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·IMPORTANT! READ THIS!·
Firstly, I would like to thank DIT for a great job concerning the
Wordsworth 3 docs and Pictures. Although there are approx 1.2megs of
pictures that belong to these docs, I could not display the full
range within this issue, So for the next few issues of the LSD Docs
Disks, I will be adding a certain amount of the Wordsworth 3 Pictures
to each isssue until the full amount have been displayed. <><
O.T.T
Presents Wordworth 3.0
Plus What's New in 3.1
Typed and Edited By DIT
·PART ONE·
WHAT'S NEW IN 3.1
When you have Wordworth 3.1 running go to the Help menu and you will find
What's new in 3.1.In the guided version of this text file I have included
this help file. Will try to make an ASCII text file if requested to DIT.
CONTENTS
BEFORE YOU BEGIN
Welcome to Wordworth 3
Machine Requirements 15
How to Use This Book 16
How to Get Help Product Support and Registration 18
Using the On-line Help System 19
Part One - Wordworth Essentials
Chapter One - Setting up Wordworth
1.1 What you Should Already Know 25
1.2 Preparing to Use Wordworth 26
1.3 Installation
1.3.1 Installing Wordworth 28
1.3.2 Adding More Wordworth Modules 32
1.3.3 Adding Another Printer Driver 32
1.3.4 Digita Print Manager 32
Chapter Two - Starting Wordworth 35
Chapter Three - Wordworth Workplace
3.1 Wordworth Display
3.1.1 Title Bar And Menus 39
3.1.2 Toolbar 41
3.1.3 Rulers 43
3.1.4 Window Gadgets 46
3.1.5 Status Bar 47
3.1.6 Working Page 47
3.2 Requesters
3.2.1 Buttons 48
3.2.2 File Requester 48
3.2.3 Keyboard Shortcuts 50
3.2.4 Gadgets
3.2.4.1 Text Gadget 50
3.2.4.2 Radio Button 51
3.2.4.3 Check Box 51
3.2.4.4 Scrolling List Gadget 51
3.2.4.5 Slider Gadget 51
3.2.4.6 Pop-up Gadget 51
3.2.4.7 Pop-up Text Gadget 51
3.2.4.8 Read-only Gadget 51
Chapter Four - Your First Steps
4.1 What's on The Screen 57
4.2 Creating a Document 61
4.3 Getting Help 63
4.4 Editing Text 64
4.5 Selecting Text 65
4.6 Formatting Text 65
4.7 Using The clipboard 69
4.8 Undoing a Mistake 69
4.9 Saving The Document 70
4.10 Spell checking 72
4.11 Printing The Document 73
4.12 Opening a Previously Saved Document 75
4.13 Quitting Wordworth 76
Chapter Five - treating a Document With Graphics
5.1 Creating The Document
5.1.1 Formatting The Document 79
5.1.2 Text Frames 80
5.2 Placing Pictures
5.2.1 Placing Pictures Into a Document 82
5.2.2 Defining colours 83
5.2.3 Drawing Lines, Boxes And Other Graphics 84
Chapter Six - Large Text Documents
6.1 Automatic File Saving 87
6.2 Adjusting Page Layout 88
6.3 Finding And Replacing Text 88
6.4 Pagination 89
6.5 Headers And Footers 91
6.6 Thesaurus 92
6.7 Bookmarks 92
6.8 Table of Contents 93
6.9 Indexing 94
6.10 Document Statistics 96
Chapter Seven - Mail Merging
7.1 Creating An Address Database 99
7.2 Merging Form Letters 101
7.3 Importing A Third Party Address Database 103
Chapter Eight - Special Features
8.1 Templates
8.1.1 Selecting a Template 107
8.1.2 Creating Templates 107
8.2 Auto Correct
8.2.1 Correct Mistakes As you Type 110
8.2.2 Correct Capitalisation As you Type 111
8.2.3 Replace Abbreviations As you Type 112
8.3 Librarian
8.3.1 Inserting Phrases 113
8.3.2 Storing A Phrase In Librarian 113
8.3.3 Editing A Phrase In Librarian 114
8.4 Drawing Tools-Shape
8.4.1 Creating A Shape 115
8.4.2 Re-sizing 116
8.4.3 Moving 117
8.4.4 Changing The Way Shapes Look 118
8.4.5 Deleting A Shape 119
8.4.6 Grouping Shapes Together 119
8.4.7 Shape Depth Arrangement 120
8.4.8 Locking Shapes To The Page 121
8.4.9 Special Features 122
8.5 Drawing Tools Frames
8.5.1 Text Frames 124
8.5.2 TextEffects 127
8.5.3 Tables And Calculations 129
Chapter Nine - Customising Wordworth
9.1 Getting Personal With Wordworth
9.1.1 Requester Fonts 137
9.1.2 Screen Colours 138
9.1.3 Toolbar 139
9.1.4 Guides And Rulers 140
9.2 Getting Wordworth To Go Faster 142
Chapter Ten - Wordworth Upgraders
10.1 What's Different About Wordworth 3
10.1.1 Requesters 145
10.1.2 Customisation 146
10.1.3 Keyboard 146
10.1.4 Menus 146
10.1.5 Outline Fonts 146
Chapter Eleven - The Menus
11.1 Project Menu
11.1.1 New 153
11.1.2 Open 154
11.1.3 Open Recent 155
11.1.4 Save 155
11.1.5 Save As 156
11.1.6 Last Saved 157
11.1.7 Print 158
11.1.8 Print Setup 160
11.1.9 Mail Merge 162
11.1.10 Close 163
11.1.11 About 164
11.1.12 Quit Wordworth 164
11.2 Edit Menu
11.2.1 Cut 165
11.2.2 Copy 165
11.2.3 Paste 165
11.2.4 Erase 165
11.2.5 Undo 166
11.2.6 Repeat 166
11.2.7 Find 166
11.2.8 Find Again 168
11.2.9 Go To 168
11.2.10 Insert
11.2.10.1 Page Break 170
11.2.10.2 Column Break 170
11.2.10.3 Page Number 170
11.2.10.4 Page Count 170
11.2.10.5 Current Date 170
11.2.10.6 Updating Date 170
11.2.10.7 Current Time 170
11.2.10.8 Updating Time 170
11.2.10.9 List Entry 171
11.2.10.10 Index Entry 172
11.2.10.11 Endnote 174
11.2.10.12 Bookmark 174
11.2.10.13 Symbol 175
11.2.11 Colours 176
11.2.12 Select All 177
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11.3 View Menu
11.3.1 Window 178
11.3.2 Clean Screen 178
11.3.3 Zoom
11.3.3.1 100% (Normal) 178
11.3.3.2 Other 178
11.3.3.3 Fit Page Width 178
11.3.3.4 Fit Whole Page 178
11.3.4 Rulers 178
11.3.5 Toolbar 178
11.3.6 Drawing Tools 179
11.3.7 Codes 179
11.3.8 Guides 179
11.4 Format Menu
11.4.1 Font 180
11.4.2 Paragraph 182
11.4.3 Tabs 184
11.4.4 Document 186
11.4.5 Tables 190
11.4.6 Plain 190
11.4.7 Bold 190
11.4.8 Italic 191
11.4.9 Underline 191
11.4.10 Superscript 191
11.4.11 Subscript 191
11.5 Object Menu
11.5.1 Create Objects 192
11.5.2 Place Picture 193
11.5.3 Information 195
11.5.3.1 Line Requester
11.5.3.2 Box And Rounded Box Requester 197
11.5.3.3 Circle Requester 199
11.5.3.4 Oval Requester 201
11.5.3.5 TextEffects Requester 203
11.5.3.6 Text Frame Requester 207
11.5.3.7 Picture Frame Requester 209
11.5.3.8 Table Frame Requester 211
11.5.4 Move Forward 212
11.5.5 Move Backward 212
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11.5 Object Menu-continued
11.5.6 Bring To Front 212
11.5.7 Send To Back 212
11.5.8 Group 213
11.5.9 Ungroup 213
11.5.10 Lock 213
11.5.11 Unlock 213
11.5.12 Duplicate 213
11.5.13 Add To All Pages 213
11.6 Tools Menu
11.6.1 Spell Check 214
11.6.2 Auto Correct 215
11.6.3 Thesaurus 216
11.6.4 Librarian 218
11.6.5 Statistics 219
11.6.6 Sort 221
11.6.7 Calculate 221
11.6.8 Create List 222
11.6.9 Create Index 223
11.6.10 Speech 24
11.6.11 Playtime 225
11.7 Settings Menu
11.7.1 Hyphenate 226
11.7.2 Create Icons 226
11.7.3 Change Settings
11.7.3.1 Text 227
11.7.3.2 View 228
11.7.3.3 File 229
11.7.3.4 Spell 230
11.7.3.5 Toolbar 231
11.7.3.6 Screen 233
11.7.3.7 Screen Colours 234
11.7.4 Workbench 235
11.7.5 Load Settings 235
11.7.6 Save Settings 236
11.7.7 Save Settings As 236
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11.8 Help
11.8.1 Contents 237
11.8.2 How To 238
11.8.3 Index 238
11.8.4 Editing 238
11.8.5 File 238
11.8.6 Formatting 238
11.8.7 Object 238
11.8.8 Painting 238
11.8.9 Keyboard 238
11.8.10 Troubleshooting 238
Appendices
Appendix A-Getting Technical Support
Telephone Support 242
Written Support 243
Appendix B-Designing Documents With Style
Simple Guidelines 245
Title 246
Words 246
Spelling 247
Abbreviations 247
Typefaces 247
Type Size And Line Spacing 249
Margins 254
Appendix C-Pictures And Clip Art
Scalable Clip Art Collection 257
Using Painting Packages With Wordworth 265
Printing Pictures With Wordworth 265
Appendix D-Fonts
Scalable Fonts 257
Installing Additional Agfa Compugraphic Fonts 269
Installing Additional Adobe PostScript Type 1 Fonts 270
Installing Additional TrueType Fonts 271
Bitmap Fonts 271
ColorFonts 272
Printer Fonts 272
Agfa Compugraphic Font Collection 273
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Appendix E-Postscript Printers
Introduction 279
Setup 279
Printing With PostScript 280
Appendix F-Advanced Features
Drag And Drop Text Editing 283
Advanced Mail Merging 284 " link f2}
Appendix G-Sharing Documents With Other Applications
Sharing Text 287
Sharing graphics 288
Appendix H-Making The Most of Memory
What is Memory? 289
Maximising The Memory Available 291
Appendix I-Keyboard Shortcuts 293
Appendix J-Troubleshooting
General 297
Installation 300
Fonts 301
Printing 301
The Glossary 307
Index 323
A Few Word about the Law
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A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE LAW
-------------------------
When you open the envelope containing the Wordworth disks, you agree to
accept the terms of the Digita software license (contained in the chapter
titled "Terms And Conditions of Sale", in this book). The license gives
you the right to install Wordworth on one computer and make a backup copy.
When you violate the license, you violate the Copyright Act, which says
it's illegal to make or distribute copies of copyrighted material without
authorisation from the copyright owner. The Act also prohibits the
commercial rental, leasing, or lending of software without the copyright
owner's written permission.
Each time you copy software illegally, you or your company risk facing a
considerable fine. And if you do it "wilfully and for purposes of
commercial advantage," you could go to jail.
WARNING
All Digita products contain copyright material in the form of proprietary
software programmes and this printed book. Digita will seek considerable
damages from any person and / or organisation found to be in violation of
the copyrights. Breach of copyright can also lead to criminal proceedings.
YOU A SOFTWARE PIRATE?
You may not be aware of it, but if you answer "yes" to any of the
questions below, you've probably violated software copyright law..
Have You Ever
* Given away an old version of software when you received an upgrade.?
* Given a copy of your software to a colleague at work?
* "Borrowed" someone's software to try it out, then never purchased it?
* Left copies of your software on a hard disk when you sold a computer?
* Used software on the hard disk of a previously owned computer without
paying for it?
(This list is not exhaustive.)
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The Benefits of Using Legal Software
When you use legal copies of software, you receive timesaving
documentation and product support. You minimise the risk of copying a
software virus on your computer. And if your original disk gets damaged,
you can get up-to-date replacements. What's more, you can receive timely
notification of product upgrades.
But beyond the tangible benefits, you're also purchasing the, right to
legitimately use software that took a team of hard working people years
and thousands of pounds to produce.
Your purchase is a vote. It's your way of rewarding the team that created
the great software. And it's your way of encouraging and enabling them to
produce even better products in the future.
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BEFORE YOU BEGIN
This chapter gives details about Wordworth and this book
* Welcome to Wordworth.
* How to use this book.
* How to get help
You must return the registration card supplied with Wordworth to qualify
for technical support. There's a prepaid card which contains your unique
ID number.
WELCOME TO WORDWORTH 3
Welcome to Wordworth, the world's most popular Amiga word processor.
Winner of the Amiga Format gold Award, and voted Best Word Processor by
both Amiga Shopper and CU Amiga magazines, the phenomenal success of
Wordworth 2AGA laid the foundations for new Wordworth 3.
It is important to return your registration card (postage is prepaid) so
that we can keep you informed as upgrades become available. We invite you
to send us your comments about Wordworth 3 and ideas for new features that
you would like to see in the future.
Your Wordworth package should consist of:
* This Wordworth instruction book
* A prepaid registration card.
* An envelope containing four software disks.
Machine Requirements
To use Wordworth, this is the minimum Amiga configuration you'll need:
* Any Amiga, with Workbench 2.04 or above.
* 2MB of free memory (advanced features may require additional memory).
* Hard disk, or two floppy disk drives.
The number and size of documents you can use with Wordworth is limited
only by the size of your disk drive and the amount of available memory
fitted to your Amiga.
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HOW TO USE THIS BOOK
The best way to learn Wordworth quickly is by following the Tutorials
Section. Find the tutorial which most suits you and follow through the
instructions. For example, if you want to use Wordworth for creating a
newsletter, follow the tutorial titled "Creating a Document With
graphics". The tutorials centre on specific features of Wordworth,
relevant to the task required.
However, before you start reading any more, it is important to understand
typographic conventions used in this book:
Convention MEANS
Italics type Indicates words or characters you type. For example,
"type mydocument in the File text gadget". They are
also used to indicate program or disk names. For
example, "use the InstallOutlines program, which is
on your Ww3 Extras disk".
* Square-bulleted lists provide information.
Shortcut keys Right Amiga-S, for example, is a combination
keypress. This means hold down the Right Amiga key
and press the S key. Then release both keys.
