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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Introduction ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Clearlook is a word processor designed exclusively for OS/2 Presentation
- Manager making wide use of OS/2's 32-bit architecture and multithreading
- capabilities. Clearlook's unique concept for structuring text documents allows
- the user to interact intuitively with powerful text objects.
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- The history of Clearlook: Clearlook's leading designers have created custom
- made word processors for DOS since the early eighties. Years of careful
- observation of users' needs and intuitive responses were carefully coded to
- produce a series of evolving word processors that fulfilled the various
- specifications of Administrations and international organizations. When 32-bit
- OS/2 became available in 1992 the existing word processor was transferred to
- OS/2, but the designers were not content with the result. They decided to
- rewrite the word processor from scratch, blending a decade of experience
- creating word processors with the extraordinary capabilities of the new OS/2.
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- Related information:
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- o Status Window
- o Word Processor
- o Containers
- o Objects
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Status Window ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The status window is primarily a container for text documents and one or
- multiple thesaurus objects. It also contains an object representing Clearlook's
- internal window list and setup window.
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- Every opened document appears as an icon in the status window. Using the
- container's pop-up menus you can create additional objects and set them for a
- variety of functions:
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- o Create Document (from templates)
- o Open Document
- o Status Window Menu Functions
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.1. Window List ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Clearlook's internal window list shows all open documents and service windows
- in decreasing order of their last access. The active window is listed on top,
- the previously active window below, and so on. Pressing Enter or
- double-clicking activates any window displayed in the list.
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- Related information:
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- o Switching Between Windows
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.1.1. Switching Between Windows ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- o In document windows: Press F10 to switch to the status window at any time. By
- activating an object, the corresponding window receives the focus and is
- moved to the top.
- o In all windows: Clearlook maintains an internal window list, showing all open
- windows in decreasing sequence of their last access. Activate any Clearlook
- window through this window list. You can also use the following key
- combinations to switch between windows:
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- o Keys Alt+2: Previously active window
- o Keys Alt+3: Third last active window
- o .........
- o Keys Alt+9: Ninth last active window
- o Keys Alt+0: Origin window
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.2. Create Document ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Create a new, unnamed document with a default format and font using the status
- window's Text | New menu function.
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- Set up document templates to customize format and predefined text. To use
- templates, create an object in the status window. In the setup dialog of this
- object, set the object's function to new (create object) and enter the path
- where the templates reside. Title this object Create Text.
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- To create a new document, go to the status window and activate the object named
- Create Text. A list of all the document templates is presented. After choosing
- one, a new text document is created from the template.
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- Related information:
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- o Objects
- o Word Processor
- o Status Window Object Setup
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.3. Open Document ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Open text documents by using the status window's menu function Text | Open.
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- To frequently access documents in a particular directory, you can create an
- object in the status window. In the setup dialog of this object, set the
- object's function to open (open object) and enter a directory path you want to
- access. Title the object Open Text.
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- To access a document in that directory, go to the status window and activate
- the object named Open Text. A list of all the documents in the directory is
- presented.
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- Related information:
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- o Objects
- o Word Processor
- o Status Window Object Setup
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.4. Document Templates ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- To create a document in a specific format, containing your logo or other preset
- features, use the document template function. A template is a document
- automatically copied into a new document. To use this feature, create a new
- document and pattern it as you want your template to look. Save this document,
- preferably in a specific directory for all templates, as for example, in a
- directory \TEMPLATE.
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- To access the template, place a text object in the status window and configure
- it to create new documents. Whenever this text object is activated, the system
- displays a list of templates or a specified template to create your document.
-
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.5. Window of Origin ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- A window is called window of origin, if it is the origin of another window.
- Whenever a text document is opened in the status window, the status window
- becomes the origin of this text window.
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- All text documents have their origin in the status window.
-
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.6. Status Window Dialogs ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The pop-up menu of the status window accesses the following dialogs:
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- o Status Window Object Setup
- o Thesaurus Object Setup
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.6.1. Status Window Object Setup ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The title you give an object serves your use only.
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- The function defines the behavior of the object. Activating the object either
- opens or creates a file, depending on the function you specify:
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- o If the function is set to create a file, the path specifies the working
- directory where the new file is placed. The field templates can be set to a
- path for document templates.
- o If the function is set to open a file, the path specifies the working
- directory where the files are found, or a complete path and file name of the
- file to be loaded.
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- If multiple activate is checked, the object's functionality can be used
- repeatedly, as each activation creates a new object.
-
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.6.2. Thesaurus Object Setup ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The title you give the object serves your use only.
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- With Language you define the desired language for the thesaurus. Note that your
- installation may not contain all the language data files for all possible
- choices.
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- If you check Multiple open you can repeatedly click on the icon to open several
- copies of the thesaurus.
-
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.6.3. Dialog Fields ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- o Title
- o Path
- o Document Template
- o Function
- o Multiple Activate
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.6.3.1. Title Field ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Choose any title you like for your objects.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.6.3.2. Path Field ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- If the object creates files (function set to new): When creating a new file, a
- dialog prompts you for a file name. At the same time the working directory is
- set to the path indicated in this field.
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- If the object opens files (function set to open):
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- o If no path is entered, the active directory is used to display a list of
- available files.
- o If a path with wild cards is entered, the selection defined by the wild cards
- is displayed.
- o If a complete path and file name are entered, the file is loaded immediately
- (if existing) without displaying of a choice of files. For documents
- frequently used, set up an object in the status window that contains the
- complete path and file name.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.6.3.3. Document Template Field ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- If a text object's function is to create documents, a template field appears.
- This field can contain a path (with or without wild cards), or the complete
- path and file name of a document used as template. (Paths without wild cards
- must be terminated by a backslash '\'):
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- o Directory as path: Upon activation of the object, the content of the
- indicated directory is displayed, offering a choice of document templates. If
- a template is chosen, a new, unnamed document is created. The new document is
- a copy of the template. If you cancel the choice of templates, an empty,
- unnamed document with a default setup is created.
- o File name as path: Upon activation of the object, a new, unnamed document is
- created. The new document is a copy of the template specified in the path.
-
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.6.3.4. Function New/Open Field ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- This field defines the basic behavior of an object:
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- o If function is set to new, the object always creates a file when activated.
- The field document templates appears. Enter an optional path for templates.
- o If function is set to open, the object always opens an existing file. If the
- field path contains an existing path information with or without wild cards,
- a list of files is displayed. If the field path contains the complete path
- and file name of an existing file, this file is immediately loaded upon
- activation of the object.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.6.3.5. Multiple Activate Field ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- o If this field is not checked, activating the object executes its function and
- marks it as active.
- o If multiple activate is checked, a copy of the object is created. The copy
- then executes the object's function. The original object remains inactive and
- can be activated again. In an object that creates documents, selecting this
- option allows you to create any number of new documents by repeatedly
- activating the object.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.7. Status Window Menu Functions ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The menu bar of the status window contains the functions Text and Help. Two
- further functions are sub-items of the system menu (the small icon in the upper
- left corner of the window). By clicking on this icon, the Setup and Cascade
- functions become available, in addition to the usual system menu functions.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.7.1. Function Text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use this function to create text documents and open existing text documents.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.7.1.1. Function New ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Creates a new, unnamed text document with a default format and font.
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- Related information:
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- o Create Document
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.7.1.2. Function Open ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Shows the contents of the active directory and lets you open a text document.
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- Related information:
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- o Open Document
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.7.2. Function Setup (system menu) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Access this function by activating the status window's system menu (the small
- icon in the upper left corner of the status window).
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- Set the font and view of the status window's container to your preference.
-
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2.7.3. Function Cascade (system menu) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The windows of all open documents are reset to the default size and displayed
- in a cascade.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Setup Window ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The objects in the setup window allow users to customize Clearlook:
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- o Settings
- o Text Colors
- o Markings
- o Screen Colors
- o Hot Keys
- o Document Defaults
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.1. Settings Notebook ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- o License
- o Preferences
- o Tabstops
- o Backup
- o Date and Time Format
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.1.1. License Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- If you use Clearlook without a valid license code, all functions are available,
- but when printing documents purchase information is inserted in the middle of
- the page. If you downloaded Clearlook from a bulletin board service, obtain a
- valid license code from Clearlook Corporation. License information is also
- attached to your registration card.
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- Enter your name, license and code information. If license and code match, a
- message indicates the modules available for unrestricted use.
-
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.1.2. Preference Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Show speedbar: If checked, the speedbar is shown in all document windows.
- Speedbar functions remain available through hot keys when the speedbar is off.
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- Show infobar: Uncheck this box to remove the infobar display at the bottom of
- document windows.
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- Infobar help information: When moving the pointer over your document window,
- help information is displayed depending upon the position of the pointer. Each
- speedbar button causes a short help line to be displayed, as well as each menu
- item. If the help information in the infobar is not desired, uncheck this
- button.
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- Single click pop-up menus: Clearlook has two types of pop-up menus. Most
- container objects as well as text document objects display a pop-up menu when
- the right button, or the F12 key is pressed. Some speedbar buttons also cause a
- pop-up menu to appear. Checking this box causes the pop-up menus to appear when
- pressing the pointing device and to disappear when releasing the button. This
- way pop-up menu operations are executed with just one click of a button.
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- Solid cursor: Check this box if you want to turn off the flashing cursor in
- document windows.
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- Escape closes edit window: If checked, the escape key causes a document window
- to close, otherwise the Alt+F4 keys or the close menu function must be used.
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- Simple file dialog: If checked, OS/2's default file dialog is used.
-
- No window list entry: If checked, only the status window will create an entry
- in the task list.
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- Invisible status window: If checked, the status window will be hidden. It
- remains accessible through function key F10.
-
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.1.3. Tabstops Default Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- When creating a new document default tabstops are created. The distance between
- these tabstops is set here. Enter zero to disable their automatic creation.
-
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.1.4. Backup Time-out Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- When editing documents an automatic backup is created in the intervals
- indicated. An individual backup time-out may be set for each document in the
- layout dialog. Backup can be triggered manually with the Ctrl+F2 hotkeys. A
- document that is modified but not backed up, displays an asterisk in the
- information bar.
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- While editing documents Clearlook's backup system creates temporary files named
- CLBACKUP.xxx. The temporary files are stored in the directory of CL.EXE
- (ususally \CL\BIN). They are automatically deleted when exiting a document.
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- Clearlook searches for lost temporary files on start-up and opens them for
- editing.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.1.5. Date + Time Default Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Specify the desired default format for date and time. This is used for input
- and as a default format for output. Extensive output formatting is available in
- text documents when creating fill-ins.
-
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.2. Text Colors Window ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- When composing documents, you can choose to have text appear in colors. If you
- have a color printer, these colors print. Otherwise, the colors set in the
- document may be emulated by the printer with gray shades. Define any number of
- colors in the color window. Sixteen standard colors are predefined. The actual
- color value is saved with the document. If transferring a document to another
- installation with different color definitions, the document appears with the
- original colors.
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- The first entry in this table must be defined as the color black. All other
- definitions can be changed to suit your needs.
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- To edit a color, press Enter or call the Edit function. To insert a new color
- call the New function. To delete an entry, call the Delete function.
-
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.2.1. Text Color Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Define any color by specifying values for red, green and blue. Enter the
- desired values, or change values using the slide bars. The name given to the
- color is for your reference only.
-
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.3. Markings Window ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Use markings in your text document for tables of content, indices, mail-merge
- and the like. A marking associates the marked characters with a specific value.
- If this value corresponds to the identification number of a data field in a
- merge format, the data field is substituted by the marked characters when
- running the merge process.
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- The first entry must have a value of zero and an end of record marking a value
- of one. All other values are available to the user. Use the predefined
- markings, define new, or delete existing markings.
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- The colors associated with a marking are entirely for the user's reference.
- When applying markings to a document, the marking values defined are stored in
- the document. Subsequent changes to marking values in the setup do not affect
- existing documents. Transferring source documents and merge formats to another
- system with other marking definitions, does not impair their functioning.
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- To edit a marking, press Enter or call the Edit function. To insert a new
- marking, call the New function. To delete an entry, call the Delete function.
-
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.3.1. Marking Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The Marking ID is the value associated with the marking. The value entered must
- correspond to the data-field identification number of the merge format.
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- The Name entered appears in the pop-up menu when marking a text document.
-
- The color associated with the marking causes marked text to appear in that
- color when show control points is activated. Changes to the color of a marking
- take effect immediately upon closing the markings window. Existing documents
- reflect a change in the color of a marking, but not a change in its value.
-
- If a text document contains markings not defined in the system, they appear in
- light red.
-
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.4. Screen Colors Window ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The elements composing the appearance of the document can be defined in any
- pure color that displays on the monitor of the system. The colors of the ruler
- and the infobar are limited to sixteen standard colors.
-
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.4.1. Screen Color Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- If this dialog is invoked for an element composing the appearance of the
- document, color can be defined by entering values for red, green and blue.
- Values are entered directly or changed using the slide bars.
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- If the dialog is invoked for a speedbar or infobar color, the sixteen standard
- colors are offered.
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- The new coloring takes effect as soon as you leave the screen color window.
-
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.5. Keyboard Hotkeys Window ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Most hotkeys used in Clearlook can be reassigned. To change a hotkey function,
- press Enter. Then press the keys you want for the indicated function.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.5.1. Hotkey Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Press the key combination for the indicated function. If it is possible to use
- the desired key, its name appears. To disable a function, press Delete.
-
- Hotkey assignments are displayed correctly in the short help line on the
- infobar of document windows.
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- Avoid multiple assignments to one key combination. If the same key combination
- is specified for several functions, one of them will work, the others will not.
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- The new assignments take effect as soon as you leave the keyboard hotkeys
- window.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.6. Document Defaults Window ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Clearlook views and edits text documents in a variety of formats. Files saved
- in Clearlook's own format (.ctx) contain all formatting information, while
- plain text files do not. When editing a file of a certain type, you may want
- the file to appear in a certain font. In this window, define the default
- formats for documents with various file-name extensions.
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- The entry for the .ctx extension is used when creating a new, empty document
- with the New Text function.
-
- The entry marked with a dot and no further extension defines the 'final
- default'. This format is used for documents with extensions not defined in this
- window.
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- To edit a definition, press Enter or call the Edit function. To insert a new
- definition call the New function. To delete an entry, call the Delete function.
-
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3.6.1. Document Default Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The extension indicates the type of document created with the specified format
- values.
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- Language specifies the default spell checking language for the document.
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- Font Name, Size: Enter the complete name of the font and the point size. When
- editing plain text files, consider bitmap fonts. They have a clearer appearance
- on the screen but cannot be scaled. For printing documents, consider vector
- fonts.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Word Processor ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- o Using Help in the Word Processor
- o Document Structure
- o Document Objects
- o Operations on Selected Text
- o Tabstops and Indentation
- o Footnotes and Endnotes
- o Merging and Markings
- o Spell Checking and Thesaurus
- o Word Processor Window Elements
- o Manipulation Pointers
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.1. Using Help in the Word Processor ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- To access help, move the pointer on any word processor element and press F1.
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- Window elements like speedbar, speedbar buttons, ruler, information bar, and
- all objects composing a document will display the appropriate help page.
- Position the pointer on them and press F1 concurrently.
-
- Moving the pointer over a text document causes the pointer shape to vary. These
- variations indicate possible manipulations. Again, press F1 when the pointer
- takes a particular shape to obtain help on possible actions.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.2. Using Keys, Word Processor ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- o Speedbar Equivalents
- o Font Command Hotkeys
- o Window Access Hotkeys
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.2.1. Speedbar Equivalents ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- o   F2 Save Document
- o   Shift+F2 Print Document
- o   Alt+Backspace Undo
- o   F4 Check Typing
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- o   Shift+Del Clipboard Cut
- o   Shift+Ins Clipboard Paste
- o   Ctrl+Ins Clipboard Copy
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- o   F5 Show Margins
- o   F6 Show Cells
- o   F7 Show Control Points
- o   F8 Show Horizontal Ruler
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- o   Shift+F5 Open Cell, Create Table
- o   Shift+F6 Text Alignment
- o   Shift+F7 Leading
- o   Shift+F8 Line Distance
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.2.2. Font Command Hotkeys ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- o   Ctrl+S: Styles
- o   Ctrl+T: Typeface
- o   Ctrl+Z: Font Size
- o   Ctrl+Y: Font Style
- o   Ctrl+L: Lining
- o   Ctrl+P: Position
- o   Ctrl+C: Font Color
- o   Ctrl+M: Marking
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- o Ctrl+W: Wrap-lock
- o Ctrl+H: Preset Hyphen
- o Ctrl+'.': Character table
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- o Ctrl+R: Regular
- o Ctrl+B: Bold
- o Ctrl+I: Italic
- o Ctrl+U: Underline
- o Ctrl+S: Strike out
- o Ctrl+O: Outline
- o Ctrl+E: End font change
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.2.3. Window Access Hotkeys ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- o F10: Status window
- o Alt+2: Previously active window
- o Alt+3: Third last active window
- o Alt+4: Fourth last active window
- o ...........
