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- The 20/20 Word Processor
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- Large-Text Word Processing For Laptop Computer Users
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- and Vision Impaired Users
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- Version 1.0 -- February 28, 1991
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- Program design, code, and documentation by Sean M Puckett.
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- The 20/20 Word Processor Copyright 1991 Codesmiths, Inc.
- All Rights Reserved.
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- The 20/20 Word Processor is a trademark of Codesmiths, Inc.
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- Codesmiths, Inc.
- P.O. Box 5822
- Hollywood, Florida USA 33083
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- Voice (305) 961-4480
- Data (305) 985-0883
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- 1 Licenses, Usage and Warrantys 1 Licenses, Usage and Warrantys
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- 1.1 Shareware 1.1 Shareware
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- The 20/20 Word Processor (hereinafter referred to as 20/20)
- is NOT "public domain" or free software, but is distributed as
- "shareware".
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- Shareware is an innovative concept in software sales. By
- supporting shareware, you "cut out" the middleman. Shareware
- releases have no distributors to pay, no advertising budgets to
- cope with, no marketing directors or sales commissions either.
- When you buy a shareware product, 100% of the product price goes
- right to the developer.
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- Shareware differs from buying a product in a store. Retail
- purchases of software are "blind." You don't know if you'll use
- or if you like the program until after you have tried it out --
- then you can't return it!
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- When you try a shareware program, you don't have to pay for
- it if you don't want to use it. You're never "stuck" with a
- shareware program, you can't get ripped off. There are no
- "Lemons" in the shareware world.
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- As you can see, shareware has many advantages for users and
- developers. The user can "try it out" with no monetary risk, and
- the developer receives more money for his work.
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- There is, however, an element of risk for the developer.
- Some people will use Shareware and never pay for it. Just like
- stealing from the store, it is a violation of copyright to
- continue to use Shareware without registering it. It is THEFT.
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- We're taking a little risk in releasing 20/20 as shareware.
- Please -- if you use 20/20 regularly, register the program.
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- 1.2 Usage Agreement 1.2 Usage Agreement
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- Non-registered users of this software are granted a limited
- license to make an evaluation copy for trial use on a private,
- noncommercial basis, for the express purpose of determining
- whether 20/20 is suitable for their needs. At the end of this
- trial period, you should either register your copy or discontinue
- using 20/20.
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- What does all this really mean? If you use this program,
- you should pay for your copy. 20/20 is NOT free, we are not
- giving away free copies. We are giving you the opportunity to
- try it before you buy it. It is really just that simple. Try
- it. Either pay for it, or quit using it. Paying for the product
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- allows us to provide you with support and updates, and stay in
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- Registration of 20/20 entitles you to use the program on any
- and all computers available to you, with the following
- restrictions: If other people have access to this program or may
- use it, then additional copies or a site license must be
- purchased.
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- Everyone is granted a limited license to copy 20/20 only for
- the trial use of others and subject to the above limitations.
- This license does NOT include distribution or copying of this
- software package:
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- 1. In connection with any other product or service.
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- 2. For general use within a company or institution.
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- 3. For any consideration or 'disk fee'.
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- 4. For distribution in modified form; i.e., the file
- containing this license information MUST be included,
- along with the full set of 20/20 distribution files.
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- Operators of electronic bulletin board systems (Sysops) are
- encouraged to post 20/20 for downloading by their users, as long
- as the above conditions are met.
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- Disk Vendors Take Note:
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- Disk vendors MUST obtain written permission from Codesmiths
- before distributing 20/20. Certain restrictions apply.
- Generally, ASP approved vendors are granted permission; others
- are handled on a case-by-case basis. Please contact us for
- details.
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- 1.3 Trademarks 1.3 Trademarks
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- The 20/20 Word Processor is a trademark of Codesmiths, Inc.
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- All other trademarks are properties of their holders.
