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PC-WRITE MACROS Volume 2 by Mark Shepard Version 1.0 January 15, 1990 Copyright 1990 Simple Productions Simple Productions 12 East 15th St. #3 Arcata, California 95521 USA 707-822-3148 PC-Write and Quicksoft are registered trademarks of Quicksoft. PC-Write Macros, Volume 2 2 CONTENTS PART 1--INTRODUCTION ABOUT PC-WRITE MACROS, VOLUME 2 3 ABOUT SHAREWARE 4 ABOUT YOUR DISK 4 PART 2--USING PC-WRITE MACROS HOW TO INSTALL YOUR MACROS 5 WHERE TO PLACE YOUR MACROS 7 PART 3--THE MACROS MACROS FOR MACROS 8 MORE SETTINGS 9 NOTEPAD 10 MORE SCREEN AND CURSOR MOVE MACROS 13 PIVOT MACROS 13 ENHANCE MACROS 14 MORE PAGE FORMAT MACROS--ELITE 14 LETTERHEAD--ELITE 15 ALTERNATE KEY MACROS 16 SPECIAL CHARACTER MACROS 18 DVORAK KEYBOARD 18 TEXT CONVERSION MACROS 21 WORD PROCESSOR FORMAT CONVERSION 23 MORE MISCELLANEOUS MACROS 26 PC-Write Macros, Volume 2 3 PART 1--INTRODUCTION ABOUT PC-WRITE MACROS, VOLUME 2 PC-Write Macros, Vol. 2, offers another 100 special commands for the popular word processing program PC-Write, and helps you place them on the keys of your choice. It provides greater power and convenience, with many commands not found in PC-Write or any other word processor. With PC-Write Macros, Vol. 2, you can -- Speed up PC-Write. -- Call up a Notepad, for sending notes to printer or file. -- Convert your documents for WordPerfect or Macintosh. -- Instantly set up page formats for elite fonts. -- Adjust page breaks to avoid splitting paragraphs. -- Triple-space in a double-spaced document. -- Experiment with a Dvorak keyboard. -- Test and install macros without leaving your document. -- And much, much more! PC-Write Macros, Vol. 2, works with PC-Write 3.0. Here's what registered users of the first PC-Write Macros disk say about it: "I use PC-Write heavily, and (PC-Write Macros) will make it much quicker and easier." Rev. W. M. Childress "Very useful--very creative macros." Jim Guenzel "My testing of (your macros) proves their excellence. You are to be congratulated for a very fine job." Fred Cooper, retired accountant "Your manual is clear, concise, and easy to follow." John C. Daenzer, warehouse manager PC-Write Macros, Volume 2 4 ABOUT SHAREWARE PC-Write Macros, Vol. 2, is shareware. For us, this means 1. We urge you to make copies for others who might like to try it. Please do not leave out files, remove documentation, or change the macros. There are no other restrictions. 2. If your shareware copy proves useful, please register by sending $10. This pays for your use of PC-Write Macros, Vol. 2. It also brings you -- Technical support by mail or phone. -- Notice of major updates. -- News of our other special products for PC-Write users. Disks that you purchase direct from Simple Productions are already registered. ("Free trial disks" are NOT registered.) Companies and institutions must register for each station at which PC-Write Macros, Vol. 2, will be used. To register, please use the form at the end of this document. All foreign payments must be in US$, by international postal money order or similar. We can provide technical support only for our own products. Quicksoft provides excellent and inexpensive support for PC-Write itself. All phone support is at your expense. Please call at reasonable hours. ABOUT YOUR DISK The simplest way to print this Manual continuously: Turn on your printer and put your PC-Write Macros disk in drive A. At the A> prompt, type MANUAL followed by RETURN (ENTER). This will print the file MANUAL. You can also print the file using PC-Write, if you use PC-Write's default page layout settings, with no left margin. Here is a list of files: README Quick intro GO.BAT Batch file to display README MANUAL Documentation and registration form MANUAL.BAT Batch file to print MANUAL 101 thru 200 Numbered macro files PC-Write Macros, Volume 2 5 PART 2--USING PC-WRITE MACROS HOW TO INSTALL YOUR MACROS In this Manual, macros are listed like so: 125. Northeast This is one of a set of macros for diagonal cursor movement. (A macro is described following its listing.) "Northeast" is the title of the macro. The number 125 is the listing number AND the name of the file that contains the macro. To install a macro, use PC-Write to call up the file ED.DEF. This is on your PC-Write workdisk or in your working directory, along with your other PC-Write program files. If you don't find it there, you can copy it from PC-Write's program disk, or just create a file of that name. PC-Write "reads" ED.DEF whenever you start the program. The default ruler is stored there. And this is where macros can be installed so PC-Write reads them automatically at startup. _________________________________________________________________ NOTE: If you are using our PC-Write enhancement program, Writer's Heaven, you can instead place your macros in the Writer's Heaven control file--HVN, HEAVEN, or HVN.DEF, depending on your version. This prevents Writer's Heaven from overriding your macros on the letter keys. _________________________________________________________________ Place your cursor at the beginning of a new, blank line at the bottom of the file. Check that the Status Line says "Push" for Pushright. If it instead says "Over," toggle with ScrollLck. Now turn off Auto-reformatting and Wordwrap by pressing Shift-F7 until the Status Line says "Wrap-". Press Ctrl-F3, to import a file. At the top-line prompt, type the drive location of your PC-Write Macros disk, and the number of the macro you wish to install. For instance, if your PC-Write Macros disk is in drive B, and you want to install the macro shown above, type B:125 (If you have only one drive, you can safely swap your PC-Write workdisk with the PC-Write Macros disk. But you must swap them back before saving the file.) Press RETURN (ENTER), then F5 to clear the marking. You will see your macro in the following form. :558,328,333,333 (: Northeast) The first line defines the macro operation by PC-Write operation codes. (Some macro definitions take more than one line.) The bottom line is a "comment," identifying the macro for your own reference. PC-Write Macros, Volume 2 6 At this point, you are ready to assign the macro to the key of your choice. You can either pick a key that currently does nothing, or else change what a key does. (The next section discusses your choices in detail.) For your reference, add the name of your chosen key to the comment line. Type it in with your cursor on the colon. The next step is to insert the code for your chosen key at the beginning of the macro. You can look up this key code in the PC-Write User's Guide appendix, or you can insert it automatically with PC-Write's Numbers Mode. To use Numbers Mode, place your cursor on the beginning colon. Press Ctrl-6 (top row) to start Numbers Mode. Next press the key you have chosen for your macro. The correct key code will appear in place. (If no code appears, it means no macro can be assigned to that key.) End Numbers Mode by pressing Ctrl-6 again. For example, if you assigned the Northeast macro to Alt-1, it would look as below. (The extra space in front is inserted by Numbers Mode, but doesn't matter.) 