KEYSTROKE │ │CONVERT WORDSTAR FILES │ any text or command Alt F4, F7 │ │ remove high-order bits Alt F4, F5 │ │ │ then F9 │ CONVERT DOT COMMANDS TO GUIDE LINES │ │ │ at beginning of file, press Ctl \ │ └──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────┘ S H A R E W A R E Shareware Appendix Shareware is a unique marketing approach. Quicksoft encourages you to freely distribute unmodified copies of PC-Write. You support Quicksoft and shareware by registering for support and by buying our manuals. As a registered user, you can get a $25 commission for every new PC-Write user who registers and gives us your registration number. WHEN YOU GET YOUR REGISTRATION NUMBER: │TO REGISTER: Change front screen Registration # to your own.│ * Call 206/282-0452. Visa/MC. * Press Shf F4, F2. Enter your registration #.│ * Complete Registration form Change front screen message "Compliments of..."│ that appears when you press * Press Shf F4, F3. Enter new message. │ Shf F4, F5 in a new file. Save changes to ED.EXE. │ * Press Shf F4, F4 (Use Shf F4 and F2, F3, F4 keys while editing any file.) S P E C I A L C H A R A C T E R S: M A T H Entering Text Press first key, then ACCENT KEY, then second key to display character. │ 1 Accent ` ░ │ a Accent / α │ f Accent / φ │ 1 Accent 2 ½ │ │ 2 Accent ` ▒ │ b Accent / ß │ e Accent / ε │ 1 Accent 4 ¼ │ │ 3 Accent ` ▓ │ g Accent / Γ │ │ : Accent ` ÷ │ │ 4 Accent ` █ │ p Accent / π │ ! Accent ` ⁿ │ / Accent ` √ │ │ 5 Accent ` ▄ │ S Accent / Σ │ # Accent ` ■ │ + Accent ` ± │ │ 6 Accent ` ▌ │ s Accent / σ │ $ Accent ` ∞ │ . Accent ` ∙ │ │ 7 Accent ` ▐ │ m Accent / µ │ % Accent ` ° │ │ │ 8 Accent ` ▀ │ t Accent / τ │ ^ Accent ` ∩ │ = Accent ` ≡ │ │ │ F Accent / Φ │ & Accent ` · │ ~ Accent ` ≈ │ │ @ Accent ` │ h Accent / Θ │ * Accent ` ² │ │ │ [ Accent ` ⌐ │ O Accent / Ω │ ( Accent ` ⌠ │ > Accent ` ≥ │ │ ] Accent ` ¬ │ d Accent / δ │ ) Accent ` ⌡ │ < Accent ` ≤ │ E N H A N C I N G T E X T Entering Text Press Alt plus one of the letters listed below to start and stop a font and/or enhancement. Repeat for each line. The default is Fast mode. For blocks or files, use .R:letter to start a font, .Q:letter to stop a font. ────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────┬─────────────────────── FONTS │SPECIAL FONTS │ENHANCEMENTS Alt C Compressed │ Alt H Superscript │ Alt B Boldface Alt E Elite, fast │ Alt L Subscript │ Alt D Double wide Alt F Fast, pica (default) │ Alt I Italics │ Alt O Overstrike Alt P Pica, quality │ Alt J Jade green │ Alt S Second strike Alt Q Quality mode, elite │ Alt M Marine blue │ Alt U Underline Alt V Variable │ Alt R Red │ Alt W Double under- │ Alt Y Yellow │ line See GUIDE LINES, PAGE LAYOUT, DOT LINES I. M A N U A L R E F O R M A T T I N G Formatting ┌─────────────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────┐ │ LEFT MARGIN │ RIGHT MARGIN │ │ 1. Mark text with............F3 or F6 │ Reformat paragraph with...F7 │ │ or file with............Ctl F5 │ │ │ 2. Adjust first line with....Ins or Del│ Reformat text by: │ │ 3. Slide rest right with.....Shf Ins │ marking text with......Ctl F5 │ │ 4. Slide rest left with......Shf Del │ then reformat with.....F7 │ │ │ │ │ OPTIONS │ To keep blocks of text or │ │ Center Shf F8 │ lines (addresses) from being │ │ Flush right Ctl F8 │ reformatted, put the Guide lines │ │ Justify ("J" in Ruler line)│ .- before and .+ after text. │ └─────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────┘ See RULER LINES, MARKING TEXT, AUTOMATIC REFORMATTING. P A G E B R E A K S and R E P A G I N G Formatting: Page Layout REPAGING inserts soft page break characters (Soft-Breaks) in a file so you can see where page breaks occur. (This is based on the page length.) After a repage, you can adjust the You can add Hard- and Soft-Breaks position of the page breaks in one of directly, but Soft-Breaks may be the following ways: moved during repaging. * Add or delete blank lines. ┌───────────────────────────┐ * Enter hard page break characters │ REPAGE Alt F7 │ (Hard-Breaks) to force page breaks. │ HARD-BREAK Alt T │ * Change the page length (default is 11 │ SOFT-BREAK Shf Alt T │ inches) with a .L or .LB Dot line. └───────────────────────────┘ Now repage again. See LOCATING YOUR PLACE, DOT LINES, PAGE LAYOUT, PRINTING. S P A C E S and H Y P H E N S Altering, Entering Text ┌───────────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┐ │ SPACE Space bar │ LINE Enter │ │ Hard-Space Ctl Space Bar │ beneath cursor Ctl N │ │ Soft-Space Shf Ctl Space │ │ │ to right of cursor Ins │ TABS Ctl I │ │ repeat (for column) Shf Ins │ convert tab chars %T in ED.DEF │ │ │ │ │ HYPHEN Hyphen (- key) │ PRINT SPACES (Precede w/ Alt G) │ │ Hard-Hyphen Ctl Hyphen │ print n blank lines .E:number │ │ Soft-Hyphen Shf Ctl Hyphen │ multiple line spacing .M:number │ └───────────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┘ The normal hyphen is used for compound words and to divide words. The Soft-Hyphen is conditional if at the end of a line. The Hard-Hyphenated word will not be divided during reformatting and the hyphen always shows. C O P Y I N G and M O V I N G T E X T Editing Blocks of Text ┌───────────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┐ │ COPYING WITHIN A FILE │ MOVING BLOCKS │ │ 1. Mark text. │ 1. Mark text │ │ Activate marking with F3. │ Activate marking with F6. │ │ Freeze marking with F3. │ Freeze marking with F6. │ │ 2. Position cursor. │ 2. Position cursor. │ │ 3. Press F3. │ 3. Press F6. │ │ 4. Press F5. │ 4. Press F5. │ │ │ │ │ COPYING TO A FILE │ MOVING CHARACTERS │ │ 1. Mark text. (See Step 1. above.) │ Transpose character left Shf Bksp │ │ 2. Press Ctl F6. │ Transpose character right Shf Esc │ │ 3. Type in file name, press Enter. │ │ └───────────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┘ E N T E R I N G T E X T Entering Text ┌──────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────┬──────────────┐ │ TEXT │ Press │Top Line reads│ │ to enter letters and numbers.....│ letter or number keys │ │ │ to display accented characters...│ key, Accent key, key │ ACCENT │ │ to display special characters....│ Alt plus keypad number keys│ │ │ │ │ │ │ MODES │ │ │ │ to insert text, push existing │ │ │ │ text to the right............. │ default │ Push │ │ to insert/overwrite existing text│ Scroll Lock (Push/Over) │ Over │ │ to type all capital letters......│ Caps Lock (on/off) │ Ocap/Pcap │ └──────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────┴──────────────┘ Options: Record temporary keystrokes with Ctl @ (begin/end), Grey* to play back. Record in control file (ED.DEF); use Numbers Mode, Alt F3. M A R G I N S and T A B S Formatting: Text Layout Press F2 to bring up Ruler line and type letter for setting. L---T---T1----+----2----T----3--T-+----4T---+---T5----+-T--6----T----7--T-+---R ┌─────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────┐ │ LEFT MARGIN │ BETWEEN MARGINS │ RIGHT MARGIN │ │ L Left margin │ A Auto-reformat always ON │ C Center text │ │ M Old left margin │ B Bell ring │ F Flush right │ │ P Paragraph margin │ D Decimal tab │ J Justify right │ │ Q Old paragraph margin│ N Auto-reform. always OFF│ R Ragged right │ │ │ T Tab stop │ │ ├─────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────┤ │ TEMPORARY MARGINS CTL [ Paragraph (& left) CTL ] Right │ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ P A G E L A Y O U T Formatting Put these Dot lines in the text file to control printing of pages. Put Alt G before each Dot line: ┌───────────Sample letter───────────────┐ .L:length* Length of page (11") │ .LB:72 body of text 72 lines │ .LB:length* Length of text body (10")│ .M:2 double spaced │ .M:number Multiple line spacing │ .X:15 moves file right 15 spaces │ .N:number* Number for this page │ .XT:3 top margin, 3/6 or 1/2 inch│ .S:number Number lines/inch (6) │ .R:P changes Fast to Pica font │ .X:number* Extra left margin │ Text..................................