Selection button The left mouse button on the mouse. Used to click,
double-click and drag items with the pointer.
Menu button The right mouse button on the mouse. Used to reveal
the menu bar and choose menu commands with the
pointer.
Insertion point (|) Blinking vertical bar which indicates the current
editing position in a document.
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Mouse Pointer Commands
Point Position the pointer on an item.
Click Point to an item, and then quickly press and release
the Selection button.
Double-click Point to an item, and then quickly press and release
the Selection button twice.,
Drag Point to an item. Press and hold the Selection button
as you move the mouse to a new location. Then,
release the mouse button.
Mouse Pointer Shapes
I I-beam pointer in text area Type, select text, or reposition
insertion point.
Arrow pointer in menu bar, Choose from menus (with the Menu
inactive window, scroll bar, Mouse button depressed). Click buttons
toolbar or ruler on the toolbar, ruler and requesters.
Select and move objects (shapes and
frames).
Cross hair along sides and Create and re-size objects.
corners of frames and shapes
2-way pointer along sides Re-size boxes.
and corners of frames
and shapes
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HOW TO GET HELP
Product Support And Registration
When you choose Digita, you're getting more than just a great product,
you're getting a Company committed to providing the best possible customer
service an d support for your product. We want you to get the most from
your Digita software. As a registered user, we'll help you get it.
If you have any question about Wordworth, first look in this book, Or
consult Wordworth's on-line help system. If you cannot find the answer,
contact Digita:
* For technical support call 0891 616 944.
This is available to registered Wordworth users from 11AM until 5PM -
Calls are charged at 36p per minute cheap rate and 48p per minute at
all other times. Be sure to ask permission of the telephone owner
before calling.
* Enclosing a stamped self-addressed padded envelope, write to Digita
Technical Support Division, Black Horse House, Exmouth EX8 1JL ENGLAND,
or fax 0395 268893.
* Mail Digita on CIX-mailbox digita@cix. There is one open conference,
Digita, and a closed conference for registered users, digita,tech.
* Mail Digita on Compuserve-mailbox 1 00031, 3032.
* For general enquiries only, call 0395270273.
Before contacting technical support, check:
* Appendix A-Getting Technical Support.
* Appendix I-Troubleshooting.
IMPORTANT
Unfortunately, under no circumstances can we provide either telephone or
written product support to unregistered users.
REGISTER NOW
Complete and post your prepaid registration card and get:
* Free technical support by facsimile and post.
* Special software offers.
* Notification of upgrades.
* Free Wordworth newsletters.
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Using The On-line Help
Any time you want information about a command or option, System you can
ask Wordworth for help. Press the menu button (Right Mouse button) and
move the arrow pointer over the menu command with which you want
help.
With the command highlighted (and the menu button still depressed), press
the Help key on the keyboard (floppy disk users may be prompted to insert
the appropriate disk).
You can also ask Wordworth for help by clicking the Help
icon on the toolbar or pressing the Help key.
Figure 1 Getting Help
The Buttons
Contents: Click to reveal current topic contents list.
Index: Click to reveal help index list.
Help: Displays help on Wordworth on-line help system (some
AmigaGuide versions may have this button dimmed.
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Retrace: Steps backwards through the help topics previously selected.
Browse <: Steps to the previous section of the topic.
Browse >: Steps to the next section of the topic.
Each help topic has further cross references, which are accessed by
clicking their button in the text.
The Help window can be re-sized and moved like any other.
Click the close gadget (or Right Amiga-Q) to close the Help window.
(As AmigaGuide menus vary depending on the version of Workbench they are
not documented in this book.)
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PART ONE
WORDWORTH ESSENTIALS
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CHAPTER ONE
SETTING UP WORDWORTH
This chapter will show you how to install Wordworth on floppy disk and
hard disk Amiga systems.
* What you should already know.
* Preparing to use Wordworth.
* Installation.
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1.1 What You Should Already Know
To set up Wordworth on your Amiga, you need an understanding of basic
Amiga concepts. Before you begin, you should know how to:
* Use icons on the Amiga Workbench.
* Use the mouse to point, drag click and double-click.
* Start and quit applications using Workbench.
* How to initialize and copy disks using the Shell and Workbench.
* Open, copy, and delete Amiga documents and disks from Workbench.
* Select menus, pull down menus and choose commands.
* Scroll in windows, and re-size and re-position windows.
If you are not familiar with these terms or processes, see your
Amiga owner's guide.
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1.2 Preparing to Use Wordworth
You have been provided with four master disks.
It's important to work with copies of your Wordworth disks rather than
the originals. If a copy is damaged or lost, you can go back to the
original and make another copy.
step 1
Make backup copies of your master disks.
Before copying the master disks, slide up the small tab (if it exists) in
the upper-left corner on the back of each disk so that it is in the
uppermost position (the tab will no longer be visible from the front side
of the disk). This locks information on the disk, preventing accidental
deletion of files and documents.
step 2
Now copy each disk as follows.
Switch on your Amiga and insert the disk titled Workbench. Double-click
the Workbench disk icon, double-click the System drawer, and then double-
click the Shell icon.
Type: Sys:System/diskcopy from DF0: to DF1: and press the
Return key (be sure to type a zero, not the letter O).
step 3
Now place the original master disk in the internal disk drive and the
backup disk in the second drive. When prompted, press the Return key.
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Make a backup copy of all the disks using this procedure and then put the
originals away in a safe place.
Important
If you make backups from Workbench be sure to rename the backup disks
removing copy of and make sure there are no hidden spaces contained in the
disk titles.
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1.3 Installation
You need to install Wordworth once before you can use it. Once Wordworth
has been successfully instilled, you do not need to repeat the process
again unless you wish to add extra Wordworth modules.
1.3.1 Installing Wordworth
Floppy disk users
You need to have the following items before you can begin:
* The four backup copies of your Wordworth master disks (to make backup
copies, follow the procedures outlined in section 1.2 "Preparing to Use
Wordworth").
* At least five blank floppy disks onto which Wordworth will be
installed.
Throughout this procedure you will be prompted to change disks as
necessary (for example, Insert volume Ww3System in any drive).
step 1
Switch on your Amiga and insert the disk titled Ww3Install-1.
step 2
When the desktop appears, double-click the Ww31nstall-1 disk icon, and
then double-click the install Wordworth 3 icon.
step 3
Before the installation begins, you will be asked to specify your
knowledge of the Amiga:
Novice A basic installation is automatically performed for you.
From time-to-time the installer may ask you to insert other
disks.
Intermediate A basic installation is automatically performed for you.
Occasionally, you may be asked to make certain choices that
will affect the installation.
Expert You will be asked to make choices as to which features are
installed for you.
Click Proceed to start the installation.
step 4
When prompted, select the radio button titled "On Floppy Disks" and then
click the Proceed button to start the installation process.
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step 5
Novice users only-the installer will install Wordworth 3 onto your set of
blank disks. Some of the more advanced features (such as Tables,
TextEffects, TrueType and PostScript font support, graphic and text
filters) will not be installed.
Now go to step 7.
step 6
Intermediate or Expert Users only-the installer will ask you to select
the type of installation you require:
Partial The more advanced features are not installed, these are Tables,
TextEffects, TrueType and PostScript font support, graphic and
text filters.
Full All features of Wordworth 3 are automatically installed for
you.
Custom You will be given the ability to choose exactly what files
(features) are installed.
If you use a PostScript printer you will need a hard disk drive.
step 7
Before the end of the installation you will be asked to select your
printer model from a list. To move up and down the list, use the scroll
arrows to the right of the list entries.
If your printer does not appear in the list, refer to your "Printer
User Manual" to find the most suitable equivalent (you may find this under
a section titled Emulations). If you can't find a suitable printer in the
list then select 'Printer Not Listed".
Click OK to install your printer.
IMPORTANT
If you get a message to insert a disk which is already in the drive, then
the disk is incorrectly titled and needs renaming.
A message will appear to confirm that the installation has been
successfully completed. Now reset your Amiga with the disk titled
Wordworth3 in the internal drive and refer to Chapter Two, "Starting
Wordworth".
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Hard Disk Users
You will need a minimum of 3MB of disk space to install Wordworth 3 to
hard disk.
This installation copies Wordworth into a drawer titled Wordworth3 on
your hard disk. Within this drawer, the installer will copy the Wordworth
files, thesaurus, dictionary files, program modules, fonts, tutorial
documents, some Digita Clip Art, a selection of Wordworth Templates,
icons, graphic and text filters, and the Wordworth help files.
step 1
Switch on your computer and wait for the Workbench desktop to appear as
normal.
step 2
When the Workbench appears, insert the disk titled Ww31nstall-1. Double-
click the disk icon and then double-click the icon titled install
Wordworth 3.
step 3
Before the installation begins, you will be asked to specify your
knowledge of the Amiga:
Novice A basic installation is automatically performed for you.
From time-to-time the installer may ask you to insert
appropriate disks.
Intermediate A basic installation is automatically performed for you.
Occasionally, you may be asked to make certain choices that
will affect the installation.
Expert You will be asked to make choices as to which features are
installed for you.
Click Proceed to start the installation.
step 4
When prompted, select the radio button titled "On A Hard Disk" and then
click the Proceed button to start the installation.
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step 5
Novice users only-the installer will install Wordworth 3 onto your hard
disk. At the end of the installation, you will be told where the
Wordworth3 drawer containing the Wordworth program is situated. (On most
hard disks, this will be the partition titled Work. However, if a
partition of this name does not exist, the installer will make an informed
guess.)
Some of the more advanced features (such as Tables, TextEffects, TrueType
and PostScript font support, graphic and text filters) will not be
installed.
Now go to step 7.
Intermediate or Expert user's the installer will ask you to select the
destination for Wordworth (where you wish the Wordworth program and files
to be located on your hard disk). Insert the appropriate disks as
requested.
step 6
Intermediate or Expert Users Only-You will be prompted to choose what
type of installation you require:
Partial The more advanced features are not installed, these are
Tables, TextEffects, TrueType and PostScript font support,
graphic and text filters. You will need a minimum of 3MB of
disk space.
Full All features of Wordworth 3 are automatically installed for
you. You will need a minimum of 5MB of disk space.
Custom You will be given the ability to choose exactly what files are
installed. A minimum of 3MB of disk space will be needed (the
maximum is 5MB).
You will also need about 1MB disk space in your system partition for
Wordworth libraries, fonts and other files.
Your Amiga system and the amount of memory available will decide which
Wordworth modules can be installed.
IMPORTANT
If you get a message to insert a disk which is already in the drive, then
the disk is incorrectly titled and needs renaming.
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step 7
Before the end of the installation you will be asked to select your
printer model from a list. To move up and down the list, use the scroll
arrows to the right of the list entries.
If your printer does not appear in the list, refer to your Printer User
Manual" to find the most suitable equivalent (you may find this under a
section titled Emulations). If you can't find a suitable printer in the
list then select ' Printer Not Listed.
Click OK to install your printer.
A message will appear to confirm that the installation has been
successfully completed. Now reset your Amiga as usual (ensuring that no
Wordworth disks are in the internal drive) and refer Chapter Two,
"Starting Wordworth".
1.3.2 Adding More Wordworth Modules
Floppy Disk Users: Create a new set of Wordworth disks by repeating the
installation procedure. When installing click "Expert Mode' and then click
Custom. From the list select the modules you wish to install.
Hard DiskUsers: Run the installer again. Click "Intermediate Mode" and
then click Custom. Select the location of the Wordworth3 drawer and click
Add new modules". From the list select the modules you wish to install.
1.3.3 Adding Another Printer Driver
If you wish to install another printer insert the disk titled
Ww3Install-1, double-click the disk icon and then double-click the Add New
Printer icon. Choose your new printer from the list, click OK and then
insert the disks as prompted.
1.3.4 Digita Print Manager
To get the best performance from your printer, and if you have a hard
disk drive, be sure to install Digita Print Manager (this may already be
included with your Amiga computer).
Digita Print Manager provides the very latest printer driver technology
to fully support and utilise your printer' s capabilities.
Contact Digita for further details if this useful program is not already
included with Wordworth.
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CHAPTER TWO
STARTING WORDWORTH
This chapter will show you how to start Wordworth
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STARTING WORDWORTH
Floppy Disk Users
Insert the disk titled Wordworth3 into the internal disk drive and switch
on your Amiga. Double-click the Wordworth3 disk icon, and then double-
click the Wordworth program icon (sometimes you may be prompted to swap
disks, this is normal as Wordworth searches for files located on other
disks).
IMPORTANT
Be sure to use the Wordworth3 disk, not your Amiga Workbench disk.
Hard Disk Users
Double-click the Wordworth icon located in the Wordworth3 drawer on your
hard disk.
The first time you start Wordworth, you will be prompted to type:
* Your name.
* The name of your organization. (If this is not applicable, type your
name again.)
* Your license number (this appears on your registration card).
* Click OK.
You must type information into all three boxes.
IMPORTANT
Don't forget to return the prepaid portion of the registration card. Only
registered Wordworth users receive technical support and special upgrade
discounts.
Once you have personalized the program, your name and details will appear
every time you start Wordworth, confirming that you are a registered
licensed user. If you do not personalize Wordworth correctly, you will be
returned to the Workbench screen.
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Wordworth does not work without an open document. When you start the
program or close a document, a new untitled document will open. However,
as soon as you open another document, the untitled document will disappear
(unless you have been working on it).
Each document is a separate multitasking window. This means, for example,
if you open two documents, you could be printing one whilst editing the
other.
To start Wordworth, double-click the Wordworth icon. This will start
Wordworth and the untitled Normal (preset) template document.
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CHAPTER THREE
WORDWORTH WORKPLACE
This chapter explains the Wordworth workplace, including:
* Wordworth display.
* Requesters.
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3.1 WORDWORTH DISPLAY
3.1.1 Title Bar and Menus
The title bar shows the program name, version number, copyright and time.
Figure 3-1 Wordworth screen
The Menu Bar is revealed by button. It appears in place of the title bar
as long as the button is pressed.
To choose a menu, press and hold the Menu arrow pointer over the
appropriate menu (Tools menu, example).
While still depressing the Menu button, downward over the command
required. Each be highlighted as the pointer moves down the list. On
reaching the required command, release the mouse butt choose it.
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Figure 3-2 Choosing Wordworth commands, pop-down menus
Some commands will show a sub-menu, indicated by chevrons after the
command (»). To choose this command, move the arrow pointer to the right
into the new list and then down to the command required.
