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OS/2 Help File | 1994-07-06 | 45.5 KB | 1,343 lines

ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 1. Introduction ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This program provides a What You See Is What You Get (WYSIWYG) word processor
for the OS/2 Presentation Manager interface.  It does not attempt to go
head-to-head with the large professional word processors available for OS/2 PM
or Windows, but rather tries to provide a more modest set of functions.  Normal
text formatting is provided for, plus the program has the ability to handle
embedded graphics.  All installed ATM fonts are supported, in all the native
formats and in a wide range of sizes.  Printer support is strictly through the
OS/2 PM interface, providing output on any printer supported by that interface.
In fact, I have heard of one user outputting direct to a FAX from this program.

ΓûáStartup and Shutdown
ΓûáLoading and Saving Documents
ΓûáEditing Documents
ΓûáPrinting Documents
ΓûáWindow Management
ΓûáA Few Cautions
ΓûáRegistration


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 2. Startup & Shutdown ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Startup

Once Pluma has been installed, there are three ways to start it up. The first
method is to simply double-click on the program object that was created during
installation.  In this case, the word processor will start up and create an
empty document window for immediate use.

The second method is to drag a document file over to the program object and
drop it there.  The document file will be opened and displayed in the work
area, ready for editing.

The third method is with the START command.  Normally, this will only work if
your current directory is the directory to which you installed Pluma. If you
include that directory in the PATH, HELP and LIBPATH statements of your
CONFIG.SYS file, then you can use the START command from anywhere on your
system.

Shutdown

To exit Pluma, you can double-click on the program's system menu (the mini-
icon to the extreme upper-left of the program window), or you can press the F3
key.  If you have any documents open that have been changed but have not yet
been saved, you will be asked if you wish to save them first before exiting.
The exit process can be aborted at any of these confirmation messages.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 3. Loading & Saving Documents ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Loading

Documents can be loaded into the word processor two ways. The first is at
program startup.  By dropping a document file object on the word processor's
program object with the mouse, you can start the word processor for that
document. Unfortunately, if you drop multiple document file objects on the
program object, multiple copies of the word processor get loaded.

If you load the word processor with the START command, then you give the
document names on the command line after START PLUMA. If you specify multiple
documents in this way, only one copy of the word processor gets loaded.

Once the word processor is started, you may open documents with the Open menu
option.  You are presented with the system's standard file selection dialog.
It is preset to 'see' only files marked as having been created with this word
processor, but you may select 'All Files', or 'Plain Text' files also.  You may
select as many files as you like for loading, and after you finish the list,
all will be loaded in the background. At the start of the load, all the
currently open document windows are iconized, and the first document to
complete loading becomes the current document.  All the others will be
automatically iconized as they complete loading.

Saving

There are two ways to save a document to disk: Save and Save As.... If the
document was loaded from disk or previously saved, it already has a disk file
name and can be saved over its former self with the Save command.  If no
changes have been made to the document since it was last loaded or saved, this
command is disabled and will just beep at you.

If the document is new, and hasn't been saved to disk yet, or if you wish to
save the document to a different file name, you must use the Save As command.
When you do so, the standard file selection dialog is presented, but with the
file selection list disabled. You need to select the drive and directory to
which you want the file saved, and type in the file's new name.  After you
enter this information, and press the ENTER key, the file will be saved under
its new name.  If a file by that name already exists, you will be asked if you
really want to overwrite the existing file.  If you do not want to, the save
process is aborted.  If you accept the overwrite, the file will be saved,
replacing the old one.

If you try to close a document window that has been changed and not saved, you
will be asked if you want to save the document first. Likewise, if you try to
exit the word processor while you still have open, changed documents, you will
be asked if you want to save the documents before exiting.  You will be asked
about each open and changed document.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 4. Editing Documents ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Navigation For movement within the document window, the following keys have
been defined:

ΓûáLeft Arrow - Move to previous character/token.
ΓûáRight Arrow - Move to next character/token.
ΓûáUp Arrow - Move to previous line.
ΓûáDown Arrow - Move to next line.
ΓûáPage Up - Move to previous page.
ΓûáPage Down - Move to next page.
ΓûáHome - Move to start of line.
ΓûáEnd - Move to end of line.
ΓûáCtrl+Home - Move to start of document.
ΓûáCtrl+End - Move to end of document.
ΓûáCtrl+LeftArrow - Move to previous word.
ΓûáCtrl+RightArrow - Move to next word.

In addition, you may use the mouse to directly position the cursor anywhere in
the visible document.  You may use the mouse with the scroll-bars, providing
you have them set visible, to reposition the page view horizontally or
vertically.

Also, four special mouse buttons have been provided at the lower-right of the
document window.  These buttons provide the Top, Page Up, Page Down and Bottom
functions, the same as those provided by the Ctrl+Home, PageUp, PageDown and
Ctrl+End keys.

As you move about the document, remember that function codes to set margins,
fonts, sizes, etc. are considered as full tokens in the data stream and the
cursor will stop at each of them as you use the left/right arrows to go back
and forth through the document.

