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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.