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- INSTRUCTIONS FOR DECEMBER 1990 DISK OF THE MONTH
-
-
- NOTE: The following macros (files with the extension .WPM) must be copied
- into the directory where your other macro files are kept. WARNING! If you
- already have macros with the same name, you must rename the macros found on
- this disk before they are copied onto your hard drive or your original macros
- will be overwritten. Some of these files are styles (files with the extension
- .STY). In 5.1, copy the style files into the directory specified in Setup
- (Shift-F1), (6) Location of Files, (5) Style Files. In 5.0, copy the styles
- files into your List Files (F5) directory. All other document files should be
- copied onto your List Files (F5) directory.
-
- Included on this disk are the following files that work in 5.1 and 5.0 where
- specified:
-
- MATH.DOC (5.1/5.0 document) - This is a sample math document containing math
- operators for subtotals, totals, extra totals, grand totals,
- multiplication and division. (See "It All Adds Up," December '90 p41.)
-
- BIBLIO.STY (5.1/5.0 style) - This style formats a bibliography page. It
- inserts a hard page break, single spacing, an 18-point font, the
- bibliography title, then a 12-point font for the references. To use this
- style, place your cursor at the desired location, press Style (Alt-F8),
- (7) Retrieve, type biblio.sty, press (Enter), highlight the style and
- press (1) On/Select. The cursor will be in the correct location for the
- first reference entry. Press Indent (F4), Margin Release (Shift-Tab)
- before typing each entry, then separate the entries with two hard
- returns. To edit the style, press Style (Alt-F8), (4) Edit, (4) Codes.
- After making the desired changes, press Exit (F7) twice, (6) Save, type
- biblio.sty, press (Enter) and answer (Y) Yes to replace. Exit (F7)
- returns you to your document screen. (See "A+ For Style," December '90
- p67.)
-
- ALT-B (5.1/5.0 macro) - This macro sorts a bibliography that is prepared by
- using Indent (F4), Margin Release (Shift-Tab) to create a hanging-indent
- format. Each entry must be separated by two hard returns. To invoke the
- macro, place the cursor before the [Indent] code at the beginning of the
- first entry and press (Alt-B). (See "A+ For Style," December '90 p67.)
-
- PAGE.STY (5.1/5.0 style) - This style formats a school paper. It includes a
- footnote option, double-line spacing, 12-point font and a header
- containing a flushed-right running head and page number. To use this
- style, press Style (Alt-F8), (7) Retrieve, type page.sty and press
- (Enter). The style must be edited for each particular document. Do this
- by highlighting the style and pressing (4) Edit, (4) Codes. First, edit
- the header by pressing Format (Shift-F8), (2) Page, (3) Headers, (1)
- Header A, (5) Edit. Replace "Ethics" with your own desured heading. Make
- sure ^B remains on the screen. Then, press (Home), (Home), (Down Arrow)
- and (Left Arrow) once so [Ln Spacing: 2] is highlighted. Now, to the left
- of the line spacing code, enter desired name and class information. Be
- sure to type 1 for the page number. When finished, press Exit (F7) twice
- and (1) On/Select. (See "A+ For Style," December '90 p67.)
-
- BILLING.PF (5.1 primary file) - This is a sample primary file. It contains
- advance merge commands that tell the merge to access two secondary files.
- The primary file directs the merge. It serves as the basic billing
- document and brings in the correct fields from the two secondary files to
- create a final notice. Your business may have one list of customers and
- their addresses, and another list of these same customers who have
- overdue payments. To merge, at a clear screen press Merge/Sort (Ctrl-F9),
- (1) Merge, type billing.pf, press (Enter), type billing.sf, and press
- (Enter). When the merge is complete, you'll see a billing for each late
- payment, listing the current balance. The text of this file can be
- modified by retrieving BILLING.PF, making the desired changes, then
- saving and replacing the file. (See "Multiple Merges," December, '90
- p61.)