- o Alt+0: Window of origin (Status window)
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.3. Document Structure and Manipulation ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- o Document Structure
- o Document Objects
- o Operations on Selected Text
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.3.1. Document Structure ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The following example explains the structure of Clearlook documents:
-
- Imagine your task is to design a page in a magazine. Several articles must be
- placed in separate columns with accompanying pictures and captions. One way to
- perform this task and to understand how these objects relate to objects in a
- Clearlook document, is explained as follows:
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- To start, get a sheet of (white) paper and trim it to the size of the
- magazine's page format.
-
- You know the maximum width and height of the area, but you don't know yet
- exactly how the usable area will be positioned on the magazine's page. Another
- piece of (dark cyan) paper is cut to the size of the actual usable area. This
- sheet is the bases for articles and pictures. In Clearlook this is the base
- text area, because it is the basic area available for text and graphics. Dark
- cyan paper is used to contrast with the white of the magazine's page.
-
- Articles are typed in columns on white slips of paper cut to the actual extent
- of the text. These slips of paper are text cells.
-
- Prepare the graphic and captions and mount it on a sheet of (light cyan) paper.
- This is also considered a text area, because it is an independent area where
- text and graphics are placed. Trim the sheet to make graphic and caption fit.
- The caption is written on a slip of (white) paper.
-
- Now recall the objects prepared: The white sheet of paper, the dark cyan base
- text area, the light cyan text area for the graphic and caption and the text
- cells, the white slips of paper containing the actual text.
-
- To design the page, the graphic and the caption must be placed on the light
- cyan text area. Then place the remaining slips of paper and the light cyan text
- area on the dark cyan text area. Move these objects around until the desired
- layout is achieved. The final action is to position the dark cyan text area on
- the white sheet that corresponds to the page of the magazine.
-
- By keeping this example in mind, you will easily understand the structure of
- Clearlook documents. Clearlook is an electronic implementation of this approach
- to designing documents. The electronic implementation has much more flexibility
- and a few rules for handling these document objects.
-
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.3.2. Document Objects ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Just as you manipulate objects in the workplace shell, you can manipulate the
- parts of a Clearlook document. These parts are called document objects. Most
- document objects have an object menu that is activated by pressing the right
- button or the key F12. Object menus appear as a pop-up menu.
-
- Every object menu has a Setup function. Activating this function provides
- access to the settings of the object under the pointer or the cursor. Check the
- infobar when calling object menus with the pointer. The infobar indicates which
- object of your text document is selected. Objects a document is composed of
- include:
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- o Base Text Area
- o Layered Text Area
- o Text Cell
- o Bitmap
- o Fill-in
- o Data Field
- o Margin
- o Border
- o Tabmark
- o Selected text
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.3.2.1. Text Area ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- A text area is a container for text cells. A text area can contain further
- layers of text areas. The lowest-level text area is called base text area. Text
- areas contained in the base text area are layered text areas.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.3.2.2. Base Text Area ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- The base text area is the text area on the paper to place text and graphics.
- The area outside the base text area up to the rim of the paper is called
- margin.
-
- Creation: Every document always has one base text area. The base text area
- cannot be deleted. When creating a new text document, the document's base text
- area is automatically created as well as its first text cell.
-
- By moving and sizing the base text area you position text on the sheet of
- paper. When the view of the document is set to show the cell structure, the
- base text area appears in dark cyan. The text cells it contains are objects on
- top of the base text area and thus may cover it. The dark cyan border of these
- cells remains as an indicator of the base text area beneath.
-
- Like layered text areas, the base text area can also be moved and sized within
- its containing frame, the paper. The size and format of the paper is set with
- the layout dialog.
-
- Moving the text area causes all of its cells and contained text areas to move
- with it. Sizing the text area also causes a corresponding change in the size of
- its cells and contained text areas. Changing the format of the document from
- portrait to landscape for example, is a resizing action. This enlarges all
- cells and contained text areas proportionally to the change of width from
- portrait to landscape.
-
- If a cell grows beyond the height of the base text area, a new page is
- automatically created and the flow of text and cells continues on to the next
- page.
-
- Changing the position and size of the base text area on one page creates
- identical changes on all the other pages.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.3.2.3. Layered Text Area ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- A text area can contain another text area. Contained text areas are called
- layered text areas. The base text area is considered layer one, the next
- contained text area is layer two, and so forth.
-
- Creation: When creating a new text document, the document has a base text area
- and one text cell. Layered text areas are created by invoking the pop-up menu's
- new text area function. With the pop-up menu's delete function you can remove a
- layered text area from the document. Removing a text area also removes all its
- cells and contents.
-
- When the view of the document is set to show the cell structure, a text area
- can be moved and sized within the limits of its containing text area.
- Second-level text areas appear in light cyan.
-
- A text area contained within a second-level text area is called a third-level
- text area, and appears in dark cyan to contrast with its container, the
- second-level text area. Clearlook's logic does not impose any limit to the
- number of text areas layered within each other.
-
- All text areas share the same functionality. They are containers for text cells
- and can be moved and sized within the limits of their parent object. The
- differences between the base text area and layered text areas are as follows:
-
- o The base text area automatically repeats itself from one page to another,
- allowing cells to continue to flow through it.
- o Layered text areas can be configured to repeat themselves on subsequent
- pages, always displaying the same content.
-
- Layered text areas will not flow text to the next page, text extending below
- the bottom of a layered text area is therefore not visible. By enlarging the
- text area, text that 'fell' beyond the bottom becomes visible.
-
- In the setup dialog of a layered text area you can set the text area to be
- repeatedly displayed on subsequent pages. For example, you can specify a
- layered text area to display from page 1 to 10. The text area is defined on
- page one. Pages two through ten display copies of this text area. Used in this
- way, layered text areas become a very powerful feature to create headers and
- footers. The Header and Footer menu functions automatically create layered text
- areas positioned as headers and footers.
-
- To display a layered text area on every second page, set a value of 2 in the
- Step Field of the layered text area's setup dialog. By defining two footers,
- each configured to display on alternating pages only, you can create
- alternating footers for odd and even pages.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.3.2.4. Text Cell ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- A text cell is the actual container for the text of your document. A text cell
- can contain characters and bitmaps. The height of a cell grows as more text is
- inserted into it. (So it is a very convenient container that always grows to
- the size of its contents.) The cell itself is always contained in a text area.
- Any number of cells can be placed within one text area. Cells can be placed in
- rows side by side. Any number of rows of cells can be placed in a text area.
-
- Creation: When creating a new text document, the document has a base text area
- and one text cell. Create additional text cells with the pop-up menu's new cell
- function or with the speedbar's create table button. With the pop-up menu's
- delete function you can remove a text cell from the document. Removing a text
- cell removes all of its characters and bitmaps with it.
-
- If the view of the document is set to show the cell structure, cells can be
- moved and sized horizontally within the limits of the text area. Cells can
- never overlap. To move or enlarge a cell, sufficient empty space must exist on
- the side of that cell. Reduce the width of cells to create empty space.
-
- The cell width defines the linebreak of the text flowing into the cell. The
- user defines the width of a cell, and the height automatically adjusts. As you
- add text to a cell, its height grows, pushing subsequent cells (if existing)
- further down. A cell without text has the height of one line.
-
- You cannot move a cell vertically within its text area. To place a cell on a
- particular position on a page, create a layered text area and position it
- anywhere. Text cells move with the text area they belong to.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.3.2.5. Bitmap ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- In Clearlook, a bitmap is a special character imported from disk or screen and
- placed in the stream characters. This 'special character' bitmap has one
- additional quality: It is scalable to any size that fits in the text cell.
- Creation: To insert a bitmap into your text, use the import bitmap function.
- You can also create a bitmap by clipping an area of the screen with the screen
- clip function. To delete a bitmap, place the cursor on the bitmap and press
- the Del key, as when deleting a character. You may also use the pop-up menu's
- delete function to remove a bitmap.
-
- A bitmap is just one character in the flow of characters of the text cell.
- Adjust its position horizontally by adding space (or characters) to the left of
- the bitmap. To position it vertically, add carriage returns above the bitmap.
- This is useful to position small bitmaps that are part of the flow of text.
-
- Bitmaps that are not part of the flowing text, and have a fixed position on the
- page, create a layered text area and insert the bitmap into the first cell, as
- the only character of this cell. Move and position the text area to place the
- bitmap.
-
- After inserting a bitmap with the import bitmap function, it is shown in a
- default size. Move the pointer to the right or bottom edge of the bitmap until
- a sizing pointer appears. Press the left button of the pointing device and size
- the bitmap. You can also double-click on the bitmap and activate the bitmap
- dialog to display useful information. In the dialog the display size of the
- bitmap can be entered directly.
-
- Clearlook always maintains the original imported bitmap and scales it as needed
- to the desired display size. The size of the original bitmap determines the
- amount of memory occupied, not the display size. When a large bitmap with a
- high color resolution is imported, a considerable amount of memory is occupied
- during document manipulation. This may slow down the execution speed on systems
- with very tight memory. In general, even large bitmaps will only affect
- Clearlook's display speed when visible on the screen.
-
- When printing documents with bitmaps, the bitmap's original resolution
- determines its clarity on the print-out.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.3.2.6. Fill-In ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- A fill-in is a special character that automatically contains a value that the
- system 'fills in' for you. The system can fill in the page number, system date,
- system time or the file name and path. A fill-in is created with the menu's
- fill-in function or with the Ctrl+F hotkey. It behaves like one single
- character to the delete and select functions, even though it may display
- several characters.
-
- For time, date and page number fill-ins, the format dialog enables several
- display formats to be defined.
-
- If show cells is on, the fill-in appears outlined in dark blue.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.3.2.7. Data Field ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Data fields are used when creating merge formats. A data field is a text
- variable that specifies where the text marked in the source document will be
- placed in the destination document. Create a data field with the data field
- function or with the hotkey Ctrl+D. Press Ctrl+D again on an existing data
- field to easily access its setup dialog and define its behavior.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.3.2.8. Margin ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- The area outside the base text area to the edge of the paper is called the
- margin. There are several ways to manipulate margins:
-
- o Enter margin values in the layout dialog.
- o Display the cell structure by using the show cells speed button or the same
- option in the view dialog. Then size and move the base text area.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.3.2.9. Border ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Every text area can have a border. To create a border, use the border function
- and enter the appropriate values in the border dialog. Or invoke the pop-up
- menu and use the new border function.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.3.2.10. Tabmark ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Tabmarks are used to force specified positions within the flow of characters:
-
- o Left-aligned columns
- o Right-aligned columns
- o Indentations
-
- Tabmarks are created by setting a tabstop and jumping to that tabstop by
- pressing the Tab key. Or space the cursor to a desired position in the document
- and then press Ctrl+Tab.
-
- Tabmarks are characters with a fixed horizontal position. As long as the text
- to the left of a tabmark does not extend to the tabmark's horizontal position,
- the tabmark forces its position on the next character. If the tabmark is pushed
- beyond its horizontal position by text inserted to its left, it has the effect
- of a space character of zero width (no visual effect).
-
- Tabmarks are independent of tabstops. Tabstops with a horizontal setting equal
- to a tabmark can modify a tabmark's horizontal position, fill-character and
- type.
-
- Tabmarks are control points and are visible if show control points is on.
-
- Tabmarks are also used to indent paragraphs. To indent a paragraph, a tabmark
- is given the additional function of an indent point. To make a tabmark an
- indent point, press Ctrl+Tab on an existing tabmark and check any of the indent
- options. When defining tabstops in the horizontal ruler, the tabstop can be
- defined to create tabmarks with the quality of indent points. If you press Tab
- to jump to such a tabstop, an indent point is created.
-
- Text written beyond the end of the line wraps around and indents at the
- position of the indent point (tabmark with the function of indent point). All
- subsequent lines are indented until a line is terminated with a carriage
- return.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.3.2.11. Selected Text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Clearlook has two select modes:
-
- o In flow select mode, you select one or more characters (or bitmaps). The
- selection is called flow text.
- o In area select mode, you select one or more text cells. The selection is
- called area text.
-
- Selected text is an individual document object. When invoking a pop-up menu
- with the cursor or pointer positioned on selected text, a menu to manipulate
- selected text appears. Similar to the other document objects, you can move,
- size, delete and manipulate selected text.
-
- See also:
-
- o Operations on Selected Text
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.3.2.11.1. Flow Select ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Flow select mode lets you select text on a character by character basis. In
- this mode you select the actual text, the contents of a text cell. (In area
- select mode on the contrary, you select the text cells as a whole entity.)
- Text is selected in flow mode in any of these ways:
-
- o Press and hold down the left button of the pointing device and move the
- pointer over the text.
- o Press and hold down the key Shift and move the cursor over the text.
- o Call the flow select menu function or press the Shift+F3 keys and move the
- cursor over the text.
-
- All characters (and bitmaps) between the starting and endpoint of the cursor or
- pointer movement are selected. Selected text appears inverted on a black
- background. This selection can extend beyond a single cell and comprise several
- cells.
-
- Once text is selected, these operations can be performed:
-
- o Move Flow Text
- o Cut/Paste Flow Text
- o Modify Selected Text
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.3.2.11.2. Area Select ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Area select mode lets you select text on a cell-by-cell basis. This mode
- selects the containers of the text, the text cells. (In Flow select mode, on
- the contrary, selects the contents of these containers, the characters in the
- text cells.) Text is selected in area mode in any of these ways:
-
- o Double-click and hold the left button of the pointing device and move the
- pointer over the text cells.
- o Call the area select menu function or press the F3 key and move the cursor
- over the text.
-
- When area select mode is invoked, a rectangle is displayed between the initial
- position and the actual position of the pointer (or cursor). All text cells
- that are touched by this rectangle are selected and appear inverted on a dark
- gray background. One cell is the smallest item that can be selected.
-
- Area select mode allows you to operate on the container, the text cell, as well
- as its contents, the text. (By selecting the container, you also select its
- contents.)
-
- Once text is selected, these operations can be performed:
-
- o Move Area Text
- o Cut/Paste Area Text
- o Modify Selected Text
- o Manipulating Text Cells
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.3.3. Operations on Selected Text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- o Placing Text Cells
- o Manipulating Text Cells
- o Modify Selected Text
-
- In the following operations, the select mode is of significant importance on
- the way the selected text is treated:
-
- o Flow Text: Move Selection
- o Flow Text: Cut/Paste Selection
- o Area Text: Move Selection
- o Area Text: Cut/Paste Selection
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.3.3.1. Move Flow Text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- After selecting text in flow mode, the selected text appears inverted on a
- black background. If you move the pointer on the selected text, the move
- selection pointer   appears.
-
- By pressing the left button of the pointing device, a place selection pointer
-   appears. Keep the left button pressed, and move the pointer to any position
- in the document. When releasing the left button, the selected text is moved
- from its original position to the cursor position.
-
- To abort the move, press the Esc key before releasing the left button, or place
- the pointer on the selected text and release the button.
-
- Use this function to move the contents of several cells of a table at the same
- time.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.3.3.2. Move Table Contents ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- To move the contents of several cells at the same time, use the move flow text
- function. When moving the contents of several cells, the cell structure at the
- source and destination must correspond.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.3.3.3. Move Area Text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- After selecting text cells in area mode, the text cells appear inverted on a
- dark gray background. If you move the pointer on the selected text, the move
- selection pointer   appears.
-
- By pressing the left button of the pointing device, an area placement pointer
-   appears. Keep the left button pressed, and move the pointer over the
- document. The shape of the pointer indicates where the selected text can be
- placed. When the left button is released, the selected cells move to the
- indicated position.
-
- To abort the move, press the Esc key before releasing the left button, or place
- the pointer on the selected text and release the button.
-
- Moving cells selected in area mode is used to change the position of cells with
- regard to each other. For example, to place a row of cells a few rows down, or
- to move a column of cells one or more columns to the right or left. Move a
- single cell with this feature or complete tables.
-
- To move one or more cells horizontally without changing their position to other
- cells, use the functions to modify cells' position and size.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.3.3.4. Placing Text Cells ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- When moving or pasting an area selection, or inserting new text cells, indicate
- the new cell position. Area placement pointers appear when the pointer is moved
- over the document. The shape of the pointer indicates where it is possible to
- drop cells.
-
- Text cells are always placed in relation to an existing cell. Whenever dropping
- cells on the document, it must be on the right, left, top or bottom of an
- existing cell.
-
- Top and bottom: Cells can always be placed on top or bottom of an existing cell
- or row of cells.
-
- Left and right: Cells can be dropped on the left and right of an existing cell,
- if empty space is available on the respective side. Here 'empty space' refers
- to the absence of cells to the right or left of an existing cell.
-
- Changes when dropped: If the width of cells dropped fits in the space, they are
- inserted without modification. If not, they are scaled proportionally to fit.
- If the width must be reduced beyond a cell's minimum width, the operation is
- aborted.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.3.3.5. Manipulating Text Cells ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- To manipulate the position and size of text cells, the cell structure must be
- displayed by using the show cells speed button or the equivalent option in the
- view dialog.
-
- Using the pointer, cells can be moved and sized horizontally. The vertical size
- of a cell automatically expands to the amount of text in the cell. If a group
- of cells is selected in area mode, they can be sized and moved just like a
- single cell:
-
- o Manipulating a Single Text Cell
- o Manipulating a Group of Text Cells
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.3.3.5.1. Manipulating a Single Text Cell ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Width: To change the width of a text cell, move the pointer to the right or
- left edge of the cell. When the sizing pointer appears, press the left button
- of the pointing device and set the width.