Figure 3-3 Choosing Wordworth commands, sub-menus
Menu commands ending with an ellipsis (...) will reveal a requester from
which you make further choices.
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Some menu commands have a "keyboard shortcut" listed next to the title.
By holding down the Right Amiga key and pressing the appropriate letter,
the command can be chosen without using the mouse to access the Menu Bar.
For example, the Save command (Project menu) can be chosen by holding down
the Right Amiga key and pressing S. (For a full list, see Appendix H,
"Keyboard Shortcuts.")
Figure 3-4 Choosing Wordworth commands by keyboard shortcuts
Multiple menu commands can be chosen by holding down the Menu button
while clicking on each command in turn with the Selection button. On
releasing the Menu button the various commands will be chosen and
performed in sequence.
From time to time, some menu commands will appear dimmed and
unselectable. These commands are not available under the current
conditions. For example, you can't choose Cut (Edit menu), unless you
select some text.
3.1.2 Toolbar
The toolbar is a group of icons to the left of the page. It allows you to
select various commands just by clicking icons.
To customise the toolbar, choose "Change Settings" (Settings menu) and
select Toolbar from the list gadget.
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Figure 3-5 'Toolbar Settings' requester
Commands List Gadget
This lists all of the commands for which icons are available (over 100).
An icon and menu list appears on the back cover of this instruction book
The list also includes, spacers' which can be copied into the toolbar to
create a gap between two icons. (Spacers do not work with the floating
toolbar.)
Workbench 2 Users: Only Workbench 3 supports graphical list gadgets as
illustrated here.
Toolbar List Gadget
This lists all of the commands currently selected for the toolbar.
Move Up: Select a command and then click this button to move the command
up one place in the list.
Move Down: Select a command and then click this button to move the
command down one place in the list.
Reset to Defaults: Restores toolbar list to original commands.
Adding And Removing icons on The Toolbar
From the Commands list gadget, select the command you wish to add to the
Toolbar list, then click the right chevron (») button. The new command is
copied into the Toolbar list gadget and appears at the bottom or below the
currently selected command.
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To delete commands from the Toolbar, select from the Toolbar list gadget
and click the left chevron button («).
Position
Set the position of the toolbar.
POSITION APPEARS
Left Left side of page
Right Right side of page
Top Top of page, above ruler
Bottom Bottom of page, below status bar
Floating Icons appear in their own independent
window
Large icons
Doubles the size of the toolbar icons.
3.1.3 Rulers
The rulers can be displayed across the top and down the left side of the
page.
To show or hide the horizontal ruler, ruler tools, vertical ruler and
status bar, choose 'Change Settings"' (Setting menu) and select View from
the list gadget.
You can also seleingle line spacing. Eight lines per inch is often
referred to as elite.
Custom Type a specific value in points.
IMPORTANT
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When using the "Print Method-Printer Font", make sure that the line
spacing is set to 6 lpi or 8 lpi, paragraph spacing 0 and single line
spacing.
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Line Spacing: Single (proportional to the current type size),
Double (proportional to the current type size, but giving line space
equal to twice the type size), 1½ (proportional to the current type size,
but giving line space equal to one-and-one-half the type size).
INDENTATION
Left: Indent (set in) from the left margin.
First Line: Indent the first line from the left indent.
The indent can be set to a negative value provided the Left is equal to
or greater than the negative "First Line".
For example, in this paragraph, the Left indent is set to 2 cm and "First
Line" to -2 cm, the first line is set to the left margin and
successive lines are indented by 2 cm. This is called a
'hanging indent'.
Right: Indent from the right margin.
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FORMATTING
Justification:
JUSTIFY DOES
Left Aligned to left indent, but remain ragged on right side
Right Aligned to right indent, but remain ragged on left side
Centred Centred within indents, ragged on both left and right sides
Full Aligned to both left and right indents by placing extra
discretional spaces between words ensuring each line length is
identical. Sometimes, with short line length and several long
words, the word spacing may become too large. If this happens,
select "Allow Hyphenation" to reduce the word Spacing
Keep Lines Together: Forces all paragraphs that are broken by a column or
page break, onto the next page or column, keeping the whole paragraph
together (a basic form of "widows and orphans").
Allow Hyphenation: lets you control the individual paragraph hyphenation
when the Hyphenation command (Settings menu) is selected.
11.4.3 TABS
Choose Tabs command (Format menu).
As tabs are paragraph related, it is not necessary to select the whole
paragraph but just place the insertion point anywhere within the
paragraph.
If the tabs are to be applied to consecutive paragraphs, select from
anywhere in the first paragraph to anywhere in the last paragraph. To
select the entire document, choose "Select All" command (Settings menu).
A paragraph is recognised as a block of text from the character
immediately following a return character up to and including the next
return character (the return character is generated by pressing the Return
key). Often tabulised text can be a series of single lines each ending
with a return character and so each line is considered to be a paragraph.
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Figure 11-19 Tabs requester
There are four tab styles: Left, Right, Centred and Decimal.
Left aligning Text starts at tab position and flows right.
Right aligning Text starts at tab position and flows left. The right-
most character will always be at the tab position,
preceding text coming from the left. If the space
between the tab character and the actual tab position
is filled by text, then any extra text typed in will
start to flow to the right of the tab.
Centre aligning Text starts at tab position and flows equally to the
left and right, leaving the text centred around the tab
position.
Decimal aligning Used for columns of figures which include decimal
points (for example, 2.4, 567.1, 45.843). Figures will
align so that the decimal points automatically align
one above the other. The character used as the decimal
point may be set from the "Text Settings" requester
("Change Settings" command, Settings menu).
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To place a tab at a required position on the ruler, first Click New and
use the radio buttons to select the tab style you want. Type the position
of the tab in the Position text gadget and press the Return key. The tab
will appear in the "Defined Tabs" list.
Tabs can be deleted from the list by selecting the tab and clicking
Delete. To edit a tab, select it from the list and change its style or
position using the appropriate gadgets.
Default Tabs: This sets the spacing interval of the default tabs (left
justified style) from the zero position on the ruler. They are shown on
the ruler as short horizontal lines. The default tab interval (for
example, 1 inch, 3 cms), is based on the measurement, which is selected
from the "View Settings" requester ("Change Settings" command, Settings
menu).
Fill Character: This sets the padding character for all tabs in the
paragraph(s). You can use spaces, or any other characters like dashes or
dots.
The tab settings will then appear on the horizontal ruler between the top
of the document and ruler calibration.
11.4.4 DOCUMENT
Choose Document command (Format menu).
Shows page layout information for the whole document. This requester
cannot be applied to specific pages, but affects the whole document.
Figure 11-20 Document requester
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PAGE LAYOUT
Size: Select the size of the actual paper on which you will be printing
the document (that is A3, A4, A5, US Letter, US Legal, Wide Tractor or
Custom). The size will be shown in the Width and Height text gadgets.
Select Custom if you wish to type a special size for the Height and Width.
The page size is automatically saved with a document.
Facing Pages: If the document is to be made into a book format, (where
pages can be opened like a book, with text on both left and right pages).
Headers and footers can be different on left or right pages as often the
headers and footers are left justified for left pages, and right justified
for right pages.
All even numbered pages (such as 2, 4, 6) will be considered left-hand
pages, all odd numbered pages (such as 3, 5, 7, 9) will be right-hand
pages.
Double Page Spread: If you want to place large objects over two facing
pages, as used in newsletters or magazines, click this check box.
Figure 11-21 Object, with 'Double Page Spread' selected
IMPORTANT
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Once objects have been created in "Facing Pages' and/or "Double Pn-like gadgets to confirm or cancel an action. On a
requester, one of these buttons may appear in a bold font, this is the
default. You can select the default by clicking it, or pressing the Enter
key (or Ctrl-Return key).
Here are a few example buttons:
BUTTON DOES
OK Accepts changes and closes requester.
Create Accepts changes and performs Create command.
Options... Reveal Options requester.
Apply Accepts changes, requester stays open.
Done Closes requester
Cancel Disregards changes and closes requester.
You can also cancel a requester by pressing the Esc key. However, you
cannot cancel any requester changes once you have clicked Apply.
3.2.2 File Requester
The list gadget shows all files and drawers (subdirectories, labelled
(Drawer)), in the currently selected drawer. Below are three text gadgets:
Pattern, Drawer and File. At the bottom are four buttons: OK or Save or
Open, Volumes, Parent and Cancel.
To select a file click the filename in the list gadget, this will update
the File gadget. Clicking a Drawer in the list gadget will show the
contents of that drawer and the Drawer gadget will be updated to show the
disk and drawer names separated by a colon (:).
Further drawers may be accessed in the same way and will be separated by
a slash ( / ) when added to the Drawer gadget.
To move back to the previous drawer level click the Parent button.
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Another way to select the drawer or filename is to type the drawer and
filename directly into the appropriate Drawer and File gadgets.
If you double-click a filename, Wordworth will automatically open the
file.
Figure 3-10 'Open Document' requester
When the file requester is displayed on screen, you can use the Menu
button to reveal the Control menu:
Figure 3-11 Control menu
Last Name: Selects previous filename in list.
Next Name: Selects next filename in list.
Restore: Reverts to original file requester settings.
Parent: Menu and keyboard shortcut for Parent button.
Volumes: Menu and keyboard shortcut for Volumes button.
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Delete: Deletes the selected file.
OK: Menu and keyboard shortcut for OK, Save or Open buttons.
Cancel: Menu and keyboard shortcut for Cancel button.
3.2.3 Keyboard Shortcuts
Like with menu commands, you can operate the requesters using keyboard
shortcuts. In menu commands, you use the
Right Amiga key as the modifier key. In requesters, you use the Ctrl key.
The letter of the shortcut is underlined in the gadget title. Workhorse
keyboard shortcuts are listed in Appendix H-Keyboard Shortcuts
3.2.4 Gadgets
Gadgets are part of the Amiga operating system. They are
standard items which appear on screen, like buttons, lists,
check boxes or scroll bars.
When you select gadgets with the mouse, it is unnecessary to position the
arrow pointer precisely, you can click the gadget or its title.
3.2.4.1 Text Gadget
Boxes into which you type information. Del and Backspace are used as
normal along with the left and right arrow keys.
When editing
KEY PRESS DOES
Right Amiga-X Deletes contents
Shift-Right Arrow Move to end of box
Shift-Left Arrow Move to be g of box
Right Amiga-Q Restore box contents
Tab Move to next box
Shift-Tab Move to previous box
Return key OK's contents and exits box
Enter or
Ctrl-Return key Finish editing box and Quit requester
If you are editing a text gadget, you can jump to another gadget using a
keyboard shortcut. Hold down the Ctrl key and press the underline letter
of the gadget title to which you wish to jump.
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3.2.4.2 Radio Buttons
Groups of buttons where only one may be selected. Selecting another radio
button will deselect the previous one, similar to the buttons on some
radios, hence their name. They are used for presenting a variety of
options only one of which may be selected.
3.2.4.3 Check Box
Small, square box which can be turned on or off by clicking.
Their status being shown by a check mark (tick) in the box.
3.2.4.4 Scrolling List Gadget
Large boxes which present a list from which a selection is made by
clicking one item. If the list contains more items than can be shown, you
can scroll through the list using the scroll bars and scroll arrows on the
right of the list box.
3.2.4.5 Slider Gadget
Drag the bar in the gadget to select a value. As you move the
sliderbar, different values are displayed. You can also click either side
of the bar.
3.2.4.6 Pop-up Gadget
These are buttons which display the selection, and when clicked, reveal a
list of options. Drag the mouse through the list to change the selection.
To cancel a selection release the
Selection button with Arrow pointer away from the list.
Workhorse places an inactive scrollbar next to large lists to indicate
that more options are available. You can display these extra options by
dragging the mouse beyond the top or bottom of the list (not clicking the
inactive scroll bar).
3.2.4.7 Pop-up Text Gadget
The same as pop-up gadgets, except you can also type and edit in the same
way as text gadgets. To scroll through the list of options, use the Up and
Down Arrow keys when editing the text.
3.2.4.8 Read Only Gadget
For displaying information and cannot be edited.
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PART TWO
TUTORIALS
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CHAPTER FOUR
YOUR FIRST STEPS
This tutorial will quickly get you going with Wordworth.
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This tutorial assumes you have:
* Successfully installed Wordworth.
* Personalized your copy of Wordworth.
* Double-clicked the READ.ME document (which ii it exists, will be on the
disk titled Ww3Install-1 ).
* Started Wordworth by double-clicking the icon titled Wordworth.
This is what should be on the screen:
Figure 4-1 Wordworth opening screen
If you cannot get to this screen, refer to Chapters One and Two.
4.1 WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN
Title Bar
This shows the program name, version number, copyright owner and time.
Screen to Front And Back Gadgets
This gadget moves the front screen backwards.
Document to Front And Back Gadgets
This gadget moves the front document backwards.
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Toolbar
The toolbar is a group of icons to the left of the page. It allows you to
select various commands just by clicking the icon. You can customize the
toolbar (change commands and icon sizes), and also change its position on
the screen by selecting Toolbar from the "Change Settings" command
(Settings menu).
Figure 4-2 Wordworth screen
Ruler
The ruler is shown across the top of the page. You can hide the ruler,
show the vertical ruler, and change the measurement unit by selecting View
from the "Change Settings" command (Settings menu). When you are no
editing text, the ruler tools are dimmed.
Ruler Tools
The ruler contains a group of icons for formatting text. You can hide the
ruler tools by selections View from the "Change Settings" command
(Settings menu).
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Scroll Bars And Scroll Arrows
The scroll bars are displayed on the right and across the bottom of the
page. The scale of the box within the scroll bar is directly proportional
to the length and width of the document. You can move about the document
by dragging the solid box, clicking each side of the box, or using the
scroll arrows.
Zoom Level And Gadgets
The zoom level is displayed as a percentage, 100% being normal 'life
size'. To specify a different zoom level, use the Zoom-Other command (View
menu), or click this "Zoom Level" gadget.
To increase or reduce the level of zoom by a fixed percentage (10%),
click the "Zoom Out" (-) and "Zoom In" (+) gadgets.
Page Number And Gadgets
The number of the viewed page (if more than one on the screen, it will be
the number of the page in the top-left window). To move to another page,
use the "Go To" command (Edit menu), or click this "Page Number" gadget.
To move to the preceding or following page, click the Up or Down arrows.
