subject: CONFIGURATION MENU discussion: The Configuration Menu shown below, is reached by selecting the "(C)onfigure" option from the Main PC-Type II Menu. To set or change a configuration parameter, make your selection by moving the highlight bar to the desired option and pressing Enter, or by pressing the letter or number indicated within the parentheses. After setting an option you will be returned to this menu. When finished, press Esc or X to return to PC-Type II. If any option has been changed, you will be asked if you want to save the new configuration settings to disk. The page number in the manual is given below for each of the options in the menu. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 쿎ONFIGURATION settings: � page 팠袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴曲袴袴袴� � (B)ox characters � 112 � (C)olors � 113 � (D)ate options � 115 � (E)scape codes � 116 � (F)ile handling � 118 � (G)raphics port � 119 � (H)eader/Footer � 120 � (I)mport default � 125 � (M)odify default tabs � 131 � (O)rder of chars for sort� 133 � (P)rint � 135 � (1) printer translation � 139 � (R)eset special chars � 141 � (S)witches � 142 � (T)ime options � 152 � (U)pper/lower case � 153 � e(X)it �<--Exit Configuration 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 Configuration overview . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 subject: CONFIGURE OVERVIEW purpose: The configuration of PC-Type II permits many of the features of the program to be set to those options you feel most comfortable with or which best fit the purposes for which you are currently using PC-Type II. format: The configuration options you select are saved in a file with the extension .PRO. The .PRO files you create are ASCII files which you may edit. We recommend, however, that you modify your configuration 106 options by using the Configuration Menu obtained by pressing C from the main PC-Type II menu (F2). The .PRO files do not contain all the configuration data. Some of the data exists in other files which are referenced in the .PRO files. These other types of files are shown below with their file extensions. .PRN - ASCII files containing printer escape codes. .IMP - non-ASCII data import definition files. .MAC - ASCII keystroke macro files. Data is kept separately in these files so that you may readily load other alternatives. For example, you may have two printers. The escape codes for each printer would be in different .PRN files. The data in the .PRN file referenced in the .PRO configuration file would be automatically loaded when PC-Type II begins. However, should you want to print on your other printer, then its .PRN data file could be quickly loaded through the "(F)ile handling" option of the Configuration Menu. When PC-Type II begins, the configuration data from a .PRO file is read, as is the data from the other files the .PRO file references. Your options are then in place. You may load different configuration data from different .PRO files and thus easily switch from one use of PC-Type II, e.g., letter writing, to another, e.g., preparing a document. � 旼컴컴컴컴컴커 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴� 旼� � 쿮scape codes� � � 쿛� � � eee.PRN-----------> � 쿎� � 읕컴컴컴컴컴켸 쿬onfiguration� � � � 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 쿭ata � 쿟� � 쿸eystroke macros� � ccc.PRO� 퀉� � � kkk.MAC-----------> � 쿾� � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 � � 쿮� 겠컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � � � � 개import definitions� � ---->� 개 iii.IMP-----------> � � � 걋컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴� 읕� subject: SETTING CONFIGURATION OPTIONS discussion: There are numerous configuration options which can be set and saved within PC-Type II. This is primarily done via the Configuration Menu within PC-Type II itself. After describing how to save and load configuration data, each configuration setting will be discussed in the pages which follow. Along with these discussions, the format of each option within the .PRO file will also be presented. 107 If a configuration option can be changed outside the Configuration Menu umbrella, this also will be mentioned. (For example, the operation of the Enter key which is set via the configuration option "(S)witches", can also be changed with Ctrl X while you are in the middle of typing a document.) setup: The Configuration Menu shown below, is reached by first 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 pressing F2 (the Main 쿎ONFIGURATION settings: � PC-Type II Menu), and 팠袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴孤 then pressing C, (the � (B)ox characters � (C)onfigure option). � (C)olors � � (D)ate options � To set or change � (E)scape codes � options, press the � (F)ile handling � letter corresponding � (G)raphics port � to the options you � (H)eader/Footer � wish to set. � (I)mport default � � (M)odify default tabs � After setting an option � (O)rder of chars for sort� you will return to � (P)rint � this menu. Press � (1) printer translation � Esc or X to return � (R)eset special chars � to PC-Type II. If any � (S)witches � options have changed, � (T)ime options � you will be asked if � (U)pper/lower case � you want to save the � e(X)it � new configuration 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 settings to disk. When you select an option from the Configuration Menu, you will be presented with a window pertaining to your selection. If you exit that window with the Esc key, then no changes to the configuration will be registered. If you exit the window with the F10 key, then your changes become effective immediately. For example, if you changed the screen colors, your new color choices would appear when you return to the Configuration Menu after pressing F10. If you do not save your newly set options to a .PRO file, then the settings will only be remembered for the current PC-Type II session. subject: SAVING CONFIGURATION DATA to DISK purpose: By saving the modified configuration settings to disk, you can recall them at any time. In this manner, you can quickly change PC-Type II's behavior as your needs change. discussion: When you leave the Configuration Menu by pressing Esc or the X key, if you have made modifications you will be asked the following questions: Save data to .PRO file? 108 If you press Y for yes, the process of saving your configuration data will continue. If you defined or modified any new macros (with the exception of AltY itself), and you have not saved the macros to disk, you will be asked if you want to do so now: Save Macros to .MAC file? If you press Y for yes, the filespec of the .MAC file will be referenced in the .PRO file being created. If you defined or modified any printer escape codes and you have not saved the data to disk, you will be asked: Save Escape Codes to .PRN file? If you press Y for yes, the filespec of the .PRN file will be referenced in the .PRO file being created. If you defined or modified any import definitions and you have not saved the data to disk, you will be asked: Save Import data to .IMP file? If you press Y for yes, the filespec of the .IMP file will be referenced in the .PRO file being created. Finally you will be asked for the path where the .PRO file you are creating should be saved. (A blank entry implies the default directory.) Then you will be asked for the filename of the new .PRO file. After supplying this information, the .PRO file will be created on the directory you requested with the filename you supplied and an extension of .PRO. The message: Profile file successfully written. is displayed to confirm the process. NOTE: The file PCTYPE.PRO is searched for automatically by PC-Type II when it first begins, so usually you will provide the name PCTYPE when saving a .PRO file. If you have DOS 3.0 or later, PC-Type II will look for PCTYPE.PRO in the same directory where PCT.EXE exists. This directory would be the best path to supply if you use DOS 3.0+. subject: LOADING CONFIGURATION DATA from .PRO FILES discussion: When PC-Type II begins, it looks for the file PCTYPE.PRO on the current default directory. If PCTYPE.PRO is not be found there and you are using DOS version 3.0 or later, PC-Type II will next look for the PCTYPE.PRO file in the same directory where PCT.EXE exists. If it still cannot be found, then each directory in your PATH is searched. If none of these searches are successful, then the internal defaults of PC-Type II will 109 be used. You may override the search for PCTYPE.PRO by referencing another .PRO file as a command line parameter. (See DOS Command Line Parameters.) This is useful if you have different defaults set up for different uses of PC-Type II, e.g., one for letters, one for editing code, etc. You may also force the loading of specific .IMP, .MAC or .PRN files by using DOS Command Line Parameters. Any specific entries on the DOS Command Line will override any references to such files within the active .PRO file. Alternatively, you may load any previously saved .PRO, .IMP, .MAC or .PRN file from inside PC-Type II itself. This is done by using the "(F)ile handling" option from the Configuration Menu. examples: The following examples demonstrate the use of the DOS command line parameters. C>pct myfile PCTYPE.PRO will be loaded along with any .IMP, .MAC or .PRN files referenced inside it when PCT.EXE begins editing the file MYFILE. C>pct myfile /X=c:\util\BROTHER PCTYPE.PRO will be loaded along with any .IMP or .MAC files referenced inside it when PCT.EXE begins editing the file MYFILE. However, the escape code file BROTHER.PRN in directory C:\UTIL will be loaded instead of any .PRN files referenced in PCTYPE.PRO. C>pct myfile /P=c:\pctdir\LETTER LETTER.PRO from directory C:\PCTDIR will be loaded along with any .IMP, .MAC or .PRN files it references. subject: BOX CHARACTERS (Definition) purpose: PC-Type II can draw boxes around Ctrl B highlighting. It is necessary, however, to know which characters should be used to define the box border. This portion of the Configuration process permits you to define the "default" box characters. discussion: When you press B for "(B)ox characters" in the Configuration Menu, the window shown below will appear. The cursor can be moved with the arrow keys 110 in the upper-right hand box area. