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Esc: Help off, cancel. F1: Help off, continue. Arrows: Select a Help topic:
Basics Dot lines I Guide lines Merge Temp. I Ruler spacing
Auto-numbering Dot lines II Headers/footers Merge Temp. II Screen clip
Auto-reformat Dot lines III Locate cursor Misc. stuff Scroll/jump
Char: boxes Enhance text Manual reformat Page breaks Spaces/hyphens
Char: foreign Enter text Margins/tabs Page layout Spell checker
Char: math File conversion Mark text Printing System/file
Copy/move text File management Measuring space Record keys Windows
Cursor moves Find/replace Merge steps References Shareware
Delete text Footnotes Merge input Ruler lines Support service
B A S I C S Loading a File and Exiting
┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ FILE OPERATIONS │ SEE ALSO:
│ 1. Create or load a file A>ED filename │ CURSOR MOVES: Arrow keys
│ │
│ 2. Enter text from keyboard │ RULER LINES: format (margins)
│ │
│ 3. Save the text to disk Press F1 F3 │ DOT LINES: format (printing)
│ │
│ 4. Edit the text Bksp, Del, Ins │ ENTERING TEXT: editing
│ │
│ 5. Print the file Press F1 F7 │ MARKING: move, copy, delete
│ │
│ 6. Close the file Press F1 F2 │ FIND/REPLACE: text or chars
└────────────────────────────────────────────┘
D O T L I N E S I Formatting: Page Layout
Put each Dot line on its own line, preceded by Alt G.
OPERATION DOT LINE │ OPERATION DOT LINE
Blank lines to print .E:number │ Footer lines, quit all .FQ
Comment line .. │ Footer, extra left margin .XF:number
Entire text begin/end .E │ Footer, width for entry .W:number
Entire text, begin .EB │ Footnote entry begin/end .D
Entire text, end (quit) .EQ │ Footnote entry, begin .DB
Entire text, reserve space .EL:length│ Footnote entry, end .DQ
Font, quit Regular font .Q:letter │ Footnote file .DF:filename
Font, start Regular font .R:letter │ Footnote forced
Fonts, quit ALL fonts .QQ │ to bottom of page .DD
Footer line, all pages .F:text │ Footnote header (fence) .DH:text
Footer line, left pages .FL:text │ Footnote spacing .DM:number
Footer line, right pages .FR:text │ Continued on DOT LINES II
G U I D E L I N E S Formatting
Guide lines control formatting. Guide lines for editing are RULER LINES. Guide
lines for printing are DOT LINES. All Guide lines begin with ALT G font charac-
ter. Each Dot line begins with Alt G followed by a dot (period). Example: .R:F
RULER LINES │ DOT LINES
* Press F2 for Ruler line. │ Page layout Help topics:
* Text Layout options include: │
Centering │ AUTO-REFORMATTING MANUAL REFORMATTING
Justification │ DOT LINES I, II, III MARGINS/TABS
Margins │ ENHANCE TEXT PAGE LAYOUT
Reformatting │ FOOTNOTES PRINTING
Tabs │ HEADERS/FOOTERS REFERENCES
M E R G E : I N P U T T E M P L A T E Merging
The Input template describes the Input file format. List every field name in
the record, each one on a separate line in one of the following formats:
Type of field Format Example
Separate line field {fieldname} {name}
Comma-separated field {fieldname,} {city,}
Fixed length field {fieldname:length} {code:10}
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ INPUT TEMPLATE OPERATION FORMAT EXAMPLE │
│ To keep leading blanks # before field name {#city,} │
│ To keep trailing blanks # after field name {name#} │
│ To assign default text for empty field = after last brace {no.}= unknown│
│ For prompt at empty field ? after last brace {name}?Person:│
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
R U L E R L I N E S P A C I N G Formatting
The width of your text is set by the current width font. Leading spaces
(between column 1 on the screen and the text) are measured by the Ruler
line spacing. The default Ruler line sets the Ruler line spacing to
correspond to the width of the current font. For example:
.R:E
L---+--T-1----+T---2---T+----3-T--+----4-------T-5----+T----6--T-+----7T--+--R
This changes the Regular font to Elite, a 12 character per inch font. The
Ruler line spacing is automatically changed to 12 cpi too. If you change
width fonts often in a file and your text is indented from the left margin,
you may want to place a Ruler line spacing command (@10i, @12i, etc.) in
the Ruler line to standardize the width of leading spaces. Otherwise your
printed left margin will wave in and out as the fonts change.
A U T O M A T I C N U M B E R I N G Formatting
Use automatic numbering for footnotes, lines, and outlines. You enter a
NUMBERING SEQUENCE that is translated into a sequential series of numbers when
you repage. See PAGE BREAKS.
