·IMPORTANT! READ THIS!· Firstly, I would like to thank DIT for a great job concerning the Wordsworth 3 docs and Pictures. Although there are approx 1.2megs of pictures that belong to these docs, I could not display the full range within this issue, So for the next few issues of the LSD Docs Disks, I will be adding a certain amount of the Wordsworth 3 Pictures to each isssue until the full amount have been displayed. <>< O.T.T Presents Wordworth 3.0 Plus What's New in 3.1 Typed and Edited By DIT ·PART ONE· WHAT'S NEW IN 3.1 When you have Wordworth 3.1 running go to the Help menu and you will find What's new in 3.1.In the guided version of this text file I have included this help file. Will try to make an ASCII text file if requested to DIT. CONTENTS BEFORE YOU BEGIN Welcome to Wordworth 3 Machine Requirements 15 How to Use This Book 16 How to Get Help Product Support and Registration 18 Using the On-line Help System 19 Part One - Wordworth Essentials Chapter One - Setting up Wordworth 1.1 What you Should Already Know 25 1.2 Preparing to Use Wordworth 26 1.3 Installation 1.3.1 Installing Wordworth 28 1.3.2 Adding More Wordworth Modules 32 1.3.3 Adding Another Printer Driver 32 1.3.4 Digita Print Manager 32 Chapter Two - Starting Wordworth 35 Chapter Three - Wordworth Workplace 3.1 Wordworth Display 3.1.1 Title Bar And Menus 39 3.1.2 Toolbar 41 3.1.3 Rulers 43 3.1.4 Window Gadgets 46 3.1.5 Status Bar 47 3.1.6 Working Page 47 3.2 Requesters 3.2.1 Buttons 48 3.2.2 File Requester 48 3.2.3 Keyboard Shortcuts 50 3.2.4 Gadgets 3.2.4.1 Text Gadget 50 3.2.4.2 Radio Button 51 3.2.4.3 Check Box 51 3.2.4.4 Scrolling List Gadget 51 3.2.4.5 Slider Gadget 51 3.2.4.6 Pop-up Gadget 51 3.2.4.7 Pop-up Text Gadget 51 3.2.4.8 Read-only Gadget 51 Chapter Four - Your First Steps 4.1 What's on The Screen 57 4.2 Creating a Document 61 4.3 Getting Help 63 4.4 Editing Text 64 4.5 Selecting Text 65 4.6 Formatting Text 65 4.7 Using The clipboard 69 4.8 Undoing a Mistake 69 4.9 Saving The Document 70 4.10 Spell checking 72 4.11 Printing The Document 73 4.12 Opening a Previously Saved Document 75 4.13 Quitting Wordworth 76 Chapter Five - treating a Document With Graphics 5.1 Creating The Document 5.1.1 Formatting The Document 79 5.1.2 Text Frames 80 5.2 Placing Pictures 5.2.1 Placing Pictures Into a Document 82 5.2.2 Defining colours 83 5.2.3 Drawing Lines, Boxes And Other Graphics 84 Chapter Six - Large Text Documents 6.1 Automatic File Saving 87 6.2 Adjusting Page Layout 88 6.3 Finding And Replacing Text 88 6.4 Pagination 89 6.5 Headers And Footers 91 6.6 Thesaurus 92 6.7 Bookmarks 92 6.8 Table of Contents 93 6.9 Indexing 94 6.10 Document Statistics 96 Chapter Seven - Mail Merging 7.1 Creating An Address Database 99 7.2 Merging Form Letters 101 7.3 Importing A Third Party Address Database 103 Chapter Eight - Special Features 8.1 Templates 8.1.1 Selecting a Template 107 8.1.2 Creating Templates 107 8.2 Auto Correct 8.2.1 Correct Mistakes As you Type 110 8.2.2 Correct Capitalisation As you Type 111 8.2.3 Replace Abbreviations As you Type 112 8.3 Librarian 8.3.1 Inserting Phrases 113 8.3.2 Storing A Phrase In Librarian 113 8.3.3 Editing A Phrase In Librarian 114 8.4 Drawing Tools-Shape 8.4.1 Creating A Shape 115 8.4.2 Re-sizing 116 8.4.3 Moving 117 8.4.4 Changing The Way Shapes Look 118 8.4.5 Deleting A Shape 119 8.4.6 Grouping Shapes Together 119 8.4.7 Shape Depth Arrangement 120 8.4.8 Locking Shapes To The Page 121 8.4.9 Special Features 122 8.5 Drawing Tools Frames 8.5.1 Text Frames 124 8.5.2 TextEffects 127 8.5.3 Tables And Calculations 129 Chapter Nine - Customising Wordworth 9.1 Getting Personal With Wordworth 9.1.1 Requester Fonts 137 9.1.2 Screen Colours 138 9.1.3 Toolbar 139 9.1.4 Guides And Rulers 140 9.2 Getting Wordworth To Go Faster 142 Chapter Ten - Wordworth Upgraders 10.1 What's Different About Wordworth 3 10.1.1 Requesters 145 10.1.2 Customisation 146 10.1.3 Keyboard 146 10.1.4 Menus 146 10.1.5 Outline Fonts 146 Chapter Eleven - The Menus 11.1 Project Menu 11.1.1 New 153 11.1.2 Open 154 11.1.3 Open Recent 155 11.1.4 Save 155 11.1.5 Save As 156 11.1.6 Last Saved 157 11.1.7 Print 158 11.1.8 Print Setup 160 11.1.9 Mail Merge 162 11.1.10 Close 163 11.1.11 About 164 11.1.12 Quit Wordworth 164 11.2 Edit Menu 11.2.1 Cut 165 11.2.2 Copy 165 11.2.3 Paste 165 11.2.4 Erase 165 11.2.5 Undo 166 11.2.6 Repeat 166 11.2.7 Find 166 11.2.8 Find Again 168 11.2.9 Go To 168 11.2.10 Insert 11.2.10.1 Page Break 170 11.2.10.2 Column Break 170 11.2.10.3 Page Number 170 11.2.10.4 Page Count 170 11.2.10.5 Current Date 170 11.2.10.6 Updating Date 170 11.2.10.7 Current Time 170 11.2.10.8 Updating Time 170 11.2.10.9 List Entry 171 11.2.10.10 Index Entry 172 11.2.10.11 Endnote 174 11.2.10.12 Bookmark 174 11.2.10.13 Symbol 175 11.2.11 Colours 176 11.2.12 Select All 177 Page vi 11.3 View Menu 11.3.1 Window 178 11.3.2 Clean Screen 178 11.3.3 Zoom 11.3.3.1 100% (Normal) 178 11.3.3.2 Other 178 11.3.3.3 Fit Page Width 178 11.3.3.4 Fit Whole Page 178 11.3.4 Rulers 178 11.3.5 Toolbar 178 11.3.6 Drawing Tools 179 11.3.7 Codes 179 11.3.8 Guides 179 11.4 Format Menu 11.4.1 Font 180 11.4.2 Paragraph 182 11.4.3 Tabs 184 11.4.4 Document 186 11.4.5 Tables 190 11.4.6 Plain 190 11.4.7 Bold 190 11.4.8 Italic 191 11.4.9 Underline 191 11.4.10 Superscript 191 11.4.11 Subscript 191 11.5 Object Menu 11.5.1 Create Objects 192 11.5.2 Place Picture 193 11.5.3 Information 195 11.5.3.1 Line Requester 11.5.3.2 Box And Rounded Box Requester 197 11.5.3.3 Circle Requester 199 11.5.3.4 Oval Requester 201 11.5.3.5 TextEffects Requester 203 11.5.3.6 Text Frame Requester 207 11.5.3.7 Picture Frame Requester 209 11.5.3.8 Table Frame Requester 211 11.5.4 Move Forward 212 11.5.5 Move Backward 212 Page vii 11.5 Object Menu-continued 11.5.6 Bring To Front 212 11.5.7 Send To Back 212 11.5.8 Group 213 11.5.9 Ungroup 213 11.5.10 Lock 213 11.5.11 Unlock 213 11.5.12 Duplicate 213 11.5.13 Add To All Pages 213 11.6 Tools Menu 11.6.1 Spell Check 214 11.6.2 Auto Correct 215 11.6.3 Thesaurus 216 11.6.4 Librarian 218 11.6.5 Statistics 219 11.6.6 Sort 221 11.6.7 Calculate 221 11.6.8 Create List 222 11.6.9 Create Index 223 11.6.10 Speech 24 11.6.11 Playtime 225 11.7 Settings Menu 11.7.1 Hyphenate 226 11.7.2 Create Icons 226 11.7.3 Change Settings 11.7.3.1 Text 227 11.7.3.2 View 228 11.7.3.3 File 229 11.7.3.4 Spell 230 11.7.3.5 Toolbar 231 11.7.3.6 Screen 233 11.7.3.7 Screen Colours 234 11.7.4 Workbench 235 11.7.5 Load Settings 235 11.7.6 Save Settings 236 11.7.7 Save Settings As 236 Page viii 11.8 Help 11.8.1 Contents 237 11.8.2 How To 238 11.8.3 Index 238 11.8.4 Editing 238 11.8.5 File 238 11.8.6 Formatting 238 11.8.7 Object 238 11.8.8 Painting 238 11.8.9 Keyboard 238 11.8.10 Troubleshooting 238 Appendices Appendix A-Getting Technical Support Telephone Support 242 Written Support 243 Appendix B-Designing Documents With Style Simple Guidelines 245 Title 246 Words 246 Spelling 247 Abbreviations 247 Typefaces 247 Type Size And Line Spacing 249 Margins 254 Appendix C-Pictures And Clip Art Scalable Clip Art Collection 257 Using Painting Packages With Wordworth 265 Printing Pictures With Wordworth 265 Appendix D-Fonts Scalable Fonts 257 Installing Additional Agfa Compugraphic Fonts 269 Installing Additional Adobe PostScript Type 1 Fonts 270 Installing Additional TrueType Fonts 271 Bitmap Fonts 271 ColorFonts 272 Printer Fonts 272 Agfa Compugraphic Font Collection 273 Page ix Appendix E-Postscript Printers Introduction 279 Setup 279 Printing With PostScript 280 Appendix F-Advanced Features Drag And Drop Text Editing 283 Advanced Mail Merging 284 " link f2} Appendix G-Sharing Documents With Other Applications Sharing Text 287 Sharing graphics 288 Appendix H-Making The Most of Memory What is Memory? 289 Maximising The Memory Available 291 Appendix I-Keyboard Shortcuts 293 Appendix J-Troubleshooting General 297 Installation 300 Fonts 301 Printing 301 The Glossary 307 Index 323 A Few Word about the Law Page x A FEW WORDS ABOUT THE LAW ------------------------- When you open the envelope containing the Wordworth disks, you agree to accept the terms of the Digita software license (contained in the chapter titled "Terms And Conditions of Sale", in this book). The license gives you the right to install Wordworth on one computer and make a backup copy. When you violate the license, you violate the Copyright Act, which says it's illegal to make or distribute copies of copyrighted material without authorisation from the copyright owner. The Act also prohibits the commercial rental, leasing, or lending of software without the copyright owner's written permission. Each time you copy software illegally, you or your company risk facing a considerable fine. And if you do it "wilfully and for purposes of commercial advantage," you could go to jail. WARNING All Digita products contain copyright material in the form of proprietary software programmes and this printed book. Digita will seek considerable damages from any person and / or organisation found to be in violation of the copyrights. Breach of copyright can also lead to criminal proceedings. YOU A SOFTWARE PIRATE? You may not be aware of it, but if you answer "yes" to any of the questions below, you've probably violated software copyright law.. Have You Ever * Given away an old version of software when you received an upgrade.? * Given a copy of your software to a colleague at work? * "Borrowed" someone's software to try it out, then never purchased it? * Left copies of your software on a hard disk when you sold a computer? * Used software on the hard disk of a previously owned computer without paying for it? (This list is not exhaustive.) Page xii The Benefits of Using Legal Software When you use legal copies of software, you receive timesaving documentation and product support. You minimise the risk of copying a software virus on your computer. And if your original disk gets damaged, you can get up-to-date replacements. What's more, you can receive timely notification of product upgrades. But beyond the tangible benefits, you're also purchasing the, right to legitimately