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This help file is user editable. Form Feed and Paragraph characters (ASCII 12 and 15) are how LASR_MAN recognizes help sections and help pages within sections respectively, and should not be removed. HELP INDEX CHAPTER FUNCTION Option USER LEVEL HELP SECTION ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── INTRODUCTION and TUTOR.............................................. 1. MAIN MENU........................................................... 2. SETUP FUNCTION MENU........................................ 3. Program Mode.......................(N).......... 4. User Level.........................(N).......... 5. Save SETUP.........................(N).......... 6. Printer............................(A).......... 7. Print Fonts to Use.................(A).......... 7. Monitor............................(E).......... 3. Mouse..............................(E).......... 8. Change Menu Colors.................(E).......... 9. Date Format........................(E).......... A. Language...........................(E).......... B. OPTIONS FUNCTION MENU...................................... C. Set Style..........................(N).......... D. Edit Current Style.................(A).......... E. Option file........................(A).......... F. Page Title.........................(A).......... G. CHAPTER FUNCTION Option USER LEVEL HELP SECTION ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── OPTIONS FUNCTION MENU (Continued). Font...............................(A).......... H. Option Switches....................(A).......... I. Change file........................(E).......... J. Cover File.........................(E).......... K. Line/Page Limit....................(E).......... L. Stamp-iT!..........................(E).......... M. FILES SELECT FUNCTION MENU................................. N. Data Path..........................(N).......... O. File Selection/Tag.................(N).......... P. File Mask..........................(A).......... Q. Archive Bit........................(E).......... N. PRINT FUNCTION MENU........................................ R. Paper Source.......................(N).......... R. Print These Selected Files.........(N).......... S. Output To..........................(A).......... R. Reverse 2nd Pass Output............(E).......... R. Generate Key Word Index............(E).......... R. CHAPTER FUNCTION Option USER LEVEL HELP SECTION ───────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────── PRINT FUNCTION MENU (Continued) INDX-IT!...........................(E).......... T. EXIT FUNCTION MENU......................................... U. Exit to DOS........................(N).......... U. Cancel.............................(N).......... U. Save SETUP.........................(N).......... 6. Save Options.......................(A).......... E. FILE VIEW........................................................... V. DISK/PRINTER NOT READY.............................................. 0. UTILITY MENU........................................................ W. SHAREWARE REGISTRATION ORDER FORM................................... X. PRODUCT SUPPORT INFORMATION......................................... X. BRANDING THE SYSTEM................................................. X. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PRESS [DOWNARROW]. If a Mouse is used, LEFT=ENTER, RIGHT=ESCAPE, (optional)CENTER=F1-Help. In this Help Module, the use of brackets [ ] denotes a specific key. Parenthesis ( ) are used for comments. User levels - (N)=Normal, (A)=Advanced, (E)=Expert. The bottom two lines of the display are used for help as to action key information, showing the current program status and currently active help action keys and their function. DISK/PRINTER NOT READY If an error condition is encountered while transferring data to the printer or to/from the disk drive, an informational message is displayed. -> To cancel this operation and exit from LASR_MAN, press [A]. -> To continue with LASR_MAN, correct the error condition (make the printer ready, close the floppy diskette door, etc.) and press [R]. INTRODUCTION LASR_MAN prints ASCII text files on a laser or ink jet printer. From 1 to 200 text pages may be printed on a single sheet of paper - the more text pages, the smaller the text page size. Support is provided for: portrait and landscape orientation; font sizes of 10, 12, 17, 23 and 33 characters per inch (cpi); letter, legal, A4, and executive paper size; single side or duplex printing; normal or book style; books may be folded vertically or horizontally; binding margins on either edge; and user set page margins. Other options include selection of only files that have been changed, page titles, substitution of spaces for tabs, underlining, covers, a half-tone "rubber stamp", print font selection, sheet borders, and a variety of option switches. Options may be specified as an environment variable, on the command line, in an option file or by menu selection while LASR_MAN is running. Files to be printed may be selected in the same manner. There are four distinct modes of program operation: MENU, COACH, AUTO, and TUTOR. LASR_MAN prints only unformatted ASCII files. If you use it to print a .COM file or a document stored in coded form by a word processor such as WordPerfect, the output will look strange. The only control characters that are passed to the printer are carriage return (13), line feed (10) and form feed (12). The tab character (9) is converted to spaces. All other control characters (0-31) may either be printed or replaced by a set character. Normal characters (32-255) are printed 'as-is'. THE FOLLOWING PAGES OF THIS HELP SECTION ARE PART OF THE LASR_MAN TUTOR. LASR_MAN TUTOR MODE - PROGRAM SUMMARY LASR_MAN prints ASCII text files on a laser or ink jet printer. From 1 to 200 text pages may be printed on a single sheet of paper - the more text pages, the smaller the text page size. Support is provided for: portrait and landscape orientation; font sizes of 10, 12, 17, 23 and 33 characters per inch (cpi); letter, legal, A4, and executive paper size; single side or duplex printing; normal or book style; books may be folded vertically or horizontally; binding margins on either edge; and user set page margins. LASR_MAN is very "feature rich". As such, it has a learning curve. This TUTOR has been designed to give you a familiarity with the basic program features, so that you can better spend your time achieving just the right output that you want, rather than learning by trial and error. So, spend a few minutes with the TUTOR now, and you will quickly be on your way! TO CONTINUE, PRESS [─┘]. LASR_MAN TUTOR MODE - INTRODUCTION TO THE TUTOR Welcome! You have either selected to run LASR_MAN in TUTOR Mode, or are new to the program - TUTOR is the default program mode. This TUTOR page explains its operation and describes the different types of output you can produce with the TUTOR. The TUTOR will walk you through nine of the most important LASR_MAN tasks, and will produce the printed output you select - either a test document or, if you are evaluating the program, the LASR_MAN documentation - with pages printed on both sides of each paper sheet. The available TUTOR output styles include NORMAL - unfolded output, and BOOK, where each printed sheet is folded after printing to form a BOOK. We suggest you try the NORMAL test document first, then, if you want, either the BOOK test or the LASR_MAN documentation. Since the default TUTOR output is the NORMAL test document, just press [┘] at the next selection menu to select it. TO SELECT THE TUTOR OUTPUT, PRESS [─┘]. LASR_MAN TUTOR MODE - TUTOR OPERATION The following nine LASR_MAN tasks, only two of which are required(*), will be presented by the TUTOR, one at a time: 1. LANGUAGE 6. PAPER SOURCE 2. CHANGE PRINTER 7. PRINT THE SELECTED FILES* 3. STYLE OF OUTPUT 8. SAVE THE SETUP 4. DATA PATH 9. EXIT THE PROGRAM 5. FILE SELECTION/TAGGING* For each of these tasks, a TUTOR PAGE, such as this, will be displayed describing the task. After you press [┘], a TUTOR selection menu will be presented, asking if you want to perform that task. If you choose to perform the task, the first HELP PAGE for that task will be displayed. Press [┘] when you are ready to continue. Next the selection menu(s) for the task will be displayed, requiring that you respond to each. You may recall the task HELP PAGE at any time by pressing [F1]. TO BEGIN YOUR TUTOR SESSION, PRESS [─┘]. LASR_MAN TUTOR MODE - CHANGE LANGUAGE The LASR_MAN menus, messages, and display text may be presented in the language of your choice, if a translation of that particular language is available. To see what languages are currently available or to change the language from that currently selected, press the "Yes" highlight letter at the next selection menu. >>>>> NOTE OTHER LANGUAGES WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE IF SOME USER HAS ALREADY PROVIDED TO US A TRANSLATION OF THAT LANGUAGE FROM THE NORMALLY SUPPLIED ENGLISH. TO SPECIFY THE LANGUAGE TO USE, PRESS [─┘]. LASR_MAN TUTOR MODE - CHANGE PRINTER LASR_MAN may be used by any printer that supports the Hewlett-Packard Printer Control Language (PCL), including these printers & compatibles: LaserJet +. LaserJet II. LaserJet IID/IIP/III/IV. DeskJet, no additional memory (Soft fonts may NOT be used.). DeskJet, 256K memory. The LASR_MAN default printer is the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet IID/IIP/III/IV or compatible. If this is the type of printer that you have, and you have not changed the printer to be used by LASR_MAN, just skip this section - by pressing [┘] at the next selection menu. To change the printer from that currently selected, press the "Yes" highlight letter at the next selection menu. TO SPECIFY THE PRINTER TO USE, PRESS [─┘]. LASR_MAN TUTOR MODE - STYLE OF OUTPUT The STYLE FILE contains all of the options for a specific STYLE OF OUTPUT, such as the size paper, number of text page per side, margins, and other style parameters. The default TUTOR STYLE OF OUTPUT has been set to 4 pages/side and printing on both sides for the sample output, and 2 pages/side for the documentation. If you would like to experiment with a different STYLE OF OUTPUT, you should select the "Yes" highlight letter from the Change STYLE OF OUTPUT menu. Even if you do not want to change the STYLE OUTPUT, you can still see the steps necessary to change STYLE by pressing the "Yes" highlight letter, and then pressing [┘], or the "Accept" highlight letter, to keep the currently selected STYLE OF OUTPUT. To experiment with selecting the STYLE OF OUTPUT, just press the "Yes" highlight letter at the next selection menu. TO SPECIFY THE STYLE OF OUTPUT, PRESS [─┘]. LASR_MAN TUTOR MODE - DATA PATH LASR_MAN may print up to 2048 files at a time, but they must all be located in the same directory. This DATA directory may be located on any logical drive that is accessible, including floppy and networked drives. When LASR_MAN is loaded, the default DATA drive and directory is that on which LASR_MAN is located. For this TUTOR session, the files we want to print are located on this directory, so it SHOULD NOT BE CHANGED. During normal operation, the DATA PATH can be defined in the option file, specified on the command line, or selected from the menu. To experiment with changing the DATA PATH, just press the "Yes" highlight letter at the next selection menu. TO SPECIFY THE DRIVE AND DIRECTORY OF THE DATA FILES, PRESS [─┘]. LASR_MAN TUTOR MODE - FILE SELECTION Files MUST BE TAGGED before they can be printed. Therefore this is one of the two tasks that is NOT OPTIONAL - the other is printing the tagged files! When the FILES SELECTION/TAG option is selected, a PICK LIST of files from the selected drive/directory is displayed. The files displayed in this PICK LIST depend on the optional FILE MASK definition. For the purposes of this TUTOR, the FILE MASK is set for the single file of interest. Normally the FILE MASK will let all of the directory files be displayed. You MUST choose to SELECT/TAG FILES at the next selection menu, by pressing the "Yes" highlight letter or [┘]. TO SELECT THE FILES TO PRINT, PRESS [─┘]. LASR_MAN TUTOR MODE - PAPER SOURCE Depending on the printer that you are using, there may be more than one source from which paper can be fed. Additionally, if the printer is capable of printing on both sides of the paper sheet without operator intervention - known as DUPLEX printing - this is where you can specify the use of that feature. The available PAPER SOURCES include: DUPLEX..... Printer that prints both sides of a sheet in one pass. EPSON...... Front Paper Cassette of most compatibles. LOWER...... Lower Paper Cassette. FRONT...... Front Paper Cassette. TRAY....... Multi-Purpose Tray. DESKJET.... Tray (Only option available for DeskJet printers). The currently selected PAPER SOURCE will be shown on the PRINT MENU on the next screen. To change it, just press the "Yes" highlight letter at the next selection menu. TO SELECT THE DESIRED PAPER SOURCE, PRESS [─┘]. LASR_MAN TUTOR MODE - PRINT THESE SELECTED FILES Printing, the second required LASR_MAN task, is the purpose of program! Once all of the LASR_MAN options are set and the desired files have been selected and tagged, printing can commence. This is done in one or two passes