.2 The Editor

You can call up the editor mode with the function (âŒ˜ + N). This allows short fax messages to be written up to 32 kB. These messages can be stored as a file if required, as described previously. Editor mode is also available via the  button "New Text" in the main dialog of CoMa. 

 

If you want to merge a text page with a graphic logo you must adjust the format in the top and left margin in the dialogue box "Images" from the pull-down-menu "Preferences". Otherwise your text and graphics may be intermixed.
 
It would be very helpful to yourself to create a standard page that contains your personalised layout. This should then be saved as DEFAULT.TXT in CoMa:SYSTEM. This page will then be called up automatically when editor is selected.

To leave Editor, you must use the Enter key from the number pad, and the fax page will automatically be built up. Mac users with a small keyboard do not have this enter key and should use the control and return keys, or use the command "Make Image" in the menue-bar on top of the window.

Textattributes

You can enhance your document with various text attributes and wildcards.

If zoom factor 100 % is selected you will see only part of the picture on a 14" monitor. Switch to zoom 25 or 12 % (keys "+" and "-" from the number pad or the menue-bar) and the page will be displayed in overview. If you want to shift the content of the display you can do this (as in all other windows) via the shift buttons on the right bottom corner. Even easier is our shift system! Just keep the mouse key pressed and a small hand will appear. As long as you keep the mouse key pressed you can shift the picture in all directions.

It is dependent upon your monitor size as to how much of the page you will see in preview. For example a 640x480 picture point monitor will show nearly a whole width of A4 and about half length at 100 %. 25% will show a whole page. You can adjust zoom size from the dialogue box "Fax", or as previously described, using the "+" and "-" keys from the number pad.

Once you`re happy with the result you can bring the main dialogue box forward using the F10 key to transmit. ("Send" key)

wildcards in editor

To save routine work the programme is able to place certain information into the place requested by you. The following wildcards are included in the editor:

<NAME1>

Name 1 from number list

<NAME2>

Name 2 from number list

<FAXNR>

faxnumber from number list

  <VOICE>       voicenumber from numberlist 

<D>

day (from system date)

<M>

month

<Y>

year

<h>

hour (from system time)

<m>

minute

<s>

second

<PAGES>

Page number counted from the pages to be transmitted, if only the 

 top page is sent a Zero

<REMARK>

Text from the editbox of the number list entry

<SALUTATION>

Text from the editorbox opf the number- administration

  <STREET>      sets the street into the fax

  <TOWN>          sets the town into the fax

   <DATA>        sets the data-number from the numberlist into the fax

  <MOBIL>         sets the mobil-telefone number into the document

The layout of these wildcards is up to you. We have included a suggested layout in CoMa:SYSTEM:DEFAULT.TXT, just have a look!

Drag & Drop

Like most Mac programmes you can select some of the text and drag it to another place and paste it there.