CREATING A NEW DOCUMENT

Choose New in the File menu to 
create a new document. When asked if 
you wish to load an existing style 
sheet, clicking on YES displays an 
Item Selector for you to select a 
folder and style sheet. Clicking on 
NO allows you to create a new style 
sheet and choose your page format, 
(page orientation, paper type, 
single or double master pages etc).

OPENING AN EXISTING DOCUMENT

Select Open in the File menu to load 
an existing document from disk. When 
the Item Selector appears, select a 
document and click on OK.







SAVING A DOCUMENT 

Select Save in the File menu to save 
the current document to disk. It 
will remain on screen for further 
editing.

When a file is saved, a backup file 
can be created automatically. If you 
want to work on this backup file you 
can rename it as a DTP file.  For 
more details, refer to  "Saving your 
document" in the User manual.
CHANGING A DOCUMENT'S NAME

To give a document a new name before 
saving it, choose Save as in the 
File menu. An Item Selector will be 
displayed for you to type in a name.

ABANDONING A DOCUMENT

To abandon any edits and reload the 
original document, click on Abandon
changes in the File menu.

SAVING AUTOMATICALLY (1)

You can save your document 
automatically at regular intervals 
or set an alarm to warn you when to 
save the current document.

To use this facility click on 
Automatic backup in the Options 
menu. Select the appropriate options 
and enter the time period after 
which you want the document to be 
saved or a warning to be given. 
SAVING AUTOMATICALLY (2)

The document will be saved with the 
.ATB file extension unless you enter 
an alternative. The .ATB file is 
updated each time the document is 
saved automatically.

The .ATB file is created in addition 
to a .BAK file if you have chosen to 
use .BAK files from the Set Defaults 
form.

DOCUMENT STATISTICS

Click on Status in the File menu to 
show the size of your document, 
number of words, words to be placed, 
unused frame space, and the amount 
of free disk space.






PRINTING A DOCUMENT

Select Print in the File menu to 
print the current document. A form 
is displayed for you to select your 
printing options e.g. which pages to 
print, whether to print the pictures 
in your document and how many copies 
to print.

To abandon printing, press [Esc].


SETTING THE PRINTER OFFSETS

Use the Set Column Guides form in 
the Options menu to change your 
printer offsets.

Refer to the Installation guide for 
full details of setting the 
Horizontal and Vertical page 
offsets.



DELETING FILES FROM DISK

Choose Erase in the File menu to 
delete unwanted files from your 
disk.

Be careful using this command 
because deleted files cannot be 
retrieved.




SAVING DEFAULT INFORMATION (1)

Select Set defaults in the Options 
menu to set default information. 

The information you can set includes 
paths for documents and style 
sheets; formats of file imports; 
whether to show tools, rulers and 
frames & columns; and whether to 
create backup files of your 
documents. 

SAVING DEFAULT INFORMATION (2)

An option is selected when it is 
highlighted in reverse video.

The information is saved when you 
click on OK but you can change the 
settings later if you wish.