Text

Text may be entered into the document by simply typing it in. As you enter
text, the text is formatted in place.  If a word grows too long for the current
line to hold it, it is moved down to the next line.  If you type too fast, your
keystrokes are accumulated and inserted as groups to catch up with you.

Once you have entered text into the document, you may move the cursor back into
the text to change it.  Normally, your cursor is set for insertion, and has a
vertical bar as the cursor.  When you start typing into the middle of already
existing text, the new text is inserted into the old, and the document is
reformatted to suit.  If you wish to replace text instead, then press the
INSERT key.  Your cursor will change to a block covering the current
character/token, and whatever you type will replace what is under the cursor.
Be careful with this.  If the cursor is placed over a font or size change code,
or other type of special function code, whatever you type will replace it, just
as regular text would be replaced.

Text can be selected by positioning the cursor to the start of the block you
wish to select, then pressing down the SHIFT key and holding it down, and then
repositioning the cursor to the end of the block.  Another way is to position
the cursor with the mouse, then, holding the left mouse button down, moving to
the end of the block to be selected.  Once you have selected a block of text,
that block can be moved or copied, cut from the document, copied to the system
clipboard, or replaced with whatever is on the system clipboard.  Also, if you
have text selected, and you start typing, the selected block is deleted and
replaced with the new input.

Selected text can be moved or copied with the mouse.  You must click the right
mouse button on the selected area, then drag the mouse until the cursor is
positioned at the text block's new position.  When you release the mouse
button, the move will take place.  If you want to copy instead of move, hold
down the Control key as you release the mouse button.  If you do not move the
mouse, but simply release the mouse button, then a context menu will appear
containing all the available commands which can be used on a selected block of
text.

Text Attributes

At any point in the document, there is a specific set of text style and
formatting attributes in effect.  The margins are set to a particular position,
the tabs are at a certain location, the font is set a certain way.  Any of
these attributes can be changed from the current location onwards, or over a
selected area. If you set the font to Times Roman, and no text was selected at
the time, then the new font will take effect from the cursor location onwards,
until another font command is encountered in the text. If text was selected,
however, all other font commands will be removed from the selected area and
Times Roman will take effect over the entire selected area.  The font that was
in effect after the selected area remains in effect there.  All text attributes
are handled in this way, be they margins, tabs, indentation, font, font size,
font style, colors . . . all of them.

Graphic Images

Graphics images may be placed into a document from the system clipboard.  For
the time being, you have to provide your own means to get the images on to the
clipboard.  There are a number of image capture and conversion utilities that
will do the job nicely, but do not attempt to use the system's Icon Editor to
do this.  Though the Icon Editor cuts and pastes nicely for itself, it does so
with a private clipboard format which is not publicly documented.  All Pluma
sees is a black rectangle when Icon Editor puts the graphic on the clipboard.

Once the image is on the system clipboard, you may use the Paste Graphic
command to put the image into your document.  You may place the graphic at any
place on the page, at any size and at any degree of horizontal or vertical
stretching.

With the graphic placed into the document, you can move it, copy it or resize
it at any time.  To move the graphic, click the right mouse button on the body
of the graphic and drag the graphic to its new position.  To copy it, do the
same, except that while you release the right mouse button, hold down the
Control key.  To resize a graphic, click the right mouse button on the white
space immediately next to the graphic.  A sizing border will appear and guide
you as you adjust the graphic's size.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 5. Printing Documents ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

There are two document printing options currently available: Print All and
Print Page.

Print All causes the currently active document to be printed entirely. You can
also do this by pressing the Control key and the 'P' key.

Print Page prints the current page of the currently active document. This can
also be done by press the Alt key and the 'P' key together.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 6. Window Management ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

You can have many document windows open at a time. Each time you open a new
document window, all the currently open document windows are iconized and
arranged across the bottom of the work area.  The new document window will then
occupy as much space as it can, leaving enough space so that the iconized
documents are all visible.

To restore a document window to normal, simply double-click on it as you would
any system icon.  The window will return to whatever size and location it had
before it was iconized.

If you restore a number of documents to normal, they will doubtlessly obscure
parts of each other.  There are two menu commands available to straighten
things out: Tile and Cascade. Tiling the windows will arrange all the document
windows not currently iconized so that none obscures any other. The effect is
the same as when the system tiles windows on the desktop. Cascading the windows
will arrange all the document windows not currently iconized so that they form
a stack, like a deck of cards.  They are arranged so that their title-bars are
all visible.  The currently active document window gets placed on top of the
stack.

One additional window arrangement tool is provided: Arrange Icons This menu
command will neatly arrange all the iconized document windows across the bottom
of the work area.

Just in case a document window is completely obscured, the Windows menu
contains a list of all the currently open documents. You may select any of the
windows there and make it the active window.  If necessary, the document window
will be restored from the minimized state.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 7. A Few Cautions ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

ΓûáThis program does not yet handle any other document formats but its own, or
Plain Text.  Attempting to load a document formatted by another word processor
and not saved in Text format will most likely fail, or the program may appear
to lock up.