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컫컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � 7 8 9 � 낳 � � 쳤핍 뉘떴 � � \  / � � � 旼� � 쫘麒 죗銶 텍肋 � � 4->� �<-6 � � � 읕� � 泊禮 毛슨 입談 옇렌 � � /  \ � � � 1 2 3 � 白塞� :|.+-_= � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컨컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � Move cursor to desired character. � � Press Shift+key on number pad � � (or the regular keyboard number) � � which matches desired position. � 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � (7) and (3) enough for most boxes.� 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � F10/Enter when done - (Esc=Exit) � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� Move the cursor to the character of your choice and press the number corresponding to the position on the box where you want that character to be placed. For example, with the cursor on the � character, you can press the 7 on the number keys above the letter keys on your keyboard, or press Shift 7 on the number pad. When you do so, the character will appear in the upper left corner of the little box in the top left area of the window. Actually, the left and top lines of the box will be filled in automatically, since this character denotes a double horizontal line and a single vertical line. Hence, for most boxes you only need to define characters for the two extreme corner positions, i.e., positions 7 and 3 or positions 9 and 1. When you have defined the box you desire, press F10 and the new definition will be accepted. You can also press Esc in which case any modifications you made will be ignored. .PRO format: The 8 characters must be in the order upper-left, top, upper-right, right, lower-right, bottom, lower-left, and left. The format is shown below. Box_Chars : 旼엿耗윰 subject: COLORS (Setting screen colors) purpose: Modify the colors assigned to different areas of your PC-Type II screen. discussion: NOTE: The word "number" used below can be any of the hexadecimal values, 0,1,...,9,A,B,C,D,E or F. 111 After pressing C from the Configuration Menu, the window shown below will be active. The arrow keys will move the cursor from number to number in the two rows pointed to as "Background" and "Foreground". �袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴� � SCREEN ATTRIBUTE DEFINITION 栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢� � � 栢�袴袴孤栢培袴袴敲栢 � � 栢� �袴袴敲붜� � � Screen Attribute 1F 栢� � Menu볶栢 � � Menu Attribute 0E 栢� Hi- � 볶栢 � � Field Attribute 60 栢� Lite 튔ield볶栢 � � Command Line 47 栢� 훤袴袴성栢 � � Border Attribute 0 栢� Text Area 붜� � � ^^ 栢튏ommand Line 붜� � � Background컴컴冒 栢� Message Line 붜� � � Foreground컴컴켸 栢�L...^....1....R쌜� � � 栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢栢� � � � � Note: Only the Foreground has any effect on the Border. � � EGA and VGA screens will not display border. � � � � Move field with arrow keys - change options with Enter. � � Press F10 when finished, or Esc to cancel selection. � 훤袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴暠 To change the color of a specific PC-Type II display area, move the cursor to either the foreground or background number associated with that area and press the Enter key. As you press the Enter key, you will see the number under the cursor increase (or wrap around to zero), and the associated area in the screen model change color. If a foreground number is under the cursor, then only the foreground color will change. There are 16 foreground colors available. If a background number is under the cursor, then only the background color will change. There are 8 background colors. After modifying the color selection, press F10 to accept the changes and return to the Configuration Menu, or press Esc to ignore the changes and return. .PRO format: When you save the configuration settings for the screen colors, the final numbers selected for each screen area are converted to the following names: (0) BLACK (8) GRAY (1) BLUE (9) LIGHTBLUE (2) GREEN (A) LIGHTGREEN (3) CYAN (B) LIGHTCYAN (4) RED (C) LIGHTRED (5) MAGENTA (D) LIGHTMAGENTA 112 (6) BROWN (E) YELLOW (7) WHITE (F) BRIGHTWHITE The background colors may be set to values 0-7 while the foreground colors may be set to values 0-F. The five screen areas whose colors are described are saved to the .PRO configuration file in the following format: Scr_Fg : BRIGHTWHITE Scr_Bg : BLUE Menu_Fg : YELLOW Menu_Bg : BLACK Field_Fg : BLACK Field_Bg : BROWN Cmnd_Fg : WHITE Cmnd_Bg : RED Border : BLACK "Fg" implies foreground and "Bg" background. "Scr" refers to the text area of your PC-Type II screen. "Menu" refers to the menus, help screens, and window prompts. "Field" refers to the selection bar in the menus. "Cmnd" refers to the "Command Line attribute". This sets the color of the Command Line as well as the special windows such as setting box characters. Finally, "Border" refers to that area around the standard screen area. (This area is inactive and will appear black on EGA and VGA monitors.) NOTE: Upper or lower case letters are accepted, but the names must be spelled as shown and the colon is required. Only one color per line. subject: DATE OPTIONS (Select) purpose: PC-Type II provides automatic DATE capabilities in a number of places: (1) In headers and footers. (2) In the text area as a DATE Stamp. (3) In Mail-Merge. This portion of the Configuration process permits you to select the DATE format. how to set: As you move the selection bar with the up or down arrow keys, an example of each format is displayed on 113 the Message Line. When you press letter A-N or Enter, your selection is completed and you will be returned to the Configuration Menu. Press X or Esc to return with no action. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� 쿏ate options: � 팠袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴� � (A) wkdy month day, yr � � (B) month day, yr � � (C) wkdy mo dy, yr (abr)� � (D) mo dy, yr (abr) � � (E) mo/dy/yr � � (F) wkdy day month yr � � (G) day month yr � � (H) wkdy dy mo yr (abr) � � (I) dy mo yr (abr) � � (J) dy/mo/yr � � (K) month � � (L) mo (abr) � � (M) weekday � � (N) wkdy (abr) � � e(X)it � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� .PRO format: The default format is B. The letter appearing after the colon corresponds to your selection from the DATE Menu. Date_Code : B subject: ESCAPE CODES (Definition) purpose: You may place print markers in your text to cause an area to be underlined, made bold, etc., depending upon which functions your printer supports. These markers contain no information except a number. When PC-Type II sends information to your printer and it encounters a print marker, it must know what to do with it. The escape code table defined here supplies that information. discussion: When you press E in the Configuration Menu, the window shown below will appear on your screen. Each line represents a different printer option. For example, the second line is for underlining. The printer escape codes for turning underlining ON are entered in the left column, and for turning underlining back OFF in the right column. Under the columns "Bg" and "Fg" you may set the background and foreground screen colors the print markers should have when you place them in your text. �袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴敲 114 � Escape Code Definition � � � 튓scape Seq Bg Fg Fn Name Escape Seq� �---------- \ / ------------ ----------� � SNG 01 GLOBAL_(Beg) � �{27}U ON 52 Underline OFF {27}X � �{27}B ON 21 bold OFF {27}N � � ON 01 OFF � � ON 01 OFF � 훤袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴� Under the column "Fn Name", i.e., function name, you may enter the name of the printer function for the line. On the first line, "GLOBAL_(Beg)" you may enter a printer escape code in the left column. This is a special escape code. It will be issued at the start of any print request. This permits you to initialize your printer to your requirements. It is not available as a print marker and is optional. The name "Underline" in the second line is fixed. You will not be able to change it. This is because some printers underline all blanks as well as letters and to keep from underlining in the margins, PC-Type II must know where the underline escape codes are located. You may name any of the other lines as you wish. You may move from field to field in the window by using the arrow keys on the number pad. subject: SETTING ESCAPE CODE DEFINITIONS color: Move the highlight to the "Fg" or "Bg" column and press the Enter key. As you do, the foreground or background number will be incremented by 1 and the "Escape Sequence" fields on the line will show the new color. When you put a print marker in your text, the text will become this color to indicate, for example, that underlining is active in that text area. name: Move the highlight to the column under "Fn. Name" and press the Enter key. This activates the field and allows you to enter or modify the name. When done, press Enter and move to the next field. If you press Esc, changes in the field will be ignored. (You cannot change the two names "GLOBAL_(Beg)" and "Underline".) escape code: Move the highlight to the far left or right and press Enter to activate the field. You may now modify the contents of the field as with "name" above. Up to 100 characters may be entered. The field will scroll to the left or right as the boundary is exceeded. 