Create a unique numbering sequence. │ EXAMPLE
Each member of the sequence contains: │ ( a the Alt N font character)
1. An Alt N font character (1). │ 1. Cats
2. A digit or letter. │ 2. Dogs
3. A symbol (anything but a digit │ 3. Mice
or letter). │
│ becomes the following when you repage:
When you REPAGE, the digit or letter │ 1. Cats
turns into a sequential number. The │ 2. Dogs
symbol remains the same. │ 3. Mice
D O T L I N E S II Formatting: Page Layout
Put each Dot line on its own line, preceded by Alt G.
OPERATION DOT LINE │ OPERATION DOT LINE
Force text to left page .PL:text │ Inserted file,
Force text to right page .PR:text │ length to adjust to .TL:length
Header line, all pages .H:text │ Index entry .I:text
Header line, left pages .HL:text │ Index entry space .IX:number
Header line, right pages .HR:text │ Index entry width .IW:number
Header lines, quit all .HQ │ Index file name .IF:filename
Header, extra left margin .XH:number │ Keyboard input .U
Header, width of entry .W:number │ Keyboard input prompt .U:prompt
Insert file when printing .T:filename│ Length of page (11 ins) .L:length
Insert unprocessed file .T:filename│ Length of text body .LB:length
(eg. a graphics file) .TI:file │ Length of .T/.TI file .EL:length
Insert printer codes .TT:nn,nn, │ Continued on DOT LINES III
H E A D E R S and F O O T E R S Formatting: Page Layout
Each of these Dot lines is preceded by an Alt G font character.
PAGE LOCATION HEADERS FOOTERS
all pages .H:text .F:text
left pages only .HL:text .FL:text
right pages only .HR:text .FR:text
width of header/footer, right margin .W:number
PAGE NUMBERS/POSITIONING EXAMPLE HEADER EXAMPLE FOOTER
page numbers .H:$$$ .F:$$$
blank line .HL: .FR:
flush left .H:text... .FL:$$$...
flush right .HL:...$$$ .FR:...text
centered .H:...text... .F:...$$$...
See GUIDE LINES, DOT LINES. Footnotes are not footers.
M E R G E: O U T P U T T E M P L A T E Merging
The Output template contains the text to be duplicated and the field
variables that specify where to place the text from the Input file. A
field variable is a field name from the Input template surrounded by
curly braces. Field variables should not contain commas or field lengths.
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ OUTPUT TEMPLATE OPERATION FORMAT EXAMPLE │
│ To align field variable text left < before field variable {<name} │
│ To align field variable text right > before field variable {>city} │
│ To reformat during the merge + after field variable {address+} │
│ To delete a line if field is empty - after field variable {address2-}│
│ To delete a line if field is empty, / after field variable {address3/}│
│ adding a blank line to end of Output │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
S C R E E N C L I P Editing Blocks of Text
You can mark a box of text from another program and place it in the PC-Write
Hold Area. Then you can copy this box into a PC-Write file.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ 1. Load the PC-Write file you want to copy the text into. │
│ 2. Press F1 then F4 to temporarily exit. Type the file name of the other │
│ program and press Enter. Display the text you want with the program. │
│ 3. Press Shf Ctl F5 to clear the Hold Area (text is appended to hold). │
│ 4. Press Shf Ctl F6, then move the cursor to one corner of the box. │
│ 5. Press Shf Ctl F6 again, then move the cursor to the other corner. │
│ 6. Press Shf Ctl F6 a third time to copy the box to the Hold Area. │
│ 7. Exit the program then type EXIT at the DOS prompt. │
│ 8. Press Ctl F4 to insert the text into the PC-Write file. │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
A U T O - R E F O R M A T T I N G and W O R D W R A P Entering Text
┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────┐
│ TOGGLE BETWEEN MODES WITH SHF F7 │ CONTROLLING REFORMATTING │
│ Wrap+ Wordwrap on, auto-reform off │ To keep a paragraph from reformatting│
│ Wrap- Wordwrap off, auto-reform off│ end it with an Alt K, Keep Paragraph │
│ Para+ Automatic reformatting on │ font character. │
├──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ REFORMATTING OPTIONS: (Add to Ruler line) │
│ center text C Reformat left margins: │
│ flush right F 1. Change Ruler line margins, F2. │
│ justify J Old "L" to "M", add new "L". │
│ force auto-reformatting on A Old "P" to "Q", add new "P". │
│ force auto-reformatting off N 2. Reformat. │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
See RULER LINES, MANUAL REFORMATTING.
D O T L I N E S III Formatting: Page Layout
OPERATION DOT LINE │ OPERATION DOT LINE
Line spacing (per inch)* .S:length │ Margin, extra left .X:number
Line spacing (single)* .M:number │ Output file .O:filename
Margin bottom .XB:length │ Page breaks, auto- off .EN
Margin top .XT:length │ Page breaks, auto- on .EA
Margin, extra left margin │ Page number footer .F:$$$
left pages .XL:number │ Page number, this page .N:number
Margin, extra left margin │ Page number header .H:$$$
right pages .XR:number │ Reformat protect begins .-
Margin, │ Reformat protection ends .+
extra footer margin .XF:number │ Table of Contents entry .K:text
Margin, │ Table of C. entry space .KX:number
extra header margin .XH:number │ Table of Contents file .KF:filename
(* default setting) │ Table of Contents width .KW:number
L O C A T I N G Y O U R P L A C E Traveling Around a File
You can display the present CURSOR LOCATION or jump to a specific line, column,
or page in a file. You can also set BOOKMARKS in a file to mark your location.
