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PIVOT! The AS-EASY-AS Companion: Print your Worksheet in Portrait or Landscape orientation and in your selected (easy to modify) Font Version 1.01 March 1989 TRIUS Inc. 231 Sutton Street, Suite 2D-3 North Andover, MA 01845 (508) 794-9377 (C) Copyright 1989 (C) Copyright TRIUS, Inc. March 1989 This program is copyrighted and all rights are reserved by TRIUS, Inc.. You are free to use this program so that you can determine if it meets your needs. If it does, we expect you to register your copy by sending $15.00 (plus $5.00 for S&H) to : TRIUS, Inc. 231 Sutton Street, Suite 2D-3 North Andover, MA 01845 If you choose, you may charge your registration (MasterCard or VISA) by calling (508) 794-9377). You will receive the latest version of the program, a printed manual, font files, and you will be notified of future updates. Help us fight high software prices. Register your copy today! EPSON is a trademark of Epson America Inc. IBM is a trademark of International Business Machines, Inc. LOTUS 1-2-3 is a trademark of Lotus Development Corporation HERCULES is a trademark of Hercules Corporation MS-DOS is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation. (C) Copyright TRIUS, Inc. March 1989 Page 2 LIMITED WARRANTY THIS PROGRAM IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF ANY KIND, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THESE PROGRAMS IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU (NOT TRIUS INC.) ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY REPAIR, SERVICING, OR CORRECTION. IN NO EVENT WILL TRIUS INC. BE LIABLE TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST SAVINGS, OR OTHER INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE OR INABILITY TO USE THESE PROGRAMS, EVEN IF TRIUS INC. HAS BEEN ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THIS WARRANTY GIVES YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS, AND YOU MAY ALSO HAVE OTHER RIGHTS WHICH VARY FROM STATE TO STATE. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SO THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. YOU ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT, UNDERSTAND IT, AND AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS. YOU FURTHER AGREE THAT IT IS THE COMPLETE AND EXCLUSIVE STATEMENT OF THE AGREEMENT BETWEEN US, WHICH SUPERSEDES ANY PROPOSAL OR PRIOR AGREEMENT, ORAL OR WRITTEN, AND ANY OTHER COMMUNICATIONS BETWEEN US. (C) Copyright TRIUS, Inc. March 1989 Page 3 TABLE OF CONTENTS Table of Contents . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 What's on the Distributon Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 Getting Started - Making a Working Disk/Directory . . . . . . . 6 Starting the Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7 Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 PIVOT! Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Using GCHAR . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 GCHAR Function Keys . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 ORDER /Registration FORM . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 ALPHABETICAL INDEX (C) Copyright TRIUS, Inc. March 1989 Page 4 WHAT'S ON THE DISTRIBUTION DISK The files contained on the distribution diskette might vary from time to time, as more fonts become available. Typically, however, the diskette should contain the following files: PIVOT .EXE - The Pivot! Program GCHAR .EXE - The Font Editor Program xxxxxx .TRP - Portrait Font Files xxxxxx .TRL - Landscape Font Files SETUP .BAT - Makes working copy of the program READ .ME - Text Files with last minute explanations ORDER .ME - A form to order your registered copy MANUAL .DOC - Simple instruction on using the program CONTENTS - Listing of all files on disk Please refer to the READ.ME file on the diskette for any last minute changes, any new files added to the disk, etc. (C) Copyright TRIUS, Inc. March 1989 Page 5 GETTING STARTED MAKING A WORKING DISK/DIRECTORY Before you start using PIVOT!, you should make a working copy of the program either on your hard disk or on a different floppy diskette. The SETUP.BAT file provided on the PIVOT! diskette makes the process simple and it just transfers the necessary files from the original diskette. There are no copy protection schemes or hidden files to wrestle with. To make a working copy of the program: At the DOS prompt place the original diskette in drive A, and enter the command: SETUP X:\Dir1\Dir2 For