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- Lesson 1
-
- CREATING AND PRINTING A DOCUMENT
-
-
- Perfect Writer allows you to split the screen into two
- windows, each of which can hold a separate document. Throughout
- these lessons, we will use this capability. The top window will
- hold a sample document on which you will practice Perfect Writer's
- commands, while the bottom window will display the text of the
- lesson you are following.
-
- When Perfect Writer splits the screen, it is sometimes easy
- to lose your place in the text. If this happens, relocate your
- place in this lesson using "Escape...Forward (or Backward)...This
- window," which will continue to scroll the window holding the
- cursor (initially, the top window).
-
- Scroll down by selecting:
-
- Escape...Forward...This window
-
- When creating two windows, Perfect Writer splits the screen
- horizontally at the position of the cursor. This means that you
- can create windows of unequal size by simply positioning the
- cursor above or below the midpoint of the screen before selecting
- the command.
-
- Create two windows now by selecting:
-
- Escape. . .Operation. . .Windows. . .2 windows
-
- Immediately, the window divides in half, with the cursor
- appearing in the top window. Press "Escape...Forward...This
- window" to scroll forward.
-
- Notice that only the top window scrolls forward. "This
- window" on the Forward and Backward submenus will scroll ONLY the
- window the cursor is occupying.
-
- To scroll the window which the cursor is NOT occupying, you
- must select `Other window' on the Forward or Backward submenus.
- Do that now. Select:
-
- Escape. . .Forward. . .Other window
- and:
- Escape. . .Backward. . .Other window
-
- The `Forward...Other window', `Backward...Other window'
- commands allow you to scroll the bottom window while remaining in
- the top window.
-
- Move the bottom window forward 4 times by pressing:
-
- Escape...Forward...Other window
-
- followed by: Escape...Repeat
- Escape...Repeat
- Escape...Repeat
-
- From now on, read your instructions in the BOTTOM window, by
- selecting:
-
-
- Escape. . .Forward. . .Other window.
-
-
-
- Perfect Writer will let you work in either window. Move the
- cursor to the bottom window, by selecting:
-
- Escape. . .Operation. . .Windows. . .Switch
-
- The cursor immediately jumps to the bottom window. You can
- now scroll this window forward using "Escape...Forward...This
- window." Do this now.
-
- Practice jumping the cursor back and forth between the
- windows using the switch window command:
-
- Escape. . .Operation. . .Windows. . .Switch
-
- Notice that when the cursor enters a window, it returns to
- the same position it occupied previously. When you feel
- comfortable with this command, return to the TOP window and scroll
- the bottom window forward using "Escape...Forward...Other window."
-
-
- CREATING A NEW DOCUMENT
-
- In the top window we will now create a new document which
- will serve as a practice document. Select:
-
-
- Escape. . .Documents. . .Create
-
- When Perfect Writer responds: "New document name:", type:
-
- "Myletter" (followed by the Return key)
-
- Perfect Writer clears the top window, positioning the cursor
- in the top left corner, ready for you to begin creating a document.
-
- Before beginning, examine the line across the bottom of the
- screen. Called the "Status Line," it identifies the document you
- will be creating (MYLETTER).
-
-
- The Status Line also indicates that you are in the "Wrap"
- mode. In this mode, you don't need to use the Return key to end
- a line. As a line nears the right screen margin, the words are
- automatically `wrapped' to a new line. Use the Return key to
- separate paragraphs from each other by one or more blank lines.
-
-
- To enter text, simply begin typing as you would on a
- typewriter. As you type, your words will be displayed at the
- position of the cursor. As you near the bottom of the screen,
- your text will automatically scroll up so that your cursor always
- stays visible.
-
-
- For now, use your Delete key to correct typing errors.
- This key moves the cursor back one space at a time, erasing
- characters as it goes, thus allowing you to retype. Also, you
- may want to use the Tab key, located below the Escape key, to
- indent lines.
-
- As an exercise, type the following letter to a friend:
-
- Dear (Your Friend's name),
-
- Hello! I'm learning a new word processor called Perfect
- Writer, and thought I would write to tell you about it. I think
- Perfect Writer is going to be fun.
-
- Sincerely,
- (your name)
-
- ---- end of letter ----
-
-
- Don't worry at this time about revising what you've written.
- In the lessons that follow, we will demonstrate how deletions and
- insertions are made, how to move the cursor rapidly around the
- document, and much more.
-
-
- PRINTING YOUR DOCUMENT
-
- Perfect Writer will print the document you have just
- written. Since you will be returned to the PSI Menu when
- printing is complete, we will outline the steps for printing the
- document now, and for beginning the next lesson from the PSI
- Menu. You may wish to make a few notes.
-
- When you select the Print command (which we will present in
- a moment), Perfect Writer saves your document to your document
- diskette, after which it displays the "Printing Options" menu.
- This menu allows various printing choices, such as how many
- copies you want to print, whether the pages will be numbered, and
- so on. Most of these options are self-explanatory. For this
- lesson, you need only select "Start printing."
-
- Perfect Writer will ask you to replace your Edit diskette
- with your Printer diskette, after which it will begin printing
- your document. Following printing, Perfect Writer will ask you to
- reinsert your Edit diskette. It will then return you to the PSI
- Menu.
-
- If you plan to continue with Lesson 2, which deals with
- "Moving Forward and Backward," you should select "Write or revise
- a document" from the PSI Menu, specifying "lesson2." Perfect
- Writer will present Lesson 2.
-
- Note: If you do not have a printer connected to your
- computer, you can still print your letter to the screen by
- selecting "Using @-Sign Commands" on the Printing Options menu,
- followed by "Preview on screen."
-
- At this time, with the cursor in the top window, give the
- Print Document command:
-
- Escape. . .Documents. . .Print
-
-
- End of Lesson 1