376:558,328,333,333 (Alt-1: Northeast) You can now save the file and exit with F1, F2. Your macro will be ready the next time, and every time, you use PC-Write. Note: If you want to use the macro right away, without exiting, save the file with F1, F3, then ask PC-Write to read it, with F2, F6. If you switch to another file, remember to restore Auto-reformatting (Para+) or Wordwrap (Wrap+) with Shft-F7. Here again are the simple steps for installing a macro: 1. Edit the PC-Write file ED.DEF. Make sure you are in Pushright mode, with Auto-reformatting and Wordwrap turned off. 2. With your cursor on a new line at the bottom of the file, use Ctrl-F3 to import the numbered macro file. 3. Add the key name to the comment line, then insert the key code in front of the macro with Numbers Mode (Ctrl-6). For advanced users, PC-Write Macros, Vol. 2, offers an alternate method of installing macros. See the section, "Macros for Macros." Alongside our macros, we include a selection of PC-Write program settings. These are imported into ED.DEF just like macros, but you don't assign them--they are complete in themselves. Also, some of our macros are preassigned--for instance, if two keys are switched. Here again, you don't need to add anything. PC-Write Macros, Volume 2 7 WHERE TO PLACE YOUR MACROS Here are some of the keys you might or might not like to assign macros to. CTRL-LETTER KEYS. The letter keys with Control (Ctrl-A, Ctrl-B, etc.) are presently set up to imitate Wordstar. Since they duplicate the standard PC-Write command keys, these are good keys to reassign. ALT-LETTER KEYS. You CAN reassign letter keys with Alt (Alt-A, Alt-B, etc.), but this involves technical difficulties and complications beyond the scope of this documentation. We recommend you DO NOT reassign these keys. OTHER SHIFTED LETTER KEYS. You can reassign the letter keys with Shift-Control and Shift-Alt, assuming you don't need their box-drawing functions. (Boxes can also be drawn with the Ctrl-F9 menu.) The letter keys with Control-Alt are empty and ready to assign. On some computers, these keys may not be available. TOP-ROW NUMBER KEYS. The top-row number keys with Control cannot be assigned. But these keys with Alt (Alt-1, Alt-2, etc.) duplicate the function keys with Alt (Alt-F1, etc.)--so they are good to reassign. Also, these keys with Shift-Alt and Control-Alt are empty and available. FUNCTION KEYS. Some function keys with Shift, Control, or Alt are unassigned, but later versions of PC-Write will probably fill them in. However, the function keys with Shft-Ctrl, Shft- Alt, and Shft-Ctrl-Alt are free--except for Shft-Ctrl-F5 and Shft-Ctrl-F6, which you may not need. OTHER. Most of the punctuation keys with Control cannot be assigned. "Named" keys (like Backspace and NumLock) are filled-- though you can change them if you like. Extended keyboards provide many more assignable keys, as described in PC-Write documentation. Additional keys may become available for PC-Write macros if you've loaded a macro program like Newkey or Superkey. To check for yourself whether a key can be assigned, turn on Numbers Mode by pressing Ctrl-6 (top row), then press the key in question. Any key producing a key code can be assigned--though it may already have a use. Also, keys are listed alphabetically with their key codes and functions in the PC-Write User's Guide appendix. You now know enough to use PC-Write Macros. But, to explore PC-Write's customization capabilities in full--or to successfully modify our macros--you'll want to read the PC-Write User's Guide. For instance, you could convert our macros into "two-key" commands--commands given by pressing and releasing first one key, then another. Creating sets of two-key commands is a good way to group macros for efficient key use and logic. Find the details in the PC-Write User's Guide. PC-Write Macros, Volume 2 8 PART 3--THE MACROS MACROS FOR MACROS 101. Install Macro 102. Install Temporary Macro For advanced users, these macros offer an alternate means of installing PC-Write Macros, without leaving the document you're editing. Auto-reformatting must be off. First use Ctrl-F3 to import the desired macro from the PC-Write Macros disk directly into your document. Add your chosen key name and code. To install the macro permanently, place your cursor anywhere on the first line of the macro and use the Install Macro command. This exports it to the end of ED.DEF, then asks PC-Write to read ED.DEF, so the macro is at once ready for use. The macro assumes that ED.DEF is in your default directory. If it isn't, add the drive location to the text between the quote marks in this macro. If you only need your macro for the moment, you can instead use the second command, to install the macro temporarily. It does this by copying the macro to a file named TEMP.DEF in your default directory and asking PC-Write to read that file. (If PC-Write doesn't find TEMP.DEF, the file will be created.) The macro will then be available until you exit the program. You can use this command as many times as you like. Each time, the contents of TEMP.DEF will be replaced. However, all the macros you installed earlier will stay in effect, unless you assign a new macro to a key already assigned. This command is also ideal for quickly testing macros or any changes you make in them. If you send a