example, to make a working copy of PIVOT! on a floppy disk in drive B: you should enter (the diskette should be formatted first): SETUP B:\ (.. and press ENTER ..) To make a working copy on drive C: in a directory named PIVOT!, you should enter: SETUP C:\PIVOT! (.. and press ENTER ..) After the above operation is completed and the DOS prompt appears on your screen, place the original diskette in a safe place. If your working diskette gets damaged, you can repeat the above process to make a new working disk. (C) Copyright TRIUS, Inc. March 1989 Page 6 STARTING THE PROGRAM PIVOT! has no installation process, no external device drivers, etc. The system minimum required system configuration can be specified when the program is started. The various configuration options that are available, can be invoked by a number of switches (option commands) as demonstrated below: PIVOT /E Starts the program on an EGA monitor. PIVOT /P Starts the program with panel (rather than pull-down) menus. PIVOT /Q Quick screen updates (flickering on some monitors). After the program has been loaded into memory, the opening screen will be displayed. Press any key to continue with the program. After the opening screen, the main PIVOT! screen will appear. (C) Copyright TRIUS, Inc. March 1989 Page 7 MENUS Keeping with the AS-EASY-AS tradition, many powerful commands may be accessed by activating the main menu. This may be done by pressing the [/] key which is usually located on the right side of the keyboard, just above the space bar. Once this key is pressed a window will appear on the top left corner of the screen, containing the main menu commands. If the program was started with the /P switch (see section on option switches), then a two line horizontal menu is displayed in the command panel area (top of the screen). We suggest that unless you feel very strongly about it, you do not use the /P switch. The Pull-Down menus provide you with a useful trail through the different levels of menus in the program. The first option in the menu will be highlighted by a moveable pointer, and the panel area, on the top of the screen, will display additional information about the highlighted option. The menu pointer can be moved by pressing the cursor arrow keys (on the numeric key pad ). Pressing LEFT, UP or BACKSPACE will move the selection bar up. Pressing RIGHT, DOWN or SPACE will move the selection bar down. The display position of the menu window can be toggled between the left and right side of the screen by pressing the period (.) key. The type of menu can be toggled from window to panel by pressing the exclamation mark "!" . The width of the menu window can be expanded by pressing the [<] key o contracted by pressing the [<] key. The maximum allowable width of menu is 30 characters. To select a command or sub menu, use the cursor keys to highlight the option you want and press the [ENTER] key OR press the key corresponding to first letter of the desired option. (C) Copyright TRIUS, Inc. March 1989 Page 8 PIVOT COMMANDS [FILE] (/F) Enter the File access menu. Commands in this menu allow you to list the files present on a specified disk, change the default directory, etc. [FILE, RETRIEVE] (/FR) When this command is invoked, the user is presented with a list of available worksheet files on the currently default disk drive/directory. Using the arrow keys, highlight the file you want to retrieve and press [ENTER]. [FILE, LIST] (/FL) Lists the user selected files on the currently default disk drive/directory. The user is presented with three possible choices. w?? - List all files with 'w' as the first letter of the file extension, regardless of the second and third extension letters, (i.e., files with WK1, WKS, WLL as a file extension would allappear in the requested listing). P?? - List all files with 'p' as the first letter of the file extension, regardless of the second and third extension letters, (i.e., files with PRN, PRT, P1Q as a file extension would all appear in the requested listing). Other - List all files on the currently default disk drive/directory. [FILE, DIR] (/FD) Specify a new default disk drive and directory. When PIVOT! first starts it uses the logged drive and the default directory to search for all file requests. Using this option will allow the user to access files in other drives and directories. [FILE, QUIT] (/FQ) Exit the File access menu and return to the main menu. (C) Copyright TRIUS, Inc. March 1989 Page 9 [PRINT] (/P) Enters the Printing