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PRODUCT  :  QUATTRO PRO                            NUMBER  :  536
VERSION  :  1.0
     OS  :  DOS
   DATE  :  August 8, 1990                PAGE  :  1/11

  TITLE  :  QUATTRO PRO PRINT PROCEDURES




The new Quattro Pro spreadsheet program not only offers you the
latest in spreadsheet technology, but also advanced desktop
publishing features.  These desktop publishing features allow you
to present your spreadsheet data in a professional manner.  Among
these features is the availability of Bitstream character fonts,
line drawing, shading, orientation (portrait or landscape), and
the ability to insert live graphs directly into the spreadsheet
to have them printed as part of the document.

The advanced desktop publishing features of Quattro Pro are not
limited to the top of the line laser printers or postscript
printers.  All of these options are available for the vast list
of supported printers, including dot-matrix printers.

Along with this new technology of desktop publishing comes an
understanding of how things are formatted and how to adjust the
layout of your documents for printing.

Quattro Pro has three basic output types:

   1.  Draft

   2.  Final HQ

   3.  Draft HQ


DRAFT PRINT

Draft quality print is nothing more than sending formatted text
to your printer or to a file.  The formatted text will take the
form of a fixed-width 10 character per inch font at 6 lines per
inch.  You have the option of using printer setup strings for
manipulating this output to include other fonts and features that
are specific to your printer.  Basically, Quattro Pro will format
the text for you, while it is your responsibility to tell your
printer what special fonts or attributes (through setup strings)
you would like to use for the printed output.

When selecting / Print, Destination, Printer, you will get the
draft quality output.  If you specify the destination to be File,
the information will be sent to a file with the filename of your
choice; thus, the outcome is an ASCII file.














PRODUCT  :  QUATTRO PRO                            NUMBER  :  536
VERSION  :  1.0
     OS  :  DOS
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  TITLE  :  QUATTRO PRO PRINT PROCEDURES




When using the draft quality output, Quattro Pro's desktop
features are not available, including landscape print.

There are three basic steps to follow when printing in draft
quality.  After you have specified your print block, any
headings, headers/footers, page layout (if you are using a laser
printer or any other type of page printer, your page length
should be set to 60 lines, while dot-matrix printers can be set
to 66 lines), and setup strings, always perform the following
steps:

   1.  Select:    / Print, Adjust Printer, Align

   2.  Select:    / Print, Spreadsheet Print

   3.  Select:    / Print, Adjust Printer, Form Feed

Step 1 initializes the printer and computer to both read top-of-
form at the same place.  This is done by resetting all page and
line counters to 1.  If you are using a dot-matrix printer, make
sure the paper in the printer is set so that the top perforation
is right at the top of the printhead.  If you are using page
numbers in a header/footer, not performing this step could also
give you incorrect page numbering.

Step 2 actually formats the print block to the layout set through
/ Print, Layout, Margins.  The information, along with any setup
strings you have specified either with the setup string option or
within the print block, will also be sent to the printer.

Step 3 is necessary to tell Quattro Pro that your print job is
finished.  Quattro Pro will not insert a final formfeed after a
printed block.    This allows you to perform step 2 as many times
as you wish on different print blocks so you will not lose any
formatting when attempting to print multiple blocks from your
spreadsheet on the same document.  If you are using a laser
(page) printer, you will know that you have forgotten this step
if your formfeed light on the printer is flashing stating that
you have information in the print buffer waiting to be printed.

Step 3 may not sound that important, but it is.  It keeps
everything lined up on the printer for new print jobs.    It also
tells Quattro Pro that the current print job has ended and to














PRODUCT  :  QUATTRO PRO                            NUMBER  :  536
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     OS  :  DOS
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  TITLE  :  QUATTRO PRO PRINT PROCEDURES




finish formatting the page.  If you are using a footer and you do
not perform the final formfeed, the footer on the last page will
not be printed, because Quattro Pro is expecting additional
information to print in the body of the document.

Step 3 can be automated by specifying a page break (/ Edit,
Create Break) on the very last line of your print block.

