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- RI(9)/VEDIT Family - Word Processing Features/
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- All VEDIT Family editors have several features which simplify word processing.
- These include word wrap, formatting of paragraphs between adjustable margins,
- optional justification and centering of lines.
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- VEDIT can print the text verbatim or a macro, such as the supplied PRINT.VDM,
- can be used to add headers and page numbers to each page. For more
- sophisticated printing, files generated with VEDIT can be imported into almost
- any word processor or desktop publishing package. Greenview's print formatter
- V-PRINT and spelling corrector V-SPELL are available as inexpensive options.
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- VEDIT is ideal for preparing text for use with desktop publishing systems
- such as Xerox Ventura (tm). After the text is entered into Ventura and
- formatted it can still be written out to an ASCII file for further editing
- with VEDIT; the formatting "tags" can also be edited.
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- I/To enable word wrap you must first set the desired right margin. Press
- <ALT-C> for the "Config" sub-menu. Select "Word Processing". Then select
- "Right Margin". At the prompt for the new value enter the desired right
- margin, e.g. "65" and press <Enter>. Press <ESC> three times (or <CTRL-C>
- once) to remove the menu system.
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- Now enter a new line of text. Notice how any words which don't quite fit
- within the right margin are wrapped to the next line.
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- --- Press <ESC> to continue ---/
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- I/The keys <F7> and <F8> change the "left margin". <F8> moves the margin to
- the right and <F7> moves the margin to the left. Normally the margin is at
- column 1.
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- Be sure you are in "Insert" mode and press <Enter> to start a new line. Now
- press <F8>; the cursor moves to column 5. Type a few words and another
- <Enter>. Now the cursor starts in column 5. Enter a few more words and
- <Enter>. Press <F8> again; the cursor moves to column 9. Press <F7>; the
- cursor moves back to column 5. Experiment.
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- I/The {CONFIG, Word Processing} sub-menu sets the "right margin" and the
- initial "left margin". The left margin can then be changed in increments of
- 4 using the indent keys <F7> and <F8>. The key <CTRL-F> re-formats an
- existing paragraph to within new right and left margins.
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- Using the {CONFIG, Word Processing} sub-menu, set the right margin to column
- 55 and the left margin to column 9. Now press <CTRL-F> to reformat the
- paragraph. Notice the effect. (You need to press <PgUp>.) Since the cursor
- has also moved to the next paragraph, you can immediately press <CTRL-F> again
- to re-format the next paragraph. --- Press <ESC> to continue ---/
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- I/The paragraphs just reformatted are not justified - they have a ragged right
- margin. However, you can also optionally justify paragraphs.
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- Enter the {CONFIG, Word Processing} sub-menu and select "Justify paragraphs".
- At the prompt for a new value enter "1" and press <Enter>. This enables
- justification. Remove the menu system. Move the cursor to a paragraph to be
- justified. Press <CTRL-F>. This re-formats and justifies the paragraph.
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- I/Notice the structure of the two paragraphs above. Reformatting a paragraph
- with <CTRL-F> always preserves this structure.
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- Press <CTRL-F> twice. Notice how the paragraphs have been reformatted to new
- left and right margins. However the "offset" or "indent" of the first line
- has been preserved.
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- I/Enter a short line of text. Leave the cursor anywhere on the line. Press
- <ALT-E> to select the "Edit" sub-menu. Select "Center Line" to center the
- line between the current left and right margins. (They are currently set to
- 1 and 55.)
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- This also moves the cursor to the next line so that you could center it too.
- If you used this function often, you could use keystroke macros to assign
- this function to a dedicated "hot-key".
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