┌─────────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────┐
│CURSOR LOCATION │ BOOKMARKS │
│ display Shf F9 │ set first Bookmark Ctl Home │
│ jump to line in file Alt F9 F7 │ jump to first Bookmark Ctl End │
│ jump to column Alt F9 F8 │ set second Bookmark Shf Ctl Home │
│ jump to line on page Alt F9 F9 F10 │ jump to second Bookmark Shf Ctl End │
└─────────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────────┘
When you press Shf F9, the Top Line reads:
Line x/xx in file. Column x/xx. Line x/xx on Page x/xx.
When you press Alt F9, the Top Line reads:
F7:Line xx/xx in file. F8:Column xx/xx. F9:Line xx/xx on F10:Page xx/xx.
M I S C E L L A N E O U S S T U F F Miscellaneous Stuff
┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────┐
│INSERT CURRENT FIND TEXT │ MARK A PAIR OF SYMBOLS │
│ insert in file Alt F4, F2 │ mark the next pair Alt F4, F4 │
│ │ │
│WORD COUNT │ FIND NON-ASCII CHARACTERS │
│ number of bytes, characters, │ includes font characters Alt F4, F6 │
│ letters, words in file Alt F4, F3 │ │
│ │ REPEAT LAST KEYSTROKE │
│FILE CONVERSIONS │ any text or command Alt F4, F7 │
│ Includes Wordstar, dot command, tab, │ │
│ and line boundary conversions. See │ │
│ FILE CONVERSIONS. │ │
└──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────┘
S C R O L L I N G and J U M P I N G Traveling Around a File
Think of the screen as a window that lets you view a portion of a file. If you
scroll UP, the window moves up to view the text above. If you scroll DOWN, the
window moves down to view text below. You can also JUMP to places in the file.
┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────┐
│ SCROLL UP │ SCROLL HORIZONTALLY │
│ line PgUp │ right/left Right/Left Arrow │
│ paragraph Ctl PgUp │ JUMP │
│ window Shf PgUp │ top of file Alt + or Shf Grey+ │
│ │ bottom of file Alt - or Shf Grey- │
│ SCROLL DOWN │ previous page Shf Ctl PgUp │
│ line PgDn │ next page Shf Ctl PgDn │
│ paragraph Ctl PgDn │ beginning block Shf Alt + │
│ window Shf PgDn │ end block Shf Alt - │
└──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────┘
S P E C I A L C H A R A C T E R S: B O X Key Code Appendix
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Q ║ W ║ E ║ R ║ ║ U ║ I ║ O ║ P ║║ Q ║ W ║ E ║ R ║ ║ U ║ I ║ O ║ P
┌ ║ ┬ ║ ┐ ║ │ ║ ║ ╓ ║ ╥ ║ ╖ ║ ▓ ║║ ╔ ║ ╦ ║ ╗ ║ ║ ║ ║ ╒ ║ ╤ ║ ╕ ║ █
═══╩╦══╩╦══╩╦══╩╦═══╦══╩╦══╩╦══╩╦══╩╦══╝╚╦══╩╦══╩╦══╩╦══╩╦═══╦══╩╦══╩╦══╩╦══╩╦══
A ║ S ║ D ║ F ║ G ║ H ║ J ║ K ║ L ║ ║ A ║ S ║ D ║ F ║ G ║ H ║ J ║ K ║ L ║
├ ║ ┼ ║ ┤ ║«─ ║ ─»║ ╟ ║ ╫ ║ ╢ ║ ░ ║ ║ ╠ ║ ╬ ║ ╣ ║«═ ║ ═»║ ╞ ║ ╪ ║ ╡ ║ ▒ ║
══╦═╩═╦═╩═╦═╩═╦═╩═╦═╩═╦═╩═╦═╩═╦═╩═══╝ ╚═╦═╩═╦═╩═╦═╩═╦═╩═╦═╩═╦═╩═╦═╩═╦═╩═══╝
║ Z ║ X ║ C ║ V ║ B ║ N ║ M ║ ║ Z ║ X ║ C ║ V ║ B ║ N ║ M ║
║ └ ║ ┴ ║ ┘ ║ │ ║ ╙ ║ ╨ ║ ╜ ║ ║ ╚ ║ ╩ ║ ╝ ║ ║ ║ ╘ ║ ╧ ║ ╛ ║
╚═══╩═══╩═══╩═══╩═══╩═══╩═══╝ ╚═══╩═══╩═══╩═══╩═══╩═══╩═══╝
SHF-ALT BOX SET SHF-CTL BOX SET
E N H A N C I N G T E X T Entering Text
Press Alt plus one of the letters listed below to start and stop a font
and/or enhancement. Repeat for each line. The default is Fast mode. For
blocks or files, use .R:letter to start a font, .Q:letter to stop a font.
