Esc: Help off, cancel.  F1: Help off, continue.  Arrows: Select a Help topic:  
Basics          DOS commands    Footnotes       Merge: input    Ruler lines     
Auto-numbering  Dot lines I     Guide lines     Merge: template Ruler spacing   
Auto-reformat   Dot lines II    Headers/footers Merging steps   Scroll/jump     
Char: boxes     Dot lines III   Locate cursor   Misc. items     Spaces/hyphens  
Char: foreign   Enhance text    Manual reformat Page breaks     Spell checker   
Char: maths     Enter text      Margins/tabs    Page layout     System/file     
Copy/move text  File conversion Mark text       Printing        Windows         
Cursor moves    File management Measuring space Record keys                     
Delete text     Find/replace    Merging         References                      
 B A S I C S                                         Loading a File and Exiting 
┌────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ FILE OPERATIONS                            │ SEE ALSO:
│ 1. Create or load a file   A>ED filename   │   CURSOR MOVES: Arrow keys
│                                            │
│ 2. Enter text              from keyboard   │   RULER LINES: format (margins)
│                                            │
│ 3. Save the text to disk   Press F1 F3     │   DOT LINES: format (printing)
│                                            │
│ 4. Edit the text           Bksp, Del, Ins  │   ENTERING TEXT: editing
│                                            │
│ 5. Print the file          Press F1 F7     │   MARKING: move, copy, delete
│                                            │
│ 6. Close the file          Press F1 F2     │   FIND/REPLACE: text or chars
└────────────────────────────────────────────┘
 D O S  C O M M A N D S                       Introduction to Computers and DOS 
Here are some DOS COMMANDS you may find useful. PC-Write has keystrokes for
most of these file operations.  "A>" is the DOS prompt. See FILE MANAGEMENT.

  FORMAT                                 │ RENAME
   A>FORMAT B:                           │  A>RENAME oldname newname
      formats diskette in drive B        │    renames "oldname" to "newname"
                                         │
  DIR                                    │ COPY
   A>DIR B:                              │  A>COPY fromfile tofile
      lists files in drive B             │    copies "fromfile" to "tofile"
                                         │
  TYPE                                   │ DEL
   A>TYPE filename                       │  A>DEL filename
      displays contents of "filename"    │    deletes the file "filename"
 F O O T N O T E S                                Formatting: Document Features 

CREATE                                      │ EXAMPLE
1. Enter a footnote reference in the text.  │  In 1975 the urban population
   Reference character is your choice.      │  of Venus [1] had not yet
   Sequential numbering is an option.       │  materialised.
      See AUTOMATIC NUMBERING.              │  .D
2. Enter the footnote text just after the   │  1. A warm, fragrant planet
   paragraph containing the references.     │     covered with clouds.
3. Place one .D Dot line directly above     │  .D
   and one directly below the footnote text.│      See DOT LINES.
                                            │
Footnote separator     .DH:text (or dashes) │  .DH:--------------------
Footnote line spacing  .DM:number           │  .DM:2
Send footnotes to file .DF:filename         │  .DF:B:NOTE.DOC
 M E R G E :  I N P U T   F I L E                                       Merging 
Create an INPUT FILE with PC-Write or export one from a data base program.

PC-Write accepts 3 Input file formats:  │ Here are some rules:
                                        │
 SEPARATE LINE    Each field on a       │ *  Every record must have the same
                  separate line.        │    number of fields.
                                        │ *  The Input file can have any
 COMMA-SEPARATED  Each record on a line,│    number of records.
                  each field separated  │ *  Maximum Input field length is 160.
                  by a comma.           │ *  A field can be empty: In separate
                                        │    line format, leave empty line. In
 FIXED-LENGTH     Every field contains  │    comma-separated format, leave
                  a fixed number of     │    extra comma. In fixed-length
                  characters.           │    format, leave blanks.
 R U L E R    L I N E S                              Formatting and Customising 
F2 displays the default Ruler line from the edit control file (ED.DEF) and the
Window/Ruler Menu. The DEFAULT RULER LINE is the last one in the edit control
file. The CURRENT RULER LINE is the one that precedes the text. Here are some
Ruler line options:
 ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
 │ Display/remove current Ruler line.                                F2       │
 │ Append edited Ruler to control file; becomes default Ruler line.  F2 F3    │
 │ Embed current Ruler into text; saved with file, doesn't print.    F2 F4    │
 │ Make default Ruler the current Ruler (re-establishes it).         F2 F5    │
 │ Read a Ruler from a control file.                                 F2 F6    │
 │ Make the next Ruler line in the text the current Ruler.           F2 Grey+ │
 │ Make the prior Ruler line in the text the current Ruler.          F2 Grey- │
 └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
  See MARGINS, WINDOWS, AUTO-REFORMAT, and PAGE LAYOUT for other Ruler options.
 A U T O M A T I C  N U M B E R I N G                                Formatting 
Use automatic numbering for footnotes, lines, and outlines. You enter a
NUMBERING SEQUENCE that is translated into a sequential series of numbers when
you repage. See PAGE BREAKS.

