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- Title: ASAP set files for Word Perfect 5.1.
- Author: Larry Skutchan
- Files: WP.SET, WP.001, WP.002, AND WP.003.
- Notes: works for both monochrome and color
-
- This document describes a simple group of set files that make some
- of WordPerfect's features easier to use.
-
- These files are simple. The first watches for the word "reveal" to
- appear on the status line. The second thing it watches is for the
- status line for the spell checker. Finally, if help is envolked,
- set file (wp.003) is loaded.
-
- If the reveal codes screen appears, ASAP changes to software cursor
- in window 1 which is set for n1 to y 80. If using monochrome, a
- second software cursor is used to catch the case when WP's cursor
- is on a code which is displayed with a different attribute in
- monochrome mode.
-
- If the speller screen appears, ASAP uses a software cursor for the
- top half of the screen, and it monitors lines O and P where the
- first two lines of the suggestions appear. This happens in wp.002.
-
- If the help screen appears, ASAP loads up wp.003 which monitors the
- entire screen.
-
- Each of the three set files watches for the word "pos" at position
- y 70 to indicate that the main editing screen is back in use. At
- that time, wp.set is reloaded.
-
- You may wish to modify these files to meet your individual tastes,
- but these should give you a good start.
-
- Additional Information:
-
- It is also suggested that you go to the setup menu and change the
- status line to "U" for 4.1 units. This keeps the status line from
- sliding around all over the bottom of the screen and prevents ASAP
- from repeating parts of it when it isn't particularly needed.
-
- Some WP users will enjoy a feature where WordPerfect lets you
- display hard carriage returns as any character you like. It is
- highly recommended that you go to the setup menu and make this
- enhancement to your WordPerfect program. Go to the display
- options, then select "Display Hard Return As." When you type the
- number to select the hard return display character, WP lets you
- type a character to display when a hard return is in the file.
- This feature is very, very useful for both sighted and blind users.
- We've found that the club symbol is nice for this purpose, because
- it is short and unique. To make the club symbol, make sure your
- NumLock is on, then hold down the Alt key while you press a "5" on
- the numeric keypad. That makes your computer generate ASCII
- character with a code of 5 which is the club symbol.
-
- A second suggestion that any screen access user will find helpful
- is to create a macro that reformats the document. This prevents
- text from shifting around on you while adding and deleting text.
- Here's how you can do it:
-
- Press Ctrl-F10 to start macro define.
- Press Alt-R to tell WP you want to use Alt-R as the macro key.
- When WP asks for a description, type "reformat" and press Enter.
- Press Home, Home, Down Arrow. (This moves the cursor to the end of
- text.
- Press Ctrl-Home, Ctrl-Home. (This returns the cursor to where it
- was when you pressed the Go To End command.)
- Finally, press Ctrl-F10 to end the macro definition.
- Now, whenever WP starts repeating parts of a line, just press Alt-R
- to straighten it out.