-
- Position: To move a text cell horizontally, place the pointer on the top edge
- of the cell. When the moving pointer appears, press the left button of the
- pointing device and move the cell. A cell can be moved within the limits of its
- text area, and within the limits adjacent cells may impose. In other words, if
- you can see the cyan color of the text area on the left or right side of the
- cell, you can move the cell over that area. To create space, reduce the width
- of the cell, or adjacent cells.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.3.3.5.2. Manipulating a Group of Text Cells ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Just as you change width and position of a single text cell, you can modify a
- group of cells. To modify a group of cells, select the group in area mode.
-
- Width manipulations:
-
- o To change the width of the group, move the pointer to the right or left edge
- of the outermost cell. When the sizing pointer appears, press the left button
- of the pointing device and set the width for the whole group. All cells in
- the group are resized proportionally.
- o Invoke the pop-up menu over the selected area, and set all the cells in the
- group to the same size with the shrink to smallest and grow to largest
- functions.
-
- Position manipulations:
-
- o To move the group horizontally, place the pointer on the top edge of any of
- its cells. When the moving pointer appears, press the left button of the
- pointing device and move the group. Like a single cell, a group of cells is
- moved within the limits of their text area and within the limits adjacent
- cells may impose. In other words, if you see the cyan color of the text area
- on the left or right side of the group, you can move the cells over that
- area. To create space, reduce the width of the group or the width of adjacent
- cells.
- o To reduce the width of one column and at the same time increase the width of
- an adjacent column, position the pointer on the meeting edge of the two
- columns. Then press the left button to change the size of the outlined cell.
- All cells in both columns are set to reflect the change indicated on the one
- cell.
- o Invoke the pop-up menu over the selected area and use the align left and
- align right functions to align the group of cells (set up as a column) with
- the outermost left or right edge of the selected cells.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.3.3.6. Clipboard Operations ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- When text is selected in flow or area mode, the following clipboard operations
- are available:
-
- o Press the Cut speedbar button or the Shift+Delete keys to remove selected
- text from your document and copy it to the clipboard.
- o Use the Ctrl+Delete keys to remove selected text from your document, without
- altering the contents of the clipboard.
- o Use the Copy speedbar button or the Ctrl+Insert keys to copy selected text to
- the clipboard.
- o Use the Paste speedbar button or the Shift+Insert keys to paste text from the
- clipboard to your document.
-
- Text copied to the clipboard in flow mode pastes back in flow mode. Text copied
- to the clipboard in area mode pastes back in area mode.
-
- Further information:
-
- o Cut/Paste Flow Text
- o Cut/Paste Area Text
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.3.3.6.1. Cut/Paste Flow Text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Cut: When text is selected in flow mode, a clipboard cut operation removes the
- selected text from the cell. The structure of cells is not changed, but their
- height may decrease, because there is less text in them.
-
- Paste: If you use the Paste speedbar button, a flow selection pointer appears.
- Move the pointer to the position and press the left button of the pointing
- device. This inserts the clipboard contents at the cursor position.
-
- If you use the Shift+Insert keys to paste, the clipboard text is immediately
- inserted at the cursor position.
-
- If the clipboard contains the flow text of several text cells, the special
- considerations for moving table contents apply.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.3.3.6.2. Cut/Paste Area Text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Cut: When text is selected in area mode, a clipboard cut operation removes
- selected text cells and its text from the document.
-
- Paste: When pasting area text from the clipboard, you are prompted to specify
- where the cells are placed.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.3.3.7. Modifying Selected Text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- You can change the alignment of text as well as the font attributes on text
- selected in flow and area mode. Clearlook uses these modes to distinguish
- between operations on the content of cells (flow mode) and operations on the
- container of text, the cells (area mode).
-
- Since these two modes are available, they perform powerful functions when
- modifying text:
-
- o Modifying text in flow mode forces all selected text to the new setting,
- clearing out old setting.
- o Modifying text in area mode changes all settings that correspond to the
- values at the cursor position, other settings remain unaltered.
-
- Here an example line: 'Bold and italic, to clearly show how Clearlook works!'
-
- o Flow mode: If this entire line is selected in flow mode and the font style is
- changed from bold to italic, the line will look like this: 'Bold and italic,
- to clearly show how Clearlook works!'
- o Area mode: If the text cell containing this line is selected in area mode,
- the cursor placed on the word 'Bold' and the font style changed from bold to
- italic, then the line will look like this: 'Bold and italic, to clearly show
- how Clearlook works!'
-
- Notice that only the two bold words ('Bold' and 'clearly') were changed to
- italic, the rest of the line unaltered.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.4. Tabstops ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- o Tabstop Functionality
- o Setting Tabstops
- o Types of Tabstops
- o Tabstop Dialog
- o Tabmarker Dialog
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.4.1. Tabstop Functionality ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Two things make Tabs work: Tabstops and Tabmarks.
-
- Tabstops are set in the horizontal ruler. Each text cell has its own set of
- tabstops that appear in the ruler when the cursor is moved into the cell. Press
- the Tab key to move the cursor to the right. A tabstop encountered stops the
- cursor at that position and inserts a tabmark in the text.
-
- The tabmark positions the text. The tabstop is a creator of tabmarks. When
- moving tabmarks, the tabstop is a handle on tabmarks that have the same
- horizontal position as it.
-
- By moving tabstops, all corresponding tabmarks are moved. By changing the
- settings of a tabstop, all corresponding tabmarks are changed. By removing a
- tabstop, no change occurs to the tabmarks.
-
- When moving text between cells or documents using cut and paste, the tabmarks
- remain in the text and maintain their position without corresponding tabstops
- in the destination cell. To move tabmarks that have no corresponding tabstops,
- place the cursor on a tabmark and invoke the tabmarker dialog by pressing the
- Ctrl+Tab keys. Or position the pointer on the tabmark and move it when the
- tabmark moving pointer appears.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.4.2. Setting Tabstops ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Click on the left button of the pointing device on the horizontal ruler or
- access the tabstop menu function to create a tabstop. Tabstops are displayed as
- red diamonds in the ruler and belong to the text cell in which they were
- created. Each cell of a document can have its own tabstop setting.
-
- Click on an existing tabstop with the left button, and keep the button pressed
- while moving it to displace the tabstop. Press the right button to invoke the
- tabstop dialog, to set type, position, behavior and fill-character. Accessing
- the tabstop menu function on an existing tabstop also activates the tabstop
- dialog.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.4.3. Types of Tabstops ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Left-aligned tabstops appear as solid diamonds in the horizontal ruler and
- create left-aligned tabmarks in the document. Left-aligned tabmarks appear as
- solid, downward pointing red triangles in the document, when show control
- points is turned on. A left-aligned tabmark behaves like a single space
- character with varying width in the flow of characters. If overwrite is turned
- on, and the cursor is moved over the tabmark, the 'extra wide space character'
- is visible.
-
- Right-aligned tabstops appear as outlined diamonds in the horizontal ruler and
- create right-aligned tabmarks in the document. The beginning of a right-aligned
- region appears as a red vertical line similar to an apostrophe. The tabmark at
- the end of the right-aligned region appears as a solid, red triangle, when show
- control points is turned on. All text typed on a right aligned-tabmark moves
- left, until a space character is entered.
-
- Tabmarks can also indent paragraphs. Press the Ctrl+Tab keys on an existing
- tabmark to activate the tabmark dialog. Or check Indent Point in the tabstop
- dialog to automatically create tabmarks that indent.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.5. Footnotes and Endnotes ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Footnotes and endnotes are text parts that refer to specific points in a
- document. Clearlook offers fully-automated footnotes and endnotes, referred to
- as notes.
-
- Functional elements used to manage notes:
-
- o Notes Sub-Document
- o Note Creation
- o Note Number
- o Importing Notes
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.5.1. Notes Sub-Document ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Notes are edited and stored in a sub-document. Every Clearlook document has as
- sub-document. It is tightly linked to the main document and stored on disk in
- the same file. Access the sub-document any time with the edit notes function.
- To switch between the main document and the sub-document use the Alt+2 hotkeys.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.5.2. Note Creation ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- You can create notes while composing your document by calling the create notes
- function or pressing the Ctrl+N hotkeys. A note number is inserted at the
- cursor position. A new text cell is created in the sub-document with the same
- note number. Editing is switched to the sub-document to conveniently enter the
- note's text. To switch back to the main document press Alt+2.
-
- To set a particular font for all notes while creating them, set the font in the
- first cell of the sub-document. Whenever a new note is created, its font
- settings are copied from the first cell of the notes.
-
- Each note in the sub-document must have its own text cell. If several notes are
- copied into one text cell, it is considered the text for one single note,
- regardless of the multiple reference numbers contained in the cell.
-
- You can create text cells without note numbers in the sub-document. These cells
- are ignored by the make footnotes or make endnotes functions. Use this to store
- any information about the document in the sub-document.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.5.3. Note Number ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- A note number consists of two parts:
-
- o Temporary Number
- o Reference Number
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.5.3.1. Temporary Number ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- The temporary number is created by the system when using the make footnotes and
- make endnotes functions.
-
- The temporary number is displayed when show cells is off. It is always used
- when printing.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.5.3.2. Reference Number ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- The reference number creates the link between the main body of the text and the
- note, and is created with the note. The system issues incremental values for
- reference numbers. To automatically position all notes, a document must not
- contain duplicate reference numbers.
-
- The reference number is displayed when show cells is on and is marked with a
- leading slash (/).
-
- Though note numbers are created automatically, you can access them directly to
- manipulate the link between a note in the sub-document and the note number in
- the main body of text. Press Ctrl+N with the cursor positioned on an existing
- number, and the note number dialog appears. Manually set the reference number
- and temporary number. By manually setting the reference number in the main body
- of the text as well as in the note contained in the sub-document, you link any
- note to any desired position in the text. When manually editing note numbers,
- it is the users responsibility not to create duplicate reference numbers.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.5.4. Importing Notes ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Once a document is composed, notes appear in the main body of the document by
- using the make footnotes and make endnotes functions.
-
- Make footnotes creates a layered text area at the bottom of each page with
- reference numbers, imports the notes belonging to the page from the
- sub-document and assigns temporary numbers in ascending order for each page.
-
- Make endnotes imports the notes, places them at the end of the document, and
- sets the temporary numbers in ascending order.
-
- Use these two functions to recreate the appropriate appearance of the notes.
- Make any note changes in the sub-document, since the imported notes are
- discarded whenever the make functions are used.
-
- Remove the imported notes from the main document by using the remove notes
- function.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.6. Merging and Markings ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- The creation of tables-of-content, indices, mail merge, and many other uses of
- word processing have one similar characteristic: They function by transforming
- selected parts of a document into another arrangement.
-
- Clearlook offers merging and markings to achieve this, and uses these
- functional elements:
-
- o Source Document
- o Markings
- o Merge Format
- o Data Fields
- o Destination Document
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.6.1. Source Document ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- The source document is the starting point of a merge process. It contains
- markings to be transferred to a new document. For a table-of-content it is the
- document containing the actual chapters and text, for mail merge it is the
- document containing the addresses.
-
- Always access the merge function from the source document.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.6.2. Markings ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Markings are text attributes similar to underscore. Just as you underscore
- important portions of text, place markings on specific portions of text.
- Selected text is marked via the marking function, the equivalent speedbar
- button, or the Ctrl+M hotkeys.
-
- A marking sets marked text to a specific value, the marking value. By setting a
- portion of text to a specific value, it can be referenced by the system, copied
- out of the source document and used in further operations. Markings' values and
- names are defined by the user in the setup window.
-
- For a table-of-contents, the chapters' heading might be set to the (predefined)
- marking Content. To create an index of a book, the keywords to appear in the
- index could be set to the marking Index. In a document that is used as database
- of addresses, each address could be marked as follows:
-
- o Miller set to marking Name, value 400
- o John set to marking First Name, value 410
- o 781 Park Avenue set to marking Street, value 430
- o Springfield set to marking City, value 440
- o VA set to marking State, value 450
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.6.3. Merge Format ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- The merge format is a Clearlook text document containing data fields. It
- defines how the marked characters in the source document are to merged.
- Consider the merge format as a sample of the output you wish to create.
-
- Insert data fields in the merge format where you want the marked characters
- from the source document to be inserted.
-
- During a merge process, the system runs through the following cycle:
-
- o Read markings in the source document
- o Fill markings into the data fields of the merge format
- o Copy the filled in merge format to the destination document
- o Loop through the cycle if any markings are left in the source
-
- The merge format is copied to its destination when all data fields are filled,
- or when a marking with a value previously used in the cycle is encountered.
-
- In a source document (for example with addresses) that does not have markings
- for every cycle for all data fields in the merge format, the system may be
- unable to determine the end of one address and the beginning of the next
- address. In such situations, add the end of record marking at the end of such
- addresses.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.6.4. Data Fields ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- A data field is a text variable. During the merge process, the data field is
- replaced with the source document's marking with a value identical to the data
- field number.
-
- When preparing a letter for mail merge, you might start out like this:
-
- Dear  ,
-
- For every letter created, this line contains the first name of the person:
-
- Dear John,
-
- The process of merging takes the marking with value 100 and fills the data
- field with number 100. In the data field dialog, a variety of options can be
- set for a data field. Create data fields with fixed or variable length, as well
- as data fields that disappear if empty. When the system removes a variable
- length data field, it can automatically remove a specified number of characters
- to the right or left of the data field.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.6.5. Destination Document ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- The destination document is a new, unnamed document created by the merge
- function and contains one or more copies of the merge format. The data fields
- of these documents are replaced with the markings of the source document.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.7. Spell Checking and Thesaurus ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Spell checking is a process of verifying the words of your document. Since each
- language uses different words, there is a separate set of word lists for every
- language. You tell the system which language files to use in the language
- setting in the layout dialog.
-
- If a document contains several languages, or consists of parts that will not be
- checked, set a different language for these cells.
-
- To spell check user-specific words, Clearlook offers a user lexicon.
-
- o Spell Checking
- o User Lexicon
- o Temporary Word List
- o Thesaurus
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.7.1. Spell Checking ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Spell check your documents while typing or after they are composed. To check
- while typing, select the check typing function or press the spell checker icon
- in the speedbar, or use the F4 hotkey. If Check Typing is turned on, Clearlook
- verifies spelling as soon as the word is typed.
-
- To check the entire document, call the check document or check from cursor
- function. All words are checked against the word lists. Unknown words and
- possible correct spellings are listed. While choosing the correct spelling for
- a word, Clearlook keeps checking the rest of the document, keeping count of all
- unknown words and their position.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.7.2. User Lexicon ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Not all words specific to various professions or different groups of people are
- contained in the general word lists. Therefore, Clearlook offers a user lexicon
- for special words.
-
- o User Lexicon Path
- o Shorthand Word Pairs
- o Merging User Lexica
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.7.2.1. User Lexicon Path ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- The user lexicon is viewed and edited like a text document. The user lexicon
- for US English has the file name ENG.USR. User lexica are stored in the path
- \CL\BIN\LNG. The status window contains an icon to directly access the user
- lexicon.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.7.2.2. Shorthand Word Pairs ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- The user lexicon is also used to create word pairs for automatic insertion. If
- check typing is on, Clearlook searches the user lexicon for pairs of words for
- every word you type. The pair 'cl;Clearlook' is in the default user lexicon. If
- check typing is on, typing 'cl' inserts the word 'Clearlook'. You can define
- any number of shorthand pairs.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.7.2.3. Merging User Lexica ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- To combine several existing lexica into one, copy all words they contain into
- one document and save it. When saving a user lexicon, the system automatically
- removes duplicates.
-
- The user lexicon is always sorted in phonetic alphabetical order. Regardless of
- which order words are entered, the new sort order is displayed when
- reactivating the user lexicon.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.7.3. Temporary Word List ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- A temporary word list is maintained, for unrecognized words you do not want to
- add to the userlist. You can add words to the temporary word list while
- checking. These words are recognized to the end of the document. When spell
- checking is turned off or the application exited, the temporary word list is
- cleared.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.7.4. Thesaurus ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Activate the thesaurus by pressing the Ctrl+F4 hotkeys anywhere in your
- document. If the cursor is positioned on a word, the word is selected by the
- thesaurus. You may also call the thesaurus from the status window. The setup of
- the thesaurus object allows for language specification. Create multiple objects
- for thesauri with different language settings.
-
- When a word is found in the thesaurus, it provides a list of meanings. For each
- meaning a list of synonyms, compared words, related words, contrasted words and
- antonyms may be available.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8. Word Processor Window Elements ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- o Speedbar
- o Horizontal Ruler
- o Information Bar
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.1. Speedbar ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- The speedbar contains five groups of buttons to quickly access the most
- frequently used functions:
-
- o Document Commands
- o Clipboard Commands
- o View Commands
- o Cell Creation and Formatting Commands
- o Font Commands
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.1.1. Document Commands ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- o Save Document
- o Print Document
- o Undo
- o Check Spelling
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.1.1.1. Save Document ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
-   If the document was modified, activating this button saves the document to
- disk. If the document is unnamed, a dialog queries for a document name. This
- button has the same function as the save menu function.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.1.1.2. Print Document ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
-   Activating this button displays the print dialog and enables printing. This
- button has the same effect as the print menu function.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.1.1.3. Undo ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
-   Activating this button will undo the last changes to the document.