────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────┬───────────────────────
FONTS │SPECIAL FONTS │ENHANCEMENTS
Alt C Compressed │ Alt H Superscript │ Alt B Boldface
Alt D Double wide │ Alt L Subscript │ Alt O Overstrike
Alt E Elite, fast │ Alt I Italics │ Alt S Second strike
Alt F Fast, pica (default) │ Alt J Jade green │ Alt U Underline
Alt P Pica, quality │ Alt M Marine blue │ Alt W Double
Alt Q Quality mode, elite │ Alt R Red │ underline
Alt V Variable │ Alt Y Yellow │
See GUIDE LINES, PAGE LAYOUT, DOT LINES I.
M A N U A L R E F O R M A T T I N G Formatting
┌─────────────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────┐
│ LEFT MARGIN │ RIGHT MARGIN │
│ 1. Mark text with............F3 or F6 │ Reformat paragraph with...F7 │
│ or file with............Ctl F5 │ │
│ 2. Adjust first line with....Ins or Del│ Reformat file by: │
│ 3. Slide rest right with.....Shf Ins │ marking text with......Ctl F5 │
│ 4. Slide rest left with......Shf Del │ then reformat with.....F7 │
│ │ │
│ OPTIONS │ To keep blocks of text or │
│ Center Shf F8 │ lines (addresses) from being │
│ Flush right Ctl F8 │ reformatted, put the Guide lines │
│ Justify ("J" in Ruler line)│ .- before and .+ after text. │
└─────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────┘
See RULER LINES, MARKING TEXT, AUTO-REFORMATTING and WORDWRAP.
P A G E B R E A K S and R E P A G I N G Formatting: Page Layout
REPAGING inserts soft page break characters (Soft-Breaks) in a file so you can
see where page breaks occur. (This is based on the page length.)
After a repage, you can adjust the You can add Hard- and Soft-Breaks
position of the page breaks in one of directly, but Soft-Breaks may be
the following ways: moved during repaging.
* Add or delete blank lines. ┌───────────────────────────┐
* Enter hard page break characters │ REPAGE Alt F7 │
(Hard-Breaks) to force page breaks. │ HARD-BREAK Alt T │
* Change the page length (default is 11 │ SOFT-BREAK Shf Alt T │
inches) with a .L or .LB Dot line. └───────────────────────────┘
Now repage again.
See LOCATING YOUR PLACE, DOT LINES, PAGE LAYOUT, PRINTING.
S P A C E S and H Y P H E N S Altering, Entering Text
┌───────────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ SPACE Space bar │ LINE Enter │
│ Hard-Space Ctl Space Bar │ beneath cursor Ctl N │
│ Soft-Space Shf Ctl Space │ │
│ to right of cursor Ins │ TABS Ctl I │
│ repeat (for column) Shf Ins │ convert tab chars (see FILE │
│ │ CONVERSIONS) │
│ HYPHEN Hyphen (- key) │ PRINT SPACES (Precede w/ Alt G) │
│ Hard-Hyphen Ctl Hyphen │ print n blank lines .E:number │
│ Soft-Hyphen Shf Ctl Hyphen │ multiple line spacing .M:number │
└───────────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┘
The normal hyphen is used for compound words and to divide words. The
Soft-Hyphen is conditional if at the end of a line. The Hard-Hyphenated
word will not be divided during reformatting and the hyphen always shows.
S P E C I A L C H A R A C T E R S: F O R E I G N Entering Text
Press first key, then ACCENT KEY, then second key to display character.
│ a Accent " ä │ a Accent ` à │ a Accent ^ â │ o Accent a å │
│ A Accent " Ä │ e Accent ` è │ e Accent ^ ê │ A Accent o Å │
│ e Accent " ë │ i Accent ` ì │ i Accent ^ î │ │
│ i Accent " ï │ o Accent ` ò │ o Accent ^ ô │ a Accent _ ª │
│ o Accent " ö │ u Accent ` ù │ u Accent ^ û │ o Accent _ º │
│ O Accent " Ö │ │ │ │
│ u Accent " ü │ a Accent ' á │ c Accent , ç │ │
│ U Accent " Ü │ E Accent ' É │ C Accent , Ç │ c Accent / ¢ │
│ y Accent " ÿ │ e Accent ' é │ n Accent ~ ñ │ - Accent L £ │
│ │ i Accent ' í │ N Accent ~ Ñ │ = Accent Y ¥ │
│ a Accent e æ │ o Accent ' ó │ ? Accent ? ¿ │ t Accent P ₧ │
│ A Accent E Æ │ u Accent ' ú │ ! Accent ! ¡ │ - Accent f ƒ │
E N T E R I N G T E X T Entering Text
┌──────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────┬──────────────┐
│ TEXT │ Press │Top Line reads│
│ to enter letters and numbers.....│ letter or number keys │ │
│ to display accented characters...│ key, Accent key, key │ ACCENT │
│ to display special characters....│ Alt plus keypad number keys│ │
│ │ │ │
│ MODES │ │ │
│ to insert text, push existing │ │ │
│ text to the right............. │ default │ Push │
│ to insert/overwrite existing text│ Scroll Lock (Push/Over) │ Over │
│ to type all capital letters......│ Caps Lock (on/off) │ Ocap/Pcap │
└──────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────┴──────────────┘
Options: Record temporary keystrokes with Ctl @ (begin/end), Grey* to play back.