When sending the output to File, follow the above steps except
remove any setup strings, reset strings, or embedded printer
codes and set the Break Pages option to NO (/ Print, Layout,
Break Pages).  This will ensure a pure ASCII file output.


FINAL HQ PRINTING

Final High Quality (HQ) output requires a little more
understanding of how character fonts are formatted before a clear
knowledge is gained of how your output will be affected.

To set Final HQ printing, select / Options, Graphics Quality,
Final.

Final HQ printing sends a great amount of information to your
printer stating where to plot specific points (or pixels) on a
page.  This process is commonly referred to as bit-mapping.  Your
text is not sent as characters to the printer, it is sent as
information as to what coordinate on your page to place a dot.    A
combination of dots will make up your text, line, shading, or
graphs.  The higher the dpi (dots per inch), the better the
resolution you will get on the output.    However, keep in mind
that a higher dpi mode will require additional processing time
because additional information is being sent to specify where the
additional points should be placed on the page.

Final HQ print can be sent to the graphics printer to be
documented, to a binary file (which retains all the information
specific to your printer for printing the file from DOS or from
other software packages), or to Quattro Pro's screen previewer.
Make use of the screen previewer.  The output received is exactly
what will print.  You will save time, as well as paper, printing
by utilizing the screen previewer to set your document up as you
wish it to appear on the final printout.














PRODUCT  :  QUATTRO PRO                            NUMBER  :  536
VERSION  :  1.0
     OS  :  DOS
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  TITLE  :  QUATTRO PRO PRINT PROCEDURES




When using the Final HQ mode, Quattro Pro will handle the
formatting for you.  Since the bit-mapping that takes place
generates codes that only your specific printer understands, the
layout and steps needed to generate a final quality output is
minimized.  With this, also comes constraints on your ability to
actually control the printer as you could with draft printing.

To print a document in final quality, select / Print,
Destination, Graphics Printer.    After you have specified the
print block, align the printer and select Spreadsheet Print.
That is all there is to it.  You do not have to insert the final
formfeed since a formatted final quality page is always printed
to your specified margin settings.  The ending formfeed is added
to the output since the entire page must be bit-mapped so that it
will line up as you wish.

Character fonts come in two types:

   1.  Fixed width

   2.  Proportional Spaced

Fixed-width character fonts are those fonts that allow the same
amount of printed space for each character (these include Quattro
Pro's hershey fonts).  For example, an i is allowed the same
amount of space on a line as an m.  Fixed-width fonts are easy to
work with because it is easy to calculate how many characters
will fit on a line.  Take the character width (10 cpi, for
example) and multiply it by your line length.

Proportional spaced character fonts, on the other hand, do not
allow the same amount of space for each character (thus, the
proportional connotation).  For example, the character i will be
given less space on a line as the character m.    This gives you a
tighter looking output.  Determining how many characters will fit
on a line when using proportional spaced character fonts is not
that easy.  Since some characters are allowed more space on a
line than others, the number of characters that will fit on a
printed line will vary.

Example:
















PRODUCT  :  QUATTRO PRO                            NUMBER  :  536
VERSION  :  1.0
     OS  :  DOS
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  TITLE  :  QUATTRO PRO PRINT PROCEDURES




The following text is printed in the Times Roman font (a
proportionally spaced font):

    iiiiiiiii
    mmmmmmmmm


Notice that the nine m's take up more space horizontally than the
nine i's.  In the following example, the text is printed in
courier font (a fixed width font):

    iiiiiiiii
    mmmmmmmmm


Notice that the nine m's take up the same amount of space
horizontally as the nine i's.

Also, when changing the character height (point size) of a font,
it is not always obvious how many lines will actually print on a
page.  You may specify a 60 line page, but if you use a character
font with a point size of 72 (which is equivalent to a height of
one inch), it is clear that you will only get 6 lines per page.

Now that you have been acquainted with Quattro Pro's printing
capabilities and desktop features, we will delve into the actual
formatting used for final quality printing.