through the printer, depending on whether two-sided printing has been specified, and the paper source. The PRINTING selection menu allows you to control printing on a sheet, file or job basis. The default PRINTING option is to print all of the files on the first side and then, if necessary, refeed these printed sheets for printing on the other side. TO PRINT THE SELECTED FILES, PRESS [─┘]. LASR_MAN TUTOR MODE - SAVE THE PROGRAM SETUP LASR_MAN SETUP information, those features that can be changed by the SETUP function menu and several others such as PAPER SOURCE, may be saved for use by LASR_MAN with this option. Each time LASR_MAN is run, this same SETUP information will be reloaded. During TUTOR operation the SETUP parameters that can be changed include: PRINTER PAPER SOURCE You have changed one or more of these SETUP OPTIONS, or you would not see this TUTOR page. If you would like to save this changed program SETUP as your new default, just press the "Yes" highlight letter at the next selection menu. TO SAVE THE PROGRAM SETUP, PRESS [─┘]. LASR_MAN TUTOR MODE - EXIT PROGRAM Done! Congratulation, you have accomplished the basic tasks necessary to select and print files using LASR_MAN. You can now exit LASR_MAN, switch to the program MENU MODE, or restart and rerun the TUTOR (at the next selection menu, just press the "No" highlight letter). This is the end of your TUTOR session. We hope that you have enjoyed it! TO CONTINUE, PRESS [─┘]. LASR_MAN TUTOR MODE - TUTOR OUTPUT SELECTION The TUTOR can produce any one of several TYPES OF OUTPUT. The various TYPES are presented in a selection menu. -> To select the TYPE OF TUTOR OUTPUT, press the highlighted letter of the desired TYPE, or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. -> To cancel the TUTOR MODE and return to the MENU MODE, press [ESCAPE]. MAIN MENU The NORMAL SEQUENCE OF LASR_MAN OPERATIONS is: ══════════════════════════════════════ FOR COACH MODE: 1. Follow the prompts in the order displayed. FOR MENU MODE: 1. SETUP the hardware configuration and LASR_MAN environment. 2. Set the printing OPTIONS desired if different from the currently set options. 3. Select the drive/directory on which the file(s) to be printed reside, and perform FILES SELECTion to tag file(s) for printing. 4. PRINT the selected files. 5. EXIT LASR_MAN. In this Help Module, the use of brackets [ ] denotes a specific key. Parenthesis ( ) are used for comments. User levels - (N)=Normal, (A)=Advanced, (E)=Expert. The bottom line of the display is used for help key information, showing he currently active help action keys and their function. The MAIN MENU FUNCTIONS include: ═══════════════════ SETUP......... Change the program/system SETUP. OPTIONS....... Change the printing option. FILES SELECT.. Select the data path directory and tag files for printing. PRINT......... Print the tagged files using the current print options. EXIT.......... Return to DOS and optionally save the program options. -> To select a FUNCTION and have its option menu displayed, press its highlighted letter or move the highlight bar to it using the arrow keys and press [┘]. Any FUNCTION may be accessed from the MAIN MENU, or at any function option menu, by pressing its [highlight letter] or [ALT][highlight letter]. PROGRAM MODE The currently active PROGRAM MODE is shown at the bottom of the display, after "Mode". LASR_MAN has four possible MODES of operation: MENU....... Selection menus, based on the current USER MENU LEVEL, are presented in the order requested by the user. COACH...... Selection menus, for all NOVICE and ADVANCED level options, are automatically presented in a preset order, based on the current USER MENU LEVEL. AUTO-XX.... Menus presented in the same manner as COACH mode, but a time limit, XX, is allowed for user response. TUTOR...... A guided tour of LASR_MAN is given, with nine of the most important LASR_MAN tasks being explained in detail. For a more detailed description of these PROGRAM MODES, press HELPSECTION [4]. -> To change the PROGRAM MODE at any point during LASR_MAN operation, press [F7]. USER LEVEL - MENU The current USER MENU LEVEL is shown at the bottom of the display, after"Menu". There three USER LEVELS of option menus and displays available with LASR_MAN. They are: NORMAL.....(N) Basic options to select and print files. ADVANCED...(A) Expanded options such as page titles and option files. EXPERT.....(E) Full system options. For a summary of the various LASR_MAN options available at each USER LEVEL, press HELPSECTION [5]. As distributed, LASR_MAN is set for the basic MENU level of NORMAL and DISPLAY level of MINIMAL, for Function menus only. -> To toggle the USER level at any point during LASR_MAN operation, press [F8]. USER LEVEL - DISPLAY The BACKGROUND DISPLAY, at both MAIN MENU and FUNCTION MENU selection, may contain a variety of information. The current USER DISPLAY LEVEL is at the bottom of the display, after "Display". If a '+' is shown also, the BACKGROUND DISPLAY will be the same at the MAIN MENU as it is at the FUNCTION MENUS. There four DISPLAY LEVELS of information available with LASR_MAN. They are: NONE....... No BACKGROUND DISPLAY. MINIMAL.... DISPLAY information about the selected option. PARTIAL.... Information about the selected and related options. FULL....... Information about all of the options for the selected function. -> To toggle the BACKGROUND INFORMATION DISPLAY at any point during LASR_MAN operation, press [F9]. This INFORMATION DISPLAY has eight levels, any of which may be set by repeatedly pressing the [F9] key. SETUP MENU The SETUP FUNCTION MENU includes: ═══════════════════ PROGRAM MODE..(N) COACH, with auto menuing or MENU with user selected. USER LEVEL....(N) Select the user level of menus & displays to use. SAVE SETUP....(N) Save the current SETUP information. PRINTER.......(A) Select the type of printer - LaserJet or DeskJet. PRINT FONTS...(A) Select the printer soft fonts/type fonts to use. MONITOR.......(E) Toggle the display between monochrome, CGA color (8 background colors) and EGA/VGA color (16 background). MOUSE.........(E) Change the mouse sensitivity, switch mouse buttons. MENU COLORS...(E) Change the colors of any of the eight menu types. DATE FORMAT...(E) Set the date display format. LANGUAGE......(E) Specify the display language for menus and messages. -> To select a SETUP OPTION, press its highlighted letter or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. -> To select a MAIN MENU FUNCTION, press its highlighted letter. PROGRAM COACH AND AUTO MODE Since the SETUP FUNCTION is one that is not normally used during routine LASR_MAN operation, a "shortcut" has been built into the COACH and AUTO program MODES to allow routinely bypassing the SETUP FUNCTION options as a default. -> To bypass displaying and selecting the SETUP options, press [┘] or the "Yes" highlight letter. -> To change any of the program SETUP options, press the "No" highlight letter. PROGRAM MODE The current PROGRAM MODE is displayed to the right of the "MODE:" option on the SETUP function selection menu, and on the bottom help lines. The active PROGRAM MODE is shown at the bottom of the display, after "Mode". LASR_MAN has four possible MODES of operation: MENU....... Selection menus are available, based on the current USER MENU LEVEL, and are presented in the order requested by the user. COACH...... Selection menus, for all NOVICE and ADVANCED level options, are automatically presented in a preset order, based on the current USER MENU LEVEL. After an option from one menu is selected, the next menu is displayed. (NO EXPERT LEVEL OPTIONS DISPLAYED) AUTO-XX.... Menus are presented in the same manner as COACH mode, but a time limit, XX, from 0 to 99 seconds is allowed for user response. If no user response is made, the default option is automatically taken. TUTOR...... A guided tour of LASR_MAN is given, with nine of the most important LASR_MAN tasks being explained in detail. Printed output from the TUTOR session can be a test document or the LASR_MAN documentation. As distributed, the default PROGRAM MODE is TUTOR. -> To toggle the PROGRAM MODE, highlight the PROGRAM MODE option and press [┘]. AUTOMATIC MODE USER RESPONSE TIMER A timer, from 0 to 99 seconds, is available in the LASR_MAN AUTOMATIC MODE to allow user response. When AUTOMATIC MODE is specified during LASR_MAN operation, rather than on the command line, a fixed number of timer values is available. When in AUTOMATIC MODE, the current user response timer value is shown at the right of the bottom help line: a block denotes that more than ten seconds remain. -> To cancel AUTOMATIC MODE, and return to the previous program mode, press [ESCAPE]. -> To complete specifying AUTOMATIC MODE and set the response timer, press the first digit of the response timer value desired or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. >>>>> NOTE LIMITED OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO UNREGISTERED USERS. USER LEVEL OPTIONS available with the various USER LEVELS, tabulated by FUNCTION: SETUP OPTIONS FILES SELECT PRINT EXIT ═════ ═══════ ════════════ ═════ ════ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - NORMAL - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Program Mode Set Style Data Path Paper Source Exit to DOS User Level File Select/ ┐ Print These ┐ Cancel Save SETUP Tag┘ Files┘ Save SETUP - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - ADVANCED - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Printer Edit Style File Mask Output To Save Options Print Fonts Option File Page Title Font Option Switches - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - EXPERT - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - Monitor Change File Archive Bit Reverse 2nd Pass Mouse Cover File Generate Key┐ Menu Colors Line/Page Limit Word Index┘ Date Format STAMP-IT! INDX-IT! Language USER MENU LEVEL There are three USER LEVELS of option menus and displays available with LASR_MAN. They are: NORMAL.....(N) Basic options to select and print files. ADVANCED...(A) Expanded options such as page titles and option files. EXPERT.....(E) Full system options. For a summary of the various LASR_MAN options available at each USER LEVEL, press [PAGEUP]. As distributed, LASR_MAN is set for the basic MENU level of NORMAL and DISPLAY level of NORMAL, for Function menus only. -> To return to the SETUP menu, press [ESCAPE]. -> To select the desired USER MENU LEVEL, press the highlighted letter of the desired level or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘].The DISPLAY LEVEL menu is next displayed. USER DISPLAY LEVEL The DISPLAY LEVEL MENU determines the quantity of BACKGROUND INFORMATION that will appear when LASR_MAN is waiting at either at the MAIN MENU for Function selection, or at one of the FUNCTION MENUS for Option selection. This options primary reason is to be able to set an uncluttered display for those that desire it. There four DISPLAY LEVELS of information available with LASR_MAN. They are: NONE....... No BACKGROUND DISPLAY, only essential data. MINIMAL.... DISPLAY information about the selected option. PARTIAL.... Information about the selected and related options. FULL....... Information about all of the options related to the selected function. -> To return to the SETUP menu, press [ESCAPE]. -> To select the desired USER DISPLAY LEVEL, press the desired level highlighted letter or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. A prompt to determine when to display the BACKGROUND INFORMATION is displayed next. BACKGROUND DISPLAY?... The BACKGROUND INFORMATION is normally displayed when any MAIN MENU FUNCTION is selected and its OPTION MENU is displayed. (Note that it can be suppressed by the previous USER DISPLAY LEVEL menu.) Additionally, the BACKGROUND INFORMATION can be displayed when LASR_MAN is at the MAIN MENU waiting for a FUNCTION to be selected. -> To return to the SETUP menu, press [ESCAPE]. -> To additionally display the BACKGROUND INFORMATION at the MAIN MENU, press the "Yes" highlight letter. -> To suppress the BACKGROUND INFORMATION display at the MAIN MENU, press the "No" highlight letter. SAVE SETUP LASR_MAN SETUP information - those features that are changed by the SETUP function menu and several others such as PAPER SOURCE - may be saved for use by LASR_MAN with this option. Each time LASR_MAN is run, this SETUP information will be reloaded. When the SAVE SETUP option is selected, a verification prompt is displayed. -> To cancel this selection without SAVING the SETUP information, press the "No" highlight letter or [ESCAPE]. -> To SAVE the SETUP information, press the "Yes" highlight letter. The SETUP information will be saved and an informational message displayed, with the name and path of the SETUP file. -> To continue, press any key. PRINTER LASR_MAN supports both Hewlett-Packard LaserJet and DeskJet printers. LaserJet support is denoted on this menu by "LJet" and DeskJet by "DJet". This support extends to any printer that uses the Printer Control Language (PCL), Level 4 or higher. A variety of LASR_MAN parameters are affected by the choice of printers. These include PAPER SIZE, PAPER SOURCE and PRINT FONT TO USE, both for the individual fonts and globally. The print fonts available for the various printer selections include: LaserJet +....... Internal and Type 1 soft fonts - a 192 