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- (C) 1990 INTEX SOFTWARE SYSTEMS INTERNATIONAL LTD.
- PO BOX 3068, STAMFORD, CT 06905-0068.
- Tel: (203) 975-7412. Fax: (203) 975-7317.
-
- In the UK:
- KNOWLEDGE COMPUTING
- 18 Fir Tree Ct, Elstree, Herts. WD6 3NF
-
-
-
- Intext Operations Manual
- Abridged Version
-
- [A more detailed printed manual is available to registered users.]
- See the README.WP on how to register
-
-
-
- Contents
-
-
- 1. Intext Disk Preparation
- 1.1 Master Shareware Distributor Disk Preparation
- 1.2 Single 3.5" Floppy Drive Users
- 1.3 Single 5.25" Floppy Drive Users
- 1.4 Single 5.25" Floppy Drive Users with Ram Disk
- 1.5 Dual Floppy Drive Users
- 1.6 Hard Drive Users
- 1.7 UN-ZIP-ing Intext
-
- 2. Getting Started
-
- 3. The Main Menu
-
- 4. Editing
- 4.1 Editing Screen
- 4.2 Language Selection
- 4.3 Command Line
-
- 5. Printing
- 5.1 Epson LQ 24-Pin Users
- 5.2 Printer 'Types'
- 5.3 Printing
- 5.4 Print enhancements
- 5.5 Solving Printer Problems
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-
- MAKE A BACKUP OF YOUR SHAREWARE DISK. INSERT THE ORIGINAL DISK IN DRIVE A,
- AND ENTER DISKCOPY A: A:
-
-
- 1. Intext Disk Preparation
-
- Intext is available directly from the software developers, shareware
- distributor, and bulletin boards around the country. The disk(s) you
- receive may be in one of three different forms. To distinguish between each
- form, request a directory of the shareware disk (enter, DIR A:). Each form
- is described below:
-
- 1) Ready-to-run Intext language disk.
-
- A directory listing (enter DIR) will report about 33 File(s) or more.
- (The exact number may differ from language to language, and, shareware
- distributors may include a few extra files). Refer to the section
- Getting Starting in this manual.
-
- 2) Intext language disk in compressed form.
-
- You will notice a couple of files only. Most of the Intext files will
- have been compressed into one larger file. Some additional files will
- be supplied by the distributor. Refer to the distributors instructions
- on how to prepare the software.
-
- 3) Master shareware distributor disk, containing all Intext languages.
-
- You will notice 14 or more files, most of which indicating a
- particular language (for example, &ARABIC.ZIP, &EUROPE.ZIP, etc).
- Refer to the instructions below on preparing an Intext Language disk.
-
-
- 1.1 Master Shareware Distributor Disk Preparation
-
- If you have successfully identified your shareware disk as the Master
- Shareware Distributor Disk (see above), these notes will explain the simple
- process needed to generate a ready-to-run version of Intext. Check your
- system set-up below, and refer to the relevant section.
-
- 1.2 Single 3.5" Floppy Drive Users
- 1.3 Single 5.25" Floppy Drive Users
- 1.4 Single 5.25" Floppy Drive Users with Ram Disk
- 1.5 Dual Floppy Driver User
- 1.6 Hard Drive User
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-
- 1.2 Single 3.5" Floppy Drive Users
-
- Use a copy of your original shareware disk. You will need at least 360K of
- free disk space to prepare the ready-to-run version of Intext. If you are
- not planning to use all the different language versions of Intext, you may
- delete the relevant compressed language files. For example, if you do not
- plan on using Arabic, and European, you can delete the files &ARABIC.ZIP
- and &EUROPE.ZIP (Enter DEL &ARABIC.ZIP). Now refer to section 1.7
- Un-Zip-ing Intext.
-
-
- 1.3 Single 5.25" Floppy Drive Users
-
- It would help the preparation process if you are able to set-up in memory,
- a 360K Ram disk (sometimes called a virtual disk). Refer to the next
- section about setting-up a Ram disk.
