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          Infinity Data Products & Larry L. Myers Presents


                     W - The Note Writer V3.1

             Copyright (c) 1990,1991 Rights Reserved

WHAT IS "W":

W was originally written for a friend's teenage daughter who was
seriously hurt in a auto accident and now only has use of one finger
of one hand (we called it "W" to cut down on her key-strokes).  We
made all functions of the program "one key" functions (no Ctrl this or
Alt that) because she could not press two keys simultaneously. The
result is a simple "electronic typewriter" that allows her, and now
you, to type, edit and print letters of up to around 50K bytes (this 3
page document is under 7K, so you can see just how many pages you can
actually write).  We did not charge our friend for the development of
this program so we are not charging you for it's use (if it's used for
personal use only). If you are a business, government office or other
commercial user, you MUST register @ $20 per user (site licenses are
available).  The program is Copyrighted and we do not authorize ANY
modification or re-naming of W.  We do grant individual FREE use of W
and encourage you to copy it for YOUR friends.

WHAT WILL "W" DO:

W will save your letter for future use. W provides for multiple 59
line pages.  W does allow for editing.  W does "Word Wrap". W does
hold the letter until you tell it  not to  (if  you  want to send the
same basic letter to several people, print the first copy, say "Y"
when asked if you want to repeat the letter, make your name and
address changes, print it, say "Y", etc., etc.).

A recent change made to "W" makes it a very effective "ASCII Text
Editor" (which means it can be used to make or edit straight ASCII
text files such as Batch Files).  The change is that we now strip off
the "Soft" carriage return that is normally used in "Word Wrapping"
and convert them to "Hard" carriage returns (as though you hit
"Enter".  The "ASCII" feature is activated if you elect to save a newì
file as "ASCII" versus "FORMATTED" when asked to decide.  So now youì
have a word processor and a text editor.


                         BASIC OPERATION


Start W by entering W.

W will ask you for a file name to bring in for editing, or you can
just press 'Enter' to open a new file.  If you want to edit a file,
but do not remember the exact name you gave it, just press the 'F8'
key and a list of your files will be displayed.  Use the 'Up' and
'Down' Arrow keys to move the marker to the file you wish and then
press the 'S' key to <S>elect it, or press the 'A' key to <A>bort
using the list and return to the File Name Entry Screen. When in the
File Name Entry Screen you may quit W and return to DOS by pressing
'Esc".

If you have been using a prior version of W, your file names will not
be displayed in the above "Select or Abort" screen because this new
version  holds  the  names  in  a database file (new documents will
automatically be added to the database).  To add your files to the
database simply bring them up in 'Edit' mode and then 'Save' them.
This will cause the file names to be added to the database. Or you
can go into the "Select Abort" screen and press F2 and enter the
file name and description.  This method will not save the name of
a file that does not exist in the same directory or floppy disk as
"W".

If you are starting a new document and you are now facing a blank box,
you may start typing -  W does do "word-wrapping", so you don't have
to watch your line lengths (just start typing and W will automatically
do carriage returns  for you).

W will scroll to new blank lines when you type to the bottom of the
entry screen (a dynamic display at the top of the screen will tell
you what Page, Line and Column you are at).

If you see a mistake in a line already typed, use your arrow keys (up,
down,  left and right) to go to the error then press the "Insert" key,
delete what is in error and type in the correction.  If "Insert" is
not used, anything you type in will "over-write" whatever is presently
on the screen.  With "Insert",  what you type in will be "inserted"
wherever the cursor is at.  If you have "deleted" a word (or words)
and the line length if off, just press F9 and the paragraph will be
"reformed" to new line lengths.  If you are adding words, and W senses
that the line would be too long, W will automatically "reform"  as you
type.

(NOTE: If you are editing a document previously saved in "ASCII"ì
format, F9 will not reform a paragraph, but adding new words willì
cause excessive line lengths to be "word wrapped".)

The editing commands that you can use to move throught your letter
are:

   Cursor Movement:

        Up one Line..................................Up Arrow
        Down one Line..............................Down Arrow
        Left one character.........................Left Arrow
        Right one character.......................Right Arrow
        Left one Word.............................^Left Arrow
        Right one Word...........................^Right Arrow
        Beginning of current Line........................Home
        End of current Line...............................End
        Beginning of Letter.............................^Home
        End of Letter....................................^End
        Window Up........................................PgUp
        Window Down......................................PgDn

   Editing Keys:

        Finish editing/writing(saves data)................F10
        Abort editing/writing (does not save data)........Esc
        Delete current line................................^Y
        Delete word right..................................^T
        Reform paragraph...................................F9

When you have finished your letter, press F10.  If the letter is a
"new" letter (not in the database), you will be first asked if the
letter is to be saved as "FORMATTED" or "ASCII". "FORMATTED" will
preserve all the "soft" carriage returns and allow for future ease
in re-editing the letter.  Select "ASCII" to convert the letter
into a pure "ASCII FILE" with hard carriage returns (necessary
in batch files and/or program files). Next you will be asked to
give your letter a name (up to 8 characters plus a period (.) and
up to 3 more characters). Now you will be asked to enter a short
description of the contents (this will help you later when you
can't remember what you called the letter to aunt Ethel).
Lastley, a "Command Box" will appear.

Press "P" to print your letter.

Press "E" to edit it (you will be  placed back at the top of the
letter).

If you want to delete a file (you must first bring the file
up on the screen and then you press "D" for delete.  You will be asked
to confirm that you wish to the delete the file and then it will be
gone.

Press "Q" to Quit any further work on the file you are in and return
to the File Name Entry Screen. If you press "Q", you will be asked if
you want to save the file you have been working on. (If you press
'Esc' to get to this point, you will be returned to the FNES
immediately. If F10 was press, you will be asked if you wish to save
your file.) If YES, and the file is new and does not yet have a name,
you will be asked to enter a name to save it under. Once you have
returned to the FNES you may either enter a new file name to edit,
start a new letter, or press 'Esc' to exit W and return to DOS.

File names are a maximum of 8 characters plus an optional 3 character
extension (ie, XXXXXXXX.XXX). Remember, if you use the 3 character
extention, put a "period" between the file name and the extention (If
you just enter 12 characters, instead of 8 + . + 3, the last 4
characters will be dropped).

If, after you first start W, you decide that you do not want to write
a new letter or edit an old one after all, press "Esc" and you will be
jumped back to the File Name Entry Screen where you can either enter
another file name to edit, press Enter to start a new file, or press
Esc to return to DOS.

If you press "P" and your printer is not "on-line", the program will
"beep" and ask you to put your printer on-line and press any key to
continue. W will print your letter in 60 line pages.  When the
document has been printed, you will be asked if you want to "Repeat".
If you answer "Y", you will be placed back to line 1 of the document
just printed. You can use this mode to send the same letter to several
different people, but with their names and address on it.  If you
answer "N" when asked if you want to Repeat, you will be asked if you
want to save the file.  If YES, and you have not previously named the
file, you will be asked to do so. You will then be placed back in a
blank edit screen to begin a new letter (press 'Esc' to quit and
return to DOS).

There you are, an eletronic typewriter that allows editing and
multiple copies of a document, and  "stores" your letter for future
use.  Quick, simple and easy to use with just one finger.

Infinity Data Products has placed many products into the "Shareware"
and "Copyrighted but Free" (we own it, but you can use it for FREE)
arenas to help bring computing enjoyment to the computing public.
Literally thousands of hours have been expended in writing and
testing these programs. If you enjoy the use of W - The Note
Writer, and you would like to keep the flow of these programs
going, please send a small registration fee of $5 to:

                       Infinity Data Products
                           P.O. Box 533
                         Jackson, MO 63755
                   [phone] or [phone]
                        FAX [phone]

If you would like a FREE copy of our "Catalog-On-A-Disk", which lists
all of our "Shareware" software ( plus some of the hardware and
supplies) available through our company, please call or write us
(please indicate 5 1/4" or 3 1/2" disk).


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