Record in control file (ED.DEF); use Numbers Mode, Alt F3.
M A R G I N S and T A B S Formatting: Text Layout
Press F2 to bring up Ruler line and type letter for setting.
Embed Ruler line first with F2 F4 then make changes to keep with the file.
L---T---T1----+----2----T----3--T-+----4T---+---T5----+-T--6----T----7--T-+---R
┌─────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────┐
│ LEFT MARGIN │ BETWEEN MARGINS │ RIGHT MARGIN │
│ L Left margin │ A Auto-reformat always ON │ C Center text │
│ M Old left margin │ B Bell ring │ F Flush right │
│ P Paragraph margin │ D Decimal tab │ J Justify right │
│ Q Old paragraph margin│ N Auto-reform. always OFF │ R Ragged right │
│ │ T Tab stop │ │
├─────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────┤
│ TEMPORARY MARGINS CTL [ Paragraph and left CTL \ Paragraph CTL ] Right │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
P A G E L A Y O U T Formatting
Put these Dot lines in the text file to control printing of pages.
Put Alt G before each Dot line: ┌───────────Sample letter───────────────┐
.L:length* Length of page (11") │ .LB:72 body of text 72 lines │
.LB:length* Length of text body │ .M:2 double spaced │
.M:number Multiple line spacing │ .X:15 moves file right 15 spaces │
.N:number* Number for this page │ .XT:3 top margin, 3/6 or 1/2 inch│
.S:number Number lines/inch (6) │ .R:P changes Fast to Pica font │
.X:number Extra left margin │ Text..................................│
.XL:number* Extra margin, left pgs. │ text here pushes these to next page: │
.XR:number* Extra margin,right pgs. │ .F:$$$ print page number next page│
.XB:length* Bottom margin │ .N:2 next page prints page "2" │
.XT:length* Top margin └───────────────────────────────────────┘
( * If Dot line at top of page, effective immediately. Elsewhere, next page.)
See GUIDE LINES, ENHANCING TEXT, DOT LINES, and PAGE BREAKS for more commands.
S P E L L I N G C H E C K E R Checking Your Spelling
A master word list called WORDS.MAS comes on the PC-Write diskette. Copy it
onto your working diskette or directory. You can create a custom user word
list called WORDS.USE with the edit program. To use the spelling checker,
load a file then use the features shown below.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ CHECK SPELLING GUESS AT CORRECTION │
│ last word typed Alt F2, F2 for misspelled word Alt F2, F3 │
│ as you type Alt F2, F7 │
│ USER LIST │
│ SCAN FOR WORD NOT IN LISTS load into memory Alt F2, F5 │
│ next word Alt F2, Grey+ add word to Alt F2, F4 │
│ prior word Alt F2, Grey- save to memory Alt F2, F6 │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
S P E C I A L C H A R A C T E R S: M A T H Entering Text
Press first key, then ACCENT KEY, then second key to display character.
│ 1 Accent ` ░ │ a Accent / α │ f Accent / φ │ 1 Accent 2 ½ │
│ 2 Accent ` ▒ │ b Accent / ß │ e Accent / ε │ 1 Accent 4 ¼ │
│ 3 Accent ` ▓ │ g Accent / Γ │ │ : Accent ` ÷ │
│ 4 Accent ` █ │ p Accent / π │ ! Accent ` ⁿ │ / Accent ` √ │
│ 5 Accent ` ▄ │ S Accent / Σ │ # Accent ` ■ │ + Accent ` ± │
│ 6 Accent ` ▌ │ s Accent / σ │ $ Accent ` ∞ │ . Accent ` ∙ │
│ 7 Accent ` ▐ │ m Accent / µ │ % Accent ` ° │ │
│ 8 Accent ` ▀ │ t Accent / τ │ ^ Accent ` ∩ │ = Accent ` ≡ │
│ │ F Accent / Φ │ & Accent ` · │ ~ Accent ` ≈ │
│ @ Accent ` │ h Accent / Θ │ * Accent ` ² │ │
│ [ Accent ` ⌐ │ O Accent / Ω │ ( Accent ` ⌠ │ > Accent ` ≥ │
│ ] Accent ` ¬ │ d Accent / δ │ ) Accent ` ⌡ │ < Accent ` ≤ │
F I L E C O N V E R S I O N Miscellaneous Stuff
┌─────────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ CONVERT WORDSTAR FILES │ CONVERT OLD DOT COMMANDS │
│ clear high-order bits Alt F5, F2 │ to Guide lines Alt F5, F3 │
│ │ │
│ CONVERT TABS AND SPACES │ REMOVE EXTRA SPACES (unjustify) │
│ tabs to spaces Alt F5, F4 then F9 │ Delete extra spaces Alt F5, F5, F9 │
│ spaces to tabs Alt F5, F4 then F10│ Soft-Spaces to normal Alt F5, F5, F10│
│ │ │
│ FIX LINE BOUNDARY ERRORS │ REMOVE PAGE BREAKS │
│ line feed, no carriage return │ hard and soft Alt F5, F7 then F9 │
│ Alt F5, F6 │ soft breaks only Alt F5, F7 then F10│
└─────────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────────┘
See MISCELLANEOUS STUFF.
