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- Presswork's Assistant
- Copyright 1989, 1990 Chris Sorensen
- All rights reserved.
- This work may be distributed freely, so long as the all
- documents, programs and related materials are distributed as a
- single unit and all copyright information remains intact and
- legible to any user.
-
- This utility is shareware. If you use it, or if it remains in
- your possession for more than 15 days, please send a contribution
- of $5.00 (or an appropriate amount of your choice) to Chris
- Sorensen, 3250 West 53rd Avenue, Denver, CO 80221-6564, USA.
- Thank you for making the shareware concept work for all of us.
-
- Note: Even if you decide not to send in a contribution to
- register, please feel free to sent your comments to the above
- address. I look forward to hearing from you!
-
-
- The following files should be in the same directory or
- subdirectory in order to use Presswork's Assistant:
-
- PWASSIST.PRG
- PRINT.PRG
- PRINT.RSC
- PRINTCLR.RSC
-
- If you are using only one drive with your system, the file(s) you
- wish to print should be on the same disk as the Presswork's
- Assistant files, however it is not necessary for the file(s) to
- be in the same directory.
-
-
- STARTUP
-
- Double Click on PWASSIST.PRG to start Presswork's Assistant. A
- dialogue box containing the Features box and Commands box will be
- displayed.
-
-
- FEATURES BOX
-
-
- The features box contains eight selectable boxes and the margin
- width indicator. This features are used to determine how your
- files will appear on the printed page.
-
-
-
- Selecting Features
-
- Clicking on a box to highlight a feature selects the feature for
- use. Clicking a second time dehighlights the box and removes the
- feature from use.
-
- Align
-
- Some printers begin printing approximately one inch down from the
- top of the page. Others begin printing on the first line at the
- top of the page. For these printers, the Align feature adjusts
- the start of printing to allow balanced one inch margins at the
- top and bottom of the page.
-
- Dbl Space (Double Space)
-
- The Dbl Space feature skips one line between each line of
- printing, including blank lines contained within a file. This
- can improve the readability of a document or file, and also
- allows room for adding notes or corrections when proofing a
- document. If the Line Number feature has also been selected,
- only the lines actually contained in the file will be numbered;
- the extra lines will not be numbered.
-
- Expand Tab
-
- Some files contain a tab character which some older printers do
- not recognize. Instead of tabbing, the printer may completely
- ignore the character, causing text which appeared normal on
- screen to become misaligned on the page. The Expand Tab feature
- converts any tab characters to spaces, which all printers should
- be able to use.
-
- Formfeed
-
- After every 54 lines, the Presswork's Assistant sends a formfeed
- character to the printer, which causes the printer to move to the
- start of the next page. With Formfeed selected, the Print
- Utility does not send the character. Instead, formfeed
- characters (if any) contained within the file being printed are
- used. If you notice pages being printed with only a few lines,
- or if new pages are being started at unusual times, the file may
- contain its own formfeeds. Select Formfeed, and the problem
- should be corrected. You may also select formfeed to causer a
- file to be printed continuously (i.e. no page breaks).
-
- Header
-
- Headers may be printed at the top of each page. A header
- contains such information as the date, time, and name of the file
- being printed. If selected, the page number will also be printed
- on this line.
-
- Line Numbers
-
- The Line Numbers feature, as its name implies, adds numbers to
- the start of each line. The can be used for reference or other
- purposes. Programmers may find this feature especially useful
- when debugging programs. Line numbers are printed at the left
- wedge of the page, or, if a margin is selected, after the margin
- but before the start of the line being printed.
-
- Page Number
-
- This feature, which can be used with or without headers, is used
- to print the number of each page at the top of all pages. If the
- align feature is selected, the page number will be printed one
- inch above the text, otherwise the number will be printed one
- line above the text.
-
- Skip Perf
-
- Some printers do not recognize the formfeed character to start
- new
- pages. Skip Perf manually adjusts for this by skipping lines in
- order to position a new page. This feature may be used with
- printers which do recognize the formfeed character if desired.
-
- Margin Width
-
- The margin may be changed in two ways. You may use the numeric
- keys on the keyboard and type a margin or use the mouse and click
- on the left and right on-screen arrows. The left arrow decreases
- the margin width, while the right arrow increases it. Holding
- the mouse button down on the arrows rapid decreases or increases
- the margin. Widths can range from the default 0 (no margin) to
- 99 spaces, counted from the left edge of the paper.
-
- The default is all features off, and a margin of zero (0). When
- using these defaults, files will be printed without any headers
- of page numbers, the left margin will be at the edge of the page,
- and 54 lines will be printed on each page to allow a top and
- bottom margin. If you would like a file to be printed exactly as
- it would from the GEM desktop, leave all features off except for
- the Formfeed feature.
-
-
- COMMANDS BOX
-
- The Commands box is used to choose files, print files and
- exit the program. The current file name is also displayed in
- this box. When the program is first started, or if Cancel is
- pressed in the file selector box, a file has not yet been chosen,
- so NOT SELECTED will be displayed until a new file to print is
- selected.
-
- Print
-
- After you have selected the features you wish to use (if any) and
- the file to print, click on the Print button to start the
- printing process. You may press the UNDO key to stop printing
- and return to the main dialogue box
-
-
- Select
-
- The Select button allows you to choose which file you would like
- to print. Click on this button to display the file selector box.
-
- After typing or highlighting the file you wish to use, click on
- the OK button or press return. The main dialogue box will
- reappear, and the file name you chose will be displayed so that
- you may confirm your choice. Click on the Cancel button in the
- file selector will cause the program to return to the main
- dialogue box.
-
- CANCEL / EXIT
-
- Clicking on this button or pressing return will exit the main
- dialogue and end this session of The Presswork's Assistant.
-
-
- PRINTER ICON
-
- Clicking on this icon displays and information box about the
- Presswork's Assistant. Click on the OK button after reading this
- information.
-
-
- HELP
-
- Clicking on the Help button allows information to be present
- about the various features available. When the Help button is
- pressed, the arrow changes to a pointing hand to indicate that
- help is now available. To recieve help, simply point to a
- feature, and click once with the left button. A dialogue box
- will appear with information about the feature. To leave the
- box, click on the exit button, or press the RETURN key. The exit
- the help mode, click on the help button a second time. This will
- return the program to the regular features selection mode.