Loadstar 128 #6/q06.d81/w.manual

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{$7b}                      B r a i n P o w e r{SHIFT-@}
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{$7b}                     The Function Keys{SHIFT-@}
_f.c.Brainpower - Page #{SHIFT-@}
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F1 -- Insert mode:{SHIFT-@}
  This allows you to insert words within existing text.  If
you are inserting at the beginning of a long document, it
may be sluggish.  That's when you need Function key 2.{SHIFT-@}
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F2 -- Insert 5 lines:{SHIFT-@}
  This key opens up five blank lines on your screen for you
to type on.  You should use F3 to reformat your paragraph
when done.{SHIFT-@}
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F3 -- Format Paragraph:{SHIFT-@}
  This option allows you to clean up any ragged edges or
blank lines on any particular paragraph you have been
working on.  Press it and the paragraph (from the cursor)
will be formatted to the margins you have specified.{SHIFT-@}
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F4 -- Format All:{SHIFT-@}
  This function will format your whole document.{SHIFT-@}
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F5 -- Load File:{SHIFT-@}
  A yellow directory will print in a window in the middle
of the screen.  Each of these files is preceded by a "w."
This prefix is always attached to files you save.  The top
item in your directory will be highlighted.  You can then
use the CRSR up and down keys to select the file you want.
Press RETURN to execute.  If you have just powered up
BrainPower, the file will load with no further
instructions.  If you already have some text on the screen,
a warning message will appear informing you that if you
press RETURN, the new text will replace all existing text
from the cursor.{SHIFT-@}
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You can clear out your old text by placing your cursor on
the first line of the document prior to using the Load
files function.  Or you can use it to append a file to your
present text by placing your cursor at the end of your
text.{SHIFT-@}
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You also can rename and scratch (delete) files from the
directory when using the Load Files function.  Just press R
or S to Rename or Scratch then follow the prompts.{SHIFT-@}
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F6 -- Save File:{SHIFT-@}
  Even though Commodore files can normally be 16 characters
long, your file name must be no longer than 14 characters
as BrainPower will prefix your name with the "w." mentioned
already.{SHIFT-@}
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F7 -- Block:{SHIFT-@}
  This highlights the area you want to move (or copy) in
reverse characters so you'll always know exactly what block
you are defining.  Press F-7 and then move the cursor with
your CRSR keys.  As you do you will leave a trail of
highlighted text in your cursor's wake.  This is the
"block".  When you are done defining your block, you can
delete the block or store it.  If you delete it, out it
goes and the text beneath it gets reformatted with the text
above your block.  Also, and very importantly, the block
gets put into a safe buffer.  If you store the block, it
gets buffered but not deleted.{SHIFT-@}
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Once deleted or stored, you can then move your cursor to
any place you choose and use F-8 to paste the buffered
text.  A block cannot be longer than 100 lines.{SHIFT-@}
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F8 -- Paste:{SHIFT-@}
  To retrieve the block you've stored, just put your cursor
wherever you'd like the buffered text to appear and press
F8.{SHIFT-@}
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{$7b}                   The Control Functions{SHIFT-@}
{SHIFT-@}
  A Control function allows you to use keys on the keyboard
for purposes other than typing text.{SHIFT-@}
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CTRL-A -- Merge outline{SHIFT-@}
  This command allows you to merge a Brainstorm outline
into your wordprocessing text.  The outline will be
inserted at the top of your text.{SHIFT-@}
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CTRL-B -- Bottom of text{SHIFT-@}
  This takes you to the bottom of your document.{SHIFT-@}
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CTRL-C -- Center line{SHIFT-@}
  To center any line of text, press CTRL-C.  A graphic
character will be printed on the left margin but it won't
print when you print your document.  Pressing CTRL-C again
will toggle centering off.{SHIFT-@}
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CTRL-D -- Delete line{SHIFT-@}
  To delete a single line or just the portion to the right
of the cursor, press CTRL-D.  If your cursor is on the left
margin the whole line will disappear and the text beneath
will move up to fill the void.{SHIFT-@}
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CTRL-E -- Next screen{SHIFT-@}
  CTRL-E jumps you forward to the next viewable screen.  If
the top line on your screen is line 5, your new screen will
start with line 26.{SHIFT-@}
_nx{SHIFT-@}
CTRL-F -- Save location{SHIFT-@}
  This command offers a better solution to screen hopping.