│ .XL:number* Extra margin, left pgs. │ text here pushes these to next page: │ .XR:number* Extra margin,right pgs. │ .F:$$$ print page number next page│ .XB:number* Bottom margin │ .N:2 next page prints page "2" │ .XT:length* Top margin └───────────────────────────────────────┘ ( * If Dot line at top of page, effective immediately. Elsewhere, next page.) See GUIDE LINES, ENHANCING TEXT, DOT LINES, and PAGE BREAKS for more commands. S Y S T E M / F I L E O P E R A T I O N S Loading a File and Exiting These options allow you to SAVE and CLOSE your file and work between files. ┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────┐ │SAVING │ DISPLAYING DIRECTORY │ │ save text and resume editing. F1 F3 │ display a directory of files. F1 F8 │ │ save text and exit to DOS. F1 F2 │ │ │ stop a save. F1 F9 │ PRINTING │ │ │ print a file, then edit. F1 F7 │ │SWITCHING │ │ │ switch to another file. F1 F6 │ EXITING TEMPORARILY │ │ switch the name of the file. F1 F5 │ exit temporarily to DOS. F1 F4 │ ├──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────┤ │BETWEEN FILES read in a file Ctl F3 copy marked text to a file Ctl F6│ └──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ C U R S O R M O V E S Traveling Around a File These editing commands move the cursor around the screen. LEFT │ RIGHT │ UP character LtArrow │ character RtArrow │ line UpArrow screen edge Shf LtArrow │ screen edge Shf RtArrow │ screen top Shf UpArrow word Ctl LtArrow │ word Ctl RtArrow │ top of file Alt + margin Home │ margin Shf End │ window Shf PgUp │ │ PREVIOUS │ NEXT │ DOWN period Shf Ctl LtArrow │ period Shf Ctl RtArrow │ line DnArrow tab Shf Tab │ tab Tab │ scrn bottom Shf DnArrow para Ctl PgUp │ para Ctl PgDn │ end of file Alt - page Shf Ctl PgUp │ page Shf Ctl PgDn │ window Shf PgDn Press Shf F9 or Alt F9 for cursor location. See also SCROLLING and LOCATING. F I L E M A N A G E M E N T Managing Files These commands help you with your FILE HOUSEKEEPING. Use the Alt F1 Name/file Menu to do most of these jobs: ┌────────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────┐ │ORGANIZE │ CHANGE DRIVE/PATH │ │ add prefix to file names Alt F1, F2 │ default disk drive Alt F1, F3 │ │ display directory Alt F1, F8 │ current pathname Alt F1, F4 │ │ display extended directory, A>ED.DIR │ │ │ add your own notes about files │ COPY │ │ │ to another file Alt F1, F6 │ │RENAME │ │ │ in memory F1, F5 │ DELETE │ │ on disk Alt F1, F5 │ from disk Alt F1, F7 │ └────────────────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────┘ M A R K I N G T E X T Editing Blocks of Text ┌───────┬────────┬─────────────────┐ BLOCK │ Copy │ Move │ Delete │ 1. Begin marking with any of.....│ F3 │ F6 │ F4 │ │ │ │ │ 2. End marking with any of.......│ F3 │ F6 │ F4 (delete) │ │ │ │ │ 3. Move cursor to new position. │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │ 4. Insert marked with............│ F3 │ F6 │ Ctl F4 (undo) │ │ │ │ │ 5. Un-mark text with ............│ F5 │ F5 │ F5 │ OPTIONS └───────┴────────┴─────────────────┘ Mark ENTIRE file Ctl F5 See COPY/MOVE, DOS COMMANDS Un-delete last deletion Ctl F4 DELETE TEXT, FILE MANAGEMENT. P R I N T I N G Printing ┌───────────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┐ │START PRINTING │ KEYBOARD INPUT │ │ from a file F1, F7 │ in file .U │ │ from DOS A>PR filename │ .U:prompt │ │ │ from DOS A>PR <Enter> │ │CHANGING FILES │ from a file F1, F7, │ │ output .O:filename │ delete file name, │ │ input .T:filename │ press Enter │ │ input (graphics) .TI:filename │ │ │ length of input file .TL:length │ When you print the prompt "" appears.│ │ │ * Enter text or Dot lines. │ │ │ * Press Esc when done. │ └───────────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┘ Dot lines start with Alt G; enter them in text file, each on a blank line. W I N D O W S Managing Files WINDOWS are created with the RULER LINE. A Ruler line can be used to "split" the screen into two windows. You can display two portions of the same file or two different files on the screen. ┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────┐ │CREATE │ MOVE BETWEEN │ │ 1. Place cursor in middle of screen. │ 1. Press F2 to jump onto Ruler line. │ │ 2. Press F2 to display Ruler line. │ 2. Press Up or Down Arrow to move │ │ 3. Press Up or Down Arrow to move │ into the other window. │ │ into a window. │ │ │ 4. Press F1 then F6 to name