hERE'S A LITTLE IMPORT FROM gERMANY THAT i CONVERTED TO eNGLISH (99% OF IT ANYWAY) FOR US u.s.a. geos USERS.
iT WILL WORK IN BOTH 80 COL AND 40 COL MODE IN geos ON THE 64, OR 128, COMPUTER.
eVER WANT TO ADDRESS JUST ONE eNVELOPE, OR JUST A FEW lABELS AND FOUD IT ANNOYING TO LOAD UP AND RUN ONE OF THOSE LABEL MAKER PROGRAMS?
wELL, THIS ONE IS FOR YOU! tHIS LITTLE dESK aCCESSORY WILL ALLOW YOU TO PRINT OUT ONE LINE AT A TIME, OR, dIRECTLY TO THE PRINTER (JUST LIKE A TYPEWRITER).
tURN
YOUR PRINTER,
@THEN
EITHER DOUBLE-CLICK ON ITS' FILE ICON OR SELECT IT FROM ANY aPPLICATION THAT SUPPORTS THE GEOS MENU WITH dESK aCCESSORIES.
(* NOTE *) iF YOU FORGOT TO TURN ON THE PRINTER A DIALOG BOX WILL POP UP TELLING YOU SO, AND GIVE YOU A CHOICE TO cancel THE PROGRAM OR tURN on THE PRINTER AND SELECT THE o.k. ICON TO CONTINUE.
tHE SCREEN IS PRETTY STRAIGHT FORWARD, AND IS A BIT huge
( IN MY OPINION ) FOR WHAT IT DOES, SO HERE'S A LITTLE EXPLAINATION OF IT ALL. :
tHE MENUS ARE VERY SIMPLE AND ARE SIMILAR TO THE MENUS WITHIN gEOwRITE. (YOU COULD CALL THIS A MINI-GEOwRITE)
@GEOS
--INFO. ABOUT THE PROGRAM / AUTHOR
@font
-- aLLOWS YOU TO SELECT ONE OF THE FIRST SEVEN FONTS YOU HAVE ON THE DISK
(sAME RULES APPLY AS IN GEOwRITE)
@styl
-- aLLOWS YOU TO SELECT ONE OF 5 STYLE TYPES
plain,
@bold
italic ,
outline
underline
(sAME RULES APPLY AS IN GEOwRITE)
yOU ALSO CAN USE THE SAME
@KEYBOARD SHORT-CUTS
FOR THE
@styl
@MENU
AS IN GEOwRITE:
c= AND p --- SELECT plain STYLE
c= AND b --- SELECT
@bold
STYLE
c= AND u --- SELECT
UNDERLINE
c= AND i --- SELECT
iTALIC
STYLE
c= AND o --- SELECT
oUTLINE
c= AND l --- fORMfEED TO TOP OF PAGE( THIS ONE DOESN'T WORK ON ALL PRINTERS SO TEST IT OUT FOR YOURS. )
tHE CENTER OF THE SCREEN GIVES YOU INFORMATION ON WHAT STYLE YOU ARE USING, WHAT FONT YOU ARE USING, WHAT POINT SIZE YOU ARE USING, AND A SMALL GROUP OF BUTTONS IN THE UPPER RIGHT CORNER WILL ALLOW YOU TO SELECT YOUR PRINTING MODES AND TYPEFACES IF YOU CLICK ON THEM.
@cLICK ONCE ON THE :
@direct
BUTTON, (
@IN CONJUNCTION WITH EITHER nlq OR draft BUTTONS),
TO TYPE EACH LETTER
@dIRECTLY
TO THE PRINTER.
@caution
** IT IS very slow, AND WILL not ALLOW YOU TO TYPE QUICKLY. jUST HIT one LETTER ON THE KEYBOARD AT A TIME AND WAIT FOR THE PRINTER TO PRINT OUT THAT LETTER.
BUTTON TO SELECT THE hIGH qUALITY dRAFT mODE PRINTOUT
(THIS IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS GEOwRITE)
@draft
BUTTON TO SELECT dRAFT QUALITY MODE PRINTOUT
(THIS IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS GEOwRITE)
BUTTON TO SELECT A nEAR lETTER qUALITY MODE PRINTOUT
(THIS IS EXACTLY THE SAME AS GEOwRITE)
@quit
THE PROGRAM JUST CLICK ON THE quit BUTTON IN THE EXTREME UPPER RIGHT HAND CORNER.
jUST UNDER THE DISPLAY PORTION OF THE SCREEN IS ONE SINGLE LINE WITH THE CURSOR BLINKING IN IT. tHIS IS WHERE YOU'LL SEE WHAT YOU ARE ABOUT TO TYPE OUT. nOT TOO MANY SHORTCUTS HERE, IT IS STRAIGHT FORWARD AND JUST ONE LINE AT A TIME. nO WORD WRAP FEATURES ECT., IT IS MORE LIKE THE NOTE PAD IN THE FILE INFO BOXES, YOU CAN SKIP AROUND AND PLACE LETTERS IN FRONT OF OTHERS, BUT THAT IS ABOUT IT..
tHE rULER AT THE VERY BOTTOM IS A REFERENCE TO WHERE YOU ARE AND WHERE THE PRINTOUT WILL OCCUR. tHE PROGRAM IS "wysiwyg", SO THE SAME RULES APPLY AS GEOwRITE ITSELF.
@hOW TO dO IT...
@draft/nlq
(SEE ALSO direct mode)
@, OR hq mode :
oNCE YOU HAVE YOUR bUTTONS AND STYLES SET-UP THEN SIMPLY TYPE ON THE KEYBOARD AND HIT RETURN WHEN FINISHED WITH THE LINE. iF YOU HIT RETURN WITHOUT TYPING IT WILL ADVANCE THE PRINTER ONE LINE WITHOUT PRINTING ANYTHING.
iF YOU ARE IN :
@direct mode"
EACH LETTER YOU HIT ON THE KEYBOARD WILL
@iMMEDIATLY
@PRINTOUT
ON THE PRINTER. iT IS
very slow
IN DIRECT MODE, SO DON'T TYPE TOO FAST OR YOU WILL MISS GETTING SOME OF YOUR CHARACTERS TO THE PRINTER.
nOW FOR THE LEGAL STUFF :
i AM IN NO WAY, SHAPE, SIZE, OR FORM THE AUTHOR OF THIS PROGRAM, NOR AM i RESPONSIBLE FOR ITS USE OR ABUSE, i ONLY RECIEVED IT FROM A gERMAN cOMMORDORE uSERS gROUP TO TRY OUT IN THE usa. aLL i DID WAS TRANSLATE SOME OF THE MORE IMPORTANT MENUS AND DIALOG BOXES SO YOU WOULD NOT HAVE TROUBLE UNDERSTANDING WHAT THEY ARE.
tHE PROGRAM IS IN IT'S TRANSLATED FORM AND CANNOT BE ALTERED IN ANY WAY OR SOLD FOR PROFIT, IT IS freeware!
iF YOU UPLOAD IT TO ANOTHER ONLINE SERVICE OR bbs YOU MUST KEEP IT AND THE DOCUMENT TOGETHER AND IN THEIR ORIGINAL FORM.
tHE AUTHOR RETAINS ALL COPYRIGHTS, AND CREDITS DUE HIM, TO THE PROGRAM.