macro to TEMP.DEF, and the macro doesn't work right--or PC-Write gives an error message--you can simply alter the macro and send it again. The contents of TEMP.DEF is replaced each time, so you don't need to switch to TEMP.DEF to delete your errors. Both commands will read from the cursor to the start of the next "paragraph." For this reason, the macro you send must be followed by a blank line, even at the end of a document. If you want to send more than one macro at a time, simply delete any blank lines between them. PC-Write Macros, Volume 2 9 MORE SETTINGS Program setting commands are complete in themselves, without assigning to keys. 103. Program Speedup With medium and large files on slow computers, this command speeds up certain PC-Write operations, including -- Inserting new text within a line. -- Scrolling, if you've also boosted your keyboard repeat rate. (Jagged scrolling becomes more even.) Installing this command is slightly different. You MUST place it only in the file named ED.DEF. You MUST place it before any other macro in that file. And you MUST exit the program completely before PC-Write can act on it. This is not a keyboard setting. It speeds up PC-Write itself by specifying a smaller portion of memory as the "main editing segment." However, it can aggravate any of a certain kind of bug in PC-Write that creates "memory allocation" errors. For this reason, use it ONLY with PC-Write versions 3.03 and later. USING THIS COMMAND WITH EARLIER VERSIONS CAN RESULT IN LOSS OF DATA. The command also limits the amount of memory PC-Write can use for certain operations, possibly leading to "out of memory" error messages. For instance, it will decrease the memory available for macros. If you run up against such a limit, you can change the command's 6000 byte specification to a higher number. The PC-Write default is 64000. Because of the possible technical difficulties in the use of this macro, it is recommended only for advanced users of PC-Write. 104. Reminder Lines Displays the Shft-F1 reminder lines automatically when you start PC-Write. 105. Sticky Shifts Makes Shift, Control, and Alt "stick" when you press them, so you don't have to hold them down while you press the second key. PC-Write Macros, Volume 2 10 NOTEPAD These macros create a complete pop-up Notepad facility, for use while editing any document. You can write notes and send them to the printer or to a special file. There's even a special Notepad for quick envelope addressing. Unlike notepads from independent programs, this one operates with normal PC-Write edit commands and modes. You can even leave it on screen while moving your cursor back to the document to edit text. And you can use PC-Write block commands to transfer text between Notepad and document. Note: PC-Write goes into Hide Mode when a Notepad is opened, and should be left in that mode until the Notepad is closed. Also note: The Notepad commands will work even if your cursor isn't on the Notepad--but in most cases a Notepad must be open and somewhere on the screen. 106. Open Notepad This pops up the Notepad just above the paragraph your cursor is on. You then type your note as you would normally enter text. Edit modes you've already set in your document will still apply-- except that Hide Mode will be on and should be left on. You can change the special Notepad ruler with F2, though the ruler may look strange to you. There are several things to watch out for while using the Notepad: -- Don't insert Guide lines or page break lines on the Notepad, and DO NOT REPAGE WHEN A NOTEPAD IS OPEN. Also avoid using font symbols and other special characters on the Notepad if your note is going to the printer. -- Be careful with sentence and paragraph delete and transpose macros on the Notepad. Though the Notepad walls may look solid, they're not. A powerful macro used at the top or bottom of the Notepad could extend into your document. -- Don't try to print your document with a Notepad open. 107. Top of Notepad 108. Bottom of Notepad These move you to the top or bottom of the Notepad. Hint: They will search for the Notepad anywhere in the document if you first place your cursor at the document end. PC-Write Macros, Volume 2 11 109. Mark Notepad This marks your note. Use it for copying or moving the note to your document or other files, among other uses. 110. Move Notepad If you move to another part of the document, this can transfer an entire open Notepad and its contents to your new location. (Block moving a whole Notepad by simply marking it may not be safe.) Among other uses, this is a quick and easy way to check whether you've left a Notepad open in the document. NOTE: This macro resets PC-Write's first bookmark. 111. Print Notepad This sends your note to the printer for a permanent record. First make sure your printer is on line. 112. Add to Notefile 113. Replace Notefile These send your note to a special file called NOTEFILE in your default drive and directory. (If the file isn't there, it will be created.) You can later retrieve your notes with macros provided here, or you can view or print NOTEFILE directly with normal PC-Write or DOS commands. With the first macro, the note is added to the end of the Notefile. With the second macro, the new note REPLACES all earlier notes. TO REPLACE THE NOTEFILE, YOU MUST CONFIRM BY PRESSING RETURN (ENTER) OR F9. Any other key will beep and cancel the macro. Hint: To erase all contents of the Notefile, send an empty Notepad to replace it. You can save notes to files other than NOTEFILE by marking the note and exporting with Ctrl-F6. 114. Open Notefile This adds the entire Notefile to your Notepad for viewing and editing. At this point, you can print the Notefile contents with Print Notepad. Note: Open Notefile will not work if you haven't already created the Notefile by sending a note to it. 115. Erase Notepad This deletes your note, leaving a blank Notepad for a fresh start. However, you do NOT need to erase the Notepad before closing it. PC-Write Macros, Volume 2 12 116. Close Notepad (Hide Mode) 117. Close Notepad (Show Mode) These remove the Notepad, and your note with it, when you're done. Choose one or other macro to leave you in Hide Mode or in Show Mode. NOTE: Closing the Notepad does NOT automatically save your note. To preserve it, you must first print the Notepad or send the note to the Notefile. If you close the Notepad accidentally, you can "undelete" it--in Hide Mode, please--by pressing Ctrl-F4. 