Press CTRL-F when you want to preserve your place.  Then
you can go to any screen you desire, do whatever needs to
be done, and when ready to return to your starting point,
press CTRL-G.{SHIFT-@}
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CTRL-G -- Get location{SHIFT-@}
  To jump back to the last place you preserved, use CTRL-G.{SHIFT-@}
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CTRL-H -- Show outline{SHIFT-@}
  To view any BrainStorm outlines you've loaded, press CTRL-
H.{SHIFT-@}
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CTRL-I -- Insert 20 lines{SHIFT-@}
  This is simply a fast way to give yourself 20 lines of
video real estate to type into.  Press CTRL-I, type the
insert material, then press F-3 to clean up.{SHIFT-@}
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CTRL-J -- Jump to line #{SHIFT-@}
  Just follow the prompts by typing the line you want to
jump to.  If you want to go to what will be the top of page
2 (or 3 or whatever), you can precede your number with a P
and you'll be transported to that page.{SHIFT-@}
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CTRL-K -- Toggle Color (think Kolor){SHIFT-@}
  Pressing CTRL-K toggles monochrome-color output.{SHIFT-@}
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CTRL-L -- Look at file{SHIFT-@}
  You can view the contents of any file on disk including
BASIC programs, etc.  It will scroll the info by and once
it's passed, it's passed.{SHIFT-@}
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CTRL-M -- Memo for codes{SHIFT-@}
  This command will list your printer codes on the menu
bar.  Only the first six characters of the tags you gave
your printer codes will show up so name your codes
accordingly.  Pressing CTRL-M again will get your old menu
bar back.{SHIFT-@}
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CTRL-N -- Next outline topic{SHIFT-@}
  Once you've loaded a BrainStorm outline into memory, you
may want to write your text with each point on the outline
in view as you type.  This function allows you to do that.
Each time you press CTRL-N, the next topic on your outline
will be displayed on the top line of the menu bar.  See
CTRL-V for the reverse of this.{SHIFT-@}
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CTRL-O -- Outline files{SHIFT-@}
  Outline files from BrainStorm can be loaded into reserved
memory with this function.  Just cursor to the one you want
and press RETURN.   Once loaded, you'll be transported to
the file where you can scroll it up and down, merge it into
your wordprocessing text, or you can clear it from memory
(press shift-CLR/HOME).{SHIFT-@}
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CTRL-P -- Preview/Print text{SHIFT-@}
   First, choose screen or printer by pressing S or P.  If
you choose screen, you can begin viewing on a particular
page by entering that number.  To handle the scrolling, use
the CMDR key or the No Scroll key.  Press ESCape to exit
the Preview mode.{SHIFT-@}
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If you select the PRINTER option from the beginning, you'll
have 4 more options:{SHIFT-@}
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1)  Press W if you'd like the printer to Wait at the end of
each page so you can feed a new sheet of paper{SHIFT-@}
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2)  Press M if you'd like multiple copies{SHIFT-@}
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3)  Press (#) to start printing on a particular page{SHIFT-@}
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4)  Press RETURN to start printing.{SHIFT-@}
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CTRL-Q -- Quit / New{SHIFT-@}
  To quit the program or just the file you're working on,
use this function.{SHIFT-@}
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CTRL-R -- Replace{SHIFT-@}
  This works like Search (see below) with an important
addition -- you can replace the search string as you go.
You can replace ALL of the phrase found or just selected
ones.  Just follow the prompts.  Auto-format will slow the
search, but will automatically format the paragraphs as you
go.{SHIFT-@}
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CTRL-S -- Search{SHIFT-@}
  You'll be prompted for the phrase you wish to find. You
may search for a phrase up to 50 characters long.  Searches
are case-sensitive, meaning that you must type exactly what
you want to find.  The search only takes places from the
cursor forward in text so if you want to search the entire
text, go to the top of the document first.{SHIFT-@}
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CTRL-T -- Tab clear/reset{SHIFT-@}
  This allows you to quickly clear or reset all tab stops.
