subject: PRINT DESCRIPTION options: When you select the "(P)rint" option in the Main Menu, or issue the command "PRINT" from the Command Line, the Print Options window shown below will appear. ÉÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍ» º PRINT OPTIONS º º Output target file: º º LPT1 º º Amount to print: ALL º º º º º º º º Number of Copies: 1 º º Extra Spaces at Left: 0 º º Lines per page: 66 º º Pause at end of page: NO º º Formfeed at page end: NO º º Formfeed when done: NO º º Headers/Footers: ON º º Printer Escape codes: ON º º Mail-Merge: OFF º º Disk with workspace: C º ÈÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍÍͼ Modify the fields as desired (a detailed discussion of each option in this window is presented in "Print Configuration" in the Configuration section), and then press F10 to begin printing or Esc to exit the window. Any modifications you make in the Print Options window will be saved in memory until you exit PC-Type II. The next time you enter this window, the last settings you made will still be there. NOTE: they will not be saved in a .PRO file, however, without first entering this window from the Configuration Menu and pressing F10.) 209 printing: When you press F10 in the Print Options window, printing will begin on the file you were editing prior to entering the window. (If you are performing Mail-Merge, you will be asked to accept the selected records from the database and enter any keyin information before the printing of the document actually begins.) As each line is sent to the designated output device, it is also printed on your screen so you can monitor the progress. The message line will also provide you with the percentage complete message: xx% complete printing copy n If you requested more than one copy of the file to be printed, the next copy will begin when the previous copy is finished and the above message will change accordingly. Formfeeds will be issued as defined in the Print Options menu and PC-Type II will pause after each page is printed if you requested it to do so. If for some reason the output device cannot accept output as it is delivered, a message is displayed and you are given the option to cancel or to try to fix the problem and continue. (A typical situation would be turning your printer "off line" while inserting a new sheet of paper and forgetting to turn it back "on line" before continuing.) When printing is completed, a window stating: ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Printing completed. ³ ³ Press a key to continue...³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ will be displayed. You may stop the printing at any time by pressing the Esc key. If you do so, a window stating: ÚÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄ¿ ³ Printing aborted. ³ ³ Press a key to continue...³ ÀÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÄÙ will be displayed. When you press a key after either of these windows is displayed, you will be returned at the same location in the file where you were editing prior to beginning the print operation. 210 output: If you defined the "Global_(Beg)" escape code in the "Escape Code Definition" window, then this set of characters will be sent to the output first. (This assumes, of course, that the "Printer Escape Codes" toggle in the Print Options menu is set to ON.) If the "Headers/Footers" option is turned ON, headers and footers will be printed at the beginning and end of each page as they were defined in Configuration or as new definitions are encountered in your text. If you selected double or triple spacing in the "TAB toggle options" menu, your text area will be printed accordingly. Page markers and conditional page breaks are observed. Special Lines are not printed, but their instructions to the printing process are followed. As print markers are encountered, they are sent to the output destination before or after the character on which they were placed depending upon whether their purpose was to turn an option ON or turn an option OFF. (This assumes again that the "Printer Escape Codes" toggle in the Print Options menu is set to ON.) Before each character in a header, footer, or text line is sent to the designated output device, it is translated into the corresponding character you defined in the "Printer Translation Table". (See the Configuration section.) NOTE: Escape codes are not translated. 211