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- A GUIDE TO WRITER'S HEAVEN
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- by Mark Shepard
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- Version 4.0
- July 1, 1989
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- Copyright 1987, 1988, 1989 Simple Productions
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- Simple Productions
- 12 East 15th St. #3
- Arcata, California 95521 USA
- 707-822-3148
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- PC-Write and Quicksoft are registered trademarks of Quicksoft.
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- WRITER'S HEAVEN 4.0
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- ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___
- : ! W ! [ E ] [ R ]: ( T ) ( Y ): [ U ] [ I ] ! O ! :! P ! ! [ ! ! ] !
- : !___! [___] [___]: (___) (___): [___] [___] !___! :!___! !___! !___!
- :SYMBOL Para. Sent.: Scroll Up : Sent. Para. REFORM: EDIT CLEAR UNDEL
- : Left Left : Up : Right Right :
- _ : ___ ___ ___ : ___ ___ : ___ ___ ___ : _ _ _ _
- :: [ S ] [ D ] [ F ]: ( G ) ( H ): [ J ] [ K ] [ L ] :: : : : " :
- _:: [___] [___] [___]: (___) (___): [___] [___] [___] ::_;_: :_'_:
- : Line Word Char.:Scroll Down: Char. Word Line :
- : Left Left Left : Down : Right Right Right :
- _ _ ___ ___ ___: ___ ___: ___ _ _ _ _ _ _
- : Z : ( X ) ( C ) ( V ) ( B ) ( N ) ( M ) : < : : > : : ? :
- :_ _: (___) (___) (___) (___) (___) (___) :_,_: :_._: :_/_:
- Go Back Book- Scrn/ Top Bottom Scrn/
- mark PgUp PgDn
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- ___ ___ ___ _ _
- ! ! [ ] ( ) : :
- !___! [___] (___) :_ _:
- ACTION KEY/ Unit Key Travel key Unused
- MISCELLANEOUS
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- CTRL = Move ALT = Delete
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- A Guide to Writer's Heaven 3
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- CONTENTS
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- What is Writer's Heaven? 4
- About Shareware 4
- About Our Support 5
- About This Disk 5
- Installing Writer's Heaven 5
- The Writer's Heaven Command Set 6
- The Unit Keys 7
- The Travel Keys 9
- The Action Keys 11
- Miscellaneous Keys 12
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- APPENDIX
- Inside Writer's Heaven 13
- Personal Macros 13
- "Almost-Compatible" Computers 13
- Extended Keyboards 13
- Cursor Speed 14
- Proportional Fonts 14
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- A Guide to Writer's Heaven 4
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- WHAT IS WRITER'S HEAVEN?
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- Writer's Heaven is a power-packed add-on for the popular
- word processing program, PC-Write. A new set of command keys, in
- an ingenious arrangement, offers you unsurpassed editing
- capability.
- With a single keystroke, you can move the cursor or delete
- by character, word, line, sentence, or paragraph--in either
- direction--without moving your hands from typing position!
- Writer's Heaven can double your editing speed--yet it's easy to
- learn and use.
- Writer's Heaven works with PC-Write 2.6 to 3.0, or later.
- Here's what registered users say about Writer's Heaven:
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- "I love Writer's Heaven. It definitely falls under the category
- of WHY-DIDN'T-SOMEONE-THINK-OF-THIS-BEFORE?--the hallmark of
- genius." Arthur Baxter
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- "Writer's Heaven is superb." Laurence Vittes, freelance software
- reviewer
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- "It has made PC-Write a worthwhile program for me. I had some
- doubts about using this word processor, but now it probably will
- become a favorite of mine." Douglas Kaller
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- "It has changed my word-processing life." Fred Holtby, teacher
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- "You have made such an improvement on the user interface to
- PC-Write that I don't want to use version 3.0 without Writer's
- Heaven." Dennis E. Robinson, Compact Systems Consulting
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- ABOUT SHAREWARE
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- Writer's Heaven is shareware. In our case, this means
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- 1. We urge you to make copies of Writer's Heaven for others
- who might like to try it. Please do not leave out files, remove
- documentation, or change the program. There are no other
- restrictions.
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- 2. If your shareware copy of Writer's Heaven proves useful,
- please register by sending $5. This pays for your use of Writer's
- Heaven. It brings you news of major updates and of other special
- products for PC-Write users. And it entitles you to write us for
- technical support.
