Shareware Grab Bag/Shareware Grab Bag.iso/002/pcwrit25.arc/HELPE.DEF

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                     Press arrow keys to select topics:
Quick summary, Cursor movement, Simple editing, Marked blocks, Search/replace
Saving/switching files, Ruler/windows, Simple formats, Printer fonts/commands
Legend:         ^ means with Ctrl key    * means with Shift key
F1  FILES      │F2  RULER      │Esc    ││<-Bksp │ NumLock       │ Scroll Lock
  exit, save,  │  reset margin,│ un-del││ delete│  switch keys  │  entered text
  switch files.│  split screen.│*R swap││*L swap│  from cursor  │  overwrite or
 ^repage, merge│ ^read Ruler.  │^del wd││^del wd│  to numbers.  │  pushright old
F3  COPY       │F4  DELETE     │TAB    ││<Enter │Home  7│Up    8│PgUp  9│Search-
  mark, mark,  │  mark; delete │to stop││ create│ left M│ a line│ scroll│ to beg
  copy marked. │  to hold area.│*back- ││ a line│*start │*to top│*screen│*go end
 ^insert file. │ ^insert hold. │* wards││ break,│^isbook│       │^paragr│
F5  CLEAR      │F6  MOVE       │Ctrl   ││ start │Left  4│      5│Right 6│Search+
  all text     │  mark, mark,  │^means ││ line. │ cursor│       │ cursor│ to end
  unmarked.    │  move marked  │^Ctrl  ││*align │ *side │       │ *side │ search
 ^mark entire. │ ^mark to file.│^  key ││^del ln│ ^word │       │ ^word │ for
F7  REFORMAT   │F8  CASE       │Shift  ││PrtSc  │End   1│Down  2│PgDn  3│ Find
  paragraph,   │  change case, │*means ││ replay│ rightM│ a line│ scroll│ text
  or marked.   │  or marked.   │*Shift ││*print │*end ln│*bottom│*screen│ set
 *reform mode. │ *center line. │*  key ││^reset │^tobook│       │^paragr│ using
F9  FIND       │F10 REPLACE    │Alt    ││Ins           0│Del           .│ F9 key
  enter find,  │  search and   │ enters││  insert space,│  delete text, │*go to
  replace text.│  replace once.│ font  ││  push right.  │  pull right.  │*text
 *goto place.  │ *repeat/undo  │ letter││ *repeat it.   │ *repeat it.   │*start
Cursor (flashing symbol on screen) shows where you are in your text.
Change cursor position with these keys:

Four arrow keys (on right side) move once in direction shown.
  Shift with arrows moves to edge of screen (PCjr: shift and Fn).
  Ctrl with left and right arrows moves a word at a time.

Home key moves cursor to left margin, End key to after text on line,
  Shift with Home to start of text on line;  Shift with End to right margin.
  Ctrl with Home sets "bookmark", Ctrl with End jumps to "bookmark".

PgUp and PgDn keys scroll one line (PCjr: Fn with up/down arrow).
  Shift with PgUp and PgDn scrolls whole screen (PCjr: Shift, no Fn).
  Ctrl with PgUp and PgDn move one paragraph (PCjr: Shift, Ctrl, no Fn).

Shift Grey+ (or Alt +) moves to start of text;  Shift Grey- (or Alt -) to end.
Tab key moves to next tab stop;  Shift Tab to previous one.

Alt F9 key (or Alt 9) shows cursor line number in file, column number, line and
  page number when printed.  To change one of these, use F7, F8, F9 and F10 to
  select number to change, type new number, and press Enter.
Simple editing changes a character at a time.  Typing character either inserts
  pushing text right (Pushright mode) or replaces old characters (Overwrite
  mode).  Scroll Lock (PCjr: Fn S) switches mode.  Top line says Push or Over,
  cursor changes size.  Num Lock makes right-hand digit keys enter digits.
  Enter any character code by holding Alt and typing code on this keypad.

