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PIVOT!
VERSION 2.0
USER'S MANUAL
May 1990
TRIUS Inc.
231 Sutton Street, Suite 2D-3
P.O. Box 249
North Andover, MA 01845-1639
Tel. (508) 794-9377
(C) Copyright 1989, 1990
Copyright 1989-1990 TRIUS, Inc. Page 1
COPYRIGHT NOTICE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The PIVOT!(tm) Product is NOT "Public Domain" and it is NOT
"Freeware". PIVOT! is a copyrighted software product developed
and owned by TRIUS, Inc. located in North Andover, Massachusetts,
U.S.A.
TRIUS, Inc. grants you without charge the right to reproduce,
distribute and use copies of this version of our PIVOT! shareware
software product, subject to the limitations specified below, and
on the express condition that you do not receive any payment,
commercial benefit, or other consideration for such reproduction
or distribution, or change this license agreement or the
following copyright notice which appears in the software,
documentation, user interface, menus and magnetic media: (C)
Copyright 1989, 1990 TRIUS, Inc. All rights reserved worldwide.
You may make and keep back-up copies of the software for your
personal use, provided that you copy all the copyright,
trademark, and other information indicated on the initial screen
display on each backup copy label.
You may distribute copies to other persons, but solely for their
evaluation (i.e., to decide whether to continue using the product
and therefore register) and solely for evaluation by such other
persons during a thirty (30) day period. PIVOT! must NOT be sold
or otherwise provided as part of a larger system, or as a part of
a more inclusive product or service, without express written
consent and licensing from TRIUS, Inc.
The rights to receive any such financial or other benefit, and to
modify the product or employ its components in any kind of
derivative work, are reserved exclusively by TRIUS, Inc. Support
from users enables us to develop additional features and future
versions of the PIVOT! product.
You may not reverse-engineer, disassemble, modify, decompile or
create derivative works of the product. You acknowledge that the
product includes certain trade secrets and confidential
information, all of which is the copyrighted intellectual
property of TRIUS, Inc. PIVOT! is a trademark of TRIUS Inc. and
the TRIUS Logo is a trademark of TRIUS, Inc. All rights are
reserved worldwide.
Copyright 1989-1990 TRIUS, Inc. Page 2
The PIVOT! User's Manual is copyrighted and all rights are
reserved. The reproduction of this document, in whole or part,
or its conversion to electronic medium are prohibited unless
prior written consent has been given by TRIUS, Inc.
EPSON is a trademark of Epson America Inc.
IBM is a trademark of International Business Machines, Inc.
LOTUS 1-2-3 is a trademark of Lotus Development Corporation
HERCULES is a trademark of Hercules Corporation
MS-DOS is a trademark of Microsoft Corporation.
Additions and modifications to this program and the manual may be
made periodically as needed and they should be considered
additions to the material presented herein.
Copyright 1989-1990 TRIUS, Inc. Page 3
LIMITED WARRANTY
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
THIS PROGRAM IS PROVIDED ON AN "AS IS" BASIS WITHOUT WARRANTY OF
ANY KIND, EXPRESSED OR IMPLIED, INCLUDING BUT NOT LIMITED TO THE
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR
PURPOSE. THE ENTIRE RISK AS TO QUALITY AND PERFORMANCE OF THESE
PROGRAMS IS WITH YOU. SHOULD THE PROGRAM PROVE DEFECTIVE, YOU (NOT
TRIUS, INC.) ASSUME THE ENTIRE COST OF ALL NECESSARY REPAIR,
SERVICING, OR CORRECTION. IN NO EVENT WILL TRIUS, INC. BE LIABLE
TO YOU FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST SAVINGS,
OR OTHER INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF THE USE
OR INABILITY TO USE THESE PROGRAMS, EVEN IF TRIUS, INC. HAS BEEN
ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES. THIS WARRANTY GIVES
YOU SPECIFIC LEGAL RIGHTS IN ADDITION TO LEGAL RIGHTS WHICH VARY
FROM STATE TO STATE. SOME STATES DO NOT ALLOW THE EXCLUSION OF
IMPLIED WARRANTIES OR EXCLUSION OF LIABILITY FOR INCIDENTAL OR
CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES SO THE ABOVE MAY NOT APPLY TO YOU. YOU
ACKNOWLEDGE THAT YOU HAVE READ THIS AGREEMENT, UNDERSTAND IT, AND
AGREE TO BE BOUND BY ITS TERMS AND CONDITIONS. YOU FURTHER AGREE
THAT IT IS THE COMPLETE AND EXCLUSIVE STATEMENT OF THE AGREEMENT
BETWEEN US, WHICH SUPERSEDES ANY PROPOSAL OR PRIOR AGREEMENT, ORAL
OR WRITTEN, AND ANY OTHER COMMUNICATION BETWEEN US.
