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"█═┴╩╧╥╫╥╔╘┼ ╔╬╙╘╥╒├╘╔╧╬╙
"_█BY: ═AJOR ─OUG
"_
"_█├╧╠╧╥╙:
"_└
"_└─EFAULT COLORS ARE YELLOW FOR TEXT AND BLACK FOR THE BACKGROUND.
"_╘HE MENU INCLUDES AN OPTION FOR CHANGING THEM. ┘OU MAY CHANGE THE
"DEFAULT BY LISTING LINES 1 AND 2 AND CHANGING 'B' TO THE DESIRED
"BACKGROUND COLOR CODE AND 'T' TO THE DESIRED TEXT COLOR CODE. ╘HE
" CODES MAY BE FOUND IN THE USERS MANUAL.
"_┘OU CAN ALSO SELECT THE '╞' FOR ╞IX THINGS OPTION (SEE BELOW) AND  ENTER ┼SC ╥ OR
"┼SC ╬ TO ACHIEVE REVERSE AND NORMAL MODES. ╔T CAN BE    A REFRESHING CHANGE.
"_└
"_█═┼╬╒:
"_└
"_╘HE ═AIN ═ENU IS FAIRLY SELF EXPLANATORY. ┴ BRIEF DESCRIPTION
"OF THE USE OF EACH FUNCTION LISTED ON IT FOLLOWS IN THE ORDER LISTED.
"_└
"_█╫╥╔╘┼:
"_└
"_ 1. ╘YPE UNTIL A NEW PARAGRAPH IS WANTED. ╫ORDWRAP IS AUTOMATIC. ╨RESS
"RETURN FOR A NEW PARGRAPH.
"_ 2. ├URSOR RIGHT IS A 5 SPACE TAB. ├URSOR LEFT, DELETE AND INSERT
"KEYS ALL ACT AS A BACKSPACE-DELETE.
"_ 3. ╤UOTE KEY PRINTS AS A '. ├HANGE CHARACTER LATER IF A REAL QUOTE
"IS DESIRED.
"_ 4. ╚EADERS: ╙TART A LINE WITH FUNCTION KEY ╞1 IF YOU DON'T WANT IT AFFECTED BY JUSTIFICATION OR DOUBLE SPACES.
"╒SE ╞2 TO CENTER A LINE AND ╞5 TO PLACE IT ON THE FAR RIGHT. ╔F LEFT JUSTIFICATION IS WANTED ON THESE THEN PAD THE
"SHORTER LINES WITH SPACES TO EQUAL THE LONGEST. ┼ND THESE SPACES WITH A QUOTE MARK IF EDITING.
"_┼NTER AN ╞1, RETURN, AFTER THE LAST HEADER LINE IF YOU WANT A SPACE
"BETWEEN IT AND THE FOLLOWING LINE.
"_ 5. ═ARGINS: ╘HE ╠, ╙ AND ╬ ON THE PRINT BAR SHOW WHERE ╙MALL, ╠ARGE AND
"╬O MARGIN SETTING LINES WILL END WHEN VIEWED OR PRINTED.
"_ 6. ╨RESS THE ESCAPE KEY WHEN FINISHED. ╘HE LAST LINE TYPED
"MUST BE ENDED WITH A RETURN BEFORE THE ESC KEY IS PRESSED OR THE LINE
"WILL NOT BE ENTERED.
"_ 8. ─OUBLE SPACING IS NOT REQUIRED WHEN WRITING. ╔T CAN BE SET WITH
"THE ═ARGIN ETC. COMMAND FOR PRINTING AND VIEWING. ┘OU MAY WANT TO ENTER
"DOUBLE SPACING WHEN WRITING IF IT IS ANTICIPATED THAT THE FILE WILL
"BE USED WITH OTHER WORD PROCESSORS.
"_└
"_█┼─╔╘:
"_└
"_╘HE EDIT FUNCTIONS SLOW DOWN AS THE NUMBER OF LINES IN MEMORY INCREASE.
"─ON'T GET IMPATIENT.
"_ 1. ╨AGE: ┘OU CAN PRESS '+' FOR THE NEXT PAGE WHICH WILL DISPLAY THE
"NEXT 10 LINES.  ┴ '-' DISPLAYS THE PREVIOUS 10.  ┘OU MAY TOGGLE ONE LINE
"AT A TIME BY USING THE UP AND DOWN CURSOR KEYS AT TOP OR BOTTOM OF
"THE SCREEN. ╘HE ├╠╥/╚╧═┼ KEY WILL RETURN TO THE FIRST PAGE, ╙HIFT ├╠╥/╚╧═┼
"WILL ADVANCE TO THE LAST PAGE.