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- 1.4 License Agreement 1.4 License Agreement
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- This software (comprising source and object libraries) is
- protected by both United States copyright law and international
- treaty provisions. Therefore, you must abide by the restrictions
- and provisions in the "USAGE AGREEMENT" of this document.
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- 1.5 Warranty 1.5 Warranty
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- Codesmiths, Inc. specifically DISCLAIMS all warranties,
- express or implied, including but not limited to implied
- warranties of merchantability and fitness for a particular
- purpose with respect to defects in the diskette and
- documentation, and the program license granted herein in
- particular, and without limiting operation of the program license
- with respect to any particular application, use, or purpose. IN
- NO EVENT WILL CODESMITHS, INC. BE LIABLE FOR ANY LOSS OF PROFIT,
- OR ANY OTHER COMMERCIAL DAMAGE, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO
- SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, CONSEQUENTIAL OR OTHER DAMAGES.
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- 1.6 Governing Law 1.6 Governing Law
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- This statement shall be construed, interpreted, and governed
- by the laws of the state of Florida. Use, duplication, or
- disclosure by the U.S. Government of the computer software and
- documentation of this product shall be subject to the restricted
- rights under DFARS 52.227-7013 applicable to computer software.
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- 2 Registration Information 2 Registration Information
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- 2.1 How to Register 2.1 How to Register
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- If you are a personal user (i.e. will be using 20/20 at
- home, and not in relation to any business endeavor), registration
- is $15. Corporate, Business, and Government registration of
- 20/20 is $25 per copy.
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- Registration entitles you to use 20/20 on any computer you
- have access to, so long as no other person will be using the
- program at the same time.
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- If you can not guarantee that only one person will use 20/20
- at a time (i.e. you load it onto a network, etc.), then you must
- purchase multiple copies of 20/20. Site Licensing for large
- numbers of 20/20 copies can be arranged. Please call us at (305)
- 961-4480 for more information.
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- When we receive your registration, we will send you a
- printed copy of this manual, a disk with the latest version of
- 20/20 and instructions on getting telephone support for 20/20.
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- Here's how you can save $5 on registration: 20/20 is not
- distributed with any disabled functions. So, you won't NEED a
- new disk when you register. In like, the 20.doc file is the
- complete program documentation -- the printed manual contains the
- same information. To save $5, just order the $10 or $20 version
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- of 20/20 registration, instead. We won't send you a disk or
- manual, but we will send you a receipt.
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- ITEM PRICE
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- 20/20 personal use, no disk/manual, each $10
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- 20/20 personal use, disk/manual, each $15
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- 20/20 for Corporate, Business or
- Governmental use, no disk/manual, each $20
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- 20/20 for Corporate, Business or
- Governmental use, disk/manual, each $25
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- Be sure to specify disk type (3 1/2 or 5 1/4) with your
- order.
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- MAIL ORDERS Included in the 20/20 distribution is a file MAIL ORDERS
- called "ORDER.20" You can print this file by
- entering COPY ORDER.20 PRN at your DOS prompt. COPY ORDER.20 PRN
- Just fill in the blanks on the printout, and send
- in your registration. If using AMEX, be sure to
- sign on the line.
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- PHONE ORDERS American Express card orders may call us at (305) PHONE ORDERS
- 961-4480 to register. Please, call us only from
- 11am to 7pm Eastern Standard Time.
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- FLORIDA Residents please add 6% sales tax to your total. FLORIDA
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- INTERNATIONAL Orders originating outside the United States: If INTERNATIONAL
- using American Express, no special procedure is
- needed, as AMEX does automatic currency
- conversions. If using check or money order,
- please send funds in U.S. dollars drawn from a
- U.S. bank only.
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- 3 Program Overview 3 Program Overview
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- 3.1 What It Does 3.1 What It Does
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- 20/20 is a word processing program aimed at two sets of
- users. Laptop computer users benefit from 20/20's enlarged and
- easy-to-read typefaces. Vision impaired users will find 20/20's
- high-magnification editing modes a blessing for their word-
- processing needs.