use software that took a team of hard working people years and thousands of pounds to produce. Your purchase is a vote. It's your way of rewarding the team that created the great software. And it's your way of encouraging and enabling them to produce even better products in the future. Page xiii BEFORE YOU BEGIN This chapter gives details about Wordworth and this book * Welcome to Wordworth. * How to use this book. * How to get help You must return the registration card supplied with Wordworth to qualify for technical support. There's a prepaid card which contains your unique ID number. WELCOME TO WORDWORTH 3 Welcome to Wordworth, the world's most popular Amiga word processor. Winner of the Amiga Format gold Award, and voted Best Word Processor by both Amiga Shopper and CU Amiga magazines, the phenomenal success of Wordworth 2AGA laid the foundations for new Wordworth 3. It is important to return your registration card (postage is prepaid) so that we can keep you informed as upgrades become available. We invite you to send us your comments about Wordworth 3 and ideas for new features that you would like to see in the future. Your Wordworth package should consist of: * This Wordworth instruction book * A prepaid registration card. * An envelope containing four software disks. Machine Requirements To use Wordworth, this is the minimum Amiga configuration you'll need: * Any Amiga, with Workbench 2.04 or above. * 2MB of free memory (advanced features may require additional memory). * Hard disk, or two floppy disk drives. The number and size of documents you can use with Wordworth is limited only by the size of your disk drive and the amount of available memory fitted to your Amiga. Page 15 HOW TO USE THIS BOOK The best way to learn Wordworth quickly is by following the Tutorials Section. Find the tutorial which most suits you and follow through the instructions. For example, if you want to use Wordworth for creating a newsletter, follow the tutorial titled "Creating a Document With graphics". The tutorials centre on specific features of Wordworth, relevant to the task required. However, before you start reading any more, it is important to understand typographic conventions used in this book: Convention MEANS Italics type Indicates words or characters you type. For example, "type mydocument in the File text gadget". They are also used to indicate program or disk names. For example, "use the InstallOutlines program, which is on your Ww3 Extras disk". * Square-bulleted lists provide information. Shortcut keys Right Amiga-S, for example, is a combination keypress. This means hold down the Right Amiga key and press the S key. Then release both keys. Selection button The left mouse button on the mouse. Used to click, double-click and drag items with the pointer. Menu button The right mouse button on the mouse. Used to reveal the menu bar and choose menu commands with the pointer. Insertion point (|) Blinking vertical bar which indicates the current editing position in a document. Page 16 Mouse Pointer Commands Point Position the pointer on an item. Click Point to an item, and then quickly press and release the Selection button. Double-click Point to an item, and then quickly press and release the Selection button twice., Drag Point to an item. Press and hold the Selection button as you move the mouse to a new location. Then, release the mouse button. Mouse Pointer Shapes I I-beam pointer in text area Type, select text, or reposition insertion point. Arrow pointer in menu bar, Choose from menus (with the Menu inactive window, scroll bar, Mouse button depressed). Click buttons toolbar or ruler on the toolbar, ruler and requesters. Select and move objects (shapes and frames). Cross hair along sides and Create and re-size objects. corners of frames and shapes 2-way pointer along sides Re-size boxes. and corners of frames and shapes Page 17 HOW TO GET HELP Product Support And Registration When you choose Digita, you're getting more than just a great product, you're getting a Company committed to providing the best possible customer service an d support for your product. We want you to get the most from your Digita software. As a registered user, we'll help you get it. If you have any question about Wordworth, first look in this book, Or consult Wordworth's on-line help system. If you cannot find the answer, contact Digita: * For technical support call 0891 616 944. This is available to registered Wordworth users from 11AM until 5PM - Calls are charged at 36p per minute cheap rate and 48p per minute at all other times. Be sure to ask permission of the telephone owner before calling. * Enclosing a stamped self-addressed padded envelope, write to Digita Technical Support Division, Black Horse House, Exmouth EX8 1JL ENGLAND, or fax 0395 268893. * Mail Digita on CIX-mailbox digita@cix. There is one open conference, Digita, and a closed conference for registered users, digita,tech. * Mail Digita on Compuserve-mailbox 1 00031, 3032. * For general enquiries only, call 0395270273. Before contacting technical support, check: * Appendix A-Getting Technical Support. * Appendix I-Troubleshooting. IMPORTANT Unfortunately, under no circumstances can we provide either telephone or written product support to unregistered users. REGISTER NOW Complete and post your prepaid registration card and get: * Free technical support by facsimile and post. * Special software offers. * Notification of upgrades. * Free Wordworth newsletters. Page 18 Using The On-line Help Any time you want information about a command or option, System you can ask Wordworth for help. Press the menu button (Right Mouse button) and move the arrow pointer over the menu command with which you want help. With the command highlighted (and the menu button still depressed), press the Help key on the keyboard (floppy disk users may be prompted to insert the appropriate disk). You can also ask Wordworth for help by clicking the Help icon on the toolbar or pressing the Help key. Figure 1 Getting Help The Buttons Contents: Click to reveal current topic contents list. Index: Click to reveal help index list. Help: Displays help on Wordworth on-line help system (some AmigaGuide versions may have this button dimmed. Page 19 Retrace: Steps backwards through the help topics previously selected. Browse <: Steps to the previous section of the topic. Browse >: Steps to the next section of the topic. Each help topic has further cross references, which are accessed by clicking their button in the text. The Help window can be re-sized and moved like any other. Click the close gadget (or Right Amiga-Q) to close the Help window. (As AmigaGuide menus vary depending on the version of Workbench they are not documented in this book.) Page 20 PART ONE WORDWORTH ESSENTIALS Page 21 This page empty Page 22 CHAPTER ONE SETTING UP WORDWORTH This chapter will show you how to install Wordworth on floppy disk and hard disk Amiga systems. * What you should already know. * Preparing to use Wordworth. * Installation. Page 23 This Page empty Page 24 1.1 What You Should Already Know To set up Wordworth on your Amiga, you need an understanding of basic Amiga concepts. Before you begin, you should know how to: * Use icons on the Amiga Workbench. * Use the mouse to point, drag click and double-click. * Start and quit applications using Workbench. * How to initialize and copy disks using the Shell and Workbench. * Open, copy, and delete Amiga documents and disks from Workbench. * Select menus, pull down menus and choose commands. * Scroll in windows, and re-size and re-position windows. If you are not familiar with these terms or processes, see your Amiga owner's guide. Page 25 1.2 Preparing to Use Wordworth You have been provided with four master disks. It's important to work with copies of your Wordworth disks rather than the originals. If a copy is damaged or lost, you can go back to the original and make another copy. step 1 Make backup copies of your master disks. Before copying the master disks, slide up the small tab (if it exists) in the upper-left corner on the back of each disk so that it is in the uppermost position (the tab will no longer be visible from the front side of the disk). This locks information on the disk, preventing accidental deletion of files and documents. step 2 Now copy each disk as follows. Switch on your Amiga and insert the disk titled Workbench. Double-click the Workbench disk icon, double-click the System drawer, and then double- click the Shell icon. Type: Sys:System/diskcopy from DF0: to DF1: and press the Return key (be sure to type a zero, not the letter O). step 3 Now place the original master disk in the internal disk drive and the backup disk in the second drive. When prompted, press the Return key. Page 26 Make a backup copy of all the disks using this procedure and then put the originals away in a safe place. Important If you make backups from Workbench be sure to rename the backup disks removing copy of and make sure there are no hidden spaces contained in the disk titles. Page 27 1.3 Installation You need to install Wordworth once before you can use it. Once Wordworth has been successfully instilled, you do not need to repeat the process again unless you wish to add extra Wordworth modules. 