ΓûáThough the program's design does not restrict the size of the document you can
build, the method used to represent the document requires a lot of memory. For
this reason I do not yet recommend using this word processor for documents over
3-4 pages in length. I am working on the solution and hope to release it in
revision 1.10.

ΓûáHaving a lot of fonts on the Font menu looks neat, but OS/2 does not release
the fonts from memory until you shut down and reboot the system. This can cause
your swap file to grow by several megabytes.

ΓûáSome ATM fonts available on electronic bulletin boards are not completely
verified and can cause your system to hang. Be careful with newly installed
third-party ATM fonts, though you shouldn't have to worry about fonts purchased
from IBM or Adobe.

ΓûáGraphics embedded into documents can be quite large. When you imbed a large
graphic into the document, but shrink it on the document page, do not be fooled
into thinking that the graphic takes any less space.  It is still the same
graphic as before.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 8. Registration ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This program is shareware.  Feel free to distribute unmodified copies of the
program to anyone interested.  If you find the program useful, and decide to
keep the program for use, then you must pay for it. To register this product,
send a check or money order payable for $30 U.S. dollars to Rick Papo, plus
your name, your mailing address, the revision number and date of your current
copy of Pluma, and, if possible, your electronic mail address, to:

      Pluma Registrations
      c/o Rick Papo
      38290 Avondale
      Westland, MI 48185-3830
      USA

 If you reside in any of the republics which were formerly of the Soviet Union
 or of the Warsaw Pact, you may register for $5.

 Upon receiving your registration, you will be sent the latest revision of the
 word processor on diskette.  If you already have the latest revision, you will
 be sent a confirmation of your registration and you will receive the next
 revision, when it becomes available.  Printed documentation is not yet
 available, but once it is, all registered users of the word processor will
 receive a copy.  If you would like later upgrades on diskette, they will cost
 $10 U.S. dollars ($5 for the ex-USSR).


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9. File Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

From the File Menu the following commands are available:

 ΓûáNew
 ΓûáOpen...
 ΓûáRecall
 ΓûáMerge...
 ΓûáSave
 ΓûáSave As...
 ΓûáSave and Close
 ΓûáClose
 ΓûáPrint
 ΓûáGeneral Preferences...
 ΓûáDocument Defaults...
 ΓûáExit


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.1. New (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This menu option creates a new document window with nothing in it. The document
margins, font and other attributes are those that were set the last time the
Document Preferences dialog was used without any active document windows
present.

Any previously open windows are minimized to the bottom of the workspace and
the new window occupies as much of workspace as it can.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.2. Open... (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

When this menu option is selected, the system standard File dialog is
presented.  You may select one or more documents to be opened.  After you press
ENTER, or click on the OK button, all the files you selected will be opened.  A
red loading status indicator will be shown in the right portion of the main
program title bar.  Each load, once complete, will result in a separate
document window being created.  The first to complete will become the active
document, and will be maximized within the program's client area.  All further
documents will be iconized. They can be called forward from the Windows menu,
or by double-clicking on their icons with the mouse.

The short-cut key for this function is Ctrl+O.

See Open/Merge/SaveAs... (Dialog) for more information.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.3. Open/Merge/SaveAs... (Dialog) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

You have selected the Open, Merge or SaveAs menu option, and as a result you
now have this dialog before you.  It is the standard File dialog provided by
the operating system, and follows the rules given in the system documentation.
These special notes apply:

 You will notice that the 'Type of File' field is initially set to 'Pluma'. At
first, only such files as were created with the word processor are visible.
This is intended as a convenience, so you are not presented with extraneous
files that are not correctly formatted for use by the word processor. You can
change this setting to '<All Files>' or to 'Plain Text' if you wish, upon which
all files of the selected type in the current directory will be shown in the
file list.

 When selecting files to open, you may select as many files from the file list
as you wish.

 When selecting a file to merge, you may only select one file.

 When doing a Save As, you are not allowed to select a file name from the file
list.  The list serves for reference only.  You must enter the name of the file
you wish to save into the entry field.

 The directory selected from this dialog becomes the new current directory for
the program.  The next time you call up the Open, Merge or SaveAs dialogs, they
will start in this directory.

Note:   Files are marked as Pluma documents as they are saved to the disk. This
marking is done via Extended Attributes, and as such the marking is lost when
you save the document to diskette or archive the document with a program (like
PKZIP) which does not handle EAs.  There are newer archiving programs available
which preserve this information.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.4. Recall (Submenu) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This menu option calls up a submenu wherein the most recently opened ten
documents are listed.  To reopen one of those documents as a new window, select
one of them with the arrow keys and press ENTER, or click on one of them with
the mouse.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.5. Merge... (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

When this menu option is selected, the system standard File dialog is
presented.  From this dialog you may select a single file to be merged into the
currently active document at the cursor position.

See Open/Merge/SaveAs... (Dialog) for more information.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.6. Save (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This command causes the currently active document to be saved to its current
file name.  If no changes have been made to the document, this menu option is
disabled.

The short-cut key for this function is F2.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.7. Save As... (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

When this menu option is selected, the system standard File dialog is
presented.  Using this dialog, you may enter the name the currently active
document will be saved under, and you may select the directory to which it will
be saved.