- Continuing to activate this button will undo all changes since last saving the
- document. Activating this button has the same effect as the undo menu function
- or pressing the Alt+Backspace keys.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.1.1.4. Check Spelling ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
-   This button turns on the automatic spell checking feature. While typing,
- all words are checked for spelling according to the language set for the
- document or the text cell.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.1.2. Clipboard Commands ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- o Clipboard Cut
- o Clipboard Paste
- o Clipboard Copy
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.1.2.1. Clipboard Cut ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
-   Activating this button copies selected text to the clipboard and removes it
- from the document.
-
- Related information:
-
- o Flow Text: Cut/Paste Selection
- o Area Text: Cut/Paste Selection
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.1.2.2. Clipboard Paste ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
-   Activating this button places the clipboard contents into the document.
-
- If the clipboard contained flow text (text selected in flow mode), you are
- queried to indicate the insert position.
-
- If the clipboard contained area text (text selected in area mode), you are
- queried to position the text cells either to the right, left, top or bottom of
- an existing cell. Activating this button is similar to pressing the
- Shift+Insert keys.
-
- Related information:
-
- o Flow Text: Cut/Paste Selection
- o Area Text: Cut/Paste Selection
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.1.2.3. Clipboard Copy ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
-   Activating this button copies selected text to the clipboard and is similar
- to pressing the Control+Insert keys.
-
- Related information:
-
- o Flow Text: Cut/Paste Selection
- o Area Text: Cut/Paste Selection
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.1.3. Display Commands ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- o Show Margins
- o Show Cells
- o Show Control Points
- o Show Ruler
- o View Scale
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.1.3.1. Show Margins ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
-   Activating this button toggles the display of the margin.
-
- When editing a document you may want to use the full extent of your screen. At
- other times, you may want to see how the text is placed on the page. If show
- margins and show cells are both on, you can adjust the margins by moving and
- sizing the base text area.
-
- Toggling the show margins option in the view dialog, accessible through the
- View menu function, is similar to this button.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.1.3.2. Show Cells ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
-   This button toggles the display of the document cell structure. Turn this
- option on and the document objects are visible and accessible to pointer
- manipulation.
-
- The base text area is displayed in dark cyan. Text cells are displayed in
- white, outlined by a thin border in dark cyan. A second-level text area (if
- existing) appears in light cyan, its cells outlined by a thin border in light
- cyan.
-
- Activating the display of the cell structure allows you to manipulate the
- position and size of the text areas and their cells. If you move the pointer to
- the corner of a text area, an area sizing pointer appears, enabling horizontal
- and vertical sizing.
-
- If you move the pointer to the top or bottom rim of a text area slightly off
- the corner, an area moving pointer appears to move the text area.
-
- If you move the pointer on the left or right rim of a text cell, a cell sizing
- pointer appears to adjust the width of a cell.
-
- If you move the pointer on the top rim of a cell, a cell moving pointer appears
- to move the cell horizontally, if there is empty space to the right or left of
- the cell.
-
- Cells cannot be moved vertically within their text area. The vertical position
- of a cell is determined by the vertical position of the parent text area, and
- the height of any cells within the same area above it. The height of a cell is
- determined by the amount of text it contains. When the content of text
- increases in the cell, it expands downward and pushes the cells below it
- further down.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.1.3.3. Show Control Points ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
-   This button toggles the display of text document control points.
- Tabmarkers, carriage returns, markings and no-print text are control points.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.1.3.4. Show ruler ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
-   This button toggles the display of the horizontal ruler. When the ruler is
- displayed, you have access to the tabstops' settings.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.1.3.5. View Scale ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
-   You can scale the view of your document from 20% to 1200%. When reducing
- the viewing scale, pages are displayed horizontally, as they fit in the window.
-
- In any viewing size, all the word processor functions are accessible as long as
- the resolution of your screen allows you to sufficiently identify the document
- objects. Write, edit, delete, move and size text areas and text cells in any
- view.
-
- The scale that appears after pressing this button adjusts view enlargements and
- reductions between 20% and 300%. To enlarge further, reduce the width of the
- window, then enlarge the width again. Keep the Ctrl key pressed while releasing
- the pointing device button. This causes the document enlarge in the same ratio
- as the size of the window.
-
- If you are using bitmap fonts in your document, you cannot change the view
- size. Bitmap fonts have a fixed size and cannot be scaled.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.1.4. Cell Creation and Formatting Commands ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- o Open Cell, Create Table
- o Text Alignment
- o Leading
- o Line Distance
- o Number Columns
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.1.4.1. Open Cell, Create Table ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Use this function to open one new text cell in the document or to create a
- table consisting of several text cells of identical size.
-
-   After activating the button, an outline of a table appears. Move the
- pointer to mark a single cell, a row of cells or an array (rows and columns) of
- cells. Define how many new cells will be created and their organization in rows
- and columns.
-
- Once you release the button, you are prompted to place the single cell or the
- array of cells. Different pointer shapes appear as you move the pointer over
- the document, indicating possible positions to 'drop' the new cells. Click on
- the first button of the pointing device to place the cells, press Esc to abort
- the operation.
-
- To insert the table into a body of text consisting of just one text cell, split
- the text cell before creating the table.
-
- When placed above or below an existing cell, an array of cells of identical
- size is inserted. If the left or right sides are chosen, empty space must be
- available on the side. All empty space is used to open the cells as defined in
- the definition table.
-
- The cursor position at the beginning of this operation sets the font type and
- size in new cells.
-
- This button is similar to using the new cell function in the pop-up menu
- activated with the second button of the pointing device.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.1.4.2. Text Alignment ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
-   This button is used to align text to the left, right, the center, or to
- fully justify text in a cell. To set the text to full justification, either
- additional space between words, or additional space between every character of
- a line is inserted by the system.
-
- After activating the button, the cursor position indicates the present setting.
-
- Scope: If no text is selected when using this function, the active cell is set
- to the new value, otherwise the selected text is set to the new value according
- to the mode of selection.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.1.4.3. Leading ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
-   Use this button to change the font leading. Leading refers to additional
- white space between two lines. A leading value of zero means that the bottom of
- the previous line and the top of the subsequent line have no white space
- between.
-
- Scope: If no text is selected when using this function, the active cell is set
- to the new value, otherwise the selected text is set to the new value according
- to the mode of selection.
-
- All fonts contain default leading values. The automatic setting causes
- Clearlook to use the default leading of the font when spacing lines. If you
- manually set a value for leading, lines are either closer together or further
- apart.
-
- Clearlook calculates the line height by using the height of the largest font in
- a line and adding the default leading defined in that font. By manually
- specifying values for leading, the lines are spaced with this additional value.
- Changing the size of the fonts leaves the leading intact.
-
- To change the spacing of lines, leading is the preferred way. Manually defining
- a line distance to influence line spacing turns Clearlook's automatic line
- spacing off and may cause lines to overlap.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.1.4.4. Line Distance ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
-   Line distance is automatically calculated by Clearlook. The font and size
- you select is taken into account along with the font's automatic leading.
- (Change the leading by using the leading button.)
-
- When specifying a line distance, Clearlook adjusts it regardless if the font
- size fits into a line or does not. You can create fixed line-distances, but may
- cause the text of subsequent lines to overlap, and bitmap displays may be
- truncated.
-
- When choosing a line distance that is smaller than the height of the font,
- Clearlook first reduces the height of the descender, then the height of the
- ascender until the specified height is reached. This feature can be used in
- typesetting, to cut off the space occupied by the descender in a line without
- any characters descending below the baseline.
-
- Scope: If no text is selected when using this function, the active cell is set
- to the new value, otherwise the selected text is set to the new value according
- to the mode of selection.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.1.4.5. Number Columns ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
-   Use this button to set the number of columns in a cell. The list displayed
- offers a choice from one to eight columns. Set any number of columns up to 255
- to be created by Clearlook for one cell. To enter higher values, invoke the
- pop-up menu for the cell and select the setup function.
-
- Specifying multiple columns for one cell causes the contents of the cell (the
- text) to flow through the specified number of adjacent columns before breaking
- to the next page.
-
- Independent columns (that do not flow their content horizontally) are created
- by defining multiple, horizontally-adjacent text cells with the Open cell,
- Create table function.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.1.5. Font Commands ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- o Styles
- o Typeface
- o Font Size
- o Font Style
- o Underline, Strike Out
- o Subscript, Superscript
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.1.5.1. Styles ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
-   Activate this button to list all defined styles. The style at the cursor
- position is highlighted. If you change the setting, the new style is used
- according to the scope rules. Select CREATE NEW, to access the styles dialog
- and define a new style. To edit an existing style, press the Ctrl key on the
- selected entry.
-
- The styles of all open documents are listed. Styles not belonging to the active
- document are shown with a leading asterisk (*). You can select and use the
- styles of other documents. When saving the document, all styles it uses are
- automatically saved with it and appear as 'owned' styles the next time the
- document is opened.
-
- Scope: If no text is selected when using this function, the active cell is set
- to the new value, otherwise the selected text is set to the new value according
- to the mode of selection.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.1.5.2. Typeface ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
-   Activate this button to list all installed fonts. The current font at the
- cursor position is highlighted. If you change the setting, the new font is used
- according to the scope rules.
-
- Scope: If no text is selected when using this function, the active cell is set
- to the new value, otherwise the selected text is set to the new value according
- to the mode of selection.
-
- OS/2 allows for two different font types. A font is a vector font (also called
- scalable font) or a bitmap font. When creating printable documents it is
- preferable to use scalable fonts. They can be scaled to any size and allow you
- to view the document in any scale factor.
-
- You may choose bitmap fonts to edit plain text or source code programs. Bitmap
- fonts cannot be scaled, but they are slightly faster in display and easier to
- read. To use a bitmap font, call the font menu function and specify the font
- type.
-
- Once a cell or a document is set to bitmap fonts, activating this button
- displays a list of bitmap fonts. Otherwise, scalable fonts are offered.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.1.5.3. Font Size ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
-   Set the font size to anything that fits on the page. The scale offers a
- choice of 0 to 80 pt. (Using the font menu function, you can specify larger
- sizes.)
-
- If the selected font is a bitmap font, a list of all available sizes for this
- bitmap font is displayed.
-
- Scope: If no text is selected when using this function, the active cell is set
- to the new value, otherwise the selected text is set to the new value according
- to the mode of selection.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.1.5.4. Font Style ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
-   The usual font style choices are regular, bold, italic and bold italic.
- Depending on the font, other choices may appear. If an installed font has
- additional choices, they also appear.
-
- Scope: If no text is selected when using this function, the active cell is set
- to the new value, otherwise the selected text is set to the new value according
- to the mode of selection.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.1.5.5. Underline, Strike-Out, No Print ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
-   Use this button to set text to underline or strike-out. Several types of
- single and double underlining are available. The NO PRINT setting causes the
- marked text to be displayed only when show control points is on. Text set to
- no-print is not printed.
-
- Scope: If no text is selected when using this function, the active cell is set
- to the new value, otherwise the selected text is set to the new value according
- to the mode of selection.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.1.5.6. Subscript, Superscript ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
-   This button sets text to subscript or superscript. Several styles are
- available:
-
- Capitals: Creates text with 80% height of present size, but does not force
- characters to capitals.
-
- Subscript small: A small subscript that does not extend below the bottom of the
- space reserved for regular characters.
-
- Subscript chemical: A slightly larger subscript, generally used in chemical
- expressions. It may extend below the bottom of the space reserved for regular
- characters.
-
- Superior small: A tiny superscript, suitable for trademark notices.
-
- Superior digit: A slightly larger superscript, as generally used in numeric
- expressions.
-
- Superior alpha: A large superscript with x-height aligned to the height of
- capital letters. Used in Spanish and French for expressions such as Sra, Mlle,
- etc.
-
- Superior footnote: A large superscript as preferred for footnote indicators.
-
- Scope: If no text is selected when using this function, the active cell is set
- to the new value, otherwise the selected text is set to the new value according
- to the mode of selection.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.1.5.7. Font Color ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
-   All colors defined in the setup window are displayed. On a color printer,
- colored text is printed as defined, on other printers colors may be emulated
- with gray shades. If text is set to a color other than black, the color value
- is saved in the document. Subsequent changes to color definitions have no
- effect on existing documents.
-
- Scope: If no text is selected when using this function, the active cell is set
- to the new value, otherwise the selected text is set to the new value according
- to the mode of selection.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.1.5.8. Markings ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
-   All markings defined in the setup window are displayed. Text used as data
- for merge operations can be marked with the defined values. The markings appear
- on colored background when show control points is on. The marking values are
- stored in the document, but not the color shading. Subsequent changes to
- marking definitions change the coloring of markings in existing documents, but
- not the values of existing markings.
-
- Scope: If no text is selected when using this function, the active cell is set
- to the new value, otherwise the selected text is set to the new value according
- to the mode of selection.
-
- Related information:
-
- o Merging and Markings
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.2. Horizontal Ruler ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- The horizontal ruler displays a scale in the units set in the layout dialog. It
- contains the tabstop settings and indicates the horizontal cursor position.
-
- The horizontal ruler display is toggled in the view dialog activated with the
- view menu function, or with the show ruler speedbar button.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.3. Information Bar ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- The information bar displays the page number, the present cursor position and a
- line count of the active text cell. The units displayed correspond to the units
- selected in the layout dialog. At the right corner, the font and size at the
- cursor position are displayed.
-
- A document that is modified but not backed up, displays an asterisk next to the
- line count.
-
- The display of the information bar is toggled in the view dialog.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.4. Manipulation Pointers ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Moving the pointer over a document causes the pointer to change when it
- encounters the edge of a text area, text cell or bitmap. When inserting,
- pasting or moving text cells, various pointer shapes appear. These different
- pointer shapes indicate particular actions that may be invoked, if the first
- button of the pointing device is pressed at that moment:
-
- o Placement of Text Cells
- o Insert New Cells
- o Paste Area Selection
- o Place Area Selection when Moving
- o Paste Flow Selection
- o Place Flow Selection when Moving
- o Placing not Possible
- o Split Text Cell
- o Text Area Move Pointer
- o Text Area Sizing Pointer
- o Text Cell Move Pointer
- o Text Cell Sizing Pointer
- o Enclosure Sizing Pointer
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.4.1. Placement Pointers, Text Cells ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- When inserting new text cells into a document, pasting area text from the
- clipboard, or moving an area selection, you need to indicate the position for
- the cells. After initiating these actions, the pointer shape varies when moved,
- indicating possible placements to drop the cells.
-
- New cells must be placed in relation to an existing cell. By moving the pointer
- towards any of the four sides of an existing cell, these shapes appear:
-
-     The new cells are placed above or below the present cell.
-
-     The new cells are placed to the left or right of the present cell.
-
-   The pointer is not placed on a valid reference point for dropping new cells.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.4.2. Insert New Cells ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
-   This pointer shape appears after invoking the creation of new text cells.
- Indicate the cells' placement.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.4.3. Paste Area Selection ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
-   This pointer shape appears after invoking Paste area text from the
- clipboard. Indicate the cells' placement.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.4.4. Place Area Selection (moving) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
-   This pointer shape appears after invoking Move area text. Indicate the
- cells' placement.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.4.5. Paste Flow Selection ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
-   This pointer shape appears after invoking Paste flow text. Indicate the text
- insert position. Particular considerations apply when inserting the contents of
- several cells of a table.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.4.6. Place Flow Selection (moving) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
-   This pointer shape appears after invoking Move flow text. Indicate the text
- insert position. Particular considerations apply when moving the contents of
- several cells of a table.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.4.7. Placing not Possible ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
-   This pointer shape indicates text cells cannot be dropped at this position.
- Cells must be positioned relative to an existing cell. Move the pointer to the
- top, bottom, right or left edge of an existing cell until the pointer shape
- indicates placing is possible. Cells can always be dropped above or below an
- existing cell, but they can only be dropped to the right or left when empty
- space is available.
-
- See also:
-
- o Placement of Text Cells
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.4.8. Split Text Cell ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- After calling the split function from a pop-up menu activated by the pointing
- device, a dashed line appears at the pointer. Move the line to the cut position
- and press the left button. All text cells on the split line and belonging to
- the same text area, are split in two. Use this function to create an empty
- duplicate of a row of cells by splitting an empty line off the top or bottom.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.4.9. Text Area Move Pointer ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
-   This pointer shape appears when the pointer is moved to the upper edge of a
- text area, slightly off the corners. Press the left button of the pointing
- device to display a tracking rectangle the size of the text area. Keep the left
- button pressed and move the pointer to displace the tracking rectangle. Release
- the button, and the text area is moved to the new position.
-
- If you move the base text area in this way, text is repositioned on the page.
