The principle parts of an EasiWriter document window are shown below:
The Title bar contains a Back icon, a Close icon, the name of the document and a Toggle size icon. Document windows can be moved by dragging in the Title bar.
Click on the Back icon to make the window go to the 'back of the pile' of windows on your desktop.
Click on the Close icon to close the window. If any changes have been made to the document that have not been saved, a dialogue box will appear asking whether you want to save your work before the window is closed.
The full pathname of the document is displayed in the Title bar. A '*' to the right of the name indicates that changes have been made to the document since it was last saved. New documents are given the name 'Untitled' which you change when you first save the document.
Click on the Toggle size icon to expand the window. If the window is already expanded it will return to its former size and location and position within the window stack.
The top row of the button bar contains the Undo, Save, Print, Spell-check, Find, Index, Link, Ruler and Zoom buttons. It also contains the Selection indicator and Style indicator buttons.
The next row contains the Tab well, Structure and Emphasis buttons with the Borders, Font and Spacing buttons.
The action of each of the button bar buttons is described below. This action may vary depending on which of the three mouse buttons is used. In general Select is the 'safe' option leading to a dialogue. Menu opens the equivalent menu and Adjust is a short-cut that avoids dialogues.
The button bar can be hidden/shown using the Button bar command in the View menu.
Select, Adjust: Undo/Redo the last command. The button is dimmed when there is nothing to undo.
Select: Opens the Save dialogue. This is the same as choosing Document from the Save menu.
Adjust: Save the document using its existing pathname without opening a dialogue. This is the same as choosing Save from the Main menu. If the document has never been saved Adjust opens the Save dialogue.
Menu: Open the Save menu.
Select: Opens the Print dialogue. Same as the Print command in the Misc menu.
Adjust: Prints one complete copy of the document.
The button is dimmed if there is no printer driver loaded.
Select: Checks the complete document and opens the Spelling dialogue if there are errors.
Adjust: If a selection is made the selection is checked otherwise the word containing the caret is checked.
Menu: Opens the Spell sub-menu.
Select: Opens the Find/Replace dialogue.
Adjust: Find next occurrence.
Menu: Opens the Search sub-menu.
Select: If a selection has been made opens the Add to Index dialogue.
Adjust: Saves selection as an Index entry or, if there is no selection, opens the Update index dialogue.
Select, Adjust: Opens the Link dialogue.
Select: Shows/Hides the ruler.
Adjust: Shows/Hides the scales.
Select: Halve the magnification of the document to a minimum of 10% of normal size.
Adjust: Double the magnification of the document to a maximum of 999% of normal size.
Select: Opens the Scale view dialogue.
Menu: Opens a Magnify menu.
Adjust: Adjust the scale so that the width of the document fits the window.
Select: Double the magnification of the document to a maximum of 999% of normal size.
Adjust: Halve the magnification of the document to a minimum of 10% of normal size.
Clicking on the Zoom selector changes the pointer to a '+'. An area of the document can be dragged over to zoom that area into the window.
The Selection indicator indicates the part of the document that is currently selected.
Click on the selection indicator to change the selection.
Select: Select out. Has the same effect as pressing F11.
Adjust: Select in. Has the same effect as pressing Shift-F11.
Menu: Open the Select sub-menu.
The Style indicator indicates the style of the part of the structure currently selected. When tabs or margin markers are being moved it changes to indicate the distance of the tab from the left margin.
Click on the style indicator to change, save and use styles.
Select: is the same as choosing Change... from the Format menu.
Adjust: is the same as choosing Save style changes from the Format menu.
Menu: Displays the Style menu for the type of structure selected. In the case of a paragraph style (or no selection) the bottom half of the menu also displays Emphasis styles.
Left, Centre, Right and Decimal tabs are contained (in that order) in a Tab well. Tabs can be dragged onto the ruler and repositioned by dragging sideways. They can be removed by dragging them off the ruler.
Double-clicking on a tab opens a dialogue box where you can edit the position and type of tab as well as create a tab filler of up to four characters. The decimal separator is user definable and can be any character, e.g. '.' or ','.
See Chapter two, Using the Ruler for a comprehensive description on how to set and move tabs.
Select: This has the same effect as choosing Chapter from the Structure menu.
Menu: If there are two or more Chapter styles then a menu will be displayed, otherwise Menu has no effect. Choose a style from the menu and a new chapter will be created in the selected style.
Select: This has the same effect as choosing Section from the Structure menu.