-
- BILLING.SF (5.1 secondary file) - This is one of two sample secondary merge
- files to be merged with BILLING.PF. To merge this file, press Merge/Sort
- (Ctrl-F9), (1) Merge, type billing.pf, press (Enter), type billing.sf,
- and press (Enter). Advance merge codes in the primary file tell the merge
- to access the information in the second secondary file, BILLING.SF2. When
- the merge is complete, you'll see a billing for each late payment,
- listing the current balance. To modify this file to fit your billing
- needs, retrieve BILLING.SF and following the same format existing in the
- file, type information for the each customer and the current balance.
- Save and replace the file and clear the screen. (See "Multiple Merges,"
- December, '90 p61.)
-
- BILLING.SF2 (5.1 secondary file) - This is a sample secondary file. The
- primary file, BILLING.PF, contains advance merge commands that tell the
- merge to access this secondary file. This file can be modified by
- retrieving BILLING.SF2 and entering each customer's name and address,
- making sure you follow the same format shown in the article. Save and
- replace the file and clear the screen. (See "Multiple Merges," December,
- '90 p61.)
-
- QUOTES.WPM (5.1/5.0 macro) - This macro creates typographic-style quotation
- marks with opening and closing quotes. To invoke this macro, press Macro
- (Alt-F10), type quotes and press (Enter). The quotes are positioned on
- either side of the cursor. Type the quoted text between them. Press
- (Right Arrow) when finished. Note: Because quotation marks are not part
- of the normal displayable character set, on most monitors they appear as
- small rectangles. (See "Typography Tips," December '90 p33.)
-
- EMDASH.WPM (5.1/5.0 macro) - This macro creates an em dash, a dash about the
- length of the letter "M." This dash is used to punctuate a sentence. To
- invoke this macro, press Macro (Alt-F10), type emdash and press (Enter).
- Note: You'll need a proportionally spaced font, such as Dutch or Swiss,
- to print this character. (See "Typography Tips," December '90 p33.)
-
- ENDASH.WPM (5.0 5.1 macro) - This macro creates an en dash, a dash about the
- length of the letter "N." This dash is used to specify ranges, such as
- "pages 12■15." To invoke this macro, press Macro (Alt-F10), type endash
- and press (Enter). Note: You'll need a proportionally spaced font, such
- as Dutch or Swiss, to print this character. (See "Typography Tips,"
- December '90 p33.)
-
- MINUS.WPM (5.0 and 5.1 macro) - This macro creates a minus sign. The minus
- sign is used in formulas, such as x + -5. To invoke this macro, press
- Macro (Alt-F10), type minus and press (Enter). Note: You'll need a
- proportionally spaced font, such as Dutch or Swiss, to print this
- character. (See "Typography Tips," December '90 p33.)
-
- R&DFORM.WP (5.1 primary file) - This primary file uses keyboard merge to
- create a status sheet for research and development projects. At a clear
- screen, press Merge/Sort (Ctrl-F9), (1) Merge, type r&dform.wp and press
- (Enter) twice. Follow the prompts at the bottom of the screen. Press End
- Field (F9) when done with each entry. When the form is filled out, press
- (Alt-F) to invoke the macro. The macro saves your form under the filename
- R&D.WP. If you already have an R&D.WP form, the macro replaces it with
- the new file. You can also save and name the form in the usual way
- without using the macro. (See "Blast Off with Keyboard Merge," December
- '90 p54.)
-
- ALTF.WPM (5.1 macro) - This macro saves the R&DFORM.WP primary file as R&D.WP.
- Fill out R&DFORM.WP as described above and press (Alt-F) to invoke the
- macro. (See "Blast Off with Keyboard Merge," December '90 p54.)
-
- MAIL.WPM (5.1/5.0 macro) - This macro creates a mailing list by copying the
- names and addresses from a file of merged form letters and placing them
- on the Document 2 screen. It only works on letters where the name and
- address begin two lines after the date and end two lines before "Dear."