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- 3. You can instead order a complete registered package for
- $30. This brings you all the above, plus the latest version (on
- 5-1/4" disk), a printed manual, and phone support. If you are
- reading this after September 1, 1990, please call to confirm our
- address and price.
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- A Guide to Writer's Heaven 5
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- To register or order, please use the form at the end of this
- document. Also use this form to let us know that you purchased a
- registered package elsewhere.
- We welcome company and institutional purchase orders. Please
- contact us about site licensing fees and multiple copy discounts.
- All foreign payments must be in US$, by international postal
- money order or similar. Orders from outside the U.S. and Canada
- must be prepaid, with $5 per copy added to cover airmail.
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- ABOUT OUR SUPPORT
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- Purchasers of the registered package may call us for help at
- 707-822-3148, Tuesday through Saturday, 9:00-12:00 and 2:00-6:00,
- Pacific Standard Time. We are usually here at those times--but,
- if not, your message will be answered by collect call as soon as
- possible.
- Our support is limited to Writer's Heaven. Quicksoft
- provides excellent and inexpensive support for PC-Write itself.
- To meet your individual needs, customization of Writer's
- Heaven may be possible. Contact us for details. Customizations
- become the joint property of the purchaser and Simple
- Productions.
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- ABOUT THIS DISK
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- The simplest way to print this Guide continuously: Turn on
- your printer and insert your Writer's Heaven disk in drive A. At
- the A> prompt, type
- GUIDE
- followed by RETURN (ENTER). This prints out the file GUIDE.
- You can also print the file with PC-Write, if you use
- PC-Write's default page layout settings, with no left margin.
- Here is a list of files:
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- README Startup info
- GO.BAT Batch file to display README
- GUIDE Documentation and registration form
- GUIDE.BAT Batch file to print GUIDE
- HEAVEN Writer's Heaven control file, PC-Write 3.0, later
- HEAVEN2 Writer's Heaven control file, PC-Write 2.6-2.71
- HOTKEY.COM Public domain cursor speedup program
- HOTKEY.DOC Documentation for Hotkey
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- INSTALLING WRITER'S HEAVEN
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- Once installed, Writer's Heaven will be called up
- automatically whenever you start PC-Write. To install Writer's
- Heaven in PC-Write 3.0 or later:
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- 1. Copy the Writer's Heaven file HEAVEN to your PC-Write
- working disk or directory.
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- To copy HEAVEN from the Writer's Heaven disk in drive A to
- a working disk in drive B, the command at the A> prompt would be
- COPY HEAVEN B:
- followed by RETURN (ENTER).
- Note: If your workdisk is short of room, you can delete
- nonessential PC-Write files like PRINT.TST and CHARS.TST. Or you
- can move help or spelling files to another disk.
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- 2. Use PC-Write to call up ED.DEF, the PC-Write edit control
- file on your working disk or directory. (In the upcoming PC-Write
- Lite, the equivalent file may be called E.DEF.) On a new line at
- the BOTTOM of the file, type
- !HEAVEN
- If the file contains the line "!PR.DEF", make sure the line
- "!HEAVEN" comes AFTER it!
- Save the file and exit with F1, F2.
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- For PC-Write 2.6-2.71, use the same procedure as above, but
- substitute the file HEAVEN2 for HEAVEN, and the line "!HEAVEN2"
- for "!HEAVEN".
- Please refer to the appendix if you
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- -- use macros to customize PC-Write
- -- have an "almost-compatible" computer or keyboard
- -- use the newer, "extended" keyboard
- -- do not already use a cursor speedup program
- -- print proportional fonts on a laser or inkjet printer
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- On many computers, Auto-reformatting seriously slows down
- PC-Write. You may prefer to leave it off, and instead use our
- enhanced and handy manual Reformat Key, Ctrl-O.
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- THE WRITER'S HEAVEN COMMAND SET
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- All Writer's Heaven commands are located on the "typewriter
- keys," for instant access. There they displace the following
- PC-Write commands:
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- -- the imitation "Wordstar"(tm) commands
- -- the Alt-letter commands for font and special characters
- -- the right and left temporary margin commands
- -- the Shft-Ctrl and Shft-Alt box drawing commands
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- Substitutes are provided for all essential keys. (See under
- "Miscellaneous Keys," below.)
- In the following lists of commands, the PC-Write equivalent
- command--if any--is noted in parentheses.