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- 20/20 has a complete set of word-processing features, and
- can operate well by itself. However 20/20 will best be used in
- connection with an advanced word processor such as Microsoft
- Word, Borland's Sprint or Micropro's Wordstar.
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- 20/20 will edit files up to 64,000 characters in size. This
- is approximately 15,000 words, or over 100 double-spaced sheets
- of paper. If longer files are desired, they must be constructed
- in "chapters" and printed in sequence, or assembled for printing
- with a word processing program with advanced formatting features.
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- 20/20's print operations include: margin setting, double or
- single space, and page-numbers. Special "command strings" can be
- used for custom printer features, such as different sizes of
- text.
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- 20/20's editing functions include: searching the document
- for a series of letters, search and replace, selection of areas
- to copy, move or delete, and disk load/save of portions of text.
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- 20/20 is designed to be as easy to SEE as possible. All
- program text and messages are printed in large, high contrast,
- easy to read letters. 20/20's cursor is easy to see. If you
- should "lose" the cursor, a single keypress will highlight it.
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- 20/20's disk requirements are a tidy 80K. For laptop
- computer users without a hard drive, this small program size
- makes 20/20 especially valuable. Big WP programs can take
- upwards of 600K of your valuable floppy or solid-state disk
- space.
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- 20/20 will work on any laptop/desktop computer with
- Hercules, CGA, EGA or VGA graphics modes running DOS 2.1 or
- later. Memory required for program execution is 320K.
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- 4 Installation 4 Installation
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- 20/20 is completely self-contained. There are no auxiliary
- files. Installing 20/20 is as simple as copying the 20.EXE file20.EXE
- to a convenient place on your work disks.
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- Floppy users can copy the 20.EXE file to their boot disk, or
- maybe put a copy on each data disk.
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- Hard drive users should place the 20.EXE file in a "path"
- directory, such as the DOS directory, so it will easily be
- accessed from anywhere on the hard drive.
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- 5 Visual Setup 5 Visual Setup
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- If you are not already running 20/20, type 20 from the
- command line prompt and press enter. You'll then be presented
- with the program Main Menu. Cursor down to "Visual Setup" and
- press ENTER.
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- A "dialogue box" will be displayed on screen, showing you
- the current settings for on-screen displays. There are five
- sections, four of which are settings you can change.
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- 5.1 Character Size 5.1 Character Size
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- 20/20 has seven different sizes of characters. The smallest
- size is just a little larger than the standard 80 column screen
- display. The largest is about eight times bigger than that.
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- 20/20's text fonts are styled as a serif roman. This type
- of characters is proven easier to read than a non-serif style,
- even at slightly smaller point sizes. 20/20's fonts are also
- proportionally spaced. This means that, on screen, an M will
- take up more space than an I. This also makes for easier
- reading.
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- 20/20 comes configured for "MEDIUM" size text. this
- corresponds to about 40 characters by 16 rows of text. 20/20's
- other text sizes translate to:
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- Small 47 x 21
- Medium 39 x 16
- Large 24 x 10
- Jumbo 20 x 8
- X-Large 19 x 6
- Giant 12 x 4
- Huge 10 x 3
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- These numbers are accurate for VGA compatible displays.
- EGA, CGA and Hercules displays vary slightly.
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- To choose a character size, use the cursor keys to move the
- flashing box till it surrounds the size of your choice and press
- ENTER.
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- 5.2 Display 5.2 Display
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- There are two choices for display, BETTER and FASTER. These
- settings have no effect unless your computer is EGA or VGA
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- The BETTER setting produces high quality displays, but at a
- slight cost in update speed. FASTER decreases the quality of the
- display slightly, but results in a speedier screen update.
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- In addition, some laptop computer LCD displays vary in
- display steadiness with different display modes. The FASTER mode
- uses a different display mode than BETTER. If one or the other
- video display seems shaky or faint, try switching video quality
- modes.
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- To choose a video quality, use the cursor keys to position
- the flashing box over the mode you desire and press ENTER.
