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 QUICK FORMS HELP                 MENU PAGE                         Page   of

File Extensions indicate type of Form
    .FMS  - A Form that already has been made and may or may not be filled in.
    .FM_  - A Master Form
    .FM@  - A Form that has been saved by Quick Forms in an Ascii format.
            These forms do not have any formatting (such as bold, italics, etc.)

Fill In a Form   - Open any Form in FILL IN Mode.  Once a form has been made in
                   the MASTER Mode, it may be filled in in this mode.  All
                   characters of the Master Form are Protected and cannot be
                   written over except the Underline Character.

New Master Form  - Start a New Master Form.

Edit Master Form - Edits a Master Form.  If a .FMS or .FM@ form is opened and
                   saved in this mode it will become a Master Form with the
                   .FM_ extension (the old files will still exist).  All
                   characters of the .FM@ (or an Ascii File) will become
                   protected.  However, when a .FMS form is loaded in this Mode,
                   the unprotected characters (if any) will remain unprotected.
                   It is not recommended to load .FMS forms in Master Mode (see
                   the manual).

Delete a Form    - Deletes a Form or File.
                   .COM and .EXE Files cannot be deleted.

Exit             - Exits to DOS     Pressing CTRL X will also exit to DOS

The bottom of the Page shows the Files in Alaphabetical Order.  There are two
pages for a total of 100 Files.  If there are more than 100 the count
will show >100 in light red.  Only 100 files can be shown.
Use the cursor keys to select a File.

ALT H -  Is always available for Help.
         Help is context sensitive.  That is it will be given for whatever
         area of the program that you are in.

ALT C -  Will allow you to change the path or drive so that you can load and
         save files from different paths and drives.

ALT F -  Toggles back and forth between Quick Form Files and All Files (only
         100 can be shown). When All Files are shown you can load any Ascii file
         as long as it fits the parameters of 63 rows by 136 columns maximum.

ALT P -  Use to select the Printer you are using.  If you can't find yours,
         experiment to find the one closest to it.  Selecting PLAIN PRINTER
         will work on almost any printer but will only print the Ascii
         characters and will not support Bold, Italics, etc.

ESC   -  Will cancel any activity that you are doing.


When saving a MASTER FORM a .BAK file will be made if the form already exists.

When saving a form in FILL IN mode or saving as an Ascii file a .BAK file
will not be made.


 QUICK FORMS HELP                 FILL IN MODE                      Page   of

ALT 0 (on the keyboard) - Opens the window for the IBM extended character set.
ALT +  and  ALT -  (on the keyboard) - Steps through the IBM extended character
                   set.  Characters in grey are not supported by the currently
                   selected Printer.
F1 to F10 -  Print the corresponding IBM character in the current window.

CTRL F1 -  MOVE                                      ALT B -  Bold
CTRL F2 -  COPY                                      ALT C -  Condensed
CTRL F3 -  ERASE                                     ALT I -  Italics
CTRL F4 -  N/A                                       ALT L -  Subscript
CTRL F5 -  DRAW LINES                                ALT S -  Superscript
CTRL F6 -  DUPLICATE                                 ALT U -  Underlined
CTRL F7 -  FILL                                      ALT T -  Double Height
CTRL F8 -  N/A                                       ALT W -  Double Width
CTRL SHIFT F9  - N/A                                 ALT X _  D-Width  D-Height
CTRL SHIFT F10 - N/A                                   Many of these may
                                                       be combined.
      Moves cursor
SHIFT    Moves screen up one row
SHIFT    Moves screen down one row
SHIFT    Moves screen right one column (if more than 80 columns)
SHIFT    Moves screen left one column (if more than 80 columns)
CTRL     Moves screen to far right (if more than 80 columns)
CTRL     Moves screen to far left (if more than 80 columns)
PAGE UP          Moves screen up 20 lines
PAGE DOWN        Moves screen down 20 lines
SHIFT PAGE UP    Moves screen to Home position and cursor to upper left corner
SHIFT PAGE DOWN  Moves screen and cursor to last line in use

ESC          Exit current activity and show options
TAB          Moves cursor to next Tab Stop   (SHIFT TAB  - Back Tab)
ENTER        Moves cursor to first Tab Stop after the current line
HOME         Moves cursor to first position on line
END          Moves cursor to last character on line
SHIFT HOME   Moves cursor to upper left corner
SHIFT END    Moves cursor to lower left corner
SHIFT ENTER  Places character that the cursor is under in the Duplicate Buffer
             A click will be heard to confirm this
INSERT         N/A
DELETE         N/A
SHIFT INSERT   N/A
SHIFT DELETE   N/A

ALT P   Toggles the cursor location between Row & Column and Inches

CTRL C   N/A
CTRL E   Erases Non-Protected text from cursor to end of line
CTRL A   Erases Non-Protected text from cursor to end of form
CTRL F   Disables Form Feed  (see manual: Making Labels)
CTRL M   Toggles screen back and forth between full color and monochrome
CTRL T   Prints current time      CTRL SHIFT T   N/A  (see manual)
CTRL D   Prints current date      CTRL SHIFT D   N/A  (see manual)

Double Width characters will always be followed by a Dot.  This is for Printing
purposes and also to maintain continuity on the screen.

