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This tutorial will allow you to learn how to use Pre-Loading of
SPECIALS.TXT and other files to add headings,  boxes & graphics
to text.   After learning to do this, you will also be  able to
use the program AUTOFONT.EXE to create custom headings  and key
words which you may pre-load into AUTODOC.EXE.

NOTE: When you are asked to press CTRL-Y, hold down  your  CTRL
key and press your Y key at the same time.

Press your PgDn key now  to continue on page 2 of the tutorial.

IN THIS SECTION YOU WILL PUT YOUR NAME IN  THE BOX AND MOVE IT.
1. Use the cursor control keys to position  the cursor  in  the
   box. (Look for 4 arrow keys pointing up, down, right, left.)
2. Press your insert key (INS) once. Your cursor should enlarge
   indicating that you are now in "REPLACE" mode.
3. Type your name. There is room for 26 characters in the box.
4. Avoid typing through the right side of the box. If your name
   is not centered, use the cursor keys  to  move to  a  better
   starting point and retype.  To  erase  use  BACKSPACE/DELETE
   (a separate left-arrow key) or the space bar.
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5. After your name is centered in the box, press CTRL-Home, and
   and then press CTRL-Y 1O times to erase 1-thru-4, and go on.
NOW YOUR NAME-IN-A-BOX SHOULD BE AT THE TOP OF THE SCREEN,  AND
             YOU WILL LEARN TO MOVE THE BOX AROUND.
6. Position your cursor anywhere to the LEFT of the box.  Press
   the INS key for "INSERT" mode (cursor becomes small again).
7. Press the space key a few times,  and then the backspace/de-
   lete key (a separate left-arrow key).   Part of the box will
   move right and left. Do not move it all the way to one side.
8. Move the entire box right and left, one line at a time.  Use
   cursor control keys to change lines, NOT the Enter key.
9. Position your cursor ON LINE 5 and press CTRL-Y 12 TIMES.
YOUR BOX SHOULD STILL BE AT SCREENTOP, WITH THIS LINE BELOW IT.

           NOW TO TRY MOVING THE BOX VERTICALLY ...

1O. Press CTRL-Home and then press CTRL-N THREE TIMES.  The box
   and all of this text should move  down  as  new  blank lines
   appear at the top of the screen.
11. With the cursor still at the top of the screen press CTRL-Y
   THREE TIMES to move everything up again.
12. Well, that's all there is to it!  Now instead of moving the
   box, let's experiment with graphics text.       (Press PgDn)

   You  will discover that the lettering is constructed  of six
   individual lines,  and you can handle it just as you did the
   box!  Any time you forget which command to  use,  just press
   the F1 key to pull down a help screen. Press a key to remove
   the help screen after you check it.


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    Practice moving the word to the right and the left.  If you
    erase part, it can probably be repaired. (See the footnote)
    DO THIS ONLY ONCE: With cursor ABOVE the word, press CTRL-N
    1O TIMES & "NOTICE" sinks out of sight!     THEN PRESS PgDn

    Whether or not you did a perfect job on  "all of the above"
    you have learned how to move  multi-line  graphics  around.
    this will come in handy when you pre-load SPECIALS.TXT  and
    other files.   You will be able to position words and erase
    those which you do not need.                   (Press PgDn)

    While it is not possible to move one  graphic  past another
    (there is no way to move your name-in-a-box  to  a position
    beneath the word "NOTICE"), there are ways to  achieve such
    repositioning PRIOR to pre-loading into AUTODOC.  You could
    use an editor which has block-move capability,  such as the
    Norton Editor.  Or you can easily add  a  copy  of one file
    onto the end of another file (or onto itself), pre-load the
    "double" file, and then erase the unneeded portions.

    Example:  After you leave this program, try the  following:
    Type:  COPY SPECIALS.TXT + SPECIALS.TXT NEW.TXT  and  press
    "Enter."   This  will create a new file named NEW.TXT which
    contains 2 copies of the contents of SPECIALS.TXT!  By pre-
    loading NEW.TXT into AUTODOC.EXE and  selectively  deleting
    portions  of it,  you  can  end  up with your name-in-a-box
    beneath the large graphic "NOTICE" after all!  (Press PgDn)


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                   (see footnote on next page)

  Footnote -

   RIPINFO.DEB can be read by selecting <R>EVIEW from the main
   menu. This gives you directions and codes to use in repair-
   ing damaged boxes and other graphics.  Once you learn to do
   it you can even create graphics "from scratch!"  The secret
   lies in using your Alt key in conjunction with the  numbers
   on your numeric keypad to type the graphics  characters  of
   the  otherwise  hidden  extended character set. Try it now:
   Hold down your Alt key and keep it down  as  you  type  the
   number 127 on your keypad. (These are the number keys which
   are arranged in a square pattern.)

   Release your Alt key and you should  produce this symbol: 
   If that worked, then try higher numbers, up to 255.  (PgDn)



                           ADDENDUM

   Some hardware setups will permit you to print the graphics,
   including Decor∙Edge Bord`rs,  by pressing your PrtScr key.
   Older systems use the combination  Shift-PrtSc  (press both
   at the same time).  You can use the command Ctrl-P  now  to
   print the text (and possibly graphics too) but  the  Bord`r
   will be omitted.  A dot-matrix or  laser-jet printer is re-
   quired for printing graphics.   You may need to use the DOS
   "Graphics" command for your system to print  graphics;  see
   DOS manual for more information  about  this.  Some systems
   require the use of a special program  such as PC-FONT2.EXE,
   which is available in a Shareware version.           (PgDn)


    At this point  you may press your Esc key & then press "S"
    to save this file.  Do it now, for practice.   Give it any
    name you like, and then when the main  menu appears select
    <R>eview to call it back up and check it out!
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