M A R K I N G T E X T Editing Blocks of Text
┌───────┬────────┬─────────────────┐
BLOCK │ Copy │ Move │ Delete │
1. Begin marking with any of.....│ F3 │ F6 │ F4 │
│ │ │ │
2. End marking with any of.......│ F3 │ F6 │ F4 (delete) │
│ │ │ │
3. Move cursor to new position. │ │ │ │
│ │ │ │
4. Insert marked with............│ F3 │ F6 │ Ctl F4 (undo) │
│ │ │ │
5. Un-mark text with ............│ F5 │ F5 │ F5 │
OPTIONS └───────┴────────┴─────────────────┘
Mark ENTIRE file Ctl F5 See COPY/MOVE, DELETE TEXT,
Un-delete last deletion Ctl F4 FILE MANAGEMENT.
P R I N T I N G Printing
┌───────────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┐
│START PRINTING │ KEYBOARD INPUT │
│ from a file F1, F7 │ in file .U │
│ from DOS A>PR filename │ .U:prompt │
│ │ from DOS A>PR <Enter> │
│CHANGING FILES │ from a file F1, F7, │
│ output .O:filename │ delete file name, │
│ input .T:filename │ press Enter │
│ input (graphics) .TI:filename │ │
│ length of input file .TL:length │ When you print the prompt "" appears.│
│ │ * Enter text or Dot lines. │
│ │ * Press Esc when done. │
└───────────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┘
Dot lines start with Alt G; enter them in text file, each on a blank line.
S Y S T E M / F I L E O P E R A T I O N S Loading a File and Exiting
These options allow you to SAVE and CLOSE your file and work between files.
┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────┐
│ │ │
│SAVING │ DISPLAYING DIRECTORY │
│ save text and resume editing. F1 F3 │ display a directory of files. F1 F8 │
│ save text and exit to DOS. F1 F2 │ │
│ stop a save. F1 F9 │ PRINTING │
│ │ print a file, then edit. F1 F7 │
│SWITCHING │ │
│ switch to another file. F1 F6 │ EXITING TEMPORARILY │
│ switch the name of the file. F1 F5 │ exit temporarily to DOS. F1 F4 │
│ │ │
└──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────┘
C O P Y I N G and M O V I N G T E X T Editing Blocks of Text
┌───────────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ COPYING WITHIN A FILE │ MOVING BLOCKS │
│ 1. Start marking text with F3. │ 1. Start marking text with F6. │
│ 2. Move cursor, end marking with F3. │ 2. Move cursor, end marking with F6.│
│ 3. Move cursor to new location. │ 3. Move cursor to new location. │
│ 4. Press F3 to copy marked text. │ 4. Press F6 to move marked text. │
│ 5. Press F5 to remove highlighting. │ 5. Press F5 to remove highlighting. │
│ COPYING TO A FILE │ INSERT A FILE │
│ 1. Start marking text with F3 or F6. │ 1. Locate cursor for file insertion.│
│ 2. End marking with Ctl F6. │ 2. Press Ctl F3. │
│ 3. Type in file name, press Enter. │ 3. Type file name, press Enter. │
├───────────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┤
│ MOVING CHARACTERS Transpose character left/right Shf Bksp/Shf Esc │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
F I L E M A N A G E M E N T Managing Files
These commands help you with your FILE HOUSEKEEPING. Use the Alt F1 Name/file
Menu to do most of these jobs:
┌────────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────┐
│ORGANIZE │ CHANGE DRIVE/PATH │
│ add prefix to file names Alt F1, F2 │ default disk drive Alt F1, F3 │
│ display directory Alt F1, F8 │ current pathname Alt F1, F4 │
│ display extended directory, add your │ │
│ own notes about files A>ED ED.DIR │ COPY │
│ │ to another file Alt F1, F6 │
│RENAME │ │
│ in memory F1, F5 │ DELETE │
│ on disk Alt F1, F5 │ from disk Alt F1, F7 │
└────────────────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────┘
M E A S U R I N G S P A C E F O R C O M M A N D S Formatting
A number of PC-Write commands can be set with spacing measurements. Here are
the units of measurement, the defaults, and what they mean with the commands.