Create a unique numbering sequence.   │ EXAMPLE
Each member of the sequence contains: │ ( a the Alt N font character)
1. An Alt N font character (1) .     │ 1. Cats
2. A digit or letter.                 │ 2. Dogs
3. A symbol (anything but a digit     │ 3. Mice
   or letter).                        │
                                      │ becomes the following when you repage:
When you REPAGE, the digit or letter  │ 1. Cats
turns into a sequential number. The   │ 2. Dogs
symbol remains the same.              │ 3. Mice
 D O T   L I N E S   I                                  Formatting: Page Layout 
Put each Dot line on its own line, preceded by Alt G.
OPERATION                   DOT LINE  │ OPERATION                  DOT LINE
 Blank lines to print       .E:number │  Footer lines, quit all    .FQ
 Comment line               ..        │  Footer, extra left margin .XF:number
 Entire text begin/end      .E        │  Footer, width for entry   .W:number
 Entire text, begin         .EB       │  Footnote entry begin/end  .D
 Entire text, end (quit)    .EQ       │  Footnote entry, begin     .DB
 Entire text, reserve space .EL:length│  Footnote entry, end       .DQ
 Font, quit Regular font    .Q:letter │  Footnote file             .DF:filename
 Font, start Regular font   .R:letter │  Footnote forced
 Fonts, quit ALL fonts      .QQ       │     to bottom of page      .DD
 Footer line, all pages     .F:text   │  Footnote header (fence)   .DH:text
 Footer line, left pages    .FL:text  │  Footnote spacing          .DM:number
 Footer line, right pages   .FR:text  │      Continued on DOT LINES II
 G U I D E   L I N E S                                               Formatting 

Guide lines control formatting. Guide lines for editing are RULER LINES. Guide
lines for printing are DOT LINES. All Guide lines begin with ALT G font charac-
ter. Each Dot line begins with Alt G followed by a dot (period). Example: .R:F

RULER LINES                    │ DOT LINES
* Press F2 for Ruler line.     │  Page layout Help topics:
* Text Layout options include: │
   Centring                    │   AUTO-REFORMATTING       MANUAL REFORMATTING
   Justification               │   DOT LINES I, II, III    MARGINS/TABS
   Margins                     │   ENHANCE TEXT            PAGE LAYOUT
   Reformatting                │   FOOTNOTES               PRINTING
   Tabs                        │   HEADERS/FOOTERS         REFERENCES

 M E R G E   T E M P L A T E   F I L E                                  Merging 
  The TEMPLATE FILE has two parts. The INPUT TEMPLATE lists the fields for
  the records in Input File at the top of the file. The OUTPUT TEMPLATE comes
  next, containing the format for the letters, labels, etc.

INPUT TEMPLATE                           │ OUTPUT TEMPLATE
*  List fields on separate lines, in the │ * Separate Input and Output templates
   order they appear in the Input file.  │   with empty braces, { }. Add Dot
*  Start list at the top of the file.    │   lines next, if you want them.
*  Give each field a unique name.        │ * Type document, entering field names
*  Enclose each field name in curly      │   in braces (no commas or colon/
   braces. Include comma after a comma-  │   lengths) in appropriate places.
   separated field name {name,}. Include │ * Use same field names as in Input
   colon and field length after fixed-   │   template.
   length field name {name:10}.          │ * You don't have to use all fields.
 R U L E R  L I N E  S P A C I N G                                   Formatting 
   The width of your text is set by the current width font. Leading spaces
   (between column 1 on the screen and the text) are measured by the Ruler
   line spacing. The default Ruler line sets the Ruler line spacing to
   correspond to the width of the current font. For example:

.R:E
L---+--T-1----+T---2---T+----3-T--+----4-------T-5----+T----6--T-+----7T--+--r             R

   This changes the Regular font to Elite, a 12 character per inch font. The
   Ruler line spacing is automatically changed to 12 cpi too. If you change
   width fonts often in a file and your text is indented from the left margin,
   you may want to place a Ruler line spacing command (@10i, @12i, etc.) in
   the Ruler line to standardize the width of leading spaces. Otherwise your
   printed left margin will wave in and out as the fonts change.
 A U T O - R E F O R M A T T I N G  and  W O R D W R A P         Entering Text 
┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────┐
│ TOGGLE BETWEEN MODES WITH SHF F7     │ CONTROLLING REFORMATTING              │
│  Wrap+  Wordwrap on, auto-reform off │  To keep a paragraph from reformatting│
│  Wrap-  Wordwrap off, auto-reform off│  end it with an Alt K, Keep Paragraph │
│  Para+  Automatic reformatting on    │  font character.                      │
├──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────┤
│ REFORMATTING OPTIONS: (Add to Ruler line)                                    │
│  centre text                     C       Reformat left margins:              │
│  flush right                     F       1. Change Ruler line margins, F2.   │
│  Justify                         J          Old "L" to "M", add new "L".     │
│  force auto-reformatting on      A          Old "P" to "Q", add new "P".     │
│  force auto-reformatting off     N       2. Reformat.                        │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
                     See RULER LINES, MANUAL REFORMATTING.
 D O T   L I N E S   II                                 Formatting: Page Layout 
Put each Dot line on its own line, preceded by Alt G.
OPERATION                  DOT LINE   │ OPERATION                  DOT LINE
 Force text to left page   .PL:text   │  Included file,
 Force text to right page  .PR:text   │     length to adjust to    .TL:length
 Header line, all pages    .H:text    │  Index entry               .I:text
 Header line, left pages   .HL:text   │  Index entry space         .IX:number
 Header line, right pages  .HR:text   │  Index entry width         .IW:number
 Header lines, quit all    .HQ        │  Index file name           .IF:filename
 Header, extra left margin .XH:number │  Keyboard input            .U
 Header, width of entry    .W:number  │  Keyboard input prompt     .U:prompt
 Include file                         │  Length of page (11 ins)   .L:length
    when printing          .T:filename│  Length of text body       .LB:length
 Include unprocessed file             │  Length of .T/.TI file     .EL:length
    (eg. graphics file)    .TI:file   │        Continued on DOT LINES III
 H E A D E R S  and  F O O T E R S                      Formatting: Page Layout 
Each of these Dot lines is preceded by an Alt G font character.
PAGE LOCATION                            HEADERS           FOOTERS
 all pages                               .H:text          .F:text         
 left pages only                         .HL:text         .FL:text        
 right pages only                        .HR:text         .FR:text        
 width of header/footer, right margin            .W:number
PAGE NUMBERS/POSITIONING                 EXAMPLE HEADER    EXAMPLE FOOTER
 page numbers                            .H:$$$           .F:$$$          
 blank line                              .HL:             .FR:            
 flush left                              .H:text...       .FL:$$$...      
 flush right                             .HL:...$$$       .FR:...text     
 centred                                 .H:...text...    .F:...$$$...    