115 When entering an escape code, decimal values may be entered by placing the number between curly brackets. For example, the Esc character is decimal value 27 and could be entered as {27}. (Decimal values may also be entered by holding down the Alt key and typing the number on the number pad, and then releasing the Alt key. The curly brackets are preferable since it is easier to read your entries.) Character values in the escape code may be entered as characters, e.g., A, B. As an example, suppose your printer manual displays the escape code format as: ESC "B" n CHR$(27)CHR$(66)CHR$(n) You would enter this as: {27}B{n} or {27}{66}{n} where n is a decimal value. .PRN format: With the sample Escape Code screen above, the data would be saved to a text .PRN file as shown below: 캰C-Type II Escape codes 5 �(1) GLOBAL_(Beg) SNG 01 �(3) Underline ON 52 {27}U �(4) Underline OFF 52 {27}X �(5) bold ON 21 {27}B �(6) bold OFF 21 {27}N .PRO format: A .PRO file references a .PRN file. Codes in the file BROTHER.PRN in directory C:\PCTYPE are referenced as: Esc_Cd_file : C:\PCTYPE\BROTHER.PRN subject: FILE HANDLING (Saving and Loading) purpose: To save or load PC-Type II support files and to define the location of the Fault Finder dictionary. discussion: When you press F from the Configuration Menu, the menu shown below will appear. You may then save or load new .PRO, .PRN, .IMP, .MAC files as desired. If you load one of these files, it will replace any such file already loaded. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� 쿎ONFIGURATION files: � 팠袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴� � (1) Escape codes to disk � � (2) Escape codes from disk� � (3) Macro file to disk � � (4) Macro file from disk � � (5) Profile file to disk � � (6) Profile file from disk� � (7) Fault_Finder � � (8) Import data to disk � 116 � (9) Import data from disk � � e(X)it � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� For example, if your active .PRN file was for an EPSON printer, you could replace it with another .PRN file by pressing 2. Alternatively suppose you have made some modifications to the current escape codes. You could then save them to a different .PRN file by pressing 1. dictionary: The Fault Finder must know where its dictionary is located in order to check the spelling of your text files. Provide PC-Type II with this information by pressing 7 in the Configuration Files menu. You will then be asked for the directory in which the dictionary is located. You will then be asked to identify the file. .PRO format: If you save or load a file with the menu above, then that file will be saved in your .PRO file the next time the .PRO file is saved. The .PRO formats for these files are: Fault_Finder : c:\util\pctdict\PCTYPE.DIC Macros : d:\PCTYPE\LETTER.MAC Import : d:\PCTYPE\LETTER.IMP Esc_Cd_file : d:\PCTYPE\LETTER.PRN subject: GRAPHICS PORT (PCG2 output definition) purpose: Normally, PCG2 will send its output data to the standard parallel port, LPT1. If your graphics printer is connected to a different port, e.g., COM1, this configuration option allows you to redefine the port to be used. discussion: When you press G from the Configuration Menu, a field will be presented on the Command Line in which you can enter the desired graphics port. Type in the required port name (this may also be a filename), and press the Enter key. If you define a non-blank graphics port, a "PORT:filespec" record will be added to the GRAPH.ME files created by PC-Type II. (See Creating Graphs on page 161.) The "filespec" will be the same as the port name just entered. .PRO format: If you entered a non-blank graphics port, the record: GR_PORT : filespec will be added to your .PRO file. If the port name is 117 blank, (which is normal), then this record will not appear when you save a new .PRO file. subject: HEADER/FOOTER (Definition) purpose: When you send a file to the printer, the top and bottom margin must be defined as well as any information (usually of a repetitive nature) which you want to appear in this area. These are called headers and footers. The Header and Footer data saved in a .PRO file becomes the default header and footer information for any file printed when that .PRO file is loaded. (Of course this data may be overridden within the text of a file itself.) discussion: In the Print window, (discussed in the next section), you specify the number of lines per printed page. If you consider a Header as a top margin, and a Footer as a bottom margin, then the number of lines remaining on a printed page for your text (called body lines) is: lines per page - (lines in header + lines in footer) Represented visually: Sample printed page 겠컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� 컴컴 개 �  개 lines in header � � 개컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � 개 � � 개 lines left for � � 개 text � � 개 � lines per page 개 (body lines) � � 개 � � 개 � � 개 � � 개컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � 개 lines in footer � � 개 �  걋컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� 컴컴 Keep this picture in mind when defining your headers and footers. The larger you make them, the less room is available for text on a page. default: When you press H from the Configuration Menu, you will be able to modify the default headers and footers associated with the current .PRO file. This modification is an editing process, and you will be presented with the current default header and footer definitions to modify. subject: HEADER AND FOOTER EDITING 118 discussion: The figure below depicts your screen when you are in the Header/Footer mode of the configuration process. �袴袴袴袴袴袴孤Headers/Footers팠袴袴袴袴袴� 봤컴Start컴� � 봤컴컴컴컴컴 Begin Header Def. 컴컴컴컴컴뉴 �\\\\ � �\\\\ � �\\\\ � 봤컴컴컴컴컴� End Header Def. 컴컴컴컴컴캑� 봤컴컴컴컴컴 Begin Footer Def. 컴컴컴컴컴뉴 �\\-%-\\ � �\\\\ � �\\\\ � 봤컴컴컴컴컴� End Footer Def. 컴컴컴컴컴캑� 봤컴 End 컴� � 훤袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴� While it looks like a normal text screen, you are actually in a different mode of operation, and not all keystrokes are available. You are told this before the screen appears with the message: Restricted keystrokes during Header/Footer editing. The most important difference in the keystrokes is that the Command Line is not available and the Esc key acts like F4 (or quit). Other keystroke differences are the elimination of the following: Shift F1 (toggle active files) Ctrl F1 (toggle active files) F2 (Main menu) F3 (print markers) Ctrl F9 (save highlighted portion) F10 (perform Command Line function) Ctrl E (toggle EGA/VGA) Ctrl N (next window) Ctrl P (page marker) Ctrl R (reformat) Ctrl S (sentence highlighting) Ctrl T (where are we) Tab Shift Tab Ctrl _ (math insert) Otherwise, edit the configuration header/footers as if they were a normal file. Press F4 or Esc to exit without saving or press F9 or Shift F9 to save the new definition. You will return to the Configuration Menu. 119 subject: HEADER/FOOTER LINES format: A header must appear between the two Special Lines "Begin Header Def." and "End Header Def." just as a footer must appear between its Special Lines. The number of lines between each pair of Special Lines determines the size of the header and footer. (Redefined headers and footers in your text do not have to agree in length with the Configuration default). {option}\left text\central text\right text\ discussion: Each header or footer line is split into three parts, a left, a central, and a right part. These parts are delimited with the \ character, and there should be 4 of these characters per line. Text appearing between the first two \ characters will be left-justified to the file's left-most default margin (either left margin or hanging indent). Text appearing in the center section will be centered in that area when printed. Text appearing in the right section will be right-justified to the right margin of the file's default tab setting when printed. options: Option is an optional command preceding the header/footer definition. It applies only to the line which it precedes. These commands are: SWAP - This command will cause the left and right sections of the header/footer line to be switched on odd and even pages. It is assumed you set the line to the desired ODD page configuration. EVEN - These commands should appear in pairs. They ODD indicate that the definition on the line to the right applies only to "ODD" or "EVEN" pages as the command indicates. It takes two such lines to constitute one header or footer line. 120 subject: HEADER / FOOTER INSERTS options: Standard text may be placed in any of the sections of a header or footer line. In addition, PC-Type II provides a few extra coded options. . The system date will replace this option if it appears in a header or footer line. The format of the date will agree with that selected in the configuration DATE option. . The system time will replace this option if it appears in a header or footer line. The format of the time will agree with that selected in the configuration TIME option. . This option assumes you want to repeat the character 'x' until it bumps into a margin or data from another section of the line. % If the percent sign is found in a header or footer line, then the page number of the current page being printed is substituted in its place. example: In the example below, the header and footer are set to look different on odd and even pages. 걘컴컴컴컴컴� Begin Header Def. 컴컴컴컴컴컴� �\\\\ 컎wap\User's Manual\\Page %\ �\.<->\\.\ 걘컴컴컴컴컴컴 End Header Def. 컴컴컴컴컴컴캑 걘컴컴컴컴컴� Begin Footer Def. 컴컴컴컴컴컴� �\\.<->\\ 컊dd\\\Headers/Footers\ 캿ven\CONFIGURATION\\\ �\\\\ 걘컴컴컴컴컴컴 End Footer Def. 컴컴컴컴컴컴캑 121 The example on the previous page will cause each printed page to contain 3 header lines and 3 footer lines. The result might look like: 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � � � User's Manual Page 9 � � -------------------- 10/1/88 � � . � � . � � . � � . � � ---------------------------- � � Headers/Footers � � � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � � � Page 10 User's Manual � � 10/1/88 -------------------- � � . � � . � � . � � . � � ----------------------------- � � CONFIGURATION � � � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� .PRO format: The header and footer for the sample above would be saved in a .PRO file as shown below. Each colon is required and the two _End lines must be present. 캦eader : \\\\ � : swap\User's Manual\\Page %\ � : \.<->\\.\ 캦eader_End : 캟ooter : \\.<->\\ � : odd\\\Headers/Footers\ � : even\CONFIGURATION\\\ � : \\\\ 캟ooter_End : 122 subject: IMPORT DEFAULT (Definition) purpose: In Import Definition, you define the database source file, the record selection criteria for that source file, and those fields you wish to import into a PC-Type II file. You may import data directly into your text file with the (I)mport option of the Main Menu or during the Mail-Merge process. source: When you press I from the Configuration Menu, the Import source definition menu shown below will appear. Select the external database source type by pressing 0, 1, ... or 5. When you do so, you will be asked to enter the directory in which the source file exists. Type the directory, e.g., c:\pcf, and press Enter. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 쿔MPORT options: � 팠袴袴袴袴袴袴袴孤 � (0) PC-File+ � � (1) PC-File:dB � � (2) PC-Calc+ � � (3) Mail � � (4) ASCII-L � � (5) ASCII-C � � e(X)it � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 PC-File+: After pressing 0, a menu displaying all the .HDR files which exist on the specified directory will be shown. Select the PC-File+ source you desire and press Enter. (Esc will exit the Import definition process.) PC-File:dB: After pressing 1, a menu displaying all the .HDB files which exist on the specified directory will be shown. Select the PC-File:dB source you desire and press Enter. (Esc will exit the Import definition process.) If multiple index files exist for your selection, you will be presented with another menu of the index files available for the selected .HDB file. Move the highlight to the desired index file and press Enter. PC-Calc+: After pressing 2, a menu displaying all the .PCC files which exist on the specified directory will be shown. Select the PC-Calc+ source file you desire and press Enter. (Esc will exit the Import definition process.) You will next be asked to define the range of data within PC-Calc+ which you wish to import. You may respond with "ALL", or with a row/column definition. (Range names will not be accepted.) An example range might be B5:H25. Data imported from PC-Calc+ is brought in by row. Each column in the row for the range you define is considered a field. 123 Mail: After pressing 3, you will be asked to enter the file extension for the comma-delimited file you wish to load. Type in the extension and press Enter. A menu will then be displayed showing all the files with that extension on the directory you provided. Select the comma-delimited file you desire and press Enter. (Esc will exit the Import definition process.) ASCII-L: After pressing 4, you will be asked the same questions as with the Mail (option 3) above. An ASCII-L file is an ASCII file where your fields of data are lined up by column. Each line in the file represents a new record. example: name1-- address1 city1 state1 zip1 name2--- address2 city2 state2 zip2 name3 address3 city3 state3 zip3 Having located the source file, you must show how the columns are defined. Do this by placing strings of the same character above each column as illustrated below. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴캑 LINE: 1 쳐컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� 쿪aaaaaaaaaaaaaabbbbbbbbbbbcccccccccccddddd� 쿎at~Garfield Fat Cat President Garfi� 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 You can move up and down within the source file with the up and down arrow keys. The data line will scroll left and right as you exceed its boundaries. NOTE: If certain columns are of no interest, simply leave them blank and they will be ignored. ASCII-C: After pressing 5, you will be asked the same questions as with the Mail (option 3) above. An ASCII-C file is an ASCII file where each line of data represents a field. A record is comprised of a group of non-blank lines. A blank line denotes the end of a record. example: name1 address1 city1, state1 zip1 name2 address2 city2, state2 zip2 NOTE: This is the format in which .LABEL / .ELABEL address data in Mail-Merge is saved. 124 subject: IMPORT RECORD SELECTION DEFINITION purpose: The Import Record Selection Definition provides three methods for determining which records of the external data source should be considered for import. discussion: After defining the data source, you will asked to choose the record selection methodology to impose on that data source with the menu shown below. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 쿝ecord Selection: � 팠袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴孤 � (A)ll � � (S)imple � � (C)omplex � � e(X)it � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 ALL: If you select the ALL option, each database record will be considered to be a valid candidate for import. SIMPLE: Enter the data you want specific fields of your source data to match for a record to be selected as an import candidate. A window will be displayed listing all the fields defined in the data source. To enter data to the right of these field names, move the highlight to the desired line, press Enter to activate the field, type in the data you want matched, and press Enter. When finished, press F10 to register the information. NOTE: If there are too many fields to fit in the window, the window will scroll up and down as you reach its top and bottom extremities. example: NAME smith TITLE COMPANY STREET SUITE CITY redmond STATE ZIP COUNTRY B_PHONE In the example above, all records with a name of "smith" and a city of "redmond" will be considered as import candidates. The above example is what you would expect with a PC-File+ or PC-File:dB data source type. Since the other data sources may not contain field names, the contents of the fields in the first record are displayed in place of field names. You may refer to these fields later, as in Mail-Merge, as Field1, Field2, ... Fieldn. 125 COMPLEX: Selecting this option requires that you define a formula to be used in the search for appropriate records. With PC-File+ and PC-File:dB data sources, the field names defined in the HDR and HDB files will be displayed on your screen. Other data sources will display the contents of the defined fields of the first record preceded by a number. Use that number with "Field" to reference the desired field, e.g., if the fourth field was displayed as: � 4- 1234 South ADDISON you would reference it as FIELD4. Next you must define the formula for the search. Here is a sample search formula: (Name="smith"|name="jones) & (city="boston") Translated into English, this says "NAME equal to SMITH or JONES and city equal to BOSTON". The search command has four components: (1) Parentheses () to group things logically. For every left parenthesis, you must have a right parenthesis. (2) Logical operators | meaning OR and & meaning AND. The OR symbol "|" usually appears on the same key on your keyboard as the backslash. Some people call it the "double vertical bar" or "pipe" character. (3) Comparison operators are: = equal to != not equal to > greater than >= greater than or equal to < less than <= less than or equal to (4) Data identifiers. Data identifiers are either field names or constants. CONSTANTS always have one of the following special characters surrounding them: " Generic (begins with) search data such as "smith" ~ Scan across search data such as ~ith~ ? Sounds-like search data such as ?smith? Spaces between components are not necessary but can 126 be used to enhance readability of the command. You can include up to 17 different comparisons for each complex search. example: Find any name in Utah that doesn't sound like "SMITH" and doesn't sound like "YOUNG". state="UT" & name != ?SMITH? & name != ?YOUNG? 