The first font (/ Style, Font, 1 Font 1), controls the overall
column width of the final output while the largest font (point
size) on a particular line (row) determines that line's actual
spacing.

What does column width have to do with the printed output, you
may ask?  Since different fonts allow a different amount of space
for each character, a standard character width (column width)
must be determined before formatting of the output can take
place.

Quattro Pro determines the default column width by taking the
space required to print two 5's in whatever font is specified as
the first font and dividing the sum by two.  As stated
previously, proportional spaced fonts require a different amount














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VERSION  :  1.0
     OS  :  DOS
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of space for each character so a standard must be found.  The
result of the above calculation will determine how much total
space will be allowed for a printed line.  Do not get this
confused with the number of characters that will appear in a
given space on a line.

After the result of the 5's calculation is achieved, each column
width of the print block is multiplied by this value to determine
just how much space will be reserved on the line for that column.
This amount of space does not necessarily specify that all
characters in the particular cell of the column will print.

Again, if the cell contains 9 i's (assuming a column width of 9),
all 9 i's may print.  However, if the cell contains 9 m's, only
half of the m's may print.

Now, with all of this in mind, what happens if you specify a
different font for a cell within the column other than the first
font?  Well, the obvious answer is that you will have to increase
the column width so that all the information in the column will
print, given the default column width and the different sizes of
fonts being used.

Getting back to row heights and how many lines will print on a
given page, the largest font (point size) on any given line will
determine the line spacing for that line.  Thus, you may not get
60 lines per page if that is the page length you have specified.
Depending on the fonts used in the print block, you may get more
than 60 (if you are using a small font) or you may get less (if
using a larger font).

Use the following table for calculating approximate row heights:

     6 pt        9.00 lpi
     8 pt        8.00 lpi
    10 pt        6.00 lpi
    12 pt        4.75 lpi
    14 pt        4.00 lpi
    16 pt        3.75 lpi
    18 pt        3.50 lpi
    20 pt        3.00 lpi
    24 pt        2.50 lpi
    30 pt        2.00 lpi














PRODUCT  :  QUATTRO PRO                            NUMBER  :  536
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    36 pt        1.55 lpi
    48 pt        1.25 lpi
    72 pt         .75 lpi

(The above test was run on an HP LaserJet II at 300 x 300 dpi.
These measurements may very depending on the resolution and the
printer being used.)

What is a clean-cut rule to use when determining the final page
layout?  Good question!  Try to use precise measurements for your
page layout (/ Print, Layout, Dimensions) when using proportional
spaced fonts.  Do not use character/line measurements, use inches
or centimeters.  These are exact measurements that are not
affected by different character widths or heights.  Allow plenty
of column spacing for your print block.  Never specify your first
font to be an extremely large font (eg.  72 point) or an
extremely small font (eg.  6 point).  Finally, USE THE SCREEN
PREVIEWER!  At first, a lot of this will be trial and error.
Nothing is more perturbing than trying something and then waiting
to see the output just to realize the paper has been wasted
because a column width is too narrow.  The screen previewer will
show you exactly what will print out on the page.


LINE DRAWING

You have been presented with the basics behind how character
fonts are formatted with Quattro Pro.  Now, it is time to learn
about Quattro Pro's line drawing feature and what role it plays
in formatting a cell for output.

From the preceding discussion, you have found that the printed
output has no close relation to the information that is stored in
any given cell.  With this in mind, you are thinking that a
fixed-width font will always show what is displayed in a cell.
If you specify the first font to be MONOSPACE, for example, a
cell containing nine characters and having a column width of nine
will produce an output of nine characters.  Not true.  One
character space is always reserved for line drawing characters.
Therefore, keeping with the example above, only eight characters
will print.
















PRODUCT  :  QUATTRO PRO                            NUMBER  :  536
VERSION  :  1.0
     OS  :  DOS
   DATE  :  August 8, 1990                PAGE  :  8/11
  TITLE  :  QUATTRO PRO PRINT PROCEDURES




The line drawing characters attach themselves to the top and left
of the cells.  For example, if your print block is specified to
be A1..H8 and you have line drawing around the outside of this
block, your print block must be expanded to A1..I9.  The extra
column is needed for the line drawing character that appears down
the right side of column H and the extra row is needed for the
line drawing character that appears at the bottom of row 8.


