FrEd lets you store your document on the disk; later you can call up the document file for revision and/or printing. This section will explain SAVING and LOADING document files with FrEdWriter.
File = refers to the document, report or letter written with
FrEd
Saving = refers to putting the file on the disk. Saved files
can later be retrieved for revision or printing.
Loading = refers to retrieving a saved file from the disk.
FrEd puts the retrieved file in his memory, at which time
you can view, edit, revise, or print the document.
Default = refers to what the program will automatically select
unless you tell it to select something else.
Delimiter= refers to the markers surrounding a word or phrase
used to set off a portion of text you wish to <S>ave,
<L>oad, <F>ind, or <F>ind and replace. See DOC.B-4 and
DOC.C-9 for legal delimiters.
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LOADING A DOCUMENT FILE
First clear FrEd's working memory by typing the <N>ew Command. (You will be asked if you really want to do this. Answer with a 'Y' and press RETURN.)
1. Type the <L>oad Command.
2. At the <L>oad prompt at the bottom of the screen type the
name of the document (either upper or lower case).
3. Press RETURN.
ADDITIONAL NOTES ON LOADING
DISK CATALOG
(A) -- If you have forgotten the name of the file, respond to the <L>oad prompt by typing a question mark and pressing RETURN. Look at the list of names; press RETURN; enter the name of the file you want; press RETURN.
SWITCH DISK DRIVES
(B) -- You can switch from drive 1 to drive 2 and back using the question mark: At the prompt <L>oad (? = Catalog):
type a question mark, a comma, and D1 or D2:
<L>oad (? = Catalog) : ?,D2
will switch to drive 2 and stay there until you switch back to drive 1.
(C) -- SUGGESTION: If you only have one drive, or if you are using FrEd with children--- Put the program on each student file disk. Each disk can hold approx. 42 pages of data in addition to the FrEd program. To make a self-contained data/program disk: format disk, copy your master program disk, and delete the DOC files. (See DOC.A for procedures)
SECOND LEVEL FEATURES
(D) -- To MERGE two files, see DOC.B-6
(F) -- To LOAD a portion of a file, see DOC.B-6
(G) -- To COPY an entire file in memory, see DOC.B-7
(H) -- To COPY a section of a file in memory, see DOC.B-7
(I) -- To VIEW a file, see DOC.B-9 and DOC.A-14 and 15
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SAVING A FILE
Once you have written a document, it is very important to save that file to the disk. If you don't, it will be lost when you <Q>uit FrEd or turn the computer off.
This is the procedure for saving a newly created file:
1. Type the <S>ave command
2. At the <S>ave prompt at the bottom of the screen, type the
name of the file.
3. Press RETURN.
ADDITIONAL NOTES ON SAVING
(A) -- If you have already given the file a name (which will happen if you have previously <L>oaded it or <S>aved it), the name of the file will appear after the <L>oad or <S>ave prompt at the bottom of the screen. In order to save the file by the same name you may use one of two procedures:
1. Use the right arrow key to scan over the name of the file.
Press RETURN. You will be asked if you want to delete
the previous version of the file. If you press Y or Yes and
RETURN, the old version of that file will be deleted and only
the new version will be saved on the disk. If you decide that
you want to keep both the old and the new version you would
press N or No and RETURN; Then repeat the process and type a
new name.
2. Simply type the = sign over the first character of the file
name. This saves a few keystrokes. However, you don't get a
second chance to avoid clobbering the old version. This method
overwrites the old file automatically, so be careful with this
one.
(B) -- If you want to save the same file by a different name, type over the existing name with a new name and press RETURN.
(C) -- You can look at the disk catalog by typing a question mark at the <S>ave prompt. Switch disk drives by typing a question mark, comma, and D1 or D2:
<S>ave (?=Catalog): ?,D2
(D) -- NOTE: FrEd files can only be saved on ProDOS formatted disks. See DOC.A for directions on formatting a disk.
(E) -- RULES FOR FILE NAMES
o File names may not be longer than 15 characters
o The filename MUST BEGIN WITH A LETTER.
o A filename may contain ONLY LETTERS, NUMBERS, and PERIODS.
It MAY NOT CONTAIN SPACES. USE A PERIOD TO HOLD
A SPACE.
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MERGING TWO FILES SECOND LEVEL FEATURES
LOADING A PORTION OF A FILE
COPYING AN ENTIRE FILE IN MEMORY
COPYING A SECTION OF A FILE IN MEMORY
MERGING TWO FILES
Merging involves joining two documents together into one file.
1. <L>oad one of the files.
2. Move the cursor to where you would like the second file to
appear.
3. <L>oad the second file. You will see the prompt, "Are you
sure you want to merge?" Respond Y.
4. The second file will appear inside the first file.
5. <S>ave the file by either a new name or by one of the old
names. (Using an old name will delete the old version of
the file.)
LOADING A PORTION OF A FILE
You can load a part of a file from the disk. This can be helpful if you want to extract a portion of a document without loading an entire file and then deleting the unwanted portions. You can also merge part of a file on disk with a file already in memory. Here's how:
1. Place the cursor where you want the file section to
appear.
2. Type the <L>oad command.
3. At the <L>oad prompt at the bottom of the screen, type:
FILENAME!Part 1!Part 2!
where 'FILENAME' is the name of your file, 'Part 1' is
the name of the first 3-4 words to be extracted, and
'Part 2' is the last 3-4 words to be extracted. You
must type the exclamation marks. They are called
"delimiters" and are frequently used by FrEdWriter.
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COPYING AN ENTIRE FILE IN MEMORY
There will be times when you want to duplicate your entire document without having to retype it. Let's say you have typed a form that will be reproduced, and two forms will fit on a page. Now you would like to replicate the form without retyping.
