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We're making changes
Clearlook 1.7 is the next stepping stone on the path from Clearlook 1.0, 1.1, and 1.5 on the way to Clearlook 2.0. Historically, Clearlook has been developed and published by Clearlook Corporation. But, beginning with version 1.7, that's changing. Clearlook is now a product of Sundial Systems Corporation, a company devoted to quality OS/2-based software products since 1988. The folks at Clearlook are still involved in the on-going development of the product -- and Sundial is lending its expertise to the effort. By working together, we're making Clearlook an even better solution for your word processing needs.
And that means Clearlook is changing -- for the better. Clearlook 1.7 is definitely a product in transition. As such, it shares the heritage of all the Clearlook 1.x versions, but is just enough different in places to seem a little out of place. While we can't guarantee that everything that has changed won't change yet again before Version 2.0, we think most of the changes are in the right direction. A few things might feel a little uncomfortable, and for that we apologize -- especially if you are a long-term Clearlook user that might have become accustomed to the old way of doing things. And, we'll admit, some things just aren't yet consistent all throughout the various Clearlook features and functions -- we're still working on that but we didn't want to delay version 1.7 any longer.
So, with that, Sundial Systems welcomes you to Clearlook 1.7 -- our first step toward the next generation of Clearlook.
Changes in Support
Unlike some software companies that are cutting back on your options for getting help, we're expanding them. Plain and simple, all Clearlook owners are entitled to free technical support from Sundial Systems. So if you have questions or need technical assistance, here's how to get answers:
Call us at 310-596-5121 (8:30 to 5:00, Monday to Friday, Pacific time)
Fax your request to 310-598-9851
Send your email request to clearlook@ibm.net
Mail your request to 909 Electric Avenue, Suite 204, Seal Beach, CA 90740
Visit our section (Section 5) of the OS2AVEN forum on Compuserve
Visit the Clearlook support forum on the CES BBS at 310-596-7825
Visit our web site at http://www.sundialsystems.com
Note that the 310 area code in these telephone numbers will be changing to 562 after January 1997.
Also note that, since Clearlook 1.7 ships with the original Clearlook 1.1 User's Guide, you will still see references to various old Clearlook Corporation addresses and phone numbers (in Virginia and Illinois) as well as old technical support mechanisms. These should be ignored.
Changes in Terminology
If you're a long time Clearlook user, you'll notice that some of the names have changed in Clearlook 1.7. (If you're new to Clearlook, don't worry, you didn't miss anything.) Nothing has been taken away, only the names have changed:
old new
Transforms Merge Formats
User Lexicon User Dictionary
The reason behind these terminology changes is that the new terms more closely reflect the functions people expect in a word processor. In other words, if you want to do a mail merge, it's more natural to think of using a "merge format" to do it (rather than a "transform").
Both the program and the on-line help have been updated to reflect these changes. However, the User's Guide has not been updated and thus reflects the old terms. So, if you are new to Clearlook, you'll need to mentally switch these terms while reading the Guide. While this may be a little troublesome, we're sure the change will help you better understand what's intended.
An Overview of Cells and Areas
Some of Clearlook's most powerful document layout features can be a bit intimidating to the new user, so we thought you deserved a little more explanation. While you can accomplish a great deal in Clearlook without using either one, both cells and areas provide you with a variety of ways to control where things appear on the pages of your document.
In general, if you want either text or graphics to appear in a particular place, you will want to use a cell or an area. (Note that even though cells and areas are sometimes referred to as text cells and text areas, they always can contain any combination of text and graphics.) You can think of both cells and areas as being different kinds of containers for chunks of text (and graphics). But how are they different and which should you use?
Areas are the more traditional concept and perhaps a little easier to understand; cells are less traditional but an extremely powerful solution to many text formatting needs.
The key thing about an area is that Clearlook takes no action to automatically size or position an area -- that's totally up to you. You can place an area anywhere, move it anywhere, and size it vertically and horizontally any way you want. (Well, that's not entirely true -- if you place an area inside another one, it must be completely inside: areas can overlap only if they are within the same "parent" area -- more on that later.)
The key thing about a cell, on the other hand, is that Clearlook automatically grows the size of the cell vertically to fit the amount of text (and graphics) it contains -- you only control the horizontal size. If you change the width, then the height will automatically change (getting either shorter or taller) so the height is just large enough for the text to still fit within the cell.
