t-gRAB dATA v2 eXPLAINS HOW MERGE TWO OR MORE gEOwRITE FILES TOGETHER.
TO DESKtOP
iNSERT NEW DISK INTO DISK p
dO YOU WISH TO MERGE GEOwRITE FILES?
rONALD b. rOMINE
(gEOrON)
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wHILE LOOKING THROUGH THE cOMMENT SECTION OF THE
@geos aRENA
ON q-lINK,
i RAN ACROSS THIS QUESTION, (OR SHOULD i SAY THESE QUESTIONS.)
"does anyone wish that geowrite could be used to merge separate files together? i don't mean the merging that geomerge accomplishes; i'm speaking of being able to append one geowrite file onto the end of another. even
@skywriter
can do it, and
@skywriter
doesn't even compare well with geowrite! will geowrite ever have this capability? can geowrite handle this considering the
@vlir
format used?^
aND THE ANSWER IS . . . yes !
i NOTICED RIGHT AWAY, THAT GEOwRITE DIDN'T HAVE A
@merge
@COMMAND
tO PREVENT CONFUSION YOU CAN REFER TO IT AS AN
@append COMMAND
. aCTUALLY, i DIDN'T NOTICE UNTIL i DECIDED THAT IT WOULD BE A WHOLE LOT EASIER TO COMBINE SEVERAL OF MY GEOwRITE FILES INTO ONLY ONE FILE WITH SEVERAL PAGES.
i WASN'T GOING TO LET THE LACK OF THIS COMMAND STOP ME FROM MERGING
@SEVERAL
OF MY DOCUMENTS INTO ONLY
FILE !
@aND IT DIDN'T!
"hOW'D YOU DO THAT^, YOU'RE ASKING. iT'S QUITE SIMPLE REALLY. iF YOU HAVE
@gEOwRITE
2.0 OR HIGHER, YOU CAN USE THE
@select page
COMMAND, COMBINED WITH THE
@text manager
OR THE
@text scrap.
wE'LL START WITH THE SIMPLER METHOD FIRST. wHILE THIS METHOD IS EASIER TO USE, IT HAS ONE NOTICABLE LIMITATION. iT CAN APPEND ONLY ONE PAGE AT A TIME, TO THE MAIN FILE. tO BEGIN APPENDING WE WILL NEED ONLY THREE BASE FILES:
@GEOwRITE
, THE MAIN DOCUMENT (WHICH WE WILL BE APPENDING TO), AND A ONE PAGE DOCUMENT (THAT WILL PROVIDE THE INFORMATION) WE WILL APPENDED TO THE MAIN DOCUMENT. fOR CLARITY WE'LL CALL THE MAIN DOCUMENT
@lETTER a
, AND THE ONE PAGE DOCUMENT
@lETTER b
. tHE PROCESS ARE LISTED IS LISTED IN STEPS ON THE NEXT PAGE.
bmERGING A SINGLE PAGE WITH ANOTHER:
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fIRST, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM ON THE DISK. tHERE WILL HAVE TO BE ROOM FOR
@lETTER a
@lETTER b
, THE
@text scrap
, plus ROOM FOR THE EXPANDITION OF
@lETTER a
, WHICH AFTER MERGING WILL BECOME AS LONG AS
@lETTER a
AND
@lETTER b
COMBINED.
LOAD
@lETTER b
, INTO GEOwRITE.
gO TO THE
@options bOX,
AND CHOOSE THE
@sELECT
pAGE
OPTION, ({$60}v).
wITH THE PAGE STILL SELECTED, GO TO THE
@edit bOX
, AND
CLICK ON
@copy
, (OR {$60}c). tHIS WILL COPY THE
@ENTIRE
PAGE TO THE
@TEXT BUFFER.
yOU SHOULD NOW {$7e}CLICK' THE BUTTON OF YOUR MOUSE TO
TURN OFF THE
@pAGE sELECT
OPTION. tHE POINTER CAN
BE ANY WHERE ON THE PAGE.
cLOSE
@lETTER b
, AND LOAD
@ lETTER a
. (tHIS IS
WHERE THE FUN BEGINS.)
lOOK THROUGH
@lETTER a
, AND POSITION THE
@TEXT
CURSUR
WHERE YOU WISH
@lETTER b
, TO BEGIN. iT CAN
BE AT THE END, IN THE MIDDLE, OR AT THE VERY BEGINNING
@lETTER
nOW, GO TO THE
@edit bOX
, AND {$7e}CLICK' ON
@paste.
iF YOU WERE CAREFUL YOU SHOULD SEE THE TEXT WE COPIED FROM
@lETTER b
, INSERT ITSELF INTO
@lETTER a
, STARTING
AT THE
@TEXT CURSUR
'S POSITION!
wASN'T THAT SIMPLE?
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nOW WE COME TO THE SECOND METHOD OF
@APPENDING
. iT'S PRACTIALLY THE SAME AS THE FIRST, BUT WE ALSO USE THE
@text mANAGER
"wHY DO i NEED THE
@text mANAGER
, WHEN THE FIRST METHOD WORKS GREAT WITHOUT IT,^ SOME OF YOU ARE ASKING. bECAUSE, LIKE i SAID EARLIER, "iT CAN APPEND ONLY ONE PAGE OF A FILE AT A TIME TO THE MAIN FILE.^ aFTER ALL, THE LAST THING i WANT TO DO IS SPEND HALF THE NIGHT JUMPING BACK AND FORTH, MERGING FIVE, OR EVEN JUST THREE PAGES OF A FILE IN TO A ANOTHER DOCUMENT.
wE'LL USE THE SAME APPROACH AS BEFORE WITH THE DOCUMENTS BEING
@lETTER a
, AND
@lETTER b
. hOWEVER, THIS TIME
@lETTER b
WILL HAVE SEVERAL PAGES TO BE MERGED WITH
@lETTER a
, INSTEAD OF JUST A SINGLE PAGE.
