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- .f3 - # - Chapter 16 - Printing & Formatting
- .rm70
- .tc
- .tc1
- .tc 16. PRINTING & FORMATTING .............................#
- CHAPTER 16 PRINTING & FORMATTING
-
- .imFooters
- .imHeaders
- .IMPrinting
- Word Fugue uses several methods to format text:
- ˛ Dot lines. These are special text lines that control most
- formatting features.
- ˛ Editing commands, including special font characters.
-
- .tc Printing a File ....................................#
- Printing a File
- .ix Printing
- .ix Background
- .ixPrint Formatting;Print Formatting
-
- Any text file can be printed from within Word Fugue. Files formatted
- with Word Fugue's page layout commands and font controls will print
- with multiple fonts, headers, footers, and page breaks. Press Ctrl K
- P to initiate background printing. Once printing has started, you can
- continue with any editing.
-
-
- …ÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕ Print Setup ÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕª
- ∫ Print file now ∫
- ÃÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕπ
- ∫ Name of file C:\WF\DOC\WF.016 ∫
- ∫ Auto formatting ON ∫
- ∫ First page 1 ∫
- ∫ Last page 4095 ∫
- ∫ Odd or Even pages Both ∫
- ∫ Copies 1 ∫
- ∫ Quality of print Letter Quality ∫
- ∫ Text Offset 6 ∫
- ∫ Initial line size Normal = 6 lines per inch (.LH 10 / 60) ∫
- ÃÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕπ
- ∫ Which printer C:\WF\NECP7.PDF ∫
- ∫ Device LPT1 ∫
- ∫ Manual paper feed OFF ∫
- ∫ Use formfeeds ON ∫
- ∫ Edit printer codes ∫
- ∫ Save printer setup ∫
- »ÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕº
-
-
- Fig 16.1 - Print Menu
- .tc1 Fig 16.1 - Print Menu .................................#
-
-
- Do not press <Enter> on the first menu selection, Print file now,
- until the other items in the box have been set to your satisfaction.
- Selecting the first item starts the print job.
-
- .ix Name of File
- After you select the second menu item, Name of file, a prompt box will
- request entry of the name of the file to print. When prompted for a
- file name, you may enter DOS wildcards or the name of another drive or
- subdirectory. In this case, another window will display the names of
- all matching files. You can select from this list by using the cursor
- keypad, or by pressing the first letter of the filename in which you
- are interested.
-
- .ix Print file being edited
- If you wish to print a file that is currently loaded in memory, Word
- Fugue will ask you whether you want to save the file. If you answer
- Yes, the file will be saved, and printing will commence. If you answer
- NO then printing will not commence.
-
- .CP5
- NOTE - You should be aware that if you start printing a file currently
- in memory, and then make further changes to that file while it
- is being printed, then those changes will not print, only the
- saved copy on disk.
-
- If you attempt to save a file to disk when you are currently
- printing it, you will probably receive a DOS error (depending on
- your version of DOS) since the old version of the file will
- still be open by the print routine when Word Fugue tries to
- rename it or delete it (depending on your option for "Make
- backup files").
-
- .ix Autoformatting
- Set Auto formatting OFF if you wish to have Word Fugue ignore
- formatting commands (. commands) in your text. In this case, text will
- print continuously with no form feeds or page breaks. Control codes
- embedded in the text will be written to the output without
- interpretation.
-
- .ix Printing
- .ixPrint Formatting;Print Formatting
- .ix First Page
- .ix Last Page
- .ix Page Range
- .ix Odd or Even pages only
- .ix Even or Odd pages only
- By default, Word Fugue prints all pages of the document. You can set
- starting and stopping pages if desired, by use of First Page and Last
- Page. You can also determine to print only ODD or EVEN pages by use of
- Odd or Even Pages. This is very useful for printing on both sides of
- paper.
-
- .ix Number of copies
- The number of copies defaults to 1, but you can change it to any
- number between 1 and 20 by use of the Copies option.
-
- .ix Quality of Print
- .ixLetter Quality;Letter Quality Printing
- .irCorrespondence;Correspondence quality printing
- .irCorrespondencf; See Letter Quality Printing
- The Quality of print defaults to Default, but you can change it to
- Letter Quality with this option.
-
- .ix Text Offset
- .irPage Offset;Page Offset see Text Offset
- .ixMargins ; Text Offset
- .ixMargins ; Page Offset
- This determines how far in from the left edge of the paper your text
- prints. The factory default is 6 characters, but this can be changed
- on this menu, and saved by using the Save Options menu option.
-
- Select from any of the available printer definition files (default
- extension .PDF) to find one that is appropriate for your printer. You
- can change to another file and use Options Save setup to default
- subsequent use to that file.
-
- .ix Printer port
- .ix Spooling to file
- You can also choose between sending the printed output to LPT1, LPT2,
- LPT3, COM1, COM2, PRN or to a file. LPTn & COMn refer to the computer
- port where your printer is attached. If the printer is attached to a
- serial port, you must use one of COM1 or COM2, while if it is attached
- to a parallel port you must use one of LPT1, LPT2 or LPT3. Your choice
- will be saved with Word Fugue when you Save Setup. PRN will print
- through the same port as LPT1, but is useful if you are printing over
- a network and find that nothing prints until you exit Word Fugue.
-
- When output is printed to a file, all control codes are written out
- just as when they are printed. In this case, you must also specify the
- name of the output file using the prompt window.
-
- .ix Manual paper feed
- Set Manual paper feed ON if you wish to have Word Fugue prompt you to
- insert a new sheet of paper after each page. This choice is also
- stored as part of the printer definition file for your selected
- printer.
-
- .CP4
- .ix Formfeeds
- Set Use formfeeds ON if your printer accepts ASCII character #12 to
- eject each page. Otherwise, Word Fugue will fill out the end of each
- page with blank lines.
-
- After making all selections, move the menu bar to the Print file now
- item and press <Enter>. If you decide not to print, just press <Esc>.
- Printing occurs as a background task. You can continue editing with
- minimal loss of performance while the print job continues.
-
- To stop a print job at any time, execute the Print File command
- sequence. Word Fugue will confirm whether you want to stop the print
- job.
-
- You can edit and store printer definitions from within Word Fugue,
- using the Edit Printer Codes and Save Printer codes of the File Print
- menu.