SHADING

The amount of shading that will appear for a given cell is also
governed by the first font.  Once you are comfortable with the
first font rule for formatting, you will become accustomed to the
amount of shading that will appear in a given cell.  Again,
column width is the key.


INSERTED GRAPHS

When inserting a graph into the spreadsheet, you are limited to a
width of 12 columns and 32 rows.  The column width of each column
used does not matter.  If you have twelve columns, for example,
each with a width of one, you still cannot use more than twelve
columns for the inserted graph.  If you attempt to use more than
twelve columns, Quattro Pro will present an error message stating
that you cannot do this.  On the other hand, the twelve columns
can be as wide as 254 characters (the maximum column width).
However, the first font still controls what will print out on a
page.

A graph cannot be any larger than 8 inches x 10 inches (height
and width will adjust according to the orientation being used).
Therefore, YOU are responsible for selecting the appropriate
block in which to insert the graph and still retain any sort of
continuity for the inserted graph.

Quattro Pro automatically (by default) keeps a 4:3 aspect ratio
on graphs (inserted or otherwise).  If you wish to take full
control over the formatting of the graph, select / Print, Graph
Print, Layout, 4:3 Aspect, No.    By turning the aspect ratio off,
it is up to you to make sure the graph does not become distorted.
By turning off the aspect ratio, you can create a graph that has














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the dimension of 1 inch by 1 inch!  You have the controls at this
point.


DRAFT HQ PRINTING

The third type of output available in Quattro Pro is Draft High
Quality (HQ) print.  Draft HQ is the same as Final HQ with the
exception that no font building will take place.  If the font has
already been built, Quattro Pro will use the font when formatting
the output.  However, if the font has not been built, Quattro Pro
will not build the font.  Instead, an internal hershey font will
be substituted for that font.

To set Draft HQ printing, select / Options, Graphics Quality,
Draft.


PRINTING GUIDELINES

This section provides guidelines for successfully printing with
different types of printers in the two different Quattro Pro
print modes; Draft and Final Quality.

Each table is divided into two separate parts.    The top half
discusses the initial setup steps required to print in the
specified mode.  Once defined, it is not necessary to make any
changes unless the format of the document warrants.

The bottom half of the tables outline the steps which must be
performed EACH time a print job is performed.  These steps are
necessary to ensure all information formats correctly on the
page.
























PRODUCT  :  QUATTRO PRO                            NUMBER  :  536
VERSION  :  1.0
     OS  :  DOS
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  TITLE  :  QUATTRO PRO PRINT PROCEDURES




Draft Mode
                     Daisy-wheel        Dot-matrix          Laser printer
                  (draft mode only)       (draft mode)           (draft mode)
Initial Setup:
                   ┌──────────────────────┬──────────────────────┬──────────────────────┐
            Select │    not necessary     │/Options|Hardware|    │/Options|Hardware|
│
               printer │              │ Printer              │ Printer
│
                   │              │                      │
│
               Save as │/Options|Update       │/Options|Update         │/Options|Update
│
           the default │              │                      │
│
                   │              │                      │
│
               Set │/Print|Layout|          │/Print|Layout|         │/Print|Layout|
│
            Dimensions │ Dimension|Lines/Chars│ Dimension|Lines/Chars│
Dimension|Lines/Chars│
                   │              │                      │
│
        Set page
length│/Print|Layout|Margins|│/Print|Layout|Margins|│/Print|Layout|Margins|│
        (portrait mode)│ Page length=66 lines │ Page length=66 lines │ Page length=60 lines
│
                   │              │                      │
│
               Set the │/Print|Destination|   │/Print|Destination|   │/Print|Destination|
│
           Destination │ Printer          │ Printer              │ Printer
│
                   │              │                      │
│
               Save as │/Print|Layout|Update  │/Print|Layout|Update  │/Print|Layout|Update
│
        system defaults│              │                      │
│
                   └──────────────────────┴──────────────────────┴──────────────────────┘