Copyright 1989-1990 TRIUS, Inc. Page 4
TABLE OF CONTENTS
Copyright Notice . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 2
Limited Warranty . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4
Intoduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Welcome to PIVOT! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6
Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 7
Getting Started . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
What's on the Distribution Disk . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8
Operating Requirements . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Hardware . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Memory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Dot Matrix Printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Laser Jet Printers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9
Making a Working Disk/Directory . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 10
Create a Working Disk - Two Diskette System . . . . . . . 10
Creating a Working Subdirectory - Hard Disk System . . . . 10
Starting the Program . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11
Organization of PIVOT! . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Menus . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12
Installing PIVOT! as an AS-EASY-AS Add-in . . . . . . . . . 13
Command Summary . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14
Browse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Print . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15
Mode . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17
Density . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19
Graphics Character Editor . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Selecting a Character Font . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Active Window . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Character Table . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 22
Font Character (Setting/Reset) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Menu . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 23
Appendix A: Page Limits . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26
Order Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 27
Copyright 1989-1990 TRIUS, Inc. Page 5
INTRODUCTION
~~~~~~~~~~~~
WELCOME TO PIVOT!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
We believe that you will find PIVOT! an excellent program, full
of features not found in other packages that cost many times
more.
PIVOT! uses a spreadsheet like interface which allows you to view
and print the contents of a *.WKS or *.WK1 worksheet file created
by AS-EASY-AS or other spreadsheet programs. It supports
spreadsheets up to 8192 rows x 256 columns and has complete
support for special string concatenation operations performed in
the spreadsheet.
PIVOT! prints the contents of a spreadsheet in either portrait or
landscape directions using a wide variety of print control
options. Six high definition character fonts are built right
into the program (3 Portrait + 3 Landscape). They are COURIER,
SANSERIF and TINY. Other special fonts are distributed on the
diskette as binary *.TRP (Portrait) or *.TRL (Landscape) font
files.
A companion program GCHAR (Graphics Character Editor, See Section
on GCHAR) permits you to customize any character or create a new
character set with a variety of editing commands. It even lets
you preview the interrelationship of characters (when used in
words) by viewing them in a special typographic mode displayed on
a graphics screen.
Characters are sent to the printer as binary graphics
information, NOT as ascii codes. The result is 18 different
combinations of text quality that YOU control when printing a
font.
For example, a typical character is based on a matrix of 16
vertical dots by 24 horizontal dots. Choosing a high resolution
output with four passes of the print head will result in the
highest quality text that your printer is capable of producing.
Of course, printing may be very, very slow. An alternate choice
might be to select two passes of the print head which doubles the
speed but slightly reduces the quality of the character printed.
Note: Some older printers may not be capable of printing with
high resolution.
This program was developed for YOU, the end user, with special
consideration given to the way it interfaces with you.
Copyright 1989-1990 TRIUS, Inc. Page 6
REGISTRATION
~~~~~~~~~~~~
This program is distributed under the 'Shareware' (Try Before you
Buy) concept.
The shareware concept has made it possible for you to obtain extremely
powerful software at a price you can afford, and it gives you the
opportunity to try the software before you register.
Shareware is kept alive by YOUR support.
Evaluate the program for 30-days and give copies to your friends for
evaluation. If, after the 30 days, you continue to use the program,
then register it by sending us the registration form included in this
help file or by calling 508-794-9377. You will receive the Latest
version, Printed manual, 90-day free Technical Phone Support,
BBS Technical Support, Quarterly Newsletter, and Reduced price
Upgrades.
Help support continuing development of PIVOT!, register your copy today!