-
- Select a printer definition file (default extension .PDF) using the
- Which printer menu item. Word Fugue will load this printer file into
- memory.
-
- .ix Printing
- .ixPrint Formatting;Print Formatting
- .tc Editing Printer Sequences ........................#
- Editing Printer Sequences
- .ix Edit printer control sequences
-
- Select Edit Printer Codes on the print menu, and you will see a pick
- list of available print sequences:
-
-
- …ÕÕÕÕÕÕÕ Printer Strings ÕÕÕÕÕÕÕª
- ∫ Initialization ∫
- ∫ Reset ∫
- ∫ Bold text ^B ON ∫
- ∫ Bold text ^B OFF ∫
- ∫ Doublestrike ^D ON ∫
- ∫ Doublestrike ^D OFF ∫
- ∫ Underscore ^S ON ∫
- ∫ Underscore ^S OFF ∫
- ∫ Superscript ^T ON ∫
- ∫ Superscript ^T OFF ∫
- ∫ Subscript ^V ON ∫
- ∫ Subscript ^V OFF ∫
- ∫ Compressed ^A ON ∫
- ∫ Compressed ^A OFF ∫
- ∫ Italic ^Y ON ∫
- ∫ Italic ^Y OFF ∫
- ∫ 8 Lines Per Inch ^C ∫
- ∫ 6 Lines Per Inch ^C ∫
- ∫ Paper Length in Inches ^E ∫
- ∫ Paper Length in Inches ^E ∫
- ∫ Paper Length in Lines ^F ∫
- ∫ Paper Length in Lines ^F ∫
- »ÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕv≥^≥ÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕº
-
-
- Fig 16.2 - Printer Sequence Edit Menu
- .tc1 Fig 16.2 - Printer Sequence Edit Menu .................#
-
-
- .CP5
- Use the cursor keys to highlight the sequence to edit, and press
- Enter. When you choose a sequence to edit, its title appears in
- another window.
-
-
- …ÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕEdit Esc seq nameÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕª
- ∫ Initialization ∫
- »ÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕº
-
-
- Fig 16.3 - Edit Print Sequence Title
- .tc1 Fig 16.3 - Edit Print Sequence Title ..................#
-
-
- You can accept it as is by pressing Enter, or change it and then press
- Enter. You should always include the activation letter in the name,
- for ease when replaying. The default titles stored in the printer
- definition files all have the control code as part of the title. If
- you make changes and forget what the activation control code is, you
- can edit the title, press Ctrl X to delete the contents, then press
- Enter. Word Fugue will replace the empty title by its stored default
- title, which will include the activation letter.
-
- .ix Printing
- .ixPrint Formatting;Print Formatting
- .ix Edit printer control sequences
- Once you have pressed Enter on the printer sequence name, you will see
- the sequence itself in another pop up window.
-
-
- …ÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕ Initialization ÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕª
- ∫ <Ctrl\>@<Esc>CF<Esc>M ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ ∫
- ∫ ∫
- »ÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕ Command ÕÕÕº
-
-
- Fig 16.4 - Edit Printer Sequence
- .tc1 Fig 16.4 - Edit Printer Sequence ......................#
-
-
- Most characters you type will be inserted literally into the printer
- control sequence, with the following exceptions.
-
- It can be edited using the cursor arrow keys, and the <Del> or
- <Backspace> keys. <CtrlBksp> will delete the entire sequence.
- <Enter> will end the editing of that sequence. <Esc> will undo any
- changes made to the sequence. Pressing Alt plus the number keys on the
- numeric keypad to code the decimal sequence of a character will enter
- that character. This makes it easy to enter those high order
- characters that do not appear on the keyboard. Consult your DOS manual
- for more information on entering alternate key strokes on your
- computer.
-
- In case you need to enter any of these special keys as part of the
- sequence, press the <ScrollLock> key to enter Literal mode. In this mode,
- all keystrokes will be inserted into the macro without any
- interpretation. In order to terminate the edit when in this mode, you
- will need to press <ScrollLock> again in order to enter the <Enter> or
- <ESC> characters.
-
- The printer definition currently held in memory can be stored to a
- disk file using the Save printer setup menu item. Word Fugue stores
- the printer command sequences for all fonts, as well as the default
- settings for manual paper feed and formfeeds, when you save the setup.
-
- .CP6
- .ix Printing
- .ixPrint Formatting;Print Formatting
- .ix Edit printer control sequences
- Word Fugue will prompt for a file name when you decide to store the
- current definition. The default extension for printer definitions is
- .PDF. The name of the file you loaded will be shown as the default
- name under which to save. If you press enter, you will be asked
- whether to overwrite the existing file.
-
-
- .tc Printer Format Commands.............................#
- Printer Format Commands
- .ix Printer Format Commands
- .ir Control Codes See Printer Format commands
-
- Any of the command sequences that control various printer fonts can be
- edited using the Edit printer codes menu selection. Each font is
- associated with two strings - one to turn the font ON, and another to
- turn it OFF. The sequences are activated by control characters
- embedded in the text. These characters can be inserted either by the
- special font characters (look in help under Text Attributes) or by
- pressing the Control character insertion command (Ctrl K P) followed
- by the letter corresponding to the control character.
-
- The exceptions to this rule about activation letters are:
-
- Initialization and Reset, which are sent at the beginning and end of
- the print respectively, and Letter Quality and Default Quality,
- which are sent at the start of each page.
-
- These others are sent when a control character is encountered - the ON
- sequence is sent the first time, and the OFF sequence is sent the
- second time. (then back to ON ...)
-
- .CP22
- ^B On & Off - usually bold Alt B
- ^D On & Off - usually double strike Alt D
- ^S On & Off - usually underline Alt U
- ^T On & Off - usually superscript Alt T
- ^V On & Off - usually subscript Alt V
- ^A On & Off - usually compressed Alt C
- ^Y On & Off - usually italics Alt I
- ^C On & Off Ctrl P C
- ^E On & Off Ctrl P E
- ^F On & Off Ctrl P F
- ^G On & Off Ctrl P G
- ^N On & Off Ctrl P N
- ^P On & Off Ctrl P P
- ^Q On & Off Ctrl P Q
- ^R On & Off Ctrl P R
- ^U On & Off Ctrl P U
- ^W On & Off Ctrl P W
- ^X On & Off Ctrl P X
- ^\ On & Off Ctrl P \
- ^^ On & Off Ctrl P ^
- ^_ On & Off Ctrl P _
- ^] On & Off Ctrl P ]
-
- The linkage between the control character encountered in the text and
- the sequence used is positional as detailed above. Feel free to define
- your own meanings for these sequences, but we advise you to include
- the activation character and the words ON or OFF in the name, so that
- you do not forget what they are. Word Fugue predefines the names of
- each sequence, so should you delete the name of a sequence, word Fugue
- will show the predefined name.