Status Bar
Displays line and cursor position, column number, and page number of the
insertion point.
During lengthy operation, Wordworth will display messages here about its
progress. You can hide the status bar by selecting View from the "Change
Settings' command (Settings menu).
Working Page
This is shown by the white area on a blue background and represents the
page on which you type. As you type text, the page scrolls up the screen.
As necessary, Wordworth will automatically add new pages for you to type
in.
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Margins
The page margins are represented by blue dotted lines. When you type,
text appears within these margins. To change the margin settings, use
Document command (Format menu).
You can hide the margins by selecting View from the "Change Settings"
command (Settings menu).
Figure 4-3 Choosing Wordworth commands, pop-down menus
Menu Bar
The menu bar is shown by pressing and holding the menu button (Right
Mouse button). It appears in place of the title bar as long as the menu
button is depressed.
To choose a command from a menu, press and hold the menu button, and then
move the arrow pointer over the menu you want (Project menu, for example).
The full command list will then pop-down, and with the menu button still
depressed, move the arrow pointer down the list until it's over the
command you want. Then, release the menu button to choose that command
(Save, for example).
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4.2 CREATING A DOCUMENT
When you start Wordworth, the document window appears. It is called
"untitled 1".
The blinking vertical bar on the page is referred to as the "insertion
point" and marks the position of where characters will appear when you
start typing. Before you start typing, set Wordworth to show special
symbols.
step 1
Choose "Show Codes" from the View pull-down menu. These are on-screen
symbols and will not appear on printouts.
WHAT YOU SEE WHAT THEY MEAN
¶ End of paragraph mark
. Space mark
WYSIWYG tab mark
Hard space
I Index or list entry
| Bookmark
step2
Choose "Print Setup" from the Project menu and from the requester check
that the "Print Method" is set to Normal. Then click OK. (Wordworth will
now ensure that you only use fonts which are suitable for this method of
printing namely Agfa Compugraphic, Adobe PostScript, and bitmap fonts.)
step 3
Now type the following text (the errors are intentional). If you make
other mistakes, press Backspace to erase, and then re-type.
IMPORTANT
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Do not press the Return key at the end of each line, unless indicated by
a ¶ (paragraph mark). You should only press the Return key to end a
paragraph.
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Unlike the stars, which shyne with their own
light, the planets of our solar system can only
be seen because they reflect the light of the
sun. As they are much closer than the stars, we
can follow their movements across the sky. ¶
The brightest object in the sky, apart from the
sun and the moon, is Venus. It is about the size
of the Earth, with an atmosphere of brilliant
white clouds, which prevents its surface from
being seen clearly.¶
Saturn, the second largest planet (about 119,000
km in diameter), is the most extraordinary of the
planets because it is surrounded by a system of
rings. For a long time the rings puzzled
astronomers, but they are now known to consist of
millions of separate solid particles.¶
Figure 4-4 Creating a document
Notice that the first line automatically wordwraps onto the next line.
Wordwrap means that you do not have to watch the screen to see where to
press the Return key.
The mouse pointer arrow changes into a vertical bar (I-beam) when you
click on the page. The insertion point blinking vertical bar) moves there
when you click the mouse. You can also move the insertion point around the
document with the arrow keys.
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4.3 GETTING HELP
Any time you want information about a command or option, you can ask
Wordworth for help.
Choose the menu command you want help with, but before releasing the
mouse button, press the Help key (floppy disk users may be prompted to
insert the appropriate disk).
You can also ask Wordworth for help by clicking the Help icon on the
toolbar or pressing the Help key.
Figure 4-5 Getting Help
The Buttons
Contents: Click to reveal help contents list.
Index: Click to reveal help index list.
Help: Click to display help about Wordworth on-line help
system (this button may be dimmed on some versions of Workbench).
Retrace: Steps backwards through the help topics previously selected.
Browse < : Steps to the previous section of the topic.
Browse > : Steps to the next section of the topic.
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Each help topic has further cross references, which are accessed by
clicking their button in the text.
The Help window can be re-sized and moved like any other.
Click the close gadget to close the Help window.
(As AmigaGuide menus vary depending on the version of Workbench they are
not documented in this book.)
4.4 EDITING TEXT
In the first line of the text, you typed shyne, it should read Shine.
step 1
Using the mouse, move the I-beam over the word and double-click shyne
(with the Left Mouse button). It becomes highlighted and this is referred
to as "selected text," (which may be a letter, a word, several words, a
paragraph or an entire document). Sometimes, the Left Mouse button is
called the Selection button.
If you accidentally select the whole line (triple-click), click once on
another part of the text and then try again.
step 2
With the word shyne selected (highlighted), type shine and press the
Space bar. You can see that in the document, the word shyne has been
replaced with shine.
When you select text, Wordworth can do one of five things:
* Replace the selection with the key(s) you press (as you have just
discovered).
* Erase the selection (press Backspace or Del).
* Format the selection with the menu command you choose.
* Copy the selection onto the clipboard.
The next section explains some of these commands: Selecting text,
formatting text, and using the clipboard.
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4.5 SELECTING TEXT
Text can be selected in several ways.
With The Mouse
TO SELECT DO THlS
Any amount of text Drag the I-beam over text (with the Selection button
depressed)
Word Double-click word
Line of text Triple-click anywhere on line
To cancel a selection, click elsewhere on the text.
With The Keys
Press the Shift key while moving the insertion point (the vertical
blinking bar) with the arrow keys.
To select the entire document (all text), choose "Select All" from the
Edit pull-down menu.
4.6 FORMATTING TEXT
Changing the appearance of your document.
Figure 4-6 Untitled document
step 1
Position the insertion point at the beginning of the text by moving the
I-beam to the beginning of the first line Unlike the stars...
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Press and hold the Selection button and drag the I-beam
downward to the last word of the first paragraph (sky) and
release the Selection button. The text should now be
highlighted, which means it is "selected".
(The text will remain selected until you click on the
document.)
Figure 4-7 Untitled document with text selected
step 2
Choose the Italic command from the Format pull-down menu. The text will
now appear in italic type style. You can change the style to appear in
a mixture of Bold, ltalic, Underline, Subscript or Superscript from the
Format menu.
Each style is a toggle command, which means you choose it once to switch
it on, and then choose it again to switch it off. Most of these commands
are also available on the ruler.
P B ¿ U
Style icons: Plain Bold italic Underline
With the text selected, set to bold by clicking the B icon on the ruler
(the italic icon should already be selected).
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Choose Plain (from the Format menu or ruler) to switch all of the other
styles off, making the text 'plain' style.
The advantage of a program like Wordworth is that as you select different
styles for your text, they appear on the screen, just as they will appear
when you print the document. This is WYSIWYG! (What-You-See-Is-What-You-
Get.)
You can also change the font using the Font command.
step 1
With the text selected, choose Font from the Format menu. You can also
select the Font command by clicking the appropriate icon on the toolbar.
Figure 4-8 The 'Font Format' icon
The font requester appears.
Figure 4-8 Typeface requester
This allows you to set the format for selected text. You can select the
font, style and colour.
The default sizes (in points) appear in the pop-up Size box.
However, you can type your own size, anything from 3 to over 1000 points!
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Notice that most of the options are set to 'mixed'. This is because the
selected text contains a mixture of settings (for example, there are
different styles in the selected text and So these are set to mixed).
For further information on typefaces and point sizes see Appendix B,
"Designing Documents With Style".
step 2
Click the small arrow on the Size gadget to reveal the pop-up size list.
Drag the mouse pointer down the list and select 18.
Figure 4-9 Selections Size from a pop-up Gadget
Click the small arrow on the Typeface pop-up and select "Shannon Book'
from the list. A sample of the font will appear in the white box at the
bottom of the requester. The Colour group lets you set the colours for
text and the background.
step 3
Click the small arrow on the gadget titled Text to reveal the pop-up
colour list, then drag the mouse pointer down the list and select Red.
You will be able to see the text change in the sample box at the bottom
of the requester. Now click OK and the text will change to 18pt size, red.
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4.7 USING THE CLIPBOARD
Wordworth has a built-in clipboard, with which you can cut and paste
text. This means cut or copy selected text onto the clipboard, and then
paste the text from the clipboard back into your document at another
position.
step 1
Double-click the word at the beginning of the document shine to select
it, and choose the Copy command from the Edit menu.
step 2
Select movements in the next sentence and click the Paste icon on the
toolbar.
Shine has now been pasted in replace of movements.
MENU COMMAND DOES
Cut Erases selected text, stores on clipboard
Copy Copies selected text on to the clipboard
Paste Pastes contents of cupboard into the document, at the
insertion point
The selected text that you cut or paste onto the cupboard will remain
there until you cut or paste another piece of text, which will replace it.
This means you can Cut or Copy text, and then Paste the same text back
into the document many times.
4.8 UNDOING A MISTAKE
If you accidentally delete selected text, you can reverse the action by
using the Undo command.
step 1
Select the word solar in the first sentence, and press Backspace or Del.
step 2
Choose the Undo command from the Edit menu. The deletion reappears. Undo
only reverses the most recent deletion.
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4.9 SAVING THE DOCUMENT
The first time you save a document, you need to give it a name using the
"Save As" conmmand.
step 1
Choose "Save As" from the Project menu.
Figure 4-10 'Save As Format' requester
step 2
Floppy disk users: You may be prompted to insert another disk.
From the Format requester, you can select the style of file. Select
"Wordworth Document" from the list and click OK.
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Figure 4-11 'Save As' file requester
step 3
Replace the contents of the File text gadget, with Worlds and
then click Save. The document stays on the screen after you
save it so that you can continue working On it. Notice that the
title bar now shows the document name.
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You need to save your work on the disk by choosing the Save command at
the end of each session. It is wise to save your document about every 15
minutes as you work. This ensure that your work will not be lost if there
should be a power cut or other problem causing the computer to shut down
or restart. (You can set Wordworth to auto-save every 15 minutes or so,
see Section 11.7.3.3, "File Settings ".)
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To save your document onto a different floppy disk, in the Drawer text
gadget type the disk name (followed by :), and press the Return key. When
prompted, place the new disk into a drive and type the name of your
document in the File text gadget, then click Save or press the Return key.
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4-10 SPELL CHECKING
step 1
Close the document Worlds by choosing Close (Project menu). Choose Open
command and select the document called Milky Way from the list. Click Open
to open the document then position the insertion point at the beginning of
the text.
step 2
Choose "Spell Check" from the Tools menu.
Floppy disk users: You may be asked to insert another disk.
Figure 4-12 'Spell Check' requester
step 3
The Collins dictionary will detect the deliberate spelling mistake
astromomicle. For spelling suggestions, click "Make suggestions" and the
closest suggestion will appear in the "Replace With" text gadget. Click
Replace to replace the incorrect spelling astonomicle.
step 4
The next query will be a double word, million million. In this case it is
intentional, so click No.
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step 5
The next word, Centauri, is part of a name and spelt correctly,
so click Ignore to ignore this occurrence.
step 6
Again, click No to the intentional double word million million.
Wordworth will inform you when it has finished spell checking the
document. Click OK and then click Done to exit the spell checker.
4.11 PRINTING THE DOCUMENT
Before printing, it is always a good idea to save your document. You do
this by choosing the Save command from the Project Menu (or press Right
Amiga-S).
There are 3 different methods to print your documents:
* Normal.
* PrinterFont.
* PostScript.
Normal: You use this method for printing Agfa Compugraphic fonts, Adobe
PostScript fonts, TrueType fonts, bitmap fonts and graphics. You can also
print in draft.
Printer Font: This method utilises your printer is internal fonts. It
offers very fast Printing but you cannot use any other fonts or graphics.
You can also print in draft.
PostScript: You should skip this section. PostScript printing is covered
in its own chapter and is solely for users with advanced PostScript
printers (refer Appendix E-PostScript Printers).
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As soon as you create a new document, you should set the "Print Method"
("Print Setup", Project menu) before typing and text, as the "Print
Method" determines the fonts you can use. If you try to change the "Print
Method" while editing a document you will be warned that the fonts will
have to be changed to match the new "Print Method". If this requester
appears, click Yes.
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You need to prepare your printer and Wordworth for printing. Before you
can print your first document, you need to take a few preliminary steps.
Once you take these steps, you will not need to repeat them unless you
change the type of printer you use.
step 1
Check your printer for the following:
* That it is properly connected to your Amiga.
* That paper is loaded.
* That it is plugged in and turned on.
* That it is "on-line".
step 2
Choose "Print Setup" from the Project menu.
Figure 4-13 'Print Setup' requester
The list gadget shows the printer driver, make sure that the correct
printer driver for your printer is selected (for example, EpsonQ is the
standard Workbench driver for a Citizen 24pin printer). Click OK.
step 3
Choose print command (Project menu), or click the Print icon on the
toolbar to display the Print requester.
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Figure 4-14 The Print Icon
Figure 4-14 Print requester
Click print. Wordworth prints one copy of the document.
The quality of your printer and its ability to print at high resolutions
will obviously determine the quality of the printed document.
Draft Printout: Select this check box if you wish to print a quick proof
of the document.
4.12 HOW TO OPEN A PREVIOUSLY SAVED DOCUMENT
First, close the document titled MilkyWay by clicking on the window close
gadget (or choose Close from the Project menu). You may be prompted to
swap disks and save changes to the document.
step 1
Choose the Open command from the Project menu. You may be prompted to
swap disks.
step 2
Double-click the document name from the list gadget, or click once and
then click Open, to open the document Worlds.
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4.13 QUITTING WORDWORTH
If you want to quit Wordworth at any time, choose Quit from the Project
menu and this will return you to the Workbench. Wordworth will ask you if
you wish to save your document before quitting.
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CHAPTER FIVE
CREATING A DOCUMENT
WITH GRAPHICS
this tutorial covers the basics of creating a newsletter style document
with columns, graphics, pictures and text frames.
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5.1 CREATING THE DOCUMENT
As the text for such a document is usually quite large, this has already
been prepared for you. Choose Open (Project menu), select Newsletter Text
from the list and click Open.
5.1.1 FORMATTING THE DOCUMENT
The document first needs to be setup for the right size and style.
Choose Document command (Format menu):
Figure 5-1 'Document Format' requester
Type the following:
Margins-Left: 0.5in
Margins-right: 0.5in
Margins-Top: 1.5in
Margins-Bottom: 1in
Columns Number: 2
Columns Gap: 2cm
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When you type information into an Information requester, you must
complete the entry by pressing the Return key (or Tab). If you type an
entry without pressing the Return key, and close the requester, the entry
will be ignored.
