|Bษอออออออออออออออออหออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออหอออออออออออออออออป |Bบ |6Feature Program|B บ ^1 Words for Kids |B บ |6Feature Program|B บ |Bศอออออออออออออออออสออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออออสอออออออออออออออออผ ^Cby ^CGeorge Leritte WORDS FOR KIDS is a specialized word processing program developed for use by children. It has many of the same features found in standard word processing programs, including printer support for multiple printers. Parents should review the "Getting Started" Section, set up the desired options, and help young children locate the correct keys on the keyboard. Encourage the child to type in creative pieces on familiar topics, then read his creations aloud. ^1Getting Started^0 The first step is to set up the WORDS FOR KIDS options. An adult should perform this step for young children. After entering WORDS, an initial File Selection Menu screen will appear with the legend: ^1Enter file name:^0. Press to go to the Feature Selection Menu. The following screen will appear. Choose Font Choose Features Select Edit Colors Print Width: Standard Select Printer Use the and arrow keys to move the highlight bar to the desired option, then press . "Choose Font" changes the appearance of the words that are typed and printed. There are three fonts available: 1STGRADE, COMPUTER, WORDSFONT. You may change this selection after seeing how it looks in the program, by returning to this screen. "Choose Features" changes the action taken by the program when certain keys are pressed. Use the and arrow keys to move the highlight bar. Press on an option until the desired ON/OFF setting shows on the line to the right of the feature. For further information on features, see the heading ^1Advanced Features^0 below. For a YOUNG child, we suggest the following settings at the beginning. He/she may be introduced to other features as he becomes more familiar with the procedure. Display carriage return: ON Advanced cursor movement: OFF Search and Search/replace: OFF Block movement, copying, deleting: OFF "Select Edit Colors" allows the selection of colors for the screen display. Just use the and arrow keys to move the selection pointers (> <) and press to mark the one desired. "Print width" changes the appearance of the printed copy on the paper. Begin with STANDARD, change to compressed if desired. Press the key while this block is highlighted to change from one to another. "Select Printer" is the most significant selection to be made. Press while block is highlighted. In the list which appears, find the description of the printer attached to the computer being used. Use the and arrow keys to move the selection pointer (->) to the correct printer. Press to select. (If none of the selections exactly describes the printer, select one which seems close. After the first print, examine the output. If it does not look right, return to the Feature Selection Menu and select another.) Press to have the computer accept the selections made. The initial File Selection Menu screen will appear. ^1File Name^0 To start a new paper, a name must be assigned to it. In this program, each paper will be referred to as a file. Type the name of the file (paper) you wish to start and press . A blank screen appears and you can begin typing. If you want to change a file (paper) you have typed, move the highlight bar to the name you wish to change and press . When all changes are done, press to go back to the initial File Selection Menu screen. To get out of the program completely (exit to DOS), press again. ^1Cursor Movement and Editing^0 The cursor shows where anything typed will be put on the screen. The arrow key moves the cursor up and the arrow key moves the cursor down. The arrow key moves the cursor left while the arrow key moves the cursor right. IF the "Advanced cursor movement" option in the "Choose Features" list has been set ^1ON^0, then additional keys are active. (See ^1Getting Started.^0) The key moves the cursor to the beginning of the line. The key moves the cursor to the end of the line. The key moves the part of the paper shown on the screen up. The key moves the part of the paper shown on the screen down. The - keys pressed together move the cursor left one word. The - keys pressed together move the cursor right one word. Also useful are: The key changes from "insert" words to "write-over" words mode. The key deletes the letter behind the cursor. The key deletes the letter under the cursor. To center a line of your paper for the printer, press - at the beginning of the line. A strange arrow with a "c" in the middle shows the line is centered. Be sure the Centering Arrow is the first letter in a line, otherwise the Centering Arrow itself will be printed. Press the key to change from large to small letters on the screen, and back. Press to print a paper with the letters as they appear on the screen. ^1Advanced Features^0 The first group of advanced features in WORDS FOR KIDS were the cursor movement keys such as , , , , -, and -. See the ^1Cursor Movement^0 heading above. "Search and Replace" The second set of advanced features are Search () and Search-and- Replace (). These features are available if "Search and Search/Replace" is set to ^1ON^0 in the Choose Features List in the Feature Selection Menu. Use these features to find a particular word in the paper. Press . Type the word to be found. Press . The word will be highlighted the first place it is found in the paper. Press again. The word will be highlighted the next place it is found. To change a "found" word to a "new" word, use the Search-and-Replace () option. Press . Type the word to be found and changed. Type the new word to be used. Press . The "found" word will be highlighted in the paper. Decide whether or not to change the highlighted word to the new word. Press at any point to stop the Search or the Search-and-Replace and go back to the normal typing of the paper. "Copy and Delete Paragraphs" The third group of advanced keys are the Block keys. These features are available if "Block movement, copying, deleting" is set to ^1ON^0 in the Choose Features list on the Feature Selection Menu. Use these to copy or delete several words or paragraphs at one time. In general, mark the beginning of the first word to be copied (or deleted) by pressing the function key. Use the , , , and cursor keys to highlight everything to be copied (or deleted). Then press again. To COPY the words to a new place in the paper, and leave them in their old place, use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the new place, press . To MOVE the words to a new place, but take them out of their old place, use the arrow keys to move the cursor to the new place and press . To DELETE the words (take them out of their old place and not place them elsewhere), press the key. Press to "un-mark" the block and leave the words as they appear. ^C^1Words for Kids requires a Graphics Adapter.^0 To run this program outside the ^1Big Blue Disk^0 menu, type: ^1WORDS^0. DISK FILES THIS PROGRAM USES: ^FWORDS.EXE ^FWORDS.PAK ^FWORDS.CFG ^FWORDS.TTL ^FAll *.WFN files ^FAll *.W4K files