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.* DBG020PG: Help text for Edit text document
.* Copyright (C) 2000  Martin Rowe  <martin@dbg400.net>
.*
.* This program is free software; you can redistribute it and/or modify
.* it under the terms of the GNU General Public License as published by
.* the Free Software Foundation; either version 2 of the License, or
.* (at your option) any later version.
.*
.* This program is distributed in the hope that it will be useful,
.* but WITHOUT ANY WARRANTY; without even the implied warranty of
.* MERCHANTABILITY or FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE.  See the
.* GNU General Public License for more details.
.*
.* You should have received a copy of the GNU General Public License
.* along with this program; if not, write to the Free Software Foundation,
.* Inc., 59 Temple Place, Suite 330, Boston, MA  02111-1307   USA
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.* First panel
:PNLGRP.
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:HELP NAME=EDITTXT.
Edit Document Text - Help.
:P.
Use this screen to enter & amend the document displayed. All the screen between
the header and command key footer is available for entering text. There is a
limited word wrap facility, and lines can be split over two lines, to allow more
text to be added, and individual lines can be copied, deleted, inserted, moved
or overlaid. In addition, display attributes (such as highlight, reverse image &
underline) can be added to improve the appearance of your document. If you want
more than one page, just use the page keys to add extra pages (max 555 pages).
:P.
If you are using a PC, you can use the 'Cut & Paste' facility to drop documents
prepared on your machine onto this display (18 lines at a time), and then add
any attributes to finish it off.
:XH3.F-Keys
:IMHELP NAME=FKEY01.
:IMHELP NAME=FKEY03.
:IMHELP NAME=FKEY04.
:IMHELP NAME=FKEY05.
:IMHELP NAME=FKEY06.
:IMHELP NAME=FKEY07.
:IMHELP NAME=FKEY08.
:IMHELP NAME=FKEY09.
:IMHELP NAME=FKEY10.
:IMHELP NAME=FKEY11.
:IMHELP NAME=FKEY12.
:IMHELP NAME=FKEY14.
:IMHELP NAME=FKEY16.
:IMHELP NAME=PRINT.
:EHELP.
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:HELP NAME=ATTRIBS.
Edit Document Text: Display attributes  - Help.
:IMHELP NAME=FKEY10.
:XH3.F-Keys
:IMHELP NAME=FKEY01.
:IMHELP NAME=FKEY12b.
:EHELP.
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:HELP NAME=FKEY01.
:PARML.
:PT.F1=Help
:PD.
Displays this Help text. Pressing the Help key has the same function.
:EPARML.
:EHELP.
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:HELP NAME=FKEY03.
:PARML.
:PT.F3=Exit
:PD.
Exit from the Edit Text screen. A prompt screen is displayed asking if you
want to save any changes you may have made. The default reply is 'Y'es, but
you can change this to 'N'o or ' ' to leave the document in its original
state.
:EPARML.
:EHELP.
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:HELP NAME=FKEY04.
:PARML.
:PT.F4=Split
:PD.
Splits the line under the cursor into two, with text from the cursor position
onwards being pushed onto a new line inserted after the original. Use this when
you need to add text to the middle of an existing line. Use the word wrap key
(F11) to join the lines back up afterwards.
:EPARML.
:EHELP.
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:HELP NAME=FKEY05.
:PARML.
:PT.F5=Move
:PD.
Moves a selected line to another location in your document. Position the
cursor to the required line and press F5. The selected line will be highlighted.
Now move the cursor to the new location and press F5 again to insert the moved
line. Multiple lines will have to be moved singly (unless using a PC with 'Cut
& Paste').
:EPARML.
:EHELP.
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:HELP NAME=FKEY06.
:PARML.
:PT.F6=Insert
:PD.
Inserts a blank line into the document. Positioning the cursor onto a line and
pressing F6 will add a blank line immediately above the cursor line.
:EPARML.
:EHELP.
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:HELP NAME=FKEY07.
:PARML.
:PT.F7=Copy
:PD.
Copies a selected line to another location in your document. Position the
cursor to the required line and press F7. The selected line will be highlighted.
Now move the cursor to the new location and press F7 again to insert the copied
line. Multiple lines will have to be copied singly (unless using a PC with 'Cut
& Paste').
:EPARML.
:EHELP.
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:HELP NAME=FKEY08.
:PARML.
:PT.F8=Remove
:PD.
Deletes the selected line. Position the cursor to the desired line and press
F8, and the line will be removed.
:EPARML.
:EHELP.
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:HELP NAME=FKEY09.
:PARML.
:PT.F9=Overlay
:PD.
