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| This documentation file is designed to be printed using WordMaster, as it | employs special printing codes found in the program. Be sure to install | the proper Printer Definition File or you may print out some strange | codes as text. (See p.12) The EPSMX80.PDF file will work with most | printers that have Epson emulation. This information will NOT be | printed because of the vertical bar in column 1, one of the special | printing codes. Documentation for WordMaster v. 1.41 MasterWorks P.O. Box 116 McCleary, WA 98557 Copyright 1989,1990 by William M. Farrar Table of Contents Disclaimer . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 User Support . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 4 Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5 On-line Help . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6 Creating Your Work Environment . . . . . . 7 Keyboard Command Structure . . . . . . . . 8 Cursor Movements . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Tab . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Line Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Delete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Undelete . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 DOS Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Help System . . . . . . . . . . . . . 9 Find Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Block Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . 10 Macros . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Tabs . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 11 Margins . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 Printing . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 13 Exiting WordMaster . . . . . . . . . . 13 Windows . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Check Spelling . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 Save File . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Files . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Fonts . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 15 Abort Command . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Control Character . . . . . . . . . . 17 Move to Indent . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Go To . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Jump to Marker . . . . . . . . . . . . 17 Hard Space . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Playback Scrap Macro . . . . . . . . . 18 Set Markers . . . . . . . . . . . . . 18 Set Colors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Set Defaults . . . . . . . . . . . . . 19 System Commands . . . . . . . . . . . 19 Toggle Commands . . . . . . . . . . . 20 Help Commands . . . . . . . . . . . . 22 Print Formatting Commands . . . . . . . . . 23 Application Hints . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Appendix I - Command Summary . . . . . . . 30 Appendix II - Function Key Table . . . . . 34 Registration . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 35 Registration Form . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 |HE WordMaster v. 1.41 # |PA Disclaimer WordMaster is not warranted to necessarily meet the needs of the user and by using this software you acknowledge that this software may not suit your needs or be completely trouble-free. Neither MasterWorks nor the author shall be liable for any loss or damages, whether real or imagined, that might result from the use of this program. The liability of MasterWorks and the author is limited to replacing defective disks or corrupted program files. * * * WordMaster is written in Turbo Pascal and compiled with Turbo Pascal 5.5, (c) 1983, 1989 by Borland International. It utilizes routines found in the Turbo Pascal Editor Toolbox, (c) 1985, 1987 by Borland International. |pa ----------------------------------------------------------------- REGISTRATION ----------------------------------------------------------------- WordMaster is user-supported software. That means that users who find the program to be of value and use it regularly are expected to register with the author. Users who register will receive a program that allows customization of the command structure and an upgrade to the most recent version of WordMaster. Registered users of WordMaster will also receive advance notice of other programs as they become available from the author. To register WordMaster send $30 to: William M. Farrar P.O. Box 116 McCleary, WA 98557 Washington residents please add 7.8% sales tax ($2.34). Please use the form provided at the end of this document, if possible. * * * * * * * Individuals may freely copy and share the shareware version of this program, provided they include ALL the WordMaster files on the distribution media. Commercial distributors may distribute WordMaster providing they charge no more than $6 per disk for the program files, include ALL the shareware files on the disk and plainly state in their catalogs and advertising that they are selling shareware. ----------------------- USER SUPPORT ------------------------ Non-registered users will receive limited support from the author providing they include a self-addressed, stamped envelope with their request. - - - REGISTERED USERS HAVE UNLIMITED SUPPORT AVAILABLE. - - - Thank you for using and supporting shareware software. Introduction WordMaster is an extremely easy wordprocessor/editor to learn to use. There is a built-in menuing system that is designed to perform many basic commands while providing visual cues and a rather complete help system to guide the user toward full utilization of the program's potential. In the upper right corner of the WordMaster screen is displayed <F1 for menus>. So press <F1>. You will see a menu across the top of the screen that gives you the following options: File Window Text Block Goto Search Options Misc You can access much of the command structure of WordMaster from this menu by pressing the highlighted first letter of that area. You can now execute any of the listed commands by pressing the highlighted first letter of the command or by moving the lightbar to the command and pressing <Enter>. If you have one set of commands displayed and wish to move to another you can use the <left/right> arrow keys to move between command lists so long as only the first level of commands is displayed. For example, if you have the Window command list displayed, with its choices of Open, Close Previous, Next, Zoom, and you want the Block commands, simply press the <right arrow> twice to move to the list of block commands. New users will find all the basic commands for loading a file and then saving it and exiting from WordMaster under the File heading. Here is an example of using this method of executing commands: Upon loading WordMaster, you will be presented with a blank screen with the name "New File" at the left side of the top border. If you want to create a new document you can begin entering it immediately. At any point you can give it a name by pressing <F1> and pressing F for the File option (or if you are aready at the File option, simply press <Enter>. Then press N (for Name) or move the lightbar down to "Name current file" and press <Enter>. If instead of creating a new file you wish to edit an existing file, choose the File option and enter O for Open or move to the Open option and press <Enter>. You will then be presented with a prompt box displaying *.