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  14.                 PC-Type (tm)
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  16.                 A Word Processor
  17.                 for the IBM PC
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  20.                 Version 4.0
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  23.                 Author:  Richard W. Earl
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  25.                 ISBN 0-922692-27-0
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  30.                 ButtonWare, Inc.
  31.                 P.O. Box 96058
  32.                 Bellevue, WA  98009
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  40.                 (c) Copyright 1985,86,89,90 ButtonWare, Inc.
  41.                 (c) Copyright 1985,86,89,90 WyndhamWare
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  43.                 All Rights Reserved
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  130.                 COPYRIGHT NOTICE
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  134.                 PC-Type Version 4.0
  135.                 (c) Copyright 1985,86,89,90 ButtonWare, Inc.
  136.                 (c) Copyright 1985,86,89,90 WyndhamWare
  137.                 All Rights Reserved
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  142.                 No part of this manual may be reproduced, transmitted,
  143.                 transcribed, stored in a retrieval system, or
  144.                 translated into any language, natural or computer, in
  145.                 any form or by any means, without the prior written
  146.                 permission of ButtonWare, Inc.
  147.  
  148.                 The software described in this manual is protected by
  149.                 copyright laws.
  150.  
  151.                 Information in this manual is subject to change
  152.                 without notice and does not represent a commitment on
  153.                 the part of ButtonWare, Inc.
  154.  
  155.                 ButtonWare may make improvements and/or changes in
  156.                 this manual or in the product(s) and/or the program(s)
  157.                 described in this manual at any time.
  158.  
  159.                 This product could include technical inaccuracies or
  160.                 typographical errors.  Changes are periodically made
  161.                 to the information herein; these changes may be
  162.                 incorporated in new editions of the publication.
  163.  
  164.                 PC-File, PC-Calc, PC-Dial, PC-Type, PC-Tickle,
  165.                 PC-Stylist, and Baker's Dozen are registered
  166.                 trademarks of ButtonWare, Inc.
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  192.                 PHONE NUMBERS
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  195.                 (800)  J-BUTTON
  196.                        Toll free order line
  197.                        All 50 states, except Washington
  198.                        Does not include Canada
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  201.                 (206)  454-0479
  202.                        ButtonWare business line
  203.                        8 a.m. to 5 p.m. Pacific Time
  204.                        Monday through Friday
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  207.                 (900)  454-8000
  208.                        Technical Support line
  209.                        8 a.m. to 4 p.m. Pacific Time
  210.                        Monday through Friday
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  212.                        There is no charge for the first minute of
  213.                        your call.  After the first minute, there is a
  214.                        charge of $1.00 per minute.  This charge
  215.                        includes your long distance cost.  You will be
  216.                        billed directly by AT&T through your local
  217.                        telephone company.
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  220.                 (206)  454-7875
  221.                        Bulletin Board
  222.                        24 hours, 7 days a week
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  225.                 (206)  454-1838
  226.                        FAX line (24 hours)
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  245. Table of Contents                                                    v
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  248.  
  249.          PART I - About PC-Type
  250.  
  251.  
  252.          1.0 Introduction                                            1
  253.  
  254.          1.1 Welcome to PC-Type                                      1
  255.          1.2 Manual Layout                                           4
  256.          1.3 PC-Type II Compatibility                                5
  257.          1.4 System Requirements                                     5
  258.          1.5 Disk Contents                                           6
  259.  
  260.          2.0 Getting Started                                         7
  261.  
  262.          2.1 Installing PC-Type                                      7
  263.          2.2 Default Settings                                        8
  264.          2.3 Things to Know                                          9
  265.          2.4 System Overview                                        18
  266.  
  267.          3.0 PC-Type Tutorial                                       19
  268.  
  269.          3.1 Starting PC-Type                                       19
  270.          3.2 Escape Key and Help                                    20
  271.          3.3 Cursor Movement                                        20
  272.          3.4 Command Line and Menus                                 20
  273.          3.5 Editing                                                21
  274.          3.6 Printing                                               21
  275.          3.7 Quitting / Saving                                      21
  276.          3.8 Tabs, Spelling, Macros                                 21
  277.          3.9 Mail-Merge                                             22
  278.          3.10 Printing Graphics in Your Text                        23
  279.          3.11 Multiple Files in a Document                          23
  280.          3.12 Other Features - Demo                                 23
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  306. vi                                               PC-Type Users' Manual
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  309.  
  310.          PART II - Detailed Reference Section
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  313.          4.0 Menus Summary                                          26
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  315.          5.0 Starting PC-Type                                       43
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  317.          6.0 Keystrokes                                             50
  318.  
  319.          6.1 Moving Around in a Text File                           51
  320.          6.2 Function Keys                                          52
  321.          6.3 Toggle Keystrokes                                      54
  322.          6.4 Keystrokes Which Modify a Line                         56
  323.          6.5 Other Important Keystrokes                             57
  324.          6.6 Enter Key                                              59
  325.          6.7 Bookmarks                                              60
  326.          6.8 Macros                                                 61
  327.          6.9 Highlighting                                           62
  328.          6.10 Highlight Operation Keystrokes                        63
  329.          6.11 Fault Finder                                          64
  330.          6.12 Miscellaneous Keystrokes                              64
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  332.          7.0 Command Line Functions                                 66
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  334.          7.1 Search (Find)                                          69
  335.          7.2 Find and Replace                                       70
  336.          7.3 Calculate                                              72
  337.          7.4 Drop to DOS                                            73
  338.          7.5 Edit                                                   74
  339.          7.6 Get                                                    76
  340.          7.7 Print                                                  77
  341.          7.8 Name                                                   78
  342.          7.9 Goto and Scroll                                        79
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  344.          8.0 Main Menu                                              80
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  346.          9.0 Operations on Highlighted Areas                        81
  347.  
  348.          9.1 Align Text on Character                                82
  349.          9.2 Draw Box / Line                                        83
  350.          9.3 Copy (Insert and Overlay)                              84
  351.          9.4 Delete Area                                            87
  352.          9.5 Erase Box / Line                                       89
  353.          9.6 Fill Area                                              90
  354.          9.7 Replicate Text                                         91
  355.          9.8 Lower / Upper Case                                     92
  356.          9.9 Move (Insert or Paste)                                 93
  357.          9.10 Number Lines                                          96
  358.          9.11 Math Operations in Area                               97
  359.          9.12 Reformat Area                                         98
  360.          9.13 Sorting                                              101
  361.          9.14 Translate Characters in Area                         103
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  367. Table of Contents                                                  vii
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  370.  
  371.          PART II - Detailed Reference Section (continued)
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  374.          10.0 Bookmarks                                            104
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  376.          11.0 Configuration Menu                                   105
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  378.          11.1 Configuration                                        106
  379.          11.2 Setting Configuration Options                        107
  380.          11.3 Saving Configuration Data to Disk                    108
  381.          11.4 Loading Configuration Data                           109
  382.          11.5 Box Characters (Definition)                          110
  383.          11.6 Colors (Setting Screen Colors)                       111
  384.          11.7 Date Options (Select)                                113
  385.          11.8 Escape Codes (Definition)                            114
  386.          11.9 Setting Escape Code Definitions                      115
  387.          11.10 File Handling (Save, Load, Define)                  117
  388.          11.11 Graphics Port (PCG2 Output)                         119
  389.          11.12 Header/Footer (Definition)                          120
  390.          11.13 Header and Footer Editing                           121
  391.          11.14 Import Default (Definition)                         128
  392.          11.15 Modify Default Tabs                                 136
  393.          11.16 Order of Characters for Sort (Definition)           139
  394.          11.17 Print (Definition)                                  141
  395.          11.18 Printer Translation                                 147
  396.          11.19 Special Characters                                  148
  397.          11.20 Switches (Selection)                                149
  398.          11.21 Time Options (Select)                               158
  399.          11.22 Upper/Lower Case (Definition)                       159
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  401.          12.0 Editing / Getting Another File                       160
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  403.          13.0 Fault Finder (Spelling Checker)                      162
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  405.          14.0 Creating Graphs                                      166
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  407.          14.1 Graph Mode                                           168
  408.          14.2 Defining Values to be Graphed                        169
  409.          14.3 Defining Column Labels for the Graph                 170
  410.          14.4 Defining Row Labels for the Graph                    171
  411.          14.5 Defining Titles                                      172
  412.          14.6 Initial Type of Graph and Setting Bounds             173
  413.          14.7 Sample GRAPH.ME File                                 174
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  415.          15.0 Highlighting (Marking Areas)                         176
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  417.          15.1 Block Marking (Ctrl B)                               177
  418.          15.2 Line Marking (Ctrl L)                                178
  419.          15.3 Sentence Marking (Ctrl S)                            179
  420.          15.4 Paragraph Highlighting                               180
  421.          15.5 Sentence Highlighting                                181
  422.          15.6 Word Highlighting (Ctrl V)                           182
  423.          15.7 Unmarking (Ctrl U)                                   182
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  432.          PART II - Detailed Reference Section (continued)
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  435.          16.0 Importing                                            183
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  437.          16.1 Retrieving Import Data                               184
  438.          16.2 Imported Data Format                                 185
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  440.          17.0 Jump - (Cursor Movement)                             186
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  442.          18.0 Lines                                                187
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  444.          18.1 Page Markers                                         188
  445.          18.2 Heading Line                                         191
  446.          18.3 Special Lines                                        195
  447.          18.4 Conditional Page                                     196
  448.          18.5 Mail-Merge Definition Lines                          197
  449.          18.6 Paragraph Marker                                     197
  450.          18.7 No Reformat Lines                                    198
  451.          18.8 No Print Lines                                       198