-
- .CP6
- .ix Printing
- .ixPrint Formatting;Print Formatting
- .tc Laser Printers and Dot Matrixes .................#
- Laser Printers and Dot Matrixes
- .ix Laser printers
- .ix Dot Matrix printers
-
- There are 2 methods of print control:
-
- 1. The Epson model, where each attribute is independent. If you set
- up bold, italic, underline in that order, turning off italic
- still leaves bold & underline on. In this model, when the second
- ^Y is encountered (Italics OFF), all that is required is to send
- the stored OFF sequence.
-
- 2. The laser printer model, where each attribute selects a
- particular font, and attributes are only turned off by selecting
- a new font. Thus if you have bold, italic & underlined text, the
- only way to turn off italics is to select text that is bold and
- underlined. In this model, when the second ^Y is encountered
- (Italics OFF), what is required is to send the on sequences of
- all the other active fonts.
-
- Some printers have a mixture of the 2 methods. (Laser printers are
- notorious for this with the sequence that controls underlining
- conforming to the Epson model). Word Fugue assumes that where a print
- control sequence is set up so that the sequence to turn it off is
- empty, then you need it to turn on all other ON fonts back on again.
- Note that this implies that Word Fugue has knowledge of the initial
- choice of fonts, so you should ensure that the Letter Quality and
- Default Quality sequences are set up for your printer. If the OFF
- sequence has values in it (beware of storing spaces in an OFF
- sequence, since this will fool Word Fugue into thinking that the
- sequence is present) then Word Fugue sends the OFF sequence only. {.Œ}
- {.Œ}
- .tc Printable Area ...............................#
- Printable Area
- .ix Printable Area
-
- Dot Matrix printers and any other Line Printers can normally print
- over the entire page area. Laser printers and other Page Printers are
- normally restricted to an area smaller than the page size. {.Œ}
- {.Œ}
- For example, on normal US letter size paper there are 66 lines, and a
- dot matrix printer will be able to print on all of them. A typical
- laser printer on the other hand will only print 64 lines on the page.
- What happens to lines 65 & 66 depend upon your printer. Some will
- ignore the extra lines, while others will print them on another page.{.Œ}
- {.Œ}
- You need to be aware of this when paginating a document for a laser
- printer.{.Œ}
- {.Œ}
- .CP6
- Printers that Ignore the Extra Lines{.Œ}
- {.Œ}
- For these printers it is relatively simple - you need to set the
- margin at the bottom of the document in such a way as to leave the
- last 2 lines blank. The exact size will depend upon whether you want
- to print 1, 2 or 3 footer lines. The examples below assume that you
- want one line space between your text and the first footer line. If
- you want more you should increase the value of the Bottom margin by
- one for each extra blank line:{.Œ}
- {.Œ}
- 3 Footer Lines{.Œ}
- Set the Bottom margin to 6 (.MB 6){.Œ}
- Set the Footer margin to 5 (.FM 5){.Œ}
- {.Œ}
- 2 Footer Lines{.Œ}
- Set the Bottom margin to 5 (.MB 5){.Œ}
- Set the Footer margin to 4 (.FM 4){.Œ}
- {.Œ}
- 1 Footer Line{.Œ}
- Set the Bottom margin to 4 (.MB 4){.Œ}
- Set the Footer margin to 3 (.FM 3){.Œ}
- {.Œ}
- If you are not sure about your printer, try this option first. If
- you find yourself receiving a blank page after every printed page,
- you need to read below.{.Œ}
- {.Œ}
- Printers that Print the Extra Lines on a New Page{.Œ}
- {.Œ}
- For these printers it is more complicated - you need to set the page
- size to something larger than the number of lines you actually want
- to print. Page printers do have commands for both the page size and
- the printable area size, so this can be done from a PDF.{.Œ}
- {.Œ}
- If you are working with normal US Letter size (66 lines long), or
- Metric A4 (70 lines long) but you only want 66 lines per page, you
- could use the initialise print sequence to set the page size to A4
- (= 70 lines) and then format for 66 lines. The page size command in
- your PDF should actually contain the command for the size of the
- Printable Area, and can either set it to 66 lines, or contain a $ or
- # character to permit Word Fugue to set the size itself.{.Œ}
-
- For example:
-
- Using HP Laserjet sequences
-
- Your PDF:
-
- Initialise = <ESC>E<ESC>&l26a70p66F
-
- Page Length = <ESC>&L70p$F
-
-
- Your Text:
-
- .PL66
-
- {.Œ}
- However, if you use A4 normally, and you wish to print 70 lines per
- page instead of 66 lines per page, you need to set the page size to
- something larger, such as 72 or 74 lines. This could cause your
- printer to demand you to "Load Legal size paper" or similar, which
- will then have to be over-ridden from the control panel.{.Œ}
- {.Œ}
- The file LASERJET.PDF is an example of this for use with printers
- that employ HP Laserjet emulations. It sets the page size to 72
- lines, and allows Word Fugue to set the printable area to either 66
- lines or 70 lines, depending on which you prefer.{.Œ}
- {.Œ}
- .tc On Screen Display of Fonts ......................#
- On Screen Display of Fonts
- .ixDisplaying; Printer fonts
- .ixDisplaying;Displaying
-
- If font display is on, the text will appear in the colour you have
- selected for that font. If font display is off, the codes will appear
- as alphabetic letters but in a different colour from the text.
-
- .tc Colour Ribbons .....................................#
- Colour Ribbons
- .ixColours; of Print Ribbons
-
- Some printers allow the use of colour ribbons. You can switch to a
- different colour by inserting the appropriate control code into your
- text. Word Fugue assumes that you start with a black ribbon, so the
- first time you enter a colour control code, you will switch to that
- colour. The second time you enter the same control code, you will
- switch back to black. If you enter a different code, you will switch
- to that colour.
-
- The control codes that we have reserved for colours are:
-
- Ctrl P Q - Blue
- Ctrl P R - Green
- Ctrl P U - Red
- Ctrl P ^ - Violet
- Ctrl P _ - Yellow
- Ctrl P ] - Magenta
-
- If you have a colour printer, check that your Printer Definition File
- (PDF) has these codes set up. If not, you can easily set these up.
-
- .CP5
- .ixTIPS; Printing in colour
- TIP - Install the code for black as part of the "Default Quality" and
- "Letter Quality" sequences, since these are sent whenever you
- turn off a sequence and the off sequence is empty.
-
- If you change from one colour to another, you should first turn
- off the original colour.
-
- For example this text is black ^Qwhile this text is blue^Q^Rand this
- is green^R
-
- .tc Dot Commands .......................................#
- Dot Commands
-
- Dot commands perform a variety of functions, mostly related to
- printing. They are also used for table of contents and indexing. Type
- a period (dot) in column 1 and follow it with a 2 character command
- code and any other information that the command code requires. It does
- not matter whether the commands are in upper case or lower case. Press
- enter to end the line. The line remains in your file, but does not
- appear in the printout.
-
- If you require, the prefix character (dot or period) can be changed to
- another character. From the pull down menu, select Options, followed
- by Global file options, and then Print format character. You will be
- prompted for the new character to use. This character can be any
- special character (ie non numeric and non alphabetic). The new
- character can be saved so that Word Fugue will always use the
- character you have specified. If you do change the character, it will
- be used for all printing from that time forth. IE, you cannot change
- prefix in mid document. This option is useful if you are switching
- between documents produced under Borland's Sprint, which uses Wordstar
- compatible "dot" commands, but prefixes them with an @ character.
- Alternatively, you may be one of those who wants to type dots in
- column one and have them print.
-
- .cp15
- .ix Printing
- .ixPrint Formatting;Print Formatting
- .tc Print formatting Dot Commands.....................#
- Print Formatting Dot Commands
-
- Those commands specific to Mail Merge are discussed in chapter 17,
- those commands for Table of Contents are discussed in chapter14,
- while those for indexing are discussed in chapter 15. Dot commands
- always start in column one with a dot (.), which is why they are
- referred to as Dot Commands.
-
- The prefix character can be changed from a dot to some other
- character, if you have changed the prefix character, use the
- appropriate prefix in place of the dot. The next 2 characters specify
- the command. They can be in uppercase or lower case, but they must
- follow immediately after the dot in columns 2 and 3. Other parameters
- may follow after these characters. If they do, there is no need for a
- separating space.
-
- For example:
-
- .PA
- .FI filename
- .FIfilename
-
- .CP30
- Include file .FI filename
- Offset page to right by n columns .PO n
- or .PO O n
- or .PO E n
- Start new page .PA
- If current page number is Odd or Even, .PB O or E Text
- print a blank page with Text centred
- on the page.
- eg "This page intentionally left blank"
- Otherwise, start a new page (like .PA)
- Start new page if fewer than n lines remain .CP n
- Start new page if current page number is
- Odd or Even .CP O or E
- Set page number to n .PN n
- Omit page numbers .OP
- Print page numbers .PG
- Put page number in column n .PC n
- Set page length to n lines .PL n
- Set top margin to n lines .MT n
- Set bottom margin to n lines .MB n
- Set header margin to n lines .HM n
- Set footer margin to n lines .FM n
- Start marking text in margin .EV @M1
- Stop Marking text in margin .EV @M0
- Define header lines
- .HE header line 1 } both the
- .H1 header line 1 } same
- .H2 header line 2
- .H3 header line 3
- Define footer lines
- .FO footer line 1 } both the
- .F1 footer line 1 } same
- .F2 footer line 2
- .F3 footer line 3
- Special Codes within Headers and Footers
- Insert current page number #
- Ignore following spaces on even pages <CtrlP><CtrlK>
- Take next character literally \
- Invoke printing functions @
- .cp5
- .ix Printing
- .ixPrint Formatting;Print Formatting
- - return the time in format:
- @T0 HH:MM
- @T1 HH:MM:SS
- @T2 HH:MM XX where XX = AM or PM
- @T3 HH:MM:SS XX where XX = AM or PM
- - return the date in format:
- @D0 MMM DD, YYYY
- @D1 DD/MM/YY
- @D2 DD/MM/YYYY
- @D3 MM/DD/YY
- @D4 MM/DD/YYYY
- @D5 YYYY/MM/DD
- @D6 DD MMM YYYY
- @D7 dayname, DD MMM YYYY
- @D8 DD month YYYY
-
-
-
- .tc1 Fig 16.5 - Print Dot Commands Part 1 ..................#
- Fig 16.5 - Print Dot Commands Part 1
- .CP6
- - return the name of the file being printed
- @F0 full path name\filename
- @F1 filename.ext
- Set page number type .PT x
- where x = N or n - numeric (default)
- R - Roman Uppercase
- r - roman lowercase
- A - Alphabetic uppercase
- a - alphabetic lowercase
- Line Height (in 1/48th inches) .LH n
- Line Height (in 1/m inches) .LH n/m
- Newspaper Columns .CO number , gutter
- or .CO n,g / width,width
- Column break .CB
- Conditional column break .CC n
- Character width .CW r.r
- Character width in 1/120 inch .CW n
-
- Mail Merge and Other Commands
- Define Data file .DF filename delim
- Read variables from data file .RV variable list
- Ask for a variable .AV prompt,variable
- Set variable to a value .SV variable=value
- Mathematical calculation .MA variable=equation
- Display a message .DM message
- Go to top of file and start again .GO
- For Wordstar compatible variable replacement .WS Y or N
- Define Index heading .IMtext
- Define Index Entry .IXline
- .IXheading;text
- Index refer to line .IRtext
- or .IRheading;text
- Width of index line .IW width , indent
- Define Table Of Contents Entry .TCline
- or .TC1 for table 1
- through to .TC9 for table 9
- print endnotes at this point .PE
- Endnote starting number is set to n .E# n
- Footnote starting number is set to n .F# n
- Notes style options: .NS xxxx
- IF condition .IF condition
- ELSE .EL
- End IF .EI
-
-
-
- Fig 16.5 - Print Dot Commands Part 2
- .tc1 Fig 16.5 - Print Dot Commands Part 2 ..................#
-
-
- The dot commands pertaining to Mail Merge, Tables of Contents &
- Indexes are discussed in other chapters. The other commands are
- discussed on the following pages.
-
- .CP8
- .tc Include File ...................................#
- Include File
- .ixInclude File;Include file during printing
- .ix Include file
-
- .RR L ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! R
- Files that you print (or generate tables of contents or indexes) can
- include other files, which can in turn include others, up to 5
- levels deep. This is very useful for writing large documents,
- because it permits them to be broken up into separate chapters which
- can be put together at print time.
-
- .CP3
- The format of the command is
-
- .FI filename comment
-
- .ixDot Commands; .FI - Include File
- The file name is mandatory, but the comment is optional. If present,
- it must be separated from the file name by a space. The file will be
- printed in place of the .FI line.
-
- The included file can include others, which may in turn include
- others, up to a maximum of 5 levels. This means that
-
- 1 A includes B
- 2 which Includes C
- 3 which includes D
- 4 which includes E
- 5 which includes F
-
- You can have as many file includes in a document as you like. This
- means that you can break your large documents down into chapters,
- tables of contents and indexes, and then break large chapters down
- into smaller parts.
-
- Including Files is also discussed in chapter 8.
-
- .CP5
- .ix Printing
- .ixPrint Formatting;Print Formatting
- .ix Page Offset
- .ixPage Offset;Page Offset
- .tc Page Offset ....................................#
- Page Offset
-
- The printed page can be offset to the right by having a left margin,
- or by specifying a Page Offset. This allows room for binding down
- the left edge.
-
- .ixDot Commands; .PO - Page Offset
- .ixDot Commands; .PO O - Page Offset Even pages
- .ixDot Commands; .PO E - Page Offset Odd Pages
- The format is
-
- .PO n offset for all pages
- .PO O n offset for Odd pages
- .PO E n offset for Even pages
-
- where n is a number which may be zero. The first format sets the
- same offset for all pages, which the second and third set offsets
- for Odd and Even numbered pages respectively. This later function is
- useful where a document is to be printed on both sides of the page.
-
- .tc Start New Page .................................#
- Start New Page
- .ix Page breaks
- .ixPage Breaks;Page Breaks
-
- A page break is a division between two pages. If you have Page
- breaks set ON it's shown on screen as û¯ on the right hand side of
- the screen. It appears on the line that will print on the new page.
-
- A Start New Page command means that all text on the lines that
- follow it will be printed on a subsequent page. Word Fugue will
- automatically break up printing into the amount that will fit on a
- page, but sometimes you may need to over-ride that to ensure that
- for example a table always appears on a single page, or that a
- paragraph does not print separated from its heading, or that the
- first or last line of a paragraph does not appear on a separate
- page.
-
- .ixDot Commands; .PA - Page break
- .ixDot Commands; .PB E - Page break with blank page if Even page
- .ixDot Commands; .PB O - Page break with blank page if Odd page
- .ixDot Commands; .CP - Conditional page break
- .ixDot Commands; .CP O - page break if odd page
- .ixDot Commands; .CP E - page break if even page
- .CP8
- The format is
-
- .PA start new page
- .PB O text blank next page if Odd
- .PB E text Blank next page if Even
- .CP n new page if less than
- n lines
- .CP O new page if Odd
- .CP E new page if Even
-
- The .PA command always starts a new page. All the other command are
- Conditional page breaks.
-
- The .PB command will always throw a page break, and optionally print
- another page that is blank, depending on whether the page number is
- ODD or EVEN. In addition, if the O or E is followed by text, that
- text will be printed centred in the blank page. The text will not
- be printed unless a blank page is printed.
-
- eg .PB O THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK
-
- If the current page number is ODD, a blank page will be printed,
- with the text THIS PAGE INTENTIONALLY LEFT BLANK centred on the
- page.
-
- If the page number is even, a page break will be taken.
-
- .ix Printing
- .ixPrint Formatting;Print Formatting
- .ixConditional;Conditional Page Breaks
- .ix Conditional Page Breaks
- In either case, the next page to have printing will be an odd
- numbered page. (Think about it if this puzzles you).
-
- The converse is true for the .PB E command.
-
- The .CP n command will start a new page if less than n lines remain
- on this page. If more lines remain, the command is ignored.
-
- eg .CP 5
-
- will start a new page if there are 4 lines remaining on
- the current page. If there are 5 lines remaining, the command will
- be ignored.
-
- The .CP O command will start a new page if the page number is Odd,
- otherwise the command is ignored. The .CP E command will start a new
- page if the page number is Even, otherwise the command is ignored.
-
- .tc Page Numbers ...................................#
- Page Numbers
- .ix Page Numbers
- .ixPage Numbers;Page Numbers
-
- Word Fugue keeps track of a document's page numbers during editing
- (if Page Breaks are ON) and during printing (regardless of what Page
- Breaks is set to). The first page of a document is always page
- number one, and subsequent pages are numbered sequentially.
-
- To change the page number that will be printed on a page (and
- subsequent pages), use the .PN dot command.
- .ixDot Commands; .PN - Set page number
- .ixPage Numbers; Set page number (.PN)
- .ixPage Numbers; Changing (.PN)
-
- eg .PN 15
-
- will set the page number to 15, and subsequent pages will be
- numbered sequentially from 15. Note that if you refer to the page
- number before the line containing the .PN command, the old page
- number will be used, because the new page number does not come into
- effect until the .PN command is processed.
-
- .ixDot Commands; .PG - Print page numbers
- The default for Word Fugue is not to print page numbers unless you
- specify to. This can be done by referring to page numbers in heading
- of footer lines, or by the .PG command. This command tells Word
- Fugue to print the page number at the bottom of the page. (If you
- have not specified a footer or header that refers to page number).
- To print the page number in your own header or footer, use the
- character # at the spot where you want the page number to print. The
- default position for Word fugue to print page numbers automatically
- is column 33.
-
- .ixDot Commands; .PC - page number column for .PG
- The column for automatic page numbers can be changed by the .PC
- command. Type the command followed by the column number you want
- page numbers printed in.
-
- eg .PC 28
-
- will print page numbers in column 28. This only applies to automatic
- page numbers - if you specify a spot for the page number in a footer
- or header, then that spot is used.
-
-
- .ix Printing
- .ixPrint Formatting;Print Formatting
- .ix Page Numbers
- .ixPage Numbers;Page Numbers
- .ixDot Commands; .OP - omit page numbers
- Automatic page numbering can be turned off again by use of the .OP
- command. This Omits the automatic printing of page numbers until
- turned back on again. This only applies to automatic page numbers -
- if you specify page numbering in a footer or header, then page
- numbers will continue to print.
-
- .ixDot Commands; .PT - Page number Type
- .ix Page Number Style (.PT)
- .ixPage Numbers; Page Number Style (.PT)
- The style of page number can be set to be other than numbers by use
- of the .PT command. The internal page number is converted into the
- specified format.
-
- eg .PT x
- where x = N or n - numeric (default)
- R - Roman Uppercase
- r - roman lowercase
- A - Alphabetic uppercase
- a - alphabetic lowercase
-
- .PT r
-
- will print page numbers as lowercase roman letters. IE page number 3
- will print as iii, while
-
- .PT A
-
- will print page number 3 as C.
-
- .ixPage Numbers; Page Number Style .PT
- This is useful for special numbering of tables of contents,
- appendices or indexes.
-
-
- .tc Vertical Print Margins .........................#
- Vertical Print Margins
- .ix Vertical Print Margins
-
- .tc Page Length .................................#
- Page Length
- .ix Page Length
- .ixDot Commands; .PL - Page Length
-
- Page length is the total number of lines on a page. At the default
- of 6 lines per inch, a standard 11 inch page (USA Standard) has 66
- lines, which is the Word Fugue default page length. A standard A4
- page (European Standard) is 11 2/3 lines long, and fits 70 lines per
- page.
-
- .CP5
- The number of lines that actually print is determined by the page
- length in combination with the top and bottom margins. With all the
- defaults - 66 lines per page, top margin 5 lines and bottom margin 4
- lines, the actual number of lines in the text body of the page is
- 66 - 5 - 4 = 57 lines, not including the headers and footers.
-
- The default lines per page can be changed from the Margins sub menu
- of the Options menu, and can be set to any positive value. This
- value can be over-ridden by the .PL dot command. For example .PL 84
- gives a page length of 84 lines, the number on a legal size
- (14-inch) page. This command also sends a command to the printer to
- tell it what the new page length is - stored in the "Page length in
- Lines" slot in the Printer Definition file.
-
- .ixDot Commands; .PL - Page Length
- .PL will send a sequence to the printer as follows:
-
- If the page length entry is not empty, the sequence will be
- sent. Otherwise nothing will be sent.
-
- If the sequence includes a '#', it will be replaced by the
- decimal equivalent of the number following the .PL command. Thus
- .PL 70 with a sequence of <esc>C# would send <esc>CF to the
- printer. F is the printable equivalent of decimal 070. If the
- number is bigger than one character, the low byte comes first
- thus <esc>Cmn where the number = m + 256*n.
-
- If the sequence includes a '$' sign, it will be replaced by the
- character representation of the number itself. Thus .PL70 with a
- sequence of |PL$. would send |PL70. to the printer.
-
- .cp6
- .ix Printing
- .ixPrint Formatting;Print Formatting
- .tc Line Height .................................#
- Line Height
-
- .ixDot Commands; .LH - Line Height
- .ix Line Height
- Changing the top or bottom margin alters the number of lines of text
- that can be printed on a page, as does changing the number of lines
- per inch. Smaller margins and more lines per inch mean more lines
- that can be printed on a page.
-
- The lines per inch is set by the .LH command. (Alternatively, you
- can set up an unused print command to set a special lines per inch
- command). The format is
-
- .LH n line height in n/48ths of an inch
- .LH n/m line height in n/mths of an inch
-
- For example .LH 16 gives 3 lines per inch, since the line height is
- 16/48ths of an inch. This will print a document double spaced. The
- /m is optional, but is used if your printer uses a different
- stepping than the default 48th inch. This is necessary for Word
- Fugue to calculate the correct number of lines that will fit on the
- page. Word Fugue sends the sequence found in the "Line Height" slot
- of the Printer Definition File followed by the value of n in exactly
- the same manner that the .PL command does. That means that you
- should have either a # character or a $ character included in the
- sequence, and it will be replaced by a number.
-
- .cp21
- .ix Printing
- .ixPrint Formatting;Print Formatting
- .ixDot Commands; .LH - Line Height
- .ix Line Height
- The chart below (fig 16.6) shows how different settings for the .LH
- command affect the number of lines per inch in the printout.
-
-
- Command Lines/inch
-
- .LH 5 9.6
- .LH 6 8
- .LH 7 6.8
- .LH 8 6
- .LH 12/72 6 (in 72nds of an inch)
- .LH 6/72 12
- .LH 27/216 8
- .LH 12 4 (one & a half spacing)
- .ixDouble;Double Spaced Text (.LH)
- .LH 16 3 (Double spaced text)
- .LH 24 2 (Triple line spacing)
-
-
- Fig 16.6 - Sample Line Heights and Equivalent Lines per Inch
- .tc1 Fig 16.6 - Line Heights and Equivalent Lines per Inch .#
-
-
- .tc Line Width ..................................#
- Line Width
-
- .ixDot Commands; .LW - Line Width
- You can also change the width of the line by the use of dot
- commands. the .LW command sets the width in characters. For example
- .LW 120 tells Word Fugue that the line width from now on is 120
- characters. It also sends the print sequence in the "Line width"
- slot in the printer definition file to the printer, followed by the
- decimal value of the number that followed the line width command, in
- exactly the same manner as the .PL command does.
-
- .tc Margins .....................................#
- Margins
-
- .CP5
- The top and bottom margins affect printing by changing where the
- page breaks go. They do not show on the screen. To find out how many
- lines will print on a page, subtract the top and bottom margins from
- the page length. For example 66 lines minus 5 top margin minus 4
- bottom margin gives 57 lines of text.
-
- .ixDot Commands; .MT - Margin at Top
- .ixDot Commands; .MB - Margin at Bottom
- .ix Margins
- .ix .MT - Margin at Top
- .ix .MB - Margin at Bottom
- .ixMargins ; Top margin (.MT)
- .ixMargins ; Bottom margin (.MB)
- To change the Top margin, use the .MT dot command, and follow it by
- the number of lines in the margin. For example .MT 4 sets the top
- margin to 4 lines. The bottom margin is set by the .MB command in
- the same fashion.