Enter key starts new line (or breaks line in two).  Or just type text and at
  right margin word you're typing is moved down (wordwrap).  Either inserts a
  "line boundary" character, which Del, Bksp, etc. can delete.

To delete characters and go backwards, press Bksp (back arrow on top row); to
  delete ones at cursor and go forward, press Del.  To insert space but not
  move cursor, press Ins;  use Ins / Del to slide line back and forth.  After
  sliding a line with Ins or Del, move down and press Shift with Ins or Del
  to slide many lines by same amount.

To delete word and go backwards, press Ctrl Bksp;  to delete word at cursor and
  go forwards, press Ctrl Esc.  To delete from cursor to end of line, press
  Ctrl Enter;  at start of line this deletes line.
To recover deleted word or line, press Esc.

To delete block of text use F4.  Press F4 at one end of block to delete.
  Move cursor and you are MARKING text.  After marking block to delete,
  press F4 at other end to delete it.  Deleted text is moved to hold area.
  Press Esc to un-delete (insert hold).

To copy block of text, use F3.  Press F3 at one end of block to copy.
  You are MARKING again.  After marking block to copy, press F3 at other end.
  This makes block MARKED.  Move cursor to place to copy.  Press F3 to copy it.
  Block is still marked;  press F3 to make another copy or F5 to unmark it.
To move block of text, use F6.  Just like copy, press F6 at each end of block
  to move, go to new location, press F6 to move it.  Finally press F6 to move
  it somewhere else or F5 to unmark it.

To copy block of text to file, press Ctrl F6 (or Alt 6) at each end of block.
  After entering file name, if file exists you can cancel copy, make text
  replace file, or append text to end of file.
To insert file at cursor, press Ctrl F3 (Alt 3).  Ctrl F4 is same as Esc.

Moving cursor does not change marked, only marking.  Marked/marking text looks
  different, and top line says "Marking" or "MARKED".  To mark entire text,
  press Ctrl F5.  Shift Ins/Del and Reformat (F7) apply to marked/marking text.
Grey+ key, on right (PCjr: Fn with +) searches for next occurrence of some
  text, and Grey- key (PCjr: Fn with -) for previous occurrence.

F9 sets text to search for or replace.  Cursor is on top line;  enter "Find"
  text or press F10 and enter "Replace" text.  When entering "Replace", press
  F9 to enter "Find" text again.  After entering text, press Enter to resume
  editing, or Grey+ (Grey-) to immediately search forward (backward).
During search small letters match capitals but capitals only match themselves.
In "Find" or "Replace" text, some keys match in special ways:
    F3 copies marked area
    F4 copies hold area
    F5 matches any letter or digit
    F6 matches any other character ("F6theF6" does not match "other")
    F7 matches any character
    F8 matches line boundary

Press F10 to replace "Find" text with "Replace" text.  First search with
  Grey+ or Grey-;  replace with F10 if appropriate.  Or, just press F10 to
  search for next occurrence and replace it in one operation.
Alt F10 (Alt 0) will search and replace continuously from cursor to end, or
  un-replace last replacement.  During continuous replacement, you can cancel.
Press F1 to operate on file being edited and see Help pages.

If you have changed current text since you read it into memory it must be
  saved by writing it back to disk or changes will be lost.

F1 then F1 or F1 then Enter just continues editing after refering to Help.

F1 then F2 saves text if you changed it, then exits back to computer DOS.

F1 then F3 saves text by writing it to disk, whether or not it was changed.

F1 then F4 saves text if it was changed, then tries to start another "shell"
  of DOS.  If successful you can do DOS commands such as DIR, RENAME, DELETE,
  FORMAT, or run other programs while PC-Write and your text are in memory.
  ALWAYS use DOS command EXIT to resume PC-Write where you left off.

F1 then F5 lets you change file name of text being edited (without saving).