"_ 2. ┼DIT: ┴FTER ENTERING EDIT MODE CURSOR UP OR DOWN
"TO THE LINE TO BE CHANGED.
" ╨RESS RIGHT CURSOR TO ENTER EDIT MODE AND MAKE CHANGES AS DESIRED.
"╨RESS RETURN WHEN FINISHED. ┴N ENTRY CAN BE ONLY 2 LINES LONG BUT IF
"YOU OVERSHOOT THE PROGRAM WILL WARN YOU AND THE ORIGINAL LINE WILL BE
"RESTORED.
"_╘HE UP AND DOWN CURSORS ARE OPERATIVE IN EDIT MODE. ╔F YOU SHOULD
"STRAY FROM THE LINE TO BE EDITED CURSOR BACK TO IT BEFORE PRESSING
"RETURN OR YOU MAY GET UNDESIREABLE RESULTS.
"_╔F YOU SHOULD MESS UP WHEN EDITING A LINE YOU CAN EXIT BY PRESSING
"╥ETURN THEN PRESS '╙' FOR SWAP AND THE LINE WILL BE RESTORED.
"_─O NOT USE ACTUAL QUOTE MARKS IN EDIT MODE. ╔F NEEDED THEN USE SOME
"OTHER SYMBOL AND CHANGE THE CHARACTER LATER. ╔F YOU DO ENTER A QUOTE
"YOU WILL BE WARNED AND THE LINE WILL BE SHORTENED. ╨RESS '╙' FOR SWAP
"AND THE ORIGINAL LINE WILL BE RESTORED.
"_╒SE THE _ CHARACTER AT THE START OF A LINE FOR A PARAGRAPH.
"╒SE _ ON A LINE BY ITSELF FOR SPACING BETWEEN LINES OF TEXT. ╒SE THE
"╞1, ╞2 AND ╞3 KEYS AS EXPLAINED UNDER '╫╥╔╘┼:' AS REQUIRED FOR HEADERS.
"_ 3. ╔NSERT: ├URSOR TO THE LINE THAT YOU WANT TO INSERT ┴╞╘┼╥
"AND PRESS THE ╔ KEY. ┘OU
"WILL THEN BE ABLE TO TYPE 10 LINES OF ADDITIONAL TEXT. ╒SE THE SAME
"RULES AS FOR WRITING. ╔F MORE THAN 10 LINES ARE NEEDED THEN INSERT
"THEM AFTER THE LAST NEW LINE.
"_ 4. ─ELETE: ├URSOR TO THE LINE TO BE DELETED AND PRESS THE ─ KEY
"TWICE. ╘HE DELAY IS TO ALLOW YOU TO CHANGE YOUR MIND AND TO PROTECT
"FROM ACCIDENTAL KEY PRESSES. ╔F YOU NEED MANY LINES DELETED THEN
"GO TO THE ═AIN ═ENU, SELECT THE '┌ERO MEMORY' OPTION AND FOLLOW THE PROMPTS.
"_ 5. ╙WAP: ┴NY TIME YOU ENTER A LINE WITH CURSOR RIGHT AND EXIT IT
"WITH RETURN, IT IS STORED IN SWAP MEMORY. ╘O SWAP ONE LINE FOR ANOTHER
"ENTER AND EXIT THE LINE TO SWAP, CURSOR TO THE LINE TO BE SWAPPED FOR
"AND PRESS THE ╙ KEY. ╘HE LINES WILL BE EXCHANGED. ├URSOR BACK TO THE
"ORIGINAL LINE AND PRESS ╙ AGAIN.
"_╔F YOU WISH TO RELOCATE SEVERAL LINES THEN INSERT THE CORRECT NUMBER
"OF DUMMY LINES AT THE DESIRED NEW LOCATION AND SWAP ONE LINE AT A
"TIME. ┴FTER SWAPPING YOU CAN DELETE THE LINES AT THE ORIGINAL LOCATION.
"_╔F YOU SHOULD INADVERTANTLY PRESS THE ╙ KEY AND SWAP A LINE JUST PRESS
"╙ AGAIN AND IT WILL BE RESTORED.
"_└
"_█├╚┴╬╟┼ ├╚┴╥┴├╘┼╥:
"_└
"_╘HIS FUNCTION ALLOWS YOU TO USE DUMMY SYMBOLS SUCH A \, ^, * ETC FOR THOSE
"SUCH AS CURSOR MOVEMENTS, INSERT/DELETE, QUOTE MARKS ETC AND CHANGE THE
"DUMMIES TO THE REAL THING BEFORE VIEWING OR PRINTING.
