Contents
Text View

Menu Commands...

File menu

Edit menu

Options menu

Navigation...

Buttons and keystrokes

Fonts...

Text View fonts

Problems with large fonts

Association...

Association


Edit menu
  Notepad command

Runs Notepad and loads the current document.  You are first offered an option to unload the file from Text View since it may not be valid when you return.


Text View fonts
Text View uses the "Fixedsys" font unless the file being loaded contains extended ASCII code graphic characters, in which case the "Terminal" font is used.


large fonts
Text View uses the Windows "Terminal" font so that extended ASCII code graphic characters will be displayed properly.  An error can occur if you have installed "large fonts".  Using large fonts causes other problems for Text View as well.


association
You can "associate" filename extensions with Text View.  For example, the extension ".TXT" is usually associated with the Windows Notepad editor.  This means that any time you double-click a filename with a .TXT extension in the Windows File Manager, Notepad automatically starts and loads the file you clicked.

You may wish to associate the .TXT extension (and/or other extensions) with Text View.  If you need to edit the file, you can easily run Notepad from within Text View.

See the File Manager for help on associating.


File menu
 File menu commands

  Open command

Loads an existing file into Text View.

  Print command

Prints a loaded file.  A formatting option and an opportunity to cancel are offered before printing.

Print Manager command

Runs Print Manager.

  Delete command

Unloads the current document and deletes the file from the disk.  Confirmation is requested before the delete operation is executed.

View/print order form command

Runs ORDERFRM.EXE.


Options menu
Options menu commands

  Colors command

Offers a color palette for changing the text and background colors.

  Scroll bars command

Toggles the scroll bars on and off.  With the scroll bars off, the text window displays 80 characters per line.  (Notepad displays a maximum of 76 characters per line in 640x480 display mode.)

  Expose command

Exposing a file causes tabs, tab spaces and trailing spaces to be represented by visible characters.

 = tab

 = tab space

 = trailing space

These special characters require the Terminal font which is used automatically when you choose to expose a file.  The Expose option takes effect when the next file is loaded.

Exposing a file disables printing.  To print, reload the file with the Expose option turned off.  The special characters cannot be printed.

Text View's tab spacing is fixed at every eight character positions.

  Double space command

Text View's display can be double spaced for easier reading.  The Double space option takes effect when the next file is loaded.  Printing will not be double spaced.

Top and bottom margins command

Choose "Compensate for margins" if you printer automatically adds top and bottom margins as is the case with most laser printers and some dot-matrix printers.


toolbar and keystrokes
Navigation Buttons and Keyboard Alternatives

Click a toolbar button to see its function and keyboard alternative...


Displays the text starting at line 1, column 1 (the top, left corner of the document).

Alternative: Ctrl + Home


Displays the last line of the text , starting at column 1 (the bottom, left corner of the document).

Alternative: Ctrl + End


Displays the file beginning at column 1.

Alternative: Home


Changes the view one text window to the left until the beginning of the line is reached.

Alternative: Shift + Tab


Changes the view one column to the left until the beginning of the line is reached.

Alternative: Left arrow


Changes the view one column to the right until the end of the line is reached.

Alternative: Right arrow


Changes the view one text window to the right until the end of the line is reached.

Alternative: Tab


Changes the view far enough to the right to display the end of the longest line in the file.

Alternative: End


Displays the text beginning at line 1.

Alternative: Ctrl + Up arrow


Changes the view one text window up until line 1 is reached.

Alternative: Page Up


Changes the view one line up until line 1 is reached.

Alternative: Up arrow


Changes the view one line down until the last line is reached.

Alternative: Down arrow


Changes the view one text window down until the last line is reached.

Alternative: Page Down


Displays the text so that the last line is at the bottom of the text window.

Alternative: Ctrl + Down arrow