See Open/Merge/SaveAs... (Dialog) for more information.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.8. Save & Close (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This option provides a quick means to save and close the current document.

The short-cut key for this function is F4.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.9. Close (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This command causes the currently active document to be closed.  If there are
unsaved changes in the document, you will be asked if you wish to save it. If
you click on the YES button, or press Y, the document will be saved to its
current file name. If you click on the NO button, or press N, the document
window will close without having saved any changes. If you click on the CANCEL
button, or press the ESCAPE key, the close command will be aborted and the
document window will remain active.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.10. Print  (Submenu) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This submenu gives access to the various print commands. At this time, two
commands are available:

 ΓûáPrint All
 ΓûáPrint Page


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.11. Print All (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The currently active document is printed after you select this menu option.  A
red status window is displayed while the document is being sent to the system
spooler, but that is for your information only.  You may return to working on
the document immediately after submitting the print command.  The document will
be printed as it was the instant you requested it printed.

The short-cut key for this command is CTRL+P.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.12. Print Page (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The current page of the currently active document is printed after you select
this menu option.  A red status window is displayed while the document is being
sent to the system spooler, but that is for your information only. You may
return to working on the document immediately after submitting the print
command.  The document will be printed as it was the instant you requested it
printed.

The short-cut key for this command is ALT+P.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.13. General Preferences... (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

See General Preferences (Dialog) for more information.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.14. General Preferences (Dialog) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This dialog allows you to configure the appearance and behavior of Pluma in
ways which apply to the word processor itself, and not to the documents it
processes.  The options currently available are:

Animate This option, if set, causes the word processor to animate its main
window open and close process, just as the system folders do.  As with the
system folders, however, animation must be enabled from the System object in
the System Setup folder.

Show Rulers If this item is checked, then all document windows will have
horizontal and vertical rulers provided next to the document window.

Show Scroll Bars If this item is checked, then all document windows will
include horizontal and vertical scroll bars for use in scrolling the document
text with the mouse.

Show Complete Filenames If this item is checked, then the complete file name of
each document will show in the document window's title-bar.  Otherwise, the
drive and directory portion of the document file name will not be shown.

Initial Zoom From this group of buttons you may select the initial document
window zoom.  When you open new document windows or load documents from disk,
the chosen zoom method will be used to display the window when it is first
displayed.  You may choose from any of the following zoom types:

 ΓûáZoom 100%
 ΓûáZoom Full Width
 ΓûáZoom Full Height
 ΓûáZoom Margins
 ΓûáZoom All

 Once the settings are satisfactorily adjusted, press the ENTER key or click on
 the OK button for the program to continue.  The changes will take effect on
 all new documents created.

 If you wish to abort the dialog and leave the current defaults as they are,
 press the ESC key or click on the escape button.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.15. Document Defaults... (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This command invokes a dialog from which it is possible to alter the initial
printer, form, font, point size, color, font attributes and text justification
(horizontal and vertical) for the document.

See Document Defaults (Dialog) for more information.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.16. Document Defaults (Dialog) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This dialog allows you to change the initial attributes of documents. The
attributes apply to the currently active document, or, if you have no documents
open at the moment, the new attributes are saved for use in creating new
documents.  The attributes that may be changed through this dialog are:

Printer This item allows you to select which printer (if you have several) the
document will be printed to.  You may choose any printer currently defined in
the system.

Printer Settings Clicking on this button will call up the current printer's job
settings dialog.  This dialog varies according to which type of printer you
have selected, and cannot be documented here. Refer to the help information
provided by the dialog. After you return from the dialog, the currently
selected form and that form's size are updated in the area immediately below
the pushbutton.

Font This will be the initial font for the document.  You may choose from any
outline font currently installed on your system.

Size This will be the initial size used for the font.  You may choose any of
the sizes in the list provided.

Color This will be the initial color used for the text in the document. You may
choose any of the colors in the list provided.

Justification This defines the type of horizontal justification to be used. The
available types are Left, Center, Right and Full. Left justification aligns all
text to the left margin of the page. Center justification centers all text
between the left and right margins, but does not attempt to alter the default
spacing between words. Right justification aligns all text to the right margin
of the page. Full justification aligns text to both the left and right margins
of the page, altering the spacing between words appropriately.

Bold If this box is checked, the initial text will be made bold. If the
selected font has a special bold font available, it will be used.  Otherwise,
the system will construct a bold font for use.

Italic If this box is checked, the initial text will be made italic. If the
selected font has a special italic font available, it will be used.  Otherwise,
the system will construct an italic font for use.

Underscore If this box is checked, the initial text will be underscored.

Strikeout If this box is checked, the initial text will be struck out.

Outline If this box is checked, the initial text will be outlined, but not
filled in.

Caps If this box is checked, the initial text will be capitalized.

Center Page If this box is checked, the document will start out with vertical
centering of all pages.

Metric If this box is checked, the document will use metric units for all
measurements.  The horizontal and vertical rulers will use centimeters as their
units of measurement.