Clearlook also automatically moves cells up and down (back and forth) through your document, even from page to page -- you only control the horizontal position of each cell. The vertical position of a cell is based on all of the text (and cells) that appear before it in the document. As you add more text to one cell, it grows and pushes any cells below it further down the document. If you remove text from a cell, it gets shorter and any cells below it move up to fill in the empty space. Similarly, if you change the font size of text in a cell, the cell grows or shrinks and the other cells are moved accordingly.
Cells also never overlap. You can place a new cell above or below (before or after) an existing cell and, if there is empty space, to the left or right of an existing cell. If you want to place a new cell somewhere in the middle of an existing one, then you must first split that cell into two cells and then create the new one below the upper one (or above the lower one -- it doesn't matter). And, just in case you are wondering, an empty document actually consists of an empty cell -- as you add text to it, it grows and continues onto additional pages as necessary -- any cells you add are either above or below this initial cell (or somewhere in the middle if you split it).
So when should you use cells and when should you use areas? As with almost all choices, sometimes it's clear, sometimes it's not, and sometimes it doesn't really matter.
The major distinction between when to use a cell and when to use an area has to do with the way they affect the text on your page:
If you have a cell, and text bumps up against that cell, Clearlook moves the cell out of the way of the text (by shifting the cell further down the page).
If you have an area, and text bumps up against that area, Clearlook leaves the area where it is and "flows" the text around the area.
To put it another way, Clearlook essentially moves cells out of the way of text but moves text out of the way of areas. Depending on what you are trying to do in laying out your page, sometimes one is more appropriate than the other.
Consider, for instance, the different pieces of a letter and how they might be laid out on a page (assuming you aren't using some sort of pre-printed stationary).
The "footing" (containing your address, telephone numbers or other standard information that you include in each letter) is probably contained in an area. That's because you want it to stay in the same place (vertically on the page) regardless of what else is in the letter.
The "signature block" is less obvious but most likely would be in a cell. That's because you might want it shifted over toward the right side of the page, but you want it to move up and down (automatically) depending on how much text you have in the body of your letter. (Of course, you could also use tabs to position the signature block and not use a cell at all.)
But what about the "letterhead" that appears at the very top of the first page of the letter? You could format it as either a cell or an area (or perhaps even just part of the running text) -- it doesn't really matter. Since you aren't going to change its content, it doesn't need to grow or shrink vertically. And since nothing appears before it, it's not going to move vertically either...
Both cells and areas also have some additionally useful properties that will influence which you choose to solve a particular page layout task.
For instance, cells can be used to automatically position things.
Since they don't overlap, and since they automatically grow vertically, cells are a great way to layout lists and tables. In fact, when you create new cells using the Insert Cells button on the Clearlook speedbar (or the New Cell entry on the popup menu), you are given the opportunity to add up to 20 columns and 20 rows of cells at the same time. If you pick more than one column of cells, their width is automatically set to the corresponding fraction of the available width -- two columns, each column is 1/2 the width; three columns, each column is 1/3 the width, etc. (All the cells are initially one line of text in height and grow in height as you add text.)
Also, when cells appear in multiple columns (i.e., to the right and left of each other), Clearlook subtly changes the way in which those cells grow vertically: they now all grow (and shrink) in height at the same time! So, as one entry in a "table" of cells gets taller, the entire row gets taller, and the remaining rows in the table are shifted down the page accordingly.
Once you start to place cells to the left or right of each other, you'll see that the "horizontal position" of cells that we've been talking about is more like "the amount of empty space to the left of the cell." There's no difference between these two interpretations when you have only one cell -- the position is relative to the left margin. But, when two cells are next to each other, the position of the second cell is actually the distance between the right-hand edge of the first cell and the left-hand edge of the second one.
Areas also have some unique properties. First and foremost is that areas can contain other areas. These layered text areas are the basis for many complex page layout designs. That's because, when the flow of text in an area runs into a layered area, it flows around that layered area, leaving the layered area available to display other text or graphics.
A layered text area is always completely contained within its parent text area -- if you move an area toward the edge of the area containing it, the layered text area will be "clipped" to fit. Areas within the same parent text area can overlap, however. In this case, the area in front will actually hide part of what is in the other area.
Areas also can be repeated from one page to another. When you do this, the entire content of the area is repeated as well. So, when used with things like page number fill-in's, you can easily create page headers, footers, and other repeated design elements. To handle options like left- and right-facing pages (and many much more complex options as well), any area may be repeated from any page, to any other page, at any interval of pages. So, for left- and right- footers, for instance, you simply create the left footer area on your first left facing page, the right footer area on your first right facing page, and set each area to repeat every other page.