* for the current directory. If the desired file is in the current directory, simply press <Enter>; otherwise, enter the correct path then press <Enter>. You will be presented with a list of all the files in the directory selected. Move to the desired file and press <Enter>. (Hint: if the directory is long, you can move more quickly by entering the first letter of the desired letter and you will be taken to the closest file beginning with that letter.) WARNING: DO NOT attempt to <ESCape> from the 'Open File' prompt menu. If you do, you will be forced to exit the program. When you have finished creating or editing your file you can switch to another file by choosing the File option, then pressing G for "G to new file" or moving to the "Go to.." option and pressing <Enter>. You will be prompted to save the file if that has not been done. You will then be given the same prompt for path as in initially opening a file. When you have finished your WordMaster session, you can exit in two ways. Using the File menu you can choose either Exit/save or Quit/abandon. With the Exit/save option the file will automatically be saved and you will then exit the program. With the Quit/abandon option you will exit the program immediately without saving any changes made to the file. There is, of course a much faster way of accomplishing all this by learning the function key and control key commands in the WordMaster command structure. Anyone who intends to use WordMaster to any significant extent is encouraged to begin learning this as soon as possible, as the menu system is really designed to help beginning users and those who use the program rather rarely. * * * On-line Help The <F1> menus can also be used to access the help system. For example, in the above procedure you might have wanted to know what the Save changes/backup command would do. In order to find out, simply move the light bar to the command and press <F1> and you will be presented with a short summary of the effects of the command. Remember to use the lightbar to access the command, as using the first letter will execute the command. Note that when you were using the <F1> menus to perform commands that in most cases the menus disappeared when the command was executed. When using them for help, however, you must press <Esc> to exit each level of the help menus. Using the <Esc> command also allows you to back out of virtually any command if you change your mind about wanting to execute it. Help is also available with the <Alt-F1> command. You will be presented with a list of topics that can be accessed by moving to the desired item and pressing <Enter>. * * * Information on registration is to be found by selecting the Misc option on the <F1> menus and pressing R. Creating Your Work Environment Before you begin serious wordprocessing with WordMaster, you will want to establish various defaults to make your work as easy as possible. First, you might want to check the color settings -- even if you are working with a monochrome monitor. These settings determine the appearance of marked blocks and the various fonts as well as other aspects of the display. The default settings work fine with most screens, but there are exceptions. Access this with the <Ctrl-S> <Ctrl-C> or through the menus with <F1, O, C>. Experiment with various settings to achieve the visual mix that suits you best. You will also want to select the Printer Definition File (*.PDF) for your printer. The EPSMX80 will work with most printers; the dozen or so other .PDF files cover some other common printers. Load this with the 'Which printer' option of the print menu, <Shift-F7> or <F1, F, P>. If none of the .PDF files fit your particular printer you can easily edit your own file by accessing the print menu and choosing the 'Edit printer codes' option. The menu allows you to individually set the various print codes, for which you will need to consult your printer manual. Once the codes are edited, save them to a new .PDF file with the 'Save printer setup' option. You will also want to set your Home Directory so that WordMaster can find the help file (WM.HLP) and the default macro file (WM.MAC) from any directory you are working in. Do this with the <Ctrl-S><Ctrl-S> command or <F1, O, P, H>. If you are already in the directory where your WordMaster files are stored, simply press <Enter>. Otherwise, enter the correct directory, such as C:\WP. One other thing you will want to set are the default margins. The program comes with the left margin set at 1 and the right margin at 75. The right margin is OK for most purposes, but you will probably want to set the left margin at 8 to 10. Once this is all done use the <Ctrl-S><Ctrl-D> command or <F1, O, S> to make these defaults permanent. Now, whenever you start a work session with WordMaster all these things will be set. Of course you can change these settings temporarily for a particular purpose without affecting the permanent defaults you have just set unless you save them with the <Ctrl-S><Ctrl-D> command. By taking the time to set these defaults you will save yourself a great deal of time and aggravation. For example, you will never again print something out and then discover your fonts didn't print because the PLAIN.PDF was loaded, or have to stop and set the left margin before you start writing a letter or wonder why you can't see the passage you just blocked. The time spent creating your "perfect" working environment is time well spent in getting familiar with the program and in saving yourself time later when you need to focus on the job at hand. Please do it! The Keyboard Command Structure Cursor Movement This first section of commands deals with the various ways of moving the cursor through the text. It's probably unnecessary to mention the four basic cursor arrow keys -- left, right, up, down -- or PgUp and PgDn; they work just as expected. To move the cursor one word at a time use <Ctrl-Left> and <Ctrl-Right>. To move to the end of the line, use <End>. To move to the beginning of the current line use <Home><Left>. To move the cursor to the top or bottom of the page without scrolling the text, use <Home><Up> and <Home><Down>. The cursor can be moved through text to the beginning of the last sentence or the next sentence by using <Alt-L> and <Alt-N>. <Alt-W> and <Alt-Z> will scroll the text on the screen without moving the cursor position unless the cursor position is scrolled off the screen, which will cause the cursor to stay at the top or bottom line of the screen. The commands <Ctrl-PgUp> and <Ctrl-PgDn> will take you to the beginning or end of the document. Tab The <TAB> key [on some keyboards it is simply marked with two arrows] moves the cursor to the next Tab setting. The default Tabs are set at every five spaces, so the cursor would advance from column 1 to column 6 to column 11, and so forth across the page. Using <Shift-Tab> causes the cursor to move backwards. Insert Lines A blank line can be inserted into the text in two different ways, <Ctrl-M> and <Ctrl-N>. There is a reason for having two commands. <Ctrl-M> is the command that is given when you press the <Enter> [or <Return>] key. But if you are in typeover mode rather than the default insert mode, this will not insert a new line into the text. Therefore the <Ctrl-N> command is available. Center Line To center text on a line press <F8> while anywhere on that line. Delete The <Del> key deletes the character the cursor is on. The <Bksp> key deletes the character to the left of the cursor. <Ctrl-End> will delete everything on the line to the right of the cursor. <Ctrl-Y> deletes the entire line on which the cursor is placed. A blank line of text can be deleted by using <Ctrl-Y> or by placing the cursor on the first column of the line and pressing <BackSp>. Undelete <F2> -- Restore line to status upon entry. Useful when editing a document to undo changes; e.g., accidental deletions with the <Ctrl-End> command. <Ctrl-Q> -- Restores lines deleted with the <Ctrl-Y> command. * * * WordMaster command structure combines full utilization of the function keys plus a fairly logical system of Control Key combinations. The following material is listed, first, by Function Key order. In some instances related commands that utilize Control Key sequences are listed together with the Function Key commands for simplicity. Command sequences that do not involve the Function keys but only the Control Keys, are generally listed in alphabetical order of the Control Key commands. DOS Commands <Ctrl-F1> -- Go to DOS Shell. This command opens up a window to the DOS command line so that you can execute any program or command without leaving WordMaster -- provided there is sufficient RAM. <Shift-F1> -- Change logged Directory. This gives one the option of changing to a desired directory or subdirectory. The Help System <Alt-F1> -- This command activates a subsidiary help system that is designed to remind you of commands when you are using the normal keyboard command structure. It can be accessed in two ways. Pressing <Alt-F1> will bring up a menu of command groups. Move the light bar to the desired area and press <Enter>. You will be presented with summary of the keyboard commands. The same menu can be accessed through the <F1> menus by selecting the Misc option, and then Help. Again, use <Esc> to exit each level. <F1> -- Activates the Menu System, as explained above. Find Commands <Ctrl-F2> -- Find and Replace. You are prompted for a string -- any sequence of letters and numbers, not necessarily a complete word and not limited to a single word. After entering the string to search for, you are prompted for the string to replace it with. Finally you are presented with a series of options: UBGWLN. 