          See GUIDE LINES, DOT LINES. Footnotes are not footers.
 M E R G I N G    S T E P S                                             Merging 
START THE MERGE                         │ MERGE ONE RECORD AT A TIME
1. Create the Input file.               │ 1. Press Shf F2 then F7 to merge one
                                        │    record.
2. Create the Template file.            │ 2. Press F5 to edit record if desired.
                                        │ 3. Press F8 to send to Output file.
3. Start the merge by pressing Shf F2.  │ 4. Repeat above steps for all records.
   Merge while in the Template file.    │    To skip a record, do not press F8.
                                        │
4. Press F9 and type Input file name.   │ MERGE ALL RECORDS AUTOMATICALLY
   Press F10 and type Output file name. │ 1. Press Shf F2, F10. F6 stops merge.
   Type PRN to send directly to printer.│
NOW:                                    │ After merging, you can edit Output
Merge one at a time or automatically.   │ file, then print it.
                 See MERGING, MERGE: INPUT, MERGE: TEMPLATE.
 S C R O L L I N G  and  J U M P I N G                 Travelling Around a File 
Think of the screen as a window that lets you view a portion of a file. If you
scroll UP, the window moves up to view the text above. If you scroll DOWN, the
window moves down to view text below.  You can also JUMP to places in the file.
┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────┐
│  SCROLL UP                           │ SCROLL HORIZONTALLY                   │
│   line         PgUp                  │  right/left        Right/Left Arrow   │
│   paragraph    Ctl PgUp              │ JUMP                                  │
│   window       Shf PgUp              │  top of file       Alt + or Shf Grey+ │
│                                      │  bottom of file    Alt - or Shf Grey- │
│  SCROLL DOWN                         │  previous page     Shf Ctl PgUp       │
│   line         PgDn                  │  next page         Shf Ctl PgDn       │
│   paragraph    Ctl PgDn              │  beginning block   Shf Alt +          │
│   window       Shf PgDn              │  end block         Shf Alt -          │
└──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────┘
 S P E C I A L  C H A R A C T E R S:  B O X                   Key Code Appendix 

═══╦═══╦═══╦═══╗       ╔═══╦═══╦═══╦═══╗╔═══╦═══╦═══╦═══╗       ╔═══╦═══╦═══╦═══
 Q ║ W ║ E ║ R ║       ║ U ║ I ║ O ║ P ║║ Q ║ W ║ E ║ R ║       ║ U ║ I ║ O ║ P 
 ┌ ║ ┬ ║ ┐ ║ │ ║       ║ ╓ ║ ╥ ║ ╖ ║ ▓ ║║ ╔ ║ ╦ ║ ╗ ║ ║ ║       ║ ╒ ║ ╤ ║ ╕ ║ █ 
═══╩╦══╩╦══╩╦══╩╦═══╦══╩╦══╩╦══╩╦══╩╦══╝╚╦══╩╦══╩╦══╩╦══╩╦═══╦══╩╦══╩╦══╩╦══╩╦══
  A ║ S ║ D ║ F ║ G ║ H ║ J ║ K ║ L ║    ║ A ║ S ║ D ║ F ║ G ║ H ║ J ║ K ║ L ║
  ├ ║ ┼ ║ ┤ ║«─ ║ ─»║ ╟ ║ ╫ ║ ╢ ║ ░ ║    ║ ╠ ║ ╬ ║ ╣ ║«═ ║ ═»║ ╞ ║ ╪ ║ ╡ ║ ▒ ║
══╦═╩═╦═╩═╦═╩═╦═╩═╦═╩═╦═╩═╦═╩═╦═╩═══╝    ╚═╦═╩═╦═╩═╦═╩═╦═╩═╦═╩═╦═╩═╦═╩═╦═╩═══╝
  ║ Z ║ X ║ C ║ V ║ B ║ N ║ M ║            ║ Z ║ X ║ C ║ V ║ B ║ N ║ M ║
  ║ └ ║ ┴ ║ ┘ ║ │ ║ ╙ ║ ╨ ║ ╜ ║            ║ ╚ ║ ╩ ║ ╝ ║ ║ ║ ╘ ║ ╧ ║ ╛ ║
  ╚═══╩═══╩═══╩═══╩═══╩═══╩═══╝            ╚═══╩═══╩═══╩═══╩═══╩═══╩═══╝
            SHF-ALT BOX SET                          SHF-CTL BOX SET