Thank you for your support,
Copyright 1989-1990 TRIUS, Inc. Page 7
GETTING STARTED
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
WHAT'S ON THE DISTRIBUTION DISK
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The files contained on the distribution diskette might vary from
time to time, as more fonts become available. Typically,
however, the diskette should contain the following files:
PIVOT.EXE - The PIVOT! Program
PIVOT.CFG - PIVOT! Configuration File (Not required)
GCHAR.EXE - The Font Editor Program
XXXXXX.TRP - Portrait Font Files
XXXXXX.TRL - Landscape Font Files
SETUP.BAT - Installs the Program
READ.ME - Text files with latest information about the
program, how to get started, etc.
ORDER.ME - A form to order a registered copy
MANUAL.DOC - Simple instruction manual for using the
program
CONTENTS - Listing of all files on disk
SAMPLE.WKS - Sample AS-EASY-AS worksheet
YESNO.COM - File used with SETUP.BAT
Please refer to the READ.ME file on the diskette for any last
minute changes, any new files added to the disk, etc.
To view the READ.ME file on your screen, use the command from the
DOS prompt:
A>TYPE READ.ME [ENTER]
To print the contents of the READ.ME file on your printer, use
the command:
A>COPY READ.ME PRN [ENTER]
You can print the on-disk user's manual to the printer using the
command:
A>COPY MANUAL.DOC PRN [ENTER]
Copyright 1989-1990 TRIUS, Inc. Page 8
OPERATING REQUIREMENTS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
HARDWARE
~~~~~~~~
PIVOT! will operate on any IBM PC or fully compatible MS-DOS
computer system.
MEMORY
~~~~~~
PIVOT! requires a minimum of 256K RAM to operate.
DOT MATRIX PRINTERS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PIVOT! supports either a 9-pin MX/RX Epson printer, a 24-pin LQ-
2500 Epson printer or any printer compatible with the above Epson
9 and 24-pin printers.
The Epson printers support the following graphics densities:
MX/RX LQ-2500
Low: 60 120
Medium: 120 180
High: 240 360
Other similar printers may be used by installing the graphics
control codes particular to that printer (Consult your printer
manual for specifics). To change the setup control codes used by
PIVOT! refer to the section on Settings Codes, in the Command
Summary.
LASER JET PRINTERS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you have a laser jet printer, you don't need the capabilities
of PIVOT! because you can already print high quality text in
landscape mode.
Therefore, laser jet printers are not supported.
Copyright 1989-1990 TRIUS, Inc. Page 9
MAKING A WORKING DISK/DIRECTORY
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Before you start using PIVOT!, you should make a working copy of
the program either on your hard disk or on a different floppy
diskette. The SETUP.BAT file provided on the PIVOT! diskette
makes the process simple, transferring the necessary files from
the original diskette. There are no copy protection schemes or
hidden files with which to wrestle.
CREATE A WORKING DISK - TWO DISKETTE SYSTEM
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
At the DOS prompt, place the original diskette in drive A, and
enter the command:
SETUP X:\Dir1\Dir2
where:
X - Identifies the drive where the working copy will
be placed, and
Dir1\Dir2 - Identifies the directory on the specified disk
(directories are normally used only on hard
disks).
For example, to make a working copy of PIVOT! on a floppy disk in
drive B: you should enter (the diskette should be formatted
first):
SETUP B:\ (.. and press ENTER ..)
CREATING A WORKING SUBDIRECTORY - HARD DISK SYSTEM
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
If you are installing PIVOT! on your hard disk, you must first
create a new subdirectory for the program by typing MKDIR PIVOT
[ENTER] from the root directory.
To make a working copy on drive C: in a directory named PIVOT,
you should enter:
SETUP C:\PIVOT (.. and press ENTER ..)
After the above operation is completed and the DOS prompt appears
on your screen, place the original diskette in a safe place. If
your working diskette gets damaged, you can repeat the above
process to make a new working disk.
Copyright 1989-1990 TRIUS, Inc. Page 10
STARTING THE PROGRAM
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PIVOT! has no installation process, no external device drivers,
etc. The various configuration options that are available can be
invoked by a number of switches (option commands) when the
program is started.
The general form to start the program is:
PIVOT /switch1/switch2
The various switch options are described below. They can appear
on the command line in any order:
E - ENHANCED GRAPHICS ADAPTOR
Starts the program on an EGA monitor. This switch specifies an
IBM Enhanced Graphics Adaptor or equivalent available for
graphics (otherwise a CGA is assumed). The resolution on the
EGA screen will be 640x350 pixels with multiple colors. Quick
display mode is automatically assumed.