F1 then F6 saves text if it was changed, then lets you switch to another file.

F1 then Esc sets text to "not changed" to cancel automatic save.
Ruler Line sets margins and tabs, and divides screen into two windows.  Press
  F2 to see Ruler line and edit it.  Enter any of:
    L sets left margin, for body of paragraph (wordwrap).
    P sets paragraph margin, for first line of paragraph (enter).
    R sets right margin, where wordwrap and reformatting occur.
    B sets ring-bell margin.
    T sets tab stop.
    D sets Decimal tab stop, for entering numbers in columns.
    [ and ] set temporary margins.
  All other characters are ignored.  Shift End releases right margin.

Press F2 to make Ruler line divide screen into windows.  Up or down arrow
  moves to window for editing.  F1 then F6 sequence reads another file into
  one window, so switching windows also switches files.  In window, F2 moves
  cursor to Ruler line to switch windows.  On Ruler line, F2 cancels window.

When you start PC-Write, it tries to read Ruler from file "RULER.XYZ" where
  "xyz" is your file's extension;  if none, it tries for "RULER.DEF". Press
  Ctrl F2 (Alt 2) to read ruler from file.  First line of file has Ruler;
  rest has customization information about display attributes, printer fonts,
  and other options.
To PC-Write, paragraph is one line of text, followed by additional lines of
  text which all have same left margin.  First line can be indented or hanging.

Press F7 to reformat paragraph (from cursor line to end, or in marked area)
  so it fits inside right margin.  Reformatting does not affect left margin.
  Reformatting occurs in one of three modes:  JustOff, Justify, or Un-Just.
  JustOff moves words between lines to fit but does not add or remove spaces.
  Justify adds or removes spaces to get right side even at right margin.
  Un-just is like JustOff, but removes any extra spaces added by Justify.
  Mode is on top line.  Press Shift F7 (Alt 7) to change it.

Press F8 to change case of letter between upper and lower.  With marking or
  marked text, all of it has case changed.

Press Shift F8 (Alt 8) to center line between left and right margins.  With
  marking or marked text, all is centered.

Ctrl Space inserts Hard-Space, and Ctrl \ inserts Hard-Hyphen.  Use them where
  reformat should not break a line.  Ctrl hyphen inserts Soft-Hyphen; use in a
  word where reformat can break a line.  Ctrl P inserts Hard-Break;  use where
  you want new page.  All are translated by the page printer program, PR.
Appearance of text printed by PR program is set with dot commands and fonts.
  Dot commands are on separate lines.  Fonts are special characters entered in
  line with Alt and letter.  Alt space makes fonts are visible or hidden.
Printer Dot Commands (others available)            Alt letter, Font
.D         put before and after footnote lines
.E         put before and after lines on same page
.F:text    Footer line, for all pages                B  Boldface/bright
.FL:/.FR:  Footer line for Left/Right pages only     C  Compressed, 17 cpi
.H:text    Header line, for all pages                D  Double wide
.HL:/.HR:  Header line for Left/Right pages only     E  Elite, 12 cpi, Fast
.L:number  Length of page, total lines to end        F  Fast, one pass Pica
.M:number  Multiple line space (.M:2 double sp)      H  Higher/superscript
.N:number  page Number to use on next page           I  Italics (underline)
.O:file    Output file name (.O:prn for printer)     L  Lower/subscript
.R:letter  Regular font starts (.Q:letter Quits)     O  Overstrike with /
.S:number  spacing, lines/inch (6, 8, etc)           P  Pica, 10 cpi, Quality
.T:file    text filename;  next file to read         Q  Quality, two pass Elite
.U         user input (until user types Ctrl-Z)      S 
 Second strike (bold)
.X:number  extra spaces at start of every line       U  Underline
.XT:number extra lines at top of page                V  Variable/proportional
.W:number  width of header/footer lines              W  Double Underline