 D O T   L I N E S   III                                Formatting: Page Layout 
OPERATION                  DOT LINE   │ OPERATION                  DOT LINE
 Line spacing (per inch)*  .S:length  │  Margin, extra left        .X:number
 Line spacing  (single)*   .M:number  │  Output file               .O:filename
 Margin bottom             .XB:length │  Page breaks, auto- off    .EN
 Margin top                .XT:length │  Page breaks, auto- on     .EA
 Margin, extra left margin            │  Page number footer        .F:$$$
    left pages             .XL:number │  Page number, this page    .N:number
 Margin, extra left margin            │  Page number header        .H:$$$
    right pages            .XR:number │  Reformat protect begins   .-
 Margin,                              │  Reformat protection ends  .+
     extra footer margin   .XF:number │  Table of Contents entry   .K:text
 Margin,                              │  Table of C. entry space   .KX:number
     extra header margin   .XH:number │  Table of Contents file    .KF:filename
 (* default setting)                  │  Table of Contents width   .KW:number
 L O C A T I N G  Y O U R  P L A C E                   Travelling Around a File 

You can display the present CURSOR LOCATION or jump to a specific line, column,
or page in a file. You can also set BOOKMARKS in a file to mark your location.
┌─────────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────┐
│CURSOR LOCATION                      │ BOOKMARKS                              │
│ display               Shf F9        │  set first Bookmark       Ctl Home     │
│ jump to line in file  Alt F9 F7     │  jump to first Bookmark   Ctl End      │
│ jump to column        Alt F9 F8     │  set second Bookmark      Shf Ctl Home │
│ jump to line on page  Alt F9 F9 F10 │  jump to second Bookmark  Shf Ctl End  │
└─────────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────────┘
When you press Shf F9, the Top Line reads:
   Line x/xx in file. Column x/xx. Line x/xx on Page x/xx.
When you press Alt F9, the Top Line reads:
   F7:Line xx/xx in file.  F8:Column xx/xx.  F9:Line xx/xx on 
F10:Page xx/xx.
 M I S C E L L A N E O U S   I T E M S                      Miscellaneous Items 
┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────┐
│INSERT CURRENT FIND TEXT              │ MARK A PAIR OF SYMBOLS                │
│ insert in file            Alt F4, F2 │  mark the next pair        Alt F4, F4 │
│                                      │                                       │
│WORD COUNT                            │ FIND NON-ASCII CHARACTERS             │
│ number of bytes, characters,         │  includes font characters  Alt F4, F6 │
│ letters, words in file    Alt F4, F3 │                                       │
│                                      │ REPEAT LAST KEYSTROKE                 │
│FILE CONVERSIONS                      │  any text or command       Alt F4, F7 │
│ Includes Wordstar, dot command, tab, │                                       │
│ and line boundary conversions. See   │                                       │
│ FILE CONVERSIONS.                    │                                       │
└──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────┘

 S P A C E S   and   H Y P H E N S                      Altering, Entering Text 
┌───────────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ SPACE                  Space bar      │ LINE                   Enter         │
│  Hard-Space            Ctl Space Bar  │  beneath cursor        Ctl N         │
│  Soft-Space            Shf Ctl Space  │                                      │
│  to right of cursor    Ins            │ TABS                   Ctl I         │
│  repeat (for column)   Shf Ins        │  convert tab chars     (see FILE     │
│                                       │                        CONVERSIONS)  │
│ HYPHEN                 Hyphen (- key) │ PRINT SPACES    (Precede w/ Alt G)   │
│  Hard-Hyphen           Ctl Hyphen     │  print n blank lines   .E:number     │
│  Soft-Hyphen           Shf Ctl Hyphen │  multiple line spacing .M:number     │
└───────────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┘
    The normal hyphen is used for compound words and to divide words. The
    Soft-Hyphen is conditional if at the end of a line. The Hard-Hyphenated
    word will not be divided during reformatting and the hyphen always shows.
 S P E C I A L  C H A R A C T E R S:  F O R E I G N               Entering Text 
Press first key, then ACCENT KEY, then second key to display character.

│  a Accent "   ä   │  a Accent `   à   │  a Accent ^   â   │  o Accent a   å  │
│  A Accent "   Ä   │  e Accent `   è   │  e Accent ^   ê   │  A Accent o   Å  │
│  e Accent "   ë   │  i Accent `   ì   │  i Accent ^   î   │                  │
│  i Accent "   ï   │  o Accent `   ò   │  o Accent ^   ô   │  a Accent _   ª  │
│  o Accent "   ö   │  u Accent `   ù   │  u Accent ^   û   │  o Accent _   º  │
│  O Accent "   Ö   │                   │                   │                  │
│  u Accent "   ü   │  a Accent '   á   │  c Accent ,   ç   │                  │
│  U Accent "   Ü   │  E Accent '   É   │  C Accent ,   Ç   │  c Accent /   ¢  │
│  y Accent "   ÿ   │  e Accent '   é   │  n Accent ~   ñ   │  - Accent L   £  │
│                   │  i Accent '   í   │  N Accent ~   Ñ   │  = Accent Y   ¥  │
│  a Accent e   æ   │  o Accent '   ó   │  ? Accent ?   ¿   │  t Accent P   ₧  │
│  A Accent E   Æ   │  u Accent '   ú   │  ! Accent !   ¡   │  - Accent f   ƒ  │
 E N H A N C I N G   T E X T                                      Entering Text 