character soft font set (ASCII 32-127 and 160-255), in both portrait and landscape, is required by some of the early LaserJet models and their compatibles. In general, use Type 1 fonts only if your printer will not work with Type 2. LaserJet II...... Internal and Type 2 soft fonts - ASCII characters 32-255, in both portrait and landscape, is required for LaserJet II and compatibles that cannot rotate a portrait font to landscape. (HP IID/P can rotate fonts) LaserJet III/IV.. Internal and Type 2 soft fonts, in portrait mode only, or LaserJet IID/IIP/III/IV and compatibles. THIS IS THE NORMAL DEFAULT. DeskJet, 0K...... Internal fonts only, required for DeskJet, DeskJet +, and DeskJet 500 and compatibles. These printers, without additional memory, are not capable of accepting soft fonts. DeskJet, 256K.... Internal and soft fonts for DeskJet printers with at least a 256K memory cartridge, and compatibles. PRINTER SELECTION This PRINTER selection function will not change these LASR_MAN parameters until a different printer is selected. At that time, all of the affected parameters are set to their default values. -> To leave the PRINTER as currently selected, press [ESCAPE]. -> To change the PRINTER to the desired one, press its highlighted letter or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. A print change message will then be displayed. -> To leave the printer as currently set, press [ESCAPE]. -> To change the printer, press any other key. DEFAULT PRINT FONTS TO USE The default PRINTER FONTS used for the five possible output pitches may be selected by use of this option. Most laser/ink jet printers have internal 10/12/16 cpi fonts (although they may not be able to print these three fonts in both Portrait and Landscape). Use of the internal fonts, or those from a cartridge, will produce higher print speeds than using the soft fonts, due to the required soft font download time. -> To CHANGE the DEFAULT FONT TYPE for an OUTPUT PITCH, press its highlighted letter or move the highlight bar to the desired PITCH and press [┘]. A menu of AVAILABLE FONT TYPEFACES, in alphabetic order, will be displayed. -> To return to the SETUP menu, press [ESCAPE]. FOR DEFAULT FONT SELECTION OPERATIONAL DETAILS, PRESS [DOWNARROW]. DEFAULT FONT SELECTION (Continued) The AVAILABLE FONT TYPEFACES list displays, for the selected PITCH, the FONT TYPEFACES in alphabetic order, along with their description and the date on which they were last modified. Those fonts that are internal or cartridge are starred, '*'. -> To POSITION the highlight bar on a specific FONT, press the FIRST LETTER of the FONT name. The highlight bar will be positioned on the first FONT name that starts with this letter. To continue the search, press the NEXT LETTER of the FONT name. Continue this procedure until the desired FONT is highlighted. >>>>> NOTES Pressing any cursor control key will discontinue the search. If no FONT exists for the key pressed, a short beep will be heard. -> To return to the SETUP menu, press [ESCAPE]. FOR MORE DEFAULT FONT SELECTION OPERATIONAL DETAILS, PRESS [DOWNARROW]. DEFAULT FONT SELECTION (Continued) -> To select a DEFAULT FONT TYPEFACE, move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. -> To view the contents of any FONT FILE, move the highlight bar to the desired file name using the arrow keys and press [F2]. -> To DELETE a FONT TYPEFACE, move the highlight bar to it and press [DEL]. A verify menu will be displayed next. Press the "Yes" highlight letter to DELETE the highlighted FONT TYPEFACE file; the "No" highlight letter or [ESCAPE] to cancel the operation. -> To CREATE a new INTERNAL FONT TYPEFACE description and selection file, press [INS]. A SAVE FONT TYPEFACE FILE data entry window will be displayed, which will allow editing of the FONT TYPEFACE FILE name and description. WARNING: DO NOT USE THE SAME NAME AS A CURRENT SOFT FONT TYPEFACE FILE OR THE SOFT FONT FILE WILL BE LOST! MOUSE PARAMETERS MENU The MOUSE MENU allows the mouse parameters to be modified. Mouse speed and sensitivity are controlled by the number of mouse "mickeys" per screen pixel in both the horizontal (X) and vertical (Y) directions. The larger these values are, the slower the mouse speed and the less sensitive it will be. The default values are X=128 and Y=64. -> To change the HORIZONTAL MOUSE sensitivity, press [X]. Now edit the MICKEYS/PIXEL as desired. Press [┘] to accept the edited value or [ESCAPE] to restore the previous value. -> To change the VERTICAL MOUSE sensitivity, press [Y]. Now edit the MICKEYS/PIXEL as desired. Press [┘] to accept the edited value or [ESCAPE] to restore the previous value. -> To swap the functions of the LEFT and RIGHT MOUSE BUTTONS, press the "Left" highlight letter. CHANGE MENU COLORS MENU The CHANGE MENU COLORS MENU options include the eight TYPES OF MENU windows used by LASR_MAN and default color reset options. -> To reset all of the menu colors to the original defaults, press the desired "Default" highlight letter. -> To change the colors of a MENU TYPE window, press its highlighted letter or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. A sample menu window with the current colors is displayed. This sample shows how the menu will appear as the colors are changed. -> To change the BACKGROUND COLORS, use the [UP] and [DOWN] arrow keys. There are sixteen background colors. -> To change the FOREGROUND COLORS, use the [LEFT] and [RIGHT] arrow keys. There are sixteen foreground colors. -> To accept the menu color change, press [┘] . The display will then be refreshed to show the changed colors. DATE FORMAT LASR_MAN has the ability to display DATES in a variety of FORMATS. Additionally, the character used to separate the various date fields - year, month, day - may be specified. -> To set the desired DATE display FORMAT, press the highlighted letter of the desired FORMAT or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. A check mark will be placed in front of this FORMAT, signifying that it is the current DATE display FORMAT. -> To change the DATE SEPARATOR CHARACTER, press its highlighted letter. The current character will be highlighted. Edit this character and then press [┘] to accept it. -> To accept the DATE FORMAT as displayed, press the "Accept" highlight letter. -> To restore the DATE FORMAT as it was, press [ESCAPE]. LANGUAGE LASR_MAN has the ability to display its menus and text information in any language, using a LANGUAGE CONFIGURATION FILE. The default LANGUAGE has its menus and text in English. When the LANGUAGE option is selected, a task menu with three options is displayed. The CHANGE option allows selection of a different LANGUAGE file for display of menus and text. The NEW option creates a named LANGUAGE file, based on the English LANGUAGE file. This file contains two text strings for each parameter; one comment string in English, and the other for translation into the target language. The UPDATE option, normally not needed since updates are automatic, will apply the current UPDATE LANGUAGE file to any other LANGUAGE file. -> To select the desired TASK, press the highlighted letter of the desired TASK or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. -> To return to the FUNCTION menu, press [ESCAPE]. CHANGE LANGUAGE When selected, a menu of all currently available LANGUAGE files will be displayed. -> To select a LANGUAGE, press the highlighted letter of the desired LANGUAGE file or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. The selected LANGUAGE file will then be read and its information used for the display. The corresponding help file, if present, will also become active. -> To leave the LANGUAGE set as it currently is, press [ESCAPE]. NEW LANGUAGE The program has the ability to generate a new LANGUAGE file from the ENGLISH LANGUAGE file. This file will have two records for each parameter: the first, a comment line showing the English version, and the second with the English text for translation. Generating a NEW LANGUAGE file does not do any translation; it only generates the necessary file on which the translation can then be done. -> To GENERATE a NEW LANGUAGE file, first select this TASK. An eight character field for the LANGUAGE name is displayed. Enter and edit the files name using the edit action keys shown on the bottom help line. -> To accept the NEW LANGUAGE name as edited, press [┘]. A file, with this name and an extension of ".BLD", will be created. It must then be translated and the extension then changed to ".LAN" before use. -> To cancel this TASK and return to the FUNCTION menu, press [ESCAPE]. UPDATE LANGUAGE As changes are made to the program, changes may also be necessary to the associated LANGUAGE files. LANGUAGE FILE UPDATES, if present, are automatically made to all current LANGUAGE files when the program is loaded. They are also made to a file named "UPDATE", which contains a list of all text changes since the last major release. If a LANGUAGE file is added to the system that has not been updated, it may be brought up to the current level with this task. -> To UPDATE a LANGUAGE, press the highlighted letter of the desired LANGUAGE or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. If the selected language file is not at the current level, it will be updated using the UPDATE LANGUAGE file. If the LANGUAGE file is at the current level, a verify menu will be displayed. Select the appropriate option from this menu. -> To cancel UPDATING A LANGUAGE file, press [ESCAPE]. OPTIONS MENU The OPTIONS FUNCTION MENU includes: ═════════════════════ SET STYLE...........(N) Select the desired output style file. EDIT STYLE FILE.....(A) Edit the currently selected style file. OPTION FILE.........(A) Loads an option file with preset option values. PAGE TITLE..........(A) Suppress or select the style for the page title. FONT................(A) Select the desired typeface font. OPTION SWITCHES.....(A) Menu of option switches that may be set/toggled. CHANGE CONFIG.......(E) Load a file that will modify the current printer configuration, set by the configuration file, and selection of the paper size. COVER FILE..........(E) Select a cover file to print before the other selected files. LINES/PAGE LIMIT....(E) Limit each text page to a set number of lines. STAMP-IT!...........(E) Half-tone "rubber stamp" to print on each text page. -> To select an OPTIONS OPTION, press its highlighted letter or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. SET STYLE FILE The STYLE FILE contains all the required options for a specific STYLE OF OUTPUT, such as the size paper, number of text page per side, margins, and other style parameters. STYLE FILES may be named descriptively or automatically, based on the major style option settings. Each STYLE FILE may contain a description summarizing the settings. Both the file name and description can be computer generated, based on the STYLE general options. The format followed is: T Output type S Sides of the sheet printed Z Paper size h Text pages horizontally O Sheet orientation v Text pages vertically F Font pitch A default STYLE FILE is loaded if no STYLE FILE option is specified. The default STYLE FILE name is the same as the program, LASR_MAN. All STYLE FILES have an extension of the initials of LASR_MAN initials along with the letter 'S'. STYLE FILE SELECTION -> To select a different STYLE FILE select the STYLE FILE option. A menu of available STYLE FILES, in alphabetic order, will be displayed. The STYLE FILES menu displays all of the available STYLE FILES, along with their descriptions and the date that they were last edited. >>>>> NOTE The first file listed is that which is CURRENTLY in effect. If this "file" is selected, the file WILL NOT be re-read, in order to preserve any editing changes that have been made to it but not yet saved. -> To SELECT a STYLE FILE to load, move the highlight bar to the desired STYLE FILE and press [┘]. -> To CANCEL this operation and leave the STYLE setting options unchanged, press [ESCAPE]. STYLE FILE SELECTION (Continued) -> To POSITION the highlight bar on a specific file, press the FIRST LETTER of the file name. The highlight bar will be positioned on the first file name that starts with this letter. To continue the search, press the NEXT LETTER of the file name. Continue this procedure until the desired file is highlighted. >>>>> NOTE Pressing any cursor control key will discontinue the search. If no file exists for the key pressed, a short beep will be heard. -> To VIEW the contents of a STYLE FILE, move the highlight bar to it and press [F2]. -> To DELETE a STYLE FILE, move the highlight bar to it and press [DEL]. A confirmation prompt will then be displayed. To DELETE this STYLE FILE, press the "Yes" highlight letter. EDIT STYLE FILE MENU The EDIT STYLE FILE MENU consists of four sections - GENERAL, HORIZONTAL, VERTICAL, and the unlabeled COMPLETION/EXIT. The GENERAL section contains the definitions of the major STYLE options. The HORIZONTAL section defines the various horizontal margins and options. The VERTICAL section defines the various vertical margins and options. The COMPLETION section allows accepting and/or saving of the edited STYLE options or selection of a different STYLE FILE. In addition to the EDIT STYLE FILE MENU, graphical displays of both the TEXT PAGE and the SHEET information are shown, for DISPLAY LEVELS of PARTIAL and FULL. EDITING THE STYLE OPTIONS To edit an existing STYLE FILE or to create new one: 1. Begin with the GENERAL section and change the various options in the order in which they are presented. You can press [F6] for a display of Maximum Text Page Sizes at any point. 2. After all GENERAL parameters have been set, you can assure the maximum sized TEXT PAGE(S) by pressing [F4]. 3. Optionally, adjust the desired HORIZONTAL CHARACTERS PER LINE and the VERTICAL LINES PER PAGE values. 4. Now the various margins may be equalized by pressing [F5]. 5. Finally, adjust the individual margin parameters as desired. STYLE MENU OPTION ACTIONS -> To EXIT from the EDIT menu, press [ESCAPE], followed by [┘]. -> To MOVE from one SECTION to another, press the desired section . -> To MOVE from one OPTION to another within a section, press the highlighted letter of the desired option. -> To TOGGLE the displayed MEASURE from one option to the next, press [F3]. The data will be displayed using the selected measure. -> To FORCE the text pages to be as large as possible, based on the selected GENERAL STYLE options, press [F4]. -> To FORCE both the sheet and text page border margins to be as equal as possible, press [F5]. -> To DISPLAY a Maximum Text Page Sizes table for the currently selected options, press [F6]. -> To TOGGLE a highlighted toggle option, press [LEFT], [RIGHT], [SPACE], or [┘]. -> To EDIT a highlighted data option, press [┘]. STYLE - GENERAL - TYPE (Press [PAGEUP] for EDIT STYLE Summary) This option toggles the STYLE TYPE. The THREE available options include: NORMAL - Text pages are printed on the paper sheet with the first text page in the upper left corner and the last text page for this side in the lower right of the sheet. This type can also produce a "book" when set to one text page per side and printing is done on both sides. BOOK - PORTRAIT - Each printed sheet is divided into two book pages; one on the top portion of the sheet and the other on the bottom portion of the sheet. LANDSCAPE - Each printed sheet is divided into two book pages; one on the left side of the sheet and the other on the right side of the sheet. PAMPHLET Same as BOOK, except each single file is printed on its own set of sheets - a book with a single chapter, if you will. -> To toggle the STYLE TYPE, first highlight this option and then press [LEFT], [RIGHT], [SPACE], or [┘]. STYLE - GENERAL - SIZE This option toggles the STYLE SIZE of PAPER to use. The FOUR available options include: LETTER - 8.5" x 11" 216mm x 279mm. LEGAL - 8.5" x 14" 216mm x 356mm. A4 - 8.25"x 11.7" 210mm x 297mm. EXEC, Executive - 7.25"x 10.5" 184mm x 267mm. -> To toggle STYLE SIZE, first highlight this option and then press [LEFT], [RIGHT], [SPACE], or [┘]. STYLE - GENERAL - ORIENTATION This option toggles the STYLE ORIENTATION to use. The TWO available options include: ┌───┐ PORTRAIT │ │ └───┘ Each sheet is printed in portrait orientation, with the printing being parallel with the SHORT side of the sheet. ┌─────┐ LANDSCAPE └─────┘ Each sheet is printed in landscape orientation, with the printing being parallel with the LONG side of the sheet. -> To toggle STYLE ORIENTATION, first highlight this option and then press [LEFT], [RIGHT], [SPACE], or [┘]. STYLE - GENERAL - PITCH This option toggles the STYLE PITCH to use. The FIVE available options include: 10 - 10 characters per inch (cpi). 12 - 12 cpi. 17 - 16.67 cpi. 23 - 23 cpi. 33 - 33 cpi. -> To toggle STYLE PITCH, first highlight this option and then press [LEFT], [RIGHT], [SPACE], or [┘]. STYLE - GENERAL - TEXT PAGES This option selects the STYLE TEXT PAGES per side of the output printed sheet to use. This option uses a selection menu tailored to the selected STYLE TYPE. NORMAL TYPE style can have any combination of from one to ten text pages horizontally and vertically - for a total of from 1 to 100 text pages per side. BOOK TYPE styles must have an even number of text pages in one direction - they may then have from one to ten in the other direction. -> To select the STYLE TEXT PAGES, first highlight this option and then press [┘]. A selection menu will be displayed, with the valid selection for the current STYLE TYPE highlighted. Move the highlight bar to the desired TEXT PAGES and press [┘]. >>>>> NOTE When STYLE TEXT PAGES is set, an arbitrary decision is made as to how many TEXT PAGES will be printed horizontally and how many vertically. If these setting are not the ones desired, just set either one to the correct value. For example, if you select 12 TEXT PAGES per side, the horizontal or vertical TEXT PAGES may be set to 2, 3, 4, or 6. STYLE - GENERAL - SIDES This option toggles the STYLE SIDES to use. The TWO available options are: 1 Single sided printing. Only the front side of each paper sheet will be printed. (Only valid for NORMAL STYLE TYPE) 2 Double sided printing. Requires either the use of a Duplex printer, or the first side must be printed in one pass through the printer and then this output must be printed again on the other side - a second pass through the printer. (Required for BOOK and PAMPHLET STYLE TYPE) -> To toggle STYLE SIDES, first highlight this option and then press [LEFT], [RIGHT], [SPACE], or [┘]. STYLE - GENERAL - BINDING This option toggles the STYLE type of BINDING to use. The TWO available BINDING options include: VERT Vertical binding margin to either the left or right of the printed text pages. HORIZ Horizontal binding margin to either the top or the bottom of the printed text pages. -> To toggle STYLE BINDING, first highlight this option and then press [LEFT], [RIGHT], [SPACE], or [┘]. STYLE - GENERAL - BINDING MARGIN This option allows input/editing of the STYLE MARGIN to use. The size of the margin may range from none to the width of the paper sheet (for VERT BINDING) or the height of the paper sheet (for HORIZ BINDING). -> To enter/edit STYLE MARGIN, first highlight this option and then press [┘]. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action keys noted on the bottom help line. To accept this field as edited, press [┘]. STYLE - GENERAL - MEASURE This option toggles the STYLE MEASURE to use. All of the data for the STYLE options will be displayed using this selected MEASURE. The FIVE available options include: IN... Inches. MM... Millimeters. CHR.. Characters. DOT.. Dots - 300 per inch. DP... Decipoints - 720 per inch (This is the measure that all of the data is stored in). -> To toggle STYLE MEASURE, first highlight this option and then press [LEFT], [RIGHT], [SPACE], or [┘]. >>>>> NOTE MEASURE may also be toggled by pressing [F3] at any STYLE MENU prompt. STYLE - HORIZONTAL - TEXT PAGES This option selects the STYLE HORIZONTAL TEXT PAGES per side of the output printed sheet to use. It uses a selection menu tailored to the selected STYLE TEXT PAGES. NORMAL TYPE style can have any combination from one to ten text pages horizontally and vertically - from 1 to 100. BOOK TYPE styles must have an even number of text pages in one direction - they may then have from one to ten in the other direction. -> To select the STYLE HORIZONTAL TEXT PAGES, first highlight this option and then press [┘]. A selection menu will be displayed, with the valid selections for the current STYLE TEXT PAGES highlighted. Move the highlight bar to the desired HORIZONTAL TEXT PAGES and press [┘]. >>>>> NOTE When STYLE TEXT PAGES is set, an arbitrary decision is made as to how many TEXT PAGES will be printed Horizontally and vertically. If these setting are not the ones desired, just set either to the correct value. For example, if you select 12 TEXT PAGES per side, the horizontal or vertical TEXT PAGES may be set to 2, 3, 4, or 6. STYLE - HORIZONTAL - CHARACTER PER LINE This option allows editing of the STYLE TEXT PAGE CHARACTERS PER LINE to use. The valid range of the TEXT PAGE CHARACTERS PER LINE is from 1 to the maximum number of characters that will fit, on the text line, with the minimum margin settings. -> To edit the TEXT PAGE CHARACTERS PER LINE, first highlight this option and then press [┘]. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action keys noted on the bottom help line. To accept the field as edited, press [┘]. >>>>> NOTE Pressing [F4] at any STYLE MENU prompt will set the TEXT PAGE CHARACTERS PER LINE to its MAXIMUM value, decreasing all of the horizontal margins to their minimums. STYLE - HORIZONTAL - MARGIN This option allows editing of the STYLE HORIZONTAL MARGIN to use. HORIZONTAL MARGIN space will be placed on both sides of each text page. The HORIZONTAL MARGIN is measured from the sheet border to the start of the left most text page and from right of each text page to the divider area. The valid range of the HORIZONTAL MARGIN is from 0 to the value that will use all of the available margin. AVAILABLE HORIZONTAL MARGIN is the width of the selected sheet less the width of all Horizontal text pages. -> To edit the HORIZONTAL MARGIN, first highlight this option and then press [┘]. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action keys noted on the bottom help line. To accept the field as edited, press [┘]. STYLE - HORIZONTAL - DIVIDER This option allows editing of the STYLE HORIZONTAL DIVIDER to use. HORIZONTAL DIVIDER space will be placed between text pages. The HORIZONTAL DIVIDER is measured from the right of one text page to the left of the next text page. The valid range of the HORIZONTAL DIVIDER is from 2*HORIZONTAL MARGIN to the value that will use all of the available margin. AVAILABLE HORIZONTAL MARGIN is the width of the selected sheet less the width of all Horizontal text pages. -> To edit the HORIZONTAL DIVIDER, first highlight this option and then press [┘]. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action keys noted on the bottom help line. To accept the field as edited, press [┘]. STYLE - HORIZONTAL - LEFT MARGIN This option allows editing of the STYLE HORIZONTAL LEFT MARGIN to use. LEFT MARGIN space will be placed from either the left edge of the sheet or the right edge of a VERTICAL BINDING MARGIN, if specified, to the left edge of the first text page. The valid range of the LEFT MARGIN is from the minimum left margin plus the HORIZONTAL MARGIN to the value that will use all of the available margin. AVAILABLE HORIZONTAL MARGIN is the width of the selected sheet less the width of all Horizontal text pages. -> To edit the HORIZONTAL LEFT MARGIN, first highlight this option and then press [┘]. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action keys noted on the bottom help line. To accept the field as edited, press [┘]. STYLE - HORIZONTAL - RIGHT MARGIN This option allows editing of the STYLE HORIZONTAL RIGHT MARGIN to use. RIGHT MARGIN space will be placed from the right of the right-most text page to the right edge of the sheet. The valid range of the RIGHT MARGIN is from the minimum right margin plus the HORIZONTAL MARGIN to the value that will use all of the available margin. AVAILABLE HORIZONTAL MARGIN is the width of the selected sheet less the width of all Horizontal text pages. -> To edit the HORIZONTAL RIGHT MARGIN, first highlight this option and then press [┘]. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action keys noted on the bottom help line. To accept the field as edited, press [┘]. STYLE - HORIZONTAL - WIDTH This option allows editing of the STYLE HORIZONTAL WIDTH, the distance between adjacent characters. The valid range of the HORIZONTAL WIDTH is from zero to the width of the sheet. STYLE HORIZONTAL WIDTH is normally adjusted slightly to accommodate a desired number of CHARACTERS PER TEXT LINE. Practically, HORIZONTAL WIDTH SHOULD NOT BE CHANGED MUCH FROM ITS DEFAULT VALUE OR OVERPRINTING OR UNSIGHTLY BLANK SPACING WILL OCCUR. >>>>> NOTE For best accuracy, use the DECIPOINT MEASURE when working with this value. -> To edit the HORIZONTAL WIDTH, first highlight this option and then press [┘]. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action keys noted on the bottom help line. To accept the field as edited, press [┘]. STYLE - VERTICAL - TEXT PAGES This option selects the STYLE VERTICAL TEXT PAGES per side of the output printed sheet to use. It uses a selection menu that is tailored to the selected STYLE TEXT PAGES. NORMAL TYPE style can have any combination from one to ten text pages horizontally and vertically - from 1 to 100. BOOK TYPE styles must have an even number of text pages in one direction - they may then have from one to ten in the other direction. -> To select the STYLE VERTICAL TEXT PAGES, first highlight this option and then press [┘]. A selection menu will be displayed, with the valid selections for the current STYLE TEXT PAGES highlighted. Move the highlight bar to the desired VERTICAL TEXT PAGES and press [┘]. >>>>> NOTE When STYLE TEXT PAGES is set, an arbitrary decision is made as to how many TEXT PAGES will be printed Horizontally and vertically. If these setting are not the ones desired, just set either to the correct value. For example, if you select 12 TEXT PAGES per side, the Horizontal or vertical TEXT PAGES may be set to 2, 3, 4, or 6. STYLE - VERTICAL - LINES PER PAGE This option allows editing of the STYLE TEXT PAGE LINES PER PAGE to use. The valid range of the TEXT PAGE LINES PER PAGE is from 1 to the maximum number of lines that will fit, on the text page, with the minimum margin settings. -> To edit the TEXT PAGE LINES PER PAGE, first highlight this option and then press [┘]. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action keys noted on the bottom help line. To accept the field as edited, press [┘]. >>>>> NOTE Pressing [F4] at any STYLE MENU prompt will set the TEXT PAGE LINES PER PAGE to its MAXIMUM value, decreasing all of the vertical margins to their minimums. STYLE - VERTICAL - MARGIN This option allows editing of the STYLE VERTICAL MARGIN to use. VERTICAL MARGIN space will be placed on both the top and bottom of each text page. The VERTICAL MARGIN is measured from the sheet border to the top of the top most text page and from the bottom of each text page to the divider area. The valid range of the VERTICAL MARGIN is from 0 to the value that will use all of the available margin. AVAILABLE VERTICAL MARGIN is the height of the selected sheet less the height of all vertical text pages. -> To edit the VERTICAL MARGIN, first highlight this option and then press [┘]. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action keys noted on the bottom help line. To accept the field as edited, press [┘]. STYLE - VERTICAL - DIVIDER This option allows editing of the STYLE VERTICAL DIVIDER to use. VERTICAL DIVIDER space will be placed between text pages. The VERTICAL DIVIDER is measured from the bottom of one text page to the top of the next text page. The valid range of the VERTICAL DIVIDER is from 2*VERTICAL MARGIN to the value that will use all of the available margin. AVAILABLE VERTICAL MARGIN is the height of the selected sheet less the height of all vertical text pages. -> To edit the VERTICAL DIVIDER, first highlight this option and then press [┘]. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action keys noted on the bottom help line. To accept the field as edited, press [┘]. STYLE - VERTICAL - TOP MARGIN This option allows editing of the STYLE VERTICAL TOP MARGIN to use. TOP MARGIN space will be placed either from the top edge of the sheet or the bottom edge of a VERTICAL BINDING MARGIN, if specified, to the top edge of the first text page. The valid range of the TOP MARGIN is from the minimum top margin plus the VERTICAL MARGIN to the value that will use all of the available margin. AVAILABLE VERTICAL MARGIN is the height of the selected sheet less the height of all vertical text pages. -> To edit the VERTICAL TOP MARGIN, first highlight this option and then press [┘]. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action keys noted on the bottom help line. To accept the field as edited, press [┘]. STYLE - VERTICAL - BOTTOM MARGIN This option allows editing of the STYLE VERTICAL BOTTOM MARGIN to use. BOTTOM MARGIN space will be placed from the bottom of the bottom-most text page to the bottom edge of the sheet. The valid range of the BOTTOM MARGIN is from the minimum bottom margin plus the VERTICAL MARGIN to the value that will use all of the available margin. AVAILABLE VERTICAL MARGIN is the height of the selected sheet less the height of all vertical text pages. -> To edit the VERTICAL BOTTOM MARGIN, first highlight this option and then press [┘]. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action keys noted on the bottom help line. To accept the field as edited, press [┘]. STYLE - VERTICAL - HEIGHT This option allows editing of the STYLE VERTICAL HEIGHT between text lines to use. The valid range of the VERTICAL HEIGHT is from zero to the height of the sheet. STYLE VERTICAL HEIGHT is normally adjusted slightly to accommodate a desired number of LINES PER TEXT PAGE. Practically, VERTICAL HEIGHT SHOULD NOT BE CHANGED MUCH FROM ITS DEFAULT VALUE OR OVERPRINTING OR UNSIGHTLY BLANK SPACING WILL OCCUR. >>>>> NOTE For best accuracy, use the DECIPOINT MEASURE when working with this value. -> To edit the VERTICAL HEIGHT, first highlight this option and then press [┘]. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action keys noted on the bottom help line. To accept the field as edited, press [┘]. STYLE - ACCEPT ACCEPT will set the STYLE options to those values that are currently displayed, and then return to the OPTION function menu. It WILL NOT save these values in the named STYLE FILE. >>>>> NOTE To save the values as displayed, you should select the SAVE option rather than the ACCEPT option. -> To ACCEPT the currently displayed STYLE options and then return to the OPTION function menu, highlight the ACCEPT option and press [┘]. STYLE - EXIT EXIT will restore the STYLE options to those that were in effect before the STYLE menu was displayed, and then return to the OPTION function menu. -> To EXIT from the STYLE menu, restoring the STYLE options to their previous values, and return to the OPTION function menu, highlight the EXIT option and press [┘]. STYLE - SELECT ANOTHER SELECT ANOTHER allows selection of another STYLE FILE without having to return to the OPTIONS function menu. -> To SELECT ANOTHER STYLE FILE, highlight the SELECT ANOTHER option and press [┘]. STYLE - SAVE SAVE will set the STYLE options to the currently displayed values, allow SAVING of the STYLE FILE using either its current name or another, and then return to the OPTION function menu. -> To SAVE the currently displayed STYLE options, and then return to the OPTION function menu, highlight the SAVE option and press [┘]. A STYLE FILE data entry box will next be displayed. Any set of STYLE options may be saved to a user named file, for use later to reset the option for this output STYLE. The STYLE FILE data entry window display shows the name and description of the current file. The name and the description may be edited prior to the file being saved. FOR STYLE SAVE OPERATIONAL DETAILS, PRESS [DOWNARROW]. STYLE - SAVE FILE (continued) Both the name and description of the STYLE FILE can be computer generated, based on the general options of the STYLE. The format followed is: T Output type. Z Paper size. O Sheet orientation. F Font pitch. S Sides of the sheet printed. h Text pages horizontally. v Text pages vertically. This format allows the eighth file name character to be used to differentiate between like general option styles - for one with a binding margin and one without. FOR STYLE SAVE OPERATIONAL DETAILS, PRESS [DOWNARROW]. STYLE - SAVE FILE - FILE NAME -> To use the program name for the STYLE FILE name, press [F3]. -> To SWAP the current NAME and description of the STYLE FILE with a computer generated name and description, based on the general options of the STYLE, press [F4]. -> To CANCEL this operation, press [ESCAPE]. -> Edit the FILE NAME as desired. When done, press [┘]. STYLE - SAVE FILE - FILE DESCRIPTION -> Edit the FILE DESCRIPTION as desired. -> To CANCEL this operation, press [ESCAPE]. -> When done with editing the FILE DESCRIPTION, press [┘]. STYLE - SAVE FILE - FILE EXISTS If the FILE, as named, EXISTS, a confirmation prompt will be displayed - answer as desired. When the file has been saved, a confirmation message will be displayed. -> Press any key to continue. STYLE - MAXIMUM TEXT PAGES/SIDE SIZES AVAILABLE This table, generated and displayed by pressing [F6], shows the possible text page sizes available with the currently selected STYLE parameters. The upper portion of the table defines the MAXIMUM CHARACTERS/LINE, based on the available pitches and the possible HORIZONTAL TEXT PAGES. The lower portion of the table defines the MAXIMUM LINES/PAGE, based on the available pitches and the possible VERTICAL TEXT PAGES. Based on your knowledge of the material to be printed, you can balance the displayed factors in order to determine what combination of pitch and text pages will best meet your objectives. -> To RETURN to the program, press any key. OPTION FILE OPTION FILES contain pre-defined sets of program and printing options that have been previously set either from the command line or by selection menu. Although OPTION FILES may be created/edited by a text editor or word processor, they are normally created by first setting the desired options on the command line and/or selection menu, and then saving these current options with either the SAVE feature of this option or the EXIT FUNCTION, SAVE OPTIONS option. A default OPTIONS FILE is loaded, if no OPTIONS FILE option is specified. The default OPTIONS FILE name is the same as the program, with the program initials and the letter 'O' for the extension. -> To work with the program OPTION FILES, select the OPTION FILE option. A further TASK selection menu will be displayed. FOR OPTION FILE TASK SELECTION OPERATIONAL DETAILS, PRESS [DOWNARROW]. OPTION FILE TASK SELECTION The OPTION FILE TASK menu includes these selections: CHANGE..... Select another option file. SAVE....... Save the current OPTION settings in a named OPTION FILE. RESTORE.... Restore the basic LASR_MAN default options. -> To select an OPTION FILE TASK, press the highlighted letter of the desired TASK or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. -> To return to the OPTION FUNCTION menu, press [ESCAPE]. FOR OPTION FILE TASK OPERATIONAL DETAILS, PRESS [DOWNARROW]. OPTION FILE SELECTION The OPTION FILES menu displays all of the available OPTIONS FILES in alphabetical order, along with their descriptions and the date that they were last edited. -> To POSITION the highlight bar on a specific file, press the FIRST LETTER of the file name. The highlight bar will be positioned on the first file name that starts with this letter. To continue the search, press the NEXT LETTER of the file name. Continue this procedure until the desired file is highlighted. >>>>> NOTES Pressing any cursor control key will discontinue the search. If no file exists for the key pressed, a short beep will be heard. -> To SELECT a OPTIONS FILE to load, move the highlight bar to the desired OPTIONS FILE and press [┘]. -> To CANCEL this operation and leave the OPTIONS setting as they are currently, press [ESCAPE]. FOR MORE OPTION FILE SELECTION OPERATIONAL DETAILS, PRESS [DOWNARROW]. OPTION FILE SELECTION (continued) -> To VIEW the contents of a OPTIONS FILE, move the highlight bar to it and press [F2]. -> To SAVE an OPTIONS FILE, move the highlight bar to it and press [INS]. A SAVE OPTIONS FILE data entry window will be displayed, which will allow editing of the OPTION FILE name and description. -> To DELETE a OPTIONS FILE, move the highlight bar to it and press [DEL]. A confirmation prompt will then be displayed. To DELETE this OPTIONS FILE, press [Y]. RESTORE PROGRAM DEFAULT OPTIONS Selecting this option first displays a verification prompt and then, on a positive response, resets the basic LASR_MAN SETUP and options to those that were in effect when LASR_MAN was first installed. -> To restore the basic program SETUP and options, press the "Yes" highlight letter. -> To leave the SETUP and options as they are currently set, press the "No" highlight letter. SAVE OPTION FILE DATA ENTRY The SAVE OPTIONS option displays an OPTION FILE window, to allow entry/editing of the option file name and its description. The name of the current option file or the default file, whose name is the same as the programs, is first displayed for editing. -> To edit the OPTION FILE NAME, use the cursor control keys shown on the help line. -> To cancel saving the options, press [ESCAPE]. -> To accept the OPTION FILE NAME after editing, press [┘]. The selected file description, if the file exists, is next displayed. If the file does not exist, the displayed description is blank. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PRESS [DOWNARROW]. OPTION FILE DESCRIPTION The selected file description, if the file exists, is next displayed. If the file does not exist, the displayed description area is blank. -> To edit the OPTION FILE DESCRIPTION, use the cursor control keys shown on the help line. -> To cancel saving the options, press [ESCAPE]. -> To accept the OPTION FILE DESCRIPTION after editing, press [┘]. A DATA PATH SAVE selection menu is next displayed. FOR MORE INFORMATION, PRESS [DOWNARROW]. SAVE THE DATA PATH The OPTION FILE can include the path of the current drive-directory. In most cases, this is the desirable option. However, in some cases, a generic option file may be required, that can be used with data from several drive-directories. -> To cancel SAVING the OPTION FILE, press [ESCAPE]. -> To select the desired SAVE DATA PATH option, press its highlighted letter or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. If the named OPTION FILE already exists, a REPLACE verification menu will be displayed. To SAVE the OPTION FILE, press the "Yes" highlight letter. After the OPTION FILE is saved, a completion message - with the path of the OPTION FILE - is displayed. PAGE TITLE TYPE MENU The PAGE TITLE TYPE MENU determines whether each page will be TITLED, and, if so, where that TITLE will appear. Header........ A PAGE TITLE consisting of user specified fields followed by a blank line is printed at the top of each page. Specifying these fields and their defaults are covered on the following help pages. Footer........ A blank line and a PAGE TITLE consisting of user specified fields is printed at the bottom of each page. hEad/foot..... On sheets where only a single text page is printed vertically, same as "HEADER". On sheets with two or more text pages vertically, the top vertical text page is printed with a header and the remainder with a footer. fOot/head..... On sheets where only a single text page is printed vertically, same as "FOOTER". On sheets with two or more text pages vertically, the top vertical text page is printed with a footer and the remainder with a header. No page title. No PAGE TITLE is printed. Instead, two more lines of text will be printed for each text page. -> To select a PAGE TITLE TYPE, press its highlighted letter or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. UNDERLINE MENU If a page title is to be printed on each text page, it may be underlined/overlined, whether it is a header or a footer. No additional lines, other than the two for the header/footer, are required for title underlining. -> To select an UNDERLINE option, press its highlighted letter or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. >>>>> NOTE The unregistered version prints an informational message in the blank line/underline/overline area. The registered version does not print this informational message. TITLE SEGMENT DATA MENU The TITLE is divided into three SEGMENTS (Left, Center and Right). Any of the title data fields may be used in any of the TITLE SEGMENTS and they may also be repeated. The normal defaults are Left=F, Center=P, Right=A. ┌──────────────────────┬────────────────────────┬───────────────────────┐ │ LEFT Title Segment │ CENTER Title Segment │ RIGHT Title Segment │ └──────────────────────┴────────────────────────┴───────────────────────┘ The TITLE SEGMENT DATA options include: FILE: nnnnnnnn.eee mm-dd-yy hh:mm. FILE NAME, DATE, TIME. fILE: nnnnnnnn.eee mm-dd-yy....... FILE NAME, DATE. fiLE: nnnnnnnn.eee................ FILE NAME. PRINTED: mm-dd-yy hh:mm........ CURRENT DATE, TIME. pRINTED: mm-dd-yy.............. CURRENT DATE. pAGE: ppp................... OUTPUT PAGE NUMBER. paGE: ppp [ff-nnn].......... OUTPUT PAGE #, FILE #, FILE PAGE #. Custom................... USER ENTERED TEXT DATA (25 Chars.). Nothing............... BLANK. -> To select the desired title DATA FIELD, press its highlighted letter or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. CUSTOM TITLE ENTRY The CUSTOM TITLE Option is used to specify text data for page titles. CUSTOM TITLE data may be entered for all three title segments: LEFT, CENTER and RIGHT. The current CUSTOM TITLE data for this segment is displayed for editing. A maximum of twenty-five characters may be entered. -> To edit the CUSTOM TITLE data, use the cursor control keys shown on the help line. -> To accept the CUSTOM TITLE data after editing, press [┘]. -> To cancel changing the CUSTOM TITLE data, press [ESCAPE]. FONT The FONT OPTION allows selection of the desired FONT TYPEFACE, either internal or downloadable soft font, to use with the selected pitch. -> To select a different FONT TYPEFACE, select the FONT option. A menu of AVAILABLE FONT TYPEFACES, in alphabetic order, will be displayed. FOR AVAILABLE FONT SELECTION OPERATIONAL DETAILS, PRESS [DOWNARROW]. AVAILABLE FONT SELECTION The AVAILABLE FONT TYPEFACES list displays, for the selected PITCH, the FONT TYPEFACES in alphabetic order, along with their description and the date on which they were last modified. Those fonts that are internal or cartridge are starred, '*'. -> To POSITION the highlight bar on a specific FONT, press the FIRST LETTER of the FONT name. The highlight bar will be positioned on the first FONT name that starts with this letter. To continue the search, press the NEXT LETTER of the FONT name. Continue this procedure until the desired FONT is highlighted. >>>>> NOTES Pressing any cursor control key will discontinue the search. If no FONT exists for the key pressed, a short beep will be heard. -> To return to the OPTIONS menu, press [ESCAPE]. FOR MORE FONT SELECTION OPERATIONAL DETAILS, PRESS [DOWNARROW]. AVAILABLE FONT SELECTION (continued) -> To select a FONT TYPEFACE, move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. -> To view the contents of any FONT FILE, move the highlight bar to the desired file name using the arrow keys and press [F2]. -> To DELETE a FONT TYPEFACE, move the highlight bar to it and press [DEL]. A verify menu will be displayed next. Press the "Yes" highlight letter to DELETE the highlighted FONT TYPEFACE file; the "No" highlight letter or [ESCAPE] to cancel the operation. -> To CREATE a new INTERNAL FONT TYPEFACE description and selection file, press [INS]. A SAVE FONT TYPEFACE FILE data entry window will be displayed, which will allow editing of the FONT TYPEFACE FILE name and description. WARNING: DO NOT USE THE SAME NAME AS A CURRENT SOFT FONT TYPEFACE FILE OR THE SOFT FONT FILE WILL BE LOST! OPTION SWITCHES MENU The OPTION SWITCHES available include: FILE PAGE START**... When printing multiple files using multiple PAGES/SIDE, where to start each new file. SWITCH TITLES....... Switch the left and right title fields on even numbered text pages. TITLE HEADERS....... Title fields normally have a header in the form of "...: ". If NO, these headers will not be displayed nor will they print. PRINT FORM FEEDS**.. Normally a form feed (FF) code will cause the following text to appear on the next page. If NO, FF codes will be ignored; if ***, FF code are replaced by a line of special characters. SHEET BORDER**...... Draw various style borders around the text pages. PAGE DIVIDERS**..... Menus will define the type of horizontal and vertical page dividers to print between multiple text pages per sheet side. TEXT PAGE FLOW**.... Text page flow, horizontal or vertical on multi-text pages per side output styles. BLANK LINE.......... Print or suppress text blank lines. NO LEFT MARGIN**.... Suppress blank character left margins. SPACE/TABS**........ Define the number of space in a text tab character. TAB PRINT WIDTH**... Define the number of spaces to use for a tab on output. TEXT WORD WRAP**.... Select method to use for printed line overflow. PRINT CTRL CHRS..... Print, or substitute for, control characters (ASCII 1-31) -> To toggle an OPTION SWITCH, press its highlighted letter or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. ** FOR ADDITIONAL HELP INFORMATION, PRESS [DOWNARROW]. FILE PAGE START This switch acts as a toggle and has four states: ANY............Start the next file on the next text page. ODD............Start the next file on the next odd text page. SID............Start the next file on the next side page. SHE............Start the next file on the next sheet page. -> To toggle the FILE PAGE START OPTION SWITCH, press its highlighted letter or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. PRINT FORM FEEDS This switch acts as a toggle and has three states: YES........... Process form feed characters normally, placing the following text on the next page. NO............ Ignore form feed characters in text files. ***........... Replace form feed characters with a line of special characters to denote the page break, but do not add a form feed to the printed output. Using this method, the location of the form feed character will then be visible in the output. -> To toggle the PRINT FORM FEEDS OPTION SWITCH, press its highlighted letter or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. SHEET BORDER This switch acts as a toggle and has four states: NO.............Draw no border around the text pages. LIN............Draw a thin line border around the text pages. BLK............Draw a thick line border around the text pages. SHW............Draw a shadow border around the text pages. -> To toggle the SHEET BORDER OPTION SWITCH, press its highlighted letter or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. DIVIDERS SWITCH When multiple text pages are printed on one side of a paper sheet, PAGE DIVIDERS may also be printed. Both the horizontal and vertical PAGE DIVIDERS have four options, which may be selected. -> To change the PAGE DIVIDER option setting, press its highlighted letter or move the highlighted bar to it and press [┘]. The Horizontal and Vertical PAGE DIVIDER menus will then be displayed. -> To select the desired Horizontal/Vertical PAGE DIVIDER STYLE, press its highlighted letter or move the highlighted bar to it and press [┘]. The INDIVIDUAL option will cause the selected SHEET BORDER to be drawn around each individual text page. -> To cancel changing the PAGE DIVIDER and leave it as it currently is, press [ESCAPE]. TEXT PAGE FLOW SWITCH The default TEXT PAGE FLOW on multiple Pages/Side output is horizontal, as shown below, by the page numbers followed by 'H'. The TEXT PAGE FLOW option switch may be toggled for vertical flow, resulting in the output depicted below with page numbers followed by 'V'. ╔═══════════════╗<=PORTRAIT ║1V │3V ║ LANDSCAPE ║ or │ or ║ ╔═══════════════════════╗ ║ 1H│ 2H║ ║1V │3V │5V │7V ║ ║───────┼───────║ ║ 1H│ 2H│ 3H│ 4H║ ║2V │4V ║ ║─────┼─────┼─────┼─────║ ║ or │ or ║ ║2V │4V │6V │8V ║ ║ 3H│ 4H║ ║ 5H│ 6H│ 7H│ 8H║ ╚══4 Pages/Side═╝ ╚══════8 Pages/Side═════╝ -> To toggle the TEXT PAGE FLOW option switch, press its highlighted letter or move the highlighted bar to it and press [┘]. NO LEFT MARGIN SWITCH The NO LEFT MARGIN option will remove leading blank spaces on each text line. It DOES NOT remove text, only blank spaces. For example, if a page has lines that are 85 characters long, but there are 5 blank spaces at the beginning of each line, setting NO LEFT MARGIN to 5 will allow the page to print properly, using a style of output that has 80 characters/line. -> To change the NO LEFT MARGIN option setting, press its highlighted letter or move the highlighted bar to it and press [┘]. Its current value will be displayed for editing. -> To edit the NO LEFT MARGIN data, use the cursor control keys shown on the help line. -> To accept the NO LEFT MARGIN data after editing, press [┘]. -> To cancel changing the NO LEFT MARGIN data, press [ESCAPE]. SPACES/TAB SWITCH LASR_MAN converts leading text spaces to tabs and then, on output, converts all tabs to spaces. Correct use of this option switch, along with the next, TAB PRINT WIDTH, will assure proper alignment of the final output. The SPACES/TAB option switch should be set to the value used by the text editor or word processor that generated the document to be printed. This value is normally eight spaces per tab. -> To change the SPACES/TAB option setting, press its highlighted letter or move the highlighted bar to it and press [┘]. Its current value will be displayed for editing. -> To edit the SPACES/TAB data, use the cursor control keys shown on the help line. -> To accept the SPACES/TAB data after editing, press [┘]. -> To cancel changing the SPACES/TAB data, press [ESCAPE]. TAB PRINT WIDTH SWITCH Although tabs may have been defined as a specific width, such as eight spaces, they can be printed out with a different width by use of this option switch. -> To change the TAB PRINT WIDTH option setting, press its highlighted letter or move the highlighted bar to it and press [┘]. Its current value will be displayed for editing. -> To edit the TAB PRINT WIDTH data, use the cursor control keys shown on the help line. -> To accept the TAB PRINT WIDTH data after editing, press [┘]. -> To cancel changing the TAB PRINT WIDTH data, press [ESCAPE]. TEXT WORD WRAP SWITCH When the file text line is longer than the selected style of output print line, the part of the text that will fit on the first line is printed. The remaining text for that line is then handled based on the selected text word wrap option. Available TEXT WORD WRAP options include: +++.. The first output text line is filled completely and the remaining text is then placed on the next output line preceded by line continue character string. Cut.. The first output text line is filled completely and the remaining text for that line is discarded. Yes.. The first output text line is filled to the last full word and the remaining text is then placed on the next output line. Single carriage returns are ignored and double carriage returns are processed as such. This is a "paragraph" approach to preparing the output and will not work well with tabular or graphical text material. -> To toggle the TEXT WORD WRAP OPTION SWITCH, press its highlighted letter or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. CHANGE CONFIGURATION FILE There are two types of printer configuration files included with LASR_MAN. They are: 1. The standard printer configuration file, whose name is the same as the programs and whose extension is the program initials and the letter 'G', contains the commands common to all printer and mouse operations, and paper style specific printer commands. This file is accessed by the SETUP FUNCTION options of PRINTER, PRINT FONTS, and MOUSE, OPTIONS FUNCTION option of STYLE OF OUTPUT, and PRINT FUNCTION option PAPER SOURCE. 2. Override printer configuration commands, along with commands to override language file parameters, may be contained in change configuration files, having the same name/extension but with 'C' as the last letter. Only the second type of configuration file can be loaded with this option. FOR CHANGE CONFIG. FILE SELECTION DETAILS, PRESS [DOWNARROW]. CHANGE CONFIGURATION FILE SELECTION The CHANGE CONFIGURATION FILES list displays these files in alphabetic order, along with their description and the date on which they were last edited. -> To POSITION the highlight bar on a specific file, press the FIRST LETTER of the file name. The highlight bar will be positioned on the first file name that starts with this letter. To continue the search, press the NEXT LETTER of the file name. Continue this procedure until the desired file is highlighted. >>>>> NOTE Pressing any cursor control key will discontinue the search. If no file exists for the key pressed, a short beep will be heard. -> To view the contents of any CONFIGURATION CHANGE FILE, move the highlight bar to the desired file name using the arrow keys and press [F2]. -> To select a CONFIGURATION CHANGE FILE, move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. -> To return to the OPTIONS menu, press [ESCAPE]. COVER FILE A COVER FILE to be used and printed with LASR_MAN is any file with an extension of the program initials and the letter 'V'. This file may be created and/or edited by a word processor and selected for printing with this option. It may be of any length and will be printed before all of the other selected files. >>>>> NOTE The cover file MUST be located on the LASR_MAN drive- directory in order to be displayed for selection. -> To select a COVER FILE to be printed, select the COVER option. A menu of COVER FILES, in alphabetic order, along with their description and the date on which they were last edited, will be displayed. FOR COVER FILE SELECTION OPERATIONAL DETAILS, PRESS [DOWNARROW]. COVER FILE SELECTION The COVER FILES list displays these files in alphabetic order, along with their description and the date on which they were last edited. -> To POSITION the highlight bar on a specific file, press the FIRST LETTER of the file name. The highlight bar will be positioned on the first file name that starts with this letter. To continue the search, press the NEXT LETTER of the file name. Continue this procedure until the desired file is highlighted. >>>>> NOTE Pressing any cursor control key will discontinue the search. If no file exists for the key pressed, a short beep will be heard. -> To SELECT a COVER FILE to print, move the highlight bar to the desired COVER FILE and press [┘]. FOR MORE COVER FILE SELECTION OPERATIONAL DETAILS, PRESS [DOWNARROW]. COVER FILE SELECTION (Continued) -> To CANCEL this operation and leave the COVER file selection as it is currently, press [ESCAPE]. -> To VIEW the contents of a COVER FILE, move the highlight bar to it and press [F2]. -> To DELETE a COVER FILE, move the highlight bar to it and press [DEL]. A verify menu will be displayed next. Press the "Yes" highlight letter to DELETE the highlighted COVER FILE; the "No" highlight letter or [ESCAPE] to cancel the operation. LINES PER PAGE LIMIT The LINES PER PAGE LIMIT option can be used to force a text file that does not use form feed characters, or has form feed in the wrong places for this printout, to control pagination and properly paginate it when the files lines per page is different than the selected style of output lines per page. For example, if a text file has 66 lines per page without any form feed characters and the selected style of output prints 72 lines per page, setting the LINES PER PAGE LIMIT to 66 will result in properly printed pagination. -> To change the LINES PER PAGE LIMIT, press its highlighted letter or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. Edit the LINES PER PAGE LIMIT as desired. -> To accept the edited LINES PER PAGE LIMIT, press [┘]. -> To cancel editing and leave the LINES PER PAGE LIMIT as currently set, press [ESCAPE]. STAMP-IT! The STAMP-IT! option allows selection of a text phrase for a half-tone "rubber stamp", that will then be printed as background on each text page. The size of the half-tone letters - about 3/8" high - is fixed and does not change with the style of output. The "rubber stamp" text will be printed in the selected STYLE. -> To cancel printing of a "rubber stamp", select "NONE". -> To select a STYLE for printing a "rubber stamp" on each text page, press its highlighted letter or move the highlight bar to the desired OPTION and press [┘]. A STAMP-IT! TEXT selection menu is next displayed. STAMP-IT! TEXT SELECTION -> To select a TEXT phrase, press its highlighted letter or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. The selected STAMP-IT! STYLE and TEXT will be shown on the OPTIONS FUNCTION menu. FILES SELECT MENU The FILES SELECT FUNCTION menu includes: ═════════════════════ DATA PATH...........(N) Change or restore the drive and/or the directory path of the data files to be printed. FILES SELECTION.....(N) Display all files on the selected data path directory meeting the selected ARCHIVE BIT/FILE MASK criteria so they may be viewed and TAGGED for printing. FILE MASK...........(A) Specify a FILE wildcard MASK that files on the current drive-directory must meet before being displayed for tagging. ARCHIVE BIT.........(E) Change the type of files to be displayed for selection and determine their subsequent handling. (Press [DOWNARROW] for more information) -> To select a FILES SELECT option, press its highlighted letter or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. Note that files MUST BE TAGGED before they can be printed. TOGGLE ARCHIVE BIT STATUS The ARCHIVE BIT option can change the type of files to be displayed for selection and determine their subsequent handling. ON...... The files archive bit must be on. CLEAR... ARCHIVE BIT on, its cleared after printing. EITHER.. ARCHIVE BIT may be either on or off. -> To toggle the ARCHIVE BIT option status, press its highlighted letter or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. DATA PATH The FILE SELECT DATA PATH selection menu allows the DATA PATH to be restored to that which was in effect when the program was loaded or selection of a new path for the drive and directory from which files may first be selected/tagged and then printed. -> To CHANGE the DATA PATH, press the "Change" highlight letter or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. -> To RESTORE the DATA PATH to that which was in effect when the program was loaded, press the "Restore" highlight letter. -> To leave the DATA PATH as it is currently set, press [ESCAPE]. CHANGE DATA PATH - DRIVE MENU The DRIVE MENU displays all valid drives, "A" thru LASTDRIVE, as defined by CONFIG.SYS. Those drives that are CAPITALIZED are currently available, while the lower case drives are not. The current DRIVE is highlighted. -> To select the DATA PATH DRIVE, press its highlighted letter or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. -> To leave the DATA PATH as it is currently set, press [ESCAPE]. CHANGE DATA PATH - NEXT SUBDIRECTORY IN THE PATH MENU The NEXT SUBDIRECTORY IN THE PATH menu displays the available subdirectories of the currently defined drive/directory DATA PATH. The "accept path" option will accept the CURRENT DATA PATH as displayed on the top line of the display. The ". [root dir]" option (if shown) will reset the DATA PATH to the root directory of the current drive. The ".. [parent]" option (if shown) will remove the last subdirectory that was added to the DATA PATH, as displayed on the top line of the display. FOR CHANGE DATA PATH - NEXT DIR OPERATIONAL DETAILS, PRESS [DOWNARROW]. CHANGE DATA PATH - NEXT SUBDIRECTORY IN THE PATH MENU (Continued) -> To POSITION the highlight bar on a specific directory, press the FIRST LETTER of the directory name. The highlight bar will be positioned on the first directory name that starts with this letter. To continue the search, press the NEXT LETTER of the directory name. Continue this procedure until the desired directory is highlighted. >>>>> NOTE Pressing any cursor control key will discontinue the search. If no directory exists for the key pressed, a short beep will be heard. -> To select one of these options or to add another subdirectory to the DATA PATH, move the highlight bar to the desired item and press [┘]. -> To return to the DRIVE menu, press [ESCAPE]. RESTORE DATA PATH Selecting this option can reset the data drive and directory to that which was in effect when LASR_MAN was loaded. A verification prompt is first displayed and then, on a positive response, the data drive and directory are reset. -> To restore the initial drive/directory, press the "Yes" highlight letter. -> To leave the drive/directory as they are currently set, press the "No" highlight letter. FILE SELECTION MENU Files MUST BE TAGGED before they can be printed. When the FILES SELECTION option is selected, a scroll PICK LIST of files from the selected drive/directory is displayed. All files on the current drive-directory meeting the selected file mask-archive bit settings are displayed in the PICK LIST. The current file mask is shown on the menu title line. If no files on the directory match, a message is so displayed and LASR_MAN returns to the function FILES SELECT menu. FILES that have been SELECTED and TAGGED will have a '√' character displayed after the file name. -> To CHANGE the selected DRIVE/DIRECTORY, first press [ESCAPE] and then press the "Data Path" highlight letter. FOR FILE SELECTION TAGGING OPERATION, PRESS [DOWNARROW]. FILE SELECTION OPERATION -> To END the TAGGING of files for printing, press [ESCAPE]. -> To move the FILE NAME HIGHLIGHT, use the cursor arrow & HOME/END keys. -> To POSITION the highlight bar on a specific file, press the FIRST LETTER of the file name. The highlight bar will be positioned on the first file name that starts with this letter. To continue the search, press the NEXT LETTER of the file name. Continue this procedure until the desired file is highlighted. >>>>> NOTES Pressing any cursor control key will discontinue the search. If no file exists for the key pressed, a short beep will be heard. -> To TOGGLE the TAG on the highlighted file, press [SPACE] or [┘]. -> To SET the TAG of the highlighted file, press [INS]. FOR MORE FILE SELECTION TAGGING OPERATION, PRESS [DOWNARROW]. FILE SELECTION OPERATION (Continued) -> To CLEAR the TAG on the highlighted file, press [DEL]. -> To VIEW the contents of the highlighted file, press [F2]. -> To TAG-ALL/CLEAR-ALL of the files for printing, press [F3], which acts as a TAG/CLEAR toggle. -> To determine the number of TEXT PAGES in the CURRENTLY HIGHLIGHTED file, press [F4]. -> To determine the number of SHEETS needed to print the CURRENTLY SELECTED files, press [F5]. FILE ANALYSIS The FILE ANALYSIS display, obtained by pressing [F4], is dependent on the setting of the USER DISPLAY LEVEL. At all levels, the number of text pages and required number of sheets for the highlighted file, based on the current STYLE OF OUTPUT, is shown on the top display line. For "PARTIAL" and higher USER DISPLAY LEVELS, an information window with additional information is shown. When the FILE ANALYSIS is finished, a completion message is displayed. Press any key to continue. FILE COUNT ALL TAGGED By pressing [F5], a count of all selected and tagged files is made of both their total number of text pages and the number of paper sheets required to print them using the current STYLE OF OUTPUT. This information is shown on the top display line. For "PARTIAL" and higher USER DISPLAY LEVELS, an information window with additional information is shown. When the FILE COUNT is finished, a completion message is displayed. Press any key to continue. FILE MASK ENTRY The FILE MASK option is used to selectively specify a group of files, from the current DRIVE/DIRECTORY, to be DISPLAYED for print selection. The current file selection FILE MASK is displayed for editing. The normal DOS wildcard characters of '?' and '*' may be used. A '.' must separate the file name specified from the extension. A FILE MASK of "*.*" will display all of the files on the current drive-directory. -> To edit the FILE MASK, use the cursor control keys shown on the help line. -> To clear the FILE MASK to "*.*", press [CTRL]+[END]. -> To accept the FILE MASK after editing, press [┘]. -> To cancel changing the FILE MASK, press [ESCAPE]. PRINT MENU The PRINT FUNCTION MENU includes: ═══════════════════ (TITLE DENOTES SELECTED PRINTER) PAPER SOURCE..............(N) Select the paper source bin. (Press [DOWNARROW] for more information. PRINT THESE SELECTED FILES(N) Print the files that have been selected and tagged using the current option settings. OUTPUT TO.................(A) Toggle where the printer output will be directed to. (Press [DOWNARROW] for more information.) REVERSE 2ND PASS OUTPUT...(E) Toggle whether the printing order of the sheets on the second printer pass is to be reversed. (Press [DOWNARROW] for more information. GENERATE KEY WORD INDEX...(E) Toggle whether to generate the key word index file. (REQUIRES THE PRESENCE OF THE PROGRAM INDX-IT!) INDX-IT!..................