Between Heaven & Hell 2/BetweenHeavenHell.cdr/500/484/a.gth

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[A]                          [ALTER] Command
Subcommands:

Blank   [AB] Blank (clear) screen and redisplay frame & grid.  Data and scales
        in memory are unaffected. (Same as Function 7)

Colour  [ACc]   (c=Colour letter: RGYCMWB or S)
     Switch on colour display (If not currently on), select next colour.
     Actual colours displayed will depend on the palette selected (Fn key 3).
     If yellow is selected, the other colours are green and red.
     If white is selected, the associated colours are cyan and magenta.
     ACS: Changes background in Low resolution.
     Note: Colour must be selected before displaying any graphs.
     An alternative method of changing colour is the ALT/Colour facility,
     where Colour= R,G,Y,C,M,W, or B). (This method cannot be used in macros.)
     The current colour is shown as a colour block at the start of the status
     line. (line 25)
     To turn colour off, use the AM command (Alter Monochrome).

     Hires colour: While in 640x200 mode, using ACS or ALT/S will allow
     selection of one of seven colours to be used as the display colour
     (on a black background).

Frame   [AFxn] (x = B, T, L, [R], F or S.   n =value)
     Select size of graph frame.  The default (start-up) sizes are:
     Bottom:0, Top:6, Left:9 Right:40 or 80 columns.
     Once the size has been altered, the frame will be fixed until altered
     again.  All graphs created will be confined to the current frame size.
     Ranges: Bot:0-5, Top:1-6 Left:8-30 or 8-70. Right: 12-40 or 12-80.
     AFF: Reset frame to full size.  AFS: Display Status values.
     e.g.s  AFL12<RTN>      (Alter Frame Left side to 12).
            AFT5            (Alter Frame Top to grid line 5).
            AFR72           (Alter Frame Right side to 72).
            AFB1            (Alter Frame Bottom to grid line 1).
            AFF             (Alter Frame to full size: 0,6,9,40 or 80)
            AFS             Displays: Bot: Top: Left: Right: current values.

    Notes: The frame is immediately adjusted on screen whenever AFF
          (Full Frame) is selected.  Any other frame altering will not affect
          the screen until BLANK (Fn 7) is pressed or a new graph is generated.
          Up to 9 separate graphs can be displayed in high res.
          (4 in low res.) by selecting bot, top, left and right values.
          If a frame is reduced in height or width, the scale is automatically
          adjusted.
     e.g. Two separate graphs (set to low res. for this example):
     MB
     FLSALES<RTN>
     AFR20<RTN>
     GS
     FLWAGES<RTN>
     AFL27<RTN>
     AFR40<RTN>
     GB4

Heading [AH] (and Draw Text [DTF])
     Allows entry of a heading up to 28 characters long in low resolution and
     68 in high resolution.  The heading can be located anywhere on the screen
     by selecting first the row number (2 to 24) then the start column (1 to
     34 or 74).  The defaults are [C] (automatic centering) on the row below
     the top of the current frame.
     This heading will remain in memory until changed. It is not saved to disk.
     The heading text may be entered at any time.  Subsequent AH commands
     will use the current heading if <RTN> is entered.   Notes: Symbols and
     spaces may be used in the heading.  An alternative method for adding
     text to the screen is the Draw Text [DT] command.  If the DRAW program
     is loaded, additional text fonts are available.  AH command is normally
     used for adding single-line text to a graph from a macro.

     For text exceeding a single line, create a text file using the Text Editor
     [FCT] commmand. This can be called up and placed anywhere on the screen
     with the [DTF] command and selecting starting Row and Column positions.
     e.g. within a macro: DTF ;textfile; ;14; ;20;

Key     [AK]  (Same as Fn 8)
     This command toggles the bottom line of the display between the Function
     keys, the contents (Title) of each of the first four memories, and blank.
     The current colour, default drive and file are also shown in column one.

Monochrome  [AM]
     Switches off colour in low resolution mode.  This is required if the
     screen is monochrome and does not have a grey-scale feature.  It may
     also be required if a low resolution (colour) screen is to be printed
     on a monochrome printer or output to a single-pen plotter.

Pan     [APn]
     Pan allows movement "sideways" through the data in memory 0, so that
     a graph may be drawn at any start point.  Following the AP command,
     you must enter the start-date (as MM/YY) or the X-value<RTN>.  Pan is
     also used to access data beyond the first page of 63 points for display-
     ing with the Memory Contents command.
     The maximum number of points in a memory is 365.
     A short cut to jump to the start of the next page is to enter "N"
     (for New page) instead of the date or X-value.
     (Notes 1.For quarterly data, enter the date as n/YY where n is 1,2,3,4)
            2.For random (Other) data only APN applies.
            3.The FILE Edit program has its own Pan facility, to edit data
              beyond the first 63 points.
            4.Pan does not apply to PIE and BLOCK charts.