- If a layered text area is moved this way, its contents are repositioned within
- the page.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.4.10. Text Area Sizing Pointer ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
-   This pointer shape appears when the pointer is moved to any corner of a text
- area, or to the edge of a text area not covered by a text cell. Press the left
- button of the pointing device, and a tracking rectangle of the size of the text
- area appears. Move the pointer while keeping the button pressed to change the
- tracking rectangle's size. Release the button, and the text area is set to the
- new dimensions. All its text cells and layered text areas are reformatted in
- proportion to the changes.
-
- To abort the operation, press Esc before releasing the left button.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.4.11. Text Cell Move Pointer ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
-   This pointer shape appears when the pointer is moved to the upper edge of a
- text cell. Press the left button of the pointing device, and a tracking
- rectangle of the size of the text cell appears. If there is empty space on the
- right or left of the cell, you may displace the cell horizontally. When the
- button is released, the cell is positioned as indicated by the tracking
- rectangle.
-
- See also:
-
- o Manipulating a Single Text Cell
- o Manipulating a Group of Text Cells
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.4.12. Text Cell Sizing Pointer ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
-   This pointer shape appears when the pointer is moved to the right or left
- edge of a text cell. Press the left button of the pointing device, and a
- tracking rectangle appears outlining the dimensions of the text cell. Keep the
- button pressed and move the pointer to adjust cell width. When the button is
- released, the indicated size is set and its contained text is reformatted to
- the new width.
-
- See also:
-
- o Manipulating a Single Text Cell
- o Manipulating a Group of Text Cells
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.4.13. Tabmarker Moving Pointer ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
-   This pointer shape appears when the pointer is placed on a tabmarker. Press
- the left button of the pointing device, and a vertical dashed line appears.
- Keep the button pressed and move the pointer to adjust the tabmarker's
- position. All tabmarkers of the active cell with the same horizontal position
- will be moved. If the dashed line is moved close to a tabstop in the horizontal
- ruler, the line snaps into the position of the tabstop.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.8.4.14. Enclosure Sizing Pointer ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
-   This pointer shape appears by moving the pointer to the right or lower edge
- of a text enclosure (bitmap, data field). When pressing the left button of the
- pointing device, the outline of the enclosed element appears allowing you to
- size it.
-
- For a bitmap, the aspect ratio is always maintained. To override this, keep the
- Ctrl key pressed while releasing the button of the pointing device.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9. Menu functions ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- o Main Menu Functions
- o Pop-Up Menu Functions
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1. Main Menu Functions ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- o File
- o Edit
- o Design
- o Query
- o Tools
- o Language
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.1. Function File ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- o New
- o Open
- o Clone
- o Save
- o Save as
- o Print
- o Import
- o Export
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.1.1. Function New ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Creates a new, unnamed text document with a default format and font. This
- function is identical to status window's text, new function.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.1.2. Function Open ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Shows the contents of the active directory and opens text documents. This
- function is identical to the status window's text, open function.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.1.3. Function Clone ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Creates a new, unnamed text document which contains the complete structure of
- the active document without text. All text areas, text cells, and fonts and
- sizes are recreated. No text is transferred to the new document.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.1.4. Function Save ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function saves the document to disk. If the document is unnamed, the user
- is prompted to enter a name.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.1.5. Function Save As ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function saves the document to disk with a new name. When the document is
- renamed, the title bar reflects this change.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.1.6. Function Print ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function invokes the print dialog and prints the document.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.1.7. Function Import ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- o Import Text
- o Import Bitmap
- o Screen Clip
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.1.7.1. Function Import Text ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function is used to insert text from disk into the active document. It is
- not necessary to use this function to read various document formats. Any
- document invoked through Clearlook's file dialog will be checked for its
- format. If the format is recognised, the document will be loaded and converted.
- If the format is not recognised, it will be loaded as a plain ASCII file.
- Clearlook recognises WP 5.1, 5.2, 6.0, 6.1 and ASCII documents.
-
- When importing text from disk into a document, the following considerations
- apply.
-
- o Importing single-cell text: When importing text that consists of a single
- cell (which is always the case when importing ASCII text files), the imported
- text is inserted at the cursor position.
- o Importing multiple-cell text: When importing text that consists of multiple
- cells, the imported cells and their contents are inserted after the row of
- cells at the current cursor position.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.1.7.2. Function Import Bitmap ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function loads a bitmap using the .BMP format from disk and inserts it
- into the text at the cursor position. After inserting a bitmap, it is always
- displayed in a default size which has no relationship to its actual size. By
- moving the pointer to the right or lower edge of the bitmap, a sizing pointer
- appears. Press the left button of the pointing device to size the bitmap.
-
- Double-click on the bitmap to activate the bitmap dialog, where you can enter
- the bitmap display size in units of TWIPS (1440/inch).
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.1.7.3. Function Screen Clip ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Mark any area on the screen and import it into your document at the cursor
- position. The print quality of this bitmap depends on the resolution of your
- screen. Clearlook reads the screen when importing a screen clip. On a VGA
- screen, the pixel information that the VGA resolution offers is stored in
- memory. Screens with higher resolutions bring more information into the bitmap
- and produce a clearer, sharper output when printing.
-
- When activating this function, a crosshair pointer appears. Move this pointer
- anywhere on the screen, press the left button of the pointing device, define
- the area you want to clip. When releasing the button, the area is imported as a
- bitmap into your document. Move the pointer to the right and lower edge of this
- new bitmap to size the image in your document.
-
- Double-click on the bitmap to activate the bitmap dialog, where you can use the
- Save function to store the bitmap to disk in .BMP format.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.1.8. Function Export ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function saves the document to disk with a file name of your choice. If an
- extension other than .CTX is specified for the file name, the document is saved
- in the corresponding format if Clearlook supports that format for writing.
- Otherwise, the document is saved as a plain text file. Saving a document in
- plain text format saves only the first text cell and all formatting information
- is lost!
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.2. Function Edit ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- o Undo
- o Redo
- o Cut
- o Copy
- o Paste
- o Flow select
- o Area select
- o Styles
- o Colors
- o Markings
- o Wrap-lock
- o Preset hyphen
- o Datafield
- o Break
- o Fill-in
- o Character table
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.2.1. Function Undo ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function will undo all changes in your document after the last save, or up
- to the point it was loaded.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.2.2. Function Redo ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Redo will undo the undo. (It recreates the changes by reversing the undo
- function.)
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.2.3. Function Cut ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function is equivalent to the cut speedbar button and is activated with
- the Shift+Delete hotkeys. It removes selected text from the document and copies
- it to the clipboard.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.2.4. Function Copy ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function is equivalent to the copy speedbar button and is activated with
- the Shift+Insert hotkeys. It copies selected text from the document to the
- clipboard.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.2.5. Function Paste ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function is equivalent to the paste speedbar button and is activated with
- the Ctrl+Insert hotkeys. It copies the contents from the clipboard to the
- document.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.2.6. Function Flow Select ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function activates flow select. Moving the cursor selects text in flow
- mode. There are several ways to activate flow select:
-
- o Press the Shift+F3 keys.
- o Hold the Shift key and move the cursor with the cursor arrows.
- o Move the pointer and keep the left button of the pointing device pressed.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.2.7. Function Area Select ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function activates area select. Moving the cursor selects text in area
- mode. There are several ways to activate area select:
-
- o Press the F3 key.
- o Double-click the left button of the pointing device, move the pointer, and
- hold the button.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.2.8. Function Styles ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function is equivalent to the styles speedbar button and is activated with
- the Ctrl+S hotkeys. It displays a pop-up menu with all styles defined in the
- open documents. It offers an entry to create new styles.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.2.9. Function Colors ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function is equivalent to the colors speedbar button and is activated with
- the Ctrl+C hotkey. It displays a pop-up menu with all text colors defined in
- the setup window.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.2.10. Function Markings ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function is equivalent to the markings speedbar button and is activated
- with the Ctrl+M hotkey. It displays a pop-up menu with all markings defined in
- the setup window.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.2.11. Function Wrap-Lock ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- In expressions like George IV you would not want the automatic word wrap to
- place George at the end of a line and IV at the beginning of the next line. To
- prevent wrap-around on spaces or hyphens, mark such characters with wrap-lock.
- Move the cursor on the space or hyphen to be locked and select this function.
- If show control points is on, the wrap lock appears as a red line below the
- character. To clear the wrap-lock, select the function again on the same cursor
- position.
-
- If an undesired wrap-around occurs, the wrap-lock feature can be used on
- characters other than spaces or hyphens.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.2.12. Function Preset Hyphen ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- You can preset hyphens on any word and position in the text. The word is
- automatically hyphenated if it best fills the line. The word appears without a
- hyphen, if it is not located at the end of a line. If show control points is
- on, the preset hyphen appears as a red vertical line between the characters at
- the hyphenation point. To clear the preset hyphen, call the function again on
- the same cursor position.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.2.13. Function Datafield ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- A new data field is inserted at the cursor position. Data fields are used in
- merge formats as text variables.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.2.14. Function Break ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- o Break Column
- o Break Page
- o Clear Break
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.2.14.1. Function Break Column ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- When a cell is set to display more than one column, use this function to break
- the current column and start at the top of the next column. Use the clear break
- function to remove the column break. The Control+Enter keys also causes a
- column break. Use Control+Enter again at the same position to clear the column
- break.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.2.14.2. Function Break Page ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function breaks the current page. Text in the next line is moved to the
- top of the next page.
-
- If several cells are placed horizontally, inserting a page break will break
- that particular cell. Other cells containing text that flows beyond that point
- will not break. To cause a definite page break, you may have to enter a page
- break in each cell.
-
- The Control+Enter keys also insert a page break. Use Control+Enter again to
- toggle and clear the page break.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.2.14.3. Function Clear Break ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Use this function to clear previously set column breaks or page breaks.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.2.15. Function Fill-In ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function creates a fill-in to display the page number at the cursor
- position. To automatically number pages in a document, a layered text area is
- created at the position where the page number is desired. The text area is set
- to display on all pages of the document. A page fill-in is created in the text
- area by selecting this function. The fill-in automatically displays the page
- number on each page.
-
- To alternately display page numbers in different positions on the page
- (recto/verso setup), create two layered text areas and set them to display
- alternately on even and odd pages. In each text area, a page fill-in is placed
- as needed.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.2.16. Function Character Table ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function activates a character table displaying all the glyphs of the font
- at the cursor position. A character can be selected and inserted in the
- document.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.2.17. Character Table ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- All the glyphs of the active font are displayed. The table can be sized
- horizontally and vertically. To insert a character of the table in the
- document, double click on the desired character or press the Enter key.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.3. Function Design ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- o Layout
- o Cell
- o Font
- o Alignment
- o Border
- o Tabstop
- o View
- o Object menu
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.3.1. Function Layout ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function displays the layout dialog where you set the printer, paper size,
- orientation and margins. This function also sets the units to measure your
- document.
-
- When using this function, place the cursor on a layered text area to access the
- setup dialog for layered text areas.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.3.2. Function Cell ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Use this function to access the text cell dialog to specify width, number of
- columns, and also the distance between the columns for each text cell.
-
- This is also achieved by moving and sizing the text cells with the pointer.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.3.3. Function Alignment ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Use this function to set text alignment, via the alignment dialog. You may also
- use the text alignment speedbar button to set the alignment.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.3.4. Function Font ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function accesses the font dialog to change the font type, typeface,
- style, size and other attributes. This function is equivalent to the speedbar
- buttons for font commands.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.3.5. Function Border ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function accesses the border dialog, where you define the appearance and
- width of the active text area's border.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.3.6. Function Tabstop ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function creates a tabstop in the horizontal ruler and accesses the
- tabstop dialog, where you define a tabstop's type, position and fill-character.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.4. Function View ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function accesses the view dialog, where you change the viewing scale and
- display options.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.4.1. Function Object Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Object menus are also activated with the F12 key or with the right button of
- your pointing device.
-
- A Clearlook document is composed of several document objects. Each object has
- its own object menu to manipulate settings and access functions to create new
- document objects. Just as you may manipulate objects in the workplace shell,
- you may manipulate the document objects.
-
- Every pop-up menu contains a setup function. This function accesses the
- settings of the top-most object. When activating an object menu, the infobar
- indicates which object is selected. It is a base text area, a layered text
- area, a text cell, a bitmap, a fill-in, a data field, a border or a selection.
-
- The delete function removes the object from the document.
-
- Further functions such as new cell, new text area, new border and new bitmap
- let you create new document objects.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.5. Function Query ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- o Search text
- o Replace text
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.5.1. Function Search ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function invokes the search dialog to search for words and character
- strings. The search looks for the first occurrence of the token and displays
- its position. All further occurrences of the token are collected and stored.
- The Next and Previous functions allow movement back and forth from one
- occurrence to the other.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.5.2. Function Replace ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function invokes the replace dialog to search and replace words and
- character strings. The search looks for the first occurrence of the token and
- displays its position. All further occurrences of the token are collected and
- stored. You may replace all occurrences or move from one occurrence to next
- (and back) to replace individual occurrences of the token.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.6. Function Tools ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- o Make Header
- o Make Footer
- o Create Note
- o Edit Notes
- o Make Footnotes
- o Make Endnotes
- o Remove Notes
- o Merge
- o Defines
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.6.1. Function Header ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- A layered text area is created and sized to appear as header. The font at the
- cursor position is used as the header's font. The header is two lines high and
- contains a fill-in for page numbers. Alignment is set to centered. If the upper
- margin is large enough, the margin is decreased by the height of one line.
-
- This is a helper function to easily create a default header. When the header is
- created, change the settings to suit your needs.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.6.2. Function Footer ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- A layered text area is created and sized to appear as footer. The font at the
- cursor position is used as the footer's font. The footer is two lines high and
- contains a fill-in for page numbers. Alignment is set to centered. If the lower
- margin is large enough, the margin is decreased by the height of one line.
-
- This is a helper function to easily create a default footer. When the footer is
- created, change the settings to suit your needs.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.6.3. Function Create Note ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- When activating this function a new note is created at the cursor position. Use
- the note as a footnote or endnote. An entry is created in the sub-document,
- where the corresponding text is entered.
-
- Related information:
-
- o Merging and Markings
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.6.4. Function Edit Notes ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function activates the sub-document, which contains the notes for
- footnotes and endnotes. The sub-document is always saved with the main
- document. When activating, it appears as a full-featured text document which
- can be edited and printed. The contents of the sub-document are copied to the
- main document with the make footnotes or make endnotes functions.
-
- Related information:
-
- o Merging and Markings
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.6.5. Function Make Footnotes ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function imports the notes from the sub-document and creates footers
- containing all footnotes for a specific page. The temporary note numbers are
- assigned, starting with one at the beginning of each page.
-
- Attention: When show cells is on, the reference numbers are displayed. Since
- reference number and temporary number may be different, their unequal lengths
- may cause diverse page wrap positions. This may cause a note to appear on
- different pages depending on the setting of show cells. When placing footnotes,
- the actual formatting for printing is taken in consideration, which corresponds
- to show cells turned off.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.6.6. Function Make Endnotes ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function copies the contents of the sub-document to the end of the main
- document. Incremental temporary numbers are assigned.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.6.7. Function Remove Notes ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function removes endnotes and footnotes imported from the sub-document.
- This function does not change the sub-document content. Footnotes and endnotes
- can therefore be recreated any time by calling the make footnotes or make
- endnotes functions.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.6.8. Function Merge ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function prompts you for a merge format. Once the merge format is
- selected, all text markings in the active document are merged as defined in the
- merge format. A new, unnamed document containing the merge result is created.
- The merge function is called from the source document which contains the
- markings for the new destination document.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.6.9. Function Defines ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function is used when defining a merge format. The merge process takes the
- markings of the source document, and creates a new destination document
- according to the merge format. It is possible to create new sort orders during
- this process and to merge identical text strings. This is defined in the merge
- format, using the defines dialog activated by this function.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.7. Function Language ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- o Check Document
- o Check from Cursor
- o Check Typing
- o Hyphenate Document
- o Hyphenate from Cursor
- o Clear Hyphenation
- o Thesaurus
- o Set Language
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.7.1. Function Check Document ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function invokes the spelling dialog. All words are verified for correct
- spelling.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.7.2. Function Check from Cursor ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- The spelling dialog is invoked. Words starting at the cursor position are
- verified for correct spelling.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.7.3. Function Check Typing ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Spelling is verified as words are typed. A word is considered complete when a
- space or similar separation character is typed. If an incorrect spelling is
- detected, the typing dialog is invoked and a list of possible correct spellings
- displayed.
-
- If the user lexicon contains word pairs, recognized tokens are automatically
- replaced while typing continues.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.7.4. Function Hyphenate Document ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function invokes the hyphenation dialog. All words are checked for
- possible hyphenation.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.7.5. Function Hyphenate from Cursor ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- The hyphenation dialog is invoked. Words starting at the cursor position are
- checked for possible hyphenation.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.7.6. Function Clear Hyphenation ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- All conditional hyphenation points in the document are removed.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.7.7. Function Thesaurus ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- The thesaurus dialog is invoked for the word at the cursor position. If
- available, meanings, synonyms, antonyms and compared word lists are presented.