  Press Alt plus one of the letters listed below to start and stop a font
  and/or enhancement. Repeat for each line. The default is Fast mode. For
  blocks or files, use .R:letter to start a font, .Q:letter to stop a font.
────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────┬───────────────────────
FONTS                           │SPECIAL FONTS          │ENHANCEMENTS
 Alt C   Compressed           │ Alt H  Superscript  │ Alt B  Boldface
 Alt E   Elite, fast          │ Alt L  Subscript    │ Alt D  Double wide
 Alt F   Fast, pica (default) │ Alt I  Italics      │ Alt O  Overstrike
 Alt P   Pica, quality        │ Alt J  Jade green   │ Alt S  Second strike
 Alt Q   Quality mode, elite  │ Alt M  Marine blue  │ Alt U  Underline
 Alt V   Variable             │ Alt R  Red          │ Alt W  Double under-
                                │ Alt Y  Yellow       │              line
                   See GUIDE LINES, PAGE LAYOUT, DOT LINES I.
 M A N U A L   R E F O R M A T T I N G                               Formatting 
┌─────────────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────┐
│ LEFT MARGIN                             │ RIGHT MARGIN                       │
│  1. Mark text with............F3 or F6  │  Reformat paragraph with...F7      │
│       or file with............Ctl F5    │                                    │
│  2. Adjust first line with....Ins or Del│  Reformat file by:                 │
│  3. Slide rest right with.....Shf Ins   │      marking text with......Ctl F5 │
│  4. Slide rest left with......Shf Del   │      then reformat with.....F7     │
│                                         │                                    │
│ OPTIONS                                 │  To keep blocks of text or         │
│  Centre                      Shf F8     │  lines (addresses) from  being     │
│  Flush right                 Ctl F8     │  reformatted, put the Guide lines  │
│  Justify             ("J" in Ruler line)│  .- before and .+ after text.      │
└─────────────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────┘
       See RULER LINES, MARKING TEXT, AUTO-REFORMATTING and WORDWRAP.
 P A G E  B R E A K S  and  R E P A G I N G             Formatting: Page Layout 
REPAGING inserts soft page break characters (Soft-Breaks) in a file so you can
see where page breaks occur. (This is based on the page length.)

After a repage, you can adjust the         You can add Hard- and Soft-Breaks
position of the page breaks in one of      directly, but Soft-Breaks may be
the following ways:                        moved during repaging.
*  Add or delete blank lines.              ┌───────────────────────────┐
*  Enter hard page break characters        │ REPAGE          Alt F7    │
   (Hard-Breaks) to force page breaks.     │ HARD-BREAK      Alt T     │
*  Change the page length (default is 11   │ SOFT-BREAK      Shf Alt T │
   inches) with a .L or .LB Dot line.      └───────────────────────────┘
Now repage again.

         See LOCATING YOUR PLACE, DOT LINES, PAGE LAYOUT, PRINTING.
 S P E L L I N G  C H E C K E R                                                 
  A master word list called WORDS.MAS comes on the PC-Write diskette. Copy it
  onto your working diskette or directory. You can create a custom user word
  list called WORDS.USE with the edit program. To use the spelling checker,
  load a file then use the features shown below.
┌──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ CHECK SPELLING                         GUESS AT CORRECTION                   │
│  last word typed       Alt F2, F2       for misspelled word       Alt F2, F3 │
│  as you type           Alt F2, F7                                            │
│                                        USER LIST                             │
│ SCAN FOR WORD NOT IN LISTS              load into memory          Alt F2, F5 │
│  next word             Alt F2, Grey+    add word to               Alt F2, F4 │
│  prior word            Alt F2, Grey-    save to memory            Alt F2, F6 │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘

 S P E C I A L  C H A R A C T E R S:  M A T H S                   Entering Text 
Press first key, then ACCENT KEY, then second key to display character.

│  1 Accent `   ░   │  a Accent /   α   │  f Accent /   φ   │  1 Accent 2   ½  │
│  2 Accent `   ▒   │  b Accent /   ß   │  e Accent /   ε   │  1 Accent 4   ¼  │
│  3 Accent `   ▓   │  g Accent /   Γ   │                   │  : Accent `   ÷  │
│  4 Accent `   █   │  p Accent /   π   │  ! Accent `   ⁿ   │  / Accent `   √  │
│  5 Accent `   ▄   │  S Accent /   Σ   │  # Accent `   ■   │  + Accent `   ±  │
│  6 Accent `   ▌   │  s Accent /   σ   │  $ Accent `   ∞   │  . Accent `   ∙  │
│  7 Accent `   ▐   │  m Accent /   µ   │  % Accent `   °   │                  │
│  8 Accent `   ▀   │  t Accent /   τ   │  ^ Accent `   ∩   │  = Accent `   ≡  │
│                   │  F Accent /   Φ   │  & Accent `   ·   │  ~ Accent `   ≈  │
│  @ Accent `       │  h Accent /   Θ   │  * Accent `   ²   │                  │
│  [ Accent `   ⌐   │  O Accent /   Ω   │  ( Accent `   ⌠   │  > Accent `   ≥  │
│  ] Accent `   ¬   │  d Accent /   δ   │  ) Accent `   ⌡   │  < Accent `   ≤  │
 E N T E R I N G   T E X T                                        Entering Text 
┌──────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────┬──────────────┐
│ TEXT                             │ Press                      │Top Line reads│
│ to enter letters and numbers.....│ letter or number keys      │              │
│ to display accented characters...│ key, Accent key, key       │    ACCENT    │
│ to display special characters....│ Alt plus keypad number keys│              │
│                                  │                            │              │
│ MODES                            │                            │              │
│ to insert text, push existing    │                            │              │
│   text to the right............. │ default                    │     Push     │
│ to insert/overwrite existing text│ Scroll Lock  (Push/Over)   │     Over     │
│ to type all capital letters......│ Caps Lock     (on/off)     │   Ocap/Pcap  │
└──────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────┴──────────────┘
Options: Record temporary keystrokes with Ctl @ (begin/end), Grey* to play back.
         Record in control file (ED.DEF); use Numbers Mode,  Alt F3.
 M A R G I N S   and   T A B S                          Formatting: Text Layout 