As you might have guessed by now, cells and areas actually work together to manage your layout. Here's the little secret: areas never actually contain text (or graphics) -- only cells do!
What areas contain are cells (and, possibly, layered text areas) -- and these cells never cross any of the edges of the area. Each area you create initially contains a text cell that is automatically the same horizontal width as the cell. Text is then fit within the cell, subject to any text offsets (which you can think of as cell margins) that you establish to keep the text away from the edges of the cell. This cell grows vertically until it reaches the vertical size you've set for the area (again, less any text offsets). If you add more text, the text will flow past the bottom of the area and thus not appear in the document (since you, not Clearlook, control the size of the text area and the cell can't cross the edge of the area).
Initially, a Clearlook document contains one text area and one text cell. All the text you type goes into that cell unless you create more cells or you create another text area (which initially contains a single text cell, and so on). The original text area, called the base text area, is a little bit different than all the rest: it grows to cover as many pages as necessary to contain all the text in your document.
There are, of course, many other things you can do with cells and areas -- this overview just scratches the surface. For instance, both cells and areas can have borders (of several different kinds) and background shading. For more details on both cells and areas, see Section 6 of the User's Guide.
What's Missing From the User's Guide
Since Clearlook 1.7 comes with the Clearlook User's Guide for Version 1.1, there are a number of features that aren't covered in the Guide. Some of these are things that have been added in subsequent versions while others represent changes in the way certain features and functions are used. Here's a brief summary (with the details in what follows):
Changes to Text Import and Export Options
Addition of Window Clip Import Option
Additional Tab Options
Addition of Hyphenation Options
Addition of Page and Information Query Options
Additional Replace Option
Addition of Ways to Enter Special Characters
Additional Print Options
Additional Page and Text Cell Design Options
Additional of Automatic Backup
Additional Settings
Additional Hot Keys
Changes to Text Import and Export Options
While Clearlook 1.7 doesn't add any new features for importing or exporting documents in other word processor formats, some changes have been made since Version 1.1 in the way import and export are controlled.
In particular, the User's Guide mentions the Import Text, Import Plain, and Import WP options on the File menu. These have been replaced by a single Text option (as a cascaded option under the Import option). As part of the file selection process, you now have the ability to select which type of file to import -- or have Clearlook analyze the file to decide what type it is (by selecting the Smart type). Unlike some earlier Clearlook versions, the filename extension (.WP, .CTX, etc.) doesn't matter and thus does not restrict how a file can be imported.
Clearlook 1.7 supports import of files in plain ASCII text, Clearlook text, as well as WordPerfect 5.1, 5.2, 6.0 and 6.1 format. Support for additional word processor formats is planned for future versions.
Similarly, the Export option on the File menu has been changed to allow specification of the file type when you select the file name. Thus, in contrast to what it says in the User's Guide, the filename extension determines the format in which the file will be exported only if a specific type is not selected.
Clearlook 1.7 supports export of files only in plain ASCII text and Clearlook text. Support for additional word processor formats is planned for future versions.
Addition of Window Clip Import Option
New in Clearlook 1.7 is the ability to select any window on your desktop and then import a picture of that window into your document as a bitmap. This function is accessed using the Window Screen Clip option cascaded off the Import option of the File menu.
The Window Screen Clip function is similar to the existing Screen Clip function (as discussed on page 150 of the User's Guide) which is used to select any rectangular area on you desktop and import it as a bitmap. The difference is that, with Screen Clip, you stretch an outline around the area you want to clip while, with Window Screen Clip, you simply click on any window and Clearlook determines the outline.
As with the Screen Clip function, after the bitmap is imported you may size it (by moving the right or lower edges) or access the bitmap setup dialog (by double-clicking or using the popup menu) to change the size or other characteristics of the bitmap.
Additional Tab Options
The Clearlook 1.1 User's Guide only mentions two basic types of special tabstop behavior: Right Aligned and Indent Point. Clearlook 1.7 now supports six special types (and numerous variations).
Note that if none of these special types is selected, the tabstop functions as a conventional "left aligned" tab which inserts space (or fill characters) to the left of the tabstop as necessary.
Here's a summary of the special types of tabstops and their variations:
Right Aligned
Text is shifted left (until a space character is typed and only as long as empty space is available) so that the text ends at the tab stop.
Flush Right
Same as Right Aligned with the tab position set to the right edge (effectively moves the position of the tab to the right margin).