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- 5.3 Text Color 5.3 Text Color
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- Text in the editor can be displayed in either black
- characters on a white background (like a newspaper) or white
- characters on a black background (like normal computer text).
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- Choose your preference by using the cursor keys to move the
- flashing box over the color of your choice and press ENTER.
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- 5.4 Character Width 5.4 Character Width
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- Some laptop computers have vertically "squashed" displays.
- By selecting NARROW characters, you can combat this problem.
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- 5.5 Saving Your Changes 5.5 Saving Your Changes
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- To save your changes, move the flashing box to the SAVE
- symbol, and press ENTER. Your choices will be stored on disk for
- you, so you will not have to re-enter them later.
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- If you want to cancel the changes you made, move to CANCEL
- and press ENTER.
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- 6 Printer Setup 6 Printer Setup
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- If you are not already running 20/20, type 20 from the
- command line prompt and press enter. You'll then be presented
- with the main menu. To setup 20/20 for your video preferences,
- cursor down to "Printer Setup" and press ENTER.
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- A "dialogue box" will be displayed on screen. There are
- five sections, four of which are settings you can change.
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- 6.1 Printer Commands 6.1 Printer Commands
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- These two editable lines control the printer commands sent
- to your printer BEFORE and AFTER you print. The BEFORE line is
- sent to the printer before any text is printed. The AFTER line
- is printed after all the text and the final form-feed have been
- printed.
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- These two lines enable you to set up special printer fonts
- or modes. It is not the place of this manual to tell you exactly
- what to enter here, because printer commands vary.
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- Most printers use "control" or "escape" characters in their
- command sequences. Special key sequences entered on these two
- lines will let you send these special characters to the printer.
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- To enter or edit the printer commands, use the cursor up or
- down keys to position the flashing box. Use the left or right
- cursor keys to move the insert bar. Enter text normally on the
- keyboard.
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- Normal Just type normally. Your characters will be sent Normal
- as-is to the printer.
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- Control Control characters (from 1 to 26) are entered by Control
- pressing the ^ key (located on most keyboards over
- the numeral 6 key), then the letter to control.
- Control-A would be entered as ^A.
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- Other Enter other characters like this: A forward Other
- slash, then the DECIMAL number of the character.
- For example, the ESC character would be entered as
- /27 If the number must be immediately followed by
- other number characters that are not part of the
- value to send, append 0's to the beginning of the
- / sequence, like this: /027 Add enough zeros to
- make 3 digits total.
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- 6.2 Margins and Sizes 6.2 Margins and Sizes
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- Chars Per Inch Normally this should be 10. If you change the Chars Per Inch
- character size of your printer, change this
- setting to reflect the CPI of the new size.
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- Lines Per Inch Number of printed lines per inch of paper. Lines Per Inch
- Normally 6. Some printers have on-panel buttons
- to set line spacing and CPI. Make sure your
- printer's settings match the program's settings or
- your printout will be distorted.
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- Page Width Width of the paper in inches. Normally 8. With Page Width
- wide paper, you would enter 13.
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- Page Height Height of the paper page in inches. Normally 11. Page Height
- With legal paper, enter 14. If you are using a
- laser printer, enter 10.5 or 13.5 (one half inch
- less than the actual page size).
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- Left Margin In inches, normally 1. The amount of blank space Left Margin
- to leave on the left size of the page.
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- Right Margin In inches, normally 0.5. The amount of blank Right Margin
- space to leave on the right side of the page.
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- Top Margin In inches, normally 1. The amount of blank space Top Margin
- to leave on the top of the page, above any printed
- text.
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- Bottom Margin In inches, normally 1.5. The amount of blank Bottom Margin
- space to leave on the bottom of the page, below
- any printed text. If you choose to have page
- numbers printed, they will be printed two lines
- below the bottom margin. If you want page
- numbers, make sure your bottom margin is at least
- three lines above the bottom of your paper.