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Columns are vertical bands of text that span the page from the left to
right, text will run from the bottom of one column into the top of the
next. This style of column is called a snaking column and is most common
in newspapers. Select A4 from the "Page Size" pop-up gadget and click OK
to exit the requester.
5.1.2 TEXT FRAMES
The newsletter needs a title. So, choose "Drawing Tools" (View menu),
click the icon with the blue T in it (the Text Frame tool) and drag a
frame across the top of the page:
Figure 5-2 Creating a text frame
Choose Information (Object menu) and from the "Text Frame Information"
requester type:
Positions-From Left: 0.5in
Positions-From Top: 0.75in
Positions-Width: 7.25in
Positions-Height: 0.65in
Margins-Left, Right, Bottom: 0in
Margins-Top: 0.15in
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Next, select RED from the "Fill Colour" pop-up gadget and press the Esc
key to leave the information requester. Click inside the text frame with
the Selection button, choose Font (Format menu).
Figure 5-3 Font requester
Type 36 into the Size pop-up text gadget. Select the Italic and Bold
checkboxes, select White from the Colours Text pop-up gadget and click OK.
Type ASTRONOMY WORLD into the text frame
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5.2 PLACING PICTURES
5.2.1 PLACING PICTURES INTO A DOCUMENT
The newsletter now needs a picture to attract the eye from all of the
text.
With the Selection button, click on the document page to place the
insertion point back in the main editing area and choose "Place Picture"
(Object menu). Select Earth.iff from the list gadget and click Place.
A picture of the earth will now be placed in the top left corner of the
page. Drag the picture to the bottom of the page, in between the two
columns, using the mouse. If you move the picture beyond the bottom of the
screen, the page will automatically scroll, so that you can place the
picture anywhere in one drag.
Once placed, the text disappears beneath the picture. However, the text
should flow around the picture.
Figure 5-4 Dragging a picture
Select the picture with the Selection button, so that four handles appear
around it, and choose Information (Object menu)> On the "Picture
Information" requester select "Contour Left" from the "Text Flow" - "Stand
Off" gadget (stand off is the distance between the text and the picture).
Press the Esc key to exit the requester.
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5.2.2 DEFINING COLOURS
What the newsletter needs now is a few text quotes which can be placed in
the columns to entice the reader to read further.
Select the Text Frame tool again and draw a frame around 2 inches square
on the page. Choose Information (Object Menu) to display the "Text Frame
Information" requester:
Figure 5-5 'Text Frame Information' requester
Type 0.5 into the "From Left" text gadget, 2.5 into the "From Top"
gadget, 3.5 into Width and 1 into the Height gadgets and press the Esc key
to exit.
With the insertion point in the text frame, type ..earth revolves around
sun...
Now, choose "Select All" from the Edit menu to highlight all of the text
in the frame and choose Font (Format menu).
From the "Text Colour" pop-up gadget, select Define from the bottom of
the list to display the Colours requester. Select "DarkBlue" from the
list gadget. Then move the Blue slider as far right as it will go and both
the Red and Green sliders left to 0%. Lastly, replace the text "Dark
Blue" in the Name gadget with Blue and click OK.
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When the "Font Format" requester re-appears, select the Italic check box,
to slant the text to the right, select "Shannon Book" and 24 from the Size
pop-up list gadget. Click OK to return to the document.
Now, position the insertion point at the end of the line ...star gazer
and press the Return key four times.
5.2.3 DRAWING LINES, BOXES AND OTHER GRAPHICS
The quote now needs to have a couple of lines drawn around it to separate
it from the rest of the text. Select the Line tool from the Drawing Tools
and draw two horizontal lines either side of the text frame containing the
quote whilst holding down the Ctrl key. The Ctrl key is used to make sure
the lines remain straight, it constrains the line along its horizontal
axis.
Next, select the Box Tool from the "Drawing Tools" and drag a box around
the whole page. Choose Information (Object menu) and select Transparent
from the "Fill Colour" pop-up. Type 4 into the Thickness gadget and
select "Double Line" from the "Border Style" pop-up
Figure 5-6 'Box Information' requester
Lastly, the headline is the most important part of a newsletter and
therefore should catch the eye. Select the first line 'Earth Spins Around
Sun Scare', type 17 into the Size pop-up text gadget on the ruler tools
and click the Bold (B) icon to make the text stand out more.
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CHAPTER SIX
CREATING A BOOK
This tutorial will give a brief introduction to all features commonly
associated with writing books or large documents.
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As a large amount of text will be needed during this tutorial, there is a
document supplied that can be used for this purpose. Choose Open (Project
menu), select Book Text from the list gadget and click Open.
6.1 AUTOMATIC FILE SAVING
Before any editing begins, it's a good idea to set up the Auto Save
feature of Wordworth so that you won't lose any information if you have a
power cut or some other unknown problem occurs.
Auto Save has three settings:
Off: No auto save.
On: Saves the file automatically after a specified delay.
Reminder: Flashes the screen and displays, in the Status Bar, a message
warning you that it is time to save your document.
Figure 6-1 'File Settings' requester
For the purpose of this tutorial, the automatic save is the most
appropriate. From the, File Settings" requester ("Change Settings"
command, Settings menu), select On from the "Auto Save" pop-up gadget and
type 5 in the Delay gadget.
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6.2 ADJUSTING PAGE LAYOUT
The document now needs to be set up correctly to the size and dimensions
that are required.
Choose Document (Format menu) and select A4 from the "Page Size" pop-up,
then type:
Margins-Left: 0.5
Margins-Right: 0.5
Margins-Top: 1
Margins-Bottom: 1
Click the Options button to reveal another requester from which you can
set time and date styles or header and footer options.
Figure 6-2 'Document Options' requester
Select the "Use Headers And Footers" and "Show On First Page" check
boxes, then type 0.5 in both "Header Margin" and "Footer Margin" text
gadgets.
6.3 FINDING AND REPLACING TEXT
With large documents, the need to replace words with a different one
becomes quite common. In this document you will notice that the name
Galileo Galilei appears in several places.
Place your insertion point at the beginning of the document and choose
Find (Edit menu), type Galilei in the "Find What" text gadget and press
the Return key.
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Figure 6-3 Find requester
Wordworth will stop at the first occurrence of Galilei and will wait for
you to choose either "Find Next", (to move on); or Replace (to replace it
with the contents of the "Replace With" gadget). Click "Find Next" to move
on.
At the next occurrence, click Replace. Galilei will now be deleted as the
"Replace With" gadget is empty. Click "Replace All" to delete all further
occurrences of the word Galilei.
6.4 PAGINATION
Halfway down the first page there is a heading for Chapter Two. As it is
a new chapter, it should start at the top of a fresh page. Move to the
beginning of the line starting, "Chapter Two" and select "Page Break" from
the Insert command (Edit menu). This command will force that line to
always start at the top of a fresh page.
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Figure 6-4 Insert - 'Page Break' command
Page breaks save the need for pressing the Return key many times to reach
the bottom of the page.
At the bottom of the second page, the last paragraph is split between the
second and third pages. There are two methods to stop this happening:
* Forcing a page break before the split paragraph
* Informing the paragraph to keep its lines together over breaks
Move the insertion point to the split paragraph and choose
Paragraph (Format menu), select the checkbox "Keep Lines Together" and
click OK.
Before the document is printed, the paragraph will be forced onto the
next page (alternatively, choose Document command, Format menu, and then
click OK).
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6.5 HEADERS AND FOOTERS
Books very often have page numbers on the bottom of the page and the book
title at the top. Choose Document (Format menu) and select the "Facing
Pages" check box. This will let you set different headers and footers on
odd and even pages, just like a book. Click OK to return to the document.
Use the vertical scroll bar to move to the top of the first page and
click in the region between the top of the text and the top of the page.
This is the header. With the Selection button click in this area, to place
the insertion point, and choose Paragraph (Format menu). Select Right from
the Justification pop-up gadget and click OK.
Figure 6-5 Headers
Type A Guide To Astronomy and, with the Scroll bar, move to the bottom of
the page. Click in the area between the bottom of the text and the end of
the page. Click the Right
Justification icon in the "Ruler Tools" and type Page (followed by a
space). Now choose "Page Number" from the insert command (Edit menu).
Move to the second page (the first left page in a facing pages document)
and repeat the same steps, but this time, with Left Justification.
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6.6 THESAURUS
Select the word spins from the second paragraph and choose Thesaurus
(Tools menu).
Figure 6-6 Thesaurus requester
The list gadget on the right contains all the alternative synonyms for
the word spins. Select "2) verb" from the Meanings list and a new list of
synonyms appear. Select rotates from the Synonyms list to place it in the
Word text gadget and click Replace. The selected word in the document, has
now been replaced by the word chosen from the Thesaurus.
6.7 BOOKMARKS
Bookmarks are very useful for large documents, as you can place them at
specific sections in the document (in our case, each Chapter) to aid in
jumping to the right page when editing.
Place the insertion point at the be g of the line "Chapter One ..." and
select Bookmark from the Insert command (Edit menu). On the requester,
type the name given to the bookmark, Chapter One and click Insert. Follow
the same procedure for each chapter in the document.
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Figure 6-7 Bookmark requester
Choose "Go To" command (Edit menu) and you will see your bookmark names
in the list. Double-click a name to go to the relevant page.
6.8 TABLE OF CONTENTS
The book now needs a table of contents at the beginning to help the
reader find the right section.
Figure 6-8 Insert - 'List-Entry' requester
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Select the first line "Chapter One.." and select "List Entry" (Insert
command, Edit menu). The selected text will appear in the Text gadget.
Click Insert to place it as an entry in the selected list, "Table of
Contents".
For each of the Chapter headings, select "List Entry" (Insert command,
Edit menu) to place them in the contents list.
When all the chapters have been added, place the insertion point at the
top of the document before the first chapter, and choose "Create List"
(Tools Menu). Click "Table of Contents" from the list and type Contents
into the Title text gadget.
Figure 6-9 Created list
Click Create to place the list at the beginning of the document.
6.9 INDEXING
Indexes have always been the book writers bane. With Wordworth's
automatic index generation, it couldn't be simpler.
Move the insertion point to Earth in the first paragraph and choose
Insert-"Index Entry" (Edit menu).
Type Planets in the "Main Entry" text gadget, press the Return key, and
then type Earth in the "First Subentry" gadget. Select the "Include All
Other Occurrences" check box and click Insert. This will insert every
occurrence of Earth into the index under the main entry of Planets.
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Figure 6-10 Insert - 'Index Entry' command
Move the insertion point to Sun in the second chapter and choose Insert-
"Index Entry" (Edit menu). Select Planets from the list gadget and type
Sun into the "First Subentry" text gadget. Select the "Include All Other
Occurrences" check box and click Insert.
If the index was created, the above entries would appear like this:
Planets (main entry)
Earth (subentry of planets)
Sun (subentry of planets)
A subentry of Earth, Moon, in the main entry of Planets would be inserted
like this:
Planets (main entry)
Sun (subentry of Planets)
Pluto (subentry of Planets)
Earth (subentry of Planets)
Moon (second subentry of Earth)
Now go through the document, inserting index entries for all of the
relevant items you w ant in the index.
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Choose "Create Index" (Tools menu), select the check boxes "Include
Letter Headings" and "Use Page Ranges", then click Create.
Figure 6-11 'Create Index' requester
6.10 DOCUMENT STATISTICS
To finish, choose Statistics (Tools menu) to find out information about
the book, such as the number of words and editing time. Click More for
more statistical information.
Figure 6-12 Statistics requester
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CHAPTER SEVEN
MAIL MERGING
This tutorial demonstrates how to create a small database of names and
addresses in Wordworth and then mail merge it with a form letter to
produce a mailshot.
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7.1 CREATING AN ADDRESS DATABASE
First, a quick explanation of the terms used in mail merging. Using the
example of a small club:
* All of the members of the club are in a database,
* Each members details are stored as records in the database,
* Each individual item of information (that is surname or initials) for
a member are fields within the record.
Now you know the terminology used, let's create the database.
step 1
Create a new document by choosing the New command (Project menu). A
small requester appears, containing the available templates. Select
Normal from the list gadget and click OK.
step 2
Type the names of the fields forming each record in the database, like
this:
Surname(tab) Title(tab) Address1(tab) Address2(tab) Country¶
Then, the records themselves:
Galilei(tab) Mr(tab) Venus Street(tab) VENICE(tab) ITALY¶
Copernicus(tab) Mr(tab) Sun Centre(tab) GDANSK(tab) POLAND¶
Each field is separated by a tab character. Each record is separated by
a carriage return. So, press Tab between each field and the Return key at
the end of each line.
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Figure 7-1 Database
The first line (or record) contains the field names, this is called the
'Header Record'.
step 3
Choose "Save As" (Project menu), select "ASCII File" from the list
gadget and click OK. From the Save file requester type MergeDataFile into
the File text gadget, press the Return key and click Save. Floppy disk
users may be asked to insert a disk into one of the drives.
step 4
Close the document using the Close command (Project menu). A new
untitled window will appear.
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7.2 MERGING FORM LETTERS
step 1
With a new untitled window on the screen type:
To: <<Title>> <<Surname>>¶
Of:¶
<<Address1>>¶
<<Address2>>¶
<<Country>>¶
¶
Dear <<Title>> <<Surname>>,¶
Unfortunately, your membership has expired. Please contact out
terrestrial office if you wish to remain a member of the "Flat Earth
Club".¶
Kind regards,
¶
¶
Aris Totle¶
Club Secretary¶
(To type the « character, hold down the Alt key and press 9, to type »
press Alt-0.)
step 2
Choose "Save As" (Project menu), select "Wordworth Document" from the
list gadget and click OK. Next, type
MergeLetter into the File text gadget, press the Return key and click
Save.
step 3
Choose "Mail Merge" (Project menu). From the requester click Select to
display the mail merge file requester data file from the list, select
MergeDataFile then click OK.
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Figure 7-2 'Mail Merge' file requester
Select "File Includes Header Record" check box, select Standard from the
Format pop-up gadget and then click Print. From the print requester,
click Print again.
step 4
Two copies of the letter will now be printed, one to Mr Galileo and the
second to Mr Copernicus.