When using Double Height characters you must leave the space above them blank.
 QUICK FORMS HELP                 MASTER MODE                       Page   of

ALT 0 (on the keyboard) - Opens the window for the IBM extended character set.
ALT +  and  ALT -  (on the keyboard) - Steps through the IBM extended character
                   set.  Characters in grey are not supported by the currently
                   selected Printer.
F1 to F10 -  Print the corresponding IBM character in the current window.

CTRL F1 -  MOVE                                      ALT B -  Bold
CTRL F2 -  COPY                                      ALT C -  Condensed
CTRL F3 -  ERASE                                     ALT I -  Italics
CTRL F4 -  DRAW GRID                                 ALT L -  Subscript
CTRL F5 -  DRAW LINES                                ALT S -  Superscript
CTRL F6 -  DUPLICATE                                 ALT U -  Underlined
CTRL F7 -  FILL                                      ALT T -  Double Height
CTRL F8 -  SET COLUMNS                               ALT W -  Double Width
CTRL SHIFT F9  - INSERT COLUMN                       ALT X -  D-Width  D-Height
CTRL SHIFT F10 - DELETE COLUMN                         Many of these may
                                                       be combined.
      Moves cursor
SHIFT    Moves screen up one row
SHIFT    Moves screen down one row
SHIFT    Moves screen right one column (if more than 80 columns)
SHIFT    Moves screen left one column (if more than 80 columns)
CTRL     Moves screen to far right (if more than 80 columns)
CTRL     Moves screen to far left (if more than 80 columns)
PAGE UP          Moves screen up 20 lines
PAGE DOWN        Moves screen down 20 lines
SHIFT PAGE UP    Moves screen to Home position and cursor to upper left corner
SHIFT PAGE DOWN  Moves screen and cursor to last line in use

ESC           Exit current activity and show options
TAB           Moves cursor right 8 spaces   (SHIFT TAB  - Back Tab)
ENTER         Moves cursor to first position on next line
HOME          Moves cursor to first position on line
END           Moves cursor to last character on line
SHIFT HOME    Moves cursor to upper left corner
SHIFT END     Moves cursor to lower left corner
SHIFT ENTER   Places character that the cursor is under in the Duplicate Buffer
              A click will be heard to confirm this
INSERT        Inserts text
DELETE        Deletes text
SHIFT INSERT  Inserts a new blank row
SHIFT DELETE  Deletes current row

ALT P   Toggles the cursor location between Row & Column and Inches

CTRL C   Center Text  (Centers according to column width)
CTRL E   Erases from cursor to end of line
CTRL A   Erases from cursor to end of form
CTRL F   Disables Form Feed  (see manual: Making Labels)
CTRL M   N/A in Master Mode
CTRL T   Prints current time     CTRL SHIFT T   Prints 'Time Stamp' (see manual)
CTRL D   Prints current date     CTRL SHIFT D   Prints 'Date Stamp' (see manual)

Double Width characters will always be followed by a Dot.  This is for Printing
purposes and also to maintain continuity on the screen.

When using Double Height characters you must leave the space above them blank.

 QUICK FORMS HELP                 SELECT PRINTER                    Page   of

Use the cursor keys to select a Printer.  If your printer does not appear
then experiment to find the one that will work the best.

Selecting PLAIN PRINTER will work on almost any printer but will not support
formating (Bold, Italics, etc.)

On the right of the screen will appear the Printer that is currently selected.
The print styles that are supported will also be shown.

The program does not inhibit print styles when you are making a form.  So make
sure that if you are using styles such as  'Double Height'  that your printer
will support them.

Press  ESC  when your selection is finished.







 QUICK FORMS HELP                 CHANGE PATH                       Page   of

Used to change the Path and/or Drive to load and save forms.

The Path is limited to 36 characters.  If your Path is longer than this the
whole Path may not appear.  If this is the case use  CTRL-E  to erase the Path
and enter the Drive letter with a ":" (this is the same as the default Path).

For example if  C:\FIRSTDIR\SECONDDIR\THIRDDIR  is the default Path then
                C:     would be the same thing.      (see your DOS manual)

You must have a valid Path before you can exit.

If you get too confused just enter a  ?  to return to the default Path.


Warning -  If your computer has only one floppy drive  (A:)  DO NOT try
           to change the Path to Drive  (B:)

           Even  Microsoft WORD   doesn't handle this one.



