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GALAXY LITE 1.0 Quick Reference Guide Copyright (C) 1989 by Omniverse Software Corp. All Rights Reserved EXCLUSIVE MARKETING, MODIFYING & DISTRIBUTION BY Starlite Software Co. P.O. Box 370 Port Hadlock, WA 98339 Information: (206) 385-9611 FAX: (206) 385-9612 Toll Free Order Line: 1-800-767-9611 LICENSE AGREEMENT The GALAXY LITE Word Processing Program is protected by United States Copyright Law and International Treaty provisions. All rights are reserved. Non-registered users of GALAXY LITE are licensed only to use the program on a TRIAL basis for the sole purpose of determining whether or not it meets their requirements. All other use requires registration. Any other use of non-registered copies of GALAXY LITE by any person, business, corporation, government organization, or any other entity is strictly forbidden and is a violation of this license agreement. Registration permits a user a license to use GALAXY LITE on a single computer. All users are granted a limited license to copy GALAXY LITE V 1.0 for the trial use of others, with the following additional conditions: GALAXY LITE V 1.0 must be distributed in unmodified, complete form, including this Reference Guide and License Agreement. Please refer to Vendor.Doc for further information. GALAXY LITE may not be distributed in conjunction with any other product, HARDWARE OR SOFTWARE without written permission from Starlite Software. Please read the file Vendor.doc for more information. WARRANTY Starlite Software makes no warranty of any kind, express or implied, including without limitation, any warranties of merchantability and/or fitness for a particular purpose. Starlite Software shall not be liable for any damages, whether direct, indirect, special or consequential arising from a failure of this program to operate in the manner desired by the user. Starlite Software will not be liable for any damage to data or property which may be caused directly or indirectly by use of the program. IN NO EVENT WILL STARLITE SOFTWARE BE LIABLE FOR ANY DAMAGES, INCLUDING ANY LOST PROFITS, LOST SAVINGS OR OTHER INCIDENTAL OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES ARISING OUT OF YOUR USE OR INABILITY TO USE THE PROGRAM, OR FOR ANY CLAIM BY ANY OTHER PARTY. The License Agreement and Warranty shall be construed, interpreted and governed by the laws of the state of Washington. TABLE OF CONTENTS Introduction...........................4 Getting Started........................5 Installing GALAXY LITE.................6 Running GALAXY LITE....................7 Using the Pulldown Menus...............8 Managing Files.........................9 Loading Document Files................10 Saving Document Files.................11 The Directory Command.................12 Entering Text.........................13 Automatic & Fixed Tabs...............14 Reformatting Text.....................15 Cursor Movement.......................16 Formatting Your Text..................17 Entering Printer Codes................18 Using Block Commands..................19 Windows...............................20 Macros................................21 File Menu.............................24 Print Menu............................27 Window Menu...........................30 Default Menu..........................31 Search Menu...........................36 GoTo Menu.............................37 Block Menu............................39 Spell Checking........................41 Appendix A: WordStar (tm) Files...................43 Appendix B: Printer Description Files.............44 Appendix C: Headers and Footers...................46 Appendix D: Using a Mouse with GALAXY LITE........47 Appendix E: Quick Commands........................48 Appendix F: WordStar (tm) Commands................49 Appendix G: Registration..........................50 Appendix H: Adding Graphic Characters.............51 Order Form............................52 GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 4 INTRODUCTION GALAXY LITE is a fast, RAM-based word processor that offers a wealth of features designed to make the program powerful yet extremely easy to learn and use. GALAXY LITE offers users a choice of using menus or quick keyboard commands for all of the major program functions. With GALAXY LITE you're never stuck with a cumbersome menu system for commands you already know. GALAXY LITE has a very short learning curve. GALAXY LITE's logical, easy to use, easy to learn commands are the result of considerable research into how people really use word processors. If you have experience using any full-featured word processing program, you'll be up and running with GALAXY LITE in no time. If you're brand new to computer word processing or to IBM (tm) compatible computers, you'll be pleasantly surprised at how quickly you'll be able to learn all the advanced features of GALAXY LITE. We believe GALAXY LITE is among the very best word processors at any price. Starlite Software Co. is also determined to be a leader in Customer Support. We offer free telephone support. We also listen to our users. Many suggestions from earlier versions of GALAXY have been incorporated into GALAXY LITE. In reading this manual you will encounter what you might think wrong, but the example line below is correct. saVe means that if you pull the menu down you can press V to get to that option, we made this manual an exact copy of the menu's so you would get use to the hot key options. Choose "saVe parameter file" to record the logged drive in your parameter file. If you want to get to the right menu choice fast you would do this Press F-10 D for Default and V for saVe parameter file, rather than using the arrow keys. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 5 GETTING STARTED GALAXY LITE requires an IBM (tm) PC or close compatible with 192K, one disk drive, a color/graphics or monochrome card and monitor, and a printer. Before you start using GALAXY LITE, you should be familiar with your computer. You need to know how to load DOS, how to make a copy of a diskette, and how to load and run a program. The GALAXY LITE Program Disk Your GALAXY LITE program disk includes the following files: GL1.ZIP Archived program and support files. PKUNZIP.COM Used to extract files from GL1.ZIP INSTALL.EXE Installation program. VENDOR.DOC Information on distributing this software. You do not need to make a backup copy of your GALAXY LITE program disk, your original disk is your backup, store it in a safe place. You can not use your original GALAXY LITE program disk as your working copy. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 6 INSTALLING GALAXY LITE 1. With your computer turned off, open the door to Drive A, and insert your DOS disk. 2. Close the door to Drive A and turn on your computer. 3. If DOS asks you for the date, enter the date in the following format: mm-dd-yy, or mm/dd/yy, and then press Enter. 4. If DOS asks you for the time, enter the time in the following format: 8:30 or 20:30, and then press Enter. 5. When A> appears on the screen, remove the DOS disk from Drive A and insert your GALAXY LITE Program Disk, and close the disk drive door. ** 6. Type INSTALL and then press Enter. Follow the instructions. GALAXY LITE reference Guide Page 7 RUNNING GALAXY LITE Floppy Disk System: 1. After starting your computer, type A: and press Enter if you don't see the DOS prompt, A>. 2. Insert your copy of the GALAXY LITE program disk in Drive A. Type GLITE and then press Enter. Hard Disk System: 1. After starting your computer, type cd and then type the name of the directory you copied your GALAXY LITE files to with INSTALL. For example, if the directory is called GLITE, you would type CD\GLITE. Then press Enter. 2. Type GLITE and then press Enter. 3. On a Hard Disk System, you can use the DOS Path command to start GLITE from anywhere on your computer and any drive. To use GALAXY LITE from anywhere on your computer, add the name of the subdirectory where GALAXY LITE resides to your Autoexec.bat File as follows: Example line one. PATH=C:\GLITE If you already have an AUTOEXEC.BAT File with a path Example line one. PATH=C:\DOS;C:\UTILITY;C:\GLITE If you have further questions regarding the PATH command please consult your DOS manual. It should have been sold to you with your computer system. The GALAXY LITE opening screen will appear after the program is loaded. Please read the opening screen. A window will open at the bottom of the screen that asks you for the name of a file to edit. You can enter a filename here, or simply press the Enter or Esc key to continue. Filename is simply the name you give to your document. A legal DOS filename must be used. If you have questions refer to your DOS Manual. If you enter a filename to edit, GALAXY LITE will load the file into the computer's memory, and the GALAXY LITE's editing screen will then be displayed. If the filename that you enter is not found on disk, the message "File is new. Continue? <Y/N>" will be displayed. If you enter Y, a file with the name you gave will be created. More information on loading and saving files can be found in the chapter entitled Managing Files. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 8 THE PULLDOWN MENUS This next chapter explains the use of the Pulldown Menus, activated by pressing the F10 key. The F1 key takes you directly to the Help Menu. The top two lines of your screen are used to display status information. Two keys to remember are: F1: = HELP F10: = MENU To Activate Menus: Press the F10 key. To Leave The Menu Bar: Press the ESC key. GALAXY LITE offers a complete Pulldown Menu system for entering commands. These menus allow you to use the full power of GALAXY LITE almost immediately, without having to memorize keyboard commands. To activate the menus, press F10. The Menu Bar will appear at the top of the screen, and the first heading, File, will be highlighted. You can press the left or right arrow keys to move the highlight to any of the other menu headings. Pressing Enter will "pull down" the menu of commands underneath the highlighted heading. A list of GALAXY LITE commands associated with that menu heading will be shown. Once the Menu Bar is activated, the menus can also be pulled down by pressing the capitalized letter of any menu heading, whether or not that heading is highlighted. This method automatically pulls down the menu without pressing the Enter key. The commands in a Pulldown Menu can be executed in the same way, either by highlighting your choice using the up or down arrow key or by typing the capitalized letter in each selection. Once any menu is pulled down, the right or left arrow keys will display the pulled down menu to the right or left of the current menu. Pressing the Esc key causes the Pulldown Menu to disappear. The next press of the Esc key will cause you to exit from the Menu Bar and return to the text window. When you become more familiar with GALAXY LITE you may find it easier to enter commands directly from the keyboard. Most of the menu commands have a corresponding quick command listed next to them. The quick commands are not active while you are in the menu system, but they will help you learn how to bypass the menu system and issue commands directly from the text window. The quick keys that perform commands you use often will be easy to learn, allowing you extremely fast editing. For example: Alt-R for Right margin Alt-C to Center text F2 to Save a file But GALAXY LITE doesn't force you to memorize every command. Press the F1 key for help with the quick commands you use less often, or press the F10 key to use the Pulldown Menus. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 9 MANAGING FILES The Logged Drive or Directory Unless you specify a different drive or directory, GALAXY LITE will always attempt to load and save files from either the current directory, or the default directory specified in the Defaults Menu. If you have a computer with two floppy disks, you would probably want to configure GALAXY LITE to always use the B: drive for text files. To set a default logged drive or directory: Press F10 to activate the Pulldown Menus. Press D, or use the right arrow key to move to the Defaults Menu. If you use the arrow key, when Defaults is highlighted, press Enter. Press D, or use the down arrow key to move to the "Default directory" command. If you use the arrow key, when "Default directory" is highlighted, press Enter. Type in the drive or directory to be used for saving and loading GALAXY LITE documents. To temporarily change the logged drive or directory: Press F10 to activate the Pulldown Menus. Press F, or use the right arrow key to move to the File Menu. If you use the arrow key, when File is highlighted, press Enter. Press L, or use the down arrow key to move to the "set Logged dir" command. If you use the arrow key, when "set Logged dir" is highlighted, press Enter. Type in the drive or directory to be used for saving and loading GALAXY LITE documents. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 10 LOADING DOCUMENT FILES GALAXY LITE can retrieve a file from any disk or subdirectory of your disk. When you first start GALAXY LITE, or when you choose Open from the File Menu, or use the F3 command, a window appears near the bottom of the screen asking you for the name of the file you wish to edit. For example, to open the file "Anyfile.Doc" which is on the logged drive or directory, just type the complete file name like this: Anyfile.Doc Enter If the file is located on another drive or directory, you can include that information, too: C:\Files\Anyfile.Doc Enter If GALAXY LITE can't find a file with the name you give, the message "File is new. Continue? (Y/N)" will appear. Pressing Y will create a new file with the name you gave and take you to the text window to begin editing. Pressing N will also take you to the text window, but no file name will be specified until you use the "Save" command. You can automatically open a file to edit when you first start GALAXY LITE, like this: GLITE Anyfile.Doc Enter If you include the file name to open when you first start GALAXY LITE , GALAXY LITE will look for that file on the current drive or directory, or use the drive or directory you include with the file name. You can also "pick" a file from the Directory display. You can get to the Directory display in two ways: 1. Press F4, or choose "Directory" from the File Menu. Enter a wildcard file specification, such as "*.DOC", "*.*", etc. 2. Enter a wildcard file specification instead of a file name when opening a file. This can also be done from the command line when you first start GALAXY LITE. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 11 SAVING DOCUMENT FILES When you finish working with a document that you want to use again at a later time, you can save the file on your disk. You can use the "Save" command from the File Menu, or the F2 command, to store an exact copy of your document on your disk. If you are saving a new document and haven't entered the name of the file before, GALAXY LITE will ask you for the name to give the file. You can also use the "save As" command from the File Menu to save your file with a new name. This option is useful if you have a template, or "boilerplate" document that you want to modify and save without altering the original file. When you choose the save As command you will be prompted to enter a new file name, and your original file will not be changed. With either the Save or save As command, a backup copy of your original file is created. This file will have the same name as your original file, but with the extension .BAK. For example, when you save the file Anyfile.Doc, a backup file called Anyfile.BAK will also be saved. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 12 THE DIRECTORY COMMAND You can see a list of the files on your disk by choosing the Directory command from the File Menu or by using the Quick Command, F4. Use the *.* mask to see all the files, or enter a new mask, like this: Mask Shows *.Doc All files with a .Doc extension B:*.* All files on the B: drive \Text\*.* All files in the Text subdirectory GALAXY LITE will look for the files in the current directory, unless you add a drive or directory in the mask. You can also "pick" a file from the Directory display. Just highlight the file you want to load, and press Enter. You can also get to the Directory display by entering a wildcard file specification instead of a file name when opening a file. This can also be done from the command line when you first start GALAXY LITE. For example, if you type "GLITE *.DOC" from the DOS prompt, the program will display the directory of all files with an extension of "DOC". Highlight the one you wish to load, and press Enter. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 13 ENTERING TEXT A word processor lets you enter text much like you do with a typewriter, with several important differences. Word Wrap When the text you are typing reaches the right margin, GALAXY LITE automatically "wraps" the next word down to the beginning of the next line. You don't need to press Enter at the end of a line unless you want to start a new paragraph. You can turn Word wrap on or off from the Defaults Menu. After a line is "wrapped", the text will be positioned on the next line at the left margin. If Autoindent is active, the text will be lined up with the line above it. Insert and Overtype Pressing the Ins key toggles GALAXY LITE between Insert and Overtype modes. With Insert on, whatever you type is inserted at the point where the cursor is, pushing other text to the left or the right. In overtype mode, as the name implies, new text you type in replaces existing text. GALAXY LITE shows you which mode you are in by the size of the cursor block. A large cursor signifies Insert mode, a small cursor, Overtype mode. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 14 AUTOMATIC & FIXED TABS If you specify a tab size of 0 from the Defaults menu, tab stops will be calculated automatically. When you press the Tab key, GALAXY LITE is smart enough to automatically line the cursor up underneath the first non-blank character in the line above. All you need to do to set up automatic tab stops is type in the first line of your text. On the next line, every time you press the Tab key, the cursor will line up with the next non-blank character in the line above it. For normal fixed tab stops, just specify a tab size in the Defaults menu. The ruler line at the top of each window will show you your selected tab stops. Automatic Indent In a manner similar to automatic tabs, if Auto indent is active, when you press the Enter key, or when a line "wraps", GALAXY LITE will automatically indent the new line to line up with the line above it. This feature can be toggled on or off from the Defaults Menu. You can use Auto indent to create "hanging indent" paragraphs and to easily set temporary margins while you're editing. Simply use the space bar or cursor keys to move the start of your text line to the desired position. From that point on, Auto indent will align the starting text of new lines in that paragraph to match the line above. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 15 REFORMATTING If you change margins, you can reformat a paragraph to the new settings by using the Reformat (Control-B) command. When you issue this command, the text will be realigned to fit within the current margins. The reformatting will start at the current line and continue until the end of the paragraph. GALAXY LITE considers a paragraph to end with a blank line. You may also create a Macro to take you to the top of your document and reformat as many times as required maybe 5, Example: ALT-M, CTRL-PG UP, CTRL-B, CTRL-B, CTRL-B, CTRL-B, CTRL-B, ALT-M and save the Macro. Then every time you type ALT-2 for example the program would reformat five paragraphs. Reformat and word wrap now compensate for any print formatting characters in the line. Home key positions cursor at Left margin, not column 1. Alt-F3 will convert a WordStar (tm) file to ASCII. Although GALAXY LITE can read, edit, and save a WordStar (tm) file with no problems, the search and spell check routines only work on ASCII files. Corrected problem finding GLITE.INI and GLITE.MSG support files when a default data directory was set. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 16 CURSOR MOVEMENT You can quickly move around your document using some special keys: Arrow Keys The up and down arrow keys move the cursor up or down one line at a time. The left and right arrow keys move the cursor one space to the left or right. Holding down the Ctrl key and pressing the left or right arrow key moves the cursor one word to the left or the right. Home Key Moves the cursor to the beginning of the line. END Key Moves the cursor to the end of the line. PgUp Key Moves the cursor one screen up. PgDn Key Moves the cursor one screen down. Ctrl+PgUp Key Moves the cursor to the very beginning of the document. Ctrl+PgDn Key Moves the cursor to the very end of the document. Ctrl+Home Key Moves the cursor to the top left hand corner of the screen. Ctrl+End Key Moves the cursor to the bottom left hand corner of the screen. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 17 FORMATTING YOUR TEXT With GALAXY LITE, you can use a variety of tools to format your text before you print it. You can set top, bottom, left and right margins, page length, and font size. You can also enter codes to tell your printer to apply special effects including bold, underline, or italics. Setting Margins From the Print Menu, you can tell GALAXY LITE your preferred settings for top, bottom, and left and right margins. Left and Right Margins To set the left and right margins, press Alt-L or Alt-R, or choose Left margin or Right margin from the Print Menu. You will be prompted to enter a column number for each margin setting. With a standard 10 character per inch font size, you can print a maximum of of 85 characters on each line of an 8.5 by 11 inch paper. Another way of stating this is that there are a maximum of 85 columns on each line. But this would leave no margins on either side. If you want to leave a margin of one inch on each side of your page, you would enter 11 for the left margin, and 75 for the right margin. Top and Bottom Margins To set the top and bottom margins, choose Top margin or Bottom margin from the Print Menu. You will be prompted to tell GALAXY LITE the number of lines for each margin setting. GALAXY LITE measures top and bottom margins in lines. Most printers will print 6 lines per inch, so a standard 8.5 by 11 inch paper will have a maximum of 66 lines. If you wanted to leave a margin of one inch on the top and bottom of each page, you would enter 6 lines for the top margin and 6 lines for the bottom margin. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 18 ENTERING PRINTER CODES You can tell GALAXY LITE to apply a special printing attribute, such as bold, italic, or underline, to any part or all of your text. You tell GALAXY LITE where to apply the special attributes by placing a print code at the beginning and end of the text you wish to mark. GALAXY LITE supports the following print codes: Alt-B Bold Print Alt-D Double strike Print Alt-I Italics Print Alt-U Underline Print Alt-T Superscript Print Alt-V Subscript Print Alt-F1 User Installed Patch Alt-F2 User Installed Patch To use any of these print attributes, enter the code at the point where you wish the attribute to start, and again where you want it to stop. As an example, to highlight the word "computer" with bold print in the following example of text, press Alt-B before and after the word. A highlighted B will be inserted into the text to show you where bold print will begin and end: The BcomputerB has revolutionized the workplace. If you wanted to highlight the word "revolutionized" in italic print, you would follow the same procedure, but you would press Alt-I before and after the word: The computer has IrevolutionizedI the workplace. You can use the MAKEPRD program to customize any of the printer codes for your printer. You can also change printer drivers at any time by choosing "Set printer" from the Print menu. More information see page number (51) in this manual. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 19 USING BLOCK COMMANDS Marking a Block GALAXY LITE lets you define a section of your text as a block. Once defined, the marked block of text can be copied, moved, deleted, or written out as a disk file. Blocks of text are displayed in yellow on a color monitor, or as high intensity video on a monochrome monitor. The easiest way to mark a block is with the F7 and F8 keys. Position the cursor at the beginning of the text you wish to mark, and press the F7 key. Now move the cursor to the end of the text you wish to mark. You can use arrow keys, PgUp, PgDn, or even Ctrl+PgUp or Ctrl+PgDn to move to the end of your block. Position the cursor just past the point you want to mark and press the F8 key. GALAXY LITE will highlight all the text from the point where you pressed the F7 key, to just to the left or above where your cursor is when you press the F8 key. You can also use the WordStar (tm) (tm) Ctrl-KB and Ctrl-KK commands to mark the beginning and end of a block. Move the cursor to the beginning of the block you wish to mark and press and hold down the Ctrl key while you press the K key. Then press the B key. Next, move the cursor to the end of the text you wish to mark, and press and hold down the Ctrl key while you press the K key. Then press the K key. Or you can select "Begin" and "End" from the Block Menu. The Block Copy command will make a copy of the marked block, and insert it at the current cursor position. Block Move is similar, but the marked block "moves"; it disappears from its original position, and is inserted at the current cursor position. The Block "Read" command will insert an entire disk file into your document at the point where the cursor is. Block write will make a new file of just the marked block of text. You will be prompted for a file name to use for the saved block. Block commands also work with GALAXY LITE Windows, so you can cut and paste between two documents easily. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 20 WINDOWS Text Windows GALAXY LITE allows you to open a second text window onscreen to work on two documents at the same time. To open a Window, select "Open" or "Switch" from the Window Menu. A prompt will appear to ask you "How many lines?" to give to the new window. When you have one text window on screen, there are 23 text lines displayed. A second window will take lines from this window, insert a ruler bar, and ask you if you wish to open another file. Enter a number between 1 and 21 for the number of lines for your new window. The new window will appear below the current window. Your original document in the first window is still available for editing. To switch windows press Alt-W. The cursor will jump back to the top window, and the file name in the Status Line will change back to the original file name. You can also use the PullDown Menu to switch windows. You can choose "Zoom" from the Window menu, or press Alt-Z, to zoom either window up to full screen. With Zoom, you can have a small (as small as one text line) window with text you occasionally need to refer to, which you can expand to full screen whenever you need to. When either window is zoomed to full screen, you switch back and forth between windows with Alt-W or "Switch" just as you do with two onscreen windows. To "unzoom" a window, just press Alt-Z again, or choose "Zoom" again from the Window menu. You can mark a block of text in one window, use Alt-W to switch windows, and then copy or move the block to the other window. To open a window to DOS, highlight "DOS" or press D from the Window Menu, or use the quick command Alt-S (for System). The screen will clear and you will be given a DOS prompt. To return to GALAXY LITE, just type "Exit". The "Run a program" command from the Window Menu lets you enter a program name to run. You can include parameters to the program as well. For example, you could enter "Format B:" to format a disk on your B: drive. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 21 MACRO SUPPORT A macro is a sequence of up to 255 keystrokes, either commands or text, that you record as you type. The macro can then be "played" by pressing one key. You could define a macro that would type in your name and address as it appears underneath your letterhead. Or you could define a macro that would format a diskette in Drive A:. Any action that you can perform from the keyboard in GALAXY LITE can be done from a macro. Up to ten macros can be saved in a file and loaded again whenever you like. To begin recording keystrokes for a macro, press Alt-M. A highlighted message on the status line will remind you that your keystrokes are being recorded. When you're done, press Alt-M again to stop recording. GALAXY LITE will then prompt you for a number between 0 and 9. This number, plus the ALT key, will be used to play back the macro in the future. GALAXY LITE will also ask you to give a name to the new macro. The name you use will appear on the Macro menu next to the number for that macro. When you first start GALAXY LITE, GALAXY LITE will try to find a macro file named GLITE.MAC. GALAXY LITE will first look in the current directory, and then will search the DOS path. If a macro is attached to ALT-0, that macro will be automatically executed when the program starts. Macros can also call other macros. The only restriction on nested macros is that the typeahead buffer can only hold 512 characters and will generate an error message if it overflows. The macros in the sample macro file were recorded with the following keystrokes: ALT-0: (not defined) ALT-1: {F3} Y {ESC} {F3} GLITE.DOC {Enter} The 'Y' and ESC after the first F3 are to handle the message 'Abandon changes <Y/N>' if the current file has been changed. Macros will play back the same keystrokes every time you use them, so it's up to you to anticipate the possible conditions that may be encountered. ALT-2: ^KG Format a: {Enter} The 'Run a program' command was used instead of Alt-S because GALAXY LITE cannot continue a macro from the DOS prompt. However, when returning from an exit to DOS with Alt-S, a macro would continue as soon as GALAXY LITE regained control from DOS. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 22 MACRO SUPPORT, continued GALAXY LITE's message will not be displayed if there are more keystrokes pending after the command. ALT-3: ^KG Chkdsk {Enter} ALT-4: {BACKSPACE}{LEFTARROW}{ALT-F10}{RIGHTARROW} This macro uses GALAXY LITE's undelete backspace command to create a command that transposes two characters. ALT-5: ^KW PRN Y {Enter} This macro prints a block by writing the block to 'PRN' instead of to a file. ALT-6: {HOME}{SPACE}{SPACE}{SPACE}{HOME}{DOWNARROW} If INSERT is on, this macro will shift the current line to the right three columns. ALT-7: {HOME}{DEL}{DEL}{DEL}{HOME}{DOWNARROW} If INSERT is on, this macro will shift the current line to the left three columns. ALT-8: (not defined) ALT-9: (not defined) GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 23 MACRO MENU Menu Choice Alternatives 0 .. 9 Alt-0 .. Alt-9 Play the macro if defined. Menu Choice Alternatives Define a macro Alt-M Begin (or end) recording keystrokes for a macro. After you define the keystrokes, you will be prompted for a number and a name for the new macro. Menu Choice Alternatives save Macros None This menu choice lets you save your currently defined macros in a separate file. You can load a new macro file at any time by choosing the Read macros file command from the File Menu. Menu Choice Alternatives Read macros None This menu choice lets you read a previously saved macro file. When you first start the program, GALAXY LITE will try to load a macro file named GLITE.MAC. GALAXY LITE will look first in the current directory, and then will search the DOS PATH to try to find the default macro file. If the default macro file is found, macro 0 will automatically execute if it is defined. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 24 FILE MENU These commands are used to manage files, including opening, closing saving, copying, etc. Menu Choice Alternatives Open F3 Use this menu choice to read a disk file into a GALAXY LITE window for editing. The file that you open will replace the file currently being edited. If you have made changes in the file you are editing, you will be prompted to save the current file before opening the new file. If you enter a file name to open without a drive or directory included in the name GALAXY LITE will look for that file in the currently logged directory, if you have specified one, or in the default (current) directory. If you enter a wild card file specification (*.*, *.DOC, etc.) GALAXY LITE will take you to the Directory display and allow you to pick a file from a list that matches the specification. Menu Choice Alternatives Close None This menu choice will clear the current file being edited from memory, after prompting you to save any changes. You will then be prompted to open a new file. Menu Choice Alternatives Save F2, ^KD This menu choice will save the file currently being edited. If you have never specified a file name, you will be asked at this time to give the file a name. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 25 FILE MENU, continued Menu Choice Alternatives save As ^F2 This menu choice will prompt you for a file name to use when saving the file you are currently editing. You can include a disk drive and directory with the file name and GALAXY LITE will store the file in that location. After using "save As", GALAXY LITE will show the name you specified as the default file name on the top command line of the screen. The file with the original name that you were editing still exists on disk unchanged. Menu Choice Alternatives Directory F4 This menu choice will show you a list of files on disk. You can enter a mask using the same ? and * wildcard characters that DOS allows. GALAXY LITE will also show you free disk space and memory free following the directory listing. The disk space shown is the free space in the logged drive. You can pick a file to edit by highlighting its name and pressing Enter. Menu Choice Alternatives set Logged dir None This menu choice allows you to designate a default drive or directory to be used when saving and retrieving files. You can change this menu option at any time, but it will not remain in effect in future editing sessions. To permanently define a default drive or directory to be used when saving and retrieving files, use the "Default directory" command from the Defaults Menu. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 26 FILE MENU, continued Even if you have specified a default drive or directory with this option, you can override it at any time simply by including the drive or directory in the file name when you are saving or opening a file. Menu Choice Alternatives copY None This menu choice works just like the DOS copy command, except that wildcard characters are not allowed. If you attempt to overwrite an existing file, you will be first asked to confirm that the existing file can be destroyed. Menu Choice Alternatives Rename None This menu choice works just like the DOS rename command, except that wildcard characters are not allowed. Menu Choice Alternatives Erase None This menu choice works just like the DOS delete command, except that wildcard characters are not allowed. The file you specify will be erased from disk permanently. You will be asked to confirm this action before it takes place. Menu Choice Alternatives Quit Alt-X This menu choice closes the current window, after prompting you to save any changes you may have made. If two editing windows are opened, the full screen is returned to the other window. If only one window is open, the program terminates. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 27 PRINT MENU Menu Choice Alternatives Print F9 This menu choice allows you to begin printing a disk file. All editing tasks can continue while the printing takes place in the background. Remember, GALAXY LITE prints the version of the file you specify from the disk. If you want to print the file you are currently editing, remember to save it first. Menu Choice Alternatives First page None This menu choice prompts you for the page number of the first page you wish to print. To print a single page, enter the same page number for First page and Last page. Menu Choice Alternatives Last page None This menu choice prompts you for the page number of the last page you wish to print. To print a single page, enter the same page number for First page and Last page. Menu Choice Alternatives Menu Choice Alternatives Device None Indicate where to send print output. Most printers are attached to LPT1. If you choose FILE, you will be prompted to enter the name of a file to print to. Menu Choice Alternatives priNter pause None This menu choice toggles a printer pause on or off. When pause is on, printing will pause after completing each page. This will allow you to change paper in a single sheet printer. If your printer uses continuous form paper, printer pause should be off. Printer pause is disabled if the top and bottom margins are set to 0. Menu Choice Alternatives Double spacing None GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 28 PRINT MENU, continued This menu choice toggles double spacing of your printout on or off. Top and bottom margins will still print out single spaced, but the body of each page will be double spaced. Menu Choice Alternatives Top Margin None This menu choice prompts you for the number of lines to use as the default top margin setting. When a file is printed, the number of lines you specify here will be inserted at the top of each page. This is also the area where headers will be printed. Menu Choice Alternatives Bottom Margin None This menu choice prompts you for the number of lines to use as the default bottom margin setting. When a file is printed, the number of lines you specify here will be inserted at the bottom of each page. This is also the area where headers will be printed. Menu Choice Alternatives Page Length None This menu choice prompts you for the number of lines to use as the default page length during printing. When a file is printed, the number of lines you specify here, minus the top and bottom margin lines, will be printed on each page. Menu Choice Alternatives Left Margin Alt-L, ^OL This menu choice prompts you for a column number to use as the default left margin setting. Print options ------------- You can now designate a starting and stopping range of pages to print. Default setting is to start with Page 1 and stop with Page 1000. To print a single page, enter the same page number for both the start and stop page. Note: if the top and bottom margin are set to zero GALAXY LITE does not keep track of pages, and the entire document will print. You can specify LPT1, LPT2, or FILE as the device to print to. For FILE, you will be asked the name of the file to print to. If you name an existing file you will be asked to confirm overwriting the file. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 29 PRINT MENU, continued Menu Choice Alternatives Right Margin Alt-R, ^OR This menu choice prompts you for a column number to use as the default right margin setting. Menu Choice Alternatives repaGinate ^F9 This menu choice is used to place pagebreaks in your file. The repagination process will begin at the top of the file, and will prompt you for each page break. GALAXY LITE will suggest each page break according to the current top and bottom margin settings and the page length setting. It will also prompt you for placement of a pagebreak at any existing pagebreaks. You may override the suggested location by using the up or down arrow keys, moving the cursor to your preferred page break location. The limits of your placement will be: you can move upward in the file as far as the previous page break; you can move downward as far as the current page margins will allow. Menu Choice Alternatives Set printer None This menu choice will prompt you for the name of the Printer Description File to use. Be sure to enter the complete name of the PRD file, including the drive and path. If no drive or path are specified, GALAXY LITE will assume that the PRD file will be found in the current directory. Menu Choice Alternatives saVe parameter file None This menu choice will save all of the current settings of both the Print Menu and the Defaults Menu into a parameter file. When you first start the program, GALAXY LITE will try to load a parameter file named GLITE.INI. GALAXY LITE will look first in the current directory, and then will search the DOS PATH to try to find the default parameter file. You can load a new parameter file at any time by choosing the Read parameter file command from the Defaults Menu. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 30 WINDOW MENU These commands are used to open, close, switch, or zoom text windows. With GALAXY LITE you can open a second window of 1 to 21 lines. You can use any GALAXY LITE commands in either window, including copying or moving a block between windows, loading a second file, etc. a window in GALAXY LITE when there are two windows open returns the full screen to the other window. If only one window is open, closing that window is the same as exiting the program. To open a window to DOS, highlight "DOS" or press D from the Window Menu, or use the quick command Alt-S (for System). The screen will clear and you will be given a DOS prompt. To return to GALAXY LITE, just type "Exit". The "Run a program" command from the Window Menu lets you enter a program name to run. You can include parameters to the program as well. For example, you could enter "Format B:" to format a disk on your B: drive. When you open a DOS window or run a program, do not load or unload any memory resident programs such as SideKick. Because of the way that DOS assigns memory to these type of programs, the memory being used by GALAXY LITE will be corrupted. With this exception, you can use DOS to format a disk, run another program, even load another copy of GALAXY LITE. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 31 DEFAULTS MENU These commands are used to set your preferred environment. You can change the default settings at any time, or permanently save your preferences. Menu Choice Alternatives Insert Insert Key, ^V This menu choice toggles between Insert and Overtype mode. Menu Choice Alternatives Word Wrap ^OW This menu choice toggles Word Wrap on or off. With Word Wrap on, any attempts to type past the right margin setting will "wrap" down to the following line. With Word Wrap off, a new line will not start until you press Enter. Menu Choice Alternatives Auto indent ^QI This menu choice toggles Autoindent on or off. With Autoindent on, a new line will line up automatically with the text on the line above it, rather than at the left margin. Menu Choice Alternatives Graphics Alt-G ^QG This menu choice toggles Graphics on or off. With Graphics on, the IBM (tm) extended character set is displayable. If you are using WordStar (tm) text files, you will need to have Graphics off. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 32 DEFAULTS MENU, continued The Graphics toggle also strips the high bit of WordStar (tm) files during printing. If you are not using WordStar (tm) formatted files, you should probably leave Graphics on. Menu Choice Alternatives EGA 43 lines Alt-E This menu choice toggles between the EGA 43 line and the normal 25 line display. If you don't have an EGA display active, the command is ignored. Menu Choice Alternatives Justify Alt-J This menu choice toggles justification on or off. With Justify on, every time a line is wrapped or a paragraph is reformatted, the text will be padded with spaces to fit exactly within the current left and right margin settings. Menu Choice Alternatives Format WS None This menu choice toggles WordStar (tm) file formatting on or off. A WordStar (tm) file has the high bit set in every word wrapped line. If you are not converting files for use with WordStar (tm) , you should probably have this option set to off. To convert an ASCII file to WordStar (tm) format, you would need to reformat each paragraph in the file. The reformatting will set the wrapped flag in each paragraph line but the last, which will allow GALAXY LITE to save the file in WordStar (tm) format using the "soft" carriage returns for word wrapped lines. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 33 DEFAULTS MENU, continued Menu Choice Alternatives Scroll bar None You can choose to display a scroll bar on the right hand side of the screen. With a mouse, you can use the scroll bar to scroll text up or down. With or without a mouse, the "elevator" on the scroll bar will show you your relative position in the file. Menu Choice Alternatives tab siZe None This menu choice prompts you for a tab size. If you enter 0, automatic tabs will be enabled. Menu Choice Alternatives Undo Limit ^OS This menu choice will prompt you for the number of deleted lines to save on the Undo stack. Every time you press Esc GALAXY LITE will restore one line from the Undo stack back into your text. Menu Choice Alternatives teXt color None Use this menu choice to set your preferred choice for the color of normal text. Enter a number between 1 and 127 to indicate the color. A chart showing all available color choices is on the Defaults Menu's Help screen. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 34 DEFAULTS MENU, continued Menu Choice Alternatives Block color None Use this menu choice to set your preferred choice for the color of marked blocks of text. Enter a number between 1 and 127 to indicate the color. A chart showing all available color choices is on the Defaults Menu's Help screen. Menu Choice Alternatives hiLite menucolor None Use this menu choice to set your preferred choice for the color of a highlighted menu item. Enter a number between 1 and 127 to indicate the color. A chart showing all available color choices is on the Defaults Menu's Help screen. Menu Choice Alternatives Normal menucolor None Use this menu choice to set your preferred choice for the color of all other menu items. Enter a number between 1 and 127 to indicate the color. A chart showing all available color choices is on the Defaults Menu's Help screen. Menu Choice Alternatives fraMe menucolor None Use this menu choice to set your preferred choice for the color of the menu "frames" or borders. Enter a number between 1 and 127 to indicate the color. A chart showing all available color choices is on the Defaults Menu's Help screen. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 35 DEFAULTS MENU, continued Menu Choice Alternatives Default directory None Use this menu choice to indicate a default drive or directory for GALAXY LITE to use when loading and saving files. For example, if you always wanted to use your B: drive to store documents, enter "B:" for your default directory. Menu Choice Alternatives saVe parameter file None This menu choice will save all of the current settings of both the Print Menu and the Defaults Menu into a parameter file. You can give any name you like to this parameter file, but GALAXY LITE will always try to load a parameter file named GLITE.INI when you first start the program. GALAXY LITE will look first in the current directory, and then will search the DOS PATH to try to find the default parameter file. You can load a new parameter file at any time by choosing the Read parameter file command from the Defaults Menu. Menu Choice Alternatives Read parameter file None This menu choice will let you load a new parameter file. The settings on the Defaults and the Print Menu will be reset to the values found in the new parameter file. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 36 SEARCH MENU The choices listed in this menu are for searching your text for strings of characters that you specify. You can search for any character, including control characters, with the exception of ASCII #13, the Enter key, and ASCII #27, the Escape key. Menu Choice Alternatives Find F5 ^QF The Find command starts searching for the text you specify at the current cursor position. The search will proceed to the end of the text, unless you specify Backwards as an optional search parameter. Menu Choice Alternatives find/Replace F6 ^QA You will be asked to enter a string to search for, as with the Find command, and also a string to replace the found text with. With either the Find or find/Replace command, you will be asked to enter Options to define the parameters of either the Find or the find/Replace command: G: Global search. Once only from the top. Search the entire document, from beginning to end. B: Backwards search. Begin searching at the current cursor position, and proceed towards the beginning of the file. U: Ignore case. Find all matches of the text specified, whether or not the capital and lower case letters are the same. Without this option, the capitalization must match exactly. W: Whole Word. Will only find complete words (strings of text beginning and ending with a space or a punctuation mark). Without this option, searching for the would successfully match the, they, there, etc. N: No Confirm. With find/Replace, will not stop to ask for confirmation before making the replacement. Menu Choice Alternatives Next ^F5 ^L Repeats the last Find or find/Replace command, using the same optional parameters. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 37 GOTO MENU These commands are used for quick movement around your document. Menu Choice Alternatives Top of file ^PgUp Places the cursor at the very top of the text window, at the first line of your file. Menu Choice Alternatives End of file ^PgDn Places the cursor at the very bottom of the text window, at the last line of your file. Menu Choice Alternatives Begin block ^QB Moves the cursor to the beginning of a defined block. If no block is defined, no action is taken. Menu Choice Alternatives end blocK ^QK Moves the cursor to the end of a defined block. If no block is defined, no action is taken. Menu Choice Alternatives Line ^ON Prompts you to enter a line number, and moves the cursor to that line. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 38 GOTO MENU, continued Menu Choice Alternatives Go marker ^QM ^Q1..9 This command will move the cursor to a previously defined marker. You will be prompted to enter the marker number to go to. You can skip this step by using the ^Q, followed by a number, command. If a marker you specify is not defined, an error message will be displayed. Menu Choice Alternatives Set marker ^KM ^K1..9 This command will define a marker, which can be used later for quick movement to a specific place in your text file using the Go marker command. You will be prompted to enter the marker number you wish to define. You can skip this step by using the ^K, followed by a number, command. For example, to define marker number 1, without going through the menu, enter ^K1. Marker positions are effective only in the current editing session, and are not saved with the file. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 39 BLOCK MENU The Block menu groups all the commands for block operations. A block is a section of your text that is marked with a beginning and an end so that some editing function can be performed on the block. Common block tasks are to copy a section of text to another location in the file, to write a section of text to disk as a separate file, or check the spelling of a section of text. Most WordStar (tm) Control-K block commands work exactly as they do in WordStar (tm) . Menu Choice Alternatives Begin F7 ^KB Used to mark the beginning of a block of text. For block operations, such as copying, deleting, etc. both the beginning and the end of the block must be defined. Menu Choice Alternatives End F8 ^KK Used to mark the end of a block of text. For block operations, such as copying, deleting, etc. both the beginning and the end of the block must be defined. Menu Choice Alternatives Copy ^F7 ^KC After a block is defined, use this command to make a copy of the entire block. A copy of the entire block will be inserted at the point where the cursor is currently located. This command can be used to "cut and paste" blocks of text between windows. If the cursor is within the currently defined block when this command is issued, no action is taken. Menu Choice Alternatives Move ^F8 ^KV Similar to Block Copy, but the block is deleted from its current position, and inserted at the point where the cursor is currently located. The Block Move command can be used to "cut and paste" blocks of text between windows. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 40 BLOCK MENU, continued If the cursor is within the currently defined block when this command is issued, no action is taken. Menu Choice Alternatives Read ^KR This command will prompt you for a filename to Read into the current text window. The file specification can be any legal DOS filename, including drive designation and path. If just the name of the file is entered, GALAXY LITE will look for the file in the Logged directory. The file will be inserted into the current text window at the cursor position. Menu Choice Alternatives Write ^KW This command will write the currently defined block to disk as a separate file. You will be prompted for a filename, which can include a drive designation or file path. If you specify a filename that already exists, you will be asked to confirm that you want to overwrite the old file. Menu Choice Alternatives Delete ^KY This command will delete the currently defined block, removing it from the text window. The GALAXY LITE UNDO command, the ESC key, will restore a deleted block, line by line, at the point where the cursor is located when the UNDO command is issued. Menu Choice Alternatives Hide ^KH This command turns off the block highlighting. Menu Choice Alternatives Spell check ^KL This menu choice checks the spelling of your document. If there is a block marked, the spell check will cover the marked block only. If no block is marked, checking will begin at the cursor position. If you press any key during a spell check, you will be asked if you wish to abort the spelling check. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 41 SPELL CHECKING Press ^K^L, or select Spell check from the Block menu to begin checking the spelling of your document. If there is a block marked, the spell check will cover the marked block only. If no block is marked, checking will begin at the cursor position. If you press any key during a spell check, you will be asked if you wish to abort the spelling check. When GALAXY LITE encounters a word not in its dictionary, you will be shown a menu of possible corrective actions: Skip once --------- Continue the spelling check, ignoring the unknown word for now. Ignore for this document ------------------------ Continue the spelling check, ignoring the unknown word for the rest of the spelling check. Useful for proper names, etc. List soundalike words -------------------- Show a menu of possible replacement words for the unknown word. Highlight the correct word and press ENTER to correct the misspelled word. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 42 SPELL CHECKING, continued GALAXY LITE uses a technique called soundex to build the list of replacement words. If the misspelled word is phonetically close to the correct spelling, GALAXY LITE will almost always suggest the correct spelling as the first choice in the list. If you have transposed letters GALAXY LITE will sometimes be unable to suggest meaningful alternatives. When replacing a word in your document, GALAXY LITE will attempt to match the capitalization as follows: If the misspelled word is all lower or all upper case, the replacement word will be all lower or all upper case. If the misspelled word is mixed upper and lower case, the replacement word will have its first letter capitalized, and the rest of the word will be lower case. Edit from keyboard ------------------ You will be prompted to type in the correct spelling. After you have retyped the word, GALAXY LITE will check the spelling again. Add to dictionary ----------------- If this is a word that will appear often in your documents (your company's name, for example), you can add the word to your auxiliary dictionary. GALAXY LITE uses four dictionaries: An internal list of 500 common words. GALAUX.DIC: Your auxiliary dictionary. An ASCII file, one uppercase word per line, with a leading and trailing space. Created automatically when you choose "Add to dictionary" during a spelling check. This dictionary is held in memory during the spelling check and will not be loaded if there is less than 20K of free memory. GALRAM.DIC: An ASCII file containing approximately 3000 of the most common words in the English language. This dictionary is held in memory during the spelling check, and will not be loaded if there is less than 48K of free memory. The spelling check will operate correctly with or without the RAM dictionary, but not as quickly. GALMAIN.DIC: The main dictionary file, approximately 45,000 words (10,000 words in the Evaluation Version) , compressed. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 43 APPENDIX A WordStar (tm) Files GALAXY LITE can handle WordStar (tm) files with almost no exceptions. The major difference is that GALAXY LITE ignores the WordStar (tm) "dot" commands. They will be displayed onscreen unchanged, but will be ignored during printing. WordStar (tm) sets the high bit in many characters, including justified spaces, the last character of every word, and the end of lines and paragraphs. Since GALAXY LITE can display any ASCII character onscreen a WordStar (tm) file will appear garbled. This can be adjusted with the Alt-G, or Graphics toggle. The Graphics toggle simply strips the high bit from the displayed characters. The actual character is not changed, and will be saved to disk in its original state. The GALAXY LITE "Print" command will likewise strip the high bit of any character during printing, so that WordStar (tm) files may be printed without any translation if the Graphics toggle is OFF. To display the IBM (tm) extended character set, such as the lines used for drawing boxes, and the foreign characters, simply toggle the Graphics ON. Your preferred setting can be saved in the pulldown Defaults menu. To save a file in WordStar (tm) format, with "soft" carriage returns, set the "Format WS" choice to ON from the Defaults Menu. If this toggle is OFF, all files will be saved as straight ASCII files. Even with this toggle ON, GALAXY LITE will only use "soft" carriage returns on lines that were either word wrapped, reformatted, or were "soft" in the original file. GALAXY LITE can convert a WordStar (tm) file to straight ASCII. The command for this is Alt-F3. Although GALAXY LITE can read, edit, and save WordStar (tm) files with no conversion, the searching and spell checking routines need ASCII text to work properly. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 44 APPENDIX B Printer Description Files GALAXY LITE is supplied with Printer Description (PRD) files, which are used to send the proper codes to the printer to enable Italic, Bold, Underline, etc. To change the default PRD file, choose the "Set printer" command in the Print Menu. If the GALAXY LITE Program Disk does not contain a PRD file for your printer, you can use MAKEPRD.COM, to easily create custom PRD files to address any function of any printer. Printer codes are entered just as in LOTUS 123, e.g.; 027\083. The string of control codes that your printer needs to start or stop a certain print attribute are entered as decimal numbers, separated with backslashes. Up to 16 different printer control code strings can be stored in a PRD file. Fonts, attributes, margins, tabs, even complex laser printer codes can be used to format your document with ease. ADDITIONAL MAKEPRD.COM INFORMATION Makeprd.com is a utility that edits or creates New PRD files for the GALAXY LITE Word Processor. This file sends the proper print codes to your printer such as BOLD, ITALICS etc. Each printer is different so if your printer is working but you can not get BOLD to work this would be the answer to that type of problem. A legal name for this file must end with a .PRD extension example: ALPS (tm) .PRD. I will be using the ALPS (tm) ALQ200 printer and manual for an example. In your printers manual there is a section of control codes. In the ALP's Manual it's called Emulation Modes. Yours might be called Function codes. GALAXY LITE sends these codes to the printer as they are encountered in your text file, to create 'BOLD' etc. GALAXY LITE uses only DECIMAL codes, your manual probably gives you HEX CODES and DECIMAL codes. Make sure you use the DECIMAL Codes only! This is what you will see as you use MAKEPRD.COM MAKEPRD Version 1.2 - Create or Edit a Printer Description File. Copyright (C) 1987 Omniverse, PO Box 2974, Renton, Wa 98056 All Rights Reserved. Enter the Decimal codes for each print attribute separated by backslashes. For Example 27\084\066 [ENTER] Enter the name of printer description file:NEW.PRD < Edit/Create > Enter the decimal codes to start BOLD print. 27\71 Look into your manual and find the code to start BOLD print! GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 45 Enter the decimal codes to Stop BOLD print. 27\72 Look into your manual and find the code to stop BOLD print! Most printer manuals will have the start and stop next to each other. Some special printer functions will require three or four sets of numbers 27\ Normal Escape Code \45\ Special Function \1\ On switch \0\ Off Switch Function for UNDERLINING on the ALPS (tm) is this. 27\45\1 To Start 27\45\0 To End Some printers do not need the 27\ escape code such as the Tandy Printers you may need to try both ways, With and Without! You will be asked to enter all the normal features such as: BOLD, DOUBLE STRIKE, ITALICS, SUPERSCRIPT SUBSCRIPT, UNDERLINE, USER PATCH, ONE USER PATCH TWO User Patch Numbers One and Two are used for other features that your printer supports like Script Characters, Elite Pitch, Condensed Print Etc. So if I wanted to use the condensed print on my ALPS (tm) I would include the 27\33\4 turn on Condensed 27\33\0 turn off Condensed After you have created or edited your printer description file, 'PRD' you will need to install it into GALAXY LITE so that your printer will receive the proper codes. To install the NEW.PRD file pull down the print menu, Type 'S' for Set printer [ENTER] [TYPE] A:\NEW.PRD On a Hard Drive system [ENTER] [TYPE] C:\GLITE\NEW.PRD Remember GALAXY LITE will need to find that PRD file wherever it really exists! The option just under 'S' set printer is 'V' saVe settings [ENTER] [TYPE] A:\GLITE.INI OR for a Hard Drive 'V' [ENTER] [TYPE] C:\GLITE\GLITE.INI If GALAXY LITE finds the INI 'Initialization' File it will warn you and ask you before overwriting the file! <Yes> would be the appropriate response. More than One PRD file for your printer, like NEW1.PRD for normal use. NEW2.PRD for special features, ETC. This is handy for your laser type printers to load different fonts and character styles. ALT-B in the second PRD does not have to be for BOLD you can re-use all those for other Features Example NEW2.PRD ALT-B could be used for FONT SIZE ETC. Macro may be used to load PRD files in and out of GALAXY LITE. To use this feature see Macro's Example ALT-M, F-10, P, S, ENTER, DRIVE\PATH\FILENAME, ENTER, ESC, ALT-M SAVE MACRO. See Page (23) GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 46 APPENDIX C Headers and Footers A header or footer is text that appears at the top or bottom of every page of a printout. Headers are lines marked by placing the cursor in "column one" of the line and pressing ALT-H. The highlighted H that appears must be in column one of the line or GALAXY LITE will not recognize the line as a header. When the file is printed, GALAXY LITE will ignore the line marked as a header until the next page. At that time up to three header lines will be substituted for three lines of the top margin. If your top margin is not large enough to accommodate the number of header lines you have marked, it will print as many as will fit. Whenever you define a new header line or lines, any previous group of header lines will be replaced by the new lines. You can insert the current page number in the header line by placing the # character in the text of any of the header lines. You can also use any other print attributes, such as bold or italics, in a header line. Footers work exactly the same as header lines but are printed in the bottom margin area. Like headers, lines formatted as footers, with the ALT-F character in column one, will be ignored when they are first encountered and then printed out on all subsequent bottom margins. You can have a maximum of three footer lines defined at any time. Whenever you define a new group of footer lines, any previous footer lines will be replaced by the new lines. * Top or Bottom margin must be one line larger than required Header or Footer. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 47 APPENDIX D USING A MOUSE WITH GALAXY LITE If you have a mouse installed and have run MOUSE.COM or MOUSE.SYS prior to loading GALAXY LITE, you will see a mouse cursor in the upper left corner of the screen. You can enter the pulldown menus by pressing any mouse button on either the status line or the top ruler line. There are two ways to use the mouse in the menu system: In the first method, you "click" (press and release the mouse button) on line one or line two of the screen. The menubar appears on screen, in the same manner it does when you press F10. You then can click on any of the top level menu items to pull down the submenu. This will happen as if you pressed the first letter of the main menu item. You can then click on a submenu item to select it. To leave the menu system, just click anywhere outside the displayed menu. In the second method, rather than clicking, you "drag" (press the mouse button but don't release it) the mouse cursor to the menu item you want. As the mouse cursor passes over a menu item, the submenu below it automatically pulls down. As you drag the mouse cursor down a submenu, the submenu choice under the mouse cursor will be highlighted. To select a submenu item, release the mouse button when the selection you want is highlighted. To leave the menu system, just release the mouse button anywhere outside the displayed menu. Clicking anywhere in the text window will move the cursor to that position. You can change from one window to another simply by clicking the mouse in the other window. In the Defaults menu you can choose whether or not to display a scroll bar on the right hand side of the text window. The scroll bar has an "elevator" which shows your relative position in the file. Dragging the elevator to a new position is similar to issuing a Go To Line command. For example, if you drag the elevator to roughly the middle of the scroll bar while editing a 1000 line file, the current line will be changed to approximately line 500. Clicking anywhere between the up arrow mark and the elevator is treated the same as the Page Up command, and clicking anywhere between the elevator and the down arrow mark is the same as the Page Down command. Clicking on the up arrow mark or down arrow mark is treated the same as if you pressed the up or down arrow key. Leave the mouse button down in any of these cases to scroll continuously. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 48 APPENDIX E The symbol ^ is used to indicate a Control key combination. For example, to enter "^K" from your keyboard, depress the key marked "Ctrl", and while that key is depressed, press the "K" key. QUICK COMMANDS FORMATTING: Alt-C......Center Line Alt-L......Left Margin Alt-J......Justify On/Off Alt-R......Right Margin Ctrl-B.....Reformat Paragraph PRINT CODES: Insert these codes before and after the text you wish to format: Alt-B......Bold Alt-I......Italics Alt-D......Doublestrike Alt-T......Superscript Alt-F......Footer Alt-U......Underline Alt-H......Header Alt-V......Subscript Alt-F1.....User Patch Ctrl-Enter.Page Break Alt-F2.....User Patch CURSOR MOVEMENT: Ctrl <--...Word Left Ctrl -->...Word Right Ctrl-PgUp..Top of File Ctrl-PgDn..Bottom of File Ctrl-Home..Top of Screen Ctrl-End...Bottom of Screen Tab........Automatic Tabs WINDOW SELECTON: Alt-W......Switch Windows Alt-Z......Zoom Windows Alt-S......Exit to DOS window Alt-X......Close Window, Exit GALAXY LITE UNDELETE: ALT-F9.....Undelete Character Alt-F10....Unbackspace Character ESC........Undelete line FUNCTION KEYS: F1.........Help F2.........Save File F3.........Open File F4.........Directory F5.........Find F6.........Find and Replace F7.........Block Begin F8.........Block End F9.........Print a File F10........Pulldown Menus GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 49 APPENDIX F WordStar (tm) Commands The symbol ^ is used to indicate a Control key combination. For example, to enter "^K" from your keyboard, depress the key marked "Ctrl", and while that key is depressed, press the "K" key. ^A...Word Left ^B...Reformat Paragraph ^C...Page Down ^D...Character Right ^E...Up Line ^F...Word Right ^G...Delete Character ^H...Destructive Backspace ^I...Tab ^J...Insert Page Break ^K...Block Commands ^L...Repeat Last Find/Replace ^M...Insert Line ^O...Onscreen Commands ^P...Insert Ctrl Character ^Q...Quick Commands ^R...Page Up ^S...Character Left ^T...Delete Word Right ^V...Insert On/Off ^W...Go To Top of File ^X...Line Down ^Y...Delete Line ^Z...Go To Bottom of File ^QA..Find and Replace ^OG..Toggle Graphics ^QB..Go To Top of Block ^OH..Toggle Windows ^QF..Find ^OI..Go To Column ^QI..Toggle AutoIndent ^OK..Change Case ^QJ..Go To Marker (Or ^Q1..9) ^ON..Go To Line ^QK..Go To End of Block ^OO..Open Second Window ^QS..Go To Beginning of Line ^OW..Toggle Word Wrap ^QY..Delete Text To End of Line ^OY..Close Second Window ^KB..Mark Block Begin ^KQ..Abandon File ^KC..Copy Block ^KR..Read Block From Disk ^KD..Save File ^KS..Save File ^KH..Toggle Block Hide ^KV..Move Block ^KK..Mark Block End ^KW..Write Block To Disk ^KL..Spell Check ^KX..Exit GALAXY LITE ^KM..Set Marker (Or ^K1..9) ^KY..Delete Block GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 50 APPENDIX G REGISTRATION GALAXY LITE is NOT a public domain or free program! It is being distributed as Shareware. The Association of Shareware Professionals (ASP) offers the following definition of Shareware: Shareware distribution gives users a chance to try software before buying it. If you try a Shareware program and continue using it, you are expected to register. Individual programs differ on details -- some request registration while others require it, some specify a maximum trial period. With registration, you get anything from the simple right to continue using the software to an updated program with printed manual. Copyright laws apply to both Shareware and commercial software, and the copyright holder retains all rights, with a few specific exceptions as stated below. Shareware authors are accomplished programmers, just like commercial authors, and the programs are of comparable quality. (In both cases, there are good programs and bad ones!) The main difference is in the method of distribution. The author specifically grants the right to copy and distribute the software, either to all and sundry or to a specific group. For example, some authors require written permission before a commercial disk vendor may copy their Shareware. Shareware is a distribution method, not a type of software. You should find software that suits your needs and pocketbook, whether it's commercial or Shareware. The Shareware system makes fitting your needs easier, because you can try before you buy. And because the overhead is low, prices are low also. Shareware has the ultimate money-back guarantee -- if you don't use the product, you don't pay for it. Registration licenses you to use GALAXY LITE. Any unregistered use other than trial use to determine if GALAXY LITE meets your needs is a violation of our license agreement and is forbidden. Single user registration is available for $65.00 per copy. Registered users will be sent the most current version of the program and a printed reference guide. Registration also entitles you to free telephone support. The GALAXY LITE license authorizes use of one copy of GALAXY LITE on one machine at a time. If you have multiple computers, either standalone, networked, or multi-user, you need to register one copy of GALAXY LITE for each workstation on which it's installed. For registration and licensing of more than ten copies, please contact Starlite Software Co. at (206) 385-9611 for details on our quantity discounts and site licensing arrangements. GALAXY LITE is available from Egghead Discount Software as a special order item. ALL PRICES ARE SUBJECT TO CHANGE WITHOUT NOTICE. GALAXY LITE Reference Guide Page 51 APPENDIX H ADDING GRAPHIC CHARACTERS Graphic characters may be included in your text by finding the appropriate ASCII value of the graphics required, this may accomplished by obtaining an ASCII chart most printer manuals have a chart. 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