118. Envelope Notepad 119. Envelope Notepad, Return Address These pop up special notepads for addressing business-size envelopes in a dot matrix or daisy wheel printer. Use the second macro if you want a return address included. Replace the macro text within the quote marks with your own data. Be sure to leave the quote marks! Delete ALL text within a pair of quote marks to leave the line blank. When you pop up an Envelope Notepad, the cursor is in place to begin typing. Since the left margin is set at that location, just press Return (Enter) to start the next line. Auto-reformatting and Wordwrap are cancelled within these special Notepads. When you're done, use the normal Print Notepad command. First make sure your printer is on line and your envelope is flush with the print head. With a dot matrix printer, you may first have to disengage your "paper out" sensor. NOTEPAD MACRO PLACEMENT: Here's how the Notepad macros are assigned on our own computer. Most of the keys are function keys with Ctrl-Alt. For easier remembering, we've tried to choose keys with related PC-Write operations. Ctrl-Alt-F1 Open Notepad Ctrl-Alt-F2 Close Notepad Ctrl-Alt-F3 Open Notefile Ctrl-Alt-F4 Erase Notepad Ctrl-Alt-F5 Address Notepad Ctrl-Alt-F6 Mark Notepad Ctrl-Alt-F7 Print Notepad Ctrl-Alt-F8 Move Notepad Ctrl-Alt-F9 Replace Notefile Ctrl-Alt-F10 Add to Notefile Ctrl-Alt-top- Top of Pad Ctrl-Alt-top+ Bottom of Pad For quicker fingering, you could assign the macros to Ctrl-Alt with the top number row--Ctrl-Alt-1 for Open Notepad, etc. PC-Write Macros, Volume 2 13 MORE SCREEN AND CURSOR MOVE MACROS See also "Alternate Key Macros." 120. Screen Tab Left 121. Screen Tab Right 122. Screen Left 123. Screen Right These shift the screen horizontally by tab and margin stop, or by full screen. PC-Write provides these, but none are assigned except on extended keyboards. 124. Northwest 125. Northeast 126. Southwest 127. Southeast Diagonal cursor movement! Down with right angles! Escape your box and be free! PIVOT MACROS These macros "pivot" elements--transpose the first and third in a series of three. For instance, the words "one two three" would pivot to become "three two one." The macros are based on an idea by David Brender, author of a PC-Write add-on called The Editing Keypads (RD 2, Box 46, Wells Bridge, NY 13859, 607-988-2849). 128. Pivot Characters 129. Pivot Words 130. Pivot Lines 131. Pivot Sentences 132. Pivot Paragraphs Place your cursor on the middle element. Repeating a command switches the elements back to their original order. Pivot Word will not work on sets of words spanning two lines. Pivot Sentence and Pivot Paragraph will not execute at the end of the document. Pivot Sentence also will not execute at the document beginning. PC-Write Macros, Volume 2 14 ENHANCE MACROS These commands "enhance" characters, words, and lines. They can only be used in Pushright mode and with Auto-reformatting off, so they automatically set these conditions when you use them. (Most of the Enhance commands end with an F7 Reformat, in any case.) The macros are set up for bolding. For underlining, replace code 002 with code 023. For italics, replace 002 with 021. 133. Enhance Character Left 134. Enhance Character Right 135. Enhance Word Left 136. Enhance Word Right 137. Enhance Line Left 138. Enhance Line Right The Enhance Left and Right commands move the cursor, and can be repeated to add enhancement to successive elements--within the same line, only. You can also use an opposite-direction command to UNenhance elements already enhanced. 139. Enhance Character 140. Enhance Entire Word 141. Enhance Entire Line Use the Enhance Entire commands if you prefer to have your cursor ANYWHERE ON the element you're enhancing. The cursor stays where it was. Repeating a command UNenhances the element. MORE PAGE FORMAT MACROS--ELITE On our first PC-Write Macros disk, we gave page format macros based on a standard "pica" page--8-1/2 X 11 inches, 1 inch margins all around, 10 characters per inch. Here are the same macros, but based on a standard "elite" page: 8-1/2 X 11 inches, 1-1/2 inch margins all around, 12 characters per inch. 142. Block Paragraph Ruler, elite 143. Indented Paragraph Ruler, elite 144. Hanging Indent Ruler, elite 145. Two-Column, Block Paragraph Ruler, elite PC-Write Macros, Volume 2 15 146. Two-Column, Indented Paragraph Ruler, elite These insert various rulers in your document. Of course, you can create your own variations. Use Overwrite mode to modify the macros' ruler text safely and easily. 147. Single-Spaced, Block-Paragraph Page, elite 148. Single-Spaced, Indented-Paragraph Page, elite 149. Double-Spaced, Block-Paragraph Page, elite 150. Double-Spaced, Indented-Paragraph Page, elite These set up entire page formats by inserting a ruler and Guide lines in your document. Placed at the beginning of your file, they can apply to the entire document. Inserted later in the file, they will format subsequent pages. The macros set PC-Write's E font, for draft quality. If you prefer the Q (quality) font, replace "E" with "Q" in the macro text within the quote marks. LETTERHEAD--ELITE 151. Letterhead On our first PC-Write Macros disk, we presented a macro that inserted an entire letterhead into your document. Here's the same letterhead, adjusted for an "elite" page format and the Quality font (letter-quality elite). Designed primarily for dot matrix printers, the letterhead includes bold, double wide, variable, underlined, and quality (elite) fonts--but may also work acceptably with printers lacking one or more of these. Subsequent pages will print with a simple header: name and page number. Replace the text within quote marks with your own data. Be sure to leave the quote marks! The letterhead is set for single- spacing, block paragraphs. If you want to change it to double- spacing, change .m:1 on the LAST line only, to .m:2. You can insert the letterhead within your file as many times as you like. Just put in a hard page break, then insert the letterhead on the line