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- %C%%H2%How to read this file
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- Read this file before you start playing with PipeDream. You can scroll
- through the document by using the up and down arrow keys, the Page Up
- and Page Down keys or clicking in the scroll bar on the right hand
- side of the window.
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- %C%%H2%Once PipeDream is loaded
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- PipeDream is loaded when the blue PipeDream icon is visible on the icon
- bar at the bottom of your screen. To start a new window click the left
- button of the mouse on the PipeDream icon.
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- Pressing the middle, or Menu button, of the mouse whilst the blue
- pointer arrow is over a PipeDream window will give you the top-level
- PipeDream menu.
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- Pressing the Menu button on the PipeDream icon gives you a further list
- of options with which you may experiment.
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- %C%%H2%Help
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- A short help file is available by pressing the F1 key. This will help
- you to get started.
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- %C%%H2%Once you have a new window
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- When you have a new window, you can start typing. To type text, as you
- would in a letter, just type away. To enter a number into the
- spreadsheet, press the F2 key, and type in your expression. When you
- press RETURN, the result of the calculation will be displayed in the
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- Use the left and right buttons on the mouse to position the caret in a
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- %C%%H2%PipeDream commands
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- PipeDream has three ways of accepting commands:
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- %C%%H2%Long and Short Menus
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- When you start PipeDream, the short menus are switched on. This makes
- the menus clearer and more readable. To access the complete range of
- PipeDream commands, select long menus by clicking the left button of
- the mouse on the "Short Menus" option in the "Files" menu.
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- On the long menus, the function key equivalent of the commands is also
- shown, if there is one.
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- Facilities not available
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- The demonstration version of PipeDream has the spelling checker, file
- saving, printing and searching disabled.
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- The LOTUS 123 to PipeDream converter program and the Z88 filing system
- are not supplied on the demonstration disk.
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- %C%%H2%The PipeDream pack
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- The PipeDream pack includes:
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- %C%%H2%Example files
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- There are several example files in the "documents" directory on the
- demonstration disk. You can load a PipeDream file into PipeDream by
- double-clicking on the icon of the file. PipeDream files have the
- PipeDream icon displayed by their side.
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- Experiment with the example files: these will give you an idea of some
- of the amazing documents you can create with PipeDream 3.
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- %C%%H2%A final note
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- When using the demonstration version of PipeDream, please remember that
- you don't have the reference manual available. The reference manual
- includes a full step-by-step tutorial and a large reference section.
- There is obviously no space here to explain the finer features and
- facilities in PipeDream - you will only get the full benefit by working
- with the manual, but the demonstration should give you some idea of
- PipeDream's impressive capabilities.
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- Using the function keys. A function key card is supplied
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- Using CTRL key sequences. Alongside the commands in the
- menus you will a sequence of letters: you can give the
- command without using the menu system by holding down the
- CTRL key, and, whilst it is held down, pressing the letters
- shown. Delete word, for example, is CTRL-T.
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- 400-page user guide
- Function key strip
- PipeDream disk with 93000 word spelling dictionary
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