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- Para Indent Paragraph Indent is the distance to indent the Para Indent
- first line of a paragraph, in inches. Normally
- 0.5. 20/20 uses this autoindent feature instead
- of making you enter spaces before paragraphs.
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- Paragraph Skip Distance to skip down the page after a paragraph, Paragraph Skip
- in inches. Normally 0. This is the distance
- moved down the page whenever a paragraph ends.
- Keep in mind if you separate paragraphs by a blank
- line in the editor, it will space for TWO
- paragraphs on the printed page.
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- Page numbers, if selected, appear centered in the bottom
- margin of the second and all subsequent pages.
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- Double Spacing, if selected, causes a blank line to be
- inserted between every printed line.
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- Printer 1,2 or 3 selection determines which printer port
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- To save your changes, move the flashing box to the SAVE
- symbol, and press ENTER. Your choices will be stored on disk for
- you, so you will not have to re-enter them later.
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- If you want to cancel the changes you made, move to CANCEL
- and press ENTER.
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- 7 Quick Start Guide 7 Quick Start Guide
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- This quick-start guide will lead you through creating a
- simple document with 20/20. Start up 20/20 before proceeding,
- and follow along with the tutorial.
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- 7.1 Main Menu 7.1 Main Menu
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- When you start 20/20, you are presented with 20/20's main
- menu. If you haven't gone through the visual and printer setup
- procedures, you should do this now. Check the chapters "Visual
- Setup" and "Printer Setup" for information on these topics.
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- We're going to create a simple business letter with 20/20.
- Select EDIT A FILE from the main menu by using the cursor keys to
- move the highlighted bar, and pressing ENTER to select it.
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- 7.2 File Selector 7.2 File Selector
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- You now see 20/20's "File Selector." The file selector is a
- simple way of showing you the files available for editing.
- Complete directions on using the file selector are written in the
- Reference Guide chapter.
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- We are going to create a file from scratch. To do this,
- press the TAB key to edit the FILENAME. Backspace over any
- filename that may be there, then type LETTER1 and press ENTER.
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- An alert box will pop up and verify you want to create a new
- file. Press ENTER.
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- 7.3 Entering Text 7.3 Entering Text
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- Now you are in 20/20's actual editor. Type in the following
- text, using the backspace key as necessary to correct typos:
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- Your Name,
- Address,
- City, State, Zip.
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- Codesmiths, Inc.
- P.O. Box 5822
- Hollywood, Florida 33083
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- Gentlemen:
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- I am very impressed with your program 20/20. Please find,
- enclosed, a registration check of the amount $20.
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- I have a Toshiba 1200 laptop computer, and before using 20/20 was
- very frustrated trying to word-process. The low-contrast display
- and tiny letters made using Wordstar very difficult.
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- 20/20's large text has turned my life around.
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- Thanks again,
- Your Name
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- 7.4 Moving The Cursor 7.4 Moving The Cursor
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- You can move the cursor around in your document with the
- cursor keys. Press CURSOR UP several times to get to the
- "Gentlemen:" text. Use backspace (or delete) to erase this text,
- and enter "Yo:".
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- Here are the functions of the cursor keys:
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- Cursor Up Move cursor down up one line. Cursor Up
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- Cursor Down Move cursor down one line. Cursor Down
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- Cursor Left Move cursor left one character. Cursor Left
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- Cursor Right Move cursor right one character. Cursor Right
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- Page Up Move up to the previous screen of text. Page Up
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- Page Down Move down to the next screen of text. Page Down
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- Home Move the cursor to the beginning of the line. Home
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- End Move the cursor to the end of the line. End
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- 7.5 Lost Cursor? 7.5 Lost Cursor?
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- Sometimes, you might "lose" the cursor. Even though the
- cursor blinks, it might jump to a position you weren't expecting.
- If this happens, press the TAB key. This makes the cursor a
- large solid block for a moment.
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- 7.6 Moving A Block Of Text 7.6 Moving A Block Of Text
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- Looking over the letter, let's say we want to rearrange it.