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- : : : [ E ] [ R ]: : : : :: [ U ] [ I ] : : :: : : : : :
- : :___: [___] [___]: :___: :_ _:: [___] [___] :_ _: ::_ _: :_ _: :_ _:
- : Para. Sent.: : Sent. Para. :
- : Left Left : : Right Right :
- _ : ___ ___ ___ : _ _ _ _ : ___ ___ ___ : _ _ _ _
- :: [ S ] [ D ] [ F ]: : : : :: [ J ] [ K ] [ L ] :: : : :
- _:: [___] [___] [___]: :_ _: :_ _:: [___] [___] [___] ::_ _: :_ _:
- : Line Word Char.: : Char. Word Line :
- : Left Left Left : : Right Right Right :
- _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
- : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : : :
- :_ _: :_ _: :_ _: :_ _: :_ _: :_ _: :_ _: :_ _: :_ _: :_ _:
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- CTRL = Move ALT = Delete
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- THE UNIT KEYS
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- There are several sets of command keys in Writer's Heaven.
- The first and most important is the Unit Keys. These ten keys
- form a command "matrix" that enables you to move the cursor or
- delete by character, word, line, sentence, or paragraph--in
- either direction--with a single keystroke.
- Unit keys with Control will move the cursor, while the same
- keys with Alt will delete. Also, left-hand keys move or delete
- backward, while right-hand keys move or delete forward.
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- CHARACTER KEYS
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- Ctrl-F Character left. (Left Arrow)
- Ctrl-J Character right. (Right Arrow)
- Alt-F Delete character left. (Backspace)
- Alt-J Delete character right. (Delete)
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- WORD KEYS
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- Ctrl-D Word left. (Ctrl-Left Arrow)
- Ctrl-K Word right. (Ctrl-Right Arrow)
- Alt-D Delete word left. (Ctrl-Backspace)
- Alt-K Delete word right. (Ctrl-Escape)
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- LINE KEYS
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- Ctrl-S Line left. (Home + Shft-Left Arrow)
- Ctrl-L Line right. (End)
- Alt-S Delete line left. (Shft-Ctrl-Backspace)
- Alt-L Delete line right. (Ctrl-Enter)
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- SENTENCE KEYS
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- Ctrl-R Sentence left. (Shft-Ctrl-Left Arrow, modified)
- Ctrl-U Sentence right. (Shft-Ctrl-Right Arrow, modified)
- Alt-R Delete sentence left.
- Alt-U Delete sentence right.
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- Note: With PC-Write 2.6-2.71, Writer's Heaven cannot recognize
- sentences ending in question marks or exclamation points.
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- PARAGRAPH KEYS
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- Ctrl-E Paragraph left. (Ctrl-PgUp)
- Ctrl-I Paragraph right. (Ctrl-PgDn)
- Shft-Ctrl-I Paragraph end.
- Alt-E Delete paragraph left.
- Alt-I Delete paragraph right.
- Shft-Alt-I Delete to paragraph end.
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- Note: Use Shft-Alt-I in place of Alt-I or Alt-U when deleting
- from within a paragraph to the end. This avoids deleting the
- paragraph break. With PC-Write 3.0 and later, it also avoids
- deleting Guide lines between paragraphs.
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- _ _ _ _ _ _ ___ ___ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
- : : : : : : :: ( T ) ( Y ): : : : : : : :: : : : : :
- : :_ _: :_ _: :_ _:: (___) (___): :_ _: :_ _: :_ _: ::_ _: :_ _: :_ _:
- : : Scroll Up : :
- : : Up : :
- _ : _ _ _ _ ___ : ___ ___ : ___ _ _ _ _ : _ _ _ _
- :: : : : : ( F ): ( G ) ( H ): ( J ) : : : : :: : : :
- _:: :_ _: :_ _: (___): (___) (___): (___) :_ _: :_ _: ::_ _: :_ _:
- : Left :Scroll Down: Right :
- : Down :
- _ _ ___ ___ ___: ___ ___: ___ _ _ _ _ _ _
- : : ( X ) ( C ) ( V ) ( B ) ( N ) ( M ) : : : : : :
- :_ _: (___) (___) (___) (___) (___) (___) :_ _: :_ _: :_ _:
- Go Back Book- Scrn/ Top Bottom Scrn/
- mark PgUp PgDn
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- THE TRAVEL KEYS
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- The Travel Keys provide simple cursor or display movement
- through your document. All are Control commands. Some pairs are
- horizontal and mirrored like the Unit Keys, while other pairs are
- vertical.