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7.3 IMPORTING A THIRD PARTY ADDRESS DATABASE
With Wordworth, you can merge form letters with databases created with
Digita Mailshot Plus, Superbase, KData or indeed any program that can
export data as an ASCII or DIF (Data interchange Format) file.
step 1
Export the database file from your third party database as an ASCII or
DIF file using the appropriate Export command.
When exporting the file you will need to know two things. Firstly, the
characters used to separate the fields and records, and secondly,
whether the file contains the field names in the first (or Header)
record.
When exporting the file from Superbase using the DIF format, Wordworth
will automatically recognise the field names as they are saved as Labels
within the file.
step 2
If the database file contains field name information in the first record
(or as LABELS) then you will need to use these names when typing the
fields into your document between the « and » characters. If the file
does not contain field name information, you will need to type «FIELD1 »,
«FIELD2», «FIELD3» and so on, to take the place of the field names.
step 3
From the "Mail Merge" requester, select the format of the database file
using the Format pop-up gadget, and select the "File Includes Header
Record" check box if necessary.
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Figure 7-3 'Mail Merge' file requester with Format pop-up
If you exported the file from a database that is not known by Wordworth,
you can select the characters used to separate the fields and records by
using the pop-up text gadgets for ASCII
Field and Record Separators or by typing the ASCII value into the
gadget.
To merge the file with the form letter, click Print and then click Print
again.
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CHAPTER EIGHT
SPECIAL FEATURES
This tutorial will cover some of the special features of Wordworth 3.
These features have a lot of power and can seem daunting at first.
However, this tutorial aims to give a gentle introduction into this new
world.
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8.1 TEMPLATES
Use templates to give you a headstart in creating a document. Templates
do this by providing a blueprint for text, graphics and formatting.
There are many different uses for templates which will save time in the
production of documents.
You could create a facsimile template that included all the graphics and
text that is an essential part of a fax sheet. This only leaves you to
type the destination details and main contents of the fax.
8.1.1 SELECTING A TEMPLATE
To start a new document from a template choose the New command (Project
menu), select the template from the list gadget and click New.
Figure 8-1 Templates requester
The template will open into a window called "untitled 1".
8.1.2 CREATING TEMPLATES
This example shows how to create a template suitable for the headed
notepaper of a club.
step 1
Choose New (Project menu) and select the Normal template.
From the Format menu, choose Document and set the Top margin to 3 inches.
Click OK.
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step 2
Choose "Drawing Tools" (View menu), and click the Line tool. Draw a
horizontal line across the page (click and drag with the Ctrl key
depressed).
step 3
With the line selected, choose Information (Object menu) and type 2.5
into the "From Top" text gadgets (in both the Start and End groups).
step 4
Click the "Text Frame" tool and draw a text frame in the area between the
left and right margins, 1.5 inches from the top of the page to the line.
Figure 8-2 Frame creating
Select centre justification from the ruler tools. Set the font size to
24, click the Bold icon, type Flat Earth Club and press the
Return key. Then, set the font size to 14, click the Plain icon, type
Secretary: Aris Totle Founded: 334BC.
step 5
Now click the "Picture Frame" tool on the "Drawing Tools".
Drag a picture frame anywhere on the page and double-click it to reveal
the "Picture Information" requester.
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Type the following:
From Left: 2
From Top: 0.75
Width: 4.2
Height: 0.6
Keep Proportions: Deselect
step 6
With the picture frame still selected, use the "Place Picture" command
(Object menu) to place the graphic Earth.iff.
step 7
Now save the document as a template by choosing "Save As" (Project menu),
select "Wordworth Template" from the list gadget and click OK.
Figure 8-3 'File Format' requester
From the file requester type Club Letter in the File text gadget. Press
the Return key and the template 'Club Letter' will be added to your
template list (to check this, choose New and the template will appear in
the list).
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8.2 AUTO CORRECT
Auto Correct is part of DigiSense and will help you to create documents
quicker and more efficiently than ever before.
The main features of Auto Correct are:
* Automatic correction of mistakes as you type.
* Automatic capitalisation of the days and months.
* Replace your own abbreviations with full text.
8.2.1 CORRECT MISTAKES AS YOU TYPE
Choose "Auto Correct" (Tools menu) and select the check box "Auto Correct
As You Type", then click OK to return to the document.
Figure 8-4 'Auto Correct' requester
Type On a clear night, with teh naked eye, you can see about 6000 stars.
You should have copied the intentional mistake 'teh', now look at the text
and you will find the error has been automatically corrected.
Type teh again and watch Auto Correct make the correction as you press
the Space bar.
Choose "Auto Correct". The Corrections list shows default corrections
which you can delete or edit. T o do this select a correction from the
list and either click Delete, or edit the contents of the Replace or With
text gadgets.
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To add a new correction, click New, type the error in the Replace gadget
and the correction in the With gadget, pressing the Return key after each.
Figure 8-5 Adding an entry to 'Auto Correct'
When you click OK, changes are saved automatically.
8.2.2 CORRECT CAPITALISATION AS YOU TYPE
Choose "Auto Correct" (Tools menu) and select the check box "Capitalise
Day And Month Names", then click OK to return to the document.
Type On Monday night, in the month of January, I saw 6000 stars. You
should have copied the intentional capitalisation mistakes 'monday' and
'january', now look at the text and you will find the errors have been
automatically corrected.
Type january again and watch Auto Correct make the correction as you
press the Space bar.
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8.2.3 REPLACE ABBREVIATIONS AS YOU TYPE
Choose "Auto Correct" (Tool menu) and select the check box "Auto Correct
As You Type".
Click New and Type:
Replace :gg
With: Galileo Galilei
This tells Wordworth that every time you type gg, replace it with Galileo
Galilei.
Click OK to return to the document. Type: The Italian gg, was the first
great astronomer to use a telescope.
Notice that 'gg' has been replaced by 'Galileo Galilei'.
Type gg again and watch Auto Correct replace the abbreviation as you
press the Space bar.
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8.3 LIBRARIAN
Librarian stores information, like phrases, names, addresses and so on.
These phrases can then be inserted quickly and easily into any document,
at the click of a button.
8.3.1 INSERTING PHRASES
Choose Librarian (Tools menu) to display the Librarian requester.
Select the entry "The planets in our solar system..." from the list
gadget, click Insert. The text appears in the document at the insertion
point.
8.3.2 SORTING A PHRASE IN LIBRARIAN
Choose Librarian (Tools menu) to display the Librarian requester again.
To add a new phrase click New and type the following into the text
gadget: If you would like to know more about our Universe, contact me,
Aris Totle, at:¶The Flat Earth
Club,¶Peripatetic, @Athens.¶ and then press the Return key.
(To type the ¶ character, which creates a new paragraph, press Right-Alt
P.)
Figure 8-6 Librarian requester
The phrase will now appear in the list gadget. Insert it into your
document by selecting the phrase and clicking Insert.
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Double-click a phrase to insert the entry into the document
whilst leaving the Librarian requester on-screen.
Special characters can be inserted into a phrase by using a
sequence of characters:
TYPING WILL Insert
\cd the current date
\ud an updating date marker
\ct the current time
\ut an updating time marker
\t a tab character
\\ a slash
¶ a new paragraph (Right-Alt p)
8.3.3 EDITING A PHRASE IN LIBRARIAN
Choose Librarian (Tools menu) and select "The planets in our solar
system...". The text will appear in the text gadget. Move the cursor to
the word 'our' using the Arrow keys and replace it with 'the'. Press the
Return key and the amended entry appears in the list.
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8.4 DRAWING TOOLS - SHAPES
Drawing tools are a selection of commands, represented by an on-screen
palette, which create shapes and objects on the page. Each command is
represented by an icon:
Figure 8-6a Drawing tools palette
IMPORTANT
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When you type information into an Information requester, you must
complete the entry by pressing the Return key (or Tab). If you type an
entry without pressing the Return key, and click OK, the entry will be
ignored.
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8.4.1 CREATING A SHAPE
Choose "Drawing Tools" (View menu) and when they appear
click the box tool.
Move the pointer onto the page. Press down and hold the Selection button
while you drag the pointer down and to the left of its original position.
As you do so, you will notice a box outline appears on the page.
Drag the box outward to the size you want and then release the Selection
button to draw the shape on the page.
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Figure 8-7 Creating a shape
8-4-2 RE-SIZING
Select the box you drew before by clicking once on it. Notice four solid
squares appear over each corner of the box. These squares are called
handles and are used for sizing the shape.
Move the mouse pointer over the bottom-left handle and you will see the
mouse pointer change into a double arrow. Now, hold down the Selection
button and drag the mouse pointer to the new size of the box.
Figure 8-8 Re-sizing a shape
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When creating a new shape, you can constrain the size by
holding down the Ctrl key as you drag the mouse:
SHAPE DRAGGING + CTRL KEY
Line Constrains to horizontal or vertical line
Box Constrains to a square
Oval Constrains to a circle
8.4.3 MOVING
There are two ways to move a shape around the page: With the Arrow
pointer and with an information requester.
Moving With The Arrow Pointer
To move the box with the mouse, click the Selection button anywhere on
the shape to select it-you should notice that four handles appear on each
corner, this shows that the shape is selected.
With the pointer still over the box, hold down the Selection button and
drag the outline of the shape to its new position. You can drag the shape
onto a different page by just moving the pointer off the edge of the page.
As you do this, the page scrolls automatically until you move the pointer
back onto the page. The closer the pointer is to the bottom of the page,
the slower the document will scroll and vice versa.
Figure 8-9 Moving a shape
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If you are in the middle of creating, sizing or moving a shape and you
wish to cancel the operation, press the Menu mouse button while you still
have the Selection button depressed.
Depress the Ctrl key (whilst moving an object) to constrain an object
along the horizontal or vertical axis.
Moving With The Information Requester
Choose "Create Object' (Object menu) and select Line. Click on the page
and drag out a line of about 2 inches. Select the Line by clicking it) and
choose the Information command (Object menu).
The "Line Information" requester has two groups of text gadgets titled
Start and End. The start is the place where you first clicked on the page
before dragging the pointer and the end is where you released the
Selection button to create the line. Type the following:
Start-"From Left": 2
Start-"From Top": 1.5
End-"From Left": 4
End-"From Top": 3
When you type a new figure into a gadget (and press the Return key), the
information updates the screen instantly. As you typed new position
figures, you may have seen the line move. Experiment further, and remember
the "Line Information" requester is modeless, which means you can leave it
on the screen as long as you like. You can move it out the way by dragging
the "Window Title Bar", or minimise it by clicking the "Window Zoom"
gadget.
8.4.4 CHANGING THE WAY SHAPES LOOK
There are several ways you can control the look of shapes, including
position, size, fill colour, colour, border style and thickness.
Create a line on the page and choose the Information command (Object
menu). Click on the Style pop-up gadget in the Start group and you will
see a list of endings for the line. Select Splat.
Select "8 pt" from the Thickness pop-up text gadget, and select Red from
the Colour pop-up.
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Figure 8-10 'Line Information' requester
The last attribute of a line is its "Line Style", set this to "Long Dash
Dot".
8.4.5 DELETING A SHAPE
To delete the shape, select it with the Selection button and either press
the Del key, or choose Erase (Edit menu).
8.4.6 GROUPING SHAPES TOGETHER
Sometimes it is convenient to link several shapes together so that they
move as one. For example, if you created the shape of a face using two
circles, one box and a line, you would probably want to move or re-size
the individual shapes as one. This is achieved with the Group command.
Create a simple face on the page using two circles, a box and a line.
Select all of the shapes by dragging the Arrow pointer around them,
ensuring the dotted line touches (and therefore selects) each individual
shape. Release the Selection button and each shape will appear selected.
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Figure 8-11 Grouping objects
Now choose Group from the Object menu. Four group handles will replace
the handles on each individual shape. This means the group can be re-sized
or moved like one item. Choose Information (Object menu) and notice that
the information settings are now global, for the entire group.
You can ungroup the group by selecting it and choose Ungroup (Object
menu).
8.4.7 SHAPE DEPTH ARRANGEMENT
As you create shapes on the page, you can see that some overlap and block
your view of other shapes. The blocked shape has not been erased, it is
just obscured by the other.
Wordworth 3 arranges shapes in the order of creation, with the most
recently created shape on top. Follow these steps to discover how to
change the depth arrangement of your shapes:
step 1
Choose "Create Object" (Object menu) and draw a box on the page. Then,
create a circle overlapping the box and a line overlapping both the circle
and box.
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step 2
Select the line and choose "Move Backward" (Object menu). You will see
that the line has moved behind the circle but remains in front of the box.
Figure 8-12 Arranging the depths of shapes
Choose "Move Backward" (Object menu) again and the line
moves behind the box.
step 3
With the line still selected, choose 'Bring To Front"' (Object menu) and
it is brought right to the front of all the objects that were obscuring
it.
8.4.8 LOCKING SHAPES
A shape can also be locked to the page to prevent anyone moving or re-
sizing it.
step 1
Select the box that you drew previously and choose Lock (Object menu).
When a shape is locked, its black handles change to hollow squares.
step 2
If you now try to move the pointer over the top of this box, the pointer
will turn into a padlock denoting that the shape is locked. If you try to
move the object, the screen will flash.
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Figure 8-13 Locked object
step 3
Select the locked box and choose Unlock (Object Menu) to unlock the shape
and allow you to change its size or position.
8.4.9 SPECIAL FEATURES
There are other things you can do with shapes:
DUPLICATE
It's easy to create identical objects. Select the line that is on the
page and choose Duplicate (Object menu). A copy of the line appears
slightly offset from the original.
ADD TO ALL PAGES
Any shape, or group of shapes, can be easily added to the other pages in
your document. Select the circle shape on your page and choose "Add To All
Pages" (Object menu). Any further pages you create will have the circle
positioned in the same place as the original.
However, if you are using "Facing Pages", an object will only be added to
all of the left or all or the right pages in a document.
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Figure 8-14 Object added to all pages
Select the circle shape that is on all your other pages and drag it
around the page. You will notice that the same object on all other pages
was also moved. Press the Del key to delete the object. A small requester
will appear asking if you wish to delete just the selected shape or all of
the shapes. Click the "All Pages" button.
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8.5 DRAWING TOOLS
Frames are very similar to shapes. As Both a shape and a frame is an
object, any of the commands on the Object menu can apply to either.
In addition, moving or sizing a frame using the mouse is the same as for
a shape.
8.5.1 TEXT FRAME
A text frame is like a container, which can be moved about (or dragged),
anywhere on the page. This container can hold any amount of text and is
independent from the text on your page.
Any of the available tools when editing a normal document (text styles,
character format, paragraph format and columns for example), can be used
in a text frame. Think of a text frame as an free-floating independent
miniature page within your document.
step 1
Choose "Create Object" command (Object menu) and from the list gadget,
select "Text Frame".
You can move the "Create Object" requester out of the way by moving the
Arrow pointer to the requester window title bar and, while holding down
the Selection button, move the requester to its new position.
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Figure 8-15 Insertion point in active frame
Type the following (do not press the Return key until you get
to the ¶ character):
The earth is one of nine planets that revolve around the bright star we
call the sun. But the sun, on which we depend for nearly all our energy,
is itself a very insignificant star in the immensity of space.¶
There are literally millions and millions of stars like our sun scattered
throughout space. We do not even know how many of them have planets
revolving around them because they are too far away.¶
step 3
If you click the background page (indeed, anywhere away from the frame)
and then click in the text frame while holding down the Selection button,
you will be able to drag the frame around the document.
Four small squares appear on each corner of the frame when it is
selected. These squares are called handles, and when the pointer is moved
over the top of one, it changes into a double arrow. This double arrow
denotes a re-sizing operation, which means that if the Selection button is
selected and the mouse is dragged, the size of the frame will change.
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Figure 8-16 Re-sizing a frame
step 5
An alternative, and more accurate method of changing the size and
position of a text frame is to change its Position attributes.
Choose Information command (Object menu). Like the
"Create Object" requester, the "Text Frame Information" requester can be
moved around and left on the screen whilst you carry on editing the
document.
Delete the contents of the Width text gadget and type 4.
Replace the contents of the Height text gadget with 3, change "From Left"
to 2 and "From Top" to 1.
As you alter each one of these values, the text frame will change its
size and position automatically.
step 6
To change the number of columns in the text frame, move the cursor to the
"Number Of" text gadget (Columns group), and type 2. Replace the contents
of Gap with 0.25 and press the Return key, the text frame will
automatically reformat into two columns.
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step 7
Change the "Border Style" pop-up (Style group) from "Single Line" to
"Double Line". Next, select "4 pt" from the Thickness pop-up text gadget
and change the "border Colour" to "Mid Green".
Figure 8-17 'Frame Information' pop-up
As you will have just seen, each time any attribute is changed on an
Information requester the new values are immediately applied to the object
providing instant feedback
8.5.2 TEXTEFFECTS
You can use TextEffects to produce simple logos.
step 1
Choose "Drawing Tools" command (View menu) and from the floating toolbar
select the TextEffects icon (the Fx icon).
Draw a square outline on the page and choose Information (Object menu) to
display the "TextEffects Information" requester.
step 2
Select Circle from the Type pop-up gadget (Effects group). Then type
Digita international Limited into the Contents text gadget and click
Apply.
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Figure 8-18 TextEffect requester
You will see that the words Digita International Limited are drawn in a
circle within your frame.
step 3
The Word Digita starts at the top of the circle. Rotating the circle is
simple, delete the contents of the "Rotate By" text gadget, type 235 and
press the Return key. Click Apply and you will see the effect rotate.
step 4
Now lets make the logo more impressive. Click the Font button and select
Red from the "First Character" (Colour group) pop-up gadget, select Yellow
from the "Last Character" pop-up and then click OK.
step 5
Now add some shadow effects. Click the "Shadows" button and type 5 into
the "Number Of Shadows' text gadget. Type 25 into the Size text gadget
("Last Shadow Offset" group), this will make the fifth (and last) shadow
25% smaller than the original.
Next, select "80% Grey" from the "First Shadow Colour" pop-up gadget and
"20% Grey' from the "Last Shadow Colour" pop-up.
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In the "Last Shadow" group type 2.5 into the "Distance Across" gadget.
Click OK and you should see the changes take place after a few moments
intensive Amiga calculation.
Figure 8-19 Finished TextEffects
Click OK from the main TextEffects requester to return to the page.
8.5.3 TABLES AND CALCULATIONS
With tables, you can arrange columns of numbers and text in a document
without the need for using tabs. Tables also provide a convenient way to
present the text in side-by-side paragraphs, as in a script for a play.
A table is a grid of Rows and Columns marked by Gridlines. Each small box
in the table is called a Cell and the gridlines will not be printed unless
specifically requested.
step 1
To create a table on your page, choose "Create Object" command (Object
menu) and select Table from the list. With the Selection button, drag a
box 1 inch wide x 2 inches high.
A grid, one across by about four down should have been created. If you
did not get enough cells created then drag out the table using the table
handles to automatically create new rows or columns.
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step 2
Move the Arrow pointer over the bottom right handle and drag the table
outline out to create more cells. A table of six rows by two columns is
needed.
Figure 8-20 Re-sizing a table to create more rows and columns
step 3
Move the pointer to the gridline separating the first and second columns
and the Arrow pointer will change to a two-way pointer. Select the
gridline with the Arrow pointer and it becomes dotted. Move it to the
right about one half of an inch.
When the Selection button is released, the gridline moves, therefore
increasing the width of the first column and moving the second column
over.
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Figure 8-21 Increasing the width of a column
If the second column disappears, just drag out the width of the table
using the tables handles to bring it back into view (rows and columns are
never deleted, they are just moved out of view so re-sizing the table will
bring the previously hidden cells back).
step 4
Place the insertion point in the first cell by moving the Arrow pointer
over it and clicking with the Selection button.
Type Country and press the Tab key to move into the cell on the right.
Type Time and then press Tab again to move your insertion point to the
beginning of the next row.
Using this process of 'type then tab' to move between cells, type the
following information:
London(tab) GMT(tab)
Los Angeles(tab) 0400(tab)
Madrid(tab) 1300(tab)
Mexico City(tab) 0600(tab)
Montreal(tab) 0700(tab)
If you press Tab once too many and move into the wrong cell, press Shift-
Tab to go back to the previous cell.
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step 5
Now there is a table with data in it, the cells need to be formatted.
Move the insertion point to the first cell (containing Country), by
clicking the Selection button in it and choose "Select All" command (Edit
menu).
Choose Font (Format menu), select "Bright Blue" from the Text pop-up
gadget (Colour group) and select the Bold check box. Click OK and the
selected text in the cell will change to the new style.
Choose Paragraph (Format menu) and select Centre from the
Justification pop-up gadget. Repeat the same process with the cell to the
right containing the word Time.
step 6
Move the insertion point to the cell which contains "Mexico City" and
choose Tables (Format menu). From this requester you can insert or delete
rows or columns.
Figure 8-22 Tables requester
Select the "Insert After" radio button, ensure that the Row radio button
is selected and click OK. The row containing Montreal will be moved off
the table as a new row below "Mexico City" has been added.
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step 7
Now move the insertion point to the blank row and choose Tables (Format
menu). Select Delete and Row from the radio buttons, type 2 into the "How
Many" text gadget and then click Ok. The blank row and the row containing
Montreal have been deleted, and a new blank row has appeared after "Mexico
City".
When inserting and deleting columns, Before means 'to the left of the
current column' and After means 'to the right of the current column'.
step 8
With the insertion point in the last empty cell, choose Calculate (Tools
menu). Select Average and "Cells Above" radio buttons to produce an
average of all the cells above the insertion point (that is, all of the
Times).
Figure 8-23 Calculating cells
Click OK and the result is placed in the cell which contains the
insertion point.
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CHAPTER NINE
CUSTOMISING AND
OPTIMISING WORDWORTH
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9.1 GETTING PERSONAL WITH WORDWORTH
With Wordworth 3 you can customise your working environment to best suit
the way you work:
* Choose the fonts used in the requesters and screen.
* Choose the commands in the toolbar, their size and the position.
* Choose the screen mode and screen colours.
* Show or hide guides on the page.
* Optimise Wordworth to use less memory and work faster.
This tutorial shows you how to customise Wordworth for the way you wish
to work.
9.1.1 REQUESTER FONTS
There are two fonts used in the requesters. These are the gadget labels
(which are the names given to each gadget); and the gadget group headings
(which are the label headings for a group of gadgets).
step 1
Choose "Change Settings" command (Settings menu) and select Screen from
the list gadget. On the bottom of the "Screen Settings" requester there is
a group titled Fonts. From this requester you can specify the fonts that
Wordworth uses.
Click the "Select" button to the right of the "Requester Headings" read-
only gadget, and from the font requester that appears, choose one of the
fonts from the list.
Click OK and you will be returned to the "Screen Settings" requester
where the name of the font you have chosen now appears in the read-only
gadget.
Follow the same procedure for the "Requester Gadgets" option.
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Figure 9-1 Selecting required fonts
step 2
Select the "Screen Blanker" check box gadget and type 5 into the Delay
text gadget. This will tell Wordworth that after a delay of 5 minutes, the
screen is to be blanked. Blanking a screen is used to prevent 'burn-in' of
a stationary image on your monitor if unattended for a period of time.
Click OK and your changes will take affect.
9.1.2 SCREEN COLOURS
The eight colours that Wordworth uses for its screen display can also be
changed. These colours are used for the icons, window and page display.
step 1
From the "Change Settings" requester ("Change Settings" command, Settings
menu) select "Screen Colours" from the list gadget.
Click one of the eight colour boxes to select it (the colour selected
appears on the far left of the others), and slide the Red, Green and Blue
sliders to give the colour of your choice.
step 2
Do this for any of the eight colours that you wish to change and click OK
to make the changes take effect.
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9.1.3 TOOLBAR
You can also customise the Wordworth toolbar in several ways:
* The commands (icons) displayed in the toolbar.
* The size of the icons.
* The position of the toolbar on the screen.
step 1
From the "Change Settings" requester ("Change Settings" command, Settings
menu) select Toolbar from the list gadget.
Figure 9-2 Toolbar requester
The Commands list gadget on the left of the requester contains a list of
all the commands that can be placed on the toolbar. The Toolbar list on
the right shows the commands currently chosen for display in the toolbar.
Move down the Commands list using the scroll arrows and select the
Librarian command. Click the » button, and the selected command will
appear at the bottom of the Toolbar list.
Next, click the "Move Up" button to move the command up the list to the
place where you wish it to appear on your toolbar.
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step 2
Select the Cut command from the Toolbar list and click the « button to
remove it from the toolbar. Click the Apply button and your toolbar will
be updated with the changes.
step 3
From the Position pop-up list gadget, select Floating. This means that
your toolbar will appear in an independent "floating" window which can be
moved around the screen like any other window.
Figure 9-3 Moving the floating toolbar
Now, select the "Large Icons" checkbox gadget and click Apply. When you
are satisfied with your changes, click OK
9.1.4 GUIDES AND RULERS
You can specify whether the page guides are displayed or not using "Show
Guides" (View menu). The Ruler tools are toggled on/off using the Rulers
command (View menu).
step 1
Choose "Change Settings"' (Settings menu) and select View
from the list gadget to display the "View Settings" requester.
Select the "Print Borders" check box gadget to display the
print border margin around the edge of each page.
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step 2
From the Rulers group, deselect the "Vertical Ruler" check box gadget and
deselect the "Status Bar" check box. Click OK and the window display will
change to show print borders, turn off the status bar and vertical ruler
Figure 9-4 Selecting guides
step 3
Choose Rulers (View menu) and all the items that were selected in the
Rulers group of the "View Settings' requester will be turned off. Choosing
the Rulers command again will turn the ruler display back on.
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9.2 GETTING WORDWORTH TO GO FASTER
Wordworth can be optimised in many ways to both speed up display and save
precious memory.
Use the Workbench-"Close Workbench' command (Settings menu) to save about
40K of memory. This will shut down the Workbench desktop that usually
remains open behind the Wordworth screen.
Choose "Change Settings" (Settings menu) and from the list gadget, select
Screen. Click the "Screen Mode, button and from the "Screen Mode'
requester decrease the Colours slider from 8 to 4 by clicking to the left
of the small black box once. Click OK and the display will appear in 4
colours which saves memory and improves speeds.
Turn off "Ruler Tools, and "Vertical Ruler" from the "View Settings"
requester ("Change Settings" command, Settings menu) will improve the
editing speed of documents.
Select the "Use Less Memory" check box in the "Screen Settings" requester
("Change Settings" command, Settings menu). This will save a lot of
memory by making the windows used in Wordworth" simple refresh, instead of
'smart refresh'.
A "simple refresh" window is updated (redrawn) by Wordworth instead of
the operating system and therefore will be more memory efficient. However,
doing this will make the redrawing of the windows slower.
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CHAPTER TEN
WORDWORTH UPGRADES
This chapter is for users of earlier versions of Wordworth. It will tell
you what's changed without going over features you'll already know.
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10.1 WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT WORDWORTH 3
Many of the changes in Wordworth 3 have resulted from Usability analysis
(discovery of faults in interface and so on), requests by users ( through
our regular questionnaires), and through the introduction of "Interface
Guidelines" by Commodore.
10.1.1 REQUESTERS
The most instantly noticeable change in Wordworth 3 are the requesters.
Wordworth now uses Workbench standard windows and gadgets for all of its
requesters.
This means that, like other Workbench windows, you can minimize them
using the "Window Zoom" gadget, you can move them around the screen using
the "Window Drag (Title) Bar" and you can send them to the back or bring
them in front of any other window with the "Window Depth Gadget".
You can even customise the fonts used in the windows. From the "Screen
Setting" requester ("Change Settings" command, Settings menu), you can set
the fonts for gadget labels, group headings, and window title bars (the
same as those used in the menus).
Some requesters, like Find, - Insert and Object Information, can remain
on the screen whilst you carry on editing the document. Requesters like
these are termed 'Modeless' and are a relatively new idea in Amiga
software.
Figure 10-1 Modeless requester
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10.1.2 CUSTOMISATION
Wordworth 3 is highly customisable. Unlike previous versions, you can
decide what commands you want on the toolbar, what size you Would like the
icons and where on the screen you would like it positioned. Refer Toolbar-
"Change Settings" command (Settings menu).
10.1.3 KEYBOARD
The keyboard modifier keys have changed to incorporate the guidelines
laid down by Commodore. The keys and their functions are now.
KEY DOES
Shift-Arrow key Selects text
Ctrl-Arrow key Moves to beginning/end of line/document
Alt-Arrow key Moves to beginning/end of word/page
The new modifier keys are now the default. However, if you prefer to use
the keys you used in the previous version of Wordworth, choose Text-
"Change Settings" command (Settings menu) and select the radio button "Old
Wordworth Modifier Keys".