.L .LB .XT .XB .EL .TL .S $S @Ruler line @font @W font
Units Commands Commands
i inches, can include decimals per inch
c centimeters per centimeter
p points points
u units units
s sixth inches sixth inches
m multiple of current line spacing (doesn't apply)
default sixth inches per inch
maximum 172.6 inches .67 inches
R E C O R D I N G K E Y S T R O K E S Entering Text
TEMPORARY KEYSTROKES │ PERMANENT KEYSTROKES
1. Menu for recording. Alt F3 │ 1. Load edit control file (ED.DEF).
2. Start recording. Alt F3 F4 │ 2. Turn Numbers mode on. Alt F3 F6
3. Press keys to record. │ 3. Assign key. Press key
4. Stop recording. Alt F3 F4 │ 4. Press key sequence. Press keys
│ 5. Turn Numbers mode off. Ctl ^
Play back a sequence Alt F3 F3 │ Play back key sequence key
│
OPTIONS │ NOTES
assign last recorded │ * Read in modified editing file
sequence to a key Alt F3 F2 │ (ED.DEF) before play back F2 F6
unassign a key Alt F3 F7 │ * Assigned key followed by ":"
record on/off Ctl @ │ for instance: 104:93,435,105
play back sequence Grey* │ * Commands assigned to key Alt F3 F5
W I N D O W S Managing Files
WINDOWS are created with the RULER LINE. A Ruler line can be used to "split"
the screen into two windows. You can display two portions of the same file or
two different files on the screen.
┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────┐
│CREATE │ MOVE BETWEEN │
│ 1. Place cursor in middle of screen. │ 1. Press F2 to jump onto Ruler line. │
│ 2. Press F2 to display Ruler line. │ 2. Press Up or Down Arrow to move │
│ 3. Press Up or Down Arrow to move │ into the other window. │
│ into a window. │ CLOSE │
│ 4. Press F1 then F6 to name the │ 1. Place cursor in file to remain. │
│ second file you wish to display. │ 2. Press F2 then F2 again. │
└──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────┘
See SCROLLING/JUMPING, SYSTEM/FILE.
C U R S O R M O V E S Traveling Around a File
These editing commands move the cursor around the screen.
LEFT │ RIGHT │ UP
character LtArrow │ character RtArrow │ line UpArrow
screen edge Shf LtArrow │ screen edge Shf RtArrow │ screen top Shf UpArrow
word Ctl LtArrow │ word Ctl RtArrow │ top of file Alt +
margin Home │ margin Shf End │ window Shf PgUp
│ │
PREVIOUS │ NEXT │ DOWN
period Shf Ctl LtArrow │ period Shf Ctl RtArrow │ line DnArrow
tab Shf Tab │ tab Tab │ scrn bottom Shf DnArrow
para Ctl PgUp │ para Ctl PgDn │ end of file Alt -
page Shf Ctl PgUp │ page Shf Ctl PgDn │ window Shf PgDn
Press Shf F9 or Alt F9 for cursor location. See also SCROLLING and LOCATING.
F I N D and R E P L A C E Finding and Replacing Text
┌───────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────┐
│SET FIND AND REPLACE TEXT │ REPLACE │
│ 1. Press F9. │ replace once F10 │
│ 2. Insert chars/text to find. │ swap find with replace Ctl F10 │
│ 3. Press F10. │ repeat replace Alt F10 F9 │
│ 4. Insert chars/text to replace. │ un-replace Alt F10 F10 │
│ │ │
│ │ │
│SEARCH │ FIND/REPLACE WILD CARDS │
│ forward once Grey+ │ current Find text F2 symbol or blank F6│
│ backward once Grey- │ marked text F3 any character F7│
│ for next non-ASCII Shf Ctl Grey*│ Hold text F4 line boundary F8│
│ for next non-ASCII Alt F4 F6 │ letter or number F5 │
└───────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────┘
M E R G I N G S T E P S Merging
START THE MERGE │ MERGE ONE RECORD AT A TIME
1. Create the Input file. │ 1. Press Shf F2 then F7 to merge one
│ record.
2. Create the Template file. │ 2. Press F5 to edit record if desired.
│ 3. Press F8 to send to Output file.
3. Start the merge by pressing Shf F2. │ 4. Repeat above steps for all records.
Merge while in the Template file. │ To skip a record, do not press F8.
│
4. Press F9 and type Input file name. │ MERGE ALL RECORDS AUTOMATICALLY
Press F10 and type Output file name. │ 1. Press Shf F2, F10. F6 stops merge.
Type PRN to send directly to printer.│
│
NOW: │ After merging, you can edit Output
Merge one at a time or automatically. │ file, then print it.
R E F E R E N C E S Formatting: Document Features
Enter references as Dot lines in your text file. The table of contents or index
is created when you print. Each Dot line begins with an Alt G font character.