-
- Prepare a blank formatted 5.25" disk. A high-capacity 1.2M drive is
- advantageous. Replace the blank disk with Master Shareware Distributor
- Disk. Now refer to section 1.7 Un-Zip-ing Intext. You will be prompted to
- switch between the Master Shareware Distributor Disk, and the blank disk,
- at least once for each Intext file (At least 33 times). Please be patient.
-
-
- 1.4 Single 5.25" Floppy Drive Users with Ram Disk
-
- Your version of DOS may have the necessary program to set-up a ram disk. It
- may be called RAMDRIVE.SYS, VDISK.SYS, RDISK.EXE, or RAMDISK.EXE. Check
- your DOS manual, or program documentation for more information. You ram
- disk will probably be assigned as Drive C.
-
- To prepare your ready-to-run version of Intext, first prepare a blank
- formatted 5.25" disk. A high-capacity 1.2M drive is advantageous. First,
- un-ZIP the Intext files to your Ram disk (See section 1.7, Un-Zip-ing
- Intext), and then copy them back to your blank floppy (enter COPY C:*.*
- A:).
-
-
- 1.5 Dual Floppy Drive Users
-
- Prepare a blank formatted 5.25" disk. A high-capacity 1.2M drive is
- advantageous. Place the Master Shareware Distributor Disk in Drive A, and
- the blank formatted disk in Drive B. Now refer to section 1.7 Un-Zip-ing
- Intext.
-
-
- 1.6 Hard Drive Users
-
- Assuming your hard drive is assigned as Drive C, at the DOS prompt, make a
- new directory called INTEXT (enter MD \INTEXT). Change to the new directory
- (enter
- CD \INTEXT). Log-on to your floppy disk drive (enter A:), and refer to
- section 1.7 Un-Zip-ing Intext.
-
- Hard drive users may want the ability to switch between different Intext
- language configurations. Simply copy the Intext configuration files to your
- INTEXT directory (enter COPY &*.ZIP C:), and copy the PKUNZIP.EXE utility
- there too (enter COPY PKUNZIP.EXE C:). To configure Intext for another
- language, first ensure you are in the INTEXT directory on drive C. Then
- uncompress ZIP file for that language, for example, PKUNZIP &ARABIC, and
- press Y to affirm that you do want to overwrite existing files.
-
-
- 1.7 UN-ZIP-ing Intext
-
- It is necessary to uncompress the Intext program followed by the language
- characterization files. This two step process is achieved by 'un-ZIP-ing'
- INTEXT.ZIP followed by ONE ZIP'ed language file. For example, to prepare a
- ready-to-run Arabic program, (note that the .ZIP suffix is assumed), enter:
-
-
- Single 3.5" Drive Single 5.25" Drive 5.25" Drive with RAM Drive
- Dual Floppy Drive Hard Drive
- (1) PKUNZIP INTEXT PKUNZIP INTEXT B: PKUNZIP INTEXT C:
- (2) PKUNZIP -o &ARABIC PKUNZIP -o &ARABIC B: PKUNZIP -o &ARABIC C:
-
- Some of the files in &ARABIC.ZIP are designed to overwrite and hence
- replace those in INTEXT.ZIP.
-
- At any time, you may change from one language configuration to another,
- simply by uncompressing the language characterization files for the
- required language. (For example, in the above example, to change from
- Arabic to European, simply replace &ARABIC with &EUROPE in step (2).
-
-
- 2. Getting Started
-
- To start the ready-to-run version of Intext, enter: INTEXT
- Epson LQ 24-pin and compatible printer users will need to run a utility
- before starting Intext. Just enter: 24PIN (and then enter INTEXT).
-
- Context sensitive help is available at most Intext screens by pressing the
- F10 key.
-
-
- 3. The Main Menu
-
- Intext comprises three different modules: 1) Editing, 2) Printing, 3) File
- utilities. The editing option allows you to create new documents, and edit
- and modify existing documents. Once a document has been completed, the
- print option allows you to specify different print styles (such as bold,
- underline, etc), and then print the document. The file option allows you to
- copy, delete, merge, and rename documents.
