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- LINE WIDTH DEFINITION
-
- PC-TYPE+ will support files up to 240+ columns in width. If PC-TYPE+
- is configured now the way it was sent to you, the current line length
- would be set to 100. When you specify a desired line length, PC-TYPE+
- will give you AT LEAST that many characters per line, and may give you
- from 1 to 15 additional characters. This is a function of how
- PC-TYPE+ chooses to align information in memory and is a normal
- functioning of the program.
-
- While we stated above that the line length of the copy we sent you was
- set to 100, the actual line length is 111 characters. This line
- length is not obvious if the margins are restricted to one screen.
- Let's change the margins. Press F8 twice to enter the TAB mode. Now
- press the End key to move out to the right margin - back up and change
- the R to a T - press Ctrl Right arrow to go out to column 111 (or
- whatever it is now set to) - type an R and then press the Enter key.
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- PC-TYPE+ should now be set up so that you can go past one screen. Move
- the cursor to the "X" at the end of this line and start typing 20 X
- characters. Notice that each time you get to the border area, the
- screen will shift a few spaces. (three spaces if you left this default
- the way we sent it to you.).
-
- You may set how far the screen jumps. If you are in ANSI or BIOS mode
- for screen display, we suggest that you set this width fairly wide
- because it takes so long to refresh the screen. In Direct to Screen
- mode, however, it may be set fairly small and still operate quickly.
-
- NOTE: No changes you make to the number of spaces to be skipped when
- the cursor reaches the border, nor the line width will become
- effective during the PC-TYPE+ session in which they are changed.
- You must first make the changes permanent (see HELP file
- DFLTS_SV), exit PC-TYPE+, and then re-enter.
-
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- CHANGING the LINE WIDTH and SKIP FACTOR
-
- These options may be changed by:
-
- (1) Entering the MODIFY DEFAULTS panel by pressing F8 and then F2
- (2) Moving the Option Selection Bar to the field entitled
- "Line Attributes" by pressing the TAB key
- (3) Pressing the F10 key to enter the sub-panel
- (4) Modifying the Line Length and/or Horizontal Displacement data
- as desired
- (5) Pressing F10
- (6) Making the changes permanent.
-
- An alternative method for changing the line length is to use the
- /WIDTH-n parameter when starting PC-TYPE+. (See the HELP file
- "INP_PRMS" for more details on this parameter.)
-
-
- Press F4 to Return to the HELP Menu
-