Menu: If there are two or more Section styles then a menu will be displayed, otherwise Menu has no effect. Choose a style from the menu and a new section will be created in the selected style.
Select: This has the same effect as choosing Sub-section from the Structure menu.
Menu: If there are two or more Section styles then a menu will be displayed, otherwise Menu has no effect. Choose a style from the menu and a new sub-section will be created in the selected style.
Select: This has the same effect as choosing List from the Structure menu.
Adjust: (EasiWriter) Starts a Sub-list.
Menu: If there are two or more List styles then a menu will be displayed, otherwise Menu has no effect. Choose a style from the menu and a new list will be created in the selected style.
Select: This has the same effect as choosing Sub-list from the Structure menu.
Menu: If there are two or more List styles then a menu will be displayed, otherwise Menu has no effect. Choose a style from the menu and a new sub-list will be created in the selected style.
Select: This has the same effect as choosing Table from the Structure menu.
Menu: If there are two or more Table styles then a menu will be displayed, otherwise Menu has no effect. Choose a style from the menu and a new table will be created in the selected style.
Select: This has the same effect as choosing Figure from the Structure menu.
Menu: If there are two or more Figure styles then a menu will be displayed, otherwise Menu has no effect. Choose a style from the menu and a new figure will be created in the selected style.
Select: This has the same effect as choosing Picture from the Structure menu.
Menu: If there are two or more Picture styles then a menu will be displayed, otherwise Menu has no effect. Choose a style from the menu and a new picture will be created in the selected style.
Select: This has the same effect as choosing Footnote from the Structure menu.
Menu: If there are two or more Footnote styles then a menu will be displayed, otherwise Menu has no effect.
This has the same effect as choosing End <structure> from the Structure menu.
Select: Aligns text/picture with the left margin.
Menu: Displays the Align menu.
Select: Centres text/picture between the margins.
Menu: Displays the Align menu.
Select: Aligns text/picture with the right margin.
Menu: Displays the Align menu.
Select: Aligns text with both margins.
Menu: Displays the Align menu.
Adjust: Selects forced full justification.
Embolden the selected text by looking for a bold version of the current font. This has no visible effect if there is no bold version of the font. There will be an effect if the font is subsequently changed to one that does have Bold/ExtraBold/Ultra/Heavy.
Italicise the selected text by looking for an italic or oblique version of the current font. This has no visible effect if there is no italic version of the font. There will be an effect if the font is subsequently changed to one that does have Italic/Slant/Oblique.
Underline the selected text, or if no text is selected underline the text that is typed until either the caret is reset or Return is pressed.
EasiWriter only. This is equivalent to choosing Superscript from the Text menu.
EasiWriter only. This is equivalent to choosing Subscript from the Text menu.
Remove all effects from the selected text, paragraph, picture, structure. Equivalent to choosing Plain from the Text menu.
Opens the Borders dialogue where you can choose a border for the currently selected paragraph, structure or picture. If the Footnote area is selected you can add one sixth or full width rules.
You can also choose a background colour.
Select, Adjust: Open the Font selector dialogue where you can set the type style of the selected text.
Menu: Open the Font sub-menu.
Open the Spacing dialogue where you can set the space before and after the selected structure. In the case of a text selection you can also change the line spacing.
The ruler is used for setting the left & right margins, the first line indentation marker and tabs.
Margin markers and tabs can be dragged to a new position on the ruler or have their position edited by double-clicking on them to open a dialogue box. They can be selected by dragging over them or by clicking. Clicking Adjust allows you to add to the selection. Holding Shift when dragging constrains movement to the minor division.
Tabs can be placed to the right of the right margin.
There are two left margin markers (two right markers when the font is right to left). The upper marker controls the first line's margin, the lower controls the rest of the lines. If the upper marker is positioned to the left of the lower marker then the lower marker acts as a left aligned tab.
The ruler can be displayed in a variety of units of measurements which are chosen in the Scale units command and can be hidden/displayed using the Ruler command in the View menu or by pressing F10.
The vertical and horizontal scales can be used as a guide for positioning text and graphics. They can be hidden or displayed. When they are displayed, the position of the pointer is indicated by thin lines moving along them.
The origin of the scales can be reset by dragging the '+' situated at the top and left of the scales.
The units of measurement used for the scales can be changed using the Scale units command in the View menu.
To change the units in just one scale move the pointer into it before pressing Menu.
The caret is a red 'I' beam that shows where: