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%CO:A,5,72%%C%%H2%Demo PipeDream getting going file
This file contains instructions to help you get going with the demo
version of PipeDream 4.
%C%%H2%How to read this file
Read this file before you start playing with PipeDream. You can scroll
through the document by using the up and down arrow keys, the Page Up
and Page Down keys or clicking in the scroll bar on the right hand side
of the window.
%C%%H2%Once PipeDream is loaded
PipeDream is loaded when the blue 4 icon is visible on the icon bar at
the bottom of your screen. To start a new window click the left button
of the mouse on the PipeDream icon.
Pressing the middle, or Menu button, of the mouse whilst the blue
pointer arrow is over a PipeDream window will give you the top-level
PipeDream menu.
Pressing the Menu button on the PipeDream icon gives you a further list
of options with which you may experiment. One of these is New
Document. This provides you with a list of Templates which you can use
to create new documents. For example if you want to create a
spreadsheet you may find it easiest to start from the Numbers template.
%C%%H2%Help
A short help file is available by pressing the F1 key. This will help
you to get started.
%C%%H2%Once you have a new window
When you have a new window, you can start typing. To type text, as you
would in a letter, just type away. To enter a number into the
spreadsheet, press the F2 key, and type in your expression. When you
press RETURN, the result of the calculation will be displayed in the
slot.
Use the left button of the mouse to position the caret in a slot.
%C%%H2%PipeDream commands
PipeDream has three ways of accepting commands:
1.
2.
3.
%C%%H2%Long and Short Menus
When you start PipeDream, the short menus are switched on. This makes
the menus clearer and more readable. To access the complete range of
PipeDream commands, select long menus by clicking the left button of
the mouse on the "Short Menus" option. This is in the Choices menu
which comes from the PipeDream icon on the icon bar.
On the long menus, the function key equivalents of the commands are
also shown, for those commands which have them. In PipeDream 4 the
short menus are configurable so if you prefer to have a different set
of commands on the short menus, you can do this.
%C%%H2%Fonts
PipeDream 4 can use either the system font, which this document is
using, or the RISC OS proportional fonts. To select a font, use the
Font command (Ctrl-PFG) on the Print menu. If the font selector shows
only system font then that is the only font that RISC OS has available
to it.
We strongly recommend that you do not try to use the old "bitmap" font
manager with PipeDream 4. If you want to use fonts we recommend that
you use the newer "outline" fonts and the font manager version 2.42 or
later. This is especially true for using PipeDream 4's charts which
can use system font but which is happier using Homerton font. Version
2.44 is provided on this demonstration disc and will start up
automatically when you start PipeDream, if this or a later version is
not already running in the computer.
If you do not have some outline fonts your Acorn dealer should be able
to advise on the best ways to acquire them. The official Acorn way to
do it is to purchase the Acorn fonts disc. There are also other
companies who supply fonts.
The only fonts which are used in the examples are Trinity and Homerton.
If these fonts are not available the display of the examples will be
impaired.
%C%%H2%Facilities not available
The demonstration version of PipeDream 4 has the spelling checker, file
saving, printing and searching disabled. Charts are overlaid with a
banner saying 'PipeDream 4 Demonstration version' and cannot be saved,
either to disc or back into the document from which they were made.
PipeDream 4 has a two-way LOTUS 123 to PipeDream converter program, a
PipeDream to Impression converter and a Z88 filing system enabling easy
transfer to the Z88 and back again. None of these are available on the
demonstration disk. The release copy of PipeDream 4 also includes many
data files which are not supplied on the demonstration disc.
%C%%H2%The PipeDream pack
The PipeDream pack includes:
%C%%H2%A final note
When using the demonstration version of PipeDream, please remember that
you don't have the PipeDream Tutorial and Reference guides available.
There is obviously no space here to explain the finer features and
facilities in PipeDream - you will only get the full benefit by working
with the manual, but the demonstration should give you some idea of
PipeDream's capabilities.
If you have further questions on PipeDream 4 please call the PipeDream
Hotline on 0223 311881.
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Via the RISCOS menu system.
Using the function keys. A function key card is supplied with the
real version of PipeDream. The initial function key layout is:
%H4%Note:%H4% Users of earlier versions of PipeDream can install the old
function key layout by copying !PipeDream.Cmdfiles.PD3keys to
!PipeDream.key
Using CTRL key sequences. Alongside the commands in the menus you
will see a sequence of letters: you can give the command without
using the menu system by holding down the CTRL key, and, whilst it
is held down, pressing the letters shown. Delete word, for
example, is CTRL-T.
PipeDream 4 Tutorial %H4%92pp
PipeDream 4 Reference guide %H4%294pp
Function key strip
PipeDream Program disk with 93000 word spelling dictionary
PipeDream Examples disc with data files, custom functions
and utilities
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Help
Edit Formula
Save
Search
Repeat Command
Next Match
Insert Row
Delete Row
Paste
Delete Word
Delete to End of Slot
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