This is the procedure:
1. Move the cursor to the <E>nd of the document.
2. Type the <L>oad command.
3. At the <L>oad prompt at the bottom of the screen, type the
'#' symbol and press RETURN. This symbol is used whenever
you wish to copy something in memory. Although you use the
<L>oad command, nothing is loaded from the disk. Typing just
the '#' duplicates the entire file in memory.
COPYING PORTIONS OF A FILE IN MEMORY
1. Move the cursor to the space on the line directly in front of
the paragraph or block of text you wish to copy.
2. Enter a symbol you will remember. (For example %%)
3. Move the cursor to the space directly after the block to be
copied.
4. Enter the marker symbol (%%) again.
5. Move the cursor to the place where you would like the second
copy of the form to appear.
6. Type the <L>oad command. At the <L>oad prompt at the bottom
of the screen, type
#!%%!%%!
and press RETURN. The marked portion of your file will be
copied where you had placed your cursor. The cursor will now
be blinking at the end of the copy.
An alternate technique could be used: Type #!Part 1!Part 2!; refer to DOC.B-4 for procedure details.
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EXTRA INFORMATION ON COPYING
(A) -- The markers at the beginning and the end may be different, if you want to distinguish between the beginning and the end of the file portion. In other words, you could use %% to mark the beginning, and $$ to mark the end.
(B) -- If you do not want the markers to be copied, enter N after the last delimiter (!). For example <L>oad: #!%%!$$!N
(C) -- If you want to copy a series of portions of a file you may do that at one time. Use the same markers around the sections you would like to copy. Enter A after the last delimiter. For example, <L>oad: #!%%!##!A
(D) -- You may use the N and the A together.
For example, <L>oad: #!%%!##!NA
(E) -- You may use existing words from the file as the markers. For example, for this paragraph:
<L>oad: #!(E) -- You may!entire paragraph:!
duplicates this entire paragraph.
VIEWING A FILE, WITHOUT LOADING THE FILE.
If you would like to check to see what a file has in it without losing what you have in memory, follow these steps:
1. <L>oad
2. Enter the name of the file you want to see
3. Enter a backward slash \
4. Press RETURN.
5. You may get the prompt about "merging" files; if so, type Y
RETURN
5. Stop and Start the display by pressing Control-S
The file will be displayed on the screen. It is not formatted and may look entirely different than you would expect. However, this is a good way to quickly see the contents of several different files without having to load each one in turn. This is also a good way to find the beginning and end of portions of a file which you want to extract from the disk.
NOTE: You may also view a file from the Main Program Menu by
selecting option #6. However, in order to use #6 you must
save the file to the disk before returning to the main
menu, or you will lose the file. See Page DOC.A-14 & 15.
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FILE MANAGEMENT SUMMARY
CONTROL KEY SEQUENCES ARE FORMATTED LIKE THIS: <S>ave, <L>oad
The procedure for a control key sequence is:
1. Press the control key, keep it down.
2. Tap on the key inside the < > brackets.
3. Release both keys.
CHANGING YOUR MIND, ESCAPING
If you start a <L>oad or <S>ave procedure and realize you want to escape from the procedure, press RETURN as soon as the prompt appears at the bottom of the screen. If you type the name of the file and press RETURN, there will be a second prompt in some cases that will allow you a second chance to escape.
ONE DISK DRIVE USERS
Whenever you start a <S> or <L> procedure, replace the FrEd disk with your file data disk before pressing RETURN. See page DOC.B-2 for suggestion.
TO LOAD FrEdWriter
1. Press 3, RETURN to set the date & time
2. Press 2 to Select FrEdWriter.
3. On Apple ][ and //e without 80 column cards: Press RETURN
On Apple //c and //e with 80 column card: Press 4 for 40
column FrEd, 8 for 80 column FrEd
4. Press RETURN 3 times to skip credit screens
TO CLEAR THE MEMORY (<N>ew)
1. <N>
2. Respond to prompt with a Y
3. Press RETURN.
TO <L>oad A PREVIOUSLY SAVED FILE (WHEN YOU KNOW THE NAME)
1. Clear the memory (unless you want to merge files).
2. <L>
3. Enter the name of the file you want.
4. Press RETURN.
TO <L>oad A PREVIOUSLY SAVED FILE (DON'T REMEMBER THE NAME)
1. Clear the memory of the computer (unless you want to
merge files).
2. <L>
3. Press the question mark key, press RETURN.
4. Read the list of files on the disk, press RETURN.
5. Enter the name of the file you would like.
6. Press RETURN.
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TO CHANGE THE DRIVE BEING ACCESSED
1. <L> or <S>
2. Press the question mark key, a comma, a D and the number of
the drive you want to access. ?,D1
3. Press RETURN three times to go back to edit page.
TO <S>ave A FILE (FIRST TIME SAVED)
1. <S>
2. Enter the name of the file.
3. Press RETURN.
TO <S>ave A FILE (BY THE SAME NAME AS PREVIOUSLY USED)
1. <S>
2a. Use right arrow key to cross over the existing name.
2b. Or type = sign over the first letter of the name.
3. Press RETURN.
4. Respond to the prompt, type Y.
5. Press RETURN.
TO FIND OUT THE NAME OF THE CURRENT FILE IN MEMORY
1. Press the control key, keep it down.
2. Press the S or the L key, release both keys.
3. Read the name of the file.
4. Press RETURN.
TO <S>ave A FILE (YOU WANT TO CHANGE THE NAME)
1. Press the control key, keep it down.
2. Press the S key, release both keys.
3. Type the new name on top of the old name.
(Don't worry if the new name is shorter than the old name;