127 subject: DATABASE FIELDS TO IMPORT purpose: Once a record has been identified and accepted as a record to be imported, those fields to import into your PC-Type II Text Area must be defined. discussion: After defining the search methodology, you are presented with a list of all the fields in a record. Initially, they will all have the word NO to their right. If you want all the fields in a selected record brought in, leave all the YES/NO toggles as NO and press F10. If you want only some of the fields brought in, then move the highlight to those NOs which should be YESes and press the Enter key. (Pressing the Enter key when the highlight is over YES will toggle the field to NO). NOTE: This information is not required for Mail-Merge since you define the data to be brought into your letter via special field name codes. example: NAME YES TITLE YES COMPANY NO STREET NO SUITE NO CITY NO STATE NO ZIP NO COUNTRY NO B_PHONE NO .PRO format: The line below illustrates how your import definition file is referenced in a .PRO file. After defining all the information noted above, you will be asked if you want to save it to a file. For the example below, the answer was YES and it was saved to the file LETTER in directory PCTYPE on drive D. Import : D:\PCTYPE\LETTER.IMP 128 subject: MODIFY DEFAULT TABS purpose: Default configuration file tabs are used to initialize the tab settings and margins of all non-document PC-Type II files (files which do not have a .PCT extension) and all new .PCT files. This configuration option permits you to set them to suit your purposes. discussion: When you press M in the Configuration Menu, the Command Line changes in a tab and margin definition line which you can edit. The current setting is displayed. Ctrl Right and Ctrl Left arrows will move the cursor quickly to the next or previous tab setting, and F6 will erase all settings under and to the right of the cursor. When the tabs and margins are set to your taste, press Enter to continue with the definition. If you press Esc you will immediately return to the Configuration Menu, and all changes to the settings will be ignored. If your tabs and margins exceed the right edge of the screen, the tab line as well as the screen will shift to the right as you cursor beyond the right edge. rules: When defining a tab line, you must include an 'L' for the left margin and an 'R' for the right margin. You may optionally include an 'I' to denote an indent location. The indent may be either to the right or to the left of the left margin, but no tab markers may be in between the two. The right margin must be the right-most marker on the tab line. Tab markers are defined with 'T's. The indent marker defines the location of the first character of the first line of a paragraph and is primarily used when reformatting paragraphs. example: 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � I L T T T R � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� 129 subject: TAB TOGGLES purpose: Three toggles may be set for every tab line, and the default configuration tab line is no exception. These toggles define whether: (1) the text is to be single, double, or triple spaced. (2) if a tab character should be inserted in the text when the Tab key is pressed. (3) if the text on lower lines in a paragraph should automatically be adjusted when characters are inserted or deleted in a line. discussion: After pressing the Enter key indicating you are finished with the tab line definition, the menu shown below will appear. (This assumes that the QUICKTABS toggle is turned off. See the configuration discussion SWITCHES.) 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴커 Pressing S toggles the 쿟AB toggle options: � (S)pacing line between: 팠袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴孤 SNG (single spacing) � (S)pacing (SNG)� DBL (double spacing) � (T)ab char insert ( ON)� TRP (triple spacing). � (W)rap paragraph ( ON)� � e(X)it � Pressing T will toggle 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴켸 the (T)ab char insert line from ( ON) to (OFF). When this toggle is ON, a tab character is inserted in the text when the Tab key is pressed (unless you are using a hanging indent and the cursor is to the left of the left margin). Pressing W will toggle the (W)rap paragraph line from ( ON) to (OFF). When this toggle is ON, text within a paragraph will be automatically adjusted as characters are inserted or deleted from a line. .PRO format: Tabs : sp,{tc,}{wr,},L=#,R=#,{I=#,}T=(#,#,#,#) �Elements within {} are optional. sp = spacing: May be SINGLE, DOUBLE, or TRIPLE tc = tab char: May be INACTIVE, i.e. OFF. If omitted, ON is assumed. wr = wrap: May be NOWRAP, i.e., OFF. If omitted, ON is assumed. L,R, and I: Left, right and indent margins. T: Tab markers. #: Column number. There is an optional format for tab markers - T=(X#) which implies starting at the left margin, insert a tab marker every # columns. examples: Tabs : Single,Inactive,L=5,R=75,T=(10,25,50) Tabs : Double,Nowrap,I=5,L=10,R=70,T=(X5) 130 subject: ORDER OF CHARACTERS FOR SORT (Definition) purpose: When you request to sort fields of data, PC-Type II must know the relationship between characters to determine the new order of the fields. This configuration option allows you to redefine the default sorting order. discussion: When you press O in the Configuration Menu, the window shown below will appear on your screen. The full set of valid PC-Type II characters will appear on the top line. As you move the cursor beyond the limits of the window, the two lines of data will scroll. �袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴敲 � DEFINE CHARACTER SORT ORDER � 픔컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � !"#$%&'()*+,-../0123456789:;<=>?@ABCD� � AA BB � 픔컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� � Select character and press CtrlB. � � Move to new position and press CtrlM. � � If two characters should be equal, � � duplicate characters on lower line. � � Press F10 when done, or Esc to cancel. � 훤袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴� NOTE: The Tab and Shift Tab keys will move 20 characters to the right or left. The Home and End keys will move you to the beginning and end of the line. To define your specific sort order, should the default not be correct for your needs, define the first line of characters in the desired ascending sequence. This is accomplished by moving to a specific character, pressing Ctrl B, moving to the new desired location, and pressing Ctrl M. Only one character can be moved at a time. The second line is only required to define characters which you want to be considered as equivalent. For example, if you were sorting lists of numbers you might want the space, + and - characters to be considered equivalent so that only the digits themselves would be considered in the sort. If this were the case, you would move space, + and minus together on the top line, and enter the same character on the line underneath them. Any character is fine as long as it is the same character. In the example below we used the letter A. 컇ine 1 ....+ -0123456789.... 컇ine 2 AAA 131 When you have defined the order you want, press F10. You will be returned to the Configuration Menu and your changes will be recognized. If you press Esc, then any changes you made in this window will be ignored. .PRO format: If you use the default sort order, no order data will be saved in .PRO files. If you do not use the default order, 256 numbers will be saved to a .PRO file when it is saved. Each number represents the relative sort hierarchy of an ASCII character. If the same number exists in more than one position, then those characters are at the same sort level. NOTE: Invalid PC-Type II characters must have the value 255. In the example below, character 1 is sorted before character 2, and characters 3, 4 and 5 are equivalent. Character 0 is an invalid PC-Type II character. The colon only appears on the first line. Sort_Order : 255, 2, 1, 3, 3, 3, 6, 25,.. ... ... 236,237,238,239, ... 