P - PANEL MENU
Starts the program with panel (rather than pull-down) menus.
Setting this switch allows you to select a horizontal panel
menu. When invoked, the commands menus will appear in the top
two rows. If the option is not invoked, then the default is the
window menuing system (see later section on menus).
Q - QUICK DISPLAY MODE
Quick screen updates (flickering on some monitors). This
switch speeds up screen I/O by writing directly to video
memory.
NOTE: This switch is only required on color graphics video
boards (CGAs).
When the program has been loaded into memory, the opening screen
will be displayed and a prompt will be displayed on the bottom
line of the screen.
After the opening screen, a split screen will be displayed. The
top half shows the current contents of the spreadsheet and the
bottom half status information and font settings.
Copyright 1989-1990 TRIUS, Inc. Page 11
ORGANIZATION OF PIVOT!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
MENUS
~~~~~
PIVOT! uses either a pop down menu or a horizontal panel menu.
You can choose the panel menu by starting the program with the /P
switch (see section on starting the program).
The Pull-Down menus provide you with a useful reference trail
through the different levels of submenus in the program.
The first option in the menu will be highlighted by a moveable
pointer, and the panel area, on the top of the screen, will
display additional information about the highlighted option.
The menu pointer can be moved by pressing the cursor arrow keys.
Pressing LEFT, UP or BACKSPACE will move the selection bar up.
Pressing RIGHT, DOWN or SPACE will move the selection bar down.
To select a command or sub menu, use the cursor keys to highlight
the option you want and press the ENTER key OR press the key
corresponding to first letter of the desired option. For
example if the following menu is displayed:
┌────────┐
│ FILE │ Press the letter [ F ] to select File...
│ BROWSE │ or
│ PRINT │ Press the letter [ P ] to select Print...
│ EXIT │
└────────┘
The panel menu uses two lines to display the menu choices. The top
line displays the menu commands and the second line displays a
description of the command which is highlighted. We believe that
the Pull-Down menu is an intuitive interface and suggest that
unless you feel strongly about it, do not use the /P switch.
The display position of the menu window can be toggled between the
left and right side of the screen by pressing the period (.) key.
The type of menu can be toggled from window to panel by pressing
the exclamation mark "!" .
Copyright 1989-1990 TRIUS, Inc. Page 12
INSTALLING PIVOT! AS AN AS-EASY-AS ADD-IN
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
PIVOT! has the ability to operate as a stand alone program or it
can function as an AS-EASY-AS spreadsheet ADD-IN. To install
PIVOT! as an ADD-IN perform the following commands when running the
AS-EASY-AS spreadsheet program.
/Wsheet General Install Addin Create PIVOT [ENTER]
To save the setting permanently, you must then select the WSheet, General,
Install, Save command.
NOTE: The PIVOT! program must reside in the AS-EASY-AS
subdirectory otherwise it will not be found when requested
by the spreadsheet.
The new add-in will be visible in the /USER submenu and when
executed will share whatever spreadsheet data is currently loaded.
NOTE: To run the add-in successfully you must have at least 150K
of memory remaining in the spreadsheet, otherwise an error
message will be executed by AS-EASY-AS which says "CAN NOT
EXECUTE PIVOT".
Copyright 1989-1990 TRIUS, Inc. Page 13
COMMAND SUMMARY
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
FILE
~~~~
File (F)
Enter the File access menu. File commands allow you to list
files present on a specified disk, change the default
directory, etc.
File, Retrieve (F R)
When this command is invoked, you are presented with a list of
available worksheet files on the current default disk
drive/directory. Using the arrow keys, highlight the file you
want to retrieve and press [ENTER].
File, List (F L)
Lists selected files on the current default disk
drive/directory. You are presented with three possible
choices:
w?? - List all files with "w" as the first letter of the file
extension, regardless of the second and third extension
letters, (i.e., files with WK1, WKS, WLL as a file
extension would all appear in the requested listing).
P?? - List all files with "p" as the first letter of the file
extension, regardless of the second and third extension
letters, (i.e., files with PRN, PRT, P1Q as a file
extension would all appear in the requested listing).
