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  3. üëWordProcessingToolkit
  4.  
  5. ÇêDesktopAccessory
  6.  
  7. Ç
  8. Thisdesktopaccessoryisdesignedtocomplementä1stWord,Çbut
  9. someofitsfeaturescouldbeusefulelsewhere.
  10.  
  11. Toinstalltheaccessory,copyüWPTOOLS.ACCÇandüWPTOOLS.RSCÇtoyour
  12. bootdisk,andpresstheResetbutton.Whentherebootis
  13. completeyoushouldhaveanadditionalitemontheDeskmenu:
  14. "WP Toolkit".
  15.  
  16. SelectingthisgivesyouapanelwitheightIconswhichhavethe
  17. followingfunctions:
  18.  
  19. 1.üAlarmÇThiscanbesettogooffatanytimeupto12
  20. hoursahead,bytypingintherequiredtimein
  21. thefieldwherethecursoris.Thismeansthat
  22. youneedn'tmissanappointmentwhiletyping
  23. inyourmasterpiece.Thecurrenttimeisalso
  24. shownatthetopofthepanel.Ifis
  25. incorrect,youcanclickthemouseonit,and
  26. thenyoucanedititintheusualway.
  27. 2.üPrinterÇThisallowsyoutoselectbetween2printers,
  28. sothatyoucanprintyourmasterpiecein
  29. draftorfinalmode.
  30.  
  31. Thepresetoptionsareasfollows:
  32.  
  33. êFLAGBITÇêMATRIXÇêDAISYÇ
  34. 
  35.     0        Dotmatrix     Daisy  
  36.                         1        Monochrome     Monochrome
  37.                         2        Epson          Epson
  38.                    3        Draft          Final
  39.                         4        Parallel       RS232
  40.                         5        Formfeed       Singlesheet
  41.                                 
  42. 3.   üWordCountÇSothatyoucantellhowlongyour
  43. masterpieceis.Willcountwordsinä1stWord
  44. ÇdocumentsorASCIIfiles.
  45.      4.   üFreeRAMÇDisplayshowmuchRAMiscurrentlyavailable
  46. forexpandingyourmasterpiece.
  47. 5.üRelabelÇAllowsyoutochangethevolumelabelofa
  48. floppydisk.Nothingparticularlytodowith
  49. WordProcessing,butthereisnofacilityin
  50. GEMfordoingthis.
  51.      6.   üFormatÇAllowsyoutoformatanewdiskwithout
  52. leavingthewordprocessor.Usefulforwhen
  53. youfindyouhavenospaceavailabletosave
  54. yourmasterpieceexceptforanewdiskthat
  55. ♪²younevergotroundtoformatting.Inaddition
  56. tothenormalformat,therearetwoother
  57. options:
  58. ü1.ÇüFastAccessÇ-speedsdiskI/Obyusing
  59. anonstandardinterleavefactor.
  60. ü2.HighCapacityÇ-increasesdiskcap-
  61. acitytoabout800kforadouble-sided
  62. drive,attheexpenseofaslightloss
  63. ofspeed.
  64. 7.üUndeleteÇForwhenyouaccidentallydeleteyour
  65. masterpiece.Thiswillnotalwayswork,of
  66. course.Thedialoguewilltellyouwhetherit
  67. thinksitsucceededornot,andwillalsotell
  68. youwhethertheclustersitrecoveredwere
  69. contiguousorfragmented.Thereasonforthis
  70. is,iftheclusterswerefragmented,thereis
  71. asignificantpossibilitythatitpickedup
  72. thewrongclusters,whereasifitwasableto
  73. findenoughcontiguousclustersforthefile
  74. thenthereisagoodchancethattheywerethe
  75. rightones.êRecoveryisneverguaranteed,
  76. Çêhowever.Youshouldalwayscheckthefile
  77. ÇêafterwardsÇ.Ifithaspickedupsome
  78. incorrectclusters,thereisnothingforit
  79. buttouseasectoreditortosearchthedisk
  80. fortherightones.Andthebestofluck.
  81. üNote:Çatpresentthisfunctionworksforthe
  82. Rootdirectoryonly.Hopefully,itwillbe
  83. extendedtoworkforfolderssoon.
  84. 8.üBlackoutÇThissimplyblanksoutthescreen,tosave
  85. burn-inifyouhavetoleavethemachinefora
  86. while,eg.fortheappointmentitem1reminded
  87. youabout.Toresume,pressüReturnÇorüEnterÇ.
  88.  
  89. ëNotesÇ
  90.  
  91. 1.Thediskutilities(üRelabelÇ,üUndeleteÇandüFormatÇ)may
  92. failwithreturncodesasfollows:
  93.           
  94. üCode#1Ç-Reservedforinternaluse.
  95.           üCode#2Ç-UnabletoobtainBiosParameterBlock(copy
  96. protecteddisk?)
  97.           üCode#3Ç-Non-standardsectorsize.
  98.           üCode#4Ç-Directoryentrynotfound.
  99. üCode#5Ç-Firstclusteralreadyreused(üUndelete)Ç
  100.           üCode#6Ç-Notenoughfreememoryavailabletoobtain
  101. buffers(approx8KrequiredforüReformatÇ,less
  102. forothers).
  103.  
  104. TOSerrors(negativenumbers)mayalsobereported.
  105.  
  106. 2.AlloptionsexceptüRamFreeÇandüBlackoutÇgiveyoua
  107. secondchancetocancelbeforeproceeding.
  108.  
  109. 3.TheaccessorysetstheDesktopcolourtothestandard
  110. darkgreen,unless1stWordhasalreadychangedit.
  111. UnliketheControlPanel,itwon'talterthecolourof
  112. blockhighlights.
  113.  
  114. 4.Ifanyoftheprinteroptionsdon'tsuit,Icansupply
  115. thesourcecodeforamendmentifyousendadiskand
  116. returnpostage.You'llneedaCcompilerandaGST-
  117. compatiblelinker.Ifyoudon'thavethese,Ican
  118. compileamoduletoyourequirementsfor£1inaddition
  119. tothediskandpostage.
  120.  
  121. 5.TheResourcefilewasdesignedformedium-resolution,I
  122. don'tknowhowitlooksinmonochrome,andsomeofthe
  123. panelsareabitbigforlow-res.
  124.  
  125.  
  126. ThisaccessorywaswrittenusingMetacomco'säLatticeCÇand
  127. Hisoft'säDevpacSTÇby:
  128.  
  129. SandyJanas,
  130. 73BurghmuirCourt,
  131. Linlithgow,
  132. WestLothian,
  133. Scotland.
  134.  
  135. Enjoy!astheysay.
  137.  
  138.