'U' ignores case in the search, treating all alphabetic characters as uppercase. 'B' searches backward from the present cursor position to the beginning of the file. 'G' searches globally. The entire file is searched starting at the beginning of the file unless the 'B'option is also chosen. 'W' searches for whole words only. Matching patterns embedded in other words will be skipped. 'L' Searches only within a marked block. 'N' Will replace without asking for confirmation. <Shift-F2> -- Find Next. Repeats actions set up for Find Pattern. <Alt-F2> -- Find Pattern. Searches for any string that is entered at the prompt. Has the same search options as above except for the 'N'. <Shift-F2> takes you to the next occurence of the string without the entry procedure. Block Commands Learning to use the block commands with facility greatly increases the ease with which text can be manipulated. <Ctrl-F3> -- Block Start. Marks where the block is to start. <Ctrl-B><Ctrl-S> is an alternate command. <Shift-F3> -- Block Move. Moves a marked block to cursor. <Ctrl-B><Ctrl-M> is an alternate command. <Alt-F3> -- Block Copy. Copies a marked block to cursor. <Ctrl-B><Ctrl-C> is an alternate command. <F3> -- Block End. Marks the end of the block. <Ctrl-B><Ctrl-E> is an alternate command. <Ctrl-F5> -- Delete Block. Deletes a block that has been marked. <Ctrl-B><Ctrl-D> is an alternate command. <Shift-F5> -- Reformats Block. Reformats a marked block. <Ctrl-B><Ctrl-F> is an alternate command. <Ctrl-B><Ctrl-T> -- Moves to the top of a marked block. <Ctrl-B><Ctrl-B> -- Moves to the bottom of a marked block. <Ctrl-B><Ctrl-W> -- Writes a marked block to a file. You are prompted for a file name. <Ctrl-B><Ctrl-R> -- Reads in a file at cursor position. You are prompted for the file name. <Ctrl-B><Ctrl-U> -- Marks a single word as a block. Macros A macro generally consists of a series of actions that are performed often enough that it is convenient to reduce the activity to a few keystrokes. An example is given in the chapter on applications. <Ctrl-F4> -- Load a macro file. The default file is WM.MAC, but any number of .MAC files could be created. Each one holds 10 macros. <Shift-F4> -- Save macros to a file. This means you don't have to recreate the macros each time you load WordMaster. <Alt-F4> -- Edit a Macro. With this command you can edit an existing macro or create a new one. <F4> -- Playback Macros by Menu. You are presented with a menu of macros 0 - 9 that can be entered at present location. <Alt-1> through <Alt-9> -- Plays back macros assigned to those numbers. Macro #0 can not be played back with the Alt key. <Alt-M> -- Search and Apply Macro. Similar to the <Ctrl-F2> Search and Replace. You are prompted for a string to search for, the macro will be applied when the string is found. You are prompted for the same search options. A related command, Macro Record, is found with the Toggle commands. Tabs <Alt-F5> -- Restores default tabs. This is used when you have altered the tab line to facilite the entry of data and wish to return to the default setting of tabs every five spaces. <F5> -- Edit Tab Line. This command allows you to remove any or all tab settings and replace them with others. <Ctrl-S><Ctrl-L> -- Save Tab Line. If you want a record of your tab settings for a certain file, this will place it on the line where the cursor is located. It is preceded by the (|) command so that it is not printed. (See page 21 for more details on this command.) Each tab is indicated by a T, the left and right margins by L and R. <Ctrl-S><Ctrl-T> -- Set Tab Line. This is a strange command. It resets the tab line so that there is a tab placed at the beginning of every word in the line where the cursor is located. If the line is blank, all tabs will be removed. It can be useful for column work. <Ctrl-S><Ctrl-Z> -- Set Tab Size. This allows you to change the default setting of tabs every 5 spaces. Two related commands, Toggle Tab Line and Toggle Fixed Tabs, are found with the Toggle commands. Margins <Ctrl-F6> -- Set right margin. The default setting is 75. If the right margin is set beyond about 80 it will cause most printers to print anything beyond that point as a separate line, though it will not be registered as such inside WordMaster and really mess up page-breaks. <Shift-F6> -- Set left margin. The default setting is 1. Most users will want to set it at about 8 and use the Save Defaults command to make this the permanent default. It is useful to be able to change the left margin if you are doing a long indented passage or need exceptionally wide margins when the document is printed or need to print out a document that has left blank space on the left for margins. <Alt-F6> -- Set temporary margin at cursor. This is a more useful command than might seem apparent. For example, as I am writing this the text is automatically wrapping between the default margins. In order to indent this paragraph when I'm finished I can go to the beginning of the second line, indent the text, press <Alt-F6> to set the temporary margin, then press the following command, <F6>, to reformat at the indented margin. <F6> -- Reformat Paragraph. This command would not be necessary if we never made changes. But we do and the formatting that was done automatically as we entered text gets messed up. This command reformats from the cursor position forward to the end of the paragraph. <Ctrl-R><Ctrl-T> -- Reset Top Margin. The default is a three line margin. <Ctrl-R><Ctrl-B> -- Reset Bottom Margin. The default is 8 lines. <Ctrl-R><Ctrl-P> -- Sets a temporary margin. When both Word Wrap and Fixed Tabs are in effect (those are the default settings) this command will reset the left margin by one tab setting. Giving the command twice will reset by two tab settings, etc. Moving the cursor to column 1 cancels the temporary margins. <Ctrl-R><Ctrl-M> -- Releases the current line's margins. This allows you to enter text beyond the right margin. The command is also useful for placing Printing Format commands in column 1. Printing <Shift-F7> -- Print a File. The command brings up a menu of various parameters that can be set, such as beginning and ending pages to be printed. For best results, be sure to enter the appropriate printer definition file (*.PDF) and make it a permanent default by using the Save Defaults command <Ctrl-S><Ctrl-D>. If necessary, use the Edit option to create your own .PDF file. Use of single sheets is a bit more tricky than using form feeds because of the peculiarities of different printers. Be sure to set 'Manual paper feed' to ON and 'Use formfeeds' to OFF. You will probably also have to adjust the length of your page from the default setting of 66 to a length that corresponds to the number of lines your printer will print before issuing an "out of paper" signal to WordMaster telling it to wait for the next page. If this adjustment is not made you will probably find yourself with a lot of strange looking pages and wasted paper. There is more on printing in the section on print formatting commands (p.23). Exiting from WordMaster There are two ways to exit from WordMaster. <Alt-F7> -- Abandon the File and Exit. There are at least two cases in