( iF YOUR READY, JUST TURN TO THE NEXT PAGE. )
@mERGING SEVERAL PAGES WITH ANOTHER FILE: pART
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fIRST, MAKE SURE YOU HAVE PLENTY OF ROOM ON THE DISK. tHERE WILL HAVE TO BE ROOM FOR
@lETTER a
@lETTER b
, THE
@tEXT aLBUM
CREATED WITH THE
@tEXT mANAGER
, PLUS ROOM FOR THE EXPANDITION OF
@lETTER a
, WHICH AFTER MERGING, CAN BECOME AS LONG AS
@lETTER a
AND
@lETTER b
, COMBINED.
LOAD
@lETTER b
INTO GEOwRITE. tHEN GOTO THE PAGE TO
BE COPIED TO
@lETTER a
gO TO THE
@options bOX,
AND CHOOSE THE
@sELECT
pAGE
OPTION, ({$60}v).
wITH THE PAGE STILL SELECTED, GO TO THE
@edit bOX
, AND
CLICK ON
@copy
, (OR {$60}c). tHIS WILL COPY THE
@ENTIRE
PAGE TO THE
@TEXT BUFFER.
yOU SHOULD NOW {$7e}CLICK' THE BUTTON OF YOUR MOUSE TO
TURN OFF THE
@pAGE sELECT
OPTION. tHE POINTER CAN
BE ANY WHERE ON THE PAGE
gO TO THE
@geos bOX
, AND BRING DOWN THE
@dESK
aCCESSORYS
MENU. sELECT THE
@text mANAGER.
wHEN THE
@text mANAGER
APPEARS, SELECT THE
@cREATE
aLBUM
OPTION, GIVE THE ALBUM WHATEVER NAME YOU
DESIRE
tHE NEW
@aLBUM
SHOULD THEN APPEAR.
{$7e}cLICK' THE
@aLBUM
@edit bOX.
yOU WILL BE GIVEN
THREE OPTIONS:
@copy
@ cut
, AND
@paste
sELECT THE
@paste
OPTION. tHIS WILL PLACE THE
@TEXT
BUFFER
(WHICH CONTAINS THE PAGE WE COPIED) INTO THE
@aLBUM
eXIT THE
@aLBUM.
rEPEAT STEPS ONE THROUGH NINE FOR EACH PAGE. (yOU CAN
IGNORE THE FIRST PART OF STEP 1.)
sO FAR, WE HAVE ONLY STORED THE THE PAGES OF
@lETTER b
. oN THE NEXT PAGE WE WILL LIST THE STEPS FOR
@MERGING
THEM TO
@lETTER b
@mERGING SEVERAL PAGES WITH ANOTHER FILE: pART
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cLOSE
@lETTER b
IF STILL OPEN, AND LOAD
@ lETTER a
gO TO THE
@geos bOX
, AND BRING DOWN THE
@DESK
ACCESSORYS
MENU. sELECT THE
@text mANAGER.
wHEN THE
@text mANAGER
APPEARS, SELECT THE
@oPEN
aLBUM
OPTION, SELECT THE NAME OF THE
@aLBUM
CREATED
tHE NEW
@aLBUM
SHOULD THEN APPEAR.
uSE THE {$7e}DOG-EARRED' CORNER TO FLIP TO THE FIRST PAGE
OF TEXT YOU WISH TO COPY TO
@lETTER a
{$7e}cLICK' THE
@aLBUM
@edit bOX.
sELECT THE
@copy
OPTION. tHIS WILL PLACE THE
@text
PAGE
BEING VIEWED, WHICH IS A PAGE WE COPIED FROM
@lETTER b
INTO THE INTO THE
@text BUFFER
eXIT THE
@aLBUM.
yOU WILL NOW BE BACK IN
@lETTER a
lOOK THROUGH
@lETTER a
, AND POSITION THE
@TEXT
CURSUR
WHERE YOU WISH THE PAGE OF
@lETTER b
TO BEGIN.
nOW, GO TO THE
@edit bOX
, AND {$7e}CLICK' ON
@paste.
iF YOU'VE BEEN CAREFUL YOU SHOULD SEE THE TEXT THAT
WE COPIED FROM
@lETTER b
, INSERT ITSELF INTO
@lETTER a
, STARTING AT THE
@TEXT CURSUR
'S POSITION!
rEPEAT STEPS ONE THROUGH TEN FOR EACH PAGE YOU WISH
TO COPY FROM THE
@text aLBUM
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tHE THE TEXT IN THE
@tEXT aLBUM
CAN BE SAVED FOR APPENDING TO OTHER LETTERS, OR THE
@aLBUM
ITSELF CAN BE DROPPED INTO THE {$7e}
@WASTE BASKET
' AFTER YOU HAVE FINISHED APPENDING YOUR DOCUMENTS.
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