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- THE KEYSAVER MANUAL TEXT FOLLOWS -
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| KEYSAVER |
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| TYPING ASSISTANT |
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| Copyright 1993 |
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| HFK Software |
| Sixty-Eight Wells Road |
| Lincoln, MA 01773 |
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| 617-259-0059 |
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Version 1.0
11-5-93
T A B L E o f C O N T E N T S
INTRODUCTION 1
INTRODUCTORY DEMO 1
SYSTEM REQUIREMENTS 2
INSTALLATION 2
TSR LOADING 2
TEMPLATE FILES 3
TRIGGERING KEYSAVER 4
KEYSAVER EXERCISES 4
EXERCISE-ONE 5
EXERCISE-TWO 6
CONSTRUCTING TEMPLATES 6
KEYSAVER REGISTRATION 7
APPENDIX-A -- TEMPLATE-1 LISTING 8
APPENDIX-B -- TEMPLATE-2 LISTING 9
APPENDIX-C -- COMMAND SUMMARY 10
APPENDIX-D -- SHAREWARE DECLARATION 11
REGISTRATION FORM 12
-- I N T R O D U C T I O N --
KEYSAVER, the typing assistant, provides a means of auto-
matically typing boiler plate (commonly used) text at will.
This not only saves a great deal of repetitive typing, but
also eliminates the associated risk of misspelled words and
other typos.
KEYSAVER works transparently with WordPerfect, DOS, and other
text oriented programs. That is, the program (e.g., Word-
Perfect) does not know that you did not actually key the
boiler plate text manually.
KEYSAVER uses standard ASCII files called templates to
contain sets of boiler plate and related prompt text.
KEYSAVER's operation is deceptively simple. KEYSAVER is
"triggered" to initiate the auto-typing of boiler plate text.
When the boiler plate, which may vary from a single character
to multiple paragraphs, is auto-typed the prompt that follows
the boiler plate in the template is displayed. This prompt
usually indicates what unique keystrokes are required
following the just auto-typed boiler plate. When the manual
input of unique text is completed, KEYSAVER is triggered
again, the next boiler plate is auto-typed, and the next
prompt is displayed. This cycle may continue until an entire
document has been typed.
KEYSAVER has been designed to work with speech and large
print systems used by the blind and visually impaired.
-- I N T R O D U C T O R Y D E M O --
The details in this manual are more easily understood once
you have seen KEYSAVER in action. If you have not already
run the MENU batch, you might wish to do so now by:
1. Making sure that your KEYSAVER files are in the
current drive/directory,
2. Entering "MENU" on the DOS command line, and
3. Selecting "Demo, Installation, and Exit."
This menu provides a means of easily printing a manual,
installing KEYSAVER, and using KEYSAVER in a simulated work
environment.
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REMEMBER THAT WHEN YOU FINISH MANUALLY ENTERING TEXT, YOU
MUST TRIGGER KEYSAVER TO RESUME AUTOMATIC TYPING.
After running the introductory demo, you may wish to examine
the template file (D.TPL) and relate the file content to the
observed actions.
-- S Y S T E M R E Q U I R E M E N T S --
KEYSAVER requires about 5K bytes of RAM plus sufficient
memory to contain the largest template, and runs under DOS
Version-3 or later on an IBM PC or equivalent computer.
-- I N S T A L L A T I O N --
KEYSAVER installation is easy. Just copy the KEYSAVER.COM
file from your KEYSAVER diskette onto your system disk.
-- T S R L O A D I N G --
KEYSAVER is a resident extension of DOS (a TSR) that remains
in memory to provide service while other programs are
running. KEYSAVER is loaded into memory via a
KEYSAVER <size> [<trigger>] [<color>]
command line either entered in response to the DOS prompt or
from your AUTOEXEC or other batch file.
Note: Optional command line parameters are shown enclosed in
square brackets. Hence, <size> is required but <trigger> and
<color> are not.
<Size> is specified in bytes within the range of 100-40000,
and is used to reserve space for a template file. That is,
<Size> should be as large as the file size of the largest
template file that you will be using. (Use "DIR *.TPL" to
view your template file sizes.)
<Trigger> is optional, and when specified overrides the
default trigger SHIFT key combination of CTRL+ALT. <Trigger>
is specified as a combination of two shift key names joined
by a plus sign. Use "LEFT+RIGHT" for both case shift keys,
"CTRL+LEFT" for the CTRL and the LEFT case shift key,
ALT+RIGHT for the ALT and RIGHT case shift key, etc. This
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shift key combination is used to trigger KEYSAVER into
action.
<Color> is optional, and when specified, overrides the
default prompt display colors of white text on a red
background. <Color> is specified as a text color, a plus
sign, and a background color. KEYSAVER accepts RED, GREEN,
BLUE, CYAN, MAGENTA, YELLOW, BLACK and WHITE as colors.
Entering "KEYSAVER 1000 CTRL+LEFT WHITE+GREEN" loads the
KEYSAVER TSR, reserves 1000 bytes for template storage, sets
the CTRL and LEFT shift keys for triggering, and sets the
prompt display colors to white text on a green background.
Attempting to load KEYSAVER again does nothing unless
"KEYSAVER UNLOAD" is entered, in which case the TSR is
removed from memory and KEYSAVER may then be reloaded. The
ability to unload the KEYSAVER TS