Indent Point
Each line of a paragraph is indented from the left margin to the tabstop if the first line of the paragraph is tabbed to the mark. Normally you would start the paragraph with a tab in this case, but you can have text before the tab as long as the text doesn't move the cursor past the position of the tabstop. This is one way you can do things like bulleted or numbered lists.
Hanging Indent
Same as Indent Point, but only the second and subsequent lines will be indented.
Double Indent
Same as Indent Point but the lines will be indented from both the left and right margins (by the same amount).
The Fill-character works as described in the User's Guide. It is a single character (a blank space by default) that is used to "fill in" the empty space created by the tab. The fill character is repeated, alternating with a blank space, until the tabbed over space is filled. There is one additional tabstop behavior that can be used to modify this, however:
Single fill-character
Works with the Fill-character field to modify the fill-in behavior so that only a single fill character is inserted and the remainder of the space is filled with blank space. For instance, when used with an indent point tab and a fill character of your choice, this creates bulleted lists.
You might be surprised that Clearlook doesn't contain a special "decimal tab" behavior -- a tab that right aligns numbers on their decimal point. That's because, whenever you select the Right aligned behavior, you also have the option of selecting a character which the tab will Align on. By default, this character is a blank space (which is why right-aligned tabs, by default, stop shifting the text to the left when a space is typed). But this character can be most any punctuation character (actually, any character whose value is less than "A" in the character set). So, if you right align a tabstop on the period character (.), you get what might be called a "decimal tab" in other word processors.
The tabstop settings in Clearlook 1.7 also contain a number of Combination buttons which serve as quick ways to select commonly used tabstop styles, like those needed for a decimal tab, without having to select individual settings:
Decimal Dot is a right aligned tabstop that aligns on the period (decimal point) character. Thus, the tab aligns decimal numbers on their decimal point.
Decimal Comma is the same as Decimal Dot but aligns on the comma character instead. Thus, the tab aligns decimal numbers on their decimal point where, as in some countries, a comma is used for the decimal point character.
Dotted Flush Right moves the tabstop to the right margin, makes it right aligned, and sets the fill character to the period character. Thus, the tab fills to the right margin with dots.
Bulleted Indent makes the tabstop an Indent Point with the bullet character (
) as the single fill character. Thus, the tab marks the beginning of a bulleted paragraph or bulleted list entry.
Note that after using any of the combination buttons, the exact details of the tabstop may be further changed, such as changing the bullet character used by the Bulleted Indent, etc.
Finally, another important thing to know about tabstops is that they are set on a "per cell" basis. If you need different tabstops in part of your document, you can thus use a cell to isolate the different tab settings. Another implication of this is that a Flush right tab is actually flush with the right edge of the cell it is in within, not necessarily the right margin of the document.
Addition of Hyphenation Options
Though not discussed in the Clearlook 1.1 User's Guide, the Clearlook dictionary can be used to hyphenate, as well as spell check, a document. In general, a hyphenated document looks better than one which isn't hyphenated since the individual lines of text are more even in length (or, if fully-aligned, contain less extra white space).
Like the menu options that are used to control spell checking, the hyphenation options appear on the Language menu. Use the Hyphenate Document option to hyphenate the entire document from beginning to end or the Hyphenate From Cursor option to only hyphenate from the current cursor position to the end of the document.
During the hyphenation process, Clearlook examines each line of text to see if part of the first word would fit better on the previous line, provided a hyphen could be inserted in the word. It consults the dictionary to see where the word can be legally hyphenated, and if that makes for a better fit, it inserts the hyphen, breaks the word across lines, and continues the process with the next line.
But, of course, as during the spell check process, some of the words that it encounters won't be found in the dictionary. By default, these unknown words are not used in hyphenating the document.
Instead, the unknown words are each displayed, along with some of their possible hyphenation points, in much the same way as possibly misspelled words during a spell check. By convention, Clearlook shows each possible hyphenation point by inserting an exclamation mark (!) in the word. You can change these points by editing the word in the hyphenation dialog to include exclamation marks in different places.
Clearlook uses the hyphenation points of unknown words only if you tell it to. If you want Clearlook to use the proposed hyphenation points, press the Hyphenate button. If you don't, just use the Previous or Next buttons to view other unknown words (and ignore this one). And, if you want, you can also turn the word from an unknown one into one which Clearlook will automatically use in the future by using the Add Userlist button to add it to your own dictionary.
When you're done with the unknown words, close the window or press Cancel just as you would at the end of a spell checking session.
All of the hyphens inserted during the hyphenation process, whether done automatically or based on hyphenation points you select, are conditional. This means they will be automatically removed (or, in a sense, hidden) if you edit the text around the word so that it no longer falls at the end of a line. They will also reappear if you further edit the text so that the word again falls near the end of a line.
Clearlook also provides an option to remove hyphenation from the document entirely. This is the Clear Hyphenation option on the Language menu. When you use this option, the conditional hyphens are actually removed from the document (not hidden) and the text appears as if it were never hyphenated at all.
Addition of Page And Information Query Options
Two options, Page and Information, have been added to the Query menu.
The Query Page function displays the number of the page in which the cursor is currently positioned but can also be used to "go to" a particular page. Entering a new page number and pressing OK moves the cursor to the beginning of the specified page and scrolls the page into view. (Pressing OK without changing the page number moves the cursor to the beginning of the current page.)
The Query Information function displays statistical information about the current document. This includes the total number of characters, words, and bitmaps in the document, along with the total size (in bytes) of all of the bitmaps. It also includes the number of distinct text fonts and styles used to format text, as well as the number of cells and areas used to layout the document.
Additional Replace Option
Another option has been added to the text Replace dialog as discussed on page 200 of the User's Guide.
The Direct option can make replacement of large quantities of identical text much faster. However, if this option is used the Next and Previous options cannot be used once Replace All is selected -- and the changes cannot be undone using the Undo option on the Edit menu.
Addition of Ways to Enter Special Characters
Sometimes you may need to enter a special character that is available in whatever font you have chosen but doesn't appear on your keyboard. Clearlook now provides two different ways to do this.
The first is using the Character Table option on the Edit menu. This function displays a table of all 256 characters (glyphs) in the font that is in effect at the cursor position. The table can be sized horizontally and vertically, if necessary, to make the characters easier to read.
To enter a character from the table into the document, double click on the desired character or highlight a character (by clicking the mouse or using the arrow keys) and press the Enter key.
Besides using the Character Table menu option, any character may also be entered via the numeric keypad by using the Alt key, together with the key code for the desired character. For instance, with most fonts, you will get a paragraph symbol (
) if you hold down the Alt key and then, on the numeric keypad, press the 2 key, then the 0 key, and, finally, release the Alt key. Similarly, the copyright symbol (
) is key code 184 in many fonts. Note that all key codes are between 0 and 255.
In general, it's easier to use the Character Table function than it is to use the Alt key approach since you don't have to know any of the specific key codes. However, the Alt key approach is faster if there are a few such characters you use regularly.
To help in this regard, the Character Table function shows you the key code of the currently selected character in its title bar. (It shows both the decimal and hexadecimal codes -- the first code shown, the decimal one, is the one you would use with the Alt key and the keypad.)
Additional Print Options
Clearlook now includes several additional options in the Print dialog (as discussed on page 176 of the User's Guide) to control which pages are printed:
All Pages
Prints all pages of the document.
Even Pages
Prints only the even-numbered pages of the document.
Odd Pages
Prints only the odd-numbered pages of the document.
If none of the above options is checked, then a selected range of pages is printed based on the numbers entered in the From Page and To Page fields. The Step field may also be used to modify the selection to print every 2nd, 3rd, 4th, etc., page.
Additional Page and Text Cell Design Options
The Layout Page dialog (as discussed on page 178 of the User's Guide) is used to set the characteristics of pages used to format the document as well as some other global settings for the entire document. Two options have been added to this dialog beyond those shown in the User's Guide. To access the dialog, use the Design Layout menu option or the Setup Text Area option on the popup menu for the base text area of the underlying page.
Clearlook automatically numbers pages if you so desire. To control what number is used for the first page of the document, change the value that appears in the First Page field of the Layout Page Dialog.
As discussed later, Clearlook automatically makes backup copies of your document while you are editing it. The default frequency (typically, every two minutes) is set in the Clearlook Settings notebook. You can override the frequency for a particular document by changing the Backup field of the Layout Page Dialog.
The Text Cell dialog (as discussed on page 182 of the User's Guide) is used to set the characteristics of a particular text cell. A new option has been added (and some minor changes made) to this dialog beyond what is shown in the User's Guide. To access the dialog, use the Design Cell menu option or the Setup Text Cell option on the popup menu when the mouse is over text you have entered (or blank space where text could be entered).
Instead of setting only the width of the cell, Clearlook now allows you to set both the width and the horizontal position of the cell. This allows you to move it to the left or right from its normal position. Note also that the position is relative to the cell to the left of that cell or, if there is no such cell, to the left edge of the area containing the cell.