  452.          18.9 Headers and Footers                                  199
  453.          18.10 Multiple File Definition                            202
  454.          18.11 Document Defaults                                   203
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  456.          19.0 Keystroke Macros                                     213
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  458.          19.1 Keystroke Macro Definition                           214
  459.          19.2 Running Macros                                       218
  460.          19.3 Step and Run a Macro                                 219
  461.          19.4 Modifying Macros                                     220
  462.          19.5 Editing Macros                                       221
  463.          19.6 Saving Keystroke Macros                              222
  464.          19.7 Loading .MAC Files                                   223
  465.          19.8 Macro Hints                                          224
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  467.          20.0 Other Functions                                      225
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  469.          20.1 Insert Answer Function                               226
  470.          20.2 Cursor Drag Toggle                                   227
  471.          20.3 Date and Time Stamps                                 228
  472.          20.4 EGA/VGA Toggle                                       229
  473.          20.5 GET and PUT Character                                230
  474.          20.6 Print Markers                                        231
  475.          20.7 Index Markers                                        235
  476.          20.8 Word Count                                           237
  477.          20.9 Show/Remove Page Location                            238
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  479.          21.0 Print Description                                    239
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  481.          21.1 Printing Process                                     240
  482.          21.2 Print Output Description                             241
  483.          21.3 Combining Graphics with Text                         242
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  489. Table of Contents                                                   ix
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  493.          PART II - Detailed Reference Section (continued)
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  496.          22.0 Quit/Save                                            244
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  498.          22.1 Saving Files                                         245
  499.          22.2 Saving Backup Files                                  247
  500.          22.3 Quit/Save Menu Options                               248
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  502.          23.0 Reformatting                                         251
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  504.          23.1 Reformatting Options                                 252
  505.          23.2 Justification                                        253
  506.          23.3 Reformatting Examples                                254
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  508.          24.0 Multiple Windows                                     255
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  510.          24.1 Split Screen                                         256
  511.          24.2 Split Screen Options                                 257
  512.          24.3 Viewing Multiple Files                               261
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  514.          25.0 Tabs                                                 262
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  516.          25.1 Change File Tabs to Profile                          266
  517.          25.2 Tab Modification                                     267
  518.          25.3 New Tab Line and Restore Default Tabs                268
  519.          25.4 Active Tab Modification                              269
  520.          25.5 Modify Active Tab Toggles                            270
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  522.          26.0 Mail-Merge                                           271
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  524.          26.1 Mail-Merge Processing                                272
  525.          26.2 Mail-Merge Definition Block                          273
  526.          26.3 Mail-Merge .INCLUDE                                  278
  527.          26.4 Mail-Merge .IF                                       279
  528.          26.5 Mail-Merge Data Fields                               280
  529.          26.6 Mail-Merge .GROUP                                    285
  530.          26.7 Mail-Merge .LABEL                                    286
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  532.          27.0 Multiple File Document                               287
  533.  
  534.          27.1 The Master File                                      288
  535.          27.2 Creating a Multiple File Document                    290
  536.          27.3 Creating the Table of Contents                       293
  537.          27.4 Creating the Index                                   295
  538.          27.5 Page Breaks                                          296
  539.          27.6 Multiple File Document Tutorial                      297
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  554.          PART III - Supplemental Programs
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  557.          28.0 PCG2.EXE                                             299
  558.  
  559.          28.1 PCG2 Menu                                            305
  560.          28.2 Printing a Graph                                     306
  561.          28.3 Selecting PCG2 Colors                                309
  562.          28.4 (M)enu and (Q)uit                                    310
  563.          28.5 Scatter Diagram Options                              310
  564.          28.6 Line Graph Options                                   312
  565.          28.7 Bar Graph Options                                    313
  566.          28.8 Pie Chart Options and Aspect Ratio                   314
  567.          28.9 GRAPH.ME File                                        316
  568.          28.10 Miscellaneous                                       320
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  570.          29.0 PCGG.EXE                                             321
  571.  
  572.          29.1 The PCGG.EXE Screen                                  322
  573.          29.2 Running PCGG.EXE                                     325
  574.  
  575.          30.0 PCLABEL.EXE                                          326
  576.  
  577.          31.0 DESC.EXE - File Reminder Reports                     344
  578.  
  579.          32.0 PCMERGE.EXE - Dictionary Update                      346
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  581.          33.0 XWORD.EXE - Crossword Puzzles                        347
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  583.          34.0 SCRAMBLE.EXE                                         348
  584.  
  585.  
  586.          APPENDIX A - Technical Information                        349
  587.  
  588.          Performance Hints                                         349
  589.          PC-Type File Structure                                    351
  590.          PC-Type in Memory                                         354
  591.          Characters not Allowed                                    355
  592.  
  593.          APPENDIX B - Glossary                                     357
  594.  
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  596.          When You Need Technical Support                           361
  597.          User Response Form                                        363
  598.          ButtonWare Product Line                                   365
  599.  
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  601.          Index                                                     367
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