- If the word is not in the thesaurus, its spelling is verified and a list of
- sound-alike words presented.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.1.7.8. Function Set Language ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function sets the documents language. The language setting loads the
- corresponding language files for spell checking and thesaurus requests. The
- document's language may also be set in the layout dialog. Individual cells may
- be set to a different language in the text cell dialog. Setting cells to no
- language, turns spell checking off for that cell.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.2. Pop-up menu functions ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- o Setup (cursor object)
- o Setup (pointer object)
- o Delete
- o Clone
- o Split
- o New Cell
- o New Text Area
- o New Border
- o New Bitmap
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.2.1. Function Setup (cursor object) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function gives you access to the setup of the active document object. The
- top object under the cursor defines the active object.
-
- The cursor never indicates a text area or border, since the cursor cannot be
- moved outside a text cell, and a text area is always below a text cell at the
- cursor position. Therefore the setup function offers the choices of top object,
- text area and border. Each function activates the setup dialog for the
- specified document object.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.2.2. Function Setup (pointer object) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function accesses the setup dialog of the top object as indicated in the
- information bar. This is the same as calling the layout, cell, border or text
- area menu functions.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.2.3. Function Text Area ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function accesses the settings of the active text area. When the cursor is
- positioned on a higher-level text area, it invokes the setup dialog for layered
- text areas. If the active cell is contained in the base text area, the layout
- dialog of the document is invoked.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.2.4. Function Delete (document object) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function deletes the active document object. The cursor position defines
- the active object. Since the cursor cannot be placed on a text area (without a
- text cell on top of it) or a border, choose the top object as indicated in the
- infobar, or specify the text area or border to be deleted.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.2.5. Function Delete (indicated object) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- When invoking a pop-menu in a text document by pressing the right button of the
- pointing device, the active object is defined by the position of the pointer.
- The information bar indicates which object is selected. This function removes
- the indicated object.
-
- If a text area has only one text cell, the text cell cannot be removed.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.2.6. Function Delete Text Area ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This removes the active text area. You cannot remove the base text area, but
- you can remove a layered text area. Removing a text area also removes all its
- cells with content.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.2.7. Function Delete Border ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function removes the border of the active text area.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.2.8. Function Clone (cursor object) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- You may clone the text cell or the text area. Cloning means to create a new
- identical object without text. When cloning a layered text area, the border of
- the text area is recreated. When cloning a text cell, the font settings are
- recreated.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.2.9. Function Clone (pointer object) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- The object indicated on the infobar may be cloned. Clone a layered text area or
- a text cell.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.2.10. Function Clone Text Area ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Cloning means to create a new identical object without text. When cloning a
- layered text area, the border of the text area is recreated.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.2.11. Function Clone Cell ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Cloning means to create a new identical object without text. When cloning a
- text cell, the settings for the font are recreated.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.2.12. Function Split (cursor object) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function splits all text cells in one row (horizontally adjacent text
- cells). The line containing the cursor becomes the first line of the lower row
- of text cells.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.2.13. Function Split (pointer object) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- A dashed line is displayed. Move this line to indicate the horizontal cutting
- line where a cell or a row of cells will be split. To split cells, press the
- left button, to abort, press the Esc key.
-
- To easily create new rows of cells in tables, split the top or the bottom of a
- row of existing cells.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.2.14. Function New Cell ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function creates new, empty text cells. Create a single cell or an array
- of cells to form a table. You are prompted to position the new cells to the
- left, right, top or bottom of an existing cell. This function opens one new
- text cell in the document, or creates a table consisting of several text cells
- of identical size.
-
- When selecting the function, a sample of a table appears. Move the pointer to
- mark a single cell, a row of cells or an array (rows and columns) of cells. You
- can define how many new cells are created and their organization in rows and
- columns.
-
- To execute this action, press the first button of the pointing device and keep
- it pressed. You are prompted to place the single cell or array of cells
- defined. Different pointer shapes appear as you move the pointer over the
- document, indicating positions to 'drop' the new cells. Release the first
- button to place the cells, press Esc to abort the operation.
-
- If placed above or below an existing cell, an array of identically-sized cells
- is inserted on the top or the bottom. If the left or right sides are chosen,
- empty space must be available on the side of the existing cell. All of the
- empty space is used to open the cells defined.
-
- The new cells inherit the font settings on the cursor position at the beginning
- of the operation.
-
- This function is equivalent to the open cell, create table speedbar button.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.2.15. Function New Text Area ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- When activating this function, a new layered text area is inserted into the
- document at the cursor or pointer position. The new text area is contained in
- the active text area. If this function is invoked while the cursor or pointer
- is on the base text area, a second-level text area is created. If the function
- is called with the cursor or pointer in the second-level text area, a
- third-level text area is created (and so on). Size and move the new text area
- according to your needs.
-
- The new text area has one cell. This cell inherits the font settings on the
- cursor position at the beginning of the operation.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.2.16. Function New Border ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function creates a new border with default size for the active text area.
- Double-click the new border or use the border menu function to change border
- settings and appearance.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.2.17. Function New Bitmap ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Use this function to import a new bitmap from disk or screen. These functions
- are identical to the import bitmap and screen clip functions in the main menu.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.3. Area Selection Functions ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- o Text Cell Settings
- o Delete Selection
- o Grow
- o Shrink
- o Align Left
- o Align Right
- o Align as Table
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.3.1. Function Text Cell Settings ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function changes the settings of a group of cells. To define a group of
- cells, select cells in area mode. Place the cursor or pointer on the selection
- and activate the object menu to access this function.
-
- The text offset, language, shading and border settings may be changed. When
- setting the border for a group of cells, the group is framed in the border
- defined, while the individual cells are outlined by thin lines. In other words,
- this way you create the appearance of an outlined table. This function displays
- the selected text cells dialog.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.3.2. Function Delete Selection ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Selected objects are removed from the document.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.3.3. Function Grow ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- If several cells are selected in area mode, this function enlarges their size
- to the size of the largest cell. Sufficient space is required on the right of
- the cells for the enlargement to succeed. Otherwise, the cells are enlarged
- only as far as available space allows (until an adjacent cell is reached).
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.3.4. Function Shrink ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- If several cells are selected in area mode, this function reduces their size to
- the size of the smallest cell.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.3.5. Function Align Left ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- If several cells are selected in area mode, this function aligns all selected
- cells to the left edge of the cell furthest to the left.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.3.6. Function Align Right ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- If several cells are selected in area mode, this function aligns all selected
- cells to the right edge of the cell furthest to the right.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.3.7. Function Align as Table ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- If several cells are selected in area mode, this function aligns the selected
- cells as a table with border and seperation lines. When invoking the function,
- the cells can be dispersed. The top left cell defines the left edge of the
- table. The widths of the cells in the first row define the widths of the
- columns.
-
- If the top left cell has a border definition, then it will be used as border
- for the whole table.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.4. Area Insert Functions ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- o Insert Above
- o Insert Below
- o Insert Left
- o Insert Right
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.4.1. Function Insert Above ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- The cells are inserted above the active text cell.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.4.2. Function Insert Below ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- The cells are inserted below the active text cell.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.4.3. Function Insert Left ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- The cells are inserted on the left side of the active text cell.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.9.4.4. Function Insert Right ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- The cells are inserted on the right side of the active text cell.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10. Word Processor Dialogs ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- o Speedbar Dialogs
- o Print + View Dialogs
- o Area + Cell Format Dialogs
- o Alignment + Font Dialogs
- o Enclosure Dialogs
- o Search + Replace Dialogs
- o Spell Checking Dialogs
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.1. Speedbar dialogs ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Speedbar dialogs contain pop-up menus, lists, or scales to set a value. Use the
- preference settings to customize the behavior of these pop-ups. If single-click
- pop-up menus is checked, the pop-ups appear by pressing the speedbar button.
- They disappear when the button is released. If single-click pop-up menus is not
- checked, the pop-ups appear by clicking the speedbar button and disappear when
- a choice is made by clicking on an item.
-
- To abort an operation press Esc or click (or release) the button outside the
- pop-up.
-
- o View Scale
- o Table Size
- o Alignment
- o Leading
- o Line Distance
- o Number Columns
- o Styles
- o Font Typeface
- o Font Size Scale
- o Font Size List
- o Font Style
- o Lining
- o Positioning
- o Font Color
- o Markings
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.1.1. View Scale ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Scale the view of your document from 20% to 300%. For greater enlargements and
- automatic sizing to fit the window, call the view dialog.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.1.2. Table Size ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Move the pointer over the outline of the displayed table. All cells between the
- left upper corner and the position of the pointer appear inverted and define an
- array of cells. If you confirm this choice, a table with the indicated
- dimensions is created. You are prompted to place the table.
-
- If only the first dot is marked, one text cell is created. If a row of dots is
- marked, a row of text cells is created. If a column of dots is marked, a column
- of text cells is created.
-
- The new text cells have the same width, and fill the available horizontal space
- completely. The text cells are created with a height of one line.
-
- After invoking, the dialog allows to define a table of 10 x 10 cells. If you
- move the pointer beyond the limit, it automatically expands.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.1.3. Alignment ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- The alignment at the cursor position is highlighted selected. Text is set to
- the new value according to the scope rules.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.1.4. Leading ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- As a default, leading is set to automatic, which means that the font's default
- leading value is used to calculate the distance between lines. Move the cursor
- to another setting to override the default leading.
-
- Text is set to the new value according to the scope rules.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.1.5. Line Distance ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- As a default, line distance is set to automatic, which means that Clearlook
- calculates the line distance via the size of the fonts in a line and the
- leading information contained in the fonts.
-
- Set a fixed line distance to override the automatic line spacing feature.
-
- The units of measurement correspond to the traditional units used on
- typewriters. The value of 1 corresponds to a line distance of 1/6".
-
- Text is set to the new value according to the scope rules.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.1.6. Number Columns ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Each cell can be individually set to display its contents in any number of
- adjacent columns. Move the pointer to set the number of columns. When you leave
- the dialog, the new setting is active.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.1.7. Styles ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- All styles defined in the active document and all open documents are displayed.
- Styles belonging to other documents are shown with an asterisk (*). Select any
- of the styles or create a new style by selecting CREATE NEW. To edit a style,
- press the Ctrl-key.
-
- Text is set to the new style according to the scope rules.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.1.8. Font Typeface ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- All fonts installed in Presentation Manager are listed. Choose the new setting
- and exit the dialog. Text is set to the new value according to the scope rules.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.1.9. Font Size Scale ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Vector fonts can be scaled to any size. Choose the new setting and exit the
- dialog. Text is set to the new value according to the scope rules.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.1.10. Font Size List ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- A list of available sizes is displayed for the bitmap font in use. Choose the
- new setting and exit the dialog. Text is set to the new value according to the
- scope rules.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.1.11. Font Style ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- All styles for the font at the cursor position are displayed. Choose the new
- setting and exit the dialog. Text is set to the new value according to the
- scope rules.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.1.12. Lining ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Select the type of underscore or strike-out. If NO PRINT is selected, the
- affected text is visible only when show control points is on. Text set to
- no-print does not print.
-
- Text is set to the new value according to the scope rules.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.1.13. Positioning ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- For a description of the different types of positioning see superscript,
- subscript. Text is set to the new value according to the 33330.scope rules.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.1.14. Font Color ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Set text to any color value defined in the setup window. The color value is
- stored in the document, thus subsequent changes to the color definitions do not
- affect the color setting. Text is set to the new value according to the scope
- rules.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.1.15. Marking ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Set text to any marking defined in the setup window. The marking value is
- stored in the document, thus subsequent changes to the marking values do not
- affect the document. Text is set to the new value according to the scope rules.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.2. Print + View Dialogs ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- o Print
- o View
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.2.1. Print Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Printer dropdown list: All printers installed in the workplace shell are
- listed. Select the printer you want for output.
-
- The setup button accesses printer-specific settings. Choice of paper size and
- orientation are accessible through this function.
-
- Paper size: The selected paper size is indicated here. Make changes with the
- setup button.
-
- Formatted to: If the document is formatted with printer information unavailable
- in the present environment of the operating system, the original format is
- indicated. If moving documents from one system to another with different
- printers, this field may appear to let you know the original orientation and
- paper size.
-
- Unit dropdown list: Select the unit of measurement. All size indications are
- specified in the unit you select.
-
- Copies: Specify the number of copies to print.
-
- Step: A value of 1 causes each page to print, a value of 2 prints each second
- page, and so on.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.2.2. View Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Zoom: Set the viewing scale for your document. If your document uses vector
- fonts only, you can view it in any size from 20% to 1200%. If your document
- uses bitmap fonts, this field is disabled.
-
- Show margins: Toggles the display of the margin. Margins are set in the layout
- dialog or by moving and sizing the base text area.
-
- Show cells: Toggles the display of the document's cell structure.
-
- Show control points: Toggles the display of control points.
-
- Show ruler: Toggles the display of the horizontal ruler.
-
- Show speedbar: Toggles the display of the speedbar.
-
- Show infobar: Toggles the display of the information bar.
-
- The speedbar and infobar settings affect all documents at the moment of
- loading. The other dialog settings affect the active document.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.3. Area + Cell Formatting Dialogs ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- o Layout
- o Layered Text Area
- o Border
- o Text Cell
- o Selected Text Cells
- o Tabstops
- o Tabmarkers
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.3.1. Layout Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Use this dialog to adjust the text placement on the page, the orientation, and
- the printer.
-
- Printer dropdown list: Any printer installed in the workplace shell appears.
- The selected choice is recorded in the text document and presented as the first
- choice when printing.
-
- The setup button accesses printer-specific settings. The dialog that appears
- when pressing the setup button is dependent upon the selected printer. Choice
- of paper size and orientation are accessible through this function. The number
- of copies to print may be set here, but be careful, this is recorded in your
- text document. For subsequent printing, the number entered here overrides the
- setting in the print dialog.
-
- Paper size: The selected paper size is indicated here. Any changes are entered
- using the setup button.
-
- Language: Specifies the language used for spell checking. This setting may be
- overridden by the language setting of a text cell.
-
- Shading: Specifies shading for the document. The background of the base text
- area is shown in the specified shading. This setting may be overridden by the
- shading set for a text cell.
-
- Unit dropdown list: Select the unit of measurement. All size indications are
- specified in the unit you select. The only exception is font size, which is
- always measured in points.
-
- Backup dropdown list: Override the default time-out for automatic backup of the
- document.
-
- Margins: Enter the exact margins you want. You may also visually change the
- margins by moving and sizing the base text area. Settings given here usually
- correspond to the actual distances on the printout, but frequently printers
- have slight offsets. For example, if a 1 inch margin is specified, it may be
- slightly more or less, but the offset should always be the same for the same
- printer.
-
- Width and height: Specify the width or height. The margins are adjusted and
- automatically set to equal values of remaining free space on the page.
-
- Duplex margins: Enter additional margins to the margin settings on every second
- page. If using a duplex printer or combining front and back pages together,
- enter an additional offset. This corresponds to the offset difference on the
- left and top margins of the front and back pages.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.3.2. Layered Text Area Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Specify the size and position of a layered text area. You may specify a page
- range to display this text area.
-
- Height, width, position: The distance from the upper and left edge of the
- parent text area, height, and width of the text area are displayed. The units
- correspond to the setting in the layout dialog.
-
- Shading: Specifies the background of the text area. This setting may be
- overridden by the shading set for a text cell.
-
- From page, To page: Enter the page number on which the text area will display.
- Enter a range of pages, for example, from page 1, to page 9999. This causes the
- text area to display on all those pages. The text area can be manipulated on
- the first page specified. The text area is displayed on subsequent pages, but
- cannot be manipulated.
-
- Step: For example, a step of 2 displays the text area on every second page,
- starting at the From page specification.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.3.3. Border Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- You can define a border for every text area.
-
- Line width: The width of the line that constitutes the border. Setting a value
- of zero removes the border.
-
- External margin: The distance from the outer edge of the text area to the first
- line of the border.
-
- Internal margin: The distance from the inner line of the border to the space
- available to text cells.
-
- Number of lines: The border can be composed of any number of lines.
-
- Line distance: If number of lines is set to a value larger than one, this field
- appears. Specify the distance between the lines.
-
- Line decrease: If number of lines is set to a value larger than one, this field
- appears. Specify a decrease in line width for each subsequent line. A line
- width of 0.6" and a decrease value of 30%, for example, creates an
- outermost-line width of 0.6", a second-line width of 0.4" and a third-line
- width of 0.2". If a negative value is entered, the line width increases from
- the outside to the interior of the frame design.
-
- Radius: If the line type is set to rounded, this field appears. Specify the
- corner radius. You may set a value larger than the width or height of the text
- area. This creates an elliptical border that fits exactly within the new text
- area.
-
- Meander: Creates borders that meander. The minimum number of lines for this
- design is 3. When more are specified, the design is placed within a rectangular
- border. Higher values selected for the number of lines, repeats the meander
- design.
-
- Shading: Set one of the shadings to lighten the appearance of the design.
- Border designs with wide lines gain an attractive look when combined with
- shading.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.3.4. Text Cell Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Width: Specify the width of a text cell.
-
- Columns: Enter the number of columns this cell will use to display text. The
- number of columns set with the speedbar button corresponds to this entry. The
- speedbar button allows values from one to eight. In Columns you may enter
- values up to 255.