132 subject: PRINT (Definition) purpose: Define the printer options most commonly used. discussion: When you press P from the Configuration Menu, the window shown below will appear. This is the same window which will appear whenever you begin to print. By setting your defaults here, you will not have to change these options every time you print. Of course you can modify them before beginning your printing. �袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴� � PRINT OPTIONS � � Output target file: � � LPT1 � � Amount to print: ALL � � � � � � Number of Copies: 1 � � Extra Spaces at Left: 0 � � Lines per page: 66 � � Pause at end of page: NO � � Formfeed at page end: NO � � Formfeed when done: NO � � Headers/Footers: ON � � Printer Escape codes: ON � � Mail-Merge: OFF � � Disk with workspace: C � 훤袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴暠 When setting this window from the Configuration Menu, define the fields to your requirements. When you are finished press F10 and your settings will be acknowledged. Press Esc and your settings will be ignored. In both instances, you will be returned to the Configuration Menu. If you modify this window during a PRINT operation, your modifications will be remembered. They cannot be saved to a .PRO file, however, without first reentering the window through the Configuration Menu. target file: To activate this field, move the highlight to the "Output target file" field and press Enter. You may now specify the target location for your printed output. Most of the time, this will be LPT1, your primary parallel port. You may alternatively specify LPT2, COM1, etc., or provide a filespec such as c:\printdir\report.one. Your entry will be saved to a .PRO file with the format shown below. Pr_Target : LPT1 133 subject: DEFINING THE PRINT SOURCE rint source: Move the highlight to the field "Amount to print". As you press the Enter key, the field will toggle between "ALL" and "PART". With the "ALL" option, the next three lines of the window will disappear and the highlight will ignore them as you move the arrow keys. With the "PART" option, these three lines will be available for modification. They are: �袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴� � Amount to print: PART � � Select by: PAGE � � First page: 1 � � No. of pages: 3 � 훤袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴暠 The "Select by" field is also a toggle. With the highlight on this field pressing Enter will switch the options among "PAGE", "LINE", and "HILI". "PAGE" implies you will be printing part of your source text, and you will define which part by specifying the first page number to print and the number of pages to print in the next two fields. "LINE" implies you will be printing part of your source text and you will define which part by specifying the first line number to print and the number of lines to print in the next two fields. "HILI" implies you will only print that portion of your source text which is currently highlighted. (The next two fields are meaningless in this mode.) To set the next two fields, move the highlight to each of them and press Enter. Then enter the your numbers and press Enter. If "First page" (or line) is blank, the entire file will be printed. If "No. of pages" (or lines) is blank, the file will be printed from "First page" (or line) to the end. The .PRO format for the print source definition is: Print : PART Pr_Beg_by : PAGE Pr_Start : 2 Pr_Count : 3 "Print" may be "ALL" or "PART". If it is "ALL" then the next three parameters are ignored. "Pr_Beg_by" may be "PAGE", "LINE" "HILITE". "Pr_Start" and "Pr_Count" may be blank or numbers. 134 subject: MISCELLANEOUS PRINT OPTIONS copies: With the highlight on "Number of Copies", press Enter, type the desired number of copies, and press Enter again. When you print, your document will be sent to the output device the specified number of times. The .PRO format for this option is: Pr_Copies : 1 left margin: With the highlight on "Extra Spaces at Left", press Enter, type the desired number of spaces, and press Enter again. When you print, the number you specify here will be added to your left margin. For example, if you normally edit with the left margin set at 1, if you enter 10 in this field, PC-Type II will send 10 spaces to the output device at the start of each line. The .PRO format for this option is: Pr_Spaces : 0 lines per page: With the highlight on "Lines per page", press Enter, type the desired number of lines per page, and press Enter again. This defines the number of printed lines which will fit on a sheet (normally 66). If you change your spacing, go to a smaller type size, or if you are printing on paper other than 11 inches long, then you will want to change this value accordingly. To determine the number of lines of text which can be printed per page, PC-Type II subtracts the number of lines in the header and footer from the lines per page value. For example, if lines per page is 66, and your header has 6 lines and your footer 5 lines, then 55 lines of text can be printed per page. This value, 55, is the value used to determine the line and page number when you press Ctrl T. The .PRO format for this option is: Lines_Page : 66 pause: With the highlight on "Pause at end of page", press Enter to toggle the field between YES and NO. If the field is set to YES, PC-Type II will stop after each page has been printed. This gives you time to load another sheet of paper, make some adjustments, etc. before continuing. With fanfold paper, you would normally set this toggle to NO. The .PRO format for this option is: Pause_Pg : NO formfeed/page: With the highlight on "Formfeed at page end", press Enter to toggle the field between YES and NO. Normally you will set this field to NO. Some laser printers, however, expect a formfeed character to be sent before they will eject a page and continue. The .PRO format for this option is: Ff_Page : NO 135 subject: MISCELLANEOUS PRINT OPTIONS (continued) formfeed/file: With the highlight on "Formfeed when done", press Enter to toggle the field between YES and NO. With this option set to YES, an extra sheet will be ejected from your printer when the print is complete. This makes it easier to remove your printed document when using fanfold paper, but it also wastes a sheet. The .PRO format for this option is: Ff_Done : NO headings: With the highlight on "Headers/Footers", press Enter to toggle the field between ON and OFF. With this option set to ON, headers and footers will be printed as defined. With the option set to OFF, the header and footer text will be suppressed. NOTE: The lines in each header and footer will still be sent to your output device even though this setting is OFF, but they will be blank. The .PRO format for this option is: Hdr_Ftr : ON escape codes: With the highlight on "Printer Escape codes", press Enter to toggle the field between ON and OFF. With this option set to OFF, no escape codes will be sent to the specified output device, even though you may have print markers in your text. This is useful if you print a file to a disk file which you may want to edit, for the escape codes will look strange in a text file. The .PRO format for this option is: Esc_Codes : ON mail-merge: With the highlight on "Mail-Merge", press Enter to toggle the field between ON and OFF. Unless you are actually performing a Mail-Merge operation, this toggle should be OFF. If it is ON, when you begin printing, the Mail-Merge special lines and data must be in your source file. The .PRO format for this option is: Mail_M : OFF workspace: With the highlight on "Disk with workspace", press Enter to activate the field. Enter the desired disk drive letter and press Enter again. Unless you are performing a Mail-Merge operation, no disk space is required when printing a file. With Mail-Merge, however, space is required on a disk drive to save a copy of the original file being processed so that it may be reloaded to process the next record. The .PRO format for this option is: Work_Space : C 136 subject: PRINTER TRANSLATION (Definition) purpose: When information is printed, the translation table defined in this configuration option takes effect. If a character has been flagged as a translation character, then the substitute character is output to the print file instead of the actual character. discussion: Assume you draw a number of tables in your document with the graphics box and line features of PC-Type II. If you use, for example, the double line box characters, your printer may not be able to support those characters. If so, you could define substitute characters such as , -|:+=, etc. for the graphic type characters. Then your tables would look nice and clean on the screen, and would print as understandable characters as well. When you press 1 in the Configuration Menu, the window shown below will appear on your screen. The full set of valid PC-Type II characters will appear on the top line. As you move the cursor beyond the limits of the window, the two lines of data will scroll. �袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴� � PRINTER TRANSLATION CHARACTERS � 픔컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴캘 � !"#$%&'()*+,-../0123456789:;<=>?