     Examples: AP4/86<RTN>      AP210<RTN>       APN<RTN>

Scale   [ASx]
     Scale allows alteration of either the X or Y scales.  The sub-menu is:
                   Exponential   Log.  XY-new  Y-new
    (X scale alteration is only possible when random (other) data is present in
    memory 0.)

    Exponential  [ASE] converts the data in memory 0 to: 10 raised to the power
     of each data point.  This is the opposite (complement) of Log.
     The data in memory 0 to be converted, should be within the range 1 to 10.

    Log.  [ASLx]  (Where x= Actual or Log values)
    Converts the data in memory 0 to base-10 logarithm. The displayed values on
  the Y axis may be actual or log values. If log is chosen, the scale on the Y
  axis will then represent powers of 10. This is the oppposite of Exponential.
  Avoid using the ASL command when the data file has zero, negative or very
  small data values (such as .01).

    XY-new  [ASX] resets the previously set automatic scales for both the X
     and Y axis.   (Same as [MN] command.)
     The data in memory 0 is not changed.
     You will normally use this whenever the data in memory 0 is changed and
     the new data values do not match the old scales.  (The data in memory 0
     changes when new data is loaded from a disk file or another memory, or
     the original data has been altered with commands such as ASE or ASL.)

    Y-new  [ASYn] allows manual adjustment of the Y-axis scale following the
     initial automatic scale calculation.  After entering the ASY command, you
     will be asked:
       "Change Y scale: High, Low or [P]ercent"  Type in H, L or P
     In the case of H or L, follow by the new high or low Y-axis limit,
     then <RTN>.The screen may need to be cleared ready for your next Graph
     command.  The data in memory 0 is not altered.
     The scale range available is +- .006 to +-9999997.

    Percentage  [ASYP]   The Y scale is altered to: 0 - 100%.  Each data
     value is changed to become the % of the total of all data values in the
     file.  Following ASYP the screen should be cleared and the graph redrawn.
     The Y scale may subsequently be altered with [ASYH or L].

Title  [ATxx]  (x= Title contents or screen Location)
     Title contents: [ATTx]
     This is a quick way to replace the last displayed title.
     Example: ATTSales85<RTN>   ( Note that memory 0 must contain some
     data before this command will operate.)
     Location:  [ATLxn]    (x=Row or Column,   n= row number)
     The graph title(s) may be either displayed in the upper left corner of
     the graph (Column mode) or on any row (Row mode).  If Row is selected,
     you may select the row number (2 to 24).

Ytitle  [AYx1x2]  (x1=L or T) (x2=L or R, or title)
     This is a quick way to replace the currently displayed Units (Y-axis)
     title on the left side of the screen or the location of the Y-axis
     labels.(Can select Left (default) or Right.)
     Ytitle:  AYT title<RTN>
      Examples:  AYT Dollars<RTN>     AYT Quantity<RTN>
     Location: AYL (L=location).  Then enter L (left) or R (right).
      Examples: AYLR     AYLL
      (Notes: When Y-labels are selected for the right side, the frame width
       is reduced by 72 pixels. To remove a Y title, enter: AYT<RTN>)

Xtitle  [AXx row col]     (x=new X title)
     This command is used to change the current X-axis title and its screen
     location. (Defaults are: Centered on one line below the top of the frame.)
     The new location values will remain until changed.
     Example:  AX Weeks<RTN> 20<RTN> 15<RTN>

Zoom   [AZn]
     Zoom command allows you to control the number of X-axis data points
     actually displayed.  The number can be in the range 1 to 70.
     Example 1: Load a data file: FLSALES<RTN> then AZ12<RTN>
             (The screen is not cleared.) Now enter the required graph command.
             e.g. to Graph a Column chart: MB GC11
             Only 12 columns will be displayed, expanded to fill the
             available graph space.
     Example 2: MN AZ70<RTN> GLL

     Notes: Alter Zoom is not applicable to Random (Other) files. Use Alter
            Scale X [ASX] to achieve the same result.
            Alter Zoom does not apply to PIE and BLOCK charts unless the memory
            0 data is transferred to memory 2 [MT2] then back to mem. 0 [ML2].

(C) September 15, 1986