which you might want to exit without saving the file. It could be that you just do not want to save whatever you have been doing. The other possibility is a scenario like the following: You have loaded a file that you wish to edit. In the course of editing you accidentally delete a very large block of material. If you exit without saving <Alt-F7> the changes you made to the file will not be saved and the file will still be intact in its original form. Be sure to respond No when asked if you wish to save the file! You can then restart WordMaster, load the file, and begin the editing process with the deleted material intact. Situations like this occur all the time and is the reason experienced operators save their work often. If in the above situation you had saved the file <F9> five or ten minutes prior to the accidental deletion you could exit without saving, reload the file and only have lost the five or ten minutes worth of editing rather than valuable data. <F7> -- Save the File and Exit. This is the "normal" way to exit the program when you are working on material that you want to save. Windows Windows allow you to accomplish with ease tasks that would be excruciating without them. Some examples are included in the chapter in applications. <Ctrl-F8> -- Add a Window. Another window will be opened and you will be prompted for the directory from which to select a file to put in the window. You can, of course, give it the name of a new file, if you choose. <Ctrl-W><Ctrl-A> is an alternate command. <Shift-F8> -- Close a Window. Close the window in which you are currently located. <Ctrl-W><Ctrl-C> is an alternate command. <Alt-F8> -- Go to Next Window. The "next" window is the next one down the screen. If you're in the bottom window, the next one is the top screen. If you have only two windows open, this works like a toggle between them. <Ctrl-W><Ctrl-N> is an alternate command. <Ctrl-W><Ctrl-P> -- Go to Previous Window. This is really only useful if you have three or more windows open and you don't want to go down through them. <Ctrl-W><Ctrl-R> -- Resize Current Window. There are times when it is convenient to have one window only three or four lines high and the much larger. <Ctrl-Z> -- This command zooms the current window to fill the screen. It works as a toggle -- doing it a second time "un-zooms" the window. A valuable feature when editing in several windows simultaneously. <Ctrl-W><Ctrl-Z>. This alternate command exists only for a certain aesthetic consistency. Check Spelling The spell checking commands work in the shareware version only if you have installed Borland International's Turbo Lightning. Save File <F9> -- Save File and Continue to Edit. Pressing this key periodically as you work guarantees that in the event of some sort of major disaster all your work will not be lost. A word to the wise! Files <Ctrl-F10> -- Gives you a directory listing of the current logged directory or any other. If you want to see the current directory, simply press <Enter> when prompted for a Directory Mask. If you want to see if a certain file is in a directory called DATA, simply type \DATA at the prompt and <Enter>. You can also use wildcards to view only certain classes of files. If you want to see only the .BAT files on your root directory, type \*.BAT at the prompt. <Esc> to exit. <Shift-F10> -- Save File, Switch to New File. This command is for when you've finished work on one file and want to edit another. You can also use this command to begin a new file after editing an existing file. There are two ways to do this. If you do not yet know what you want to call the new file simply <Esc> repeatedly from the directory prompt and you will wind up back at "New File." If you do know what you want to name it, simply enter that file name at the prompt and the new file will be opened. <Alt-F10> -- The most frequent use for this command is to give a new file a name. It is potentially dangerous in that you could overwrite an existing file -- but you are prompted and asked if you want to overwrite the file. <F10> -- This is the command that you will use when you begin the program and wish to begin editing an existing file. After pressing <F10> you will be prompted for the directory in which the desired file is to be found. If you are already in the correct directory, simply press <Enter> and you will be shown the contents of the current directory. This command can be used to begin a new file in exactly the same way as is explained under <Shift-F10> by entering the name of the new file at the prompt. If you <Esc> out of this command you will be taken back to the previous file. Fonts WordMaster has the ability to print in several different fonts, depending upon the capabilities of your printer. If your printer has Epson emulation, you should be able to print all these fonts. The font changes are accomplished by inserting control characters into the text. The easiest way to do this is by using the following font commands. Simply press the appropriate <Alt-letter> combination and type the text you wish in that font. When you wish to return to normal text simply use the <right arrow> to move the cursor one space to the right and continue entering text, which will be normal text. You can see this in action by changing the Toggle Attributes command <Ctrl-T><Ctrl-A> to OFF. If a block is marked, the font command will change the entire block to that font. An alternate way to change fonts is to use the Insert Control Character command <Ctrl-C><Ctrl- >. Use this method with caution as it allows you it insert any control character, some of which may have unexpected effects. <Alt-B> -- Print Bold. <Alt-C> -- Print Compressed. <Alt-D> -- Print Double-Strike. <Alt-F> -- Show font. It is not always possible -- especially on a monochrome monitor -- to distinguish the various fonts. Using this command will tell you if a special font has been selected or if it is normal text. <Alt-O> -- Change the letter at the cursor position to lower case. <Alt-P> -- Change the letter at the cursor position to upper case. <Alt-O> and <Alt-P> can be useful when a great deal of text needs to be change to all upper or lower case. The text can be blocked and then the <Alt> commands will change the entire block. <Alt-R> -- Print in Superscript. <Alt-S> -- Print in Subscript. <Alt-T> -- Print in Italic. <Alt-U> -- Print with Underscore. Abort Command <Ctrl-A> -- Abort Command. In most instances in WordMaster the <Esc> will cause you to "back out" of wherever you are. But you might give a command that cannot by stopped by <Esc> -- <Ctrl-A> should get you out of most such situations. Control Character <Ctrl-C> -- Insert control character. This can be used to insert font characters when editing text. Move to Equal Indent When you are working with Indent turned on it is useful to be able to move easily from one indented line to another. <Ctrl-D><Ctrl-U> will move you up to the next line that is indented at the same column as the current line. <Ctrl-D><Ctrl-D> will move you down to the next line with equal indentation. Even when you are not using Indent, the commands can be a time-saver in moving from anywhere on the current line to the beginning of the next line up or down. Go To <Ctrl-G><Ctrl-C> -- Go to Column. Moves the cursor to the designated column on the current line. <Ctrl-G><Ctrl-L> -- Go to Line. Goes to the designated line in the document. Especially useful when working in Non-Page mode, though the program keeps track of lines even when in normal pagination mode. <Ctrl-G><Ctrl-P> -- Go to Page. Goes to first line of indicated page. Useful for moving quickly through longer documents. <Ctrl-G><Ctrl-R> -- Go to Previous Cursor Position. Returns cursor to position it occupied prior to last movement. While editing you might need to view something using one of the Quick Movement commands; this command would return the cursor to your previous position. <Ctrl-G><Ctrl-W> -- Go to Window. Makes designated window the active window. Jump to Marker These commands move you to any of the markers set by the Set Marker command. <Ctrl-J>0 -- Jump to Marker 0. <Ctrl-J>1 -- Jump to Marker 1. <Ctrl-J>2 -- Jump to Marker 2. <Ctrl-J>3 -- Jump to Marker 3. <Ctrl-J>4 -- Jump to Marker 4. <Ctrl-J>5 -- Jump to Marker 5. <Ctrl-J>6 -- Jump to Marker 6. <Ctrl-J>7 -- Jump to Marker 7. <Ctrl-J>8 -- Jump to Marker 8. <Ctrl-J>9 -- Jump to Marker 9. <Ctrl-J><Ctrl-M> -- Jump to Marker by menu. This will show you which markers have been set. Hard Space <Ctrl-O> -- Use this if you do not want wordwrap to break between certain words. For example, after Mr. or Mrs. It will be printed as a regular space. Playback Scrap Macro These commands play back Macro 0 the designated number of times. <Ctrl-P>0 -- You are prompted for number of playbacks -- up to 42. <Ctrl-P>1 -- Playback macro 1 time. <Ctrl-P>2 -- Playback macro 2 times. <Ctrl-P>3 -- Playback macro 3 times. <Ctrl-P>4 -- Playback macro 4 times. <Ctrl-P>5 -- Playback macro 5 times. <Ctrl-P>6 -- Playback macro 6 times. <Ctrl-P>7 -- Playback macro 7 times. <Ctrl-P>8 -- Playback macro 8 times. <Ctrl-P>9 -- Playback macro 9 times. Set Marker These commands set markers in the text allowing you to move quickly from one point to another. These are temporary markers for the duration of the editing session and are not saved when the document is exited. Markers can be moved simply by setting the marker in a different location -- it will be deleted at the original location. The marker can be deleted without moving it by setting it a second time at the same location -- in other words, the command is a toggle. <Ctrl-S>0 -- Sets Marker 0. <Ctrl-S>1 -- Sets Marker 1. <Ctrl-S>2 -- Sets Marker 2. <Ctrl-S>3 -- Sets Marker 3. <Ctrl-S>4 -- Sets Marker 4. <Ctrl-S>5 -- Sets Marker 5. <Ctrl-S>6 -- Sets Marker 6. <Ctrl-S>7 -- Sets Marker 7. <Ctrl-S>8 -- Sets Marker 8. <Ctrl-S>9 -- Sets Marker 9. <Ctrl-S><Ctrl-M> -- Set a marker via menu. Set Colors <Ctrl-S><Ctrl-C> -- Set Colors. If you have a color monitor, this command will allow you to change the colors. With a monochrome system you can reset the highlighting that shows various fonts. Set Defaults <Ctrl-S><Ctrl-D> -- Save defaults. This command allows the user to change some default settings. For example, if you should prefer to work in typeover mode then use this command while in typeover mode and the default will be changed. <Ctrl-S><Ctrl-E> -- Set default extension. This command allows you to set a default extension to all files without one. It can also shorten the process of naming files if they all have the same extension. System Commands <Ctrl-S><Ctrl-I> -- System Information. Displays information about the current file as well as the operating system. <Ctrl-S><Ctrl-P> -- Set Page Length. Allows changing page length from the default of 66 lines to enable printing on non-standard papers. <Ctrl-S><Ctrl-R> -- Show available RAM. <Ctrl-S><Ctrl-S> -- Set Support Path. Tells the program where it's files are located. It is very important to set this to the directory where your WordMaster files are located so that you can use WordMaster from any directory and the program will know where to find the Help file, .PDF files, etc. <Ctrl-S><Ctrl-U> -- Set Undo Limit. Allows setting a new undo limit. |pa Toggle Commands All these commands represent on/off choices dealing with how text is displayed and/or handled in other ways. <Ctrl-T><Ctrl-A> -- Toggle Attributes. Toggles between displaying font attributes and the printer control characters. The default is ON. <Ctrl-T><Ctrl-C> -- Toggle Case. Toggles character at cursor between upper and lower case. Will toggle an entire marked block if cursor is in the block. <Ctrl-T><Ctrl-D> -- Toggle Compress at Wrap. When this is on, all extraneous spaces are removed when text wraps to the next line. This can be very annoying if you are doing columns or other text with empty spaces. It even allows only one space between sentences. The default is OFF. <Ctrl-T><Ctrl-F> -- Toggle Fixed Tabs. Fixed tabs are tabs fixed at regular intervals. The alternative is tabs fixed on a changing basis, called smart tabs. When smart tabs is in effect, tab stops are set at the beginning of every word in the previous line of text. This can be useful when creating tables. The default is ON. <Ctrl-T><Ctrl-H> -- Toggle High-Bit Strip. Some programs like WordStar set the high bit on words as part of their formatting procedure. To bring a WordStar file into the ASCII format used by WordMaster, that high bit needs to be stripped. The default is OFF. <Ins> -- Toggle Insert. The Insert Key toggles between Insert and Typeover modes. The default is Insert. <Ctrl-T><Ctrl-I> -- Toggle Autoindent Mode. Autoindent causes each line to begin at the same column as the previous line. This is useful when inputting a section of indented text. It is much used by programmers, who use indenting extensively. <Ctrl-T><Ctrl-J> -- Toggle Right Justify. Right Justify will cause extra spaces to be added to your text so that the right margin forms a perfectly straight line, like this paragraph. Right justification is somewhat controversial as the extra white space in the middle of the sentence at the expense of white space around it makes it difficult for some people to read. <Ctrl-T><Ctrl-L> -- Toggle 43-line mode. This enables color systems that can display 43 lines. The default is OFF. <Ctrl-T><Ctrl-M> -- Toggle Marker Display. Toggles whether markers that have been set are displayed or not. The default is ON. <Ctrl-T><Ctrl-P> -- Toggle pagination. This determines whether WordMaster relates to the text as pages or simply as a certain number of lines. The default is ON. <Ctrl-T><Ctrl-R> -- Toggle Macro Record. When the macro record toggle is turned on the program begins to remember everything you enter until you toggle it off. At that point you will be presented with a menu of macros, giving you the option of saving everything you've entered as a macro. This is sometimes the easiest way to write complex macros. <Ctrl-T><Ctrl-S> -- Toggle Snow Check. Needed on some earlier color systems. The default is OFF. <Ctrl-T><Ctrl-T> -- Toggle Tab Line. This toggles the display of the tab settings when set to fixed tabs. The default is OFF. <Ctrl-T><Ctrl-U> -- Toggle Block Cursor. This allows you to choose a large, non-blinking cursor. The default is OFF. <Ctrl-T><Ctrl-V> -- Toggle Tab Writing. When this is set to ON blank spaces are store as tabs (Ctrl-I). This saves space in the file, but can cause problems if you have it on and load a file that used differently spaced tabs than your default setting. The default is OFF. <Ctrl-T><Ctrl-W> -- Toggle Word Wrap. Word wrap is what causes your text to go automatically to the next line when you reach the right margin. The default is ON. <Ctrl-T><Ctrl-X> -- Toggle Tab Expansion. This is the companion to Tab Writing. When it is ON, stored tabs are expanded to blank spaces. The default is OFF. <Ctrl-T><Ctrl-Z> -- Toggle Initial Zoom. The practical effect of this is whether you would see a second window on the screen or would have to use <Alt-F8> to see it. The default is OFF. |pa Help Commands These commands will bring you a summary of the keyboard commands associated with the area. You can reach the same windows through the <F1> menus by choosing Misc, Help. [The two commands dealing with the undo buffer just sort of got stuck here!] <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-A> -- Help Summary. <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-B> -- Block Help. <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-C> -- Cursor Help. <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-D> -- Delete Help. <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-F> -- Find/Replace Help. <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-H> -- Status Help. <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-I> -- File Help. <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-K> -- Function Key Help. <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-L> -- Flush Undo Buffer. <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-M> -- Macro Help. <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-N> -- Insert Undo Buffer. <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-P> -- Spelling