menu. The commands available in this menu are displayed below: [PRINT, RANGE] (/PR) Define the range of spreadsheet to be printed. This operation must be performed before any portions of the spreadsheet can be printed. If no range has been selected and 'Print, Go' is selected (see below), the program displays an appropriate message and returns to the menu. [PRINT, LINEFEED] (/PL) Advance the printer one line up. Useful for spacing printouts without messing up the printer's line counter. [PRINT, PAGEADV] (/PP) Advance the printer to top of next page, (Page eject). [PRINT, ADJUST] (/PA) Reset the printer line pointer to the top of page. If, for some reason, the printer is manually interrupted, use of this command would line up the physical top-of-form (top of page) with the program's top-of-page. [PRINT, OPTIONS] (/PO) Set the different options for the printer. [PRINT, OPTIONS, MARGIN, LEFT] (/POML) Set the left Margin, (0 - 240 spaces) [PRINT, OPTIONS, MARGIN, RIGHT] (/POMR) Set the right margin (0 - 240 spaces, i.e. you can print up to 240 characters per line). [PRINT, OPTIONS, MARGIN, TOP] (/POMT) Set the top margin (number of lines). [PRINT, OPTIONS, MARGIN, BOTTOM] (/POMB) Set the bottom margin (number of lines). [PRINT, OPTIONS, PGLINES] (/POP) Set the number of lines per page, default 66 for portrait orientation. Note that the pagelength should not exceed the calculated number of printable lines (displayed by the program). This calculated value is based on the font size, the line specing (in dots) and the page size in inches. (C) Copyright TRIUS, Inc. March 1989 Page 10 [PRINT, OPTIONS, HEADER] (/POH) Set a single line for header message which will appear at the top of each printed page. [PRINT, OPTIONS, FOOTER] (/POF) Set a single line for footer message which will appear at the bottom of each printed page. [PRINT, OPTION, QUIT] (/POQ) Exit the Print, Option menu and return to the main print menu. [PRINT, GO] (/PG) Initiate the printing process. NOTE: You must define the print range at before issuing this command or an error will occur. (C) Copyright TRIUS, Inc. March 1989 Page 11 [SETTINGS] This menu controls all the settings that are required for the desired type of printing. Once this menu ia accessed, the user is presented with options to select fonts, specify the print mode, etc. [SETTINGS, FONT] (/SF) Select one of the fonts available. There are two resident fonts (courier and sanserif). External fonts are also available, (see the GCHAR program which is distributed as part of the PIVOT! package) which can be loaded using the ReadFont Command. [SETTINGS, MODE] (/SM) Specify the print mode (character size) desired. Three modes are available, Compressed, Normal and Double. The mode options may be combined with the density options to produce a wide variety of print styles. [SETTINGS, DOT, DENSITY] (/SDD) Three density options are available in PIVOT!. Normal (Low) density will result in rough (rugged) characters on most printers but is quite fast. Double (Medium) density is somewhat slower but produces a better quality print. Quad (High), of course, will produce a good quality print, on most printers, but will take significantly longer that the Low density option. Please note that when selecting low density you also have to set the character size. The reason this is not done by the program automatically is so that you can be given the flexibility of using your own combination of density and character size. [SETTINGS, DOT, LINSPC] (/SDS) Set the number of lines per inch (vertical spacing of characters). [SETTINGS, DOT, CHARSPC] (/SDC) Specify the character spacing, (i.e., how many dot positions each character will occupy). [SETTINGS, PASSES] (/SP) Specify the number of passes the printhead is to make over the same line. One pass is fast but produces rough characters. Two passes is twice as slow but produces much better print. You should experiment with Mode, Density and Passes options combinations to find the ones that produce acceptable print at reasonable speeds for you. [SETTINGS, WIDTH] (/SW) Set the width of the print page in inches. (C) Copyright TRIUS, Inc. March 1989 Page 12 [SETTINGS, CODES] (/SC) Using this menu you can tailor PIVOT for your own printer. Once in this menu you can set your printer control codes for the following: Single Density Graphics Double Density Graphics Quadruple Density Graphics LineFeed Reset Note that control codes are specified using their decimal ASCII number and are separated by a backslash '\'. For example \027\078 or \015, etc. [SETTINGS, HARDWARE] (/SH) Specify which parallel port your printer is connected to. You are given the choice of LPT1 or LPT2. Note that when PIVOT! is first started, the default parallel port is LPT1. [SETTINGS, SAVE] (/SS) This command does exactly what it says. It saves all current settings, so that next time you start PIVOT! (from the same drive and sub-didectory) it will remember them for you. (C) Copyright TRIUS, Inc. March 1989 Page 13 USING GCHAR The second program of the package is GCHAR, (for Graphic Characters). This powerful package allows you to define your own complete character sets with VERY LITTLE effort. These character sets, in turn, can be used to print your documents either in portrait or landscape orientation using the PIVOT! program. The GCHAR system is made up of the GCHAR.EXE program and a number of XXXXXXX.TRP font files. To run the program, simply put the diskette with GCHAR.EXE and the XXXXXX.TRP files in the logged disk drive (or log on to the directory containing these files), type GCHAR, and press enter. After you read the opening screen, press any key to continue with the program. The program will display all the XXXXXX.TRP files on the logged disk, and will ask you to select one of the files by moving the large cursor (with the use of the arrow keys) and pressing ENTER when the cursor is over the font file that you wish to edit. Don't worry, the original file will stay intact, unless, of course, you intentionaly want to overwrite it as you will see later on. Once the font file has been selected, the program will let you know that it is reading the information on the file. After all the information is read, the main GCHAR screen will be displayed. The screen is made up of a characters table, to the right, the function key definitions, in the middle and a large current- character-replica on the left. The editing is done in this current character box, by toggling a print block ON of OF (as explained below). The operations of GCHAR are mainly controlled by the function keys as displayed in the main sreen. Positioning of the block cursor on the large size framed character on the left portion of the screen is done with the arrow keys (arrow keys are located on the numeric pad, on the right hand size of an IBM PC-type keyboard). Note that a mouse can also be used for positioning, if it is installed using the executable mouse driver rather than the device driver (see your mouse literature for information on how to do this). (C) Copyright TRIUS, Inc. March 1989 Page 14 GCHAR FUNCTION KEYS F1 - (Re)set: Pressing the F1 key toggles the current pixel block ON or OFF. This corresponds to that particular print position being defined as ON or OFF when this font file is used with PIVOT!. F2 - Advance: Pressing the F2 key advances one location on the Character table. ( The movement is from top left to bottom right). The large character replica is updated and the character currently selected,in the character table, starts blinking. F3 - Backup: Pressing the F3 key backs up one location on the Character table. The operation of this key is exactly the opposite of F2. F4 - Clear: This key clears the large character replica on the left hand side of the screen. F5 - Invert: Pressing F5, inverts the color of the large size character replica on the left hand side of the screen. F6 - Flip Horiz.: F6 flips the large size character replica about its vertical axis of symmetry. F7 - Type: Once this function is invoked, the program prompts you for a color choice. Then if your system is equipped with a monitor that can support graphics, typing will display the characters of the current font as a graphics image. Once you have finished typing, press enter to return to the main screen. Note that this option is only supported on CGA or compatible monitor/card combinations (no Hercules). F8 - SHL: Pressing F8 rotates the pixels of the current line, on the large character replica, one position to the left. Continuous pressing of the key, will eventually rotate the pixels back to their original position. Experiment with this function key, and see how easy it is to generate your personal italics font. F9 -SHR: Similar to F9 above, but it rotates the pixels on the current line to the right. (C) Copyright TRIUS, Inc. March 1989 Page 15 [alt] F2 - Down Row: Pressing the alternate key and F2 at the same time, points to the character table one row down. The large character replica is updated. [alt] F3 - Up