--------------------------------------------------------------------- Getting Help --------------------------------------------------------------------- MaxiPlan On-Line Help is designed to give you fast information to get you started using MaxiPlan. Each Menu has an associated Help Menu Item which gives a brief explanation of that Menu Item. The Control Window has two menus: Control and Printer Control. Control Menu has many of the same commands that appear on the Project Menu. Please see the Project Menu Help File. Printer Control Menu allows you to access many of the more frequently used commands for printing found in Preferences. Any changes will be saved to the Preferences File. To learn more about the commands on this Menu see the discussion of Preferences in your Amiga Manual. This section of MaxiPlan On-Line Help gives you information useful for using MaxiPlan in general. The topics covered include: * Active Cell Movement * Mouse Buttons * Cursor * Selecting Ranges * Double Menus * Formulas * Naming Ranges To return to this section of On-Line Help at any time, type "?" into any Cell before entering any data into that Cell. Please note that each Help Topic makes reference to the section of the Manual which goes into greater detail on the topic. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Active Cell Movement I-2 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- The Active Cell can be moved about the Worksheet by several methods. * Pointer and Select (left) Mouse Button - Point to any Cell and then click on the Cell with the left mouse button to make that Cell the Active Cell * Tab Key - moves the Active Cell to the right one Column * Return Key - generally moves the Active Cell down on Row unless Return Key movement altered under the Options Menu * Arrow Keys - four arrow keys move Active Cell in designated direction * Shift Arrow - moves Active Cell to the last Cell in the direction of the Arrow Key * Control with Return - moves Active Cell to Column A of the next Row * F9 with Shift - moves Active Cell to Cell Address A1 * F10 with Shift - moves Active Cell to Cell Address in last Row furthest to the right. * Wordstar Keys - Control with X moves Active Cell Down - Control with S moves Active Cell Left - Control with D moves Active Cell Right - Control with E moves Active Cell Up * Select Menu Item - The Commands Menu has several Submenu Items for relocating the window on the Worksheet and selecting a Range and/or moving the Active Cell. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Mouse Buttons II-2 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Menu (right) Mouse Button - pulls down Menus and selects Menu Items Select (left) Mouse Button - selects Active Cell, File Names, Function Names, Named Ranges, Formula Buttons, File and Drawer Icons, highlights Ranges, activates Scroll Bars, Close Gadget, and Window Sizing Gadget. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Cursor II-3 --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cursor is the site of current input in the Cell Contents Display. It can be moved with Arrow Keys or the Tab Key. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Function Keys --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Function Keys (F1-F10) perform several commonly used MaxiPlan functions with one keystroke. A template is supplied with MaxiPlan which you can place in the tray above the function keys to provide a quick reference. The key functions are as follows: F1 - Calculate Now Shifted F1 - Save F2 - Cut Shifted F2 - Print F3 - Copy Shifted F3 - Align F4 - Paste Shifted F4 - Paste Data F5 - Clear Shifted F5 - Clear Data F6 - Execute Macro Shifted F6 - Easy Sort F7 - Fill Right Shifted F7 - Sort F8 - Fill Down Shifted F8 - Find F9 - Insert Row Shifted F9 - Select A1 F10 - Insert Column Shifted F10 - Select Last Cell --------------------------------------------------------------------- Selecting Ranges II-3 --------------------------------------------------------------------- A Range is a collection of Cells. Generally a Range is selected by clicking on the top left most Cell and dragging the Pointer to the bottom right most Cell. See manual for other methods for selecting large Ranges. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Double Menus II-4 --------------------------------------------------------------------- MaxiPlan 500 has 8 pull down Menus. Many of the Menu Items have Submenus listing selections for the Menu Item. To select a Menu Item, click the Menu (right) mouse button, pull down the Menu and move the highlight stripe to Menu Item and then on the Submenu Item, if a Submenu is present. Release mouse button. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Formulas XI-1 thru XI-9 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Calculations on the MaxiPlan Worksheet are performed by Formulas entered into the Cells. A Formula always begins with an equal sign "=" and is followed by Cell References, operators, and possibly built-in Functions. Many of the elements of a Formula can be inputted by clicking on the Formula Buttons across the top of the Worksheet Window. --------------------------------------------------------------------- Named Ranges II-4 --------------------------------------------------------------------- After a Range has been selected, you can name it for future reference. The name is specified in the Edit Menu under the Menu Item Define Name.