         Press F2 to bring up Ruler line and type letter for setting.
   Embed Ruler line first with F2 F4 then make changes to keep with the file.
L---T---T1----+----2----T----3--T-+----4T---+---T5----+-T--6----T----7--T-+---R
┌─────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────┐
│ LEFT MARGIN             │ BETWEEN MARGINS              │ RIGHT MARGIN        │
│  L  Left margin         │  A   Auto-reformat always ON │  C  Centre text     │
│  M  Old left margin     │  B   Bell ring               │  F  Flush right     │
│  P  Paragraph margin    │  D   Decimal tab             │  J  Justify right   │
│  Q  Old paragraph margin│  N   Auto-reform. always OFF │  R  Ragged right    │
│                         │  T   Tab stop                │                     │
├─────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────┤
│ TEMPORARY MARGINS   CTL [ Paragraph and left   CTL \ Paragraph   CTL ] Right │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
 P A G E   L A Y O U T                                               Formatting 
 Put these Dot lines in the text file to control printing of pages.
 Put Alt G before each Dot line:       ┌───────────Sample letter───────────────┐
 .L:length*   Length of page (11")     │ .LB:72    body of text 72 lines      │
 .LB:length*  Length of text body      │ .M:2      double spaced              │
 .M:number    Multiple line spacing    │ .X:15     moves file right 15 spaces │
 .N:number*   Number for this page     │ .XT:3     top margin, 3/6 or 1/2 inch│
 .S:number    Number lines/inch (6)    │ .R:P      changes Fast to Pica font  │
 .X:number    Extra left margin        │ Text..................................│
 .XL:number*  Extra margin, left pgs.  │  text here pushes these to next page: │
 .XR:number*  Extra margin,right pgs.  │ .F:$$$    print page number next page│
 .XB:length*  Bottom margin            │ .N:2      next page prints page "2"  │
 .XT:length*  Top margin               └───────────────────────────────────────┘
 ( * If Dot line at top of page, effective immediately. Elsewhere, next page.)
 See GUIDE LINES, ENHANCING TEXT, DOT LINES, and PAGE BREAKS for more commands.
 S Y S T E M / F I L E   O P E R A T I O N S         Loading a File and Exiting 
These options allow you to SAVE and CLOSE your file and work between files.

┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────┐
│                                      │                                       │
│SAVING                                │ DISPLAYING DIRECTORY                  │
│ save text and resume editing.  F1 F3 │  display a directory of files.  F1 F8 │
│ save text and exit to DOS.     F1 F2 │                                       │
│ stop a save.                   F1 F9 │ PRINTING                              │
│                                      │  print a file, then edit.       F1 F7 │
│SWITCHING                             │                                       │
│ switch to another file.        F1 F6 │ EXITING TEMPORARILY                   │
│ switch the name of the file.   F1 F5 │  exit temporarily to DOS.       F1 F4 │
│                                      │                                       │
└──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────┘
 C O P Y I N G   and   M O V I N G   T E X T             Editing Blocks of Text 
┌───────────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ COPYING WITHIN A FILE                 │ MOVING BLOCKS                        │
│  1. Start marking text with F3.       │  1. Start marking text with F6.      │
│  2. Move cursor, end marking with F3. │  2. Move cursor, end marking with F6.│
│  3. Move cursor to new location.      │  3. Move cursor to new location.     │
│  4. Press F3 to copy marked text.     │  4. Press F6 to move marked text.    │
│  5. Press F5 to remove highlighting.  │  5. Press F5 to remove highlighting. │
│ COPYING TO A FILE                     │ INSERT A FILE                        │
│  1. Start marking text with F3 or F6. │  1. Locate cursor for file insertion.│
│  2. End marking with Ctl F6.          │  2. Press Ctl F3.                    │
│  3. Type in file name, press Enter.   │  3. Type file name, press Enter.     │
├───────────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┤
│ MOVING CHARACTERS     Transpose character left/right    Shf Bksp/Shf Esc     │
└──────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
 F I L E  C O N V E R S I O N                               Miscellaneous Items 
┌─────────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────────────────────────┐
│ CONVERT WORDSTAR FILES              │  CONVERT OLD DOT COMMANDS              │
│  clear high-order bits  Alt F5, F2  │   to Guide lines, adds      Alt F5, F3 │
│                                     │   Alt G                                │
│ CONVERT TABS AND SPACES             │                                        │
│  tabs to spaces  Alt F5, F4 then F9 │  REMOVE EXTRA SPACES (unjustify)       │
│  spaces to tabs  Alt F5, F4 then F10│   cursor to next paragraph  Alt F5, F5 │
│                                     │                                        │
│ FIX LINE BOUNDARY ERRORS            │  REMOVE PAGE BREAKS                    │
│  line feed, no carriage return      │   hard and soft     Alt F5, F7 then F9 │
│                         Alt F5, F6  │   soft breaks only  Alt F5, F7 then F10│
└─────────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────────────────────────┘
                            See MISCELLANEOUS ITEMS.