"_
"_┴CTUAL QUOTES WILL VIEW, PRINT AND SAVE ╧╦ BUT CAUSE DIFFUCULTY WHEN
" LOADING OR EDITING. ┘OU CAN LOAD FILES CONTAINING THEM USING ╟ENERIC MODE.
"═ORE ABOUT THAT UNDER '╙AVE'.
"_┘OU MAY DELETE A CHARACTER BY ENTERING ╙HIFT-╙PACE AS THE CHARACTER
"THE ORIGINAL IS TO BE CHANGED TO.
"_└
"_█═┴╥╟╔╬╙ ┼TC.
"_└
"_ 1. ╘HIS FUNCTION ALLOWS YOU TO CHANGE FORM LENGTH, MARGINS, JUSTIFICATIO
"ATION, DOUBLE SPACING AND KEY REPEAT.  ╘HE PROMPTS WILL GUIDE YOU AND
"NO FURTHER EXPLANATION IS NECESSARY.
"_╘HE 4 LINE TOP MARGIN DEFAULT IS BASED ON SETTING THE TOP OF THE PAPER EVEN
"WITH THE ROLLERS ON AN ┼PSON ╚OME ╫RITER 10. ╔T CAN BE ADJUSTED FROM
"THE ═ARGIN ETC. FUNCTION AND FROM THE ╓IEW AND ╨RINT FUNCTIONS AS NECESSARY
"FOR OTHER PRINTERS.
"_╘HE TOP MARGIN DEFAULT OF 4 CAN BE CHANGED BY LISTING LINE 1 AND CHANGING
"'TF' (TOP OF FORM), TO THE NUMBER OF SPACES DESIRED.
"_ 2. ┘OU WILL BE ABLE TO CHANGE PAGE LENGTH (LINES PER PAGE) EACH TIME
"YOU VIEW OR PRINT.
"_└
"_█╓╔┼╫:
"_└
"_ 1. ╨AGES: ╫HEN YOU ENTER ╓IEW YOU WILL BE ASKED WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT
"PAGES. ╘HIS IS HANDY FOR CHECKING OUT HOW THE DOCUMENT WILL PRINT AND
"AVOID SUCH THINGS AS THE LAST WORD IN A PARAGRAPH STARTING A NEW PAGE.
"_ 2. ═ARGINS: ┘OU WILL ALSO BE ABLE TO ADD SPACES TO THE TOP MARGIN. ┘OU CAN RETURN TO THE MENU AND ADJUST
"THE SIDE MARGINS, DOUBLE SPACING ETC. USING THE ═ARGIN COMMAND.
"╘HE SETTINGS YOU CHOOSE WILL BE USED WHEN PRINTING UNLESS YOU CHANGE
"THEM AT THAT TIME.
"_╘HE LAST SETTINGS YOU CHOOSE WILL BE SAVED WITH THE FILE.
"_ 3. ╠INE ╬UMBERS: ┘OU WILL BE ASKED IF YOU WANT LINE NUMBERS. ╔F
"YOU SELECT '┘' FOR YES THEN THE ╘┼╪╘ LINE NUMBERS WILL BE SHOWN ALONG WITH
"THE TEXT.  ╙OME NUMBERS WILL BE REPEATED AND SOME NOT LISTED. ╘HIS
"IS BECAUSE SEVERAL TEXT LINES MAY BE COMBINED TO FORM ONE SCREEN OR
"PRINT LINE OR PARAGRAPH.
"_╔F YOU USE THIS FEATURE TO SEE WHERE TO START EDITING, ┼NTER THE FIRST
"LINE LISTED FOR THAT PARAGRAPH AS SHOWN ON ╓IEW.
"_╙ET THE MARGINS ON ╙MALL OR ╠ARGE TO MAKE SPACE WHEN USING THIS FEATURE.
"_└
"_█╨╥╔╬╘:
"_█
"_ 1. ╘HE PRINT COMMANDS ARE SIMILAR TO THOSE FOR ╓IEW. ┘OU WILL BE
"ABLE TO MAKE CHANGES IN SUCH THINGS A PAGE LENGTH AND SPACE THE
"TOP MARGIN BEFORE PRINTING.
"_
"_ 2. ╘HE TOP MARGIN DEFAULT IS 4 SPACES. ╔T IS BASED ON THE STANDARD
"PRINTER SETTING OF 6 LINES PER INCH AND THE TOP OF THE PAGE BEING SET
"AT THE TOP OF THE ROLLERS. ┘OU MAY NEED TO USE A DIFFERENT SETTING
"FOR THE TOP OF FORM WITH SOME PRINTERS.