immediately following. Each time PC-Write prints the letterhead, page numbering will be reset--so a page with the letterhead is always counted as page 1. The letterhead takes a moment to appear, so please be patient! Also please note: The entire letterhead--except for a few blank lines--disappears in Hide Mode. PC-Write Macros, Volume 2 16 ALTERNATE KEY MACROS 152. Cursor Wrap Up 153. Cursor Wrap Down These act like the Arrow Keys, but the cursor shifts up or down to the next line when it reaches a line start or end. If you're using a column format, the cursor will stay within the column. PC-Write assigns them obscurely to Ctrl-S and Ctrl-D. 154. Text Tab Left, Pushright only 155. Text Tab Right, Pushright only These are alternate tabbing functions for Pushright mode, moving not only the cursor, but also any text that follows it. They are the same as the Indent and Unindent Line macros on our first disk, except that these act as normal tabs when you're in Overwrite. Place the cursor on the first word of the line. PC-Write supplies these, but does not assign them. 156. PgUp/PgDn Switch 157. Shft-PgUp/Shft-PgDn Switch These two pairs of pre-assigned macros switch PgUp with PgDn, and Shft-PgUp with Shft-PgDn. They're for those who just can't get used to seeing text move UP when it's said to be traveling DOWN. 158. Shft-Grey-/Shft-Grey+ Switch This pair of pre-assigned macros switches Shft-Grey- and Shft-Grey+. Shft-Grey- then takes you BACKWARD to the START of the document, and Shft-Grey+ brings you FORWARD to the END. This matches the use of Grey- and Grey+ in the Find function. 159. Typewriter Comma and Period A pair of pre-assigned macros to make the Comma and Period Keys enter the same symbols with Shift, as on a typewriter--instead of entering "<" and ">" with Shift. 160. Alt-G with Period Inserts a period after the Guide line symbol. Saves keystrokes, and saves you from inserting the symbol unknowingly. 161. Hyphenate and Reform If you're not using Auto-reformatting, this will speed up your hyphenation. It inserts a soft-hyphen and reformats with one keystroke. PC-Write Macros, Volume 2 17 162. Unbreakable Dash Inserts a dash (two hyphens) that cannot be broken in the middle by PC-Write's Wordwrap or Auto-reformatting. Don't use it in files to be read by other programs. 163. Guaranteed Paragraph Right If you try to jump to the next paragraph (currently Ctrl-PgDn) at the end of a document not ending in a blank line, the cursor lands at the beginning of the final line of the paragraph. This macro prevents that, by inserting a blank line at the bottom if there isn't one. It is slower than the normal command. 164. Overwrite Return This macro acts as a regular Return in Pushright, but in Overwrite only moves the cursor, without adding a line or moving text. Useful for filling out forms on screen. 165. Guaranteed Return Currently, PC-Write's Return will not bring cursor or text to the paragraph margin if the cursor starts out to the left of that margin. This macro will ALWAYS bring cursor and text to the paragraph margin--though it's much slower than a normal Return. 166. Keep Paragraph Return This is a Return that also inserts a "Keep Paragraph" symbol at the end of the line, to prevent reformatting. Good for lists. 167. Triple-Space This one triple-spaces--inserts two blank lines--in a double- spaced document. You don't see triple-spacing much anymore--it's disappearing with the typewriter. Nowadays, it's much easier to hit Return twice, producing THREE blank lines in the printed document. But this macro makes triple-spacing easy again, by inserting the right Guide lines with a single keystroke. Start this one with your cursor at the end of a paragraph or at the beginning of the next. Hide Mode is cancelled, so you see the inserted lines. PC-Write Macros, Volume 2 18 SPECIAL CHARACTER MACROS 168. Fractions (IBM and HP Y/Series II) 169. International Characters (IBM and HP Y/Series II) 170. Greek, math, and science characters (IBM and HP Y/Series II) PC-Write enables you to enter many special characters by "overprinting" with the Accent Key. But, if you use particular characters often, there's no reason not to assign them to regular keys. For instance, if you're typing French, you could assign various accented forms of "e" to Ctrl-E, Alt-E, Shft-Ctrl-E, Shft-Alt-E, and/or Ctrl-Alt-E. These macros work with printers by IBM, plus Hewlett Packard Laserjets with a Y cartridge, or Series II. Those printers print the characters just as you see them on the screen. Most other printers don't. To assign characters for use on other printers, refer to the PC-Write User's Guide. The first macro enables you to print 1/4 and 1/2 in standard fraction form. The second supplies international (mostly European) characters. The third gives characters used in science and math. Each macro is actually a set of macros. Assign only the ones you need. Make sure you delete all lines you don't assign! DVORAK KEYBOARD Here's how the story goes: Back when the typewriter was invented, the developers saw that the mechanism was slow and easily jammed. To allow for this, they purposely arranged the letters and punctuation on the keyboard in a way that would slow down the typist. That's the standard keyboard we have today, nicknamed "Qwerty," after the first six keys on the top letter row. The dissenter was a fellow named Dvorak. He redesigned the keyboard to place the most-often-pressed keys on the main row, drastically cutting how far the typist's fingers had to travel. The result was a dramatic increase in speed and efficiency. Dvorak was too late to turn the tide. But, ever since, there has been a small cult following for the Dvorak keyboard. It's always been possible--at great expense--to order custom typewriters with his keyboard installed. Then along comes the personal computer and electronic word processing. Now a keyboard can be converted from Qwerty to Dvorak--and back again--by nothing more than a change in software. This has sparked renewed interest. PC-Write Macros, Volume 2 19 ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ ___ [ Q ] [ W ] [ E ] [ R ]:[ T ] [ Y ]:[ U ] [ I ] [ O ]:[ P ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]:[ ] [ ]:[ ] [ ] [ ]:[ ] [ " ] [ < ] [ > ] [ P ]:[ Y ] [ F ]:[ G ] [ C ] [ R ]:[ L ] [_'_] [_,_] [_._] [___]:[___] [___]:[___] [___] [___]:[___] ___ ___ ___ ___: ___ ___: ___ ___ ___: ___ ___ [ A ] [ S ] [ D ] [ F ]:[ G ] [ H ]:[ J ] [ K ] [ L ]:[ : ] [ " ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ]:[ ] [ ]:[ ] [ ] [ ]:[ ; ] [ ' ] [ A ] [ O ] [ E ] [ U ]:[ I ] [ D ]:[ H ] [ T ] [ N ]:[ S ] [ ? ] [___] [___] [___] [___]:[___] [___]:[___] [___] [___]:[___] [_/_] ___ ___ ___ ___: ___ ___: ___ ___ ___: ___ [ Z ] [ X ] [ C ] [ V ] [ B ] [ N ] [ M ] [ < ] [ > ] [ ? ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ ] [ , ] [ . ] [ / ] [ : ] [ Q ] [ J ] [ K ] [ X ] [ B ] [ M ] [ W ] [ V ] [ Z ] [_;_] [___] [___] [___] [___] [___] [___] [___] [___] [___] The keyboard chart shows the standard letters on top and the Dvorak letters below. All keys not included here are the same for both keyboards. We've changed some Dvorak punctuation keys to accommodate the PC keyboard and to reflect differences between typewriter typing and word processing. Thanks for the information on Dvorak's placement to Randy Cassingham, editor of the newsletter Dvorak Developments, PO Box 1895, Upland, CA 91785. 171. Dvorak Keyboard 172. Typewriter comma and period, Dvorak The first is a set of macros converting all lower and upper case letter keys to the Dvorak placement. All the macros are pre- assigned--you don't need to add anything. As an option, the second set of macros converts the Dvorak Comma and Period Keys to produce those marks also with Shift, as on a typewriter. Place it AFTER the main Dvorak macro set. Note: With the Dvorak keyboard, don't expect CapsLock to work normally on former letter keys or on former punctuation keys. 173. Dvorak Alt Keyboard--Direct 174. Dvorak Alt Keyboard--Access Key The PC-Write Alt-letter commands work by mnemonics--the command is suggested by the letter, as in "Alt-B" for "Bold." So Dvorak users may want to convert their Alt keyboard as well. The first macro directly reassigns the keys. For example, for Bold you would press Dvorak Alt-B, instead of standard Alt-B. To use this first macro, you MUST delete the line "!pr.def" from your ED.DEF file. This prevents PC-Write from reading the file PR.DEF after ED.DEF, which would cancel the macro. But this means PC-Write's edit program can no longer read any page format lines you install in PR.DEF, and also cannot properly format line length for proportional fonts and other special-width characters. PC-Write Macros, Volume 2 20 Also, with this first macro, you won't get the four symbols assigned to former punctuation keys (Dvorak Alt-S, Alt-W, Alt-V, and Alt-Z)--unless you have an extended keyboard. To avoid these problems, you may prefer to use the second macro instead. This enables you to reach a Dvorak Alt keyboard through an "access key." For example, if you chose Ctrl-Backslash as your access key, you would get a Bold font symbol by pressing and releasing Ctrl-Backslash, then the Dvorak B Key--"b", "B", or Ctrl-B, but NOT Alt-B. (Note: You could not use Control with Dvorak S, W, V, or Z.) This macro is actually a "two-key" macro set. Assign it to the access key of your choice just as you would assign any other macro--by placing a key code at the start of the top line. 175. Dvorak Control Keyboard--Access Key You may be using some of PC-Write's imitation Wordstar commands on the Ctrl-letter keys--especially if your "almost-compatible" computer or keyboard doesn't give you all the normal PC-Write keys. If you've memorized these keys by letter name rather than position, you can use this macro to shift them all at once to the Dvorak keys of the same letter name. Like the second Alt keyboard macro, this one works by means of a chosen access key, without changing the commands on the Ctrl- letter keys themselves. However, instead of executing commands directly, it merely tells PC-Write to execute whatever command it finds already assigned to the standard Ctrl-letter key. In other words, if you press Dvorak Ctrl-I, you'll get whatever command is currently assigned to standard Ctrl-I. The key pressed after the access key can be lower case, upper case, or Ctrl-letter (except Control can't be used with Dvorak S, W, V, or Z). We owe this macro to a tip from David Brender, author of The Editing Keypads. We wouldn't have imagined it possible! By the way, if the Dvorak keyboard interests you, you'll also want to try our PC-Write add-on, Writer's Heaven. We've done for the command keys what Dvorak did for the letter keys--rearranged them for much greater efficiency. The ingenious setup of Writer's Heaven can double your editing speed--yet it's easy to learn and use. What's more, it's equally suited to standard or Dvorak keyboards, because the commands are memorized by position, not by letter. If using Writer's Heaven, be sure to use ONLY the access-key Dvorak Alt keyboard, instead of the direct keyboard. And you won't need the Dvorak Control keyboard. PC-Write Macros, Volume 2 21 TEXT CONVERSION MACROS 176. Reverse Case, Word Left 177. Reverse Case, Paragraph Left Left CapsLock on by mistake? The first macro reverses the case of entire words while moving the cursor backward in the text. The second macro reverses the case of all text to the beginning of the paragraph, without moving the cursor. 178. Caps/Capitalize, Word Right Changes an entire word from all caps to capitalized--or vice versa--then moves to the next word. For example, "Simple Productions" becomes "SIMPLE PRODUCTIONS," and "SIMPLE PRODUCTIONS" becomes "Simple Productions"--a word at a time. 179. Strip Space This macro strips blank spaces from the ends of lines. Mark the text you want to convert, or mark the entire document with Ctrl-F5. Each time you use it, one space is stripped from the end of each line that has any. Repeat the command until the top line says "0 times." You can cancel the conversion with Esc, or speed it up with F9. Reformatting a paragraph or marked section restores a single blank space to the end of each line. NOTE: This macro changes the find and replace text. 180. Flush Left, marked text only This brings all lines in marked text flush to the left screen edge, by way of PC-Write's Shft-Delete function. It is good especially for uncentering text you have centered. Guide lines and page breaks are not affected. Make sure the text you want converted is properly marked. Also, if you don't want the text reformatted, make sure Auto-reformatting is OFF. Afterwards, you can use Shft-Insert to move the text right again, as a flush left block. NOTE: This macro sets the temporary default for Shft- Insert and Shft-Delete at 253! 