The reset will place a stop at every ten columns.{SHIFT-@}
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CTRL-U -- Calculator{SHIFT-@}
  The simple four-function calculator redefines the
function keys to do the following:  F1 will clear, F3 will
clear the last entry, F5 multiplies, F7 divides.  Use
ESCape to exit.{SHIFT-@}
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CTRL-V -- Previous outline topic{SHIFT-@}
  This is the reverse of CTRL-N:  it allows you to cycle
backwards through any outline file imported from
BrainStormthat you have in memory and display it, item by
item, on the top line of the menu bar.{SHIFT-@}
_nx{SHIFT-@}
CTRL-W -- Previous screen{SHIFT-@}
  This is the opposite effect of CTRL-E.{SHIFT-@}
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CTRL-X -- Change case{SHIFT-@}
  This will cause the character under your cursor to change
from uppercase to lower or vice-versa.  If held down it
will change each character in the line as it scrolls.{SHIFT-@}
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CTRL-Y -- Word Count{SHIFT-@}
  This handy function counts the number of words in your
document.  It is not 100% accurate but it is very close.{SHIFT-@}
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CTRL-Z -- To BrainStorm{SHIFT-@}
  If the BrainStorm program is not on the disk in the
drive, you'll be brought back to BrainPower.{SHIFT-@}
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CTRL-[equal sign] -- Memory left{SHIFT-@}
  BrainPower is limited to 999 lines.  You will be warned
when this approaches.{SHIFT-@}
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CTRL-British pound -- Play Bach{SHIFT-@}
  Why not?{SHIFT-@}
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CTRL up-arrow -- Change cursor{SHIFT-@}
  You can have a flashing or non-flashing cursor, a solid
or underline cursor.{SHIFT-@}
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CTRL-Arrow -- Works with just the top cursor (arrow) row:{SHIFT-@}
  By pressing CTRL with any of the cursor keys on the top
row you can make rapid movements on your screen.{SHIFT-@}
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CTRL-Up Arrow -- upper-left corner of the screen.{SHIFT-@}
CTRL-Down Arrow -- bottom left corner.{SHIFT-@}
CTRL-Left Arrow -- left margin.{SHIFT-@}
CTRL-Right Arrow -- right margin.{SHIFT-@}
CMDR-Right Arrow -- jump forward a word at a time.{SHIFT-@}
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{$7b}                     Commodore Key Use{SHIFT-@}
{SHIFT-@}
  Pressing the CMDR key and a letter key will allow you to
insert printer codes into your text to do such things as
underline, change to italics, emphasized print, etc.  You
will need to look in your printer manual to see what codes
will work for your printer.  See Help Screen 6 (or press
CTRL-HELP) for the list of letters and their codes.
Several of them have been entered already, but they may not
be the ones you need.{SHIFT-@}
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Help Screen 6 is where you set up the codes.  Use the CRSR
keys to move the highlight to the letter you want to set
up.  If you want CMDR-A (which will show in your document
as a reversed A) to be used to turn on underlining, press
RETURN on the A line and enter the codes from your manual.
If your manual says something like <27><45><1> for turning
underline mode on, then enter 27/45/1.  On the same line,
type the function of the code, in this case, underline on.
Since only the first six characters will show using the
CTRL-M function, make the first six as descriptive as
you'll need.  Press RETURN and it's installed.  Press F6
and follow the prompts to save these codes as part of your
configuration file.  When you save a configuration file,
you will also save all the embedded codes you have at the
time (left margins, right mar-gins, etc.) as well as
color/monochrome mode and disk backups.  So make sure these
are as you want them before saving.{SHIFT-@}
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{$7b}            Other Important Keys and Functions{SHIFT-@}
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ESCape -- The ESCape key usually takes you back to a
previous mode.{SHIFT-@}
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TAB -- Tab works like a typewriter tab in most respects.