Each time you print:
                   ┌──────────────────────┬──────────────────────┬──────────────────────┐














PRODUCT  :  QUATTRO PRO                            NUMBER  :  536
VERSION  :  1.0
     OS  :  DOS
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  TITLE  :  QUATTRO PRO PRINT PROCEDURES




            Define │/Print|Block          │/Print|Block         │/Print|Block
│
             Block │              │                      │
│
                   │              │                      │
│
          Build fonts? │    not necessary     │    not necessary     │      not necessary
│
                   │              │                      │
│
                   │              │                      │
│
            Reset page │Adjust Printer|Align  │Adjust Printer|Align  │Adjust Printer|Align
│
            number │              │                      │
│
                   │              │                      │
│
             Start │Spreadsheet Print     │Spreadsheet Print     │Spreadsheet Print
│
              printing │              │                      │
│
                   │              │                      │
│
               Printer │Adjust Printer|       │Adjust Printer|         │Adjust Printer|
│
           adjustments │Form Feed          │Form Feed         │Form Feed
│
                   │              │                      │
│
                   └──────────────────────┴──────────────────────┴──────────────────────┘


























PRODUCT  :  QUATTRO PRO                            NUMBER  :  536
VERSION  :  1.0
     OS  :  DOS
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Final Quality Mode

                      Dot-matrix        Laser printer          PostScript
                   (graphics mode)       (graphics mode)       (graphics mode)
Initial Setup:
                   ┌───────────────────────┬───────────────────────┬───────────────────────┐
            Select │ Options|Hardware|     │/Options|Hardware|     │/Options|Hardware|
│
               printer │ Printer           │ Printer
│Printer|Type|PostScript│
                   │               │               │
│
               Save as │/Options|Update        │/Options|Update        │/Options|Update
│
           the default │               │               │
│
                   │               │               │
│
               Set │/Print|Layout|           │/Print|Layout|           │/Print|Layout|
│
            Dimensions │ Dimension|Inches      │ Dimension|Inches      │ Dimension|Inches
│
                   │               │               │
│
        Set page length│/Print|Layout|Margins| │/Print|Layout|Margins|
│/Print|Layout|Margins| │
        (portrait mode)│ Page length=11 inches │ Page length=11 inches │ Page length=11
inches │
                   │               │               │
│
               Set the │Destination|Graphics   │Destination|Graphics   │Destination|Graphics
│
           Destination │Printer                │Printer                │Printer
│
                   │               │               │
│
               Save as │Layout|Update           │Layout|Update           │Layout|Update
│
        system defaults│               │               │
│
                   └───────────────────────┴───────────────────────┴───────────────────────┘

Each time you print:














PRODUCT  :  QUATTRO PRO                            NUMBER  :  536
VERSION  :  1.0
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                   ┌───────────────────────┬───────────────────────┬───────────────────────┐
            Define │/Print|Block           │/Print|Block           │/Print|Block
│
             Block │               │               │
│
                   │               │               │
│
         * Build fonts │/Options|Graphics      │/Options|Graphics      │/Options|Graphics
│
         if necessary? │ Quality|Draft or Final│ Quality|Draft or Final│ Quality|Draft or
Final│
                   │               │               │
│
            Reset page │Adjust Printer|Align **│Adjust Printer|Align **│Adjust Printer|Align
**│
            number │               │               │
│
                   │               │               │
│
             Start │Spreadsheet Print      │Spreadsheet Print      │Spreadsheet Print
│
              printing │               │               │
│
                   │               │               │
│
               Printer │     not necessary     │     not necessary     │     not necessary
│
           adjustments │               │               │
│
                   └───────────────────────┴───────────────────────┴───────────────────────┘

     * If a Bitstream font is not found, Draft will substitute another font; Final will build a
       Bitstream font on the spot.
    ** Necessary only when using # in headers/footers.