1.3.1 Installing Wordworth Floppy disk users You need to have the following items before you can begin: * The four backup copies of your Wordworth master disks (to make backup copies, follow the procedures outlined in section 1.2 "Preparing to Use Wordworth"). * At least five blank floppy disks onto which Wordworth will be installed. Throughout this procedure you will be prompted to change disks as necessary (for example, Insert volume Ww3System in any drive). step 1 Switch on your Amiga and insert the disk titled Ww3Install-1. step 2 When the desktop appears, double-click the Ww31nstall-1 disk icon, and then double-click the install Wordworth 3 icon. step 3 Before the installation begins, you will be asked to specify your knowledge of the Amiga: Novice A basic installation is automatically performed for you. From time-to-time the installer may ask you to insert other disks. Intermediate A basic installation is automatically performed for you. Occasionally, you may be asked to make certain choices that will affect the installation. Expert You will be asked to make choices as to which features are installed for you. Click Proceed to start the installation. step 4 When prompted, select the radio button titled "On Floppy Disks" and then click the Proceed button to start the installation process. Page 28 step 5 Novice users only-the installer will install Wordworth 3 onto your set of blank disks. Some of the more advanced features (such as Tables, TextEffects, TrueType and PostScript font support, graphic and text filters) will not be installed. Now go to step 7. step 6 Intermediate or Expert Users only-the installer will ask you to select the type of installation you require: Partial The more advanced features are not installed, these are Tables, TextEffects, TrueType and PostScript font support, graphic and text filters. Full All features of Wordworth 3 are automatically installed for you. Custom You will be given the ability to choose exactly what files (features) are installed. If you use a PostScript printer you will need a hard disk drive. step 7 Before the end of the installation you will be asked to select your printer model from a list. To move up and down the list, use the scroll arrows to the right of the list entries. If your printer does not appear in the list, refer to your "Printer User Manual" to find the most suitable equivalent (you may find this under a section titled Emulations). If you can't find a suitable printer in the list then select 'Printer Not Listed". Click OK to install your printer. IMPORTANT If you get a message to insert a disk which is already in the drive, then the disk is incorrectly titled and needs renaming. A message will appear to confirm that the installation has been successfully completed. Now reset your Amiga with the disk titled Wordworth3 in the internal drive and refer to Chapter Two, "Starting Wordworth". Page 29 Hard Disk Users You will need a minimum of 3MB of disk space to install Wordworth 3 to hard disk. This installation copies Wordworth into a drawer titled Wordworth3 on your hard disk. Within this drawer, the installer will copy the Wordworth files, thesaurus, dictionary files, program modules, fonts, tutorial documents, some Digita Clip Art, a selection of Wordworth Templates, icons, graphic and text filters, and the Wordworth help files. step 1 Switch on your computer and wait for the Workbench desktop to appear as normal. step 2 When the Workbench appears, insert the disk titled Ww31nstall-1. Double- click the disk icon and then double-click the icon titled install Wordworth 3. step 3 Before the installation begins, you will be asked to specify your knowledge of the Amiga: Novice A basic installation is automatically performed for you. From time-to-time the installer may ask you to insert appropriate disks. Intermediate A basic installation is automatically performed for you. Occasionally, you may be asked to make certain choices that will affect the installation. Expert You will be asked to make choices as to which features are installed for you. Click Proceed to start the installation. step 4 When prompted, select the radio button titled "On A Hard Disk" and then click the Proceed button to start the installation. Page 30 step 5 Novice users only-the installer will install Wordworth 3 onto your hard disk. At the end of the installation, you will be told where the Wordworth3 drawer containing the Wordworth program is situated. (On most hard disks, this will be the partition titled Work. However, if a partition of this name does not exist, the installer will make an informed guess.) Some of the more advanced features (such as Tables, TextEffects, TrueType and PostScript font support, graphic and text filters) will not be installed. Now go to step 7. Intermediate or Expert user's the installer will ask you to select the destination for Wordworth (where you wish the Wordworth program and files to be located on your hard disk). Insert the appropriate disks as requested. step 6 Intermediate or Expert Users Only-You will be prompted to choose what type of installation you require: Partial The more advanced features are not installed, these are Tables, TextEffects, TrueType and PostScript font support, graphic and text filters. You will need a minimum of 3MB of disk space. Full All features of Wordworth 3 are automatically installed for you. You will need a minimum of 5MB of disk space. Custom You will be given the ability to choose exactly what files are installed. A minimum of 3MB of disk space will be needed (the maximum is 5MB). You will also need about 1MB disk space in your system partition for Wordworth libraries, fonts and other files. Your Amiga system and the amount of memory available will decide which Wordworth modules can be installed. IMPORTANT If you get a message to insert a disk which is already in the drive, then the disk is incorrectly titled and needs renaming. Page 31 step 7 Before the end of the installation you will be asked to select your printer model from a list. To move up and down the list, use the scroll arrows to the right of the list entries. If your printer does not appear in the list, refer to your Printer User Manual" to find the most suitable equivalent (you may find this under a section titled Emulations). If you can't find a suitable printer in the list then select ' Printer Not Listed. Click OK to install your printer. A message will appear to confirm that the installation has been successfully completed. Now reset your Amiga as usual (ensuring that no Wordworth disks are in the internal drive) and refer Chapter Two, "Starting Wordworth". 1.3.2 Adding More Wordworth Modules Floppy Disk Users: Create a new set of Wordworth disks by repeating the installation procedure. When installing click "Expert Mode' and then click Custom. From the list select the modules you wish to install. Hard DiskUsers: Run the installer again. Click "Intermediate Mode" and then click Custom. Select the location of the Wordworth3 drawer and click Add new modules". From the list select the modules you wish to install. 1.3.3 Adding Another Printer Driver If you wish to install another printer insert the disk titled Ww3Install-1, double-click the disk icon and then double-click the Add New Printer icon. Choose your new printer from the list, click OK and then insert the disks as prompted. 1.3.4 Digita Print Manager To get the best performance from your printer, and if you have a hard disk drive, be sure to install Digita Print Manager (this may already be included with your Amiga computer). Digita Print Manager provides the very latest printer driver technology to fully support and utilise your printer' s capabilities. Contact Digita for further details if this useful program is not already included with Wordworth. Page 32 CHAPTER TWO STARTING WORDWORTH This chapter will show you how to start Wordworth Page 33 This page empty Page 34 STARTING WORDWORTH Floppy Disk Users Insert the disk titled Wordworth3 into the internal disk drive and switch on your Amiga. Double-click the Wordworth3 disk icon, and then double- click the Wordworth program icon (sometimes you may be prompted to swap disks, this is normal as Wordworth searches for files located on other disks). IMPORTANT Be sure to use the Wordworth3 disk, not your Amiga Workbench disk. Hard Disk Users Double-click the Wordworth icon located in the Wordworth3 drawer on your hard disk. The first time you start Wordworth, you will be prompted to type: * Your name. * The name of your organization. (If this is not applicable, type your name again.) * Your license number (this appears on your registration card). * Click OK. You must type information into all three boxes. IMPORTANT Don't forget to return the prepaid portion of the registration card. Only registered Wordworth users receive technical support and special upgrade discounts. Once you have personalized the program, your name and details will appear every time you start Wordworth, confirming that you are a registered licensed user. If you do not personalize Wordworth correctly, you will be returned to the Workbench screen. Page 35 Wordworth does not work without an open document. When you start the program or close a document, a new untitled document will open. However, as soon as you open another document, the untitled document will disappear (unless you have been working on it). Each document is a separate multitasking window. This means, for example, if you open two documents, you could be printing one whilst editing the other. To start Wordworth, double-click the Wordworth icon. This will start Wordworth and the untitled Normal (preset) template document. Page 36 CHAPTER THREE WORDWORTH WORKPLACE This chapter explains the Wordworth workplace, including: * Wordworth display. * Requesters. Page 37 This page empty Page 38 3.1 WORDWORTH DISPLAY 3.1.1 Title Bar and Menus The title bar shows the program name, version number, copyright and time. Figure 3-1 Wordworth screen The Menu Bar is revealed by button. It appears in place of the title bar as long as the button is pressed. To choose a menu, press and hold the Menu arrow pointer over the appropriate menu (Tools menu, example). While still depressing the Menu button, downward over the command required. Each be highlighted as the pointer moves down the list. On reaching the required command, release the mouse butt choose it. Page 39 Figure 3-2 Choosing Wordworth commands, pop-down menus Some commands will show a sub-menu, indicated by chevrons after the command (»). To choose this command, move the arrow pointer to the right into the new list and then down to the command required. Figure 3-3 Choosing Wordworth commands, sub-menus Menu commands ending with an ellipsis (...) will reveal a requester from which you make further choices. Page 40 Some menu commands have a "keyboard shortcut" listed next to the title. By holding down the Right Amiga key and pressing the appropriate letter, the command can be chosen without using the mouse to access the Menu Bar. For example, the Save command (Project menu) can be chosen by holding down the Right Amiga key and pressing S. (For a full list, see Appendix H, "Keyboard Shortcuts.") Figure 3-4 Choosing Wordworth commands by keyboard shortcuts Multiple menu commands can be chosen by holding down the Menu button while clicking on each command in turn with the Selection button. On releasing the Menu button the various commands will be chosen and performed in sequence. From time to time, some menu commands will appear dimmed and unselectable. These commands are not available under the current conditions. For example, you can't choose Cut (Edit menu), unless you select some text. 3.1.2 Toolbar The toolbar is a group of icons to the left of the page. It allows you to select various commands just by clicking icons. To customise the toolbar, choose "Change Settings" (Settings menu) and select Toolbar from the list gadget. Page 41 Figure 3-5 'Toolbar Settings' requester Commands List Gadget This lists all of the commands for which icons are available (over 100). An icon and menu list appears on the back cover of this instruction book The list also includes, spacers' which can be copied into the toolbar to create a gap between two icons. (Spacers do not work with the floating toolbar.) Workbench 2 Users: Only Workbench 3 supports graphical list gadgets as illustrated here. Toolbar List Gadget This lists all of the commands currently selected for the toolbar. Move Up: Select a command and then click this button to move the command up one place in the list. Move Down: Select a command and then click this button to move the command down one place in the list. Reset to Defaults: Restores toolbar list to original commands. Adding And Removing icons on The Toolbar From the Commands list gadget, select the command you wish to add to the Toolbar list, then click the right chevron (») button. The new command is copied into the Toolbar list gadget and appears at the bottom or below the currently selected command. Page 42 To delete commands from the Toolbar, select from the Toolbar list gadget and click the left chevron button («). Position Set the position of the toolbar. POSITION APPEARS Left Left side of page Right Right side of page Top Top of page, above ruler Bottom Bottom of page, below status bar Floating Icons appear in their own independent window Large icons Doubles the size of the toolbar icons. 3.1.3 Rulers The rulers can be displayed across the top and down the left side of the page. To show or hide the horizontal ruler, ruler tools, vertical ruler and status bar, choose 'Change Settings"' (Setting menu) and select View from the list gadget. You can also seleingle line spacing. Eight lines per inch is often referred to as elite. Custom Type a specific value in points. IMPORTANT ------------------------------------------------------------------------- When using the "Print Method-Printer Font", make sure that the line spacing is set to 6 lpi or 8 lpi, paragraph spacing 0 and single line spacing. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Line Spacing: Single (proportional to the current type size), Double (proportional to the current type size, but giving line space equal to twice the type size), 1½ (proportional to the current type size, but giving line space equal to one-and-one-half the type size). INDENTATION Left: Indent (set in) from the left margin. First Line: Indent the first line from the left indent. The indent can be set to a negative value provided the Left is equal to or greater than the negative "First Line". For example, in this paragraph, the Left indent is set to 2 cm and "First Line" to -2 cm, the first line is set to the left margin and successive lines are indented by 2 cm. This is called a 'hanging indent'. Right: Indent from the right margin. Page 183 FORMATTING Justification: JUSTIFY DOES Left Aligned to left indent, but remain ragged on right side Right Aligned to right indent, but remain ragged on left side Centred Centred within indents, ragged on both left and right sides Full Aligned to both left and right indents by placing extra discretional spaces between words ensuring each line length is identical. Sometimes, with short line length and several long words, the word spacing may become too large. If this happens, select "Allow Hyphenation" to reduce the word Spacing Keep Lines Together: Forces all paragraphs that are broken by a column or page break, onto the next page or column, keeping the whole paragraph together (a basic form of "widows and orphans"). Allow Hyphenation: lets you control the individual paragraph hyphenation when the Hyphenation command (Settings menu) is selected. 11.4.3 TABS Choose Tabs command (Format menu). As tabs are paragraph related, it is not necessary to select the whole paragraph but just place the insertion point anywhere within the paragraph. If the tabs are to be applied to consecutive paragraphs, select from anywhere in the first paragraph to anywhere in the last paragraph. To select the entire document, choose "Select All" command (Settings menu). A paragraph is recognised as a block of text from the character immediately following a return character up to and including the next return character (the return character is generated by pressing the Return key). Often tabulised text can be a series of single lines each ending with a return character and so each line is considered to be a paragraph. Page 184 Figure 11-19 Tabs requester There are four tab styles: Left, Right, Centred and Decimal. Left aligning Text starts at tab position and flows right. Right aligning Text starts at tab position and flows left. The right- most character will always be at the tab position, preceding text coming from the left. If the space between the tab character and the actual tab position is filled by text, then any extra text typed in will start to flow to the right of the tab. Centre aligning Text starts at tab position and flows equally to the left and right, leaving the text centred around the tab position. Decimal aligning Used for columns of figures which include decimal points (for example, 2.4, 567.1, 45.843). Figures will align so that the decimal points automatically align one above the other. The character used as the decimal point may be set from the "Text Settings" requester ("Change Settings" command, Settings menu). Page 185 To place a tab at a required position on the ruler, first Click New and use the radio buttons to select the tab style you want. Type the position of the tab in the Position text gadget and press the Return key. The tab will appear in the "Defined Tabs" list. Tabs can be deleted from the list by selecting the tab and clicking Delete. To edit a tab, select it from the list and change its style or position using the appropriate gadgets. Default Tabs: This sets the spacing interval of the default tabs (left justified style) from the zero position on the ruler. They are shown on the ruler as short horizontal lines. The default tab interval (for example, 1 inch, 3 cms), is based on the measurement, which is selected from the "View Settings" requester ("Change Settings" command, Settings menu). Fill Character: This sets the padding character for all tabs in the paragraph(s). You can use spaces, or any other characters like dashes or dots. The tab settings will then appear on the horizontal ruler between the top of the document and ruler calibration. 11.4.4 DOCUMENT Choose Document command (Format menu). Shows page layout information for the whole document. This requester cannot be applied to specific pages, but affects the whole document. Figure 11-20 Document requester Page 186 PAGE LAYOUT Size: Select the size of the actual paper on which you will be printing the document (that is A3, A4, A5, US Letter, US Legal, Wide Tractor or Custom). The size will be shown in the Width and Height text gadgets. Select Custom if you wish to type a special size for the Height and Width. The page size is automatically saved with a document. Facing Pages: If the document is to be made into a book format, (where pages can be opened like a book, with text on both left and right pages). Headers and footers can be different on left or right pages as often the headers and footers are left justified for left pages, and right justified for right pages. All even numbered pages (such as 2, 4, 6) will be considered left-hand pages, all odd numbered pages (such as 3, 5, 7, 9) will be right-hand pages. Double Page Spread: If you want to place large objects over two facing pages, as used in newsletters or magazines, click this check box. Figure 11-21 Object, with 'Double Page Spread' selected IMPORTANT ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Once objects have been created in "Facing Pages' and/or "Double Pn-like gadgets to confirm or cancel an action. On a requester, one of these buttons may appear in a bold font, this is the default. You can select the default by clicking it, or pressing the Enter key (or Ctrl-Return key). Here are a few example buttons: BUTTON DOES OK Accepts changes and closes requester. Create Accepts changes and performs Create command. Options... Reveal Options requester. Apply Accepts changes, requester stays open. Done Closes requester Cancel Disregards changes and closes requester. You can also cancel a requester by pressing the Esc key. However, you cannot cancel any requester changes once you have clicked Apply. 