Autosave is for you who does many things at the same time with your computer, or just want to be on the safe side. We all know how computers are... capricious! Loosing data in a crash can be irritating, but can also be very damaging.
Using AllWrite's autosave feature you can specify if, and the interval between which, the application shall save your work to the hard disk.
You can toggle autosave off/on in the General Settings in the Edit menu.
If you are new to writing on a keyboard, the document cleaning may be useful. This feature quickly removes common typing errors such as double spaces and spaces before commas, and replaces plain quotes (") with curly ones (╙).
You will find document cleaning in the Special menu.
"Make backup", which can be found in the document icon popup in the main window, makes a copy of the current document in a folder called "Backup folder" in the same directory as the AllWrite application. In the Backup Settings, you can choose another folder for AllWrite to make the backup copies in.
ÑCiphering and deciphering --------------------------------------------------
If you have text files that you don't want any outsiders to read, then you can cipher it with AllWrite. The ciphering progress is simple: you are asked for a password, and AllWrite thinks for some seconds/minutes/hours, and then you'll get a text file containing of numbers only. Do not forget the password, for then no-one can save your file!
Deciphering is just as easy, you are asked for the password, and AllWrite gives you a deciphered version of the text. Note that the password is NOT stored in the text file, so even if you specify the wrong password when deciphering, AllWrite will try to decipher. But, if the password is wrong, the text will be completely unreadable.
Important! This feature is beta only! Use it at your own risk!
Have you ever wished that your text editor could change the position of two characters with one shortcut? Well, not me either, but if you are like me and oftenly types characters in wrong order, you will be amazed of how useful "Swap characters" is. Put the marker between two characters and press command-E, and the character order will be inverse. E g, "hosue" will be "house" if you put the marker between "u" and "s" and press command-E.
ÑInsert Date & Time ------------------------------------------------------------
AllWrite handles shortcuts for fast access to commonly used words, addresses, names and such. These shortcuts are easy to edit. I have, for example, my e-mail address (fabian.lidman@swipnet.se) as the command-0 shortcut. In AllWrite, i can type that over and over again without getting tired: fabian.lidman@swipnet.se, fabian.lidman@swipnet.se, fabian.lidman@swipnet.se, fabian.lidman@swipnet.se, fabian.lidman@swipnet.se.
Change the shortcuts by selecting "Shortcuts..." from the Edit menu, or press command-T
Concordance does give you a list of the 9 most common words in your text.
To get a concordance for your text, click at the flag icon in the gery bar, or select "Concordance..." from the Special menu
ÑDocument info -----------------------------------------------------------------
Document info gives you info about the file you are editing.
To get info for a file, select the document icon in the gery bar and press command-I, alternatively control-click at the icon and select "File Info..."