(E) Switch to the program INDX-IT!. (REQUIRES THE PRESENCE OF THE PROGRAM INDX-IT!) -> To select a PRINT option, press its highlighted letter or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. PAPER SOURCE The PAPER SOURCE option acts as a toggle, changing the selection of the printer paper source. The selections available include: DUPLEX..... Printer that prints both sides of a sheet in one pass. EPSON...... Front Paper Cassette of most compatibles. LOWER...... Lower Paper Cassette. FRONT...... Front Paper Cassette. TRAY....... Multi-Purpose Tray. DESKJET.... Tray (Only option available for DeskJet printers). -> To toggle the PAPER SOURCE, press the highlighted letter of the option or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. The PAPER SOURCE will be changed to the next one (alphabetically) available. OUTPUT TO Printer output is normally directed to the LPT1 port. This toggling option allows the printer output to be directed to LPT1-3, COM1-4, or to a disk file, whose name is the same as the programs with an extension of "PRN". -> To toggle the OUTPUT TO option, press the highlighted letter of the option or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. REVERSE SECOND PASS OUTPUT For input from either the FRONT or LOWER paper cassettes, the order of printing the sheets on the second pass through the printer is reversed; for TRAY input, it is not reversed; for duplex printers, it is ignored. The setting of this option is normally automatic, based on the PAPER SOURCE selected. However it may be over-ridden by toggling this option, after first selecting the desired printer paper source. -> To toggle the REVERSE SECOND PASS OUTPUT option, press the highlighted letter of the option or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. PASS Z PRINTING MENU After file selection for printing, a PASS Z PRINTING option menu is displayed. This menu has four options for printing text pages, four for skipping them and one to cancel printing. The title line of the PRINTING menu specifies which printing pass this is (1 or 2) and where the printed output should be directed to after being printed. When first displayed, this OUTPUT PATH is highlighted to alert you to set the printer for this output before printing any sheets. An ACTION window is displayed at the lower left. The status of READ, FORMATTING, and PRINTING the text pages is shown here. FOR INFORMATION ON THE PRINTING OPTIONS, PRESS [DOWNARROW]. PASS Z PRINTING MENU OPTIONS (Continued) -> To PRINT only this SHEET and prepare for the next, press the "Print" highlight letter. This will print all of the text pages for this side of this sheet. -> To PRINT all of the SHEETS for this FILE and this pass, press the "File" highlight letter. -> To PRINT ALL of the SHEETS for this and ALL remaining selected FILES for this pass, press the "All" highlight letter. THIS IS THE NORMALLY HIGHLIGHTED AND SELECTED OPTION. -> To PRINT SHEET X, press [X], and enter the desired SHEET number. >>>>> NOTE This option PRINTS a specific SHEET, not page. FOR MORE PRINTING OPTIONS - SKIP, VIEW, AND CANCEL, PRESS [DOWNARROW]. PASS Z PRINTING MENU OPTIONS (Continued) -> To SKIP only this SHEET and prepare for the next, press the "Skip" highlight letter. EXTREME care should be taken with these skip options on multi-pass output: if you skip anything on the first print print pass you MUST take that into account on the second pass, or your output will not line up. Skipping sheets on the first printer pass WILL NOT cause any printer action: however, shipping sheets on the second WILL cause the printer to feed the skipped sheets. -> To SKIP ALL of the SHEETS for THIS FILE and pass, press the "File" highlight letter. -> To SKIP ALL of the SHEETS for ALL FILES this pass, press the "All" highlight letter. -> To SKIP to a SPECIFIC SHEET, press [Y] and enter the desired SHEET number. >>>>> NOTE This option skips to a specific SHEET, not page. FOR MORE PRINTING OPTIONS - VIEW, AND CANCEL, PRESS [DOWNARROW]. PASS Z PRINTING MENU OPTIONS (Continued) -> To VIEW what the first text page on this sheet will look like, press [F2]. Note that only the first text page for the current sheet is previewed. -> To CANCEL PRINTING, press the "Cancel" highlight letter or [ESCAPE]. When printing is complete, a message is so displayed. The program will then display the EXIT function menu, but you may still select/print. DISK FILE EXISTS Output has been directed to a disk file, "LASR_MAN.PRN", which already exists. This selection menu will determine how that output will be handled. -> To ERASE the contents of the current PRINTER output DISK FILE, press the "Erase" highlight letter. -> To APPEND this output to the current contents of the PRINTER output DISK FILE, press the "Append" highlight letter. INDEX FILE EXISTS The GENERATE KEYWORD TOGGLE HAS BEEN TURNED ON, and the KEYWORD disk file "INDX-IT!.RAW" already exists. This selection menu will determine how the output to that file will be handled. -> To ERASE the contents of the current KEYWORD DISK FILE, press the "Erase" highlight letter. -> To APPEND this output to the current contents of the KEYWORD DISK FILE, press the "Append" highlight letter. DUPLEX PRINT STYLE If the DUPLEX PAPER SOURCE has been selected and the STYLE OF OUTPUT selected prints on both sides of the paper sheet, there is an option on how DUPLEX printing will be done. ┌────────────────────┐ ┌────────────────────┬────────────────────┐ │ Page 3 │ Page 4 │ │ │ o ^ o │ │ │ │ │ │ │ o ^ o │ │ │ o o o │ │ Page 3 │ Page 4 o ^ o Page 5 │ Page 6 │ ├───)──────)──────)──┤ └────────────────────┴────────────────────┘ │ o o o │ Book Style │ │ │ │ Page 5 │ Page 6 │<─ Flip Chart Style └────────────────────┘ >>>>> NOTE For BOOK output styles, use the BOOK style for correct output. -> To SELECT the desired DUPLEX PRINT STYLE, press its highlighted letter or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. SELECT DESKJET PRINT QUALITY The DeskJet printer can produce output in either of two qualities - DRAFT or LETTER. LETTER quality is more dense and requires a longer print time. It is recommended that DRAFT quality be used in most cases, especially with the smaller font sizes, for clarity. -> To SELECT the desired DeskJet PRINT QUALITY, press its highlighted letter or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. END OF FIRST PRINTER PASS The first pass of printing has been completed. The message window contains specific notes for your printer - they may differ from this information: if so, use them instead. -> To PRINT the BACK SIDE of these sheets, remove the PASS 1 PRINTER OUTPUT and use it as the INPUT FOR THE NEXT PRINTER PASS. Place the FIRST PASS OUTPUT printed paper such that the printing at the TOP OF THE SHEET is positioned as described in the informational display. Set the printer for the proper output path. If the MULTI-PURPOSE input tray is to be used for the second printer pass, the REVERSE 2ND PASS OUTPUT option should be "NO". -> To PRINT the SECOND PASS after the output from the first pass has been properly positioned, press any key other than [ESCAPE]. -> To CANCEL PRINTING and return to the FUNCTION menu without printing the second pass, press [ESCAPE]. NO FILES TO PRINT Files MUST first be selected and tagged before they can be printed. If you attempt to print without first selecting and tagging files, an informational message will be displayed. -> To continue, press any key. Next choose the FILES SELECT Function, FILES SELECTION Option, and TAG the desired files. EJECT SKIPPED SHEET(S) FROM PRINTER? When the program is skipping output sheets, the user has the choice of either eject the unprinted output sheet from the printer or having no printer action occur. For example, if only one sheet to be printed, and the input tray contains the sheet to be printed, then the option NOT TO EJECT sheets should be selected. However, if the output from the first pass printing has been placed in the input tray, and it is desired to print only the third sheet, the option to EJECT sheets should be selected. -> To specify the proper method to handle sheet skipping, press the desired highlight letter. INDX-IT! KEY WORD INDEX PROGRAM INDX-IT! is a separate program that produces sorted key word indexes from documents printed by LASR_MAN. The INDX-IT! options are only available if INDX-IT! is present. The sequence of operations necessary to produce an index is: -> Generate a key word disk file from LASR_MAN while printing a document or documents by setting the PRINT FUNCTION "Generate key word index" option to YES. -> Run INDX-IT! to product the specific formatted index report desired from the key word file. -> Print the index report as desired with LASR_MAN. -> To toggle the GENERATE KEY WORD INDEX option, press its highlighted letter or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. The KEY WORDS will be added to the key word file each time a document is printed. -> To generate a KEY WORD INDEX REPORT, press its highlighted letter or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. The program INDX-IT! will be run to enable generation of the index report. Upon completion, control is returned to LASR_MAN. EXIT MENU The EXIT FUNCTION MENU includes: ══════════════════ EXIT TO DOS......(N) Exit LASR_MAN. CANCEL...........(N) Return to the main FUNCTION menu. SAVE SETUP.......(N) Save the program SETUP options. SAVE OPTIONS.....(A) Save all of the current option settings to a named option file such that they may be loaded by file name when LASR_MAN is executed. -> To SELECT an EXIT option, press its highlighted letter or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. FILE/PAGE VIEW The FILE/PAGE VIEW window displays the text data for the next page (for the leftmost 75 characters), as it would be printed, of the file currently being examined. -> To DISPLAY OTHER PORTIONS of the CURRENT PAGE, press the [PAGEUP], [PAGEDOWN] or arrow keys. -> To VIEW the next page of this file, press [┘]. >>>>> NOTE This option is not available when viewing the first page to be printed on the current sheet in the PRINT FUNCTION. -> To END VIEWING and return to the previous menu, press [ESCAPE]. The number of printed pages (NOT sheets) and their maximum size (characters/line and lines/page) to this point in the file are given in the file information window. >>>>> NOTE This does not occur when viewing the first page to be printed on the current sheet in the PRINT FUNCTION, or if the information window is not being displayed. UTILITY MENU The UTILITY MENU options are displayed by pressing the [F10] key at any prompt. -> To CLOSE the PRINTER file and then re-open it, press its highlighted letter. This option is for use on systems where the printer timeout is set for either a long or infinite value and it is necessary to close the printer to complete printing of the first side. -> To DISABLE use of the video BLINKing bit, press its highlighted letter. This option, and the next one, are of primary use with operating systems such as OS/2, where this bit may not be properly reset when switching tasks. -> To ENABLE use of the video BLINKing bit, press its highlighted letter. -> To change the GRAPHICS display and animation of the LASR_MAN logo, press its highlighted letter. GRAPHICS The GRAPHICS option specifies if, and how fast, the logo GRAPHICS animation will be displayed during the wait for menu selection. The default value is 25. Larger numbers will slow the animation. A value of one stops the animation, while a zero value will suppress the display altogether. >>>>> NOTE This option IS NOT AVAILABLE to unregistered users. -> To change the value of the GRAPHIC option, press its highlighted letter. A data entry window will then be displayed, with the current GRAPHICS value. Edit this value as desired, using the action keys shown on the bottom help line. Press [┘] to accept the edited value. LASR_MAN QUICK ORDER FORM - PRICES VALID THRU 06/96 NAME ______________________________ COMPANY _____________________________ ADDRESS _______________________ CITY/STATE/ZIP __________________________ LASR_MAN, Version 7.0, single system registration............... $40. LASR_MAN, Version 7.0, site/network license.....................$200. Both include a printed/bound manual and the latest version diskette. Check one ( )5 1/4"LD ( )5 1/4"HD ( )3 1/2"LD ( )3 1/2"HD. BOOK-IT!, Enhanced Retail Professional Version of LASR_MAN.....$89.95 Shipping - US/Canada/Mexico...................................... $5. Shipping - Outside of the US/Canada/Mexico...................... $12. Florida residents, add 7% sales tax. COD(Add $10)/Credit Card orders, call the toll free order line. Press [PrtScreen] to print this quick order form, enter the necessary data and mail, with a check in US funds for the total amount, to: MicroMetric 98 Dade Avenue Sarasota, FLorida 34232-1609 USA Toll free Order line: 800.929.0184 (US ORDERS ONLY) [7.95] LASR_MAN PRODUCT SUPPORT For product support, technical questions or order information, please contact: Address: MicroMetric 98 Dade Avenue Sarasota, FLorida 34232-1609 USA Voice: 941.377.2515 FAX: 941.377.2091 Support BBS: 941.371.2490 Toll free Order line: 800.929.0184 (US ORDERS ONLY) Networks: RIME ->5662 MICROMETRIC (David Groome) COMPUSERVE (71631,744) Internet: 71631.744@compuserve.com The BRAND function accepts entry of the system serial number, supplied upon system registration. A REGISTRATION INFORMATION data entry window is displayed. Enter your company name/your name and then the system serial number (from the back cover of the system manual) using the alphanumeric keys and the cursor control keys shown on the bottom help line. -> To exit LASR_MAN without completing the registration process, press [ESCAPE]. -> To accept the name and then the registration number as edited, press [┘]. An informational message will be displayed when the branding process is complete for this system. Press any key to continue. -> If the registration number as entered is NOT valid, pressing any key, other than [ESCAPE], will allow re-enter of the registration number. Pressing [ESCAPE] will exit LASR_MAN without completing the registration process.