IMPORTANT
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It is a good idea to start adopting the new keyboard commands as these
will be the only standard supported in future versions of Wordworth and
other Digita software.
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10-1-4 MENUS
The menu structure and keyboard shortcuts have been changed to follow the
Commodore guidelines as much as possible. This is to make it easier for
you to use Wordworth, as it provides a familiar interface to that of other
programs following the guidelines.
10.1.5 OUTLINE FONTS
The Agfa font technology in Wordworth 3 is slightly different than
before, to incorporate the new font support and also make it easier for
floppy disk users to use fonts across separate disks.
If you want to use the fonts that you already have, tell the
InstallOutlines program to look in a different place for the fonts (Floppy
Disk Users: WwTools drawer, Ww3 Extras disk. Hard Disk Users:WwTools
drawer, Wordworth3).
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For example, if you have Wordworth V2AGA in an Apps drawer on your hard
disk Work, you will need to tell the installer the path to the Intellifont
drawer. Click the InstallOutlines program with the Selection button and
choose information (Workbench-Icons menu).
Click the tooltype starting FONTPATH=... and delete the brackets. Replace
the text following the equals sign with the path to your Intellifont
drawer.
In this example, the path would be FONTPATH = Work:Apps/
Wordworth2/Intellifont (with no spaces).
Press the Return key and click Save.
When you double-click the lnstallOutlines program, the fonts in your
Wordworth v2 Intellifont drawer will be installed for use with Wordworth
3.
The InstallOutlines program will create small files called .font and
.otag for each of the fonts installed and place them in the WwFonts/UFST
drawer. These small files contain the location of the font so that
Wordworth knows where to look for them.
This means that you can have fonts scattered around your hard disk or on
several floppy disks by just re-running InstallOutlines with the tooltype
appropriately changed. You can also use the same procedure to tell
Wordworth where to look for the PostScript and TrueType fonts.
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PART THREE
WORDWORTH MENUS
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CHAPTER ELEVEN
THE MENUS
This chapter gives a detailed explanation of each menu command, in
logical order from the left (Project-New) to right (Help-How To).
* Project menu.
* Edit menu.
* View menu.
* Format menu.
* Object menu.
* Tools menu.
* Settings menu.
Help menu.
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11.1 PROJECT MENU
11.1.1 NEW
Choose New command (Project menu), or press Right Amiga-N.
Figure 11-1 Templates requester
Shows a requester from which you select a template.
Templates are blank documents with a specific layout (text, fonts,
graphics, page size, and so on). The default template is called Normal. A
new untitled document appears based on the template you select.
Creating New Templates
Create a new document using the Normal template. Choose "Save As"
(Project menu), and select "Wordworth Template from the "File Format" list
box and click OK. From the Save requester, type the template name in the
File text gadget and click Save. The template will now appear in the
Template list requester whenever you choose New (Project menu).
IMPORTANT
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Remember to set the "Print Method" ('Print Setup" command, Project menu),
once you have created a new document, as this determines which fonts you
can use (refer Appendix D-Fonts).
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You can specify the place where Templates are stored with the File
option, "Change Settings" command, Settings menu.
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11.1.2 OPEN
Choose Open command (Project menu), or press Right Amiga-O.
The list gadget shows all files and drawers (subdirectories, labelled
(Drawer)), in the currently selected drawer. Below are three text gadgets:
Pattern, Drawer and File.
Figure 11-2 'Open Document' requester
At the bottom are fourbuttons: Open, Volumes, Parent and Cancel.
To select a file, click the filename in the list gadget, this will update
the File gadget.
Clicking a Drawer in the list gadget will show the contents of that
drawer and the Drawer gadget will be updated to show the disk and drawer
names separated by a colon (:).
Further drawers may be accessed in the same way and will be separated by
a slash (/) when added to the Drawer gadget. To move back to the previous
drawer level click the Parent button.
Another way to select the drawer or filename is to type the drawer and
filename directly into the appropriate Drawer and File text gadgets
If you double-click a filename, Wordworth will automatically open the
file.
When the file requester is displayed on screen, you can use the Menu
button to reveal the Control menu:
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Figure 11-3 Control menu " system
Last Name: Selects previous filename in list.
Next Name: Selects next filename in list.
Restore: Reverts to original file requester settings.
Parent: Menu and keyboard shortcut for Parent button.
Volumes: Menu and keyboard shortcut for Volumes button.
Delete: Deletes the selected file.
OK: Menu and keyboard shortcut for Open button.
Cancel: Menu and keyboard shortcut for Cancel button.
Wordworth will attempt to open the document in the normal Wordworth
document format. If this fails, and if the appropriate filters are
installed, Wordworth will try Microsoft Word (DOS), Windows Write,
Microsoft Works, WordPerfect (DOS), Wordstar (DOS), RTF (Rich text format)
and "ASCII text" format.
11.1.3 OPEN RECENT
Choose "Open Recent" command (Project menu).
Reveals a sub-menu from which you can automatically re-open the documents
on which you have recently worked.
If documents have not been opened using the Open command, the command
will be dimmed.
11.1.4 SAVE
Choose Save command (Project menu), or press Right Amiga-S.
Saves the current document in "Wordworth Document" format, using the same
document name and drawer from which it was opened or last saved, replacing
the previous version. If it is a new document, without a title (Untitled,
for example), you will be prompted to type the name of the document.
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11.1.5 SAVE AS
Choose "Save As" command (Project menu), or press Right Amiga-A.
From the file format requester, select the file format in which you wish
to save the document (the default is Wordworth's own format). If the
appropriate filters are installed, other file formats include: "Wordworth
Template", "ASCII text" or RTF (Rich text format) format.
Figure 11-4 'File Format' requester
Click OK to display the file requester.
The list gadget shows all files and drawers (subdirectories, labelled
(Drawer)), in the currently selected drawer. Below are three text gadgets:
Pattern, Drawer and File.
At the bottom are four buttons: Save, Volumes, Parent and Cancel.
To select a file click the filename in the list gadget, this will update
the File gadget.
Clicking a Drawer in the list gadget will show the contents of that
drawer and the Drawer gadget will be updated to show the disk and drawer
names separated by a colon (:).
Further drawers may be accessed in the same way and will be separated by
a slash (/) when added to the Drawer gadget. To move back to the previous
drawer level click the Parent button.
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Figure 11-5 'Save Document' requester showing Control menu
When the file requester is displayed on screen, you Can use the Menu
button to reveal the Control menu :
Last Name: Selects previous filename in list.
Next Name: Selects next filename in list.
Restore: Reverts to original file requester settings.
Parent: Menu and keyboard shortcut for Parent button.
Volumes: Menu and keyboard shortcut for Volumes button.
Delete: Deletes the selected file.
OK: Menu and keyboard shortcut for Save button.
Cancel: Menu and keyboard shortcut for Cancel button.
11.1.6 LAST SAVED
Choose "Last Saved" command (Project menu).
Reverts to the last version of the document, replacing the current
version.
If the document is new and has not yet been saved, or if no changes have
been made since the document was saved, the command will be dimmed.
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11.1.7 PRINT
Choose Print command (Project menu) or press Right Amiga-P.
Shows a requester to print current document.
Figure 11-6 Print requester
Range
All: Prints all pages in document.
Pages: If selected, you can then type a page range into the adjacent text
gadget. Type a single page number, or for a range of pages, type two
numbers separated by a hyphen (for example, 2-6, prints pages 2, 3, 4, 5,
6).
Copies: Type the number of copies for each page.
Options
Print: Select "Odd And Even Pages", "Odd Pages Only", "Even Pages Only".
This is useful if using single (cut) sheet which are to be printed on both
sides. Print all the odd pages first, then turn the paper over, to print
all the even pages in reverse order on the other side.
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Shade: Select the print shading method, depending on your
printer
SHADE DOES
Black And White Prints fonts and graphics as either solid black or
white
Colour Prints colours if you have a colour printer
Grey Scale 1 One style of grey scaling to represent the colours
used on the screen
Grey Scale 2 One style of grey scaling to represent the colours
used on the screen (used for CBM A2O24 monitors only)
Draft Printout: Prints the document in the quickest possible method which
is ideal for printing proofs.
Collate Copies: Determines the method of printing multiple copies of a
document. For example, if you wanted to print 10 copies of a five-page
document, selecting Collate will print from page one to page five l0
times, whereas if Collate is not selected it will print l0 copies of page
one, then l0 copies of page two, and so on.
Reverse Order: Prints pages from the highest page number to the lowest.
This is for printers which stack cut sheets automatically while printing
(for example, laser printers), so that on completion the lowest page
number will be on the top of the stack.
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PRINT REQUESTER ARE THREE BUTTONS
Print: Prints using the settings in the "Print Setup" requester.
Setup: Selects the "Print Setup" requester (see "Print Setup" command,
Project menu).
Cancel: Cancels this requester.
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11.1.8 PRINT SETUP
Choose "Print Setup" command (Project menu) or Right Amiga-Shift-P.
Shows a requester from which you can setup your printer:
Figure 11-7 'Print Setup' requester
Use the list box "Printer Driver" to select the printer driver required.
(The Generic driver will only print text. Formatting of text and graphics
are discarded. )
Density: Sets the printer resolution for printing. Set the density from 1
(lowest density), which is ideal for a quick draft print, to 7 (highest
density).
At higher densities, more dots are used to create the image which gives a
better quality reproduction, but takes much longer to print. When printing
a colour graphic you may need to set the density quite low as the colours
can become muddy on higher densities (refer Appendix C-Pictures And Clip
Art").
PRINT BORDERS
Some printers have a border around the page edge which is unprintable
(this is common with most printers, there is always an unprintable area
around the page because it is used by the printer rollers to pull the
paper through). However, if you are using "Paper Type"-Continuous, it is
not necessary to set a print border.
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The four edit gadgets (Left, Right, Top Bottom) are for specifying this
unprintable area. For example, if you use a Citizen Swift printer, you
may need to set Left and Right to 0.25 inches, Top to 0.5 and Bottom to
0.75 inches-this stops the page being ejected before printing the footer.
If you experience problems like this with printing, consult your printer
manual for more information about the unprintable area so that you can
set your own "Print Border".
PRINT METHOD
When you set the print method (the default is Normal), Wordworth only
lets you use fonts which are compatible with the setting (this prevents
the accidental mixing of incompatible fonts).
PRINT METHOD FONTS YOU CAN USE
Normal Agfa Compugraphic, Adobe PostScript, TrueType and
bitmap (with graphics or pictures).
Printer Font Internal printer fonts (no graphics or pictures).
PostScript Only for use with expensive PostScript laser printers.
Uses the internal fonts of a Type 1 PostScript printer
(with graphics or pictures). Text not typed using
PostScript fonts will be printed in Courier, with
coloured text printed in grey. (Refer Appendix E-
PostScript Printers.)
If you change the print method while editing a document, an alert box
will warn you that there are incompatible fonts in the document. If this
happens, click Yes and the fonts in the document will be automatically
converted into the correct format.
PAPER TYPE
Continuous: Prints pages on continuous stationery, without pausing, and
ignores "Print Border" settings.
Cut Sheet: Pauses printing at the end of each page. If necessary, an
alert box will prompt you to insert the paper for each page, Uses "Print
Border" settings. If you have a 24-pin printer, you may find that only 16
of the 24 pins are used for printing.
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Sheet Feeder: Prints single sheets without pausing, and uses "Print
Border" settings. Select this option if you are using a laser printer or
the printer is fitted with an automatic cut-sheet feeder.
AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PRINT SETUP REQUESTER ARE THREE BUTTONS
OK: Confirms the settings made in the requester.
PostScript: Selects the "PostScript Setup" requester if you have set the
"Print Method" to PostScript (refer Appendix E-PostScript Printers for
information about PostScript).
Cancel: Cancels the settings made in the requester.
11.1.9 MAIL MERGE
Choose "Mail Merge" command (Project menu) to mail merge.
Mail merge printing allows a document to be customised by using
information from a database file, This is usually used for sending
personalised letters and mailshots to a number of people, whose names are
stored in a data file.
The data file should first be exported from your database as an ASCII
file. The appropriate ASCII format from the Format pop-up gadget will then
need to be set.
Figure 11-8 'Mail Merge' requester
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ASCII Data File
Name: Type the data file from which information is to be merged.
Select: Displays file requester. You can select the data file with which
information is to be merged.
File includes Header Record: If the first record of your data file
contains field names, select this check box.
Separators
Format: Select ASCII file format of the data file: Standard (Wordworth),
Digita Mailshot Plus, Superbase, Data Interchange Format (DIF) or Custom.
ASCII Field Separators: Type an ASCII character value if you have
selected the Custom Format option, or choose a separator character from
the pop-up list.
ASCII Record Separators: Type an ASCII character value if you have
selected the Custom Format option, or choose a separator character from
the pop-up list.
MAIL MERGING WITH DIGITA MAILSHOT PLUS
When saving data from Mailshot Plus, set the "File type" to Text. Type ^m
(to type the ^ character, press Ctrl-M) in the "Rec. Sep." text gadget.
("Line Sep." should remain ^j.)
From Wordworth, create a document and type «Field1», «Field2» and so on
for the field names. Select "Mailshot Plus" from the Format pop-up list
("Mail Merge"' requester) and deselect "File Includes Header Record" check
box.
Click Print to start the mail merge.
Contact Digita for details about Mailshot Plus.
11.1.10 CLOSE
Choose Close command (Project menu), or press Right Amiga-K.
Closes the current document. You can also do this by clicking the "Window
Close" gadget at the top-left corner of the document bar. If you close the
only open document, a new untitled document will automatically be opened.
If the document has not previously been saved, Or if you have made
changes since the document was last saved, an alert box will appear and
confirm if the changes should be saved before the document is closed.
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Click Yes to save the document in "Wordworth Document" format (which is
the same as choosing Save from the Project menu). If it is a new document,
without a title, you will be prompted to type the name of the document
from the file requester.
Click No to close the document without saving the changes.
Click Cancel to abort the Close command.
11.1.11 ABOUT
Choose About command (Project menu), or press Right Amiga-?.
Shows the Wordworth creators, copyright messages and the amount of free
memory available.
The registration name, company and license number are also displayed.
11.1.12 QUIT WORDWORTH
Choose "Quit Wordworth" command (Project menu), or press Right Amiga-Q.
Closes all open documents and quits Wordworth, returning to Workbench.
If any open documents have not been saved, Wordworth will alert you to
save before quitting.
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