- We'll move "20/20's large text has turned my life around." to the
- first paragraph, and move the enclosure note to the end of the
- letter.
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- Move the cursor to the beginning of the third paragraph,
- right before "20/20." Press ALT-M (for MARK). This starts to
- MARK or SELECT a section of text. Now move the cursor to the end
- of the paragraph. As you pause, you'll see the section of text
- you have marked be highlighted.
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- Now, we're going to CUT the text out. Press ALT-C (for
- CUT). This removes the MARKed area from the letter and stores it
- in memory. Move the cursor to the beginning of the second
- sentence of the first paragraph, just before the word "Please."
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- Now we will PASTE the CUT text back into the letter. Press
- ALT-P (for PASTE). Now the sentence we CUT is in the first
- paragraph, where we want it. Now, to move the "Please..."
- sentence to the end of the letter.
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- Move the cursor till it is just before the letter "P" in
- "Please." Press ALT-M to mark.
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- Next, move the cursor to the end of the sentence and press
- ALT-C to cut the sentence out.
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- Now, move the cursor down to the empty space below the
- second paragraph, and press ALT-P to paste.
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- 7.7 Edit Menu 7.7 Edit Menu
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- Now that the letter is done, we want to print it, and save
- it to disk. To do this, we need the use the EDIT MENU.
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- To get to the EDIT menu, press the ESC key.
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- The EDIT menu is similar in operation to 20/20's main menu.
- Use the cursor keys to position the highlight bar, and ENTER to
- select an action.
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- First, we'll print the letter out. Make sure your printer
- is ON, is ON-LINE, and has paper. Of course, you should already
- have completed the PRINTER SETUP. If not, go directly to jail,
- do not pass GO, do not collect $200. Then reread the chapter
- Printer Setup.
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- Select PRINT FILE from the edit menu. An Alert Box appears
- to remind you to check your printer for readiness. Press ENTER
- to start printing.
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- 7.9 Saving Your Work 7.9 Saving Your Work
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- Now that the letter is printed, let's save the letter. From
- the edit menu, select SAVE FILE.
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- Since LETTER1 is already selected, just press ENTER.
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- An alert box will spring up to tell you the file was
- successfully saved. Press ENTER to make it go away.
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- 7.10 Exiting 20/20 7.10 Exiting 20/20
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- Now that we've saved the letter, let's exit 20/20.
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- Select STOP EDITING on the edit menu, and press ENTER.
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- Now that you've printed a registration letter for 20/20, why
- not send it in with a check?
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- 8 Reference Guide 8 Reference Guide
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- 8.1 File Selector 8.1 File Selector
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- 20/20's File Selector is quite powerful. It allows you to
- load a file from anywhere on your system without having to type a
- pathname. Here's how it works:
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- There are three places the cursor can be: As a bar in the
- list of files, editing the filename, or editing the directory
- path.
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- To change the cursor's area, press the TAB key.
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- When the cursor is a bar in the list of files, you can use
- the cursor up/down, page up/down and home/end keys to move the
- bar. Lower-case entries are real files you can load. When the
- bar is over an upper-case entry with a slash, that is a
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- file, then that file is loaded. If the cursor points to a
- subdirectory (or the special ..\ backup directory) then the path
- changes to reflect the new path. If the cursor points to a
- drive, then the list switches to that drive.
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- If the cursor is editing the filename, use the left and
- right arrow keys to move the insert bar. Backspace and Delete
- both function to delete characters. Use ENTER to enter the
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- Cursor Keys Includes Cursor Up, Down, Left, Right, Page UP, Cursor Keys
- Page DOWN, Home and End. These all move the
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- TAB This key highlights the cursor briefly, in case TAB
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- ALT-M Starts marking text. Move the cursor to select ALT-M
- the area to mark. If you press ALT-M again, the
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- ALT-C CUT text you have marked. ALT-C
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- ALT-P PASTE text you have cut. ALT-P
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- ALT-R Search for and replace text. ALT-R
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- ALT-A Search again for text. ALT-A
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- The marked area does NOT have to be displayed for it to take
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- save it in a separate area. This area can hold up to 2,000
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- Press ALT-P to paste text from the cut area back into the
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- the beginning of the area you want to move. Then press ALT-M.
