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- Tutorial for KwikWrite Print module
-
- KwikWrite has two primary modules, the editor and the print module. Documents
- are created in the editor, and printed to a printer, the monitor, or to a
- file using the PRINT module (KWPR.EXE).
-
- This tutorial will show how to prepare a document in the editor. The Print
- Module of KwikWrite prints your document in the style specified by "dot"
- commands which are entered into the text during the edit stage. During
- editing, you may move back and forth from edit to print until the document is
- as you like it. During this process, you can print your document to the
- MONITOR, to see how it will look on the printer.
-
-
- ┌────────────┐ ┌────────────┐
- │ │ -----------> │ │
- │ Editor │ │ Print │
- │ │ <---------- │ │
- └────────────┘ └────────────┘
-
-
- Please press the PgDn key twice...
- Tutorial, page 2
- PRINT (DOT) COMMANDS
-
- Print commands consist of a dot, ".", in the first column (left-hand edge of
- the screen) followed by a command name. For example, the command ".SKIP 5"
- causes five blank lines to be "skipped" in the document at printout. Some dot
- commands set up parameters for printing, like margins or type styles. Other
- dot commands allow you to read information from a text file, or a database,
- allowing you to use "mail merge". Commands fall into these categories:
-
- 1. Commands Specifying Output Page Size
- 2. Commands Specifying How Output Lines are Formed
- 3. Other Text Formatting Commands
- 4. Commands Related to Paging
- 5. Commands Related to Page Titles
- 6. Commands Specifying Headers and Footers
- 7. Commands for External Text Entry (ie mail merge)
- 8. Commands Related to Special Printer Capabilities
- 9. Miscellaneous Commands
-
-
- Please press the PgDn key twice...
- Tutorial, page 3
-
- We will not try to teach all commands in this tutorial. Lessons in the manual
- lead your through the use of the most common commands. Even though there are
- Dozens of commands, YOU CAN PERFORM MOST WORD PROCESSING BY LEARNING ONLY A
- HANDFUL. The rest of the commands are there for special uses.
-
- Also, many of the printer options can be chosen in the initialization
- procedure (the KWSETUP program). This allows you to type your document into
- the editor very close to "What you see is what you get".
-
- An important concept to understand in word processing is the way lines are
- formed. In KwikWrite, there are three major categories: nofill, fill, and
- justify. Nofill mode causes lines to be printed out exactly as they appear in
- the editor. Fill mode instructs the PRINT module to place as many words on
- each line as possible. Justify mode is like fill mode, except the words are
- spaced so that the right margin is lined up with the right margin.
-
- Please look at the examples in the manual, which illustrate the use of the
- dot commands.
-
- Please press the PgDn key twice...
- Tutorial, page 4
- An example file as it is created in the editor (without the border):
- ┌─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
- │.lm 10 │
- │.rm 70 │
- │.fill │
- │.par │
- │This is an example of the paragraphing capabilities of │
- │KwikWrite. Putting the command ".par" just before a line │
- │of text causes the text to be indented. The default indent │
- │is 5 spaces, but this may be changed by using the command │
- │".ind n" where n is the number of spaces to indent. │
- │.ind 10 │
- │.par │
- │Therefore, if we want to indent 10 spaces at the beginning │
- │of each paragraph, we simple put the command ".ind 10" in │
- │the master document before using the command ".par" to cause │
- │the paragraphing to take place. │
- └─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
- Margins are set uing the .lm (left margin) and .rm (right margin), and
- paragraphs are printed in ".fill" mode:
- Please press the Pg Dn key twice...
- Tutorial, page 5
-
- RESULTING OUTPUT LOOKS LIKE THIS:
-
- This is an example of the paragraphing capabilities of
- KwikWrite. Putting the command ".par" just before a line of
- text causes the text to be indented. The default indent is 5
- spaces, but this may be changed by using the command ".ind n"
- where n is the number of spaces to indent.
- Therefore, if we want to indent 10 spaces at the
- beginning of each paragraph, we simple put the command ".Ind
- 10" in the master document before using the command ".par"
- to cause the paragraphing to take place.
-
-
- NOTICE, margins and indent can be set up as defaults in the SETUP installation
- procedure, but this illustrated how they can be changed "on the fly".
-
- A series of Help screens, summarizing the dot command are available in EDIT,
- by pressing F1. You may look at them now by pressing the F1 function key.
-
- Please press the PgDn key twice...
- Tutorial, page 6
-
- Points to ponder:
-
- - The editor and print module can handle files of ANY LENGTH. The only
- limitation is your disk storage space.
-
- - Many popular printers are directly supported, and KwikWrite can be
- installed for these printers using the SETUP program. In addition, you can
- use the SETUP program to install virtually any printer.
-
- - KwikWrite allows unlimited margin changes, unlimited include files (the USE
- command) and unlimited use of special printer commands.
-
- - KwikWrite allows text inclusion (mail merge) from dBASE III files.
-
- - KwikWrite is simple to learn, but has powerful options when you need them.
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-
- End this tutorial by pressing Esc. Do not save the document. Happy Computing!
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