Other - List all files on the current default disk drive/directory.
File, Dir (F D)
Specify a new default disk drive and directory. When PIVOT!
first starts, it uses the logged drive and the default
directory to search for all file requests. This option will
allow the user to access files in other drives and directories.
File, Quit (F Q)
Exit the File access menu and return to the main menu.
Copyright 1989-1990 TRIUS, Inc. Page 14
BROWSE
~~~~~~
The browse command allows you to scan the contents of a spreadsheet
to locate information and print ranges.
While in browse, the cursor movement keys have the following results:
UP - Move the cursor one cell up
DOWN - Move the cursor one cell down
LEFT - Move the cursor one cell to the left
RIGHT - Move the cursor one cell to the right
PGUP - Advance one page upwards through the spreadsheet
PGDN - Advance one page Downwards through the spreadsheet
TAB RT - Move one page to the right
TAB LT - Move one page to the left
HOME - Place the cursor at cell A1
END - A toggle key which when followed by a direction cursor
key causes movement to the end of the data range in the
indicated direction.
PRINT
~~~~~
Print (P)
Enters the Printing menu. The commands available in this menu
are displayed below:
Print, Range (P R)
Define the range of spreadsheet to be printed. This operation
must be performed before any portions of the spreadsheet can be
printed. If no range has been selected and "Print, Go" is
selected (see below), the program displays an error message and
returns to the menu.
Print, Borders (P B)
Define those rows or columns which you want as a permanent
border on the printed output. i.e. This is especially useful
Copyright 1989-1990 TRIUS, Inc. Page 15
when a large table of information is being printed and can be
used to duplicate the table headings on each successive page.
WARNING: You must make sure your Print Range does not include
ranges defined by Print Borders or you will get information
printed twice, once for the border and once for the print
range.
Print, Linefeed (P L)
Advance the printer one line up. Useful for spacing printouts
without disrupting the printer's line counter.
Print, Pageadv (P P)
Advance the printer to top of next page, (Page eject).
Print, Adjust (P A)
Reset line counter to the top of page. If, for some reason,
the printer is manually interrupted, use this command to line
up the printer top-of-form (top of page) with the program top-
of-page.
NOTE: Make sure that the paper sheet perforation is lined up
with the top of the print head in the printer when selecting
Print Adjust.
Print, Options (P O)
Set different printer options according to the menu choices
which follow below.
Print, Options, Margin, Left (P OML)
Set the left Margin, (0 - 240 spaces).
Print, Options, Margin, Right (P OMR)
Set the right margin (0 - 240 spaces, i.e. you can print up to
240 characters per line).
Print, Options, Margin, Top (P OMT)
Set the top margin (number of lines).
Print, Options, Margin, Bottom (P OMB)
Set the bottom margin (number of lines).
Copyright 1989-1990 TRIUS, Inc. Page 16
Print, Options, Pglines (P OP)
Set the number of lines per page, default 66 for portrait
orientation.
NOTE: The page length should not exceed the calculated number
of printable lines. The maximum allowable number of lines is
calculated by the program and is displayed in the summary
window. This value is based on the LPI (lines per inch)
setting that you select.
Print, Options, Header (P OH)
Set a single line for header message which will appear at the
top of each printed page.
Print, Options, Footer (P OF)
Set a single line for footer message which will appear at the
bottom of each printed page.
Print, Option, Quit (P OQ)
Exit the Print, Option menu and return to the main Print menu.
Print, Go (P G)
Selecting this command causes a settings window to be displayed
in the center of the screen.
To change any of the settings at this time, move the scroll bar, highlight the
option, and press ENTER. Each time ENTER is pressed the choice will cycle
through its permissible settings.
Press the letter [ G ] to start printing. Press [ Q ] or [ESC] to cancel and
return to the main print menu.
NOTE: You must define the print range before issuing GO or an error message
will be displayed and no printing will be performed.
MODE
~~~~
Specify the print (character size) desired. Two modes are available.
Full mode:
Uses the basic 16 x 24 bit definition of the character.
Copyright 1989-1990 TRIUS, Inc. Page 17
Half mode:
Merges the bits into a 16 x 12 bit definition. The effect is
similar to regular condensed mode because fewer bits are used
to define the character. You can use HALF to print twice as
many characters per line (portrait orientation), or twice as
many lines (landscape orientation).
