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- I N D E X W R I T E R
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- by Barbara Schulak
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- In these days of specialization it's only natural that someone would
- come out with a word processor designed especially for 3x5 inch index cards
- and postcards. And on LOADSTAR it's only natural that Barbara Schulak would
- write the program. Use INDEXWRITER for recipes, addresses, refrigerator
- notes -- anything that fits in the 44 x 14 character window.
-
- INDEXWRITER displays a box in the center of the screen and allows you
- to type anywhere in the box. All of the handy text manipulation devices you
- expect from an input box are supported, except cut and paste. You can use
- DELete, INSerT, CLR, HOME, the CRSR keys, and several ESCape codes to clear,
- insert and scroll lines. There is even word wrap.
-
- At the top of the screen is a grey command bar with a light red cursor.
- Move the cursor with the RIGHT/LEFT CRSR key to the command you want and
- press RETURN. One of the commands is INSTRUCTIONS which explain what each
- of the commands does. The HELP command will display the keys that are
- active in the EDIT mode when you are entering your text. Other commands
- are:
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- LOAD - This will display a window with a directory of the INDEXWRITER files
- on the disk in the current drive. Move the highlight bar with the CRSR
- UP/DOWN key to the file you want to load and press RETURN. Only INDEXWRITER
- files -- those that begin with an "iw." prefix -- will be shown. If you
- have over 21 "iw." files on the disk the directory will scroll out of the
- window. If the file you want is at the top of the list and may scroll out,
- just press STOP while the desired file is still showing and the directory
- display will stop. Then move the highlight bar to the file and press
- RETURN. There is a file called "iw.sample file" on the LOADSTAR disk to
- help you get started.
-
- SAVE - This will save whatever is in the input box as a 5-block "iw." file.
- You are asked for a filename. The current filename (if there is one) is
- displayed on the input line with the cursor positioned right after it. If
- you change your mind about saving, use the DELete key to erase the name and
- press RETURN. No file will be saved. DO NOT enter the "iw." prefix! It
- will automatically be entered for you. This means that you can enter a
- maximum of thirteen characters for your filename.
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- EDIT - This puts the cursor in the center box so you can start typing your
- text. You can press F7 to see the HELP box, which shows you the editing
- help keys. When done press F1 to go back to the top command bar. You can
- always go back to the center box by choosing EDIT again.
-
- PRINT - This will ask you how many copies of the card you want printed.
- Enter a number from 1 through 9. Then you're asked if the printer is ready.
- If you aren't ready to print, or if the printer is not on, answer N for No.
-
- DISK - This changes the grey command bar to another command bar. From it
- you can
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- See the directory of the current drive
- Initialize a disk -- do this if you insert a different disk
- Rename a file
- Scratch a file
- Format a disk -- you will be warned that this will totally erase a disk
- Change the drive number to any drive that's on -- (8 through 16)
- Validate a disk
- Check the error channel
- Change the drive type from 1541 to 1571 mode -- 1541 is the default
- Return to the main command bar
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- COLOR - This will change the color of the text in the center box. You may
- cycle through all of the colors except black.
-
- HELP - This will display the text entry commands. Pressing the HELP key
- will only print "help" in the text. You must choose HELP from the command
- bar to see the help screen.
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- INSTR - This will display some text to help you get started.
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- EXIT - This will take you to LOADSTAR 128 if there's one in drive 8. If
- not, then it will take you to BASIC. If you plan to load other programs
- (without resetting the computer) after using INDEXWRITER it's best to use
- this EXIT since it resets certain pointers and vectors.
-
- This program is in BASIC 7.0 but it uses Jon Mattson's CONTROL 80 (from
- LS 128 #10). Run the program before editing it or the CONTROL 80 commands
- won't be saved correctly.
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- **** R - Run RETURN - Menu ****
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