@ABCD � � ? ??????????????.?????????????????????? � 픔컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴캘 � Top line contains valid text characters. � � Replace ? on bottom line with character � � to be sent to printer instead. � � Press F10 when done, or Esc to cancel. � 훤袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴暠 NOTE: The Tab and Shift Tab keys will move 20 characters to the right or left. The Home and End keys will move you to the beginning and end of the line. The second line of data consists primarily of a line of question marks. To define an alternative character to be sent to a printer file, replace the question mark with the alternate character. In the example above, the "hard space" character has been defined to have the space character as its alternative, and the "soft period" to have the period character as its alternative. After the table has been adjusted, press F10. You will return to the Configuration Menu and your changes will be noted. If you press Esc from this window, any modifications you may have made will be ignored and you will return to the Configuration Menu. 137 .PRO format: Translation table data is saved in a .PRO file as pairs of numbers. The first number of each pair is the ASCII value of the character to be translated, and the second number of a pair is the ASCII value of the character to be substituted. The colon should only appear on the first line of the translation table data. Xltn_Table : 9,32, 250,46, 254,32, 255,32 138 subject: SPECIAL CHARS (Definition) purpose: Certain characters are used in PC-Type II as delimiters, symbols, etc. This configuration option allows you to change these symbols to best fit your needs. discussion: When you press R in the Configuration Menu, the window shown below will appear on your screen. Each of these 8 characters is used for a specific purpose: 000 delimiter - Symbol between hundreds and thousands, etc. Used by CALC command to evaluate text number. monetary symbol - Symbol defining currency, e.g. '$'. Used by CALC command to assist in recognizing a valid number. (-)left bracket - Symbols used by CALC command to recognize negative (-)right bracket numbers designated as <55> instead of -55. .00 delimiter - Symbol used to separate whole numbers from fractional part. Used by CALC command to recognize valid numbers. fill char - symbol used when filling an area with text, with the Drag toggle operating, and with Ctrl ^. NOTE: A new fill character may be selected at any time with Ctrl @. It is always displayed in the top left margin of the screen. date delimiter - Symbol used to separate months, days and years when date format of the form 4/14/43 is selected. time delimiter - Symbol used to separate hours, minutes and seconds when a time format of the form 14:55:02 is selected. �袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴� � Enter special characters (Esc = cancel) � 픔컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴캘 � 000 delimiter컴커旼컴decimal delimiter � � monetary symbol컴엿넬컴default fill char � � (-)left bracket커납납旼date delimiter � �(-)right bracket엿납납넬time delimiter � 훤袴袴袴袴袴袴袴固납납납넌袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴暠 民탤탤탤탓 �<>$,. /:� 읕컴컴컴켸 .PRO format: The special characters format is shown below. Note that there can be no spaces within these characters, so if the default fill character is a space, it is replaced with the character whose decimal value is 22. Spcl_Chars : <>$,./: 139 subject: SWITCHES (Selection) purpose: There are numerous toggles within PC-Type II. The SWITCHES option of the Configuration Menu permits you to set many of them so they will be configured to your taste when you begin a PC-Type II session. discussion: When you press S from within the Configuration Menu, the window shown below will appear on your screen. By using the arrow keys, you may move from toggle to toggle. To change the setting of a toggle, press the Enter key and the toggle will change to the next option. Note that a brief description of the toggle under the selection bar will appear in a text window to the right of the "Toggle Settings" window. �袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴敲 � Toggle Settings � � � When all the toggles have � BACKUP ASK � been set as you desire, press � FILE_MSG ON � the F10 key. The new toggle � TEXT_ENTRY ON � positions will be set and you � INSERT OFF � will return to the � QUICKTAB OFF � Configuration Menu. � BEEP ON � � FILTER OFF � If you press the Esc key from � ENTER SIMPLE � within this window, you will � � be returned to the � SNT_SPACE 2 � Configuration Menu, and � � any toggle modifications � � made will be ignored. 튧se <- -> F10 Esc � 훤袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴� In the pages which immediately follow, the options for each toggle will be described and the format of the associated data in a .PRO file will be given. 140 subject: FILE BACKUP TOGGLE (SWITCHES) purpose: The file backup toggle in the SWITCHES menu lets you set the action to be taken when saving files. If a file to be saved already exists in the directory specified, you may simply replace it with the modified file or create a backup of the existing file before saving the modified file. how to set: With the selection bar on the BACKUP field, pressing the Enter key will change the option from among four choices: (1) NO - this option will simply replace an existing file with the modified file. (2) YES - this option will automatically create a backup file of the file on the disk before saving the modified file. (3) ASK - this option will let you know that a file with the same name already exists on the directory specified and will ask you if you want to create a backup file or not. (4) DAY - this option is the same as ASK except that you will only be asked if you want to make a backup if a backup does not exist or if the backup file which does exist has a date before today. This effectively will only create one backup per day. discussion: When a backup file is created, the extension of the existing file is changed to .BAK. Thus, if you are saving a file named MYFILE.DOC to a directory where a file of the same name already exists, and if a backup file is to be made, then the file already on the directory will be renamed to MYFILE.BAK before the modified MYFILE.DOC is saved to disk. NOTE: During a PC-Type II editing session, a backup file is only created the first time a file of the same name is saved. If you perform numerous saves of a file using Shift F9, the backup will only be created the first time the file is saved. In this manner, the original file on the disk will not be lost with subsequent saves during the editing session. .PRO format: The format for this toggle is shown below. The colon is required and the four options to the right of the colon may be ASK, YES, NO or DAY. Upper or lower case characters make no difference. Backup : ASK 141 subject: FILE MESSAGE TOGGLE (SWITCHES) purpose: PC-Type II document files, (files with a .PCT extension), may be saved with a line of descriptive information which you enter to remind you of the contents of the file. A report of all the .PCT files on a directory with their lines of descriptive information may be generated using the DESC.EXE program provided on your distribution disk. Also if you begin the edit process of a .PCT file using a wildcard character, such as: edit *.pct then the menu of available files will display the file message line on the screen Message Line as you move the selection bar to the next filename in the menu. how to set: With the selection bar on the FILE_MSG field, pressing the Enter key will change the option between ON and OFF. discussion: Typically, you enter the descriptive information about the file when the file is saved for the first time. PC-Type II will recognize the .PCT extension you provide and if no message line exists, you will be asked for one. Until a message line has been provided, you will be asked to enter one each time you save the file. The File Message toggle allows you to turn the request for this information off in case you do not want to take advantage of the feature. NOTE: The file message may be modified, (or entered) by going to the "(Q)uit/Save" Main Menu option and then selecting the option "(R)eminder" by pressing R. The file message is not saved to disk if the file is not saved as a document file (a file with a .PCT extension). .PRO format: The format for this toggle is shown below. The colon is required and the options to the right of the colon may be ON or OFF. Upper or lower case characters make no difference. File_Msg : ON 142 subject: TEXT ENTRY TOGGLE (SWITCHES) purpose: To define whether the cursor should be in the Text Area or on the Command Line when you begin a PC-Type II session. discussion: The principal advantage to having the cursor on the Command Line when you first enter PC-Type II is that you can type a command (e.g., a search string or a line number) while the program is loading. how to set: With the selection bar on the TEXT_ENTRY field, pressing the Enter key will change the option between ON and OFF. ON implies the cursor will initially be located in the text area. OFF implies the initial position of the cursor will be on the Command Line. .PRO format: The format for this toggle is shown below. The colon is required and the options to the right of the colon may be ON or OFF. Upper or lower case characters make no difference. Text_Entry : ON 143 subject: INSERT TOGGLE (SWITCHES) purpose: To define whether you are in Insert mode or in Overwrite mode in the Text Area when you begin a PC-Type II session. discussion: This option is primarily one of taste. Many people prefer Insert mode most of the time, while others prefer Overwrite. NOTE: When in Insert mode the letter 'I' will appear in the status area and the cursor will appear as a rectangle instead of a block. You may toggle between Insert mode and Overwrite mode from within PC-Type II by pressing the Ins key. how to set: With the selection bar on the INSERT field, pressing the Enter key will change the option between ON and OFF. ON implies Insert Mode will be active upon entry while OFF