-
- .CP5
- Headers and Footers also have margins. The header margin is the
- number of blank lines between the top of the page and the first
- heading line. The footer margin is the number of lines between the
- bottom of the page and the last footer line.
-
- .ixDot Commands; .HM - Header Margin
- .ixDot Commands; .FM - Footer Margin
- .IX Header margin (.HM)
- .ix Footer Margin (.FM)
- .ix .HM - Header Margin
- .ix .FM - Footer Margin
- .ixHM;.HM - Header Margin
- .ixFM;.FM - Footer Margin
- .ixMargins ; Header (.HM)
- .ixMargins ; Footer (.FM)
- The header margin is set by the .HM command, while the footer
- margin is set by the .FM command. In each case follow the command by
- the number of lines in the margin. Refer to fig 16.7 below for more
- information about the relationship between the margins and the page.
-
-
- .cp25
- .ix Printing
- .ixPrint Formatting;Print Formatting
-
- ⁄ƒƒƒƒƒ> …ÕÕÕÕ—ÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕ—ÕÕÕÕÕÕª
- ≥ ∫ ≥ √ƒƒƒƒƒƒ∫ƒ .MT
- ≥ .HMƒ∫ƒƒƒƒ¥ ≥ ∫
- ≥ ∫ Header line ≥ ∫
- ≥ ∫ ⁄ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒ¡ø ∫
- ≥ ∫ ≥adfhd sdf sdf sdf df≥ ∫
- ≥ ∫ ≥df asdf sdf sdf fff ≥ ∫
- ≥ ∫ ≥asdfdf asdf sad sdff≥ ∫
- ≥ ∫ ≥asdf asdf sdf asdffd≥ ∫
- ≥ ∫ ≥asdfas⁄ƒƒƒƒƒƒøf sadf≥ ∫
- .PL ƒ¥ ∫ ≥asdf a≥ TEXT ≥sdfsdf≥ ∫
- ≥ ∫ ≥asdf a¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒŸsddfa ≥ ∫
- ≥ ∫ ≥asdf asdfasdf ass sd≥ ∫
- ≥ ∫ ≥asdf asdfa asdf assf≥ ∫
- ≥ ∫ ≥asdf asdf asdf asdf ≥ ∫
- ≥ ∫ ¿ƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒƒŸ ∫
- ≥ ∫ Footer line ≥ ∫
- ≥ ∫ ≥ √ƒƒƒƒƒƒ∫ƒ .MB
- ≥ .FMƒ∫ƒƒƒƒ¥ ≥ ∫
- ¿ƒƒƒƒƒ> »ÕÕÕÕœÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕÕœÕÕÕÕÕÕº
-
-
- Fig 16.7 - Diagram of Vertical Print Margins
- .tc1 Fig 16.7 - Diagram of Vertical Print Margins ..........#
-
-
- ˛ MT must be greater than HM for the header to print
- ˛ MB must be greater than FM for the footer to print
- ˛ PL must be greater that MT + MB
- ˛ if MT = 0 or MB = 0 then no pagination occurs.
- ˛ Default page numbers do not appear if FO or F1 is used.
-
-
- .CP5
- .tc Headings and Footers ...........................#
- Headings and Footers
-
- A footing (or footer) is special text that prints at the bottom of
- every page. A heading (or header) is special text that prints at the
- top of every page. You can define up to 3 lines of heading and 3
- lines of footers for your text. You can use different headings in
- different parts of your file, and you can turn them off.
-
- To define heading and footers, use the commands below in your text.
- .ixDot Commands; .HE - Heading
- .ixDot Commands; .H1 - Heading line 1
- .ixDot Commands; .H2 - Heading line 2
- .ixDot Commands; .H3 - Heading line 3
- .ixDot Commands; .FO - Footer
- .ixDot Commands; .F1 - Footer line 1
- .ixDot Commands; .F2 - Footer line 2
- .ixDot Commands; .F3 - Footer line 3
- .ix .HE - Heading
- .ix .H1 - Heading line 1
- .ix .H2 - Heading line 2
- .ix .H3 - Heading line 3
- .ix .FO - Footer
- .ix .F1 - Footer line 1
- .ix .F2 - Footer line 2
- .ix .F3 - Footer line 3
- .ixHeaders; Dot commands for (.HE,.H1,.H2,.H3)
- .ixFooters; Dot commands for (.FO,.F1,.F2,.F3)
- .ixHeaders; Defining
- .ixFooters; Defining
-
- .CP5
- .HE or .H1 header line 1
- .H2 header line 2
- .H3 header line 3
- .FO or .F1 footer line 1
- .F2 footer line 2
- .F3 footer line 3
-
-
- To turn a footer or header off, type the dot command with no text
- following. It will print as blank. To put a blank line between two
- headings or footers, type .F1 (or .H1) and the text for the first
- line. For the blank line, type .F2 ( or .H2) and the Enter key. For
- the third line, type .F3 (or .H3) and the text for the last line.
-
-
-
- Insert current page number #
- Ignore following spaces on even pages <CtrlP><CtrlK>
- Take next character literally \
- Invoke printing functions @
-
-
- Fig 16.8 - Special Codes within Headers and Footers
- .tc1 Fig 16.8 - Special Codes within Headers and Footers ...#
- .ix Printing
- .ixPrint Formatting;Print Formatting
- .ix Headers & Footers
- .ix Footers & Headers
-
-
- .ixHeaders; Page numbers in
- .ixFooters; Page numbers in
- To include the page number in a header or footer, use the #
- character. For example .FO page # prints as Page 1 on the first
- page. To print the # character itself, use the | character. For
- example .HE Draft |#2 prints as Draft #2. To print a | in a header
- or footer, use two bars together (||).
-
- .ixHeaders; Print controls in
- .ixFooters; Print controls in
- You can use print controls such as Ctrl P B (bolding) or Ctrl P S
- (underlining) in footers and headings. These print features will
- print independently of whatever print features are active in the
- text body - Word Fugue turns off all active print features before
- printing a heading or footer, and then turns them back on again.