3.2.2 File Requester The list gadget shows all files and drawers (subdirectories, labelled (Drawer)), in the currently selected drawer. Below are three text gadgets: Pattern, Drawer and File. At the bottom are four buttons: OK or Save or Open, Volumes, Parent and Cancel. To select a file click the filename in the list gadget, this will update the File gadget. Clicking a Drawer in the list gadget will show the contents of that drawer and the Drawer gadget will be updated to show the disk and drawer names separated by a colon (:). Further drawers may be accessed in the same way and will be separated by a slash ( / ) when added to the Drawer gadget. To move back to the previous drawer level click the Parent button. Page 48 Another way to select the drawer or filename is to type the drawer and filename directly into the appropriate Drawer and File gadgets. If you double-click a filename, Wordworth will automatically open the file. Figure 3-10 'Open Document' requester When the file requester is displayed on screen, you can use the Menu button to reveal the Control menu: Figure 3-11 Control menu Last Name: Selects previous filename in list. Next Name: Selects next filename in list. Restore: Reverts to original file requester settings. Parent: Menu and keyboard shortcut for Parent button. Volumes: Menu and keyboard shortcut for Volumes button. Page 49 Delete: Deletes the selected file. OK: Menu and keyboard shortcut for OK, Save or Open buttons. Cancel: Menu and keyboard shortcut for Cancel button. 3.2.3 Keyboard Shortcuts Like with menu commands, you can operate the requesters using keyboard shortcuts. In menu commands, you use the Right Amiga key as the modifier key. In requesters, you use the Ctrl key. The letter of the shortcut is underlined in the gadget title. Workhorse keyboard shortcuts are listed in Appendix H-Keyboard Shortcuts 3.2.4 Gadgets Gadgets are part of the Amiga operating system. They are standard items which appear on screen, like buttons, lists, check boxes or scroll bars. When you select gadgets with the mouse, it is unnecessary to position the arrow pointer precisely, you can click the gadget or its title. 3.2.4.1 Text Gadget Boxes into which you type information. Del and Backspace are used as normal along with the left and right arrow keys. When editing KEY PRESS DOES Right Amiga-X Deletes contents Shift-Right Arrow Move to end of box Shift-Left Arrow Move to be g of box Right Amiga-Q Restore box contents Tab Move to next box Shift-Tab Move to previous box Return key OK's contents and exits box Enter or Ctrl-Return key Finish editing box and Quit requester If you are editing a text gadget, you can jump to another gadget using a keyboard shortcut. Hold down the Ctrl key and press the underline letter of the gadget title to which you wish to jump. Page 50 3.2.4.2 Radio Buttons Groups of buttons where only one may be selected. Selecting another radio button will deselect the previous one, similar to the buttons on some radios, hence their name. They are used for presenting a variety of options only one of which may be selected. 3.2.4.3 Check Box Small, square box which can be turned on or off by clicking. Their status being shown by a check mark (tick) in the box. 3.2.4.4 Scrolling List Gadget Large boxes which present a list from which a selection is made by clicking one item. If the list contains more items than can be shown, you can scroll through the list using the scroll bars and scroll arrows on the right of the list box. 3.2.4.5 Slider Gadget Drag the bar in the gadget to select a value. As you move the sliderbar, different values are displayed. You can also click either side of the bar. 3.2.4.6 Pop-up Gadget These are buttons which display the selection, and when clicked, reveal a list of options. Drag the mouse through the list to change the selection. To cancel a selection release the Selection button with Arrow pointer away from the list. Workhorse places an inactive scrollbar next to large lists to indicate that more options are available. You can display these extra options by dragging the mouse beyond the top or bottom of the list (not clicking the inactive scroll bar). 3.2.4.7 Pop-up Text Gadget The same as pop-up gadgets, except you can also type and edit in the same way as text gadgets. To scroll through the list of options, use the Up and Down Arrow keys when editing the text. 3.2.4.8 Read Only Gadget For displaying information and cannot be edited. Page 51 This page empty Page 52 PART TWO TUTORIALS Page 53 This page empty Page 54 CHAPTER FOUR YOUR FIRST STEPS This tutorial will quickly get you going with Wordworth. Page 55 This page empty Page 56 This tutorial assumes you have: * Successfully installed Wordworth. * Personalized your copy of Wordworth. * Double-clicked the READ.ME document (which ii it exists, will be on the disk titled Ww3Install-1 ). * Started Wordworth by double-clicking the icon titled Wordworth. This is what should be on the screen: Figure 4-1 Wordworth opening screen If you cannot get to this screen, refer to Chapters One and Two. 4.1 WHAT'S ON THE SCREEN Title Bar This shows the program name, version number, copyright owner and time. Screen to Front And Back Gadgets This gadget moves the front screen backwards. Document to Front And Back Gadgets This gadget moves the front document backwards. Page 57 Toolbar The toolbar is a group of icons to the left of the page. It allows you to select various commands just by clicking the icon. You can customize the toolbar (change commands and icon sizes), and also change its position on the screen by selecting Toolbar from the "Change Settings" command (Settings menu). Figure 4-2 Wordworth screen Ruler The ruler is shown across the top of the page. You can hide the ruler, show the vertical ruler, and change the measurement unit by selecting View from the "Change Settings" command (Settings menu). When you are no editing text, the ruler tools are dimmed. Ruler Tools The ruler contains a group of icons for formatting text. You can hide the ruler tools by selections View from the "Change Settings" command (Settings menu). Page 58 Scroll Bars And Scroll Arrows The scroll bars are displayed on the right and across the bottom of the page. The scale of the box within the scroll bar is directly proportional to the length and width of the document. You can move about the document by dragging the solid box, clicking each side of the box, or using the scroll arrows. Zoom Level And Gadgets The zoom level is displayed as a percentage, 100% being normal 'life size'. To specify a different zoom level, use the Zoom-Other command (View menu), or click this "Zoom Level" gadget. To increase or reduce the level of zoom by a fixed percentage (10%), click the "Zoom Out" (-) and "Zoom In" (+) gadgets. Page Number And Gadgets The number of the viewed page (if more than one on the screen, it will be the number of the page in the top-left window). To move to another page, use the "Go To" command (Edit menu), or click this "Page Number" gadget. To move to the preceding or following page, click the Up or Down arrows. Status Bar Displays line and cursor position, column number, and page number of the insertion point. During lengthy operation, Wordworth will display messages here about its progress. You can hide the status bar by selecting View from the "Change Settings' command (Settings menu). Working Page This is shown by the white area on a blue background and represents the page on which you type. As you type text, the page scrolls up the screen. As necessary, Wordworth will automatically add new pages for you to type in. Page 59 Margins The page margins are represented by blue dotted lines. When you type, text appears within these margins. To change the margin settings, use Document command (Format menu). You can hide the margins by selecting View from the "Change Settings" command (Settings menu). Figure 4-3 Choosing Wordworth commands, pop-down menus Menu Bar The menu bar is shown by pressing and holding the menu button (Right Mouse button). It appears in place of the title bar as long as the menu button is depressed. To choose a command from a menu, press and hold the menu button, and then move the arrow pointer over the menu you want (Project menu, for example). The full command list will then pop-down, and with the menu button still depressed, move the arrow pointer down the list until it's over the command you want. Then, release the menu button to choose that command (Save, for example). Page 60 4.2 CREATING A DOCUMENT When you start Wordworth, the document window appears. It is called "untitled 1". The blinking vertical bar on the page is referred to as the "insertion point" and marks the position of where characters will appear when you start typing. Before you start typing, set Wordworth to show special symbols. step 1 Choose "Show Codes" from the View pull-down menu. These are on-screen symbols and will not appear on printouts. WHAT YOU SEE WHAT THEY MEAN ¶ End of paragraph mark . Space mark WYSIWYG tab mark Hard space I Index or list entry | Bookmark step2 Choose "Print Setup" from the Project menu and from the requester check that the "Print Method" is set to Normal. Then click OK. (Wordworth will now ensure that you only use fonts which are suitable for this method of printing namely Agfa Compugraphic, Adobe PostScript, and bitmap fonts.) step 3 Now type the following text (the errors are intentional). If you make other mistakes, press Backspace to erase, and then re-type. IMPORTANT ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Do not press the Return key at the end of each line, unless indicated by a ¶ (paragraph mark). You should only press the Return key to end a paragraph. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 61 Unlike the stars, which shyne with their own light, the planets of our solar system can only be seen because they reflect the light of the sun. As they are much closer than the stars, we can follow their movements across the sky. ¶ The brightest object in the sky, apart from the sun and the moon, is Venus. It is about the size of the Earth, with an atmosphere of brilliant white clouds, which prevents its surface from being seen clearly.¶ Saturn, the second largest planet (about 119,000 km in diameter), is the most extraordinary of the planets because it is surrounded by a system of rings. For a long time the rings puzzled astronomers, but they are now known to consist of millions of separate solid particles.