*Help on Help
                          How To Use Help
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 Use your cursor keys and ENTER, or the mouse to select a Topic.

 Pressing the letter key of the first letter in a menu item will
 move the bar to that item. Each successive press of that letter
 will move to the next item with that letter as its first.

 If you create a "NEW" Help file:
 To use your new Help file, press Shift-F1 and enter the help file name.
 This name will be saved in the editor config file RATEINT.CFG, and will
 become the default Help file util you change it again.

 The carat (^) symbol represents the Control Key, ^Q means you press
 either Control key and Q.  ^Q and Ctl-Q mean the same thing.

 Items only available in the Registered Version are marked with {+}
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*Cursor Positioning

  FUNCTION                    KEYSTROKE

  Word left                 ^F or ^Left arrow
  Word right                ^A or ^Right arrow

  Line up                   ^E or Up arrow
  Line down                 ^X or Down arrow
  Page up                   ^R or PgUp
  Page down                 ^C or PgDn

  Beginning of document     ^QC or ^PgUp
  End of document           ^QR or ^PgDown
  Beginning of line          Home
  End of line                End
  Goto Line Numer            ^ON
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*Text Manipulation

    FUNCTION                    KEYSTROKE

    Delete char                 ^G or Del
    Delete word                 ^T
    Delete line                 ^Y
    Insert / overwrite          ^V or Ins
    New line                    ^M or Enter
    Insert line                 ^N
    Toggle Word Wrap            ^OW
    Set Word Wrap Width         ^OR
    Reformat Paragraph          ^B

    Don't interpret next key    ^P
    (^P inserts the next key as an ASCII value)
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*Block commands

  FUNCTION                   KEYSTROKE

  Mark start of block        ^KB or F7
  Mark end of block          ^KK or F8
  Go to start of block       ^QB
  Go to end of block         ^QK

  Read block (insert text)   ^KR
  Write block                ^KW

  Copy block                 ^KC or F5
  Delete block (cut)         ^KY
  Move block                 ^KV

  Print block                ^KP
  Unmark block               ^KH
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*Function keys

 F1 - Help                     Shft-F1  - Set Help File Name
 F2 - Save file & Continue
 F3 - Load file
 F4 - Compile Current File     Shft-F4  - Change File Name
 F5 - Paste (Copy) Block
 F6 - Print Document           Shft-F6  - Setup Printer
 F7 - Block begin
 F8 - Block end                Shft-F8  - Remove Block Markers
 F9 - Find                     Shft-F9  - Find and Replace
 F10- DOS Shell                Shft-F10 - Delete ALL Text

 (All commands that destroy text will ask for confirmation)

 Alt-F1 - Color Chart        Ctl-F1 - Mouse Menu

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*Searching and Replacing

    FUNCTION                   KEYSTROKE

    Find                       ^QF
    Find and replace           ^QA
    Resume search              ^L

 Search Options:  G  - Global search
                  B  - Backwards search
                  C  - Count replacments
                  U  - Ignore case
                  W  - Whole word search
                  N  - No confirmation
                 [n] - repeat n times

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*File Commands

 Saving:
   Save and continue          ^KS or F2
   Save and exit              ^KX or ^KD or ^END or Alt-X
   Save a block               ^KW
   Change File Name           ^KO or Shft-F4

 Quitting:
   Save and exit              ^KX or ^KD or ^END or Alt-X
   Abandon changes and exit   ^KQ or ESCape

 Loading:
   Load a file                 F3     *  = Available .T2A Files.
                                     *.* = All Available Files.

   Read in a file as a block   ^KR
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*Inserting BBS, Ascii Codes, Dates
  Several Hot Keys are available to call Menus and Picklists.
  A chart of High Ascii Codes is also available.

  Right-Mouse Button:   Mouse Menu of all available Lists, Compile, Shell.
  (Same as Ctl-F1)
                        {+} = Registered Only

    Alt-F1 : Ansi Color Chart        Select color & press ENTER.
    Alt-F2 : RA Codes Menu           Select the Picklist to use.
    Alt-F3 : System Date             Insert, in various formats.
{+} Alt-F5 : High Ascii Chart        Select character & press ENTER.
{+} Alt-F6 : Calendar                Select Date and Format.
    Ctl-F1 : Mouse Menu              Select any list or chart.

  Once a value is highlighted, pressing ENTER will paste that value
  into the text.

  ESC will abort any Picklist or Menu.

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*Calendar Help
The Calendar is only available in the Registered Version. {+}

You select a date from the Calendar, then you will be asked to select the
format in which you want the date, it will then be inserted into the text.

Pressing ENTER or the left mouse button will select the highlighted date.

Other Keys:

Right Arrow - Increment Day             Left Arrow - Decrement Day
Down Arrow  - Increment Week            Up Arrow   - Decrement Week
PgDn        - Increment Week            PgUp       - Decrement Week
End         - Increment Year            Home       - Decrement Year
ESCape - will abandon Date Selection

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*Resizing the Edit Window

      To activate move/resize, press the
      ScrollLock key.  You will be in move/resize
      mode until ScrollLock is Off, or ESCape
      is pressed.

      To MOVE, press keypad arrow keys.
      To RESIZE, press Shift and keypad arrow keys.

      Left Shift to Shrink the window size.
      Right Shift to Grow the window size.

      Window Settings are not saved upon exit.
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*Configuration

  Currently RATE will save certian Internal settings in a configuration
  file name RATEINT.CFG (see RATE.DOC)

  Another configuration file will be added in the future to allow you to
  modify editor colors etc.

  So there will be "two" configuration files for customizing the Editor to
  your satisfaction. We were not able to have the configuration program
  ready for version 1.0

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*About RATE

                      The RaLin Ansi Text Editor

  (C)Copyright 1993, Rand Nowell - RaLin Enterprises Software
  Compiled under Turbo Pascal 7.0

  This version is dedicated to the RemoteAccess BBS program, and will
  work with version 1.11 and 2.0gamma.

  Please report problems, inconsistancies as quickly as
  possible, so they may be corrected right away.

  Distribution of the Evaluation Copy is encouraged.

  Distribution of the Registered Copy is in violation of International
  Copyright laws, and your license agreement.

  Rand Nowell
  RaLin Enterprises Software
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*Make Your Own Help File

  You can edit a copy of this Help file, and create one more to your liking
  if you wish.

  You can add help screens, reminders to you on how to accomplish what you
  want.  The important thing to remember, is there can be no more than
  50 Menu Items in the menu.
  The help text should not extend beyond column 76. Use the text in this
  file, to help you design your own. SAVE A COPY OF THIS!

  After creation, modification, you can specify this new file in the config
  file. Press Shift-F1 and enter in the new file name. This will be your
  default Help File until you change it again. (see RATE.DOC)

  An asterisk (*) specifies a menu entry

  A number sign (#) specifies the end of the help page.
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