-
- Distance: Specifies the distance between columns, when the number of columns is
- greater than one.
-
- Text Offset: This is a 'margin' of white space between the edge of a cell and
- its text. When defining a cell border, use these settings to specify white
- space between the border and the text.
-
- Language: Specifies the language used for spell checking. If set to default,
- the document's settings are used. If set to none, spell checking is disabled.
- Set to any other value, it overrides the document's settings.
-
- Shading: Specify the background of the text cell. This setting overrides any
- setting for the text area.
-
- Border: You can define a border for every text cell. The value entered for line
- width defines the width of the border. A value of zero removes the border. A
- shading can be specified for the border lines. To create a border around a
- group of cells, select the group in area mode. Then invoke selected text cells
- dialog via the object menu of the selection.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.3.5. Selected Text Cells Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- To change settings for a group of text cells, select the cells in area mode.
- Activate the object menu on the selection, and invoke this dialog.
-
- In a single operation, set new values for text offset, language, shading, or
- border for the group of cells. Specify which qualities will change. For
- example, to change the language without setting all selected cells to the same
- shading, check only the language box.
-
- Changing selected text cells with this dialog is the same as entering the
- changes for each text cell, except when changing the border of a group of
- cells. Setting a border for a group of selected cells outlines the whole group
- in the border, and the group appears as an outlined table. The cells within the
- group are outlined with a thin line. Use this effect to outline a table within
- a table, or to create any kind of overlap.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.3.6. Tabstop Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Changing values in this dialog affects all tabmarks located in the same
- horizontal position.
-
- Position: Enter the precise position of the tabstop. Changing the value moves
- all tabmarks located in the same horizontal position.
-
- Fill-character: Specify the character to fill the empty space created by the
- tabmark. The character is repeated with an alternating space until the width of
- the tabmark is filled.
-
- Alignment on: Specify the character to be used with right alignment. Any
- character with a code smaller than 65 ('A') can be entered. For decimal tabs
- you may want to enter a period or a comma.
-
- Right aligned: If checked, new tabmarks created by this tabstop are
- right-aligned.
-
- Flush right: If checked, new tabmarks created by this tabstop are flush
- right-aligned with the right margin.
-
- Indent point: If checked, new tabmarks created by this tabstop will indent
- paragraphs.
-
- Hanging indent: If checked, new tabmarks created by this tabstop will create
- paragraphs indented from the second line on.
-
- Double indent: If checked, new tabmarks created by this tabstop will indent
- paragraphs on the left and right equally.
-
- Delete: Removes the tabstop from the horizontal ruler. Tabmarks located in the
- same horizontal position are not affected.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.3.7. Tabmarker Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Changing values in this dialog affects the active tabmark. If the dialog is
- closed with the All button, all tabmarks located in the same horizontal
- position are changed.
-
- Position: Enter the precise position of the tabmark.
-
- Fill-character: Specify the character to fill the empty space created by the
- tabmark. The character is repeated with an alternating space until the width of
- the tabmark is filled.
-
- Alignment on: Specify the character to be used with right alignment. Any
- character with a code smaller than 65 ('A') can be entered. For decimal tabs
- you may want to enter a period or a comma.
-
- Right aligned: Makes the tabmark right-aligned.
-
- Flush right: Makes the tabmark flush right-aligned with the right margin.
-
- Indent point: The tabmark will indent paragraphs.
-
- Hanging indent: The tabmark will create paragraphs indented from the second
- line on.
-
- Double indent: The tabmark will indent paragraphs on the left and right
- equally.
-
- Delete: Removes the tabmark from the document.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.4. Alignment + Font Dialogs ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- o Alignment
- o Font
- o Styles
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.4.1. Alignment Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Use this dialog to specify the text alignment within one cell or several cells,
- and to specify the amount of white space between lines by line distance or
- leading values.
-
- Alignment: Text within a cell can be aligned to the left or right edge of the
- cell or centered between the edges. It can display in full justification,
- completely filling the width of the cell. Full justification is achieved by
- adding extra space to every character in the line, or by adding extra space
- between words only.
-
- Scope: Changes to alignment or line distance affect the document according to
- this setting:
-
- o Active cell: Changes affect the cell where the cursor is positioned when
- activating the dialog.
- o Active text area: Changes affect all cells in the same text area where the
- cursor is positioned.
- o Entire document: Changes affect all cells of the document, regardless of the
- text area they are contained in.
- o Selected text: Changes affect selected text only.
-
- Note: Depending if text is selected in flow or area mode, the changes affect
- the document in different ways. Active cell, active text area, and entire
- document settings perform as if selected in area mode!
-
- Line distance: Clearlook calculates the height of a line via the fonts used in
- that line and the default leading value for each font. By checking this button,
- a field appears. Enter a value to override the automatic calculation. The units
- correspond to the units selected in the layout dialog. To specify a user line
- distance with typewriter units such as 1, 1.5, 2 etc., use the line-distance
- speedbar button. Setting this field overrides the automatic calculation of the
- line height, and may cause subsequent lines to overlap.
-
- User leading: Check this button to display an entry field to enter a value for
- leading in the units you choose. Leading is the preferred method to increase or
- decrease the distance between lines, since it does not override Clearlook's
- automatic line-height calculation. Leading refers to an amount of white space
- added between subsequent lines. Fonts usually contain a default leading value.
- If no user leading is specified, Clearlook uses this value to space lines. By
- manually entering a value for user leading, you may reduce the font's leading
- value (down to zero) and cause the lines to move closer together. If a value
- larger than the font's leading is specified, the lines move further apart.
- Lines do not overlap, because the value for the additional distance between
- lines is modified.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.4.2. Font Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Name: Lists all fonts installed in Presentation Manager. The font at the cursor
- position is highlighted. The list displayed depends on the font type selected.
- If you toggle the setting for vector and bitmap fonts, the font list changes.
-
- Style: All styles available for the selected font are displayed. Most fonts
- offer styles of regular, bold, italic, bold-italic. Some fonts offer additional
- choices. The choices in this field depend on the selection in the name field.
-
- Size: A list of the most common choices is displayed. Enter any size in the
- entry field of the dropdown list, if font type is set to vector. If font type
- is set to bitmap, a list of available font sizes is displayed. The field for
- font size is then disabled.
-
- Attribute: Check any choice, and the system emulates the attribute.
-
- Font type: Presentation Manager allows two font types: Vector and bitmap fonts.
- In printable text documents you may prefer to use vector fonts, since they can
- be scaled to any size. With vector fonts, you can view your text document in
- any scale. For certain editing purposes, bitmap fonts are preferred. Bitmap
- fonts display slightly faster and clearer. A bitmap font is usually offered in
- several fixed sizes, and cannot be sized to any value like vector fonts. If you
- use a bitmap font anywhere in your text document, you are unable to scale the
- view of this document. Clearlook lets you mix vector and bitmap fonts for
- special purposes, though this is not recommended.
-
- Scope: Any changes set in the above fields affect your document according to
- the scope setting.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.4.3. Styles Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- A style is a collection of text attributes.
-
- Instead of applying several text attributes to the same portion of text, you
- may define a style and apply the style to those portions of text. If you use
- Helvetia, 16 pt, Underscore in several parts of a document for example, you may
- either apply these three attributes wherever needed, or define a style set to
- these three attributes and apply the style to your text. The latter is just one
- item to handle.
-
- An additional advantage of styles is their ease to change, add and remove
- additional attributes in the style definition, causing all portions of text
- with that style to appear in the new setting. (You can achieve the same by area
- selecting the document and changing individual text attributes.)
-
- You may combine conventional attribute settings and styles in any manner.
- Clearlook's styles have a look-through feature for every attribute. An
- attribute is set to look-through, when a dashed line appears as a setting (or a
- value of zero for size). To use a style for a variety of colors for example,
- set color to look-through. The conventional attribute settings for color will
- then also affect the 'styled' portions of text. If color is set to red in the
- style, all 'styled' text parts appear in red, independent of other color
- attributes set in the stream of characters.
-
- Styles can be conveniently used to collapse portions of text. Set the lining in
- the style definition no-print. This causes all of the portions of text set to
- that particular style to disappear. The collapsed text is visible if show
- cells is on.
-
- Name: The name you give the style serves your reference only.
-
- Style: This refers to the font style, usually regular, bold or italic.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.5. Enclosure Dialogs ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- o Bitmap
- o Data Field
- o Note Number
- o Fill-In
- o Date Format
- o Time Format
- o Page Number Format
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.5.1. Bitmap Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- The bitmap dialog provides information on the setup of the bitmap. You may also
- enter the display width and height in units of TWIPS (1440/inch). The Save As
- button lets you save the bitmap in .BMP format.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.5.2. Data Field Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- You can conveniently activate this dialog by pressing Ctrl+D on an existing
- data field.
-
- Field Number: The number entered defines the content filled into the field
- during merge operations. The field number and the marking ID must correspond.
-
- When merge operations are executed, Clearlook fills all the markings of the
- source document into fields with numbers identical to the marking IDs. A
- marking with a value of 100 is filled into the merge format's field with field
- number 100.
-
- Uppercase Only: Sets text in the field to uppercase.
-
- Right Align: Aligns text to the right edge of the field.
-
- Page Count: Automatically displays the (active) page number of the source
- document. Merge formats for tables-of-content and indices use fields with this
- setting.
-
- Variable length: If variable length is not checked, the text filled into the
- data field is truncated to the length of the data field. If variable length is
- checked, the field expands or shrinks according to the amount of text filled
- into it.
-
- Suppression right, left: These entries appear when variable length is checked.
- The values in these entries control the action taken when the field remains
- empty.
-
- In a merge format that creates labels for example, some address labels may use
- a P.O. Box entry, while others do not. What happens with the field for the P.O.
- Box in addresses where it is not used? This field remains empty. Setting
- variable length causes the field to shrink to zero. If you have reserved a
- separate line in the address for the P.O. Box, you may want this line to
- disappear if not used. This is controlled with suppression right and left.
-
- Suppression right is the quantity of characters suppressed in the merge format,
- if the field is zero. If a suppression right value of 1 is set for the P.O. Box
- field, then when not used, the character to the right of the field is removed
- with the field. If the character to the right is a carriage return terminating
- the line, then the whole line is removed.
-
- Use suppression right and left in any combination and cause them to remove
- other data fields. Remember that a data field counts as one character!
-
- Variable length, lines constant is similar to variable length. If settings for
- suppression right or left remove carriage returns, the number removed is added
- at the end of the text cell containing the data field.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.5.3. Note Number Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- You can conveniently activate this dialog by pressing Ctrl+N on an existing
- note number.
-
- When creating notes, reference numbers and temporary numbers are automatically
- created. The reference number is created at the same time as the note. The
- temporary number is set every time the make footnotes or make endnotes
- functions are used. The reference number remains unchanged.
-
- To manually link a specific part of your your text document to a specific note,
- change the value of the reference number. That is the purpose of this dialog.
- Remember that the reference number in the main body of the document must
- correspond to the reference number of the note in the sub-document.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.5.4. Fill-In Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- You can conveniently activate this dialog by pressing Ctrl+F.
-
- Page number: Creates a fill-in that contains the page number.
-
- Date: Creates a fill-in that displays the document creation date, or the
- current date.
-
- Time: Creates a fill-in that displays the document creation time, or the
- current time.
-
- File name: Creates a fill-in that displays the file name. When the file name
- changes, contents of the fill-in are updated.
-
- Path name: Creates a fill-in that displays the path name of the document.
-
- For page, date and time a format dialog is available to set a variety of
- formats.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.5.5. Date Format Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- The date format dialog defines formats for date, by defining its composition. A
- date has one to four portions. For each portion, define if day, month or year
- should be displayed, as well as the numeric or verbose format.
-
- A verbose format is available for the year as well. It displays a year name as
- used in the calendars of some Asian countries. These calendars usually begin
- the new year in February or March. This offset is not taken into account when
- the verbose format of year names is used.
-
- Date portions may be separated by a variety of different characters, including
- a dot or coma with space. For some date formats, where additional text is
- included between the weekday and date for example, these formatting features
- may not be enough. In these cases, create the format by including two fill-ins
- for date. One formatted to show the day of the week followed by additional
- text, the other formatted to numerically display the date.
-
- Static date displays the document creation date or the fill-in creation date.
- If you define a fill-in for date in a document template, whenever you use the
- template to create a document from it, the creation date of the document is
- filled-in.
-
- Momentary date displays the display or print date. This is useful to
- automatically insert the print date in documents.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.5.6. Time Format Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- A time format is composed of three portions, each set to hour, minute, or
- second. Define time formats with one, two or three portions activated. Formats
- for 12 and 24-hours are available. If a 12-hour format is chosen, you may
- specify the display of AM-PM.
-
- Static time displays the document creation time or the fill-in creation time.
- If you define a fill-in time in a document template, whenever you use the
- template to create a document from it, the creation time of the document is
- filled in.
-
- Momentary time displays the display or print time. This is useful to
- automatically insert the print time in documents.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.5.7. Page Number Format Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- When creating a fill-in for page numbers, the actual page number of the
- document is displayed, taking into consideration the setting for first page in
- the layout dialog. Specify an additional offset for the fill-in to create page
- numbers for documents set up in subportions such as 2-20, 3-16.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.6. Search + Replace Dialogs ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- o Search
- o Replace
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.6.1. Search Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Use the search dialog to search for words and character strings throughout your
- document. Once searching is triggered, the document's position of the first
- occurrence of the token is displayed, while the rest of the document is
- searched in the background. All occurrences of the token are retained and may
- be viewed using the Next and Previous functions.
-
- Search for: Enter the token, the string of characters you want to search for in
- the document.
-
- Case sensitive: If checked, a search for 'THIS' will not find 'this'.
-
- Whole words: If checked, a search for 'search' will not find 'searching'. The
- token is considered a word and only identical character strings delimited by
- word separators, such as spaces, are returned.
-
- Start at top: If checked, searching starts at the beginning of the document,
- otherwise searching starts at the cursor position.
-
- Search: Triggers the search for the token.
-
- Next, Previous: Shows the next, or previous position of an occurrence of the
- token.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.6.2. Replace Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Use the replace dialog to search for words and character strings throughout
- your document and replace them all or one-at-a-time. When searching is
- triggered, the document's position of the first occurrence of the token is
- displayed, while the rest of the document is searched in the background. All
- occurrences of the token are remembered and can be accessed using the Next and
- Previous functions to individually replace any tokens.
-
- Search for: Enter the token, the string of characters you want to search for in
- the document.
-
- Replace by: Enter the replacement, a string of characters to replace the token.
-
- Case sensitive: If checked, a search for 'THIS' will not find 'this'.
-
- Whole words: If checked, a search for 'search' will not find 'searching'. The
- token is considered a word and only identical character strings delimited by
- word separators, such as spaces are returned.
-
- Start at top: If checked, searching starts at the beginning of the document,
- otherwise searching starts at the cursor position.
-
- Direct: This setting is used to replace large amount of data in the fastest
- possible way. The functions Next, Previous and Undo are not available with this
- setting.
-
- Search: Triggers the search for the token.
-
- Next, Previous: Shows the next, or previous position of an occurrence of the
- token.
-
- Replace: Replaces the token in the document at the position shown.
-
- Replace All: Replaces all occurrences of the token in the document starting at
- the position shown. This command can be repeated any number of times with
- different character strings as replacement. Use the Next and Previous functions
- to move to a desired occurrence.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.7. Spell Checking Dialogs ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- o Spelling
- o Check Typing
- o Hyphenation
- o Thesaurus
- o Set Language
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.7.1. Spelling Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- After invoking this dialog, the first unknown word is displayed, while
- simultaneously checking the remaining words in the document. A list of
- spellings and sound-alike words is presented. Select the correct word and use
- the correct function to replace the spelling. If no correct spelling is
- available, correct the Entry word and use the replace function to correct the
- document. To access the entry word, press Shift+Tab or access the manual
- function.
-
- Entry word: The unknown word as found in the document.
-
- Spellings: A list of possible spellings. The list considers a variety of common
- typing errors, frequent misspellings and sound-alike words.
-
- Add temporary: Adds the entry word to the temporary list. Subsequent
- occurrences of exactly the same sequence of characters are recognized. The
- temporary list is cleared when leaving Clearlook.
-
- Add userlist: Adds the entry word to the user lexicon.
-
- Next: Skips the unknown word and moves to the next occurrence of an unknown
- word.
-
- Previous: Moves to the previous occurrence of an unknown word.
-
- Correct: Replaces the unknown word with the selected word in the spellings
- list.
-
- Replace: Replaces the unknown word with the character string in entry word.
-
- Checked: Shows the number of words that were checked.
-
- Unknown: Shows the number of unknown words found and not corrected. When zero
- is reached, all words in the document are known or corrected.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.7.2. Check Typing Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- When check typing is on, this dialog appears when an unknown word is typed. A
- list of possible spellings and sound-alike words is presented. Select the word
- and use the correct function to replace the spelling.
-
- Add temporary: Adds the entry word to the temporary list. Subsequent
- occurrences of exactly the same sequence of characters are recognized. The
- temporary list is cleared when leaving Clearlook.