-
- .ixHeaders; Alternating left & right (^P^K)
- .ixFooters; Alternating left & right (^P^K)
- To produce alternating left and right footers and headings, use the
- Ctrl P K command on the footer and heading lines. Press Ctrl P K
- and then use the Spacebar to space over to where you want the text
- to start on the right hand (odd numbered) page. Then type the
- heading or footer text. The spaces following the Ctrl PK up to the
- text will print on odd numbered pages, but not on even numbered
- pages. Any spaces before the Ctrl P K will print on both pages.
-
- On the printed page, the character immediately following the dot
- command is the first character of the heading or footer, and will
- print in column one. If you want the heading or footer to commence
- in column one, type the text immediately after the dot command with
- no intervening spaces (.F1text).
-
- .CP5
- Additional print functions (see below for a discussion of print
- functions) can be invoked in a heading or footer line. Print
- functions start with an @ character. Thus to print an @ character in
- your heading or footer, you must prefix it with a vertical bar (|@).
-
- The heading and footer print within the top or bottom margin, they
- do not count as lines of text. See Fig 16.2 above.
-
- .cp15
- .tc Print Functions ................................#
- .ix Printing
- .ixPrint Formatting;Print Formatting
- .ix Print Functions
- Print Functions
-
- Print functions feature an @ character followed 1, 2 or 3
- characters. In headers or footers, simply insert the print function
- where you want it to print.
-
- In the text body, you must enclose the print functions in special
- brackets:
-
- {. to start interpretation
- and } to stop interpretation.
-
- - return the time in format:
-
- @T0 HH:MM military - 24 hour clock
- @T1 HH:MM:SS " "
- @T2 HH:MM XX where XX = AM or PM (12 hour clock)
- @T3 HH:MM:SS XX where XX = AM or PM " " "
-
- - return the date in format:
-
- @D0 MMM DD, YYYY
- @D1 DD/MM/YY
- @D2 DD/MM/YYYY
- @D3 MM/DD/YY
- @D4 MM/DD/YYYY
- @D5 YYYY/MM/DD
- @D6 DD MMM YYYY
- @D7 dayname, DD MMM YYYY
- @D8 DD month YYYY
-
- - return the name of the file being printed
-
- @F0 full path name\filename
- @F1 filename.ext
-
- - return appropriately formatted level number
-
- @L1 to @L9 - refer to chapter 14 for more information on
- printing level numbers.
-
- .CP10
- .tc Mark Changes in Left Margin ....................#
- Mark Changes in Left Margin
-
- .ev @M1
- Changes are marked in the left margin with a | symbol. This is
- useful if you have a manual that is revised from time to time - it
- is customary to issue revised pages with markings in the left margin
- indicating new text, as this paragraph shows.
- .ev @m0
-
- .ixDot Commands; .EV - evaluate print functions
- Start marking text in margin .EV @M1
- Stop Marking text in margin .EV @M0
-
- These commands are also print functions and can be included in the
- text body as such. In this case they will take effect from the line
- following the line they are in.
-
- .RRL ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! ! R
- .CP6
- .tc Selecting Printer Definition Files .................#
- Selecting Printer Definition Files
-
- The definition of control sequences for a given printer are stored in
- a file with the name set to something similar to the printer, and the
- extension set to .PDF. Editing those sequences has been covered above.
-
- Most of those files apply to physical printers. If you do not see your
- printer name among the list, then it will emulate one of those in the
- list. You should consult your printer manual to determine what
- printers it emulates.
-
- The most common ones are:
-
- Epson
- IBM Proprinter
- HP Laserjet
-
- If your printer does not appear to be supported, contact Fugue
- Software or your local distributor to see which PDF should be used. In
- the unlikely event that your printer is not supported, Fugue Software
- will configure a printer driver for you, providing you are prepared to
- send us either your printer manual (we will return it) or a photocopy
- of the section that specifies the printer control sequences. The
- driver will be supplied free of charge.
-
- .tc Special Printer Definition Files ...................#
- Special Printer Definition Files
-
- In addition to the normal PDFs, (ie those applying to physical
- printers) there are 2 others for special purposes.
-
- .tc Print Preview ...................................#
- Print Preview
-
- You can obtain a preview of your print by selecting PREVIEW.PDF as
- the printer definition file, and by changing the device to File. You
- will be prompted for the file name. When you request printing to
- start, the printed output will be written to the file you specified.
-
- When printing finishes, you can load this file into Word Fugue to
- see how the printed output will look. The various fonts will show
- on screen as they would normally, in different colours or shades of
- grey (depending on your monitor and card). The headers and footers
- will appear at the start and end of the pages, snaking columns will
- appear side by side, and so on.
-
- .tc Quick Link Fax ..................................#
- Quick Link Fax
-
- If you use a fax card that comes with Quick Link 2 FaxTM software from
- Smith Micro Software Inc, then you can use a similar technique for
- producing a .CAP file for input to the fax process.
-
- The PDF to choose is QL2FAX.PDF, which includes standard Epson codes
- that the fax software will recognise. It also included the
- appropriate information to permit QL2FAX to recognise the file as a
- CAP file.
-
- .CP5
- Select Device and set it to file. When you are prompted for a file
- name, choose one that does not currently exist. You should set the
- extension to .CAP
-
- If you plan to use the QL2FAX .FILE= command, then you must take
- precautions to prevent Word Fugue from attempting to interpret this
- command as a .FI command, and thus not writing it to the output
- file. You should either
-
- - change the dot command prefix to something else like @, and
- prefix all your dot commands with this character instead of a
- dot so that .PA becomes @PA, and .FI becomes @FI. In this case,
- all print functions embedded in the text in {. } must be changed
- so that the they are embedded in {@ } instead.
-
- or
-
- - indent the .FILE= command in at say character position 2, which
- will prevent Word Fugue from recognising the .FILE= as a .FI
- command. The .FILE= command should be the only thing on the
- line, or QL2FAX will not properly recognise it as a file merge
- command. In this case, be careful if you have text on the line
- above or below the .FILE= command, since any paragraph
- formatting will draw that command into the text above or below,
- and prevent QL2FAX from properly recognising the command.
- {.Œ}
- .tc Ascii Print .....................................#
- Ascii Print
-
- You can obtain a disk file corresponding to an Ascii print of you
- document (ie without any special fonts or printer control sequences)
- by printing to a file and selecting ASCII.PDF This will give you
- all the headers and footers in the right places, which is different
- from the Export Ascii command. This is useful if you wish to issue a
- disk version of documentation.