¶ Figure 4-4 Creating a document Notice that the first line automatically wordwraps onto the next line. Wordwrap means that you do not have to watch the screen to see where to press the Return key. The mouse pointer arrow changes into a vertical bar (I-beam) when you click on the page. The insertion point blinking vertical bar) moves there when you click the mouse. You can also move the insertion point around the document with the arrow keys. Page 62 4.3 GETTING HELP Any time you want information about a command or option, you can ask Wordworth for help. Choose the menu command you want help with, but before releasing the mouse button, press the Help key (floppy disk users may be prompted to insert the appropriate disk). You can also ask Wordworth for help by clicking the Help icon on the toolbar or pressing the Help key. Figure 4-5 Getting Help The Buttons Contents: Click to reveal help contents list. Index: Click to reveal help index list. Help: Click to display help about Wordworth on-line help system (this button may be dimmed on some versions of Workbench). Retrace: Steps backwards through the help topics previously selected. Browse < : Steps to the previous section of the topic. Browse > : Steps to the next section of the topic. Page 63 Each help topic has further cross references, which are accessed by clicking their button in the text. The Help window can be re-sized and moved like any other. Click the close gadget to close the Help window. (As AmigaGuide menus vary depending on the version of Workbench they are not documented in this book.) 4.4 EDITING TEXT In the first line of the text, you typed shyne, it should read Shine. step 1 Using the mouse, move the I-beam over the word and double-click shyne (with the Left Mouse button). It becomes highlighted and this is referred to as "selected text," (which may be a letter, a word, several words, a paragraph or an entire document). Sometimes, the Left Mouse button is called the Selection button. If you accidentally select the whole line (triple-click), click once on another part of the text and then try again. step 2 With the word shyne selected (highlighted), type shine and press the Space bar. You can see that in the document, the word shyne has been replaced with shine. When you select text, Wordworth can do one of five things: * Replace the selection with the key(s) you press (as you have just discovered). * Erase the selection (press Backspace or Del). * Format the selection with the menu command you choose. * Copy the selection onto the clipboard. The next section explains some of these commands: Selecting text, formatting text, and using the clipboard. Page 64 4.5 SELECTING TEXT Text can be selected in several ways. With The Mouse TO SELECT DO THlS Any amount of text Drag the I-beam over text (with the Selection button depressed) Word Double-click word Line of text Triple-click anywhere on line To cancel a selection, click elsewhere on the text. With The Keys Press the Shift key while moving the insertion point (the vertical blinking bar) with the arrow keys. To select the entire document (all text), choose "Select All" from the Edit pull-down menu. 4.6 FORMATTING TEXT Changing the appearance of your document. Figure 4-6 Untitled document step 1 Position the insertion point at the beginning of the text by moving the I-beam to the beginning of the first line Unlike the stars... Page 65 Press and hold the Selection button and drag the I-beam downward to the last word of the first paragraph (sky) and release the Selection button. The text should now be highlighted, which means it is "selected". (The text will remain selected until you click on the document.) Figure 4-7 Untitled document with text selected step 2 Choose the Italic command from the Format pull-down menu. The text will now appear in italic type style. You can change the style to appear in a mixture of Bold, ltalic, Underline, Subscript or Superscript from the Format menu. Each style is a toggle command, which means you choose it once to switch it on, and then choose it again to switch it off. Most of these commands are also available on the ruler. P B ¿ U Style icons: Plain Bold italic Underline With the text selected, set to bold by clicking the B icon on the ruler (the italic icon should already be selected). Page 66 Choose Plain (from the Format menu or ruler) to switch all of the other styles off, making the text 'plain' style. The advantage of a program like Wordworth is that as you select different styles for your text, they appear on the screen, just as they will appear when you print the document. This is WYSIWYG! (What-You-See-Is-What-You- Get.) You can also change the font using the Font command. step 1 With the text selected, choose Font from the Format menu. You can also select the Font command by clicking the appropriate icon on the toolbar. Figure 4-8 The 'Font Format' icon The font requester appears. Figure 4-8 Typeface requester This allows you to set the format for selected text. You can select the font, style and colour. The default sizes (in points) appear in the pop-up Size box. However, you can type your own size, anything from 3 to over 1000 points! Page 67 Notice that most of the options are set to 'mixed'. This is because the selected text contains a mixture of settings (for example, there are different styles in the selected text and So these are set to mixed). For further information on typefaces and point sizes see Appendix B, "Designing Documents With Style". step 2 Click the small arrow on the Size gadget to reveal the pop-up size list. Drag the mouse pointer down the list and select 18. Figure 4-9 Selections Size from a pop-up Gadget Click the small arrow on the Typeface pop-up and select "Shannon Book' from the list. A sample of the font will appear in the white box at the bottom of the requester. The Colour group lets you set the colours for text and the background. step 3 Click the small arrow on the gadget titled Text to reveal the pop-up colour list, then drag the mouse pointer down the list and select Red. You will be able to see the text change in the sample box at the bottom of the requester. Now click OK and the text will change to 18pt size, red. Page 68 4.7 USING THE CLIPBOARD Wordworth has a built-in clipboard, with which you can cut and paste text. This means cut or copy selected text onto the clipboard, and then paste the text from the clipboard back into your document at another position. step 1 Double-click the word at the beginning of the document shine to select it, and choose the Copy command from the Edit menu. step 2 Select movements in the next sentence and click the Paste icon on the toolbar. Shine has now been pasted in replace of movements. MENU COMMAND DOES Cut Erases selected text, stores on clipboard Copy Copies selected text on to the clipboard Paste Pastes contents of cupboard into the document, at the insertion point The selected text that you cut or paste onto the cupboard will remain there until you cut or paste another piece of text, which will replace it. This means you can Cut or Copy text, and then Paste the same text back into the document many times. 4.8 UNDOING A MISTAKE If you accidentally delete selected text, you can reverse the action by using the Undo command. step 1 Select the word solar in the first sentence, and press Backspace or Del. step 2 Choose the Undo command from the Edit menu. The deletion reappears. Undo only reverses the most recent deletion. Page 69 4.9 SAVING THE DOCUMENT The first time you save a document, you need to give it a name using the "Save As" conmmand. step 1 Choose "Save As" from the Project menu. Figure 4-10 'Save As Format' requester step 2 Floppy disk users: You may be prompted to insert another disk. From the Format requester, you can select the style of file. Select "Wordworth Document" from the list and click OK. Page 70 Figure 4-11 'Save As' file requester step 3 Replace the contents of the File text gadget, with Worlds and then click Save. The document stays on the screen after you save it so that you can continue working On it. Notice that the title bar now shows the document name. IMPORTANT ------------------------------------------------------------------------- You need to save your work on the disk by choosing the Save command at the end of each session. It is wise to save your document about every 15 minutes as you work. This ensure that your work will not be lost if there should be a power cut or other problem causing the computer to shut down or restart. (You can set Wordworth to auto-save every 15 minutes or so, see Section 11.7.3.3, "File Settings ".) ------------------------------------------------------------------------- To save your document onto a different floppy disk, in the Drawer text gadget type the disk name (followed by :), and press the Return key. When prompted, place the new disk into a drive and type the name of your document in the File text gadget, then click Save or press the Return key. Page 71 4-10 SPELL CHECKING step 1 Close the document Worlds by choosing Close (Project menu). Choose Open command and select the document called Milky Way from the list. Click Open to open the document then position the insertion point at the beginning of the text. step 2 Choose "Spell Check" from the Tools menu. Floppy disk users: You may be asked to insert another disk. Figure 4-12 'Spell Check' requester step 3 The Collins dictionary will detect the deliberate spelling mistake astromomicle. For spelling suggestions, click "Make suggestions" and the closest suggestion will appear in the "Replace With" text gadget. Click Replace to replace the incorrect spelling astonomicle. step 4 The next query will be a double word, million million. In this case it is intentional, so click No. Page 72 step 5 The next word, Centauri, is part of a name and spelt correctly, so click Ignore to ignore this occurrence. step 6 Again, click No to the intentional double word million million. Wordworth will inform you when it has finished spell checking the document. Click OK and then click Done to exit the spell checker. 