-
-
- 4. Editing
-
- From the Main Menu, press E to select editing. If this is the first time
- you are using Intext, you may wish to load and optionally edit one of the
- sample documents provided. For example, to load and edit the file
- README.WP, just type the name README (the extension WP is included by
- default). For more information on document names, press F10.
-
-
- 4.1 Editing Screen
-
- Once the document has loaded, it will be displayed in the edit screen. The
- top line is the command line. The bottom line is the status line. For a
- summary of available commands, press F10 for HELP.
-
-
- 4.2 Language Selection
-
- To discover how to select languages, and how the keyboard is configured,
- select the pop-up keyboard (Press Shift-F10). You will be able to change
- the keyboard to a new language AFTER you press Esc to return to editing
- mode.
-
-
- 4.3 Command Line
-
- Several commands are available from the command line. Press HOME to move
- the cursor to the command line. Press F10 for a summary of available
- commands. To save a document, at the command line, press Esc.
-
-
- 5 Printing
-
- You must save a document in the editor before you can print it. Once it is
- saved, you will be prompted whether you want to print it. Alternatively,
- you can always print an existing document by pressing P for print at the
- Main menu.
-
-
- 5.1 Epson LQ 24-Pin Users
-
- If this is the first time you are using Intext, you will be prompted to
- select a printer. If you intend to use an Epson 24-pin printer, you must
- run a special utility program BEFORE running Intext. At the DOS prompt,
- enter: 24PIN and then enter INTEXT.
-
-
- 5.2 Printer 'Types'
-
- After the printer has been selected, you will be prompted to enter its type
- (0-5). The 'type' describes the download character capabilities of your
- printer. Press Enter to select the default setting. If you find that your
- printouts are not entirely successful, reselect your printer (Press S from
- the Print Menu), and try a different type. For more information on your
- printer 'type', request more information on your printer (Press I from the
- Print Menu). For a summary of styles available on your printer, select the
- Explain option.
-
-
- 5.3 Printing
-
- To print out your document, just select Print from the Print Menu.
-
-
- 5.4 Print Enhancing
-
- If you wish to enhance your text with different print styles, select
- Format. You may change any of the physical page characteristics, and/or
- continue to more detailed formatting options (Press PgDn).
-
- To embolden a whole line, enter the line number at the top of the screen.
- Then enter a period and the style code for bold (for example .B). Other
- line style options are available. Press F10 for more help.
-
- To underline a single word, move the cursor to the word, and press F1 to
- insert a blank style line. Move the cursor under the word, and enter the
- underline style code (for example, AAAAAA).
-
- Press Esc to save the formatting codes, and select Print to make a hard
- copy.
-
-
- 5.5 Solving Printer Problems
-
- 1. If you have selected either the Epson FX, or, IBM Proprinter, you may
- have selected the incorrect TYPE 1-5. Try each one (see section 5.2).
-
- 2. Your printer may not be 100% compatible with Epson of IBM download
- character codes. Check in your printer manual that to download characters
- requires the printer codes: Epson: Esc & IBM: Esc =
-
- 3. 24-pin printers that emulate Epson FX or IBM Proprinters will NOT work
- since the latter are 9-pin printers.
-
- 4. Your printer must be connected to LPT1. Also check that your printer is
- powered-up, on-line, and the cables are secure at both the printer and
- computer ends. To check that it is, at the DOS prompt enter: DIR > LPT1:
-
- 5. Using a DIP switch, many printers give you a choice between download
- characters and a printer buffer. Check your manual and printer that you do
- have download characters selected.
-
- 6. Some memory resident program may be incompatible with Intext. Try
- re-booting your computer with DOS on a floppy disk (so that no memory
- resident program are loaded), and re-try Intext.
-
- 7. Some known incompatible printers include: Panasonic KXP-1080i, Toshiba
- P321, HP Deskjet, HP LaserJet (Russian only. Requires additional driver).
-
- 8. European languages (except Danish, Dutch, and Portuguese) may work
- correctly with 'incompatible' printers since they have the correct
- character set built-in. If your printer supports the IBM extended character
- set, there is no need for Intext to program the printer with non-English
- characters.
-
- 9. 24-pin users MUST have run the utility program described in section 5.1.