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G-Print version 1.03 DEMO
Copyright 1990, 1991 by Stephen Whitney
All Rights Reserved.
GEnie: S.WHITNEY
Internet: stephen@cs.ucla.edu
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This is a disabled demonstration version of G-Print. Before you discard it
as not representative of the real version of G-Print, let me tell you how
it's disabled. The G-Print demonstration version works exactly like the
commercially available version, with one exception. It prints the words
"G-Print DEMO" on every page you print with it.
Some of G-Print's advanced features will be difficult to figure out without
the manual, but I'll explain some basic ones here to get you started.
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NOTE: Unless you already have GDOS (Atari's Graphics Device Operating
System), with an appropriate printer driver, installed in your system, you
will not be able to run this demonstration. The fully-functional version
of G-Print comes with all necessary GDOS files and an installation program
which will set up G-Print for you.
To run G-Print, you will need to have Atari GDOS or G+PLUS (an excellent
GDOS replacement by Codehead Software) in the AUTO folder of the disk
drive your computer boots from. You will also need an ASSIGN.SYS file
containing a printer driver installed as device 21 followed by a list
of fonts. Screen fonts are optional, but the printer driver and
fonts are necessary. This means that teh GDOS setup from DEGAS Elite
will not suffice. Drivers and fonts from Easy Draw, Analyze, WordUp,
and Timeworks Desktop Publisher, for example, should work fine.
If you don't have the appropriate GDOS files to use this demo, you
can still download the G-Print Option Explorer (GPR_OX.PRG). It doesn't
actually print files, but it lets you see what options are available
and how the user interface feels. It also shows a screen snapshot
when you choose the preview or print options.
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When G-Print first starts up, after displaying the information box (and in
this version the "order me" box), it displays the "Novice Menu." This menu
is intended to get new users up and running with G-Print as quickly as
possible. It is then possible to save a default configuration which will not
display this menu when you're ready to do so.
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GETTING STARTED
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The six options:
Load a document into G-Print:
"Press" this button (click the mouse button while the pointer is
over this option) to load a file which you plan to print. You may
load files from 1st Word, 1st Word Plus, Word Writer ST, and ST Writer*
as well as plain ASCII text files.
Change the font your document will be printed in:
This option allows you to select a GDOS font and size to print your
document in. Since G-Print reformats your document based on the
size of this font, your lines will always be approximately the same
length!
Change the spacing of your document for printing:
G-Print allows you to set the spacing between lines to anything you
desire, but single, one-and-a-half, and double spacing are provided
to make things simpler.
Change the margins of your document for printing:
G-Print allows you to set the left, right, top, and bottom margins
to any value you desire. The default settings show the distances in
inches, but you can set G-Print to use centimeters if you desire.
Print out the document you have loaded into G-Print"
This prints your document (surprise). It allows you to choose which
pages to print and whether to pause between pages or eject a sheet
of paper after printing.
Leave the G-Print program:
Yes, this gets you out of the G-Print program.
Switch to advanced user menus:
This option lets you switch to the part of G-Print that uses standard
GEM menus. There are many, many more options available here. If you
click the "Novice Startup" option so that the checkmark doesn't show
and then do a "Save Configuration..." with the file name GPRINT.GPR,
G-Print will start up in the "advanced user" mode next time you run it.
You can change any other parameters you wish and have G-Print start
up with them too if you change them before saving GPRINT.GPR.
* ST Writer is in the public domain and is available for download from many
on-line services as well as from several public domain software dealers.
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THE SAMPLE FILES
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Several sample files are provided in the archive with the G-Print demo. To
try them out, load in the file, and then use "Load Configuration..." to load
the configuration file which starts with the same name.
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STUFF TO TRY
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Some of G-Print's most unique or useful features are listed below. Try 'em out!
Set Document Styles...
This option lets you change the way styled text is printed. For
example, you can set G-Print to print out all underlined text
as outlined. You might also set G-Print to print all light text in
the "Extra Font." You can then set the extra font to anything you
want to add variety to your document. I use the extra font for
things like titles and headings.
Orientation...
This option lets you print pages in ladscape (sideways) mode as well
as in "booklet mode" (referred to as dual page mode). This special
mode sets up two pages on each piece of paper and chooses the pages
so that when the pieces of paper are folded together, they'll read
likle a booklet.
Title Page...
This is the most complicated option in G-Print. It allows you to
designate part of your document as the "title page." You can choose
the first page in your word processor as the title page or decide how
many lines whould be the title page. Then you can center those lines,
print them in a special fonts, put a border around that page, and more.
Fast Preview...
This G-Print function allows you to see how the lines and pages of your
document will break. You can also proofread here. It allows you to
move around the page quickly.
True Preview...
This option lets you see what your document will look like printed.
Each time you move around the page, it will be reformatted so it can
be slow for large pages. Unless you load the screen fonts (see the
File menu), the text may be difficult to read.
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UPGRADES
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Upgrades will be available for $4 to protect your investment. Already, an
update to support additional 1st Word Plus features and the new TX2 format
is planned. Although G-Print is already FSM GDOS* compatible, as soon as it
becomes available, G-Print will be updated to support FSM's new features such
as continuous font scaling.
* FSM GDOS is Atari's new GDOS which supports outline fonts. It uses the same
set of fonts for