4.11 PRINTING THE DOCUMENT Before printing, it is always a good idea to save your document. You do this by choosing the Save command from the Project Menu (or press Right Amiga-S). There are 3 different methods to print your documents: * Normal. * PrinterFont. * PostScript. Normal: You use this method for printing Agfa Compugraphic fonts, Adobe PostScript fonts, TrueType fonts, bitmap fonts and graphics. You can also print in draft. Printer Font: This method utilises your printer is internal fonts. It offers very fast Printing but you cannot use any other fonts or graphics. You can also print in draft. PostScript: You should skip this section. PostScript printing is covered in its own chapter and is solely for users with advanced PostScript printers (refer Appendix E-PostScript Printers). IMPORTANT ------------------------------------------------------------------------- As soon as you create a new document, you should set the "Print Method" ("Print Setup", Project menu) before typing and text, as the "Print Method" determines the fonts you can use. If you try to change the "Print Method" while editing a document you will be warned that the fonts will have to be changed to match the new "Print Method". If this requester appears, click Yes. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 73 You need to prepare your printer and Wordworth for printing. Before you can print your first document, you need to take a few preliminary steps. Once you take these steps, you will not need to repeat them unless you change the type of printer you use. step 1 Check your printer for the following: * That it is properly connected to your Amiga. * That paper is loaded. * That it is plugged in and turned on. * That it is "on-line". step 2 Choose "Print Setup" from the Project menu. Figure 4-13 'Print Setup' requester The list gadget shows the printer driver, make sure that the correct printer driver for your printer is selected (for example, EpsonQ is the standard Workbench driver for a Citizen 24pin printer). Click OK. step 3 Choose print command (Project menu), or click the Print icon on the toolbar to display the Print requester. Page 74 Figure 4-14 The Print Icon Figure 4-14 Print requester Click print. Wordworth prints one copy of the document. The quality of your printer and its ability to print at high resolutions will obviously determine the quality of the printed document. Draft Printout: Select this check box if you wish to print a quick proof of the document. 4.12 HOW TO OPEN A PREVIOUSLY SAVED DOCUMENT First, close the document titled MilkyWay by clicking on the window close gadget (or choose Close from the Project menu). You may be prompted to swap disks and save changes to the document. step 1 Choose the Open command from the Project menu. You may be prompted to swap disks. step 2 Double-click the document name from the list gadget, or click once and then click Open, to open the document Worlds. Page 75 4.13 QUITTING WORDWORTH If you want to quit Wordworth at any time, choose Quit from the Project menu and this will return you to the Workbench. Wordworth will ask you if you wish to save your document before quitting. Page 76 CHAPTER FIVE CREATING A DOCUMENT WITH GRAPHICS this tutorial covers the basics of creating a newsletter style document with columns, graphics, pictures and text frames. Page 77 This page empty Page 78 5.1 CREATING THE DOCUMENT As the text for such a document is usually quite large, this has already been prepared for you. Choose Open (Project menu), select Newsletter Text from the list and click Open. 5.1.1 FORMATTING THE DOCUMENT The document first needs to be setup for the right size and style. Choose Document command (Format menu): Figure 5-1 'Document Format' requester Type the following: Margins-Left: 0.5in Margins-right: 0.5in Margins-Top: 1.5in Margins-Bottom: 1in Columns Number: 2 Columns Gap: 2cm IMPORTANT ------------------------------------------------------------------------- When you type information into an Information requester, you must complete the entry by pressing the Return key (or Tab). If you type an entry without pressing the Return key, and close the requester, the entry will be ignored. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 79 Columns are vertical bands of text that span the page from the left to right, text will run from the bottom of one column into the top of the next. This style of column is called a snaking column and is most common in newspapers. Select A4 from the "Page Size" pop-up gadget and click OK to exit the requester. 5.1.2 TEXT FRAMES The newsletter needs a title. So, choose "Drawing Tools" (View menu), click the icon with the blue T in it (the Text Frame tool) and drag a frame across the top of the page: Figure 5-2 Creating a text frame Choose Information (Object menu) and from the "Text Frame Information" requester type: Positions-From Left: 0.5in Positions-From Top: 0.75in Positions-Width: 7.25in Positions-Height: 0.65in Margins-Left, Right, Bottom: 0in Margins-Top: 0.15in Page 80 Next, select RED from the "Fill Colour" pop-up gadget and press the Esc key to leave the information requester. Click inside the text frame with the Selection button, choose Font (Format menu). Figure 5-3 Font requester Type 36 into the Size pop-up text gadget. Select the Italic and Bold checkboxes, select White from the Colours Text pop-up gadget and click OK. Type ASTRONOMY WORLD into the text frame Page 81 5.2 PLACING PICTURES 5.2.1 PLACING PICTURES INTO A DOCUMENT The newsletter now needs a picture to attract the eye from all of the text. With the Selection button, click on the document page to place the insertion point back in the main editing area and choose "Place Picture" (Object menu). Select Earth.iff from the list gadget and click Place. A picture of the earth will now be placed in the top left corner of the page. Drag the picture to the bottom of the page, in between the two columns, using the mouse. If you move the picture beyond the bottom of the screen, the page will automatically scroll, so that you can place the picture anywhere in one drag. Once placed, the text disappears beneath the picture. However, the text should flow around the picture. Figure 5-4 Dragging a picture Select the picture with the Selection button, so that four handles appear around it, and choose Information (Object menu)> On the "Picture Information" requester select "Contour Left" from the "Text Flow" - "Stand Off" gadget (stand off is the distance between the text and the picture). Press the Esc key to exit the requester. Page 82 5.2.2 DEFINING COLOURS What the newsletter needs now is a few text quotes which can be placed in the columns to entice the reader to read further. Select the Text Frame tool again and draw a frame around 2 inches square on the page. Choose Information (Object Menu) to display the "Text Frame Information" requester: Figure 5-5 'Text Frame Information' requester Type 0.5 into the "From Left" text gadget, 2.5 into the "From Top" gadget, 3.5 into Width and 1 into the Height gadgets and press the Esc key to exit. With the insertion point in the text frame, type ..earth revolves around sun... Now, choose "Select All" from the Edit menu to highlight all of the text in the frame and choose Font (Format menu). From the "Text Colour" pop-up gadget, select Define from the bottom of the list to display the Colours requester. Select "DarkBlue" from the list gadget. Then move the Blue slider as far right as it will go and both the Red and Green sliders left to 0%. Lastly, replace the text "Dark Blue" in the Name gadget with Blue and click OK. IMPORTANT -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Colours defined from the Colours requester will be used when printed, but will not necessarily be displayed correctly on the screen. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- Page 83 When the "Font Format" requester re-appears, select the Italic check box, to slant the text to the right, select "Shannon Book" and 24 from the Size pop-up list gadget. Click OK to return to the document. Now, position the insertion point at the end of the line ...star gazer and press the Return key four times. 5.2.3 DRAWING LINES, BOXES AND OTHER GRAPHICS The quote now needs to have a couple of lines drawn around it to separate it from the rest of the text. Select the Line tool from the Drawing Tools and draw two horizontal lines either side of the text frame containing the quote whilst holding down the Ctrl key. The Ctrl key is used to make sure the lines remain straight, it constrains the line along its horizontal axis. Next, select the Box Tool from the "Drawing Tools" and drag a box around the whole page. Choose Information (Object menu) and select Transparent from the "Fill Colour" pop-up. Type 4 into the Thickness gadget and select "Double Line" from the "Border Style" pop-up Figure 5-6 'Box Information' requester Lastly, the headline is the most important part of a newsletter and therefore should catch the eye. Select the first line 'Earth Spins Around Sun Scare', type 17 into the Size pop-up text gadget on the ruler tools and click the Bold (B) icon to make the text stand out more. Page 84 CHAPTER SIX CREATING A BOOK This tutorial will give a brief introduction to all features commonly associated with writing books or large documents. Page 85 This page empty Page 86 As a large amount of text will be needed during this tutorial, there is a document supplied that can be used for this purpose. Choose Open (Project menu), select Book Text from the list gadget and click Open. 6.1 AUTOMATIC FILE SAVING Before any editing begins, it's a good idea to set up the Auto Save feature of Wordworth so that you won't lose any information if you have a power cut or some other unknown problem occurs. Auto Save has three settings: Off: No auto save. On: Saves the file automatically after a specified delay. Reminder: Flashes the screen and displays, in the Status Bar, a message warning you that it is time to save your document. Figure 6-1 'File Settings' requester For the purpose of this tutorial, the automatic save is the most appropriate. From the, File Settings" requester ("Change Settings" command, Settings menu), select On from the "Auto Save" pop-up gadget and type 5 in the Delay gadget. Page 87 6.2 ADJUSTING PAGE LAYOUT The document now needs to be set up correctly to the size and dimensions that are required. Choose Document (Format menu) and select A4 from the "Page Size" pop-up, then type: Margins-Left: 0.5 Margins-Right: 0.5 Margins-Top: 1 Margins-Bottom: 1 Click the Options button to reveal another requester from which you can set time and date styles or header and footer options. Figure 6-2 'Document Options' requester Select the "Use Headers And Footers" and "Show On First Page" check boxes, then type 0.5 in both "Header Margin" and "Footer Margin" text gadgets. 