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- --SIMPLE WRITER--
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- At the Program Selection Menu, position the cursor over "Simple
- Writer" and select this item.
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- Note the display of Simple Writer's menu. The files in Simple Writer
- are listed at the left of the menu under the heading "Script Selections."
- At the right of the menu are the items selectable to create, edit, print,
- delete, etc., the Simple Writer files. The current file of Simple Writer
- is indicated at the bottom of the menu designated as the "Current Script."
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- Simple Writer possesses several unique features: Print margins are
- automatically computed, based upon the entered "Line Length" and "Printing
- Mode" (10, 12, or 17 print pitch is available); the default line length is
- 65 spaces (a 60 space line with a 5 space "hot zone" for word wrap) with
- the default pitch being 10. "Typos" are easily corrected by using the
- "shift-spacebar" combination as a substitute for the difficult to reach
- backspace-delete key. Simple Writer file titles of up to 40 characters
- eliminate the annoying restrictions of DOS file names. An "Oops" or save
- buffer permits the reentry of the last 20 lines of deleted copy involving
- deletions greater than a single word. The first line of each page is color
- marked to permit the user to visually assess "where am I," an aid in
- establishing top and bottom page margins, footnotes, page numbers, etc.
- Two edit modes, insert and replace, are toggled with the insert key. To
- simplify the administration of production timings, the student's words per
- minute rate is indicated at the Simple Writer Menu following the Function 3
- save command.
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- Commands are provided to automatically center copy both horizontally
- and vertically, including the automatic centering of column headings.
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- CREATING A FILE
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- Move the cursor to "Create File" and select this item; as you are
- asked to provide a "DOS" name, enter the number 8, as the numbers 1 through
- 7 were were used to name the previously created files. Following the entry
- of the file name, you are requested to enter a file title; no restrictions
- exist other than the file title not exceed 40 characters. Unless you
- prefer another title, enter the title "8. An Example File."
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- With the entry of the file title, this title is positioned beneath
- previous titles in the "Script Selections" column and becomes the Current
- Script, the cursor moving to "Edit Text." Select Edit Text to move to the
- editor.
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- EDITING TEXT
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- Observe the various editing commands offered by the Function 1 and
- Function 9 help screens. To become familiar with these various items will,
- of course, require practice in the use of Simple Writer.
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- To demonstrate the horizontal and vertical centering capabilities of
- the editor, enter the following announcement. With the cursor in the upper
- left corner of page 1, hold down the ALT key and press the "L" key (ALT-L);
- this "line marks" the first line. Then, key in the following lines exactly
- as shown, striking the CR key at the end of each line.
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- THE COMPUTER KEYBOARDING CLUB
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- will see
- Stevie Hurd, Keyboarding Champion
- demonstrate championship techniques
- School Auditorium
- Friday, April 10, 3:15 p.m.
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- Following the entry of the above announcement's last line, again
- execute the ALT-L command. Note that inverse video now covers the entire
- announcement, which makes it a "marked area." To center all of the
- announcement lines execute the line centering command, ALT-C. Now remove
- the marked area by executing ALT-U, the unmark command.
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- To vertically center the announcement using the "typewriter method"
- the 7 announcement lines are subtracted from the 66 possible lines, a
- difference of 59 lines. To divide the 59 unused lines between the top and
- bottom margins, 59 is divided by 2 to give 29 1/2 lines, with the fraction
- dropped. Thus, the announcement should begin on line 30.
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- Execute ALT-V, the vertical centering command and then move the
- cursor to the announcement's first line to determine if it is correctly
- positioned on line 30.
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- Now press Function 4 and confirm your decision not to save the
- announcement. This returns you to the Simple Writer Menu. Select Edit
- Text to return to the blank editor. You will now construct and print the
- following table. Please follow the directions exactly as stated.