Margins These four entry fields are used to set the initial page margins,
inches or centimeters, according to your current setting.  The margins cannot
be set wider than the currently selected form's clipped size.

Tab Spacing This entry field allows you to set the default tab spacing to be
used at the start of the document.  If you enter 0.500 here, then you will
initially have tabs placed every half inch or centimeter, starting at the left
margin and continuing to the right margin.

Line Spacing This box contains the available default line spacing options.
Option 1.0 sets normal 100% vertical spacing. Option 1.5 sets 150% vertical
spacing, and option 2.0 sets 200%.

Date Format This field shows the current default date format to be used with
the Current Date and Today's Date functions. See Date Format for more
information.

Once the settings are satisfactorily adjusted, press the ENTER key or click on
the OK button for the program to continue.  If no documents are currently open,
or you have checked the Global Save box, then the new settings will take effect
for all new documents created from this point on.  If there is a document
window currently open, the new defaults will take effect for that document as
well.  No other documents are affected.

If you press the APPLY button, the new defaults settings are applied to the
currently active document at once, and become the new defaults.

If you wish to abort the dialog and leave the current defaults as they are,
press the ESC key or click on the escape button. Changes made by the APPLY
button are not discarded.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 9.17. Exit (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Selecting this menu option will terminate the program.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10. Edit Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

From the Edit Menu the following commands are available:

 ΓûáCut
 ΓûáCopy
 ΓûáPaste
 ΓûáClear
 ΓûáClear Clipboard
 ΓûáPaste Graphic
 ΓûáZoom


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10.1. Cut (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This command causes the currently selected text to be removed from the document
and placed into the system clipboard.

The short-cut key is defined to be Shift+Delete.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10.2. Copy (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This command causes the currently selected text to be copied from the document
and placed into the system clipboard.

The short-cut key is defined to be Ctrl+Insert.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10.3. Paste (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This command causes the contents of the system clipboard to either replace the
currently selected text (in replace mode) or to be inserted following the
cursor (in insert mode).

The short-cut key is defined to be Shift+Insert.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10.4. Clear (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This command causes the currently selected text to be cleared from the document
without altering the system clipboard. This command is equivalent in every way
to pressing the Delete key.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10.5. Clear Clipboard (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This command clears the system clipboard, releasing all items stored there.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10.6. Paste Graphic (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

If a bitmapped image has been placed on the system clipboard, this menu option
enables you to paste that image into your document. After you have selected
this option, you must point to one of the corners of the area where you want
the image pasted.  Select that corner by moving the mouse pointer there, then
pressing the left mouse button.  Keeping the mouse button pressed, move to the
opposite corner of the area where the image will be placed.  A rectangle will
form as you move the mouse. Once you are satisfied with the size and position
of the rectangle, release the mouse button.  The image will be pasted into the
rectangle, and will be stretched or compressed as necessary in both height and
width.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10.7. Zoom (Submenu) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This menu option calls up a submenu of the different document viewing zoom
commands.  The following commands are available for use:

 ΓûáZoom 100%
 ΓûáZoom Full Width
 ΓûáZoom Full Height
 ΓûáZoom Margins
 ΓûáZoom All
 ΓûáZoom Window
 ΓûáZoom Set...


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10.8. Zoom 100% (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This command sets the current display scale to 100%.  What you see displayed
should print at exactly the same size, providing the system scaling factors
(out of my control) are set properly.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10.9. Zoom Full Width (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This command sets the current display scale so that the page will occupy the
full width of its display window.  This may reduce or enlarge the document
scale, depending on how large you've got the display window set up to be.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10.10. Zoom Full Height (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This command sets the current display scale so that the page will occupy the
full height of its display window.  This will normally reduce the document
scale, causing it to display smaller than it will really print out as.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10.11. Zoom Margins (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This command sets the current display scale so that the portion of the document
within the horizontal margins will occupy the full width of its display window.
This will normally enlarge the document scale, depending on how large you have
set the display window to be.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10.12. Zoom All (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This command sets the current display scale to the smaller of the Zoom Full
Height and the Zoom Full Width scales.  This is done so the entire document
will appear in the window, no matter how small or misshapen the document window
is.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10.13. Zoom Window (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This command allows you to select a rectangular portion of the currently active
document and zoom in on it.  Once the portion has been selected, the current
document will be have a new zoom factor applied to it and it will be
repositioned so that the portion you have selected is visible at the largest
possible magnification.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 10.14. Zoom Set... (Menu Option & Dialog) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This command and dialog allow the user to set the viewing zoom factor to any
value desired.  Use the up and down arrows to change the zoom factor, or enter
the value directly, then press the ENTER key or click on the OK button to make
the new zoom factor take effect.

To apply the zoom factor without dismissing the dialog, click on the APPLY
button.  Zooms applied in this manner remain in effect after the dialog is
dismissed, even if the ESCAPE key is used.