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- CURSOR KEYS
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- Ctrl-Y Up. (Up Arrow)
- Ctrl-H Down. (Down Arrow)
- Ctrl-F Left. (Left Arrow)
- Ctrl-J Right. (Right Arrow)
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- Note: Ctrl-F and Ctrl-J are also listed as Unit Keys.
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- SCROLL KEYS
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- Ctrl-T Scroll up. (PgUp)
- Ctrl-G Scroll down. (PgDn)
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- DOCUMENT KEYS
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- Ctrl-B Top of document. (Shft-Grey+)
- Ctrl-N Bottom of document. (Shft-Grey-)
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- SCREEN/PAGE KEYS
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- Ctrl-V Screen up. (Shft-PgUp)
- Ctrl-M Screen down. (Shft-PgDn)
- Shft-Ctrl-V Page break up. (Shft-Ctrl-PgUp)
- Shft-Ctrl-M Page break down. (Shft-Ctrl-PgDn)
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- BOOKMARK
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- Ctrl-C Go to bookmark. (Ctrl-End)
- Shft-Ctrl-C Set bookmark. (Ctrl-Home)
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- GO BACK KEY
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- Ctrl-X Go back. (Shft-Ctrl-End)
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- Note: The Go Back Key can often return you to your original place
- if you've jumped--on purpose or not--to another part of the
- document.
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- : : : : : : :: : : : :: : : : : ! O ! :! P ! ! [ ! ! ] !
- : :_ _: :_ _: :_ _:: :_ _: :_ _:: :_ _: :_ _: !___! :!___! !___! !___!
- : : : REFORM : EDIT CLEAR UNDEL
- : : : :
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- :: : : : : : :: : : : :: : : : : : : :: : : :
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- THE ACTION KEYS
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- The Action Keys perform reformatting and block operations
- normally accessed by the function keys. They offer a kind of
- "editing stickshift."
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- REFORMAT KEY
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- Ctrl-O Reformat paragraph. (F7 modified)
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- Note: The Reformat Key reformats the entire paragraph--unlike F7,
- which reformats only forward from the cursor.
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- EDIT KEY
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- Ctrl-P Mark and move. (F6)
- Shft-Ctrl-P Mark and copy. (F3)
- Alt-P Mark and delete. (F4)
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- CLEAR KEY
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- Ctrl-[ Clear marking. (F5)
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- UNDELETE KEY
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- Ctrl-] Undelete. (Ctrl-F4)
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- : ! W ! : : : :: : : : :: : : : : : : :: : ! [ ! ! ] !
- : !___! :_ _: :_ _:: :_ _: :_ _:: :_ _: :_ _: :_ _: ::_ _: !___! !___!
- : SYMBOL : : : TEMP TEMP
- : : : : LEFT RIGHT
- _ : _ _ _ _ _ _ : _ _ _ _ : _ _ _ _ _ _ : _ _ _ _
- :: : : : : : :: : : : :: : : : : : : :: : : :
- _:: :_ _: :_ _: :_ _:: :_ _: :_ _:: :_ _: :_ _: :_ _: ::_ _: :_ _:
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- MISCELLANEOUS KEYS
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- SYMBOL KEY
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- Ctrl-W Insert character.
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- Note: The Symbol Key is used to insert font symbols and other
- special characters. It substitutes for the PC-Write Alt-letter
- commands displaced by Writer's Heaven.
- To insert a special character, first press and release the
- Symbol Key, then the regular PC-Write key--but with Control or
- alone, instead of with Alt. For example, instead of pressing
- PC-Write's Alt-G to insert a Guide line symbol, first press and
- release Ctrl-W, then Ctrl-G or just G.
- For "almost-compatible" computers and keyboards, the Symbol
- Key also provides a substitute means of switching modes. To
- switch between Pushright and Overwrite, press and release the
- Symbol Key, then Insert. To switch Hide Mode on and off, press
- and release the Symbol Key, then Delete. Do not use Control with
- Insert or Delete.
- The Symbol Key cannot be used when recording keystrokes.
- With PC-Write 2.6 and 2.7, it also cannot be used to enter find
- or replace text. In these cases, use the Alt-keypad method, as
- described in PC-Write documentation.
