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- p EXAMPLE TEXT FILE FOR BREEZE V5.5
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- ******* BREEZE *******
- (Word processor/text editor)
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- Version 5.5
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- This is an example text file to show you how to get the most
- out of BREEZE. The unusual characters scattered around this
- file are used in various special functions, and these are
- explained.
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- Highlighting
-
- The highlighting of the words at the top of this file is
- achieved by inserting the special characters for boldfacing
- (Shift-F5 to begin boldface and Shift-F6 to end boldface). The
- corresponding keys to insert special characters for italics
- are Shift-F7 and Shift-F8. Mark text to be underlined with the
- Shift-F9 and Shift-F10 keys.
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- Turning your text into an executable file
-
- You can easily turn the text you are currently reading into a
- self-displaying executable program.
-
- Note the line at the very top of the file starting with the
- letter "p". This character indicates text to be used as a title
- bar at the top of the screen, as well as to enable printing
- permission when you turn this text into a self-displaying
- executable file. To convert text into an executable program,
- firstly load the document into BREEZE, then select the "Text to
- .EXE" option in the Extras menu. The extras menu is reached
- through the main menu. (Press the F10 key, or Esc, for the main
- menu, then press "E" for Extras and then "E" again to create the
- .EXE file). Note: the file BREEZE.DAT must be available for the
- conversion to work.
-
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- If you want menus in the self displaying text program (for
- instant access to certain portions of text), then you need to
- create text that looks something like the following:
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- MAIN MENU
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- Select from the 1. Introduction (What is BREEZE?)
- following or scroll 21. Go to first screen.
- through the text 3. Trying out a few features.
- at your leisure.
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- Notice the special character (ascii character number 15)
- which appears after the menu option number - and after the style
- character as it happens in this case). This special character
- tells BREEZE to treat this text as a menu option when it creates
- the .EXE file. To enter the special character, press Ctrl-Y,
- then enter the number 15. The second option has a number 1
- following the special menu character, meaning "go to line 1 when
- the option number three is pressed". The other two options have
- no such number, so the number is automatically determined by
- BREEZE during the conversion process. In the case of option 1
- BREEZE will search the document for text matching
- "Introduction". The text it is searching for must be enclosed
- in "< >" brackets. If this text is found then BREEZE will know
- to go to that line when this menu option is selected.
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- <INTRODUCTION>
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- BREEZE is an easy to use word processor/text editor that
- does everything you ever wanted of an editor, and more! This
- program has been designed with one thing in mind... PLEASURE.
- You will find the simplicity of BREEZE a breath of fresh air
- compared to the oppressive and boring alternatives.
-
- Note: This is not a free program, but is being distributed
- as "shareware". See the licence information below or the
- accompanying registration file for registration. When you
- register you will receive the new version of BREEZE, along with
- a special BONUS diskette full of extra programs you can use with
- BREEZE.
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- <TRYING OUT A FEW FEATURES>
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- Help
-
- Hold down the Ctrl key for a few seconds. At the bottom of
- the screen you will see the functions available under the Ctrl
- key. For example, Ctrl-T will insert the date into the text at
- the cursor position.
-
- Try the Alt key also.
-
- Press the F1 key for more extensive on-line help. You can
- move backwards and forwards through the help windows along any
- line of interest.
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- If you have a mouse
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- Double clicking the left button will bring up the main menu.
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- Double clicking the right button will bring up the current
- window list (choose desired window to work in).
-
- Pressing the left button will mark the beginning of a block.
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- Pressing the right button will mark the end of the block.
-
- - When you are in the main menu, or anywhere other than in
- the main edit window, pressing the left button is the same as
- pressing the return key (accept) and pressing the right button
- is the same as pressing the escape key.
-
-
- Disk space
-
- Press the Alt-F2 key followed by Enter to see how much free
- disk space you have available on the currently logged drive.
-
-
- Blocks
-
- Mark blocks with F7 and F8, or mouse left button and mouse
- right button (to mark the beginning and end of a block). Try
- pressing Ctrl-U to analyze the text within that block. Text
- analysis works best when used on reasonable quantities of text.
-
-
- Drawing lines and boxes
-
- Press F10 to bring up the main menu, then "E" for extras,
- followed by "L" to select line drawing mode. Use the arrow keys
- to draw lines, and press escape when you are finished. You can
- lift the pen up and down with "/". Pressing "E" activates and
- deactivates an eraser.
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- Centre a line
-
- Place the cursor on a line of text and press Ctrl-N to
- centre it between the margins.
-
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- Protect a paragraph from formatting
-
- This paragraph is protected from formatting because it has
- the special character in front of the first line (Alt-F1).
- This is specially useful for protecting tables of numbers
- or stanzas of poetry from disruption during formatting of
- a document.
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- Macros
-
- Macros will store a sequence of keystrokes and play them
- back at a later time by pressing the appropriate key.
-
- Press Alt-F10 to begin recording a macro sequence, select
- the key to store the sequence under (Alt-1..Alt-8) then type
- your name (for example). Press Alt-F10 again to end the
- recording. Now press the key you selected (from Alt-1..Alt-8)
- to replay the recorded sequence. Save recorded sequences to
- disk from the macros menu if you want to use them next time you
- use Breeze.
-
-
- Find text
-
- Press Ctrl-F to find text in the document.
-
-
- Repeat last find
-
- Press Ctrl-L to repeat the last find.
-
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- Delete line
-
- Press Ctrl-D to delete a line.
-
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- Insert a line
-
- Simply pressing the Enter key inserts a line when insert
- mode is on (large cursor). Press the Ins key to toggle between
- insert and overwrite modes.
-
-
- Column statistics
-
- Do a statistical analysis on the following numbers.
-
- 2.3
- 2.1
- 2.3
- 2.2
- 2.5
-
- Place the cursor touching the column of numbers and go to
- the extras menu (from the main menu - F10) and select column
- statistics to see the results.
-
-
- Sort some names by surname
-
- Jack Sullivan
- Pauline Jackson
- Philip Carter
-
-
- Put the names above inside a block (press F7 to mark the
- block beginning and F8 to mark the end of the block) then press
- Alt-T followed by the number 2 to sort using the second word in
- the line (that is, the surname).
-
-
- A couple of print features
-
- The following command will tell BREEZE to force the printer
- to advance to a new page when printing.
-
- *PAGE*
-
- The following command will tell BREEZE to print the file
- REGISTER.DOC at this point, before proceeding with the printing
- of the current file.
-
- *LINK REGISTER.DOC*
-
-
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- A simple example text using mail merge
-
- * Note: mail merge available in registered version only.
-
-
- *first name* *surname*
- *no. and street*
- *suburb*
- *city*
- *state* *postcode*
-
-
- Hello my dearest friend *first name*,
-
- I enclose a copy of BREEZE, a marvelous word processor/text
- editor. Try it out and let me know what you think. If you find
- it useful, and I'm sure that you will because it's got more
- useful features than anything I know of, then please register
- and send me some money.
-
- Yours faithfully.
-
- Kevin Solway
-
- P.S Is your number still *phone*?
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- PLEASE ENJOY TRYING OUT THE MANY OTHER FEATURES
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- KEEP BREEZIN !
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