To escape from the dialog without effecting any further change, press the
ESCAPE key or click on the ESCAPE button. Changes made by the APPLY button are
not discarded.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11. Layout Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

From the Layout Menu the following commands are available:

 ΓûáMargins...
 ΓûáTabs...
 ΓûáIndent...
 ΓûáLine Spacing 
 ΓûáJustification 
 ΓûáPage Center
 ΓûáPage Break
 ΓûáInsert Date 
 ΓûáDate Format...


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.1. Margins... (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This command invokes a dialog from which it is possible to set all four
printing margins (top, bottom, left, right).

See Margins (Dialog) for more information.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.2. Margins (Dialog) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Through this dialog you can set the left, right, top and bottom printing
margins.  These margins are specified in the currently selected measurement
system, and are the distances from the left and bottom edges of the form.

As you enter new values for the margins, the horizontal and vertical rulers for
the currently active document are adjusted accordingly, though the document
itself is not reformatted.

Enter the distances and press the ENTER key or click on the OK button. If the
margins will not work with the currently selected form, you will get an error
message and be allowed to try again.

If you press the APPLY button, the new margin settings are applied to the
currently active document at once, and become the new margins.

To abort the dialog and discard the changes entered, press the ESC key or click
on the 'Escape' button. Changes made by the APPLY button are not discarded.

Note:   The new left and right margins will take effect with the next line,
unless the margin command was inserted into the document at the very beginning
of a new line. The new top and bottom margins will take effect with the next
page, unless the margin command was inserted into the document at the very
beginning of a new page.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.3. Tabs... (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This command invokes a dialog from which it is possible to alter the document's
tab settings.  The new settings will take effect from the cursor location
onwards.

See Tabs (Dialog) for more information.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.4. Tabs (Dialog) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This dialog permits you to enter the position of a tab and either set the tab,
or clear it.  Your changes are immediately visible on the active window's
horizontal ruler.

To set a tab, enter the tab position in the entry field, then push the 'Set'
pushbutton.

To clear a tab, enter the tab position in the entry field, then push the
'Clear' pushbutton.

Once you have entered all the changes you wish to make to your document's tab
settings, you must select the OK button and press ENTER, or you can click the
OK button with the mouse.  The changes you have entered take effect from the
current cursor position onwards.

If you press the APPLY button, the new tab settings are applied to the
currently active document at once, and become the new tabs.

To abort the dialog and discard the changes entered, press the ESC key or click
on the 'Escape' button. Changes made by the APPLY button are not discarded.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.5. Indent... (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This menu option calls forth a dialog from which you can specify the indent
distance to be used in starting each new paragraph.

See Paragraph Indent (Dialog) for more information.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.6. Paragraph Indent (Dialog) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

From this dialog it is possible to set the paragraph indention distance to be
used from the document's current position onwards.

You may enter the new indention distance, then click the OK button to save the
new value.  The currently active document will be reformatted appropriately.

If you press the APPLY button, the new indention distance is applied to the
currently active document at once, and becomes the new indention.

To escape the dialog without saving any more changes, then click the ESCAPE
button. Changes made by the APPLY button are not discarded.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.7. Line Spacing (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This submenu presents the different vertical line spacing options that are
available. They include the following:

 Γûá1.0
 Γûá1.5
 Γûá2.0


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.8. Line Spacing 1.0 (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

If no text is currently selected, this menu option establishes normal (100%)
line spacing from the current location onwards, until changed by another
command.  If text has been selected, then this menu option establishes 100%
line spacing over the selected area, no more.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.9. Line Spacing 1.5 (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

If no text is currently selected, this menu option establishes one and a half
(150%) line spacing from the current location onwards, until changed by another
command.  If text has been selected, then this menu option establishes 150%
line spacing over the selected area, no more.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.10. Line Spacing 2.0 (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

If no text is currently selected, this menu option establishes double (200%)
line spacing from the current location onwards, until changed by another
command.  If text has been selected, then this menu option establishes 200%
line spacing over the selected area, no more.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.11. Justification (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This submenu presents the different horizontal text justification options that
are available.  They include the following:

 ΓûáLeft Justify
 ΓûáCenter Justify
 ΓûáRight Justify
 ΓûáFull Justify


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.12. Left Justify (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This menu option inserts a command into the document to left justify the
document text, starting with the next line, unless the command was inserted at
the very beginning of a new line, in which case it will take effect
immediately.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.13. Center Justify (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This menu option inserts a command into the document to center justify the
document text, starting with the next line, unless the command was inserted at
the very beginning of a new line, in which case it will take effect at once.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.14. Right Justify (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This menu option inserts a command into the document to right justify the
document text, starting with the next line, unless the command was inserted at
the very beginning of a new line, in which case it takes effect immediately.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.15. Full Justify (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This menu option inserts a command into the document to full justify the
document text, starting with the next line, unless the command was inserted at
the very beginning of a new line, in which case it takes effect at once. The
sizes of spaces in fully justified text are adjusted to make the left and right
margins of the text turn out even.  Lines terminated with a carriage return or
page break are treated as left justified.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.16. Page Center (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This menu option inserts a command into the document to center pages
vertically, starting with the next page, unless the command was inserted at the
very beginning of a new page, in which case it takes effect at once.