 QUICK FORMS HELP                 OPTIONS LINE                      Page   of

S   - Save

Q   - Quit and go back to the Menu.  If you have made changes you will be asked
      if you want to Save them.

P   - Print Form on your Printer

T   - Set or Remove Tab Stops in your Form

ESC - Resume making or filling your Form



 QUICK FORMS HELP                 SAVE FORM                         Page   of

TAB   - Moves between Name of Form, Path, and Formatted

ENTER - Saves Form

The Form Name can be any name accepted by DOS.  The extension is added
automatically.

             .FMS   A form already made and may or may not be already filled in.
             .FM_   A Master Form
             .FM@   A form saved in Ascii format by Quick Forms


PATH      -  For Help on Path TAB to Path and do an  ALT-H  for Help

FORMATTED -  Selecting  N  will save the form in an Ascii format so that it
             can be read by other programs.  It will create a new file with
             the  .FM@  extension.  All formatting will be lost.  But don't
             worry, the  .FMS  or  FM_  file will still be there unless this
             is a New Form in which case you should save it again using
             a  Y  in this field.



 QUICK FORMS HELP                 SAVE CHANGES                      Page   of

You have made at least one change to the Form since it was loaded.

Enter  Y  to save it.

Enter  N  to leave the Form as it was before you loaded it.



 QUICK FORMS HELP                 OVERWRITE                         Page   of

You are attempting to save a Form with a name that already exists.

Enter  Y  to overwrite it.
Enter  N  to discard any changes made and go back to MENU.
Press ESC to go back to the Options Line

Note:  Quick Forms will save a Form that you are editing or filling in under
       the name that it was loaded with.  However if you changed the name,
       Quick Forms treats it as a New Form. (This is so even if you change the
       name back to what it originally was)



 QUICK FORMS HELP                 NON CONFORMING FILE               Page   of

The limits to a Quick Form are   63 Rows  by  136 Columns.

Quick Forms will attempt to load any File that is not a  .FMS  or  .FM_  File
as if it were an ASCII File.  (.COM  and  .EXE  Files will not be loaded)

Since the maximum number of characters in a Row is 136, Quick Forms expects to
find a  Carrige Return and Line Feed  by the time that the count reaches 137
in each Row.  If this condition is not met then the File is considered to be
non conforming and loading stops.  However if the ASCII File that you are
loading has more than 63 Rows, the File will be loaded but only the first
63 Rows.

Be Careful when loading any File other than a Quick Forms File.
Make Sure that it is an ASCII file that you want to edit using Quick Forms.



 QUICK FORMS HELP                 SET COLUMNS                       Page   of

Use the cursor keys to select the number of columns.

If you are changing the number of columns make sure that you do not reduce the
number to a value less than the text area of your Form.

The number of columns will be saved with your Form.

When loading an ASCII file the number of columns will be automatically
determined.



 QUICK FORMS HELP                 TAB STOPS                         Page   of

All existing Tab Stops will be highlighted.

TABS can only be set on blank spaces or on an  Underline Character.

To set a TAB press any letter key and the TAB will be set.
To remove a TAB place the cursor under the TAB and press any letter key.

CTRL-Z  Removes all TABS.

Press  ESC  when finished.  Tab Stops are saved with the Form.



 QUICK FORMS HELP                 PRINT FORM                        Page   of

Use the Number keys to select the number of copies. (just like a coping machine)
Pressing the letter "C" will clear the counter back to 1

The default values for Printing are  Bi-Directional  and  10 Characters per inch
Use the cursor keys to change this.

   Changes between  Bi-Directional  and  Uni-Directional
     Choose  Uni-Directional  (Prints from left to right only) when your Form
     has tables and charts to ensure that vertical columns will be in alignment.

   Changes between  Off, 10, 12, 15  characters per inch.
        (Your printer may not support all of these)
     Select  Off  to control this manually from your printer.

ESC  Cancels printing.

Printer width   80 Columns      110 Columns      132 Columns      136 Columns

     10 CPI     80 Characters   110 Characters   132 Characters   136 Characters
     12 CPI     96 Characters   132 Characters   136 Characters   136 Characters
     15 CPI     120 Characters  136 Characters   136 Characters   136 Characters


 QUICK FORMS HELP              MOVE A BLOCK OF TEXT                 Page   of

Position the cursor at the top left of the area that you want to MOVE.

Then do a  CTRL-F1

Use the cursor keys to highlight the area that you want to MOVE.

Press the  END  key.

Move the cursor to the top left of the area that you want the text moved to.

Press the  INSERT  key.  The old area will be erased and the block of text will
        be moved to the new area.
        NOTE:  In FILL IN Mode only Unprotected characters will be MOVED and
               then Only if they are going to an Unprotected area.