Note, however, that cells never overlap. If you move a cell to the right, any other cells to the right of that cell also move to the right. If you move a cell to the left, and there is not enough room to the left, the cell is effectively narrowed to fit. Also, when you move a cell to the left, any cells to the right of that cell also move left. Changing the width of a cell will not move any adjacent cell, however. You must first move or resize those cells so that empty space is available before you can increase the width of a cell that would overlap those cells.
Also note that the Distance field in the Text Cell dialog (for the distance between multiple columns of text) is no longer labeled as shown in the User's Guide. Instead, it appears as the number associated (using an arrow) with the space between the graphical columns -- it is immediately below the field for entering the number of columns.
Addition of Automatic Backup
Though not discussed in the User's Guide, Clearlook takes automatic snapshots of each document while it is being edited. This happens periodically based on the timeout interval set on the (new) Backup page of the Clearlook Settings notebook, but the setting for a particular document can be changed in the Layout Page dialog (as discussed earlier). The interval can range from every 1 to 20 minutes, or using the 'off' selection, may be turned off entirely The snapshot can also be triggered manually with the Ctrl+F2 hotkey.
A document that is modified, and not backed up, displays an asterisk in the information bar.
The snapshots are saved as backup files (CLBACKUP.xxx) in the same directory as CL.EXE (the Clearlook executable file). The backup files are deleted after successfully closing a document. On start-up Clearlook opens any temporary CLBACKUP.xxx files that it finds and displays them for editing.
Additional Settings
Some additional options have been added to the Clearlook Settings notebook (accessed from the Setup Window as discussed beginning on page 116 of the User's Guide).
As noted above, a new Backup page has been added to the notebook. On it, the Automatic Document Backup Timeout represents the default interval of time between automatic backups of documents being edited
Several new options have been added to the Preference page of the notebook:
Direct paste at cursor
If checked, the paste button on the speedbar works the same as the Edit Paste menu item. If not checked and text is cut or copied from Clearlook onto the clipboard, then the paste location must be selected (by clicking with the mouse) after pressing the paste button on the speedbar in order for the text to be inserted. (The ESC key can be used to cancel the paste.) This setting does not effect the operation of the Edit Paste menu item which always pastes the text at the current cursor position.
Simple file dialog
If checked, OS/2's standard file dialog is used rather than Clearlook's built-in file management dialog.
No window list entry
If checked, only the Clearlook status window will create an entry in the OS/2 task list (rather than an entry appearing for each open Clearlook document).
Invisible status window
If checked, the Clearlook status window will be hidden. It remains accessible through use of the F10 function key.
The Print Bitmaps Metafile Compatable setting, which is shown but not discussed in the User's Guide, has been removed.
Additional Hotkeys
Several hot keys have been added beyond those listed in the Appendix of the User's Guide:
Alt+P Query (or go to) Page
Alt+- Delete Tabstop
Alt+. Character Table
Ctrl+F2 Backup Document
Shift+Ctrl+F2 Print Document without displaying the Print Dialog
Also, the Ctrl key may be used when clicking on the Print icon in the speedbar to print the document without displaying the Print Dialog (same as Shift+Ctrl+F2).
Summary of Menu Changes
These menu options have been added since Clearlook 1.1 and thus aren't in the User's Guide:
File Import Window Screen Clip
Captures any window on the screen and imports the resulting bitmap
Edit Character Table
Displays all characters in current font and allows character selection
Query Page
Shows current page number and/or jumps to a particular page
Query Information
Shows statistics about the current document
Language Hyphenate Document
Hyphenates the entire document
Language Hyphenate From Cursor
Hyphenates the document from the current position to the end
Language Clear Hyphenation
Removes all conditional hyphenation from the entire document
And these options, mentioned in the table on page 50 of the User's Guide, have been removed:
File Import Text File Export Text
File Import Plain File Export Plain
File Import WP
Errata
The following corrections to the User's Guide are also worth noting:
In step 9b on page 33, the reference to the Edit Layout menu option should be a reference to the Design Layout menu option instead.
On page 163, in the discussion of the popup menu for the Setup (cursor object), it should mention that you get to this menu by using the Object Menu option on the Design menu or by pressing the F12 key.
On page 169, in the discussion of the popup menu for the Area Insert functions, it should mention that this menu appears when you have selected one or more text areas, placed them on the clipboard, and then requested that they be pasted into the document. Also, the list of functions is incorrect, however the descriptions of the individual functions are correct.
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