Overlays a selected line onto another line in your document. Position the
cursor to the required line and press F9. The selected line will be highlighted.
Now move the cursor to the new location and press F9 again to merge the two
lines. Characters from the original (highlighted) line will be moved to the
matching location in the target line, providing that location is blank.
Multiple lines will have to be overlaid singly (unless using a PC with 'Cut
& Paste').
:EPARML.
:EHELP.
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:HELP NAME=FKEY10.
:PARML.
:PT.F10=Attributes
:PD.
Add display attributes to enhance the appearance of your document. This is
achieved by using special Start & End characters to show the location for
the display attributes. The default values are "{" to mark the start of the
string, and "}" to mark the end. (These can be changed on the attributes
screen if required, (by overtyping the "{" and "}" on the F10 window) to any
other you choose, but only for the document you are currently working on).
Insert the special characters either side of the text you wish to change, and
press F10. You will see a menu of possible attributes from which one choice
can be made. Just type the number of your choice, and the document will be
updated with your selection. To remove the attributes, just overtype the spaces
either side of the enhanced text. To add more than one type of attribute to a
line will require this process to be repeated, once for each string of text.
Note that some attributes will appear different on a standard terminal - Colours
other than green, white & yellow on a PC screen/colour screen will blink on a
standard monochrome terminal.
:EPARML.
:EHELP.
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:HELP NAME=FKEY11.
:PARML.
:PT.F11=Word wrap
:PD.
Adjusts the selected lines by truncating the gaps at the end of each line. If
a word 'spills over' onto the next line, the entire word will be moved onto
that next line. If there are no spaces between the last part of a string on one
line, and the end of that string on the next, then word wrap will assume they
are one continuous string (or word), and will join them up.
To perform word wrapping, press F11 with the cursor on the first (or last) line
of the paragraph then move the cursor to the other end of the paragraph and
press F11 again. It does not matter in which order you select the start and end
of the paragraph. This makes it easy to wrap a paragraph you have just typed, by
pressing F11 on the line you've finished typing on, then press F11 on the first
line of the paragraph.
:LINES.
Before:                                         End of line  ==>
A sample paragraph to show the ability to use limited word wrapp
ing to enhance appearance
and readability
is displayed here.

After:                                          End of line  ==>
A sample paragraph to show the ability to use limited word
wrapping to enhance appearance and readability is displayed
here.
:ELINES.
:P.
Note that gaps elsewhere in the line will still remain, unless after wrapping
they are placed at the end, in which case repeating the process will remove
them.
:EPARML.
:EHELP.
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:HELP NAME=FKEY12.
:PARML.
:PT.F12=Previous
:PD.
Exit from the Edit Text screen. A prompt screen is displayed asking if you
want to save any changes you may have made. The default reply is 'Y'es, but
you can change this to 'N'o or ' ' to leave the document in its original
state.
:EPARML.
:EHELP.
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:HELP NAME=FKEY12b.
:PARML.
:PT.F12=Previous
:PD.
Quits the Attributes window. No changes will be made to your document.
:EPARML.
:EHELP.
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:HELP NAME=FKEY14.
:PARML.
:PT.F14=Find options
:PD.
Press this key to bring up a window where you can enter a search string. You
can also choose whether the search should look for an exact match, or to ignore
differences due to case. To carry out the search, press either :HP2.F16:EHP2.
or :HP2.Enter:EHP2.. To repeat your search, just press :HP2.F16:EHP2. from the
main screen.
:EPARML.
:EHELP.
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:HELP NAME=FKEY16.
:PARML.
:PT.F16=Find
:PD.
Press this key to search through the current document for a text string entered
on the :HP2.F14:EHP2. Find Options screen. Press again to continue the search.
If the string is not found before the end of the document, then by pressing
:HP2.F16:EHP2. the search will start at the beginning of the document again.
:EPARML.
:EHELP.
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:HELP NAME=Print.
:PARML.
:PT.Print
:PD.
Prints the document, formatted to A4. If you do not have the ability to send
the printout to a printer, contact Operations. Note that highlight (bold),
underline, or a combination of both are the only attributes that can be
printed, and that depends on the selected printer. All colours other than
green will be printed bold or underlined or both. The following list shows
the print style that the display attribute options will convert to.
:P.
Bold: options 1, 2, 3, 14, 15, 18, 20 & 22
:P.
Underline: options 4, 7, 9, 11, 13, 16, 19, 21 & 24
:P.
Bold & underline: options 5, 6, 8, 10, 12, 17 & 23
:EPARML.
:EHELP.
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:EPNLGRP.

-- MartinRowe - 24 Jun 2005
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