- Now, move the cursor to the end of the area and press ALT-C.
- Next, move the cursor to the area you want to move TO. Then,
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- To COPY text, use the cursor keys to position the cursor to
- the beginning of the area you want to copy. Then press ALT-M.
- Now, move the cursor to the end of the area and press ALT-C, then
- immediately ALT-P. Next, move the cursor to the area(s) you want
- to copy TO. Press ALT-P at each area.
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- To DELETE text, use the cursor keys to position the cursor
- to the beginning of the area you want to delete. Then press
- ALT-M. Now, move the cursor to the end of the area and press
- ALT-C.
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- You can save out chunks of your document to disk under
- filenames of their own. To do this, MARK the area to be saved
- and press ALT-S (for SAVE). A file selector will pop up.
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- Also, you can load text into your document using the ALT-L
- (for LOAD) command. Press ALT-L at the point you want the text
- to be inserted and a file selector will appear.
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- 20/20 enables you to search your document for a series of
- characters. Press ALT-S to pop-up the search box. Enter the
- text you want to search for in the area provided.
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- Choose whether you want a CASE SENSITIVE or CASE IGNORED
- search, then select OK.
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- new. Press ALT-R for REPLACE to bring up the search/replace
- menu. There are two lines, instead of just one as the search box
- has. You'll enter the text to search for, and then what to
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- There are three options in the Search/Replace window, as
- well. Case Sensitive works like it's Search option namesake,
- causing the upper/lower-case sensitivity to be active. Global
- replace instructs 20/20 to search/replace on all found copies of
- the search string from the position of the cursor to the end of
- the file. Finally, the Prompt on replace option determines
- whether the program will ask you for verification before it
- actually changes your file.
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- 20/20's file formats are standard "ASCII Wrap" format. All
- text is saved as ASCII characters. Each paragraph is a string of
- text terminated by CR/LF.
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- Any word processor which will load (or import) ASCII data
- will load 20/20 files.
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- 20/20 will only display ASCII codes from 32 - 127, and the
- CR/LF characters. All other character types appear as a shaded
- block in the edit display. To save space in the program, these
- infrequently used characters (0-32 and 128-255) were eliminated
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- 1 Licenses, Usage and Warrantys . . . . . . . . . 2
- 1.1 Shareware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
- 1.2 Usage Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
- 1.3 Trademarks . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
- 1.4 License Agreement . . . . . . . . . . . . 3
- 1.5 Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
- 1.6 Governing Law . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
- 2 Registration Information . . . . . . . . . . . 4
- 2.1 How to Register . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
- 3 Program Overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
- 3.1 What It Does . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5
- 4 Installation . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
- 5 Visual Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
- 5.1 Character Size . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
- 5.2 Display . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
- 5.3 Text Color . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
- 5.4 Character Width . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
- 5.5 Saving Your Changes . . . . . . . . . . . 8
- 6 Printer Setup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
- 6.1 Printer Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
- 6.2 Margins and Sizes . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
- 6.3 Print Style . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
- 6.4 Output . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
- 6.5 Saving Your Changes . . . . . . . . . . 11
- 7 Quick Start Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
- 7.1 Main Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
- 7.2 File Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
- 7.3 Entering Text . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
- 7.4 Moving The Cursor . . . . . . . . . . . 12
- 7.5 Lost Cursor? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
- 7.6 Moving A Block Of Text . . . . . . . . . 13
- 7.7 Edit Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13
- 7.8 Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
- 7.9 Saving Your Work . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
- 7.10 Exiting 20/20 . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
- 8 Reference Guide . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
- 8.1 File Selector . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
- 8.2 Editing Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
- 8.3 Block Operations . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
- 8.4 Text Search and Replace . . . . . . . . 16
- 8.5 Technical Notes . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
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