┌────────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────┬────────────────────┐
│ │ TABLE OF CONTENTS │ INDEX │
│ Name of file to send entries to....│ .KF:filename │ .IF:filename │
│ │ │ │
│ Text for entry.....................│ .K:entry │ .I:entry │
│ │ │ │
│ Change width of the entry..........│ .KW:number │ .IW:number │
│ │ │ │
│ Change space preceding entry.......│ .KX:entry │ .IX:entry │
└────────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────┴────────────────────┘
See DOT LINES, GUIDE LINES. Use DOS SORT to sort index files.
S H A R E W A R E Shareware Appendix
Shareware is a unique marketing approach. Quicksoft encourages you to
freely distribute unmodified copies of PC-Write. You support Quicksoft
and shareware by registering for support and by buying our manuals. As a
registered user, you can get a $25 commission for every new PC-Write user
who registers and gives us your registration number.
WHEN YOU GET YOUR REGISTRATION NUMBER: │TO REGISTER:
Change front screen Registration # to your own.│ * Call 206/282-0452. Visa/MC.
* Press Shf F4, F2. Enter your registration #.│ * Complete Registration form
Change front screen message "Compliments of..."│ that appears when you press
* Press Shf F4, F3. Enter new message. │ Shf F4, F5 in a new file.
Save changes to ED.EXE. │
* Press Shf F4, F4 (Use Shf F4 and F2, F3, F4 keys while editing any file.)
D E L E T I N G T E X T Editing Blocks of Text
┌──────────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ CHARACTER OR SPACE │ BLOCK │
│ under cursor Del │ begin marking F4 │
│ to the left Bksp │ delete F4 │
│ │ undo Ctl F4 │
│ WORD │ │
│ to the right Ctl Esc │ FILES: │
│ to the left Ctl Bksp │ within a file Alt F1 F7 │
│ │ with DOS A>DEL filename │
│ LINE │ │
│ entire line Shf Ctl Enter │ Overwrite mode: │
│ to start of line Shf Ctl Bksp │ type over text Scroll lock │
│ to end of line Ctl Enter │ (push/over mode) │
└──────────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┘
F O O T N O T E S Formatting: Document Features
CREATE │ EXAMPLE
1. Enter a footnote reference in the text. │ In 1975 the urban population
Reference character is your choice. │ of Venus [1] had not yet
Sequential numbering is an option. │ materialized.
See AUTOMATIC NUMBERING. │ .D
2. Enter the footnote text just after the │ 1. A warm, fragrant planet
paragraph containing the references. │ covered with clouds.
3. Place one .D Dot line directly above │ .D
and one directly below the footnote text.│ See DOT LINES.
│
Footnote separator .DH:text (or dashes) │ .DH:--------------------
Footnote line spacing .DM:number │ .DM:2
Send footnotes to file .DF:filename │ .DF:B:NOTE.DOC
M E R G E : I N P U T F I L E Merging
Create an INPUT FILE with PC-Write or export one from a data base program.
PC-Write accepts 3 Input file formats: │ Here are some rules:
│
SEPARATE LINE Each field on a │ * Every record must have the same
separate line. │ number of fields.
│ * The Input file can have any
COMMA-SEPARATED Each record on a line,│ number of records.
each field separated │ * Maximum Input field length is 160.
by a comma. │ * A field can be empty: In separate
│ line format, leave empty line. In
FIXED-LENGTH Every field contains │ comma-separated format, leave
a fixed number of │ extra comma. In fixed-length
characters. │ format, leave blanks.
R U L E R L I N E S Formatting and Customizing
F2 displays the default Ruler line from the edit control file (ED.DEF) and the
Window/Ruler Menu. The DEFAULT RULER LINE is the last one in the edit control
file. The CURRENT RULER LINE is the one that precedes the text. Here are some
Ruler line options:
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ Display/remove current Ruler line. F2 │
│ Append edited Ruler to control file; becomes default Ruler line. F2 F3 │
│ Embed current Ruler into text; saved with file, doesn't print. F2 F4 │
│ Make default Ruler the current Ruler (re-establishes it). F2 F5 │
│ Read a Ruler from a control file. F2 F6 │
│ Make the next Ruler line in the text the current Ruler. F2 Grey+ │
│ Make the prior Ruler line in the text the current Ruler. F2 Grey- │
└────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
See MARGINS, WINDOWS, AUTO-REFORMAT, and PAGE LAYOUT for other Ruler options.
S U P P O R T S E R V I C E S
If you need more help, Quicksoft has the following support services:
┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ UNREGISTERED USERS: Our technical support group will help you get started. │
│ If you need more help, you should register your copy of PC-Write. │
│ REGISTERED USERS: You can call or write for help with technical questions. │
│ Have your PC-Write manual and printer manual (if you are having printer │
│ problems) handy. Please have the following information available: │
│ o Your registration number. │
│ o Your PC-Write version number and your DOS version number. │
│ o The type of hardware and peripherals you have. │
│ o The name of any RAM-resident programs. │
│ o The contents of your AUTOEXEC.BAT and CONFIG.SYS files, if any. │
├────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┤
│ For help, call (206) 282-0452, 7 AM to 5 PM Pacific time. │