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- MicroHelp Library
- THUMB PRINT SOFTWARE'S
- TP-ET
- ELECTRIC TYPEWRITER
- (C) Copr. Thumb Print Software 1989-90
- Full Registration $19.50
- 1570 Colwood Rd.
- Caro Michigan 48723
- 517-673-5482 (2:00 - 7:00 PM EST/EDT)
- Press any key to Start
- Top of form to 1st line of text
- om of form to last of of text
- More
- ESC Exit
- (1 of 9)
- Tabs:
- /You can set the tab stops from 1 to 40. This means
- that every time you Pre
- the Tab Key the cursor
- move the designated spaces. For instances
- say you select 10 for your tab stops. Pre
- ing the
- Tab key from the Left Margin the cursor wi
- jump
- 10 spaces and stop. Pre
- ing the Tab key again the
- cursor wi
- jump 10 spaces and stop etc. Selecting
- 0 (Zero) as a tab se
- ing wi
- not a
- ow any Tab
- jumps by the cursor. You ca
- ot have varible Tab
- ings as in a word proce
- or IE: a Tab stop at
- 8 another at 12 another at 25 etc. Whatever you
- select wi
- be the Tab jump of the cursor for a
- Tab stops.
- More
- ESC Exit (2 of 9)
- Line Spacing Single or Double:
- If you want Single line spacing while typing a
- document select (S)ingle. (D)ouble means every time
- you pre
- the Enter Key you wi
- have a Blank Line
- n your lines of Text.
- OEnd of line Warning Be
- This is similiar to the be
- on a standard electric
- typewriter. 6 (Six) spaces before your Right Margin
- you wi
- here a Be
- . This is to warn you that you
- are near the end of the line. TP-ET does not have a
- Word Wrap feature, therefore when you reach the end
- of a line your last character is replaced by what-
- ever you type next. The Warning Be
- lets you know
- when you are ge
- ing close to the end of a line.
- More
- ESC Exit (3 of 9)
- Edit Mode:
- +Means that while you are typing your document you
- be able to edit what you have typed. There are
- 3 Selections to ch
- se from.
- (L)ine
- The cursor wi
- start at the Left Margin
- of the line. You may move around this line and edit
- anything you have typed. Once you pre
- Enter/Return whatever you have typed wi
- be sent to the printer.
- 6(S)r
- You wi
- have 14 lines ot text as you typethat you may edit. Pre
- ing the Enter key wi
- move
- you to the next line of text. The Up-A
- ow key wi
- move you to the previous line of text. Pre
- ing F-9
- send a
- 14 lines of text to the printer. Your
- clear and you wi
- be able to type and
- edit 14 more lines of text. F-10 ends the Document.
- More
- ESC Exit (4 of 9)
- (P)age
- means however many lines of text a
- by your Top of form to 1st line of text; and your
- om of form to last line of text se
- ings you
- be able to edit. What you wi
- have is a
- virtual page. As you type your document the scr
- scro
- for however many lines of text are
- owed. For instance lets say your Top of Form
- ing is 10; your Bo
- om of form se
- ing is 10
- you would be a
- owed 46 lines of text per page of
- paper. You could scro
- up and down these lines with the Enter/Return key and Up-A
- ow key to edit what-
- ever you have already typed. Unlike a word proce
- or you ca
- ot spilt lines or combine lines. Once you
- your printer wi
- print out a
- lines of
- the document for that particular page. You wi
- have a new page to work on. F-10 ends the Document.
- More
- ESC Exit (5 of 9)
- File Mode:
- *There are 3 to ch
- se from:
- You may take up where you left o
- typing a document. When TP-ET saves your document
- it remembers what page and line you were on when
- you exited. These se
- ings are saved in the
- .APN
- file. If you were in the (L)ine option you
- would have to make sure the document is aligned
- properly in your printer. (S)cr
- n option is a
- bit harder. Leave your document as is in the
- printer. If you move it the line count wi
- be o
- when you restart. In the (P)age option always start the new a
- ended page at the top of form of a new
- t of paper. (S)cr
- n always sends 14 lines to
- the printer/file. (P)age always sends a fu
- page oftext to the printer/file.
- More
- ESC Exit (6 of 9)
- wof 9)
- (S)ave
- means that you wi
- be asked a name for
- this document to save to disk. You may type in
- up to 8 characters as a name. Certain character
- not recognized by DOS are not a
- owed. You wi
- these characters displayed. The extention .LET wi
- be automatica
- ed to the name you enter.
- ;(N)o Save
- means that whatever you type in the
- document wi
- not be saved to disk. You wi
- only
- have a print out from your printer.
- EAuto Insert Keys (AI-Name):
- AI Name is the name you entered in the Doc.Set
- n. By pre
- ing F2 while typing a document
- that name wi
- inserted automatica
- y at the cursor posistion.
- More
- ESC Exit (7 of 9)
- Auto A
- (AI-Adr):
- Means that while typing a document if you pre
- F3 the a
- you entered in the Doc.Set wi
- be automatica
- y inserted at the cursor position.
- 7Auto City-State-Zip (AI-CSZ):
- Means that while typing a document if you pre
- F4 the City State and Zip you entered in the
- Doc.Set wi
- be automatica
- y insered at the
- cursor position.
- $F-5 inserts the Phone Number you entered.
- Printer Font and Quality:
- There are 6 selections to ch
- se from.
- Pica Draft
- Pica NLQ (near le
- er quality)
- Elite Draft
- Elite NLQ
- Italic Draft
- Italic NLQ
- More
- ESC Exit (8 of 9)
- If you select any of these 6 your printer should
- be EPSON/IBM compatible. If it isn't unpredictable
- results can o
- ur. For those printers that use
- erent codes select USER from the options. You
- be asked to input your printer code.
- Refer to the manual for specific instructions on
- how to input a printer code.
- VEnd of File
- Back 1 Scr
- 1st Scr
- ESC to Exit
- Editing Keys Available
- Left Arrow -- Move Cursor 1 column left.
- Right Arrow -- Move Cursor 1 column right.
- Home
- -- Move Cursor to beginning of line.
- -- Move Cursor to end of line.
- Delete
- -- Deletes character at cursor position.
- Backspace
- -- Deletes character 1 column to the
- left of the cursor.
- Ctrl-End
- -- Deletes all characters from cursor
- to end of line.
- Ctrl-Lf Arw -- Moves Cursor 1 word left.
- Ctrl-Rt Arw -- Moves Cursor 1 word right.
- Insert key -- Toggles between Insert and Overtype
- Mode.
- Page 1 of 2
- Tab-More Esc-Return
- Graphic Characters for Drawing Boxes
- Use the ALT key and the Function Keys F1-F10
- ^ = ALT IE: ^F1 same as ALT F1
- ^F1
- Page 2 of 2
- Tab-More Esc-Cancel
- CTRL-F1
- ^F6
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