-
- Add userlist: Adds the entry word to the user lexicon.
-
- Correct: Replaces the unknown word in the document with the selected word from
- the spellings list.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.7.3. Hyphenation Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- After invoking this dialog, the document is checked for possible hyphenation
- points. If hyphenating a word causes better filling of a line, the word is
- searched in the language files. If found, a conditional hyphenation point is
- inserted. If the word is not found in the language files, possible hyphenation
- points are calculated and presented for verification. Hyphenation points are
- shown as an exclamation mark (!). The word's hyphenation points can be edited.
- Confirming the entry causes the word in the document to be hyphenated.
- Optionally the word and its hyphenation information can be saved in the user
- lexicon.
-
- Entry word: The unknown word with calculated hyphenation points.
-
- Add userlist: Adds the entry word to the user lexicon.
-
- Next: Skips the unknown word and moves to the next occurrence of an unknown
- word.
-
- Previous: Moves to the previous occurrence of an unknown word.
-
- Hyphenate: Replaces the unknown word with the entry word.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.7.4. Thesaurus Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- When the thesaurus is invoked via its menu function, the word at the cursor
- position appears as an entry. A list of meanings is displayed if available. If
- not, the spelling is checked and sound-alike words are presented. For each
- meaning, a list of synonyms, antonyms, compared, related and contrasted words
- may be available.
-
- Entry: The word for which meanings are requested.
-
- Words: List of words according to the setting of synonyms, antonyms, compared,
- related and contrasted words.
-
- Meanings: Available meanings for the entry word. The US English language files
- provide meaning definitions.
-
- New: Makes the selected word in words list the new entry.
-
- Replace: Replaces the selected word in the text document with the selected word
- in words.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4.10.7.5. Set Language Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Set the language used to spell check the document. The setting is identical to
- the language setting in the layout dialog.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Communication ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- o Overview
- o Phone Directory
- o Modem Settings
- o Communication Window
- o Scripts
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.1. Overview ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Clearlook's integrated communication module is a convenient tool for accessing
- bulletin board systems and transferring files. It supports the following
- features:
-
- o Zmodem file transfer
- o ANSI screen controls
- o Scripts for automated communications
- o Learn mode to create scripts
- o Automatic dialog capturing
- o Cut and paste with captured data
- o Sending of data when pasting to communication window
- o Automatic font size selection when changing window size
- o Phone directory for communication parameters
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.2. Phone Directory ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- The phone directory is used to store sets of communication parameters for the
- various destinations you wish to access.
-
- Online: Calling this function or pressing Enter triggers the following sequence
- of events: A communication window opens. Initialization string, dial string,
- and phone number are sent to the modem. If a connection can be established the
- script's commands are executed.
-
- Parameters: Allows modification of the communication parameters.
-
- Script: Shows the script defined for the selected set of communication
- parameters and allows manual modification.
-
- Learn: Like function Online, function Learn also establishes a connection. The
- complete communication dialog is captured and stored as new script. All
- characters entered by the user are marked with the send attribute. Up to 20
- preceding characters are marked with the receive attribute.
-
- New: Creates a new set of communication parameters.
-
- Delete: Removes the selected set of communication parameters.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.2.1. Communication Parameters ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Title: Choose any title you like to identify the communication set.
-
- Phone number: Enter the phone number the modem needs to dial to establish the
- connection. This string can contain control characters if the modem supports
- them.
-
- Communication: Specify the output device, communication speed and parity. COM1
- through COM8 can be selected as output device. Alternately a device name can be
- entered in the device field.
-
- Modem: Select one of the default modem drivers supplied or create your own set
- of modem control strings in modem setup.
-
- Download path: Files downloaded with the Zmodem protocol will be placed in the
- path specified here.
-
- Device: If an output device other than COM1 through COM8 is used, the device
- name is entered here.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.3. Modem Setup ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Two default modem drivers are supplied. Most modems will work with either of
- these drivers. To create a customized driver you can adapt one of the existing
- drivers or use the New menu function. Control strings for initializing, dialing
- and hang-up can be defined.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.3.1. Modem Strings ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Title: Choose any title you like for the modem driver.
-
- Initialize: When starting a communication the characters entered here are sent
- to the modem. A carriage return is appended to the string.
-
- Dial: Characters entered here are sent to the modem right after the
- initialization string. This string is followed by the phone number as entered
- in the phone directory and terminated by a carriage return.
-
- Hangup: Characters entered here are sent to the modem when closing the
- communication window. You only need to enter a hang-up sequence if the modem
- does not go off-line when closing the communication window.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.4. Communication Window ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- The communication window is an implementation of a terminal with 80 columns and
- 24 rows. All characters received are displayed and captured. If ANSI controls
- are detected, they are automatically used to format the display. All characters
- entered are transmitted. Most function keys are also transmitted. The Ctrl Home
- and PgUp keys are used to view captured text. The Ctrl End key is used to
- return to the terminal dialog after viewing captured text. Receiving of
- characters and viewing of captured text can occur simultaneously.
-
- Changing the size of the window changes the size of the font used. Increase the
- size of the window horizontally or vertically and see the character size
- increase. Maximize the window to use the largest font that will still allow the
- terminal to fit on your screen.
-
- Quit: Prompts you to save the captured text, then terminates the communication
- and disconnects. Captured text is saved as a Clearlook document.
-
- Send: After initiating a Zmodem upload in the host computer, this function is
- used to initiate the transfer on your side. A file dialog appears and lets you
- select one or multiple files to be transferred.
-
- Receive: After initiating a Zmodem download in the host computer, Clearlook's
- receive mode is usually triggered automatically. If not, then use this function
- to start receiving files.
-
- Clipboard: Text pasted to the communication window is transmitted like
- characters you enter with the keyboard. This feature allows you to prepare text
- off-line, establish a connection and transmit the text by pasting it.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5.5. Scripts ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Scripts are used to automate communication processes. Logging into a host
- computer usually requires the same sequence of input in response to a series of
- questions. This process can be stored as a script and executed automatically
- when starting a connection.
-
- A script is a text document containing receive and send markings. If a
- parameter set contains a script it is always executed as soon as the connection
- is established. When executing a script, Clearlook looks for the first receive
- marking and scans incoming text until a corresponding sequence of characters is
- received. Then the first send marking is transmitted. All incoming characters
- are then scanned and compared to the second receive marking and so on.
-
- A script can be composed off-line. An easier way is to start a connection with
- the Learn function in the phone directory. This will capture the dialog, place
- receive and send markings, and save the captured text as new script. The script
- can then be edited, the markings adjusted if necessary, and unmarked text
- removed if desired.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Appendix ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- o Using Help
- o Containers
- o Objects
- o Pop-up Menus
- o File Dialog
- o Technical Information
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.1. Using Help ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Press the F1 key at any point in the program to access context-sensitive help.
- The help screens contain keywords marked in cyan. Double-click these keywords
- or press Enter to access further information.
-
- If you use the keyboard, jump from one keyword to the next by pressing the Tab
- key and jump back by using Shift+Tab.
-
- Related information:
-
- o Using Help in the Word Processor
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.2. Containers ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- A container is a vessel for objects. Using the pop-up menus you may create and
- configure your own objects. When a document is opened or created, Clearlook may
- also create an object in the container to represent the document.
-
- Related information:
-
- o Status Window
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.3. Objects ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- In general, an object is defined as that which has existence.
-
- In the context of Clearlook, a text document is an object, the structural
- elements of a document are objects, a window is an object. When a document is
- saved to disk it is an inactive object. When the document is loaded from disk
- to be displayed on the screen, we activate the object.
-
- Icons represent an object in a container. Frequently, the icon is referred to
- as the actual object. Double-clicking the icon (or pressing Enter on the icon)
- is called activating the object. The actions caused by activating an object are
- called the behavior of the object.
-
- An icon usually has a pop-up menu attached to it, which is activated by
- pressing the second pointing device button, the F12 key or the Shift+F10 keys.
- The pop-up menu contains a setup function. Use this function to configure the
- object.
-
- Related information:
-
- o User-Created Object
- o Configuring Objects
- o Activate an Object
- o Create an Object
- o List of Objects
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.3.1. User-Created Object ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Use the pop-up menus of a container to create new objects for that container.
- These objects remain in the container until deleted. Configure objects to serve
- your specific needs.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.3.2. Configuring Objects ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Every user-created object has a pop-up menu containing the setup function. This
- function activates a dialog that lets you configure the behavior of the object.
-
- A status-window object (an object in the status window) can be configured to
- create new documents from a choice of templates or from one frequently used
- template, to display a list of documents in a predefined directory, or to open
- one specific document.
-
- Related information:
-
- o Status-Window Object Setup
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.3.3. Activate an Object ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- To activate an object, double-click or press Enter on the object. Activating an
- object executes the function configured for that object. For example, a text
- object creates or opens a text document.
-
- Once an object is activated it is marked with diagonal lines. Double-clicking
- on an active object transfers the focus to the object's window and displays the
- window if it was minimized.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.3.4. Create an Object ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Press the second pointing device button on an object (or the F12 key, or
- Shift+F10) to access a container's pop-up menu. This pop-up menu provides
- options to create new objects. Configure the new object to suit your needs.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.3.5. List of Objects ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.3.5.1. Setup Object ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- o Introduction
- o Status Window
- o Word Processor
- o Communication
-
- Activate the selected object to customize screen colors, hot key assignments,
- document colors, markings, user license and new document defaults.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.3.5.2. Settings Object ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Activate this object to access the settings notebook.
-
- Related information:
-
- o Setup Window
- o License
- o Preferences
- o Tabstops
- o Date and Time Format
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.3.5.3. Text Colors Object ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Activate this object to change the colors used in text documents.
-
- Related information:
-
- o Setup Window
- o Text Colors
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.3.5.4. Markings Object ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Activate this object to access the markings definitions used in text documents.
-
- Related information:
-
- o Setup Window
- o Markings
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.3.5.5. Screen Colors Object ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Activate this object to customize the colors of document windows.
-
- Related information:
-
- o Setup Window
- o Screen Colors
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.3.5.6. Keyboard Object ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Activate this object to customize the hotkey assignments used in document
- editing.
-
- Related information:
-
- o Setup Window
- o Hot Keys
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.3.5.7. Document Defaults Object ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Activate this object to customize the default font and size definitions for
- various document types.
-
- Related information:
-
- o Setup Window
- o Documents Defaults
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.3.5.8. Modem Object ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Activate this object to customize modem strings.
-
- Related information:
-
- o Communication
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.3.6. Window List Object ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- o Introduction
- o Status Window
- o Word Processor
- o Communication
- o Window List
- o Switching between Windows
-
- Activate the selected object to display a list of all open Clearlook windows.
- You may display this list any time by pressing the Shift+Esc keys.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.3.7. Text Object ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- o Introduction
- o Word Processor
- o Status Window
- o Communication
- o Create Document
- o Open Document
- o Objects
-
- Activate the selected object to create or open a text document. (The action
- depends on the function configured for this object.)
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.3.8. Thesaurus Object ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- o Introduction
- o Status Window
- o Word Processor
- o Communication
-
- Activate the selected object to access the thesaurus for lists of meaning,
- synonyms, antonyms, compared and related words.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.3.9. Communication Object ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- o Introduction
- o Status Window
- o Word Processor
- o Communication
-
- Activate the selected Object for serial communication.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.4. Pop-Up Menus ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Every object has a pop-up menu. To change its setup, delete the object, and
- insert new objects into the container.
-
- To activate the pop-up menu of an object, press the F12 key (or Shift+F10) or
- click on the object with the second button of the pointing device.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.4.1. Function Setup ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- This function activates a dialog to change an object's configuration.
-
- Related information:
-
- o Status Window Object Setup
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.4.2. Delete Objects ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- The selected object is removed from the container. If the object is active, it
- is closed. This function never removes data from the disk, it merely removes
- the icon from the container.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.4.3. New Text Object ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- A new object of type text is added to the container at the position after the
- selected object. Configure the new object to suit your needs.
-
- Related information:
-
- o Objects
- o Word Processor
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.5. File Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Clearlook offers a general purpose file dialog. Use the file dialog to open,
- copy, move, delete and rename files as well as directories. The cursor position
- defines whether the functions are meant for files or directories. Select
- multiple files by clicking on the file names, or move the cursor to the desired
- files and press the space bar. A range of files can be selected using the
- select function.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.5.1. Copy Files Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Set the destination to copy or move by clicking or pressing Enter on the
- displayed directory names. The destination is displayed at the bottom entry
- field. The destination may be entered directly by writing into this entry
- field. Press OK to activate copying.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.5.2. Delete Files Dialog ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- If one file is deleted, its path and name is displayed. If several files are
- deleted, their path is displayed. If a whole directory is deleted, the number
- of files and subdirectories are counted and displayed for verification.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.6. File Types ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Clearlook uses the following file types:
-
- o CFG Status Window Setup
- o CTX Text Document
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.6.1. File Type .CFG ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- The file CL.CFG contains the configuration of the status window and the
- contents of the setup window, with the exception of the settings notebook. The
- contents of the settings notebook are stored in the OS2.INI file.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.6.2. File Type .CTX ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Clearlook text documents use the extension CTX.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.6.3. Wild Cards ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Whenever you enter a Path, as in the setup of an object or choosing a
- directory, you may use wild cards in the path:
-
- o Entering *.CTX lists all text documents. Entering FAX*.CTX lists all
- documents with file names starting with FAX.
- o Entering ???.CTX lists all documents with a name of exactly three characters
- length.
- o Entering *.* lists all the files of the directory.
- o Entering % as part of a path name in the setup of an object replaces the
- character '%' with the path of the Clearlook executable file (CL.EXE)
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.7. Technical Information ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- o Installation Setup
- o Keyboard Tables
- o Clearlook File Format
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.7.1. Installation Setup ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- When installing Clearlook, the following directories are created:
-
- o \cl
- o \cl\bin
- o \cl\bin\lng
- o \cl\Look
- o \cl\Look\trnsfrms
- o \cl\Look\template
-
- A shadow object of the cl\Look directory is created in the workplace shell.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.7.1.1. Activating Clearlook ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- Files in \cl\bin:
-
- o CF.ICO Clearlook Folder Icon
- o CT.ICO Clearlook Text Document Icon
- o CL.CFG Status Window Configuration
- o CL.EXE Clearlook Word Processor
- o CLHLP.HLP Clearlook Online
- o CLRES.DLL Clearlook Resources
- o LOOK.EXE Word Processor Starter
-
- When activating a Clearlook document in the workplace shell, LOOK.EXE is
- executed. LOOK.EXE searches the system for an active instance of CL.EXE. If not
- found, it executes CL.EXE. Then it hands processing of the document over to
- CL.EXE. The word processor opens the document and enables it for editing.
-
- If a second document is activated while CL.EXE is loaded, LOOK.EXE does not
- start a second instance of the word processor. It hands processing of the
- document over to the active instance of the word processor. Once the word
- processor is loaded, activating documents is extremely fast.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.7.1.2. Start-Up of CL.EXE ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
-
- When CL.EXE is executed, CLRES.DLL is expected in the directory of CL.EXE and
- loaded. Then CLHLP.HLP is loaded, then CL.CFG. If you start CL.EXE with a
- parameter specifying a different configuration file (for example starting with
- CL MY.CFG), then MY.CFG is used as configuration.
-
- CL.EXE searches for a file named CL.SYS. If found it is loaded and interpreted.
-
- You may start Clearlook by executing the CL.EXE file without using LOOK.EXE.
- Subsequent activation of documents will function as described above.
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.7.1.3. Spell Checker Files ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Language files for spell check must be placed in a directory \lng, a
- subdirectory of the directory where CL.EXE resides. If additional language
- files are purchased, they are copied into the directory \lng and spell check in
- these additional languages is readily available.
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- o ENG.CLX Corelex
- o ENG.ENV Language environment
- o ENG.HYP Hyphenation
- o ENG.LEX Language lexicon
- o ENG.THS Thesaurus
- o ENG.USR User lexicon
- o ENGPHON.ENV Phonetic language environment
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.7.1.4. Data Directory ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The directory \Look is created for Clearlook documents. You can create any
- number of additional directories for Clearlook data files. After installation,
- this directory will contain a number of examples, as well as the subdirectories
- \template and \trnsfrms. These two subdirectories are created to separate user
- data, templates and merge formats. Certain default objects in the status window
- also expect these directories to be present
-
-
- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.7.2. Keyboard Subdrivers ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- Clearlook allows you do define font-specific keyboard subdrivers. With such a
- driver, you can activate your own key assignments in dependence upon a specific
- font. Subdrivers are defined in the CL.SYS file, which must reside in the
- directory of CL.EXE. The driver is read when Clearlook is started. Once a
- driver is loaded, it activates the keyboard mappings when editing text set to
- the font specified in the driver.
-
- A sample CL.SYS file is on the installation disk. By default, this file is not
- installed and merely intended as template to assist users interested in writing
- their own subdrivers.
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- ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6.7.3. Clearlook File Format ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ
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- The file format used for Clearlook documents is publicly available. Check the
- Clearlook BBS for a file CLREADER.EXE. It contains source code in C++ which
- reads Clearlook documents and creates verbose output of the characters and
- attributes.