the │ │ │ second file you wish to display. │ │ └──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────┘ See SCROLLING/JUMPING, SYSTEM/FILE. D E L E T I N G T E X T Editing Blocks of Text ┌──────────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┐ │ CHARACTER OR SPACE │ BLOCK │ │ under cursor Del │ mark begin/end F4 │ │ to the left Bksp │ delete F4 │ │ │ undo Ctl F4 │ │ WORD │ │ │ to the right Ctl Esc │ FILES: │ │ to the left Ctl Bksp │ within a file Alt F1 F7 │ │ │ with DOS A>DEL filename │ │ LINE │ │ │ entire line Shf Ctl Enter │ Overwrite mode: │ │ to start of line Shf Ctl Bksp │ type over text Scroll lock │ │ to end of line Ctl Enter │ (push/over mode) │ └──────────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┘ F I N D and R E P L A C E Finding and Replacing Text ┌───────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────┐ │SET FIND AND REPLACE TEXT │ REPLACE │ │ 1. Press F9. │ replace once F10 │ │ 2. Insert chars/text to find. │ swap find with replace Ctl F10 │ │ 3. Press F10. │ repeat replace Alt F10 F9 │ │ 4. Insert chars/text to replace. │ un-replace Alt F10 F10 │ │ │ │ │ │ │ │SEARCH │ FIND/REPLACE WILD CARDS │ │ forward once Grey+ │ current Find text F2 symbol or blank F6│ │ backward once Grey- │ marked text F3 any character F7│ │ for next non-ASCII Shf Ctl Grey*│ Hold text F4 line boundary F8│ │ for next non-ASCII Alt F4 F6 │ letter or number F5 │ └───────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────┘ M E R G I N G Merging Merging is the process of COMBINING INFORMATION in one file with a document in another file to create a series of new documents in a third file. Common applications include merging a file of addresses with a form letter to create "individualized" letters, creating labels and forms. Merge files can also be constructed to prompt you for information when you merge. ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐ │ Here are the three files involved in a merge operation: │ │ * The Input File contains the information (records). │ │ * The Template File is the document that is combined with the Input file. │ │ * The Output File contains the merged documents. You may print while you │ │ merge using "PRN" as the Output file name (DOS won't process Dot lines) │ └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘ See MERGE: INPUT, MERGE: TEMPLATE, and MERGING STEPS. R E C O R D I N G K E Y S T R O K E S Entering Text TEMPORARY KEYSTROKES │ PERMANENT KEYSTROKES 1. Menu for recording. Alt F3 │ 1. Load edit control file (ED.DEF). 2. Start recording. Alt F3 F4 │ 2. Turn Numbers mode on. Alt F3 F6 3. Press keys to record. │ 3. Assign key. Press key 4. Stop recording. Alt F3 F4 │ 4. Press key sequence. Press keys │ 5. Turn Numbers mode off. Ctl ^ Play back a sequence Alt F3 F3 │ Play back key sequence key │ OPTIONS │ NOTES assign last recorded │ * Read in modified editing file sequence to a key Alt F3 F2 │ (ED.DEF) before play back F2 F6 unassign a key Alt F3 F7 │ * Assigned key followed by ":" record on/off Ctl @ │ for instance: 104:93,435,105 play back sequence Grey* │ * Commands assigned to key Alt F3 F5 G L O S S A R Y OF T E R M S A> The DOS prompt for the A: drive. Append Means text will be ADDED to the end of file (not overwritten). ASCII code Refers to the code assigned to each character/function. Characters Letters, digits, special characters, and spaces. Default Assumed setting unless indicated otherwise. Often shown in ( ). Dot lines Commands executed at printing. Put Alt G before each Dot line. ED.DEF The default edit control file. Contains default Ruler line. Esc Press the Esc (escape) key to cancel commands, menus, or Help. Fonts Typestyles and enhancements supported by PC-Write. Guide lines Special command lines you can add to a file. Includes both Ruler and Dot lines. All begin with the Alt G font character. Merge Combining input with template files for labels, form letters... PR.DEF The default print control file; the printer driver. Ruler lines For formatting, margins/tabs, and windows. Default is in ED.DEF. E M P T Y E M P T Y E M P T Y E M P T Y E M P T Y