- The date must be text, not a date code (Shift-F5, 2), and must contain
- "1990." To invoke this macro, go to the top of the first letter, press
- (Esc) and type the number of letters in the file, don't press (Enter).
- Then, press Macro (Alt-F10), type mail and press (Enter). To edit the
- macro, press Macro Define (Ctrl-F10), type mail, press (Enter) and press
- (2) Edit. In 5.0, press (2) Action. Press Exit (F7) once in 5.1 and twice
- in 5.0. (See "Macro Man," December '90 p71.)
-
- CODES.WPM (5.1/5.0 macro) - This macro inserts merge codes into a mailing list
- of names and addresses. It works only for a mailing list containing three
- fields. To invoke this macro, go to the top of the file, press (Esc) and
- type in the number of records in the file. Then, press Macro (Alt-F10),
- type codes and press (Enter). (See "Macro Man," December '90 p71.)
-
- EXIT.WPM (5.1 macro) - This macro saves your document to any directory you
- specify, then saves a backup copy to the A drive. When it backs up the
- document, any file with the same name is replaced. This macro should be
- used as a keyboard macro. Since it acts like Exit (F7), you might want to
- remap the (F7) key. At a document screen, press Setup (Shift-F1), (5)
- Keyboard Layout. If there is a keyboard marked with an asterisk, press
- (7) Edit. To create a new keyboard layout, press (4) Create, type Exit
- and press (Enter). Press (7) Edit and (7) Retrieve. At the Key: prompt,
- press Exit (F7). Type exit and press (Enter). The macro is retrieved and
- mapped to your Exit (F7) key.
- To backup to the B drive, press (1) Action. Place the cursor on the line
- that reads: 8A:\{SYSTEM}name~{Enter}. Change the A:\ to B:\. Press Exit
- (F7) twice to return to the Keyboard: Layout menu, then press (1) Select
- and Exit (F7). Now, when you save a document using Exit (F7), the
- document is backed up to the floppy you specified in the macro (A:\ is
- the default). Like all keyboard macros, this function can be temporarily
- turned off by pressing (Ctrl-6). (See "Prepare for the Coming Crash,"
- December '90 p48.)
-
- ALTK.WPM (5.1 macro) - This macro inserts the name of any function key on the
- keyboard onto the document screen. To use this macro, press (Alt-K). When
- the prompt Press key: displays, press a function key, such as (Shift-F7).
- The phrase "Print (Shift-F7)" appears on the screen. Or, if you press
- (Alt-K) and (F1), the macro inserts "Cancel (F1)" into your document.
- (See "Name that Key," December '90, p17.)
-
- INF.WPM (5.1/5.0 macro) - This macro inserts an infinity sign into your
- document. To use INF.WPM, place your cursor in the desired location in
- your document, press Macro (Alt-F10), type inf, then press (Enter). (See
- "Warp Speed for Science Writing," December '90, p26.)
-
- ALTA.WPM (5.1/5.0 macro) - This macro turns superscript on and off. To use
- this macro, place your cursor in the desired location, then press (Alt-
- A). (See "Warp Speed for Science Writing," December '90, p26.)
-
- ALTZ.WPM (5.1/5.0 macro) - This macro turns subscript on and off. To use this
- macro, place your cursor in the desired location, then press (Alt-Z).
- (See "Warp Speed for Science Writing," December '90, p26.)
-
- LETHEAD.WP (5.1/5.0 form) - This document contains a letterhead stationery
- form. It also contains a footer at the bottom of the page. It can be
- modified to suit your own needs. Do this by retrieving the file, then
- changing the name and address as desired. (See "Fast Fax Facts," December
- '90, p21.)
