Developer CD Series 1990: Discy Business/Discy Business.2mg/DEV.CD/GUIDED.TOURS/IIC.PLUS.TOUR/AT.WORK/TMOD.SCRIPT

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Dear Pat and Dick,

Sure is good to be writing you again. I can't believe it's been a year!

About the biggest news here is that we bought an Apple II computer. In
fact, I'm using it right now to write you this letter. And you know if
butter fingers me can get it to work, it's got to be easy to use!

Nan and the kids are doing fine. Nan's been writing a lot of articles and
I'm still killing myself at the office. In my "spare" time I'm managing
Jimmy's ball team and let me tell you, those kids are GOOD.

How are your kids, by the way?  I'd really like to hear from you. Why not
buy a computer? It makes letter writing a breeze. Anyway, Happy New
Year and do keep in touch.

                                                  Love,

                                                  Harry and Nan
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Word processing programs make it easy to write and edit
anything that you'd normally type:  letters, proposals,
manuscripts, memos, school assignments.
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Harry Walker uses the AppleWorks (AW) word processing
program to write his annual holiday letter.  Using that
program, he can personalize each letter, with almost
no retyping.
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Here's a copy of the letter Harry wrote to Pat
and Dick Peterson using the AW word processor.
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The top and bottom line of text on the screen
give users additional information about how
AW works.  You don't need to concern yourself
with this information now.
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Put yourself in Harry's shoes for a minute and
imagine that you want to send the same letter to
Frank and Leslie Burns.  All you need to do is
change the first line.

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First, move the cursor to the beginning of
what you want to change.

     Press the RIGHT ARROW key 5 times.
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     Press the RIGHT ARROW key % times.

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Good!  Now, simply type over the old information.

    Type: Frank and Leslie,
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"Frank and Leslie,

    Type: Frank and Leslie,

    To continue type: %
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There!  Your letter is personalized.  The only
problem is that Frank and Leslie don't have any
kids.  But they are planning a trip to Hawaii.
Your job is to modify your letter using the
word processing program.
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First, you need to move the cursor
to the line you want to change.

    Press the DOWN ARROW key 12 times.
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    Press the DOWN ARROW key % times.
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Good! Now,

    Press the LEFT ARROW key 9 times
    so it's on the k in "kids."
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#LLLLLLLLL

    Press the LEFT ARROW key % times
    so it's on the k in "kids."

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You got it.  Next, you need to use AW's
Delete option to get rid of information
you don't want.

    Hold down the COMMAND key
    and press D (for Delete).
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    Hold down the COMMAND key
    and press D (for Delete).
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Notice the small checkerboard squares on
the left side of the screen.  These
indicate where you have pressed the
RETURN key.  Don't worry.  These don't
show when you print the letter.
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The margin information at the top of the
screen tells AW exactly how wide you
want your margins.  Changing margin size
is one of many options word processing
programs offer.
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Your task now is to tell AW exactly what
you want to delete. To do this, you use
the arrow keys.

     Press the RIGHT ARROW key 3 times.
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     Press the RIGHT ARROW key % times.
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Notice that the information you want to
delete is displayed in inverse--dark
text on a light background.

     Now press RETURN.
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The kids have vanished!
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The next step is to ask Frank and Les
about their vacation plans.  To insert
information, you first need to give AW
the Edit command.

      Hold down the COMMAND key
      and press E (for Edit).
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      Hold down the COMMAND key
      and press E (for Edit).
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Notice that the cursor changed.  The cursor you now
see, the blinking underline, is called the insert
cursor because it lets you insert new information.
Once the insert cursor is blinking, it's easy to
insert new text.

      Type: trip plans
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#trip plans



                      Type: trip plans

                      Type: %
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Now your letter is really personalized!

To get back to the cursor you began
with, called the overstrike cursor,

      Hold down the COMMAND key and
      press E.
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      Hold down the COMMAND key and
      press E.

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But suppose, after sending off 20 letters, Harry decides that, for the
sake of family harmony, he had better tell about his family before
raving about his new computer.  So what he needs to do is to switch
the second and third paragraphs of his letter.
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Information can be moved in seconds with a word processing program!
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First, place the cursor at the beginning of the text you want to move.

Use the arrow keys to move the cursor to "Nan", the first word of the
third paragraph.
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      Use the arrow keys to move the cursor so it's on
      the first word of the third paragraph.
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You got it!  Now, to move this paragraph, select AW's Move option.

     Hold down the COMMAND key and press M (for Move).
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     Hold down the COMMAND key and press M (for Move).
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Look at the bottom of the screen.  AW wants to know whether you're
moving text within this document or to or from the clipboard, AW's
temporary storage area.  To indicate that you want to move text
within this document,

     Press RETURN.
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Now, use the DOWN ARROW key to highlight the section you want to move.

     Press the DOWN ARROW key 3 times and press RETURN.

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     Press the DOWN ARROW key % times, then press RETURN.

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Finally, you'll move the cursor to where you want the paragraph inserted.

     Press the UP ARROW key 7 times, then press RETURN.
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     Press the UP ARROW key % times, then press RETURN.

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Harry printed out copies of his holiday letter by connecting a printer
to his Apple computer and using AW's Print option.  Each letter could be
printed in seconds!
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One of the niftiest features of AW and many other word processing
programs is that they let you print documents in all sorts of ways.  For
example, with just a few keystrokes, you can go from


             _______________________       _______________________
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            |                       |     |                       |
            |                       |     |                       |
            |                       |     |                       |
            |                       |     |                       |
            |                       |     |                       |
            |                       |     |                       |
            |                       |     |                       |
            |_______________________|     |_______________________|
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Or you can put headers and footers in your documents to help you
keep better track of your paperwork.

                _____________________________
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               |                             |
               |                             |
               |   Samuel Clemens was the    |
               |   first writer to submit    |
               |   a typewritten manuscript  |
               |   to a publisher.  The      |
               |   manuscript was Life on    |
               |   the Mississippi; the      |
               |   typewriter, a Remington   |
               |   Model I.                  |
               |                             |
               |                             |
               |_____________________________|

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Remember, every word processor works a little bit differently.
Shop around and then choose the one that best suits your needs.
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Press RETURN to go on to the next section or COMMAND-ESC to
return to the menu.
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