181. First Name Last, by line 182. First Name First, by line 183. First Name Last, continuous 184. First Name First, continuous These macros reverse the order of names in a list--first-name- first to first-name-last, or vice versa. For instance, if a list line reads "Betty and Harold Boop-Shnoop", the first macro of each pair will change it to "Boop-Shnoop, Betty and Harold." The second macro will do the reverse. PC-Write Macros, Volume 2 22 Your cursor can start anywhere on the line. There must be no spaces at the ends of the lines. (See the Strip Space macro in this section.) The first pair of macros converts the list a line at a time, moving the cursor to the next line, ready to repeat. The second pair converts continuously, from the cursor line to the end of the document. Press any key to halt it. 185. Indented to Block, by paragraph 186. Block to Indented, by paragraph 187. Indented to Block, continuous 188. Block to Indented, continuous These convert indented paragraphs to block paragraphs, and vice versa. Your cursor can start anywhere in a paragraph. To convert to indented paragraphs, you must have a paragraph margin in your ruler, and there must be no margins or tab stops between that margin and the left margin. Guide lines between paragraphs are left intact. The first pair of macros converts a single paragraph, then moves to the beginning of the next one, ready to repeat. The second pair converts continuously from the cursor paragraph to the end of the document. Halt it by pressing any key. 189. Paragraph-Page Break, by page 190. Paragraph-Page Break, continuous These move soft page breaks so they fall between paragraphs--in other words, so that paragraphs will not be split between two pages. The soft breaks are then changed to hard breaks. For accuracy, be sure to repage your document just before you begin. Then start your cursor anywhere ON a soft break line. The first macro converts one soft break, repages the document, then moves the cursor to the next soft break, ready to repeat. (It must repage each time, because shifting one page break affects all soft breaks that follow.) If a break already falls properly, it will be made hard, but not moved. However, you can instead skip that one and move to the next soft break by pressing Grey+. The second macro converts continuously from the break the cursor is on, to the end of the document, repaging as it goes. Press any key to halt it. Make sure you START on a SOFT page break line. Soft breaks only are converted, and made hard. If you don't like the results, you can remove all page breaks at once through the Alt-F5 menu--though this will remove hard breaks inserted before. PC-Write Macros, Volume 2 23 NOTE: Because these macros are built on PC-Write 3.0 function key menus, they may not work with later versions. ALSO NOTE: These macros alter your find and replace text. ALSO NOTE: If you START either macro on a hard page break line, the break will be repositioned, but not always correctly. These macros are based on an idea by David Brender, author of The Editing Keypads. WORD PROCESSOR FORMAT CONVERSION These macros convert PC-Write text to formats handled by most other word processors and desktop publishers, including WordPerfect and Macintosh applications. They do not transfer formatting or special characters--but, for simpler documents, they may suit you as well as a full-scale conversion program, or the DCA filter offered by Quicksoft. Here's what you must do BEFORE using the macros: 1. Be sure you have backups--more than one! 2. Turn off Auto-reformatting and Wordwrap by pressing Shft-F7 until the Status Line says "Wrap-". 3. Make sure the body of your text is flush with the left screen edge. It's best to enter it that way originally, with your ruler's left margin at column 1, and setting any print margin by a .x: Guide line. But, if that's not how you did it, you can mark the entire document with Ctrl-F5, then use Shft-Delete to move it to the left. Guide lines and page breaks do not affect the operation, and are not affected. (Switch on Hide Mode, if they confuse you.) Note: This does NOT mean removing indents, hanging indents, tabbed spaces, centering, etc. LEAVE THESE INTACT--at least for now--and simply shift all text to the left as a solid block, so that the leftmost text of your document is at the left screen edge. Also note: To use the macros below, you MUST set the left margin on your ruler to match the new left margin of your text. 4. Strip from your document all Guide lines, page breaks, font symbols, soft spaces (for justification), and other special characters. You can do this automatically through the Alt-F4 menu, with the selection for "non-ASCII" characters. If PC-Write asks if you want to strip characters above 127, say yes. If you will later need to restore font enhancements, page breaks, etc., you may prefer--before stripping--to find-and-replace some special characters with standard keyboard characters. For instance, you could replace font symbols for bolding, PC-Write Macros, Volume 2 24 underlining, or italics, with an asterisk. Later, you would use the other program to search for the asterisk, to find the words to be enhanced. (Of course, you could instead locate these from a printout of your original document.) At this point--without further change in PC-Write--your file could be read or converted by a host of PC word processors able to handle "ASCII files." But further processing is required for many applications, including Wordperfect, Macintosh word processors and desktop publishers, and commercial typesetters. 