 M A R K I N G   T E X T                                 Editing Blocks of Text 
                                     ┌───────┬────────┬─────────────────┐
  BLOCK                              │ Copy  │  Move  │ Delete          │
    1. Begin marking with any of.....│  F3   │   F6   │   F4            │
                                     │       │        │                 │
    2. End marking with any of.......│  F3   │   F6   │   F4 (delete)   │
                                     │       │        │                 │
    3. Move cursor to new position.  │       │        │                 │
                                     │       │        │                 │
    4. Insert marked with............│  F3   │   F6   │   Ctl F4 (undo) │
                                     │       │        │                 │
    5. Un-mark text with ............│  F5   │   F5   │   F5            │
  OPTIONS                            └───────┴────────┴─────────────────┘
   Mark ENTIRE file                 Ctl F5        See COPY/MOVE, DOS COMMANDS
   Un-delete last deletion          Ctl F4        DELETE TEXT, FILE MANAGEMENT.
 P R I N T I N G                                                       Printing 
┌───────────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┐
│START PRINTING                         │ KEYBOARD INPUT                       │
│ from a file            F1, F7         │  in file         .U                  │
│ from DOS               A>PR filename  │                  .U:prompt           │
│                                       │  from DOS         A>PR <Enter>       │
│CHANGING FILES                         │  from a file      F1, F7,            │
│ output                 .O:filename    │                   delete file name,  │
│ input                  .T:filename    │                   press Enter        │
│ input (graphics)       .TI:filename   │                                      │
│ length of input file   .TL:length     │ When you print the prompt "" appears.│
│                                       │ *  Enter text or Dot lines.          │
│                                       │ *  Press Esc when done.              │
└───────────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┘
   Dot lines start with Alt G; enter them in text file, each on a blank line.
 W I N D O W S                                                   Managing Files 

WINDOWS are created with the RULER LINE. A Ruler line can be used to "split"
the screen into two windows. You can display two portions of the same file or
two different files on the screen.
┌──────────────────────────────────────┬───────────────────────────────────────┐
│CREATE                                │ MOVE BETWEEN                          │
│ 1. Place cursor in middle of screen. │  1. Press F2 to jump onto Ruler line. │
│ 2. Press F2 to display Ruler line.   │  2. Press Up or Down Arrow to move    │
│ 3. Press Up or Down Arrow to move    │     into the other window.            │
│    into a window.                    │ CLOSE                                 │
│ 4. Press F1 then F6 to name the      │  1. Place cursor in file to remain.   │
│    second file you wish to display.  │  2. Press F2 then F2 again.           │
└──────────────────────────────────────┴───────────────────────────────────────┘
                       See SCROLLING/JUMPING, SYSTEM/FILE.
 C U R S O R   M O V E S                               Travelling Around a File 
These editing commands move the cursor around the screen.
LEFT                     │ RIGHT                    │ UP
 character   LtArrow     │  character   RtArrow     │  line         UpArrow
 screen edge Shf LtArrow │  screen edge Shf RtArrow │  screen top   Shf UpArrow
 word        Ctl LtArrow │  word        Ctl RtArrow │  top of file  Alt +
 margin      Home        │  margin      Shf End     │  window       Shf PgUp
                         │                          │
PREVIOUS                 │ NEXT                     │ DOWN
 "."     Shf Ctl LtArrow │  "."     Shf Ctl RtArrow │  line         DnArrow
 tab     Shf Tab         │  tab     Tab             │  scrn bottom  Shf DnArrow
 para    Ctl PgUp        │  para    Ctl PgDn        │  end of file  Alt -
 page    Shf Ctl PgUp    │  page    Shf Ctl PgDn    │  window       Shf PgDn

Press Shf F9 or Alt F9 for cursor location. See also SCROLLING and LOCATING.
 F I L E   M A N A G E M E N T                                   Managing Files 

 These commands help you with your FILE HOUSEKEEPING. Use the Alt F1 Name/file
 Menu to do most of these jobs:
┌────────────────────────────────────────┬─────────────────────────────────────┐
│ORGANIZE                                │ CHANGE DRIVE/PATH                   │
│ add prefix to file names    Alt F1, F2 │  default disk drive      Alt F1, F3 │
│ display directory           Alt F1, F8 │  current pathname        Alt F1, F4 │
│ display extended directory, add your   │                                     │
│   own notes about files    A>ED ED.DIR │ COPY                                │
│                                        │  to another file         Alt F1, F6 │
│RENAME                                  │                                     │
│ in memory                       F1, F5 │ DELETE                              │
│ on disk                     Alt F1, F5 │  from disk               Alt F1, F7 │
└────────────────────────────────────────┴─────────────────────────────────────┘
 M E A S U R I N G  S P A C E  F O R  C O M M A N D S                Formatting 

  A number of PC-Write commands can be set with spacing measurements. Here are
  the units of measurement, the defaults, and what they mean with the commands.