Row: This function is exactly to [alt] F2 above. When invoked, it points to the character table one line above the current position, and the large character replica is updated. Q - Quit: As the name applies, presing Q initiates the quitting process. Once Q is pressed, a message appears at the bottom of the screen asking if you really want to quit. If you press 'N', then the program returns you to the main screen. If you press 'Y' then the program asks if you want to save the new font file. Answering 'N' to this prompt, will bring you back to DOS and the font file you were working on is not saved. If, on the other hand, you answer 'Y', then you are asked for a font file name. Type the name and press ENTER. If you do not type a name and just press enter, then the font file is saved under the name FONT.TR?, (Note that if a file named FONT.TR? allready exists, then it is overwritten by the new file). (C) Copyright TRIUS, Inc. March 1989 Page 16 .----------------------------- TRIUS, Inc. ------------------------. | 231 Sutton Street, Suite 2D-3 | | North Andover, MA 01845 | | (508) 794-9377 | |_______________________________________________________________________| | O R D E R F O R M | | | | Name:________________________________ Title:________________ | | | | Company:_____________________________________________________ | | | | Address:____________________________ City:___________________ | | | | State:___________ Zip:_____________ Country:______________ | | | | Date:_____/_____/_____ (Fill out form completely) | | | |_______________________________________________________________________| | DESCRIPTION |# | Price | Each |Total | |____________________________________________|__|_______|________|______| |1. PIVOT! Portrait/Landscape Multifont Print| |$15.00 | $20.00 | | | Shipping and Handling | | $5.00 | | | |____________________________________________|__|_______|________|______| |2. AS-EASY-AS Spreadsheet Version 3.01 | |$40.00 | $45.00 | | | Shipping and Handling | | $5.00 | | | |____________________________________________|__|_______|________|______| |3. DRAFT CHOICE Versatile, Powerful Drafting| |$40.00 | $45.00 | | | Shipping and Handling | | $5.00 | | | |____________________________________________:__:_______:________:______| |4. AS-EASY-AS and PIVOT! Package | |$50.00 | $55.00 | | | Shipping and Handling | | $5.00 | | | |____________________________________________:__:_______:________:______| |5. AS-EASY-AS and DRAFTC CHOICE Package | |$70.00 | $75.00 | | | Shipping and Handling | | $5.00 | | | |____________________________________________:__:_______:________:______| |6. AS-EASY-AS, DRAFT CHOICE and PIVOT! | |$80.00 | $90.00 | | | Shipping and Handling | |$10.00 | | | |____________________________________________:__:_______:________:______| | (International Orders - Add 7%) | | | *** TOTAL ENCLOSED *** | | :____________________________________________________________:__________: | | | Disk: 5-1/4" ___ 3-1/2" ___ Check __ VISA __ MasterCard __ | | | | Card #_________________________________ Exp. Date ___/___ | | | | Signature ___________________________________________________________ | | How did you find out about our products? | | | | BBS ____ Store ____ Friend ____ Computer Show ____ | | Magazine ______________________________________ Other ____________ | :_______________________________________________________________________: (C) Copyright TRIUS, Inc. March 1989 Page 17 ALPHABETICAL INDEX Distribution Disk 5 Pannel Menus 8 Distribution Files 5 Pull-down Menus 8 F1 - (Re)set 15 Q - Quit 16 F2 - Advance 15 SETTINGS 12 F3 - Backup 15 CODES (/SC) 12 F4 - Clear 15 CHARSPC (/SDC) 12 F5 - Invert 15 DENSITY (/SDD) 12 F6 - Flip Horiz. 15 LINSPC (/SDS) 12 F7 - View 15 FONT (/SF) 12 F8 - SHL 15 HARDWARE (/SH) 13 F9 -SHR 15 MODE (/SM) 12 FILE (/F) 9 PASSES (/SP) 12 DIR (/FD) 9 SAVE (/SS) 13 LIST (/FL) 9 WIDTH (/SW) 12 QUIT (/FQ) 9 Setup 6 RETRIEVE (/FR) 9 Start-Up 7 Files 5 Switches 7 GCHAR 14 Working Directory 6 GCHAR.EXE 5 Working Disk 6 Installation 7 alt F2 - Down Row 15 Menu Select 8 alt F3 - Up Row 16 Menu Width 8 /E Switch 7 Menus 8 /P Switch 7 Menus Switching 8 /Q Switch 7 Menus TRail 8 PIVOT!.EXE 5 PRINT (/P) 10 ADJUST (/PA) 10 GO (/PG) 11 LINEFEED (/PL) 10 OPTION, QUIT (/POQ) 11 OPTIONS (/PO) 10 FOOTER (/POF) 11 HEADER (/POH) 10 MARGIN, BOTTOM (/POMB) 10 LEFT (/POML) 10 RIGHT (/POMR) 10 TOP (/POMT) 10 PGLINES (/POP) 10 PAGEADV (/PP) 10 RANGE (/PR) 10 (C) Copyright TRIUS, Inc. 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