Note:   This function cannot be used together with graphics, and is disabled by
the presence of graphics on the page.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.17. Page Break (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This command, when selected, inserts a page break into the document at the
cursor location.  The cursor will advance to the start of the new page.

The short-cut key for this function is CTRL+ENTER.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.18. Insert Date  (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This sub-menu gives you access to the date insertion functions. Currently,
there are two options:

 ΓûáToday's Date
 ΓûáCurrent Date


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.19. Today's Date (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This menu option, when selected, inserts the current date into the document
text as a string of characters.  The date text is generated according to the
format specified in the Date Format... dialog. Once the date has been inserted
into the document, it may be edited like any other text.  It does not change
automatically if you change the current date format.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.20. Current Date (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This function inserts a special object into the document which shows the
current date, always.  It is always the current date when the document is
displayed or printed, not the date when the object was inserted into the
document.  As an object, it cannot be edited. When you move past it with the
cursor, it will behave as a single character or token.  The format with which
the date is shown can be altered from the Date Format... dialog, though you
must alter the format upstream from the object, since the object uses the
format in effect at its location in the document.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.21. Date Format... (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This menu option, when selected, calls up the Date Format... dialog, which is
used to alter the format used for generation of dates.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 11.22. Date Format... (Dialog) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

From this dialog it is possible to alter the format used in the generation of
dates.  The date format is whatever you type in the entry field, except that
certain characters preceeded by the '%' character have special meaning.  These
special codes are the following:

 %w - This code becomes the day of the week (Sunday, Monday, etc.).
 %d - This code becomes the day of the month, in numeric form.
 %m - This becomes the month of the year, in numeric form.
 %M - This is the month of the year (January, February, etc.).
 %y - This is the full year (not the last two digits only).

 Any other text entered in the field is copied directly to the generated date.
 For instance, the format string "%w, %M %d, %y" could become "Wednesday, March
 16, 1994".

 You may enter the new date format, then click the OK button to save the new
 value.  The currently active document will be reformatted appropriately.

 If you press the APPLY button, the new date format is applied to the currently
 active document at once, and becomes the new value.

 To escape the dialog without saving any more changes, then click the ESCAPE
 button. Changes made with the APPLY button are not discarded.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 12. Font Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

From this menu you may choose a font to be applied from the cursor location
onwards, or over the entire area currently selected in the document. The fonts
are displayed at 18 points, and are displayed exactly as they will be shown in
the document.

The font currently active at the cursor location is check-marked.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 13. Size Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

From this menu you may select a point-size to be applied from the cursor
location onwards, or over the entire area currently selected. The font
currently selected at the cursor location is used for the display, and each
menu entry is shown in the actual point size.

The size currently active at the cursor location is check-marked.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14. Attribute Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

From the Attribute Menu it is possible to insert font attribute commands into
the document.  All the font attributes supported natively by the Presentation
Manager are here: Normal, Bold, Italic, Underscore, Strikeout and Outline.  To
cause all text from the cursor's current location onwards, or all text
currently highlighted, to have one of these attributes, simply select the menu
option with the mouse or with the keyboard. The font attribute menu entries are
shown in the currently selected font and size, and the currently active
attributes are checkmarked. Any combination of attributes (except NORMAL) can
be active at any given time.  Normal is the setting when none of the others is
active.

 ΓûáNormal
 ΓûáBold
 ΓûáItalic
 ΓûáUnderscore
 ΓûáStrikeout
 ΓûáOutline
 ΓûáCaps
 ΓûáExpand 50%
 ΓûáExpand 75%
 ΓûáExpand 100%
 ΓûáExpand 125%
 ΓûáExpand 150%
 ΓûáExpand 175%
 ΓûáExpand 200%


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14.1. Normal (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This menu option, if selected, will cancel any currently active font attributes
(like bold, italic, etc.).  If this option is selected while text has been
highlighted, then the effect will be applied only to the highlighted text.  If
nothing was selected, the effect is applied from the cursor onwards.  Attribute
commands embedded in the document further along are not affected.

The short-cut key for this function is Ctrl+N.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14.2. Bold (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This menu option, when selected, will apply the Bold font attribute to the
currently selected text, or from the cursor location onwards.  Attribute
commands embedded further along in the document are not affected.

The short-cut key for this function is Ctrl+B.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14.3. Italic (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This menu option, when selected, will apply the Italic font attribute to the
currently selected text, or from the cursor location onwards.  Attribute
commands embedded further along in the document are not affected.

The short-cut key for this function is Ctrl+I.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14.4. Underscore (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This menu option, when selected, will apply the Underscore font attribute to
the currently selected text, or from the cursor location onwards. Attribute
commands embedded further along in the document are not affected.

