**** *** **********¢ DESK TOP PUBLISHING¢ by¢ Ron Fetzer, member of OL' HACKERS¢ A.U.G., Inc. NY¢¢ DEMO OF DESKTOP PUBLISHING!¢¢ To run the DEMO you must have an¢EPSON or COMPATIBLE printer and a "1st¢XLEnt" word processor. Load the file¢"DESKTOP.EPS" into your word processor¢and print it. USE ONLY DRIVE #1. After¢each picture is printed you will¢receive a prompt on the screen to turn¢the paper back to the top of the¢picture. When you have done that press¢the space bar to continue printing.¢HAPPY DESK TOP PUBLISHING! NOTE that¢you must have the other 3 programs to¢run demo: DESKTOP.EPS-RON1.DSK-TRECK1.¢DSK. All 3 files are on side 2. DEMO¢DOCUMENTATION follows and can be used¢by you with modifications!¢¢ ********¢¢ Have you ever yearned for a¢program that could put pictures into¢your word processing text? Is there a¢program that lets you wrap text around¢a picture? Are you dismayed that only¢the "EXPENSIVE" computers can do such¢printing? Take heart! Your lowly 8-Bit¢Atari computer can do all these¢things¢ If you own a 1st XLEnt Word¢Processor vesion 2.1 you can do these¢things easily. The 1st XLEnt word¢processor is the perfect vehicle for¢desk top publishing. It has a very¢sophisticated PICTURE FORMATTER and¢many great features as a word¢processor. The PICTURE FORMATTER works¢with EPSON and COMPATIBLES as well as¢the ATARI XMM801 printers. This word¢processor rivals for ease of use and¢features WORD PERFECT and many others¢costing hundreds of dollars. If you¢want to buy this word processor you¢can get it from AMERICAN TECHNA-¢VISION, 15338 Inverness St., San¢Leandro, CA 94579. Tel 1-800-551-9995.¢The price is $25.00 plus $4.75 for¢shipping. In my opinion it is worth¢the price.¢ To load the PICTURE FORMATTER¢into your computer press any key while¢the word processor is loading. The¢PICTURE FORMATTER can print 2¢different types of pictures. They are¢COMPRESSED and NORMAL. In each of¢these two categories you can get 4¢different size pitures They are¢NORMAL SIZE, 2 X HEIGHT, 2 X WIDTH¢and 2 X HEIGHT & WIDTH. Thus you have¢a choice of 8 different size pictures.¢In addition you also can crop¢pictures. It is very strongly¢suggested you take a sample 62 sector¢MICRO PAINTER picture and print out¢all 8 sizes as a standard. You will¢need to know how much space each size¢occupies in your document.¢ The PICTURE FORMATTER works only¢with 62 sector MICRO PAINTER pictures.¢After the picture is loaded you can¢add text to the picture with any kind¢of font. We will use a compressed¢format for this article. The 1st¢prompt to SAVE will save it as a¢standard 62 sector picture. This IS¢NOT the picture that will be used in¢your document. When the 2ND prompt¢comes "DO YOU WANT TO PRINT IT?"¢please answer "D" to save it to disk.¢Your word processor must know the way¢you have formatted it in order to use¢it. The word processor will not pick¢up a standard 62 sector picture, it¢must have been saved to disk with this¢option. Since the left margin of the¢text on your word processor is 10¢please type in the same number when¢the prompt from the PICTURE FORMATTER¢asks you for the left margin of the¢picture. Printing of the picture can¢be done in NORMAL or INVERSE. In¢NORMAL you get a normal printout. In¢INVERSE you get a negative printout.¢Select NORMAL. Once you have saved the¢picture this way you can use it in a¢document.¢ Most of the time you will use the¢COMPRESSED NORMAL size in your¢document. A compressed picture is 27¢letters or characters across and 17¢text lines high. This information is¢need when you write your document.¢ Start writing your document.¢Wherever you want the picture to be¢put into the text write the command¢OPTION+F'ep:D1:PICTURE.NAM' and below¢it write the command OPTION+F'ps:TURN¢PAPER BACK TO TOP OF PICTURE'. I am¢assuming you do not have a printer¢driver with a REVERSE LINE FEED CODE¢on your word processor. When the¢picture is finished printing a prompt¢will come on the screen to turn the¢paper back to the top of the picture.¢Since the picture takes 27 letters on¢the left side of your document and the¢left margin is 10 you NOW MAKE the¢LEFT MARGIN for your text 38. Now you¢will be able to write NEXT to the¢picture for 17 text lines the¢continuation of your document.¢REMEMBER your picture is only 17 text¢lines high, therefore you need this¢left margin of 38 for only 17 text¢lines. Go to the preview section on¢your word processor and check out the¢number of lines. After the 17 text¢lines change the LEFT MARGIN of your¢word processor back to 10 by giving¢the command OPTION+F'lm10'. Now you¢can continue writing in a normal¢fashion. A 2 X HEIGHT picture will¢occupy 32 text lines.¢ If you decide to print your¢picture in the middle of your text¢with no text next to the picture you¢have to add one more command to the¢text. The word processor does not¢count the lines when it is printing a¢picture therefore you must add the¢command OPTION+F'cl+16' to increase¢the line count by 16 so the page¢breaks will be correct. These are then¢the commands that should appear on¢your word processor document:¢OPTION+F'ep:D1:PICTURE.NAM' below it¢should be OPTION+F'ps:TURN PAPER BACK¢TO TOP OF PICTURE' and if you have no¢text next to the picture you must have¢the command OPTION+F'cl+16'¢ If your word processor printer¢driver has a REVERSE LINE FEED CODE of¢OPTION+Z then the 2nd command of¢OPTION+F'ps:TURN PAPER BACK TO TOP OF¢PICTURE' will be replaced with 17¢OPTION+Z's. Now the whole process is¢automatic and you just watch your¢printer do its thing.¢ I have 2 printers an EPSON FX-80¢and an ATARI XMM801. I can do double¢column printing with the XMM801 but I¢cannot do it with the EPSON. In double¢column printing you make your TEXT¢COLUMNS as follows: 1st COLUMN. Left¢margin = 2; Right margin = 38. 2ND¢COLUMN. Left margin 42, Right margin¢78.¢ When you format your PICTURES for¢2 column printing. The picture for the¢first column should have a left margin¢of 7. The picture for the 2nd column¢should have a left margin of 47. Both¢pictures must be in the COMPRESSED¢style in order to fit into the¢columns. After each picture printing¢command you must also increase the¢line count. Please add the command¢OPTION+F'cl+16' after each picture so¢the page breaks will be correct.¢Sometimes in 2 column printing the¢printer goes into 1/8 line spacing to¢prevent that I use the command¢OPTION+F'sb27' and OPTION+F'sb54'.¢This is the code for 6 lines per inch¢for the XMM801 printer. I place that¢below the picture printing command.¢ Now you can include pictures in¢your document to make a presentation¢more interesting. You can even¢illustrate your articles by using a¢drawing program and saving or¢converting your graphics image to 62¢sectors to be used with the PICTURE¢FORMATTER. Your 8-Bit ATARI computer¢can now do all the things the "MORE¢EXPENSIVE" computers do.¢¢>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>END<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<<¢