The different modes may be combined with other options to produce a wide
variety of print styles.
Copyright 1989-1990 TRIUS, Inc. Page 18
DENSITY
~~~~~~~
Three print densities are available in PIVOT!.
Low density:
Results in very wide characters because the bit information is
spread out at 60 dots per inch (120 dpi LQ2500 printers). To
reduce the width of the characters, you can select HALF mode
printing. The result will be a draft quality font which prints
very fast.
Medium density:
Result is somewhat slower but produces a better quality
print.
High density:
Produces near letter quality (NLQ) print, on most
printers.
PASSES
~~~~~~
Specify the number of passes the printhead is to make over the same line.
One pass:
Fast but produces rough characters. This method merges even
and odd bit rows in the 16 x 24 matrix to produce an 8 x 24
character.
Two passes:
Twice as slow but produces much better print.
Four passes:
Slower but may be required on some printers, especially
those that are incapable of printing adjacent dots (i.e. the
high density 240 dpi graphics mode on RX/MX printers).
You should experiment with Mode, Density and Passes option combinations to
find the ones that produce acceptable print at reasonable speeds for you.
Print, Default (P F)
This menu controls all the settings that are required for the
desired type of printing. Once this menu is accessed, the user
is presented with options to select fonts, specify the print
mode, etc.
Copyright 1989-1990 TRIUS, Inc. Page 19
Print, Default, Font (P DF)
Select one of the external disk fonts.
NOTE: To customize the appearance of a font see the GCHAR
program which is distributed as part of the PIVOT! package.
Print, Default, Width (P DW)
Set the width of the print page in inches. This information is
used by the program to determine the maximum number of
characters permitted per horizontal line. The default width is
8 inches.
Print, Default, Codes (P DC)
Use this menu to customize PIVOT! for your own printer. Once
in this menu, you can set your printer control codes for the
following:
Default codes for:
MX/RX LQ-2500 printers
Single Density Graphics \027\075 \027\075
Double Density Graphics \027\076 \027\089
Quadruple Density Graphics \027\090 \027\090
LineFeed Spacing \027\051 \027\051
Reset \027\064 \027\064
Adjust 1 or 2 1 or 2
NOTE: For each control string, only the static part of the
string is defined by you. The program will insert the variable
part of the string by itself. For example the single density
graphics string, defined by your printer manual may be:
\027\075\n, where "n" is the number of bytes of graphic
information that follows. The value "n" is supplied by the
program.
Control codes are specified using a three digit decimal ASCII
number and are separated by a backslash "\". For example
\027\090 represents respectively the ESCAPE character (\027)
and the capital letter Z (\090).
Print, Default, Output (P DO)
Specify the parallel port to which your printer is connected.
You are given the choice of LPT1 or LPT2.
NOTE: The default parallel port is LPT1.
Copyright 1989-1990 TRIUS, Inc. Page 20
Print, Default, Printer (P DP)
Select the type of print driver to use when sending graphics
information. Choices are the MX/RX which uses 8-pins or the LQ-
2500 which uses 24-pins.
Print, Default, Save (P DS)
This command saves all current settings, so that next time you
start PIVOT! (from the same drive and sub-directory) it will
remember them for you.
Copyright 1989-1990 TRIUS, Inc. Page 21
GRAPHICS CHARACTER EDITOR
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
INTRODUCTION
~~~~~~~~~~~~
The second program of the package is GCHAR (for Graphic Characters). This
powerful package allows you to define your own complete character sets with
very little effort. These character sets, in turn, can be used to print your
documents either in portrait or landscape orientation using the PIVOT!
program.
The GCHAR system is made up of the GCHAR.EXE program and a number of
XXXXXXX.TRP font files.
To run the program, put the diskette with GCHAR.EXE and the XXXXXX.TRP files
in the logged disk drive (or log on to the directory containing these files),
type GCHAR, and press [ENTER].
After you read the opening screen, press any key to continue with the
program.
SELECTING A CHARACTER FONT
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GCHAR will display a pick list of all XXXXXX.TRP files on the logged drive.
To select a font file, move the file cursor (with the arrow keys) to highlight
the font name and then press [ENTER]. Once selected, the font will be loaded
into memory and the first character in the data set will be displayed.