implies Overwrite mode will be active. .PRO format: The format for this toggle is shown below. The colon is required and the options to the right of the colon may be ON or OFF. Upper or lower case characters make no difference. Insert : OFF 144 subject: QUICKTAB TOGGLE (SWITCHES) purpose: When inserting or modifying tab lines in your text, PC-Type II asks which type of Tab line to modify. After you change the tab line, PC-Type II next asks you to set the tab toggles associated with the tab line. Finally you are asked if you wish to reformat your text based on the new tab settings. QUICKTABS makes the assumption that you will only be using one tab line, the file's default tab line, and that you will not be changing the tab line toggles. It thus speeds up tab modification since you will only be requested to modify the current tab positions. how to set: With the selection bar on the QUICKTAB field, pressing the Enter key will change the option between ON and OFF. ON implies QUICKTABS is active and you will NOT be asked all the questions. OFF implies QUICKTABS is inactive, all the questions will be asked. .PRO format: The format for this toggle is shown below. The colon is required and the options to the right of the colon may be ON or OFF. Upper or lower case characters make no difference. Quicktab : OFF 145 subject: BEEP TOGGLE (SWITCHES) purpose: Activates or deactivates all "beeping" within the program. discussion: If you work in an area where occasional beeps will be annoying to your co-workers or if you don't like programs to "beep" at you, set this toggle to OFF. However, we have tried to eliminate all unnecessary beeping except where we feel it is important that you take notice. how to set: With the selection bar on the BEEP field, pressing the Enter key will change the option between ON and OFF. ON implies PC-Type II will beep, and OFF will inhibit all beeping. .PRO format: The format for this toggle is shown below. The colon is required and the options to the right of the colon may be ON or OFF. Upper or lower case characters make no difference. Beep : ON 146 subject: FILTER TOGGLE (SWITCHES) purpose: Since it is relatively easy to press key combinations which result in undesired characters being placed in your text, the Filter Toggle causes any keystroke whose value is below 32 or above 126 to be ignored. discussion: The majority of keystrokes you normally place in a text file are between the values 32 and 126. These characters are: (space) ! " # $ % & ' ( ) * + , - . / 0 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 : ; < = > ? @ ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ [ \ ] ^ _ ` abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz { | } ~ When the Filter Toggle is ON, these are the only keystrokes accepted as text characters (with the exception of the hard space and soft period). You may still enter other characters by pressing Ctrl @ and selecting a new fill character outside this range of characters. When you do this, the fill character will be placed in the text as a normal keystroke with the Filter Toggle OFF. how to set: With the selection bar on the FILTER field, pressing the Enter key will change the option between ON and OFF. ON implies the filter will be active and OFF implies the filter will be inactive. .PRO format: The format for this toggle is shown below. The colon is required and the options to the right of the colon may be ON or OFF. Upper or lower case characters make no difference. Filter : OFF 147 subject: ENTER KEY TOGGLE (SWITCHES) purpose: The Enter key is very important to a word processor, and depending upon the type of work you are doing, you often want it to behave in different ways. The Enter Key Toggle permits you to select from among four different modes of operation. discussion: In the description below, "home position" refers to the left margin or indent margin. The four Enter Key Toggle modes are: (1) SIMPLE - the cursor will move to the "home position" of the next line. (2) NEWLINE - an empty line will be inserted in the text below the cursor, and then the cursor will move to the "home position" of that new line. (3) NEWBEG - an empty line is inserted in the text below the cursor. The cursor then moves below the left-most character of the current line. If the current line is empty or is a special line, the cursor will move to the "home position" in the new line. (4) SPLIT - The current line is split at the cursor. The text from the cursor to the end of the line is moved to the left margin of a new line inserted below. The cursor is then moved to the left margin of that new line. The current mode of the Enter Key Toggle is displayed in the left side of the top margin of the screen. Mode (2) will display the character 'X', mode (3) the character 'x', and mode (4) the character '\'. (No character is displayed for mode (1).) NOTE: The Enter Key Toggle may also be changed with Ctrl X when you are in the Command Line or Text Area of PC-Type II. how to set: With the selection bar on the ENTER field, pressing the Enter key will change the option between SIMPLE, NEWLINE, NEWBEG, and SPLIT. .PRO format: The format for this toggle is shown below. The colon is required and the options to the right of the colon may be SIMPLE, NEWLINE, NEWBEG, and SPLIT. Upper or lower case characters make no difference. Enter : SIMPLE 148 subject: SENTENCE SPACE TOGGLE (SWITCHES) purpose: Defines whether one or two spaces should be inserted at the end of a sentence when a paragraph is reformatted. PC-Type II assumes that an end of a sentence occurs if a space follows the characters '.', '?' or '!'. It also assumes the end of a sentence if a space follows the two character combinations '.)', '?)' or '!)'. how to set: With the selection bar on the SNT_SPACE field, pressing the Enter key will change the option between '1' and '2'. '1' will place one space at the end of a sentence and '2' will place two spaces at the end of a sentence. .PRO format: The format for this toggle is shown below. The colon is required and the options to the right of the colon may be 1 or 2. Upper or lower case characters make no difference. Snt_Space : 2 149 subject: TIME OPTIONS (Select) purpose: PC-Type II provides automatic TIME capabilities in a number of places: (1) In headers and footers. (2) In the text area as a TIME Stamp. (3) In Mail-Merge. This portion of the Configuration process permits you to select the TIME format. how to set: As you move the selection bar with the up and down arrow keys, an example of each format is displayed on the Message Line. When you press letter A-H or Enter, your selection is completed and you will be returned to the Configuration Menu. Press X or Esc to return with no action. 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� 쿟ime options: � 팠袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴� � (A) Military-HrMnSec� � (B) Standard-HrMnSec� � (C) Military-HrMn � � (D) Standard-HrMn � � (E) Military-Dcml � � (F) Standard-Dcml � � (G) Military-Hour � � (H) Standard-Hour � � e(X)it � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� .PRO format: The default format is B. The letter appearing after the colon corresponds to your selection from the TIME Menu. Time_Code : B 150 subject: UPPER/LOWER CASE (Definition) purpose: PC-Type II must know which characters to consider as upper and lower case when doing: (1) case insensitive sorts. (2) case insensitive search and/or replace. (3) changing a highlighted area to upper or lower case. (4) spell checking a file and replacing words. This Configuration option permits you to define which characters should be considered as upper and lower case. discussion: Most of the time you may just want A-Z to have both an upper and lower case . If you use foreign language characters available in the extended ASCII character set, you may want to expand the list. You may define up to 60 pairs of letters. When you press U from the Configuration Menu, the edit window shown below will appear on your screen. The lower case letters on the top line MUST LINE UP EXACTLY with their corresponding upper case letters on the second line. �袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴� � UPPER/LOWER CASE DEFINITION � 픔컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴캘 � abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz겇냴몦쟽뀋굠뎷 � � ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ슖룑뮋AAACEEEE � 픔컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴캘 � Place lower case letters on upper line � � and the corresponding upper case letters � � onto the lower line. � � Use up/down arrows to move between lines.� � Press F10 when done, or Esc to cancel. � 훤袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴袴暠 When you are satisfied with your changes, press F10. You will be returned to the Configuration Menu and your modifications will be saved. Pressing Esc will also return you to that menu, but any changes you made will be ignored. .PRO format: The two lines below illustrate how your upper/lower case definitions are saved to a .PRO file. The information to the right of the colon must have the proper case and there must be the same number of characters in each list. 캵pper_Case : ABCDEFGHIJKLMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ 캪ower_Case : abcdefghijklmnopqrstuvwxyz 151