             .L .LB .XT .XB .EL .TL             .S $S @Ruler line @font @W font
  Units      Commands                           Commands
  i          inches, can include decimals       per inch
  c          centimeters                        per centimeter
  p          points                             points
  u          units                              units
  s          sixth inches                       sixth inches
  m          multiple of current line spacing   (doesn't apply)
  default    sixth inches                       per inch
  maximum    172.6 inches                       .67 inches
 R E C O R D I N G    K E Y S T R O K E S                         Entering Text 
 TEMPORARY KEYSTROKES                  │ PERMANENT KEYSTROKES
  1. Menu for recording.    Alt F3     │  1. Load edit control file (ED.DEF).
  2. Start recording.       Alt F3 F4  │  2. Turn Numbers mode on.   Alt F3 F6
  3. Press keys to record.             │  3. Assign key.             Press key
  4. Stop recording.        Alt F3 F4  │  4. Press key sequence.     Press keys
                                       │  5. Turn Numbers mode off.  Ctl ^
   Play back a sequence     Alt F3 F3  │  Play back key sequence     key
                                       │
 OPTIONS                               │  NOTES
   assign last recorded                │  * Read in modified editing file
       sequence to a key    Alt F3 F2  │    (ED.DEF) before play back  F2 F6
   unassign a key           Alt F3 F7  │  * Assigned key followed by ":"
   record on/off            Ctl @      │     for instance: 104:93,435,105
   play back sequence       Grey*      │  * Commands assigned to key  Alt F3 F5
                                                                                
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 D E L E T I N G   T E X T                               Editing Blocks of Text 
┌──────────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────┐
│ CHARACTER OR SPACE                   │  BLOCK                               │
│  under cursor          Del           │   begin marking     F4               │
│  to the left           Bksp          │   delete            F4               │
│                                      │   undo              Ctl F4           │
│ WORD                                 │                                      │
│  to the right          Ctl Esc       │  FILES:                              │
│  to the left           Ctl Bksp      │   within a file    Alt F1 F7         │
│                                      │   with DOS         A>DEL filename    │
│ LINE                                 │                                      │
│  entire line           Shf Ctl Enter │  Overwrite mode:                     │
│  to start of line      Shf Ctl Bksp  │   type over text   Scroll lock       │
│  to end of line        Ctl Enter     │                    (push/over mode)  │
└──────────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────┘
 F I N D   and   R E P L A C E                       Finding and Replacing Text 
┌───────────────────────────────────┬──────────────────────────────────────────┐
│SET FIND AND REPLACE TEXT          │ REPLACE                                  │
│ 1. Press F9.                      │  replace once            F10             │
│ 2. Insert chars/text to find.     │  swap find with replace  Ctl F10         │
│ 3. Press F10.                     │  repeat replace          Alt F10 F9      │
│ 4. Insert chars/text to replace.  │  un-replace              Alt F10 F10     │
│                                   │                                          │
│                                   │                                          │
│SEARCH                             │ FIND/REPLACE WILD CARDS                  │
│ forward once         Grey+        │  current Find text F2  symbol or blank F6│
│ backward once        Grey-        │  marked text       F3  any character   F7│
│ for next non-ASCII   Shf Ctl Grey*│  Hold text         F4  line boundary   F8│
│ for next non-ASCII   Alt F4 F6    │  letter or number  F5                    │
└───────────────────────────────────┴──────────────────────────────────────────┘
 M E R G I N G                                                          Merging 

   Merging  is  the  process  of  COMBINING INFORMATION  in  one  file  with a
   document in another  file  to  create a  series of new documents in a third
   file. Common  applications include merging a file of  addresses with a form
   letter to create "individualised" letters, creating labels and forms. Merge
   files can also be constructed to prompt you for information when you merge.
 ┌────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┐
 │ Here are the three files involved in a merge operation:                    │
 │ * The Input File contains the information (records).                       │
 │ * The Template File is the document that is combined with the Input file.  │
 │ * The Output File contains the merged documents. You may print while you   │
 │   merge using "PRN" as the Output file name (DOS won't process Dot lines)  │
 └────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────┘
           See MERGE: INPUT, MERGE: TEMPLATE, and MERGING STEPS.
 R E F E R E N C E S                              Formatting: Document Features 

Enter references as Dot lines in your text file. The table of contents or index
is created when you print. Each Dot line begins with an Alt G font character.
┌────────────────────────────────────┬────────────────────┬────────────────────┐
│                                    │ TABLE OF CONTENTS  │       INDEX        │
│ Name of file to send entries to....│  .KF:filename      │   .IF:filename     │
│                                    │                    │                    │
│ Text for entry.....................│  .K:entry          │   .I:entry         │
│                                    │                    │                    │
│ Change width of the entry..........│  .KW:number        │   .IW:number       │
│                                    │                    │                    │
│ Change space preceding entry.......│  .KX:entry         │   .IX:entry        │
└────────────────────────────────────┴────────────────────┴────────────────────┘
          See DOT LINES, GUIDE LINES.  Use DOS SORT to sort index files.
                                                                                
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