Help. <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-Q> -- Quick Movement Help. <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-R> -- Print Format Help. <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-S> -- Setting Help. <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-T> -- Tab Help. <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-U> -- Utility Help. <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-W> -- Window Help. <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-X> -- Text Help. |pa Print Formatting Commands These commands are not accessible through the <F1> menus, only the <Alt-F1> help sections. Learning to use them can add a professional look to your documents. The print formatting commands rely upon the use of a special symbol, the vertical bar |, placed in column 1 of the text. Used by itself, the | symbol simply tells the printer "ignore this line." This makes it a convenient way to write messages to yourself in the text, perhaps to aid when editing the document, such as: | | Eliminate following paragraph? | I have shown these indented so they would print, but the '|' must be in column 1 to trigger the "ignore this line" message. (If the margin is set at a number greater than 1 -- and it usually will be -- then use <Home-Left Arrow> to go to column 1 then <Ctrl-R><Ctrl-M> to release the margin for that line and allow you to place the text in the first column.) If the | symbol is followed by certain codes, the information is passed to the printer to perform certain actions. Page Format Commands |PO<n> This command offsets the page to the right by <n> columns. This changes the margin for the remained or the document. It is basically the same as using <Shift-F6> to reset the margin |PA This command starts a new page. If pagination in ON (the default) this will be marked in the left border with the double line page marker. |PN<n> This command allows you to set the page number. If pagination is ON this will be reflected in the Page number in the top border. This is particularly useful if you are working on a very long document, as you can break it in to shorter sections and maintain accurate page numbers. |PG This command turns page numbering ON. The default is to have page numbering OFF. |PC<n> This causes the page number to be printed in column <n> rather than the default, column 33. Use this command if, for example, you want the page number at the right margin. This is useful if you are not using a footer. |PL<n> This sets the page length to <n> lines. |MT<n> This sets the top margin to <n> lines. With it you could set different top margins for different pages. |MB<n> This sets the bottom margin to <n> lines. Like the |MT command, you could set different bottom margins on different pages. |CP<n> This sets a conditional page break. A new page will be started if fewer than <n> lines remain on the page. |OP This command turns page numbering OFF, the default. However, if you had turned turned page numbering ON with the |PG command you could turn it off for one or more pages -- perhaps to accommodate graphics -- and then turn it back on again. Header Commands |HM<n> This changes the number of lines between the top of the page and the header. The default is one line. |HE<n> This changes the line the header will print on. Normally, the header is printed on the second line of the top margin, leaving one blank line at the top of the page and one blank line between the header and your text. |HE<text> This command will print whatever text follows as a header to your document. This is frequently desirable in reports and other documents where you want an identifying title on every page. Using the :HE command on a subsequent page will change the header. Footer Commands |FM<n> This command sets a new footer margin of <n> lines. The default is 3 lines. |FO<n> This sets the footer to line <n>. |FO<text> This prints the <text> as the footer. |pa Perhaps the following mockup of a page will make the header and footer commands a little clearer. ------------------------------------- |HM { : (1 line) : } } : Header (1 line) : } |TM } : (1 line) : } } : text text text text text tex : } : text text text text text text : } : text text text text text text : } : text text text text text text : } / / } |PL : text text text text text text : } : text text text text text text : } : text text text text text text : } : text text text text text text : } : (1 line) : } } : (1 line) : } } : (1 line) : } } : (1 line) : } |MB } : Footer : } } { : (1 line) : } } |FM { : (1 line) : } } { : (1 line) : } } ------------------------------------- Simple logic will demonstrate that the following rules must be observed: MT must be greater that HM or the header will not be printed. MB must be greater that FM or the footer will not be printed. PL must be greater that the sum of MT and MB. If either MT or MB are set to zero, page numbers will not be printed. The following symbols are also of use in headers and footers. # The page number will be printed wherever the # symbol appears in either header or footer. Note that when using a footer that automatic pagination is turned off and the # symbol must be used to place the page number. \ The back slash causes the following character to be interpreted literally. So \# would print the # symbol rather than the page number. Even by itself, the backslack will not be printed. Any header and footer commands should be placed at the very beginning of the document, though they can be placed there after the document is finished. If a header or footer is to be changed, any such change should appear on the last line of the page before the page on which the change is to appear. Application Hints Formatting On important part of producing an attractive document is in making certain that each part of it is properly formatted. In the normal course of text entry the automatic word wrap will format text within the margins that have been set. There are times though that this formatting is upset by the process of editing a document. One case in which this happens is the insertion of additional material into the text. Example -- You have just written the following sentence in a letter: In response to your request for information in your letter I am enclosing the material about our product. You decide you should insert the date of the received letter into the text and you now have the following: In response to your request for information in your letter of June 16 I am enclosing the material about our product. The easiest solution is to press <F6>, the Reformat Paragraph command, as soon as you finish typing the date. If you somehow did not notice the need to reformat you can return at any time and press <F6> at any point in the text before the word 'enclosing,' as reformatting only affects text beginning with the line on which the cursor is positioned when the command is given. Indented Text Reformatting is also useful when you want to set off a portion of text by using indented text, as pointed out in the <Alt-F6> command, Set Margin at Cursor. An easier way, if you know in advance that the text is to be indented, is to begin the line at the column you want the text to be indented to and use <Ctrl-T><Ctrl-I> to turn on automatic indent. As you enter the text it will automatically be indented to the column where you began. When you are finished use <Ctrl-T> <Ctrl-I> to turn off the indent and return to normal margins. Windows The use of windows can make many editing jobs a great deal easier than they otherwise would be. To open a second (or third, or fourth...) window, simply press <Ctrl-F8> (or <Ctrl-W><Ctrl-A> if you wish to utilize the entire <Ctrl-W> series of commands). You will be prompted for a drive and directory, the default being the current drive and directory. The procedure from this point on is the same as choosing the initial file in Window 1. If the desired file is in the current directory, simply press <Enter> for the listing of files in the directory, then move the light bar to the desired file and press <Enter> to select it. When the