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This tutorial will allow you to learn how to use Pre-Loading of
SPECIALS.TXT and other files to add headings, boxes & graphics
to text. After learning to do this, you will also be able to
use the program AUTOFONT.EXE to create custom headings and key
words which you may pre-load into AUTODOC.EXE.
NOTE: When you are asked to press CTRL-Y, hold down your CTRL
key and press your Y key at the same time.
Press your PgDn key now to continue on page 2 of the tutorial.
IN THIS SECTION YOU WILL PUT YOUR NAME IN THE BOX AND MOVE IT.
1. Use the cursor control keys to position the cursor in the
box. (Look for 4 arrow keys pointing up, down, right, left.)
2. Press your insert key (INS) once. Your cursor should enlarge
indicating that you are now in "REPLACE" mode.
3. Type your name. There is room for 26 characters in the box.
4. Avoid typing through the right side of the box. If your name
is not centered, use the cursor keys to move to a better
starting point and retype. To erase use BACKSPACE/DELETE
(a separate left-arrow key) or the space bar.
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5. After your name is centered in the box, press CTRL-Home, and
and then press CTRL-Y 1O times to erase 1-thru-4, and go on.
NOW YOUR NAME-IN-A-BOX SHOULD BE AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN, AND
YOU WILL LEARN TO MOVE THE BOX AROUND.
6. Position your cursor anywhere to the LEFT of the box. Press
the INS key for "INSERT" mode (cursor becomes small again).
7. Press the space key a few times, and then the backspace/de-
lete key (a separate left-arrow key). Part of the box will
move right and left. Do not move it all the way to one side.
8. Move the entire box right and left, one line at a time. Use
cursor control keys to change lines, NOT the Enter key.
9. Position your cursor ON LINE 5 and press CTRL-Y 12 TIMES.
YOUR BOX SHOULD STILL BE AT SCREENTOP, WITH THIS LINE BELOW IT.
NOW TO TRY MOVING THE BOX VERTICALLY ...
1O. Press CTRL-Home and then press CTRL-N THREE TIMES. The box
and all of this text should move down as new blank lines
appear at the top of the screen.
11. With the cursor still at the top of the screen press CTRL-Y
THREE TIMES to move everything up again.
12. Well, that's all there is to it! Now instead of moving the
box, let's experiment with graphics text. (Press PgDn)
You will discover that the lettering is constructed of six
individual lines, and you can handle it just as you did the
box! Any time you forget which command to use, just press
the F1 key to pull down a help screen. Press a key to remove
the help screen after you check it.
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Practice moving the word to the right and the left. If you
erase part, it can probably be repaired. (See the footnote)
DO THIS ONLY ONCE: With cursor ABOVE the word, press CTRL-N
1O TIMES & "NOTICE" sinks out of sight! THEN PRESS PgDn
Whether or not you did a perfect job on "all of the above"
you have learned how to move multi-line graphics around.
this will come in handy when you pre-load SPECIALS.TXT and
other files. You will be able to position words and erase
those which you do not need. (Press PgDn)
While it is not possible to move one graphic past another
(there is no way to move your name-in-a-box to a position
beneath the word "NOTICE"), there are ways to achieve such
repositioning PRIOR to pre-loading into AUTODOC. You could
use an editor which has block-move capability, such as the
Norton Editor. Or you can easily add a copy of one file
onto the end of another file (or onto itself), pre-load the
"double" file, and then erase the unneeded portions.
Example: After you leave this program, try the following:
Type: COPY SPECIALS.TXT + SPECIALS.TXT NEW.TXT and press
"Enter." This will create a new file named NEW.TXT which
contains 2 copies of the contents of SPECIALS.TXT! By pre-
loading NEW.TXT into AUTODOC.EXE and selectively deleting
portions of it, you can end up with your name-in-a-box
beneath the large graphic "NOTICE" after all! (Press PgDn)
WE CAN ONLY ASSUME YOU ARE DOING A . . .
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(see footnote on next page)
Footnote -
RIPINFO.DEB can be read by selecting <R>EVIEW from the main
menu. This gives you directions and codes to use in repair-
ing damaged boxes and other graphics. Once you learn to do
it you can even create graphics "from scratch!" The secret
lies in using your Alt key in conjunction with the numbers
on your numeric keypad to type the graphics characters of
the otherwise hidden extended character set. Try it now:
Hold down your Alt key and keep it down as you type the
number 127 on your keypad. (These are the number keys which
are arranged in a square pattern.)
Release your Alt key and you should produce this symbol:
If that worked, then try higher numbers, up to 255. (PgDn)
ADDENDUM
Some hardware setups will permit you to print the graphics,
including Decor∙Edge Bord`rs, by pressing your PrtScr key.
Older systems use the combination Shift-PrtSc (press both
at the same time). You can use the command Ctrl-P now to
print the text (and possibly graphics too) but the Bord`r
will be omitted. A dot-matrix or laser-jet printer is re-
quired for printing graphics. You may need to use the DOS
"Graphics" command for your system to print graphics; see
DOS manual for more information about this. Some systems
require the use of a special program such as PC-FONT2.EXE,
which is available in a Shareware version. (PgDn)
At this point you may press your Esc key & then press "S"
to save this file. Do it now, for practice. Give it any
name you like, and then when the main menu appears select
<R>eview to call it back up and check it out!
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THE PROFESSIONAL EDITION └║║║║┘ IS EVEN MORE FUN THAN THIS!