-
- GRPHLTR.WP (5.1 or 5.0 form) - This document contains a graphics letterhead
- stationery form. The graphic and text can be changed to suit your own
- needs. Do this by retrieving the file, modifying the name and address,
- and editing the User Box. Do this by pressing Graphics (Alt-F9), (4) User
- Box, (2) Edit, type 1 and press (Enter). Make the desired changes and
- press Exit (F7) to return to the document screen. (See "Fast Fax Facts,"
- December '90, p21.)
-
- FAX.WP (5.1 form) - This document contains a fax form. The graphic and text
- can be changed to suit your own needs. Do this by retrieving the file,
- modifying the name and address and editing the User Box. Do this by
- pressing Graphics (Alt-F9), (4) User Box, (2) Edit, type 1 and press
- (Enter). Make the desired changes and press Exit (F7) to return to the
- document screen. (See "Fast Fax Facts," December '90, p21.)
-
- ALTM.WPM (5.1 macro) - Note: You need the 5.1 release of 8/20/90 or later to
- use this macro. ALTM.WPM lists your macros, pauses for your selection and
- executes the macro selected. It also allows you to see the description of
- your macros before executing them. You'll need to change the "C:\MACROS"
- on line one to that of your own macro directory. To use this macro, press
- (Alt-M). (See "TIPS," December '90 p77.)
-
- GOTOPG.WPM (5.1 macro) - This macro creates a footer that inserts "Go to Page
- ___" that refers to the next page of your document. This macro first
- deletes any Footer B codes. Note: If you've already created a Footer B,
- you may want to create a Footer A or block and append it to an existing
- Footer A. To use this macro, press Macro (Alt-F10), type gotopg and press
- (Enter). (See "TIPS," December '90 p77.)
-
- HOME.WPM (5.1 macro) - This macro remaps the (Home) key to use with (Ctrl-Pg
- Dn) to delete the remainder of a document. To move this macro to a
- keyboard layout, press Setup (Shift-F1) and (5) Keyboard Layout. Next,
- press either (4) Create to create a new keyboard, or highlight an
- existing keyboard and press (7) Edit. Press (7) Retrieve and at the Key:
- prompt, press (Home). At the Macro: prompt, type home.wpm and press
- (Enter). Press Exit (F7), (1) Select and press Exit (F7) to return to
- your document screen. To delete the remainder of a document, place your
- cursor in the desired position and press (Home), (Ctrl-Pg Dn). Note: The
- (Home) key can be used normally with other keys unless (Ctrl-Pg Dn) is
- also pressed. (See "TIPS," December '90 p77.)
-
- MERGE.WPM (5.1/5.0 macro) - This macro prompts you for the common name of your
- merge files, such as LABEL.PRI and LABEL.SEC, and then merges the files
- together. If the file name you typed can't be found, a bell sounds and
- you're prompted again to type the merge file name. To use this macro,
- press Macro (Alt-F10), type merge and press (Enter). (See "TIPS,"
- December '90 p77.)
-
- PAUSE.WPM (5.1/5.0 macro) - This macro creates a simulated pause. Use it with
- your own macros to replace the {PAUSE} command. It allows you to type any
- amount of text, including (Enter), until you press Exit (F7) which ends
- the "Pause." Insert these macro codes into your own macro. Press Macro
- Define (Ctrl-F10), type the name of your macro and press (Enter). Delete
- the {PAUSE} command and Macro Commands (Ctrl-Pg Up), highlight {NEST} and
- press (Enter). Type pause~, press Exit (F7) once in 5.1 and twice in 5.0
- to save the macro. (See "TIPS," December '90 p77.)
-
- INDEX.WPM (5.1 macro) - When writing history and genealogy, often an every
- name index is required. The problem is, names like Joe Smith need to be
- indexed as either Smith, Joe or Smith as the primary heading and Joe as
- the subheading. The index function requires either the first or last
- names to be retyped. This macro performs this function. This macro
- assigns the first name to variable 1 and the last name to variable 2.
- Therefore, when you want the last name typed out, press (Alt-2), or
- (Alt-1) for the first name. (See "Q&A," December '90 p13.)
-