"_╘HE DEFAULT CAN BE CHANGED BY LISTING LINE 1 AND CHANGING 'TF'
"TO THE NUMBER SPACES DESIRED.
"_ 3. ╨AGE NUMBERS IF SELECTED, PRINT ON THE LAST LINE. ╔F
"YOU PLAN  TO USE THEM THEN CHOOSE A PAGE LENGTH ACCORDINGLY.
"_ 4. ┘OU WILL BE ABLE TO LINE FEED THE PAGE, LEAVE IT AS IS OR ADVANCE
"TO THE NEXT PAGE WHEN THE PRINTING IS FINISHED. ╔F YOU PLAN TO ADD
"MORE TO THE DOCUMENT LEAVE IT AS IS.
"_ 5. ╔F YOU WANT DIFFERENT SETTINGS FOR THE FIRST PAGE AND THOSE THAT
"FOLLOW THEN PRINT THE FIRST PAGE BY SELECTING THE LAST LINE (BASED
"ON EDIT LINES) AND AFTER IT IS FINISHED, START OVER AND PRINT THE REST
"STARTING WITH THE NEXT LINE.
"_ 6. ╠INE ╬UMBERS: ╙EE ITEM 3 UNDER ╓IEW. ╘HE SAME RULES APPLY.
"_ 7. ╘HE LAST MARGIN ETC SETTINGS SELECTED WILL BE SAVED WITH THE FILE
"AND WILL BE IN EFFECT THE NEXT TIME IT IS PRINTED UNLESS YOU CHANGE THEM.
"_
"_█╙┴╓┼:
"_└
"_ 1. ┴PPEND: ┘OU WILL BE ASKED WHETHER YOU WISH TO SAVE THE FILE OR
"APPEND IT TO ANOTHER. ╔F YOU CHOOSE ┴ TO APPEND THEN THE FILE WILL
"BE ADDED TO THE END OF A FILE ALREADY ON THE DISK. ┼NTER THE NAME OF
"THAT FILE WHEN THE PROMPT ASKS FOR ╞╔╠┼╬┴═┼.
"_ 2. ╘HE PROGRAM WILL CHECK TO SEE IF ANOTHER FILE OF THE SAME NAME
"AS YOU SELECT IS ON THE DISK. ╔F SO YOU WILL BE GIVEN THE OPPORTUNITY
"TO SCRATCH THE EXISTING FILE AND SAVE THE ONE IM MEMORY UNDER THE SAME
"NAME. ╔F YOU ENTER '╬' FOR NO (THE DEFAULT) YOU WILL BE ASKED FOR
"ANOTHER FILENAME.
"_ 3. ═AJORWRITE OR ╟ENERIC. ┘OU WILL BE ASKED WHETHER THE FILE IS TO BE
"SAVED AS ═AJORWRITE OR ╟ENERIC. ╔F YOU CHOOSE '═' THE FILE WILL BE
"SAVED WITH ALL THE MARGIN DATA AND SPECIAL EDITING SYMBOLS APPLICABLE
"TO THIS WORD PROCESSORS.
"_'═' FILES WILL BE SAVED WITH THE SUFFIX ═. ╟ENERIC FILES WILL BE SAVED
"WITH THE SUFFIX ╟. ┼X: '╞╔╠┼╬┴═┼'╟ OR '╞╔╠┼╬┴═┼'═.
"_─O NOT ENTER THE '╟' OR '═' WHEN ENTERING THE FILENAME FOR DISK COMMANDS.
"╞OR EXAMPLE. ╘O LOAD '╞╔╠╬┴═┼'╟, SIMPLY ENTER, LOAD'╞╔╠┼╬┴═┼'. ╔F UOU
"ENTER THE '═' OR '╟' WITH ANY DISK COMMAND YOU WILL RECIEVE A 'FILE
"NOT FOUND' ERROR.
"_╟ENERIC FILES ARE SIMILAR TO SPOOL FILES EXCEPT ╥ETURNS WILL ALSO
"BE SAVED. ╒SE ╟ENERIC IF YOU PLAN TO USE THE FILE WITH OTHER WORD PROCESSORS,
"┬ULLITEN ┬OARDS ETC.
"_ 4. ╠INES SAVED. ┘OU MAY SAVE JUST A PORTION OF A FILE. ╘HIS FEATURE
"AND THE APPEND AND THE LOAD AND ADD TO MEMORY FEATURES MAKE IT POSSIBLE
"TO CUT AND PASTE AND MANIPULATE TEXT.
