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  9.                               PC-KEY-DRAW
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  12.                 A KEYBOARD TO SCREEN GRAPHICS PROGRAM
  13.                     FOR THE IBM PC and COMPATIBLES
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  16.                             Version 3.31+
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  32.                          Edward H. Kidera IV
  33.                                OEDWARE
  34.                              P.O. Box 595
  35.                        Columbia, MD 21045-0595
  36.                             (301) 997-9333
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  41.                (C)Copyright OED, 1984, 1985, 1986, 1987
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  43.           Portions copyright International Business Machines
  44.                   Portions copyright Microsoft, Inc.
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  69.                                COPYRIGHT
  70.           (C)  Copyright  1984,  1985, 1986, 1987 by OED. All
  71.           rights reserved.  Copying of PC-KEY-DRAW is allowed
  72.           for  the  purpose  of backup and to allow others to
  73.           try out and evaluate the program.  Unregistered USE
  74.           past the trial stage is prohibited. This manual may
  75.           not be reproduced, transmitted, transcribed, stored
  76.           in  a  retrieval system or translated into any lan-
  77.           guage or computer language, in any form or  by  any
  78.           means,  electronic,  mechanical, magnetic, optical,
  79.           chemical, manual, or otherwise, without  the  prior
  80.           written consent of OEDWARE, P.O. Box 595, Columbia,
  81.           MD 21045-0595 except that the partial  manual  sup-
  82.           plied  on  the  disk may be dumped to a printer for
  83.           the purpose of creating a single copy to aid in the
  84.           evaluation of the program before registering.
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  86.                         DISCLAIMER OF WARRANTY
  87.           This software and manual are sold "AS IS" and with-
  88.           out warranties as to performance of merchantability
  89.           or   any  other  warranties  whether  expressed  of
  90.           implied. Because of the various hardware and  soft-
  91.           ware  environments  into  which this program may be
  92.           put, no warranty of fitness for a  particular  pur-
  93.           pose is offered.
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  95.           Good  data  processing  procedure dictates that any
  96.           program be thoroughly tested with non-critical data
  97.           before  relying  on  it.   The user must assume the
  98.           entire risk of using the program.  Any liability of
  99.           the  seller  will be limited exclusively to product
  100.           replacement.
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  102.                               TRADEMARKS
  103.           IBM PC, XT are trademarks of International Business
  104.           Machines,  EPSON  is  a trademark of Epson America,
  105.           Inc., Plug'N Play and Okidata are the trademarks of
  106.           Okidata.  JRAM  is  the trademark of Tall Tree Sys-
  107.           tems. LaserJet is the trademark of Hewlett-Packard.
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  135.                            TABLE OF CONTENTS
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  138.           INTRODUCTION..................................1-1
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  141.           HISTORY.......................................2-1
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  143.               What's in a Name?.........................2-4
  144.               Other OEDWARE Programs....................2-6
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  147.           OPERATION THEORY..............................3-1
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  149.               Keyboard Operation........................3-1
  150.                   Basics................................3-2
  151.               Help......................................3-3
  152.               Mouse Operation...........................3-4
  153.               General Operation.........................3-5
  154.               CAD vs. Paint.............................3-6
  155.               Summary of Operation......................3-7
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  158.           COMMAND SUMMARY...............................4-1
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  160.               SHORT FORM................................4-1
  161.                 Cursor Mode.............................4-1
  162.                 F1  Drawing Modifications...............4-4
  163.                 F2  Boxes and Figures...................4-5
  164.                 F3  Curve Drawing.......................4-6
  165.                 F4  Spray painting & Shading & Fading...4-7
  166.                 F5  Paint & Pattern.....................4-8
  167.                 F6  Draw & Text.........................4-9
  168.                 F7  Copy, Erase, & Move.................4-10
  169.                 F8  Files & Exit........................4-11
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  171.               LONG FORM.................................4-12
  172.                 Cursor Mode.............................4-12
  173.                 F1  Drawing Modifications...............4-20
  174.                 F2  Boxes and Figures...................4-30
  175.                 F3  Curve Drawing.......................4-33
  176.                 F4  Spray painting & Shading & Fading...4-38
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  201.                 F5  Paint & Pattern.....................4-41
  202.                 F6  Draw & Text.........................4-46
  203.                 F7  Copy, Erase, & Move.................4-53
  204.                 F8  Files & Exit........................4-58
  205.                     Zoom printing.......................4-64
  206.                 F9  Speed...............................4-65
  207.                 F10 Color...............................4-65
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  210.           DRAWING TECHNIQUES............................5-1
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  212.               Examples..................................5-1
  213.                 Draw box................................5-1
  214.                 Draw circle.............................5-2
  215.                 Draw line...............................5-2
  216.                 Erase area..............................5-2
  217.                 Creating 3-D spheres....................5-3
  218.                 Creating patterns.......................5-3
  219.                 3-D oblique drawings....................5-3
  220.                 Schematics..............................5-3
  221.                 Special Effects.........................5-4
  222.                 16 colors...............................5-4
  223.                 Macros..................................5-5
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  225.           KEY MACRO.....................................6-1
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  227.               Saving Entire Drawings....................6-1
  228.               Slide Shows...............................6-2
  229.               Saving Commonly Used Routines/Figures.....6-3
  230.               Repetitive Operations.....................6-3
  231.               Configuration.............................6-4
  232.               Editing Macros............................6-4
  233.               DOS and Macros............................6-6
  234.               Run Time Mode.............................6-6
  235.               Supplied Macros...........................6-7
  236.               Sample Demo...............................6-8
  237.               Slide Show Demo...........................6-8
  238.               Drawing Demo..............................6-8
  239.               Routines..................................6-8
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  267.           PAGES AND LAYERS..............................7-1
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  269.               Screens...................................7-1
  270.               Pages.....................................7-2
  271.               Layers....................................7-3
  272.               Saving Pages/Layers.......................7-4
  273.               Compressed Saves..........................7-5
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  276.           LIBRARIES.....................................8-1
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  278.               Vector Saves..............................8-1
  279.               Picture Saves.............................8-1
  280.               Font Saves................................8-2
  281.               Screen Saves..............................8-2
  282.               Patterns Saves............................8-2
  283.               Macro Saves...............................8-3
  284.               BASICA Saves..............................8-3
  285.               Creating Libraries........................8-3
  286.               Library Disks.............................8-4
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  289.           DEFINITIONS & ADDITIONAL INFORMATION..........9-1
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  291.               Active Layer..............................9-1
  292.               ASCII.....................................9-1
  293.               Animate...................................9-1
  294.               Area......................................9-1
  295.               Arc.......................................9-1
  296.               Arrows....................................9-2
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