If you don't like the new position, just move the cursor again to the top left
        of another area and press the  INSERT  key again.  Do this as many times
        as you like until you are satisfied.

Press the  END  key when you are finished.

Press  ESC  to cancel or another  CTRL-F(key) to do another function.

 QUICK FORMS HELP              COPY A BLOCK OF TEXT                 Page   of

Position the cursor at the top left of the area that you want to COPY.

Then do a  CTRL-F2

Use the cursor keys to highlight the area that you want to COPY.

Press the  END  key.

Move the cursor to the top left of the area that you want the text copied to.

Press the  INSERT  key.  The block of text will be copied to the new area.  The
        old area 'Will Not Be Erased' but parts of it may be copied over.
        NOTE:  In FILL IN Mode only Unprotected characters will be COPIED and
               then only if they are going to an Unprotected area.

You may copy the block of text as many times as you want in as many places as
        you want.  You can use this to create interesting patterns.

Press the  END  key when you are finished.

Press  ESC  to cancel or another  CTRL-F(key) to do another function.

 QUICK FORMS HELP              ERASE A BLOCK OF TEXT                 Page   of

Position the cursor at the top left of the area that you want to ERASE.

Then do a  CTRL-F3

Use the cursor keys to highlight the area that you want to ERASE.

Press the  END  key.
NOTE:  In FILL IN Mode only Unprotected characters will be ERASED.

Press  ESC  to cancel or another  CTRL-F(key) to do another function.


 QUICK FORMS HELP                 DRAW GRID                         Page   of

Position the cursor at the top left of the GRID location.

Then do a  CTRL-F4

An Asterisk will appear at the top left position of the GRID.

Use the Cursor, Tab, and Enter Keys to position the cursor to the positions
along the top and left sides of the GRID area where you want lines to be drawn.

Press  S  for Single Lines
Press  D  for Double Lines
Press any other letter key to place an Asterisk at the position.  The size and
        layout of the GRID will be determined by where you place the Asterisks.

Press  END  when finished  or  ESC  to cancel.

HINT:  If you are making a GRID that will have Column Headings you may want to
       lay out and position the Column Headings first and then draw the
       GRID around them.



 QUICK FORMS HELP                 DRAW LINES                        Page   of

Press  S  for Single Lines
Press  D  for Double Lines

Use the cursor keys to draw lines.

SHIFT + (one of the cursor keys) will draw a line in that direction
        from the cursor up to the first position that is not a Space.

Press  E  to Erase.  The cursor keys will now Erase anything in their path.
Press  P  to Pause.  You may now move the cursor to a new location.
Press  R  to Resume drawing lines.

Press  ESC  when finished.
Press another  CTRL-F(key) to select another function.

Note:  In FILL IN Mode you cannot draw lines or erase over any
       protected character.



 QUICK FORMS HELP               DUPLICATE CHARACTER                 Page   of

Use the cursor keys to DUPLICATE the Character in the Duplicate Buffer.  This
character is shown on the 25th line.  To put a character in the Duplicate
Buffer press Pause and put the cursor under the desired character and press
SHIFT ENTER.  (a click will be heard to confirm this)  When not in DUPLICATE
Mode, pressing  SHIFT ENTER  at anytime will do this.  You can DUPLICATE all
of the IBM Extended Character Set.

SHIFT + (one of the cursor keys)  will DUPLICATE the character in that direction
        from the cursor up to the first position that is not a Space.

Press  E  to Erase.  The cursor keys will now Erase anything in their path.
Press  P  to Pause.  You may now move the cursor to a new location.
Press  R  to Resume DUPLICATING.

Press  ESC  when finished.
Press another  CTRL-F(key) to select another function.

Note:  In FILL IN Mode you cannot DUPLICATE or erase over any
       protected character.



 QUICK FORMS HELP                  FILL AREA                        Page   of

This function FILLS all  Empty Spaces  in an area with the character in the
Duplicate Buffer.  (Anything else is left untouched)

Position the cursor at the top left of the area that you want to FILL.

Then do a  CTRL-F7

Use the cursor keys to highlight the area that you want to FILL.

Then Press  END  to FILL area.

Press  ESC  to Cancel.
Press another  CTRL-F(key) to select another function.



 QUICK FORMS HELP         PRINT ENTIRE FORM OR FILL IN ONLY         Page   of

This option appears only when you are in FILL IN Mode.  You have the
choice here to print the entire form, or just the parts you have filled in.

If you choose "Entire Form" then everything will be printed.  Choose this
option if you are printing on blank paper.

If you choose "Fill In Only" then only the parts that you have 'filled in'
will be printed.  Choose this option if you are printing on a 'pre-printed'
form.  Only the blanks will be filled in (none of the Master Form will be
printed).

Use the TAB Key to toggle back and forth between the two choices.  Your
choice here is remembered between sessions.

Press ENTER when you are finished.