second window appears with its file, the screen will be split into two parts. For many operations, this is desirable. If, however, you want the full screen for editing in each file simply press <Ctrl-Z> (or <Ctrl-W><Ctrl-Z>) and the current window will be expanded to the entire screen. As you move between windows with the <Alt-F8> command (or <Ctrl-W><Ctrl-N>, <Ctrl-W><Ctrl-P> series) each window will be a full-screen editing environment. A situation in which using the split screen is advantageous is when you are coping or moving material within the same file, because you can simultaneously view the portion of the document you are that is the source of the material and the portion of the document that is its destination. The same is true for copying information between two different files. Let us imagine you have a document for which you want to make a Table of Contents. Load the file as usual, then open window 2 and load the file into it also. In the upper window (window 1) go to the place where you want to put your Table of Contents and enter your title, "Table of Contents," and center it with <F8> if you want it centered. Now use <Alt-F8> to go to window 2 and begin paging through the document until you reach a section heading that you want in your table of contents. We will now use the block commands to create the listing. Go to the beginning of the heading and press <Ctrl-F3> to mark the beginning of the block, press <End> to go to the end of the heading and press <F3> to mark the end of the block. Now use <Alt-F8> to return to window 1 and move the cursor to the line you want the heading to appear in your list. Press <Alt-F3> and the line will be copied from window 2 to window 1. Press <F3> to unmark the block. <Alt-F8> takes you back to window 2 to search for the next heading to put in your list. One of the nice things about this editor is that it will reflect any change in all windows in which the file is open. In other words, a line that you block in window 1 will also appear blocked in window 2. If you delete something from the file in window 2, it will also be deleted from the file in window 1. Not all editors have this capability, which essentially allows you to edit in both directions between the windows. |pa Macros Macros have many uses and can save you time when you learn to use them. As an example, we will write a simple macro that will enter your return address on the right side of the page. We first need to access macro editing with the <Alt-F4> command. A menu of Macros 0-9 will appear on the screen. Let's make this Macro #1, so either press <1> or down-arrow to it and press <Enter>. We are now asked for a name. Let's call this macro "Far Right Return Address," so enter that and press <Enter>. We are now presented with a blank window into which we are going to enter the macro. We need first for our macro to go to the column where we want to begin the return address. Let's try 55 (you can adjust this later if your return address is very long or very short). So enter the command <CtrlG><CtrlC> which will tell the macro we want to go to a column. There are two ways to do this. You can simply enter it as text, or you can employ a special capability. Press the <Scroll Lock> key and we are now in Literal mode. Now all you need do is hold down the <Ctrl> key while pressing <g> and <c>. The command <CtrlG> <CtrlC> should appear. Press <Scroll Lock> again to go back to command mode. Now enter 55, the column we want to go to. (Note: If you do not have a <Scroll Lock> key on your keyboard, try using <Alt-Break>. If this does not work, contact the author and we will try to work something out for your keyboard. Now we need to tell the macro to <Enter> that command to go to column 55. Simply pressing <Enter> will not work, as it will cause you to exit the Edit Macro window. So, we need to press <Scroll Lock> again to go to literal mode. Press the <Enter> key and the word <Enter> will appear after the 55. Press <Scroll Lock> again to return to normal command mode. Now enter your street address. Note that there should be no spaces at all in your text prior to beginning your street address. When you have finished typing your street address repeat the <Scroll Lock> <Enter> <Scroll Lock> sequence. Begin the procedure all over for the next line of your return address. But you do not go to a new line in the macro editing window. You always enter text in a purely sequential manner, even though the window will sometimes break a word right in the middle as it wraps to the next line. Repeat every step beginning with <CtrlG><CtrlC>. In a normal return address, you would have one line for the street address, one line for the city, state and zip and one line for the date. Since you want to be able to use this macro for a long time, we are not going to enter the date. But it is convenient to end with your cursor at the point where the date will go. So after you have finished entering your city, state and zip and ended that line with <Scroll Lock><Enter><Scroll Lock>, enter the <Ctrl-G><Ctrl-C>55 <Scroll Lock><Enter><Scroll Lock> once again. Now press <Enter> without pressing <Scroll Lock> to exit the editing window. Now, press <Alt-1> and your return address macro should appear on the screen. If it does not, recheck each step of the above process. To save this macro for future use press <Shift-F4>. When prompted for a name, give it WM.MAC, as that is the default macro file that will be loaded whenever you load WordMaster. Other macro files with the .MAC extension can be created for special purposes, but they must be loaded with the <Ctrl-F4> command. (The WM.MAC file included with WordMaster has a 'dummy' form of the above macro that can be edited to display your own address. You might prefer a centered address -- particularly for a business -- so a second 'dummy' macro has been created that omits the sequence <CtrlG><CtrlC>55<Enter> and uses the <F8> command at the end of each line of the address before the <Enter> command to take you to the next line. Edit it for your own address. Be sure to save it with the <Shift-F4> command. If you save it to WM.MAC it will be loaded automatically when you start WordMaster.) |pa Appendix I ------------------------------------------------------------------ WORDMASTER COMMANDS ------------------------------------------------------------------ Character left --- <Left Arrow> Character right --- <Right Arrow> Word left --- <Ctrl-Left Arrow> Word right --- <Ctrl-Right Arrow> Cursor to left side --- <Home><Left Arrow> Cursor to right side --- <End> ------------------------------------------------------------------ Line up --- <Up> Line down --- <Dn> Top of screen --- <Home><Up> Bottom of screen --- <Home><Dn> Page up --- <PgUp> Page down --- <PgDn> Scroll up --- <Alt-W> Scroll down --- <Alt-Z> Top of window --- <Ctrl-PgUp> Bottom of window --- <Ctrl-PgDn> ------------------------------------------------------------------ Tab --- <Ctrl-I> [Tab Key] Backward tab --- <Shift-Tab> Last sentence --- <Alt-L> Next sentence --- <Alt-N> ------------------------------------------------------------------ Delete current character --- <Del> Delete left character --- <Ctrl-H> [Backspace Key] Delete line right --- <Ctrl-End> Delete line --- <Ctrl-Y> ------------------------------------------------------------------ Restore line --- <F2> Undo ^Y deletion --- <Ctrl-Q> ------------------------------------------------------------------ New line --- <Ctrl-M> [Enter Key] Insert line --- <Ctrl-N> Center line --- <F8> ------------------------------------------------------------------ Invoke DOS shell --- <Ctrl-F1> Log drive/path --- <Shift-F1> Help menu --- <Alt-F1> Activate menus --- <F1> ------------------------------------------------------------------ Find and replace --- <Ctrl-F2> Find next --- <Shift-F2> Find pattern --- <Alt-F2> ------------------------------------------------------------------ Begin block --- <Ctrl-F3> [or] <Ctrl-B><Ctrl-S> Move block --- <Shift-F3> [or] <Ctrl-B><Ctrl-M> Copy block --- <Alt-F3> [or] <Ctrl-B><Ctrl-C> End block --- <F3> [or] <Ctrl-B><Ctrl-E> Delete block --- <Ctrl-F5> [or] <Ctrl-B><Ctrl-D> Reformat block --- <Shift-F5> [or] <Ctrl-B><Ctrl-F> Top of block --- <Ctrl-B><Ctrl-T> Bottom of block --- <Ctrl-B><Ctrl-B> Write block to file --- <Ctrl-B><Ctrl-W> Read file into window --- <Ctrl-B><Ctrl-R> Mark current word --- <Ctrl-B><Ctrl-U> ------------------------------------------------------------------ Load macros from disk --- <Ctrl-F4> Write macros to disk --- <Shift-F4> Edit macro --- <Alt-F4> Playback macro by menu --- <F4> Playback macro 1 --- <Alt-1> Playback macro 2 --- <Alt-2> Playback macro 3 --- <Alt-3> Playback macro 4 --- <Alt-4> Playback macro 5 --- <Alt-5> Playback macro 6 --- <Alt-6> Playback macro 7 --- <Alt-7> Playback macro 8 --- <Alt-8> Playback macro 9 --- <Alt-9> Search and apply macro --- <Alt-M> ------------------------------------------------------------------ Default tabs --- <Alt-F5> Edit tab line --- <F5> Set tab size --- <Ctrl-S><Ctrl-Z> Set tabs to line --- <Ctrl-S><Ctrl-T> Save/display tab line --- <Ctrl-S><Ctrl-L> ------------------------------------------------------------------ Set right margin --- <Ctrl-F6> Set left margin --- <Shift-F6> Temp margin to cursor --- <Alt-F6> Set top margin --- <Ctrl-R><Ctrl-T> Set bottom margin --- <Ctrl-R><Ctrl-B> Set temp margin --- <Ctrl-R><Ctrl-P> Margin release --- <Ctrl-R><Ctrl-M> Reformat paragraph --- <F6> ------------------------------------------------------------------ Print file --- <Shift-F7> Abandon file --- <Alt-F7> Save and exit to DOS --- <F7> ------------------------------------------------------------------ Add window --- <Ctrl-F8> [or] <Ctrl-W><Ctrl-A> Close window --- <Shift-F8> [or] <Ctrl-W><Ctrl-C> Next window --- <Alt-F8> [or] <Ctrl-W><Ctrl-N> Previous window --- <Ctrl-W><Ctrl-P> Resize current window --- <Ctrl-W><Ctrl-R> Zoom current window --- <Ctrl-Z> [or] <Ctrl-W><Ctrl-Z> ------------------------------------------------------------------ Check spelling --- <Ctrl-F9> Save and continue edit --- <F9> ------------------------------------------------------------------ File directory --- <Ctrl-F10> Save/switch files --- <Shift-F10> Write to named file --- <Alt-F10> Edit another file --- <F10> ------------------------------------------------------------------ Select bold --- <Alt-B> Select compressed --- <Alt-C> Select double --- <Alt-D> Show font --- <Alt-F> Lower case --- <Alt-O> Upper case --- <Alt-P> Select superscript --- <Alt-R> Select subscript --- <Alt-S> Select italic --- <Alt-T> Select underscore --- <Alt-U> ------------------------------------------------------------------ Abort command --- <Ctrl-A> ------------------------------------------------------------------ Insert control char --- <Ctrl-C> ------------------------------------------------------------------ Up to equal indent --- <Ctrl-D><Ctrl-U> Down to equal indent --- <Ctrl-D><Ctrl-D> ------------------------------------------------------------------ Go to column --- <Ctrl-G><Ctrl-C> Go to line --- <Ctrl-G><Ctrl-L> Go to page --- <Ctrl-G><Ctrl-P> Previous cursor position --- <Ctrl-G><Ctrl-R> Go to window --- <Ctrl-G><Ctrl-W> ------------------------------------------------------------------ Jump marker 0 --- <Ctrl-J>0 Jump marker 1 --- <Ctrl-J>1 Jump marker 2 --- <Ctrl-J>2 Jump marker 3 --- <Ctrl-J>3 Jump marker 4 --- <Ctrl-J>4 Jump marker 5 --- <Ctrl-J>5 Jump marker 6 --- <Ctrl-J>6 Jump marker 7 --- <Ctrl-J>7 Jump marker 8 --- <Ctrl-J>8 Jump marker 9 --- <Ctrl-J>9 Jump to marker by menu --- <Ctrl-J><Ctrl-M> ------------------------------------------------------------------ Hard Space --- <Ctrl-O> ------------------------------------------------------------------ Playback scrap --- <Ctrl-P>0 Playback scrap 1 time --- <Ctrl-P>1 Playback scrap 2 times --- <Ctrl-P>2 Playback scrap 3 times --- <Ctrl-P>3 Playback scrap 4 times --- <Ctrl-P>4 Playback scrap 5 times --- <Ctrl-P>5 Playback scrap 6 times --- <Ctrl-P>6 Playback scrap 7 times --- <Ctrl-P>7 Playback scrap 8 times --- <Ctrl-P>8 Playback scrap 9 times --- <Ctrl-P>9 ------------------------------------------------------------------ Set marker 0 --- <Ctrl-S>0 Set marker 1 --- <Ctrl-S>1 Set marker 2 --- <Ctrl-S>2 Set marker 3 --- <Ctrl-S>3 Set marker 4 --- <Ctrl-S>4 Set marker 5 --- <Ctrl-S>5 Set marker 6 --- <Ctrl-S>6 Set marker 7 --- <Ctrl-S>7 Set marker 8 --- <Ctrl-S>8 Set marker 9 --- <Ctrl-S>9 Set colors --- <Ctrl-S><Ctrl-C> Save defaults --- <Ctrl-S><Ctrl-D> Set default extension --- <Ctrl-S><Ctrl-E> Show system info --- <Ctrl-S><Ctrl-I> Set a marker via menu --- <Ctrl-S><Ctrl-M> Set page length --- <Ctrl-S><Ctrl-P> Show available RAM --- <Ctrl-S><Ctrl-R> Set support path --- <Ctrl-S><Ctrl-S> Set undo limit --- <Ctrl-S><Ctrl-U> ------------------------------------------------------------------ Toggle attributes --- <Ctrl-T><Ctrl-A> Toggle case --- <Ctrl-T><Ctrl-C> Toggle compress at wrap --- <Ctrl-T><Ctrl-D> Toggle fixed tabs --- <Ctrl-T><Ctrl-F> Toggle hi-bit strip --- <Ctrl-T><Ctrl-H> Toggle insert mode --- <Ins> Toggle autoindent mode --- <Ctrl-T><Ctrl-I> Toggle right justify --- <Ctrl-T><Ctrl-J> Toggle 43 line mode --- <Ctrl-T><Ctrl-L> Toggle marker display --- <Ctrl-T><Ctrl-M> Toggle pagination --- <Ctrl-T><Ctrl-P> Toggle macro record --- <Ctrl-T><Ctrl-R> Toggle snow check --- <Ctrl-T><Ctrl-S> Toggle tab line --- <Ctrl-T><Ctrl-T> Toggle block cursor --- <Ctrl-T><Ctrl-U> Toggle tab writing --- <Ctrl-T><Ctrl-V> Toggle word wrap --- <Ctrl-T><Ctrl-W> Toggle tab expansion --- <Ctrl-T><Ctrl-X> Toggle initial zoom --- <Ctrl-T><Ctrl-Z> ------------------------------------------------------------------ Show help summary --- <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-A> Block help --- <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-B> Cursor help --- <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-C> Delete help --- <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-D> Find/Replace help --- <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-F> Status help --- <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-H> File help --- <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-I> Function keys --- <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-K> Flush undo buffer --- <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-L> Macro help --- <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-M> Insert undo buffer --- <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-N> Spelling help --- <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-P> Quick movement help --- <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-Q> Print Format help --- <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-R> Setting help --- <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-S> Tab help --- <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-T> Utility help --- <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-U> Window help --- <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-W> Text help --- <Ctrl-X><Ctrl-X> ------------------------------------------------------------------ Appendix II WordMaster Function Key Commands |-------------------|--------------------| Ctrl | Go to DOS Shell | Find and Replace | Shift | Change Directory | Find Next | Alt | Help | Find Pattern | F1 | Activate Menus | Undo | F2 |-------------------|--------------------| Ctrl | Begin Block | Load Macro File | Shift | Move Block | Save Macros to File| Alt | Copy Block | Edit Macros | F3 | End Block | Macro Menu | F4 |-------------------|--------------------| Ctrl | Delete Block | Set Right Margin | Shift | Reformat Block | Set Left Margin | Alt | Restore Tabs | Margin at Cursor | F5 | Edit Tabs | Reformat Paragraph | F6 |-------------------|--------------------| Ctrl | | Open Window | Shift | Print File | Close Window | Alt | Abandon File/Exit | Go to Next Window | F7 | Save/Exit | Center Line | F8 |-------------------|--------------------| Ctrl |*Spell Check Page | File Directory | Shift |*Spell Check Word | Edit Another File | Alt |*Thesaurus | Write to Named File| F9 | Save/Continue | Open File | F10 |-------------------|--------------------| *Must have Turbo Lightning installed. 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