The short-cut key for this function is Ctrl+U.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14.5. Strikeout (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This menu option, when selected, will apply the Strikeout font attribute to the
currently selected text, or from the cursor location onwards. Attribute
commands embedded further along in the document are not affected.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14.6. Outline (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This menu option, when selected, will apply the Outline font attribute to the
currently selected text, or from the cursor location onwards. Attribute
commands embedded further along in the document are not affected.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14.7. Caps (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This menu option, when selected, will apply the Caps font attribute to the
currently selected text, or from the cursor location onwards. Attribute
commands embedded further along in the document are not affected.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14.8. Expand 50% (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

See Expand 100% for more information.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14.9. Expand 75% (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

See Expand 100% for more information.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14.10. Expand 100% (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Expand options, when selected, apply an expansion factor to the currently
selected text or from the cursor location onwards. Expansion codes embedded
further along in the document are not affected and expansion codes are not
cumulative.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14.11. Expand 125% (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

See Expand 100% for more information.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14.12. Expand 150% (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

See Expand 100% for more information.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14.13. Expand 175% (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

See Expand 100% for more information.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 14.14. Expand 200% (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

See Expand 100% for more information.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 15. Color Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

From this menu you may choose a color to be applied from the cursor location
onwards (until the next change), or over the currently selected text. This
option chooses the text color, not its background color.

The color currently active at the cursor location is check-marked.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 16. Window Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

From the Window Menu several document window manipulation functions are
available, along with a list of all the document windows currently open. The
following commands are available:

 ΓûáTile
 ΓûáCascade
 ΓûáArrange Icons


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 16.1. Tile (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This command arranges the non-minimized document windows so that all are
completely visible, and so that all the minimized document icons are also
visible at the bottom of the workspace.  The minimized document icons are
rearranged as necessary.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 16.2. Cascade (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This command arranges the non-minimized document windows so that they are as
large as they can be, yet still have all their titles showing and so that all
the minimized document icons are also visible.  The minimized document icons
are rearranged as necessary.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 16.3. Arrange Icons (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This command will rearrange the minimized document window icons to the
bottom-left of the workspace.  This is done automatically when the Tile and
Cascade commands are executed.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 17. Help Menu ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The Help Menu has been set up in the SAA standard format, providing the
following commands:

 ΓûáHelp Index
 ΓûáGeneral Help
 ΓûáUsing Help
 ΓûáKeys Help
 ΓûáProduct Information


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 17.1. Help Index (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Selecting this menu option will cause the help library index to be displayed.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 17.2. General Help (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Selecting this menu option will display general information about the
application.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 17.3. Using Help (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Selecting this menu option will display the basic information on how to use the
Help Facility. None of this information is specific to this application.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 17.4. Keys Help (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

The following function key assignments have been made for use within the PM
Word Processor. Every effort has been made to conform with the SAA CUA
standard, as I understand it. There's been an incredible lack of documentation
available (to me) on the matter.

 F1 - Display help information
 F2 - Save Current Document
 F3 - Exit
 F4 - Save and Close Current Document
 F10 - Menu
 Ctrl+O - Open Document
 Ctrl+P - Print Entire Document
 Alt+P - Print Current Page
 Ctrl+N - Set Normal (Reset Text Attributes)
 Ctrl+B - Set Bold
 Ctrl+I - Set Italic
 Ctrl+U - Set Underscore


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 17.5. Product Information (Menu Option) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

Selecting this menu option will cause the program's Product Information and
Copyright dialog to be displayed.

See Product Information (Dialog) for more information.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 17.6. Product Information (Dialog) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This dialog box displays the program name, icon and copyright information. To
exit the dialog, press the ENTER key, the SPACE bar or the ESCAPE key, or click
on the OK button with the mouse.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 18. Set Profile Path ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

This dialog is displayed when the program cannot find its profile (INI) file,
and asks you where the file is or where it is to be created.

Only a valid existing directory name will be accepted. Once you have entered
the name, press the ENTER key or click on the OK button for the program to
continue.

If you wish to abort the program's initialization sequence, press the ESC key
or click on the escape button.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 19. Save Confirm (Dialog) ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

If this dialog has been displayed, then you are attempting to save your
document with a new name over a file that already exists.  If you really wish
to replace the already existing file, then either press the 'Y' key or click on
the Yes button.  If you do not wish to replace the file on disk, simply press
Enter or the 'N' key.  In this case, your document will not have been saved,
and you will have to try again giving a different name.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 20. Class Registration Error ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

If this message has been displayed, the application could not register one of
its window classes properly.  Try shutting down your system and restarting it.
If the problem persists, notify the application programmer.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 21. Save Changed Document? ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

You are trying to exit the program or close a document window, but you have
changes to the current document which have not yet been saved.  Answer 'Y'es or
click on the YES button if you wish to save the changes to the current file
name. Answer 'N'o or click on the NO button if you do not wish to do so (you
don't care about the changes). Press the ESC key or click on the Escape button
if you wish to abort the program termination or document close operation in
progress.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 22. Help Manager Error ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

If this message has been displayed, then something's wrong with the application
help file.  Please inform the application programmer.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 23. File Not Named ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

You have attempted to do a normal file save on new document that has not been
given a file name yet.  You must save this document with the Save As... command
on the File menu.


ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ 24. Out Of Memory ΓòÉΓòÉΓòÉ

You have attempted to copy a block of text or graphics that is too large.
There was insufficient memory to hold a copy of the block for the system
clipboard.