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- TEMPORARY MARGIN KEYS
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- Shft-Ctrl-[ Temporary left margin. (Ctrl-[)
- Shft-Ctrl-] Temporary right margin. (Ctrl-])
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- Note: These take the place of the PC-Write temporary margin
- commands displaced by the Writer's Heaven Clear and Undelete
- Keys. They piggyback on those same keys. You still set a
- temporary paragraph margin with Ctrl-Backslash.
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- APPENDIX
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- INSIDE WRITER'S HEAVEN
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- Basically, Writer's Heaven is a special set of "macros"--
- PC-Write keyboard redefinition commands--collected in a control
- file named HEAVEN. This is a normal text file you can edit. The
- macros use PC-Write's own functions, singly or combined, to
- create the Writer's Heaven commands.
- The "!HEAVEN" line in ED.DEF tells PC-Write to "read" HEAVEN
- after ED.DEF, on startup. If you find some keys not acting as
- expected, check ED.DEF for all files PC-Write is instructed to
- read, and their order of listing. A macro will be cancelled by
- any macro read later that contradicts it. For example, if
- "!PR.DEF" is listed after "!HVN.DEF", the font control lines in
- PR.DEF will cancel the Writer's Heaven Alt commands.
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- PERSONAL MACROS
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- Your macros in ED.DEF will be cancelled if they are assigned
- to keys used by Writer's Heaven. These include all letter and
- bracket keys with Ctrl, Alt, Shft-Ctrl, and Shft-Alt. (Ctrl-Alt
- keys are not affected.) The ones that beep have been given no
- actual commands, but merely made inactive for safety.
- To reclaim control of these keys, place your macros at the
- end of the file HEAVEN. Or you can place them in a separate file,
- and put "!FILENAME" after "!HEAVEN" in ED.DEF.
- If you use The Editing Keypads by David Brender (RD 2,
- Box 46, Wells Bridge, NY 13859, 607-988-2849), you will find that
- Writer's Heaven will run at the same time, without interference
- to either program.
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- "ALMOST-COMPATIBLE" COMPUTERS
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- If you are using PC-Write's ED.SPC or ED.TRS files for
- "almost-compatible" computers or keyboards, Writer's Heaven will
- cancel some or most of PC-Write's key substitutions. Most of
- these functions will be available through Writer's Heaven
- commands themselves. However, there may be others you will want
- to reassign to keys of your choice. For more information, see the
- PC-Write manual and "Personal Macros," above.
-
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- EXTENDED KEYBOARDS
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- PC-Write 3.0 and later enables you to swap the CapsLock Key
- with the right Control Key on "extended" keyboards. We recommend
- this with Writer's Heaven. Just add this line to ED.DEF:
- &J:3
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- Also, you can speed up the key repeat rate on an extended
- keyboard with this line:
- &K:5
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- CURSOR SPEED
-
- Accompanying Writer's Heaven is a public-domain cursor
- speedup program called Hotkey. We're including Hotkey for those
- who don't have an extended keyboard (see above) or use any other
- means to speed up their cursor. We recommend it for use with
- Writer's Heaven. We don't know who wrote it, but we're grateful!
- Hotkey is better behaved than most such programs. However,
- if at times a scroll "runs away," just press any key to stop it.
- The program file is HOTKEY.COM, and documentation is in
- HOTKEY.DOC.
-
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- PROPORTIONAL FONTS
-
- If you use a proportional font other than V "variable"--for
- example, on a Hewlett-Packard Laserjet or Deskjet--PC-Write will
- not format the line length properly when used with Writer's
- Heaven. This is because Writer's Heaven displaces PC-Write's
- Alt-letter commands.
- To properly format your document before printing, follow
- these steps:
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- 1. Use F2, F6 to ask PC-Write to "read" your print control
- file--normally called PR.DEF. This restores the PC-Write
- Alt-letter commands.
-
- 2. Mark your entire document by pressing Ctrl-F5.
-
- 3. Press F7 to reformat. You may also need to repage, with
- Alt-F7.
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- 4. Clear the marking, with F5.
-
- Your document will be ready to print. To restore the
- Writer's Heaven commands, use F2, F6, asking PC-Write to "read"
- the file HEAVEN.
- If you prefer, you can instead reformat your document with a
- copy of PC-Write minus Writer's Heaven.
-
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- v4.0
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- WRITER'S HEAVEN--REGISTRATION FORM
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- Simple Productions
- 12 East 15th St. #3
- Arcata, CA 95521 USA
- 707-822-3148
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- (Please include full address or BBS phone number.)
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