191. Strip Line Breaks, whole document 192. Strip Line Breaks, marked text only These macros will convert your text into a form handled by Wordperfect, almost any other PC word processor or desktop publisher, and many commercial typesetters, by stripping all line breaks from within paragraphs. Each paragraph is then all on one line, extending past the right edge of the screen. Blank lines are not affected. NOTE: If you have text that must not be reformatted--charts, centered text, lists of single-line items, mailing lists--DO NOT use these macros on it. If your document combines this kind of text with normal paragraphs, use the second macro to convert only the paragraphs. Make sure Auto-reformatting and Wordwrap are off. Make sure the left margin in your ruler matches the left margin of your text. Your cursor can be anywhere in the document. If you later want to restore the paragraphs to original form, simply mark them-- Ctrl-F5 for the entire document--and press F7. These macros are based on one from the file MACRO.DEF--earlier called ED.MAC--on the PC-Write Utilities Disk. For WordPerfect, you may also want to use the Alt-F5 tab conversion menu to change space indents to the tabs normally used in that program--but this usually isn't necessary. Avoid it if you have any centered text. 193. Flush Left, whole document If your file is destined for a Macintosh application or other graphics-based program, it's best now to remove ALL space in front of text lines--paragraph indents, tabbed space, space in front of centered lines, and so on. Graphics-based programs have their own, superior ways of providing these formats, through margin, tab, and other settings on their rulers. The macro marks the entire document, then tells PC-Write's Shft- Delete function to delete up to 253 empty spaces from the start of each line. Note: After using this macro, 253 remains the temporary default for Shft-Insert and Shft-Delete. PC-Write Macros, Volume 2 25 194. Strip Line Feeds If your file is going to the Mac, the final step is to convert the line breaks remaining between paragraphs. On the PC, these "hard" line breaks combine a carriage return with a line feed. Macintosh applications use only a carriage return. This macro removes the line feeds from the entire document. You cursor can be anywhere in the document. The macro beeps when it's done. Note: The macro makes sure Auto-Reformatting and Wordwrap are off, and changes your find and replace text. Also note: This macro will not work on documents larger than 60K, the size of PC-Write's "main editing segment"--or 6K, if you're using our Program Speedup macro with our default specification. Your entire document will now be on one line! The most economical way to transfer files from PC to Mac is with a "null modem"--a glorified cable strung between communication ports. On each machine, use a communications program offering the same protocol, such as Xmodem. In the Macintosh world, your file is known as "text only." Most, but not all, Macintosh word processors can import such a file and convert it to their own formats. Start your application, then choose "Open" from the "File" menu. You may also be able to select and open the file and the application together from the desktop. 195. PC-Write to Wordperfect 196. PC-Write to Mac These macros are provided for the strong of heart. They combine the PC-Write conversion steps into single-step marathons. Be sure to have backups! The macros assume you've gotten as far as setting your text body against the left screen edge, and setting the ruler's left margin to match. Spaces are NOT automatically converted to tabs. Do not use these macros with any text that must not be reformatted. The macros themselves insert a character with a code above 127, then automatically tell PC-Write to strip such characters--DO NOT respond to this prompt yourself. The macros beep when done. Note: The macros set Pushright and end with Hide Mode, Auto- reformatting, and Wordwrap turned off. The Macintosh macro also changes your find and replace text and sets 253 as the temporary default for Shft-Insert and Shft-Delete. Also note: The Macintosh macro will not work on documents larger than 60K, the size of PC-Write's "main editing segment"--or 6K, if you're using our Program Speedup macro with our default specification. Also note: Because the macros are based on PC-Write 3.0 function key assignments, they may not work with later versions! PC-Write Macros, Volume 2 26 CONVERTING BACK: Many word processors and text editors create documents that are basically ASCII text, like PC-Write's. Others usually have an option for converting their documents to this form, often under the name "print to file." (WordPerfect 5.0 has a standalone utility called CONVERT.EXE.) Once in this form, PC-Write can read it--but you may have to -- Correct line endings, through the Alt-F5 menu. -- Convert tabs to spaces, through the Alt-F5 menu (needed for WordPerfect). Do this BEFORE the next step. And first be sure to set your ruler tabs! -- Strip all non-ASCII characters, through the Alt-F4 menu--if you're reading an unconverted document. -- Reformat with F7, after setting your ruler and marking all with Ctrl-F5. Wordstar files can be read directly, then converted in PC-Write, by removing "highbits" through the Alt-F5 menu. If you are regularly converting documents to or from sophisticated PC word processors, look into Quicksoft's DCA conversion program. This allows transfer of text, most enhancements, and most formatting, all together, through an intermediate format. Programs supporting this format include WordPerfect, Microsoft Word, Multimate, DisplayWrite, Volkswriter III, and PFS: Professional Write. Quicksoft also offers a program for converting directly to Pagemaker format. MORE MISCELLANEOUS MACROS 197. Draw Down PC-Write supplies many box-drawing keys, but the symbols are not available on most printers. This macro draws a series of asterisks, straight down. Use it in Overwrite, if you don't want your text to shift over. NOTE: You can modify the macro to draw any other symbol, letter, or number, by replacing the asterisk within the quote marks. 198. Delete Down This is a companion to the Draw Down macro, allowing you to erase what you've drawn. In Pushright, it pulls text to the left; in Overwrite, it doesn't. PC-Write Macros, Volume 2 27 199. Save Reminder Escape Presently, PC-Write's save reminder doesn't provide an option NOT to save. This macro gets around it. 200. 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