If you press tab the cursor will jump rightward to the next
stop.  These stops are preset at intervals of 10.  However,
you can reset them easily.  Just press SHIFT-TAB and your
present cursor position will toggle the TAB either on or
off.{SHIFT-@}
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HOME -- Pressing HOME puts your cursor in the "home"
position, the upper left of your screen.  CTRL-cursor up
does the same.  If you press it again, you'll go to the top
of the document.  SHIFT-CLR HOME does that also.{SHIFT-@}
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Insert/Delete key -- Pressing the INST/DEL key (upper right
of keyboard) without pressing SHIFT causes the cursor to
delete the character to the left of the cursor.  It will
not reformat as it deletes so you'll need to use F-3 for
that.{SHIFT-@}
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Pressing this key with SHIFT depressed opens up a space of
text on your line at the cursor.  This is almost exactly
the same thing that happens if you are in insert mode (F-1)
and you type a space, except that SHIFT-Inst/Del doesn't
reformat as it inserts.{SHIFT-@}
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SHIFT-RETURN -- It will replace any single line that was
deleted with the CTRL-D command.  You might want to use
this command to print repetitive words.  Just print an oft-
used word on a line by itself, press CTRL-D to delete it,
then press SHIFT-RETURN whenever you want the word printed.{SHIFT-@}
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{$7b}                     Embedded Commands{SHIFT-@}
{SHIFT-@}
Embedded commands are different than CTRL functions.  An
embedded command is something that is typed on the screen
that directs the computer -- usually during printing -- to
do something special.  These commands are called with the
back-arrow key.{SHIFT-@}
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You must start a line with a back-arrow command or it will
not register.  You can have as many back-arrow commands on
a line as you want.  You must "initiate" back-arrow
commands in one of two ways:{SHIFT-@}
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1) by pressing RETURN after typing the command;{SHIFT-@}
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2) by pressing F3 with the cursor on the command line.  {SHIFT-@}
Once a left-arrow command is initiated, it will remain in
effect until it is cancelled.{SHIFT-@}
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Spacing -- <-ss ##:{SHIFT-@}
  The default is 1 - single-spaced.{SHIFT-@}
{SHIFT-@}
Left margin -- <-lm ##:{SHIFT-@}
  The default is 10.{SHIFT-@}
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Right margin -- <-rm ##:{SHIFT-@}
  Default here is 70.{SHIFT-@}
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Top margin -- <-tm ##:{SHIFT-@}
  The default top margin is 5.  The minimum allowed is 0.
The maximum allowed is the length of the page (normally 66
lines) minus the bottom margin.  If you plan to have
headers, you need at least a top margin of 3.{SHIFT-@}
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Bottom margin -- <-bm ##:{SHIFT-@}
  Bottom margins default at 5.  The same restrictions that
apply to top margins apply here including a minimum of 3
lines for footers.{SHIFT-@}
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Justify -- <-jy ##:{SHIFT-@}
  This will cause the right side of your page to have an
even border.  The value to follow the "jy" mnemonic must be
a 1 for justification to be on, 0 for it to be off.  It
defaults to off.{SHIFT-@}
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Page length -- <-pg ##:{SHIFT-@}
  The default is 66.  For mailing labels you'll find a page
length of 6 is perfect for most needs.  Just set your top
margin to 0 and your bottom to 0.{SHIFT-@}
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Secondary address -- <-sa ##:{SHIFT-@}
  The default is 7.  Check your manual if this value
doesn't work for you.{SHIFT-@}
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Margin release -- <-mr ##:{SHIFT-@}
  Margin release works relative to the left margin --
negatively.  This means, if your left margin is 10 and you
would like to outdent 4 spaces to an absolute margin of 6,
you'll type <-mr4.{SHIFT-@}
_nx{SHIFT-@}
Next page -- <-nx:{SHIFT-@}
  You can force a page feed at any time with this command.
All your page numbering, footers, etc. will still work the
way you want.  When the program sees the nx command, it
will feed your paper to the next page.{SHIFT-@}
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Link files -- <-l."filename":{SHIFT-@}
  To link several files together so that they'll print as
one complete unit, at the very bottom of your first file
place a Link file command with the filename of the file you
would like to load next.  The filename must be enclosed in
quotes.  Do the same for succeeding files if you want to
link several.  When your document prints, it will load the
files and print them as if they're one long paper.{SHIFT-@}
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{$7b}                    Headers and Footers{SHIFT-@}
{SHIFT-@}
  A special Help screen has been installed to give you on-
screen instructions on how to do headers and footers (Help
screen #3).{SHIFT-@}
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Headers -- <-h.## "text":{SHIFT-@}
  Headers will print on the second line of every page.  If
you would like to skip page one, simply place the header
command anywhere but on the first line of your document.
The ## above must be filled with either an "l.", "c." or
"r."  The "l." will cause your header to align on the left
margin, "c." will center the header, and "r." will flush it
on the right.{SHIFT-@}
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Headers can only be a single line long but they can cover
the entire line.  They should not be enclosed in quotes.
You can embed page numbering in your header by typing a
pound sign (#) anywhere in the header text.{SHIFT-@}
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Footers -- <-f.## "text":{SHIFT-@}
  Exact rules for headers apply to footers except
everything takes place on the bottom of the page.{SHIFT-@}
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  Mark Jordan and the guys at LOADSTAR hope you enjoy
Brainstorm.  It's a wordprocessor that you can live with for
years to come.{SHIFT-@}
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