The screen is made up of an ascii character table on the right, a character
definition on the left and a menu of editing commands displayed in the top
control panel.
ACTIVE WINDOW
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A highlight bar is displayed on top of the active window, above either the
character or the ascii table. To move from window to window, press the TAB
key.
CHARACTER TABLE
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The characters are arranged in 16 rows of 16 characters, the order proceeding
from left to right and from top to bottom. The current character is indicated
by a blinking highlight. The character font definition will be displayed on
the left side of the screen.
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NOTE: Any changes made to the font character on the left will NOT appear in
the ascii character on the right, but will be placed into the font
definition.
The character highlighted in this table will appear on the left in whatever
bit pattern it might have. When the window highlight bar is over the top of
the ASCII table a new character may be selected by using the cursor keys to
move up, down, left or right.
FONT CHARACTER (SETTING/RESET)
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A font character is displayed as a matrix of 16 bits vertically by 24 bits
horizontal. Any bit in the character can be set or reset by pressing the
SPACE bar. This is the simplest form of editing. For more sophisticated
manipulations use the menu commands.
MENU
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The editing menu is displayed in the top panel of the screen. Each choice in
the menu may be selected by pressing the first letter of that choice. For
example to clear the current font definition press the letter "C". The
following list of commands are available:
COPY, (C)
This command prompts for the ascii character which you wish to
copy into the current character position. i.e. the entire bit
pattern for that character is duplicated and can now be used as
a starting point for modification. This technique is useful
for foreign language characters which are similar to those used
in the English language.
ERASE, (E)
This command erases the contents of the current bit character,
i.e it creates a totally blank character. (Use UNDO to restore
character).
PIVOT, (P)
This command performs an approximate 90 degree rotation of the
character and is useful when creating font characters with
landscape orientation.
NOTE: Because the character bit matrix is 16 x 24 (which is
not square) some bits may be lost after the rotation.
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DEL, (D)
Deletes the pixel at the cursor position and then moves the
pixels to the right of the cursor one space left. Continue to
press the DEL command, until the row is shifted to the position
you desire. This command is very useful when generating
italics character sets.
INS, (I)
Inserts a blank pixel at the cursor position and moves all
pixels to the right of the cursor one space to the right.
REVERSE, (R)
Inverts all bits in the character. The effect is to produce a
reverse video character, i.e., any bit that is set becomes a
bit which is not set and vice versa.
MIRROR, (M)
Flips the character about vertical axis of symmetry.
VIEW, (V)
When view is invoked, the program prompts you for a color
choice. Then, if your system is equipped with a monitor that
can support graphics, subsequent typing will display the
characters of the current font as a graphics image. To exit
from the typomatic mode, press enter to return to the main
screen.
Typomatic graphics is only supported on CGA or compatible
monitor/card combinations and Hercules Monochrome Graphic.
SAVE, (S)
This command prompts for a new filename for the font. If none
is assigned the default name FONT.TRI will be assigned. The
font file will then be saved in the current subdirectory.
GET, (G)
Selecting this command displays a pick list of all font files
residing in the current subdirectory. To pick a file highlight
it with the cursor (use the up, down, left, right keys) and
then press ENTER. The font will be loaded into memory.
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UNDO, (U)
This command restores the original character definition. It
may be used to undo or cancel the last editing command that was
performed.
QUIT (Q)
When Quit is selected, a message appears in the center screen
and asks if you really want to quit.
To select a dialogue choice press the first letter of that choice.
If you press "N", GCHAR returns you to the main screen.
If you press "Y", GCHAR asks if you want to save the font file.
Answering "N" to this prompt, will bring you back to DOS and the font file you
were working on is not saved. If, on the other hand, you answer "Y", then you
are asked for a font file name. Type the name and press ENTER. If you do not
type a name and just press enter, then the font file is saved under the name
FONT.TR?
NOTE: If a file named FONT.TR? already exists, then it is overwritten by
the new file.
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APPENDIX A: PAGE LIMITS
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The following is a listing of limitations for PIVOT! Options.
Minimum Maximum
MARGINS
LEFT 0 240
RIGHT 0 240
TOP 0 30
BOTTOM 0 30
PGLINES 1 1024
LPI 1 92
CPI 1 92
WIDTH (Inches) 1 14
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