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- AMERICAN PRESIDENTS
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- YEAR NAME PARTY
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- 1980 Ronald Reagan Republican
- 1988 George Bush Republican
- 1992 Bill Clinton Democratic
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- Beginning at the first column of line 1, key "AMERICAN PRESIDENTS."
- On the next line establish a key line that includes the longest item in
- each column: Key "YEAR," then space 6 times, key "Ronald Reagan," then
- space 6 times and key "Republican."
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- On line 1 position the cursor directly above the last letter in
- "Republican." Press ALT-B, then the "Home" key to move the cursor to the
- beginning of the line, and repeat ALT-B. Finally, press ALT-H to center
- the main heading over the key line. Turn off the marked area with ALT-U.
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- Clear all tabs with the ALT-E command. On line three repeat "YEAR"
- directly below its first entry. Move the cursor beneath the first letter
- in "Ronald." Press ALT-T to establish a tab for the second column. Press
- ALT-B, then key "NAME," moving the cursor to the last letter in "Reagan,"
- and there repeat ALT-B. Press ALT-H to center "NAME" over the column.
- Turn off the marked area (ALT-U). Move the cursor to the first letter in
- "Republican." Press ALT-T to establish a tab for the third column. Press
- ALT-B, then key "PARTY," moving the cursor to the last letter in
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- "Republican," and repeat ALT-B. Press ALT-H to center "PARTY" over the
- column. Turn off the marked area (ALT-U).
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- Place the cursor on line two, the key line, and delete with ALT-D.
- Move to the line beneath the column headings and key the three lines of
- column data from the table. Next, position the cursor on the line below
- the main heading and press the Function 10 key twice to insert a triple
- space; place the cursor on the line below the column headings and press
- Function 10 once to enter a double space. Vertically center the table with
- ALT-V, then save with Function 3. Finally, print the table by first
- selecting "Print Options," then "Start Printing." Note that the table is
- automatically horizontally centered on the printout.
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- EDITING COMMANDS CLARIFIED
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- A marked area that involves the complete width of the screen is
- created with the ALT-L (line mark) command. First it is executed at the
- desired beginning of the marked area and, if more than one line is
- involved, the cursor is then moved to the end of the area to be marked,
- and ALT-L executed a second time. ALT-U turns off a marked area.
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- A second marked area command, ALT-B (block mark), is employed when it
- is desired to mark an area less than the full width of the screen. A
- frequent use of this command involves the centering of headings in
- combination with the ALT-H (block center) command.
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- The following procedures may be employed with a marked area: Copy
- (ALT-Z); Delete (ALT-D); Vertically Center (ALT-V); Horizontally Center
- (ALT-C or ALT-H); Move, a combination of the Copy and Delete commands.
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- The paragraph reform command (ALT-P) is based upon a paragraph being
- defined as a group of single spaced lines, separated from other paragraph
- copy with a blank line. To reform paragraphs without a 5-space indention,
- the command ALT-I precedes the ALT-P command.
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- Tab set positions are indicated by the diamond figures that appear
- beneath the horizontal ruler; the left margin position is indicated by the
- rectangle that appears on the horizontal ruler. A "Hard Space"
- (ALT-Space) enables the operator to defeat the automatic text spacing
- rules of the paragraph reform command, ALT-P.
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- For commands announced by the Function 9 help screen, Function 2
- saves to disk while allowing the user to stay in the editor; Function 3
- saves, but returns to the Simple Writer Options Menu. Function 4 is a
- request to leave the editor without saving, which the user must verify;
- ESCape may be used in place of Function 4. Function 5 moves from the
- editor to the "Oops" buffer to permit the user to mark deleted text to be
- copied back to the editor; after marking the copy in the Oops buffer,
- Function 5 toggles to the editor where ALT-Z copies the marked deletions
- at the cursor position. Function 6 deletes from the cursor to the end of
- the line. Function 7 permits the entry of a search string up to 40
- characters in length; Function 8 permits a repeat of the search operation
- after its initial location. Function 10 inserts a line at the cursor
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