"_
"_█╠╧┴─:
"_└
"_ 1. ┘OU WILL BE ASKED WHETHER OR NOT YOU WANT TO CLEAR OUT ANY FILE
"IN MEMORY. ╔F YOU ANSWER '╬' THEN THE NEW FILE WILL BE ADDED TO
"THE END OF THE EXISTING FILE AND THE LINES RENUMBERED ACCORDINGLY.
"_╔F YOU ANSWER '┘' THEN THE OLD FILE WILL BE ERASED BEFORE THE NEW
"ONE IS LOADED.
"_╘HE DEFAULT IS ╬. ╘HIS IS TO PREVENT ACCIDENTAL ERASING OF A FILE
"IN MEMORY.
"_ 2. ═AJORWRITE OR ╟ENERIC PROMPT. ┴NSWER '═' IF YOU ARE GOING TO LOAD
"A FILE WITH THE 'M' SUFFIX. ┴NSWER '╟' IF THE FILE HAS A 'G' OR NO
"SUFFIX.
"_╞ILES WITH NO SUFFIX MAY BE GARBLED WHEN VIEWING DEPENDING ON THE
"WORD PROCESSOR THAT WAS USED TO PRODUCE IT. ╔F THIS HAPPENS THEN YOU
"MAY RETURN TO ═AIN ═ENU, SELECT ╟ FOR GENERIC FILES AND READ, LOAD OR
"PRINT THE FILE THERE.
"_└
"_█╟┼╬┼╥╔├ ╞╔╠┼╙:
"_└
"_╘HIS FUNCTION ALLOWS YOU TO READ, LOAD OR PRINT FILES PRODUCED BY
"OTHER WORD OR DATA PROCESSORS INCLUDING BULLITEN BOARD TERMINAL PROGRAMS.
"_┘OU CAN THEN USE THE EDIT FUNCTION TO CONVERT THEM TO ═AJORWRITE FILES.
"_┘OU CAN USE THE REGULAR SAVE FUNCTION TO SAVE CONVERTED FILES AS '═'
"FILES OR AS IS USING '╟' MODE.
"_└
"_█─╔╥┼├╘╧╥┘:
"_└
"_╬OT MUCH TO SAY, IT JUST LISTS THE DIRECTORY.
"_└
"_█╒╬╔╘- ─╔╙╦ ─╥╔╓┼:
"_└
"_ 1. ├HANGE DEFAULT DRIVE: ╘HE DEFAULT DRIVE NUMBER IS U8. ╘HIS FUNCTION ALLOWS YOU TO CHANGE
"IT TO ANY OTHER FROM 8-15.
"_ 2. ╙WAP DRIVE NUMBERS: ╘HIS FEATURE ALLOWS YOU TO RENUMBER DRIVE
"8 TO DRIVE 9 AND VICE VERSA.
"_└
"_█┌┼╥╧ ═┼═╧╥┘:
"_└
"_╘HIS FEATURE ALLOWS YOU TO CLEAR THE ENTIRE FILE IN MEMORY OR SELECTED
"PORTIONS THEREOF.
"╒SE IT TO CLEAR MEMORY BEFORE WRITING A NEW FILE. ╘HE SELECTED PORTIONS
"OPTION IS HELPFUL FOR EDITING OUT SEVERAL LINES INSTEAD OF USING THE
"EDIT MODE ONE LINE AT A TIME DELETE FEATURE.
"_█╞╔╪ ╘╚╔╬╟╙:
"_└
"_╘HIS FUNCTION WILL EXIT THE PROGRAM WITHOUT DISTURBING MEMORY. ╒SE
"IT WHEN YOU NEED TO SCRATCH OR RENAME FILES OR OTHER DISK WORK, TO LIST PORTIONS
"OF THE PROGRAM, USE ═ETABASIC COMMANDS ETC.
"_╫HEN YOU FINISH PRESS THE ╚ELP KEY AND YOU WILL BE RETURNED TO THE
"═AIN ═ENU WITH NOTHING DISTURBED.
"_└
"_█╙╒══┴╥┘:
"_└
"_╘HE BEST WAY TO LEARN TO USE AND BE COMFORTABLE WITH THIS PROGRAM
", AS WITH ANY, IS TO PRACTICE AND USE IT.
"_╙UGGEST THAT VARIOUS PORTIONS OF THIS DOCUMENT BE SAVED IN SECTIONS
"THEN USED TO CHECK OUT THE LOAD, APPEND, EDIT FUNCTIONS ETC.
"_╘HE EDIT SWAP FUNCTION MAY SEEM TRICKY AT FIRST BUT AFTER TRYING VARIOUS
"THINGS WITH IT YOU WILL SEE THAT IT IS VERY SIMPLE AND VERY HELPFUL.