6.3 FINDING AND REPLACING TEXT With large documents, the need to replace words with a different one becomes quite common. In this document you will notice that the name Galileo Galilei appears in several places. Place your insertion point at the beginning of the document and choose Find (Edit menu), type Galilei in the "Find What" text gadget and press the Return key. Page 88 Figure 6-3 Find requester Wordworth will stop at the first occurrence of Galilei and will wait for you to choose either "Find Next", (to move on); or Replace (to replace it with the contents of the "Replace With" gadget). Click "Find Next" to move on. At the next occurrence, click Replace. Galilei will now be deleted as the "Replace With" gadget is empty. Click "Replace All" to delete all further occurrences of the word Galilei. 6.4 PAGINATION Halfway down the first page there is a heading for Chapter Two. As it is a new chapter, it should start at the top of a fresh page. Move to the beginning of the line starting, "Chapter Two" and select "Page Break" from the Insert command (Edit menu). This command will force that line to always start at the top of a fresh page. Page 89 Figure 6-4 Insert - 'Page Break' command Page breaks save the need for pressing the Return key many times to reach the bottom of the page. At the bottom of the second page, the last paragraph is split between the second and third pages. There are two methods to stop this happening: * Forcing a page break before the split paragraph * Informing the paragraph to keep its lines together over breaks Move the insertion point to the split paragraph and choose Paragraph (Format menu), select the checkbox "Keep Lines Together" and click OK. Before the document is printed, the paragraph will be forced onto the next page (alternatively, choose Document command, Format menu, and then click OK). Page 90 6.5 HEADERS AND FOOTERS Books very often have page numbers on the bottom of the page and the book title at the top. Choose Document (Format menu) and select the "Facing Pages" check box. This will let you set different headers and footers on odd and even pages, just like a book. Click OK to return to the document. Use the vertical scroll bar to move to the top of the first page and click in the region between the top of the text and the top of the page. This is the header. With the Selection button click in this area, to place the insertion point, and choose Paragraph (Format menu). Select Right from the Justification pop-up gadget and click OK. Figure 6-5 Headers Type A Guide To Astronomy and, with the Scroll bar, move to the bottom of the page. Click in the area between the bottom of the text and the end of the page. Click the Right Justification icon in the "Ruler Tools" and type Page (followed by a space). Now choose "Page Number" from the insert command (Edit menu). Move to the second page (the first left page in a facing pages document) and repeat the same steps, but this time, with Left Justification. Page 91 6.6 THESAURUS Select the word spins from the second paragraph and choose Thesaurus (Tools menu). Figure 6-6 Thesaurus requester The list gadget on the right contains all the alternative synonyms for the word spins. Select "2) verb" from the Meanings list and a new list of synonyms appear. Select rotates from the Synonyms list to place it in the Word text gadget and click Replace. The selected word in the document, has now been replaced by the word chosen from the Thesaurus. 6.7 BOOKMARKS Bookmarks are very useful for large documents, as you can place them at specific sections in the document (in our case, each Chapter) to aid in jumping to the right page when editing. Place the insertion point at the be g of the line "Chapter One ..." and select Bookmark from the Insert command (Edit menu). On the requester, type the name given to the bookmark, Chapter One and click Insert. Follow the same procedure for each chapter in the document. Page 92 Figure 6-7 Bookmark requester Choose "Go To" command (Edit menu) and you will see your bookmark names in the list. Double-click a name to go to the relevant page. 6.8 TABLE OF CONTENTS The book now needs a table of contents at the beginning to help the reader find the right section. Figure 6-8 Insert - 'List-Entry' requester Page 93 Select the first line "Chapter One.." and select "List Entry" (Insert command, Edit menu). The selected text will appear in the Text gadget. Click Insert to place it as an entry in the selected list, "Table of Contents". For each of the Chapter headings, select "List Entry" (Insert command, Edit menu) to place them in the contents list. When all the chapters have been added, place the insertion point at the top of the document before the first chapter, and choose "Create List" (Tools Menu). Click "Table of Contents" from the list and type Contents into the Title text gadget. Figure 6-9 Created list Click Create to place the list at the beginning of the document. 6.9 INDEXING Indexes have always been the book writers bane. With Wordworth's automatic index generation, it couldn't be simpler. Move the insertion point to Earth in the first paragraph and choose Insert-"Index Entry" (Edit menu). Type Planets in the "Main Entry" text gadget, press the Return key, and then type Earth in the "First Subentry" gadget. Select the "Include All Other Occurrences" check box and click Insert. This will insert every occurrence of Earth into the index under the main entry of Planets. Page 94 Figure 6-10 Insert - 'Index Entry' command Move the insertion point to Sun in the second chapter and choose Insert- "Index Entry" (Edit menu). Select Planets from the list gadget and type Sun into the "First Subentry" text gadget. Select the "Include All Other Occurrences" check box and click Insert. If the index was created, the above entries would appear like this: Planets (main entry) Earth (subentry of planets) Sun (subentry of planets) A subentry of Earth, Moon, in the main entry of Planets would be inserted like this: Planets (main entry) Sun (subentry of Planets) Pluto (subentry of Planets) Earth (subentry of Planets) Moon (second subentry of Earth) Now go through the document, inserting index entries for all of the relevant items you w ant in the index. Page 95 Choose "Create Index" (Tools menu), select the check boxes "Include Letter Headings" and "Use Page Ranges", then click Create. Figure 6-11 'Create Index' requester 6.10 DOCUMENT STATISTICS To finish, choose Statistics (Tools menu) to find out information about the book, such as the number of words and editing time. Click More for more statistical information. Figure 6-12 Statistics requester Page 96 CHAPTER SEVEN MAIL MERGING This tutorial demonstrates how to create a small database of names and addresses in Wordworth and then mail merge it with a form letter to produce a mailshot. Page 97 This Page empty Page 98 7.1 CREATING AN ADDRESS DATABASE First, a quick explanation of the terms used in mail merging. Using the example of a small club: * All of the members of the club are in a database, * Each members details are stored as records in the database, * Each individual item of information (that is surname or initials) for a member are fields within the record. Now you know the terminology used, let's create the database. step 1 Create a new document by choosing the New command (Project menu). A small requester appears, containing the available templates. Select Normal from the list gadget and click OK. step 2 Type the names of the fields forming each record in the database, like this: Surname(tab) Title(tab) Address1(tab) Address2(tab) Country¶ Then, the records themselves: Galilei(tab) Mr(tab) Venus Street(tab) VENICE(tab) ITALY¶ Copernicus(tab) Mr(tab) Sun Centre(tab) GDANSK(tab) POLAND¶ Each field is separated by a tab character. Each record is separated by a carriage return. So, press Tab between each field and the Return key at the end of each line. Page 99 Figure 7-1 Database The first line (or record) contains the field names, this is called the 'Header Record'. step 3 Choose "Save As" (Project menu), select "ASCII File" from the list gadget and click OK. From the Save file requester type MergeDataFile into the File text gadget, press the Return key and click Save. Floppy disk users may be asked to insert a disk into one of the drives. step 4 Close the document using the Close command (Project menu). A new untitled window will appear. Page 100 7.2 MERGING FORM LETTERS step 1 With a new untitled window on the screen type: To: <> <<Surname>>¶ Of:¶ <<Address1>>¶ <<Address2>>¶ <<Country>>¶ ¶ Dear <<Title>> <<Surname>>,¶ Unfortunately, your membership has expired. Please contact out terrestrial office if you wish to remain a member of the "Flat Earth Club".¶ Kind regards, ¶ ¶ Aris Totle¶ Club Secretary¶ (To type the « character, hold down the Alt key and press 9, to type » press Alt-0.) step 2 Choose "Save As" (Project menu), select "Wordworth Document" from the list gadget and click OK. Next, type MergeLetter into the File text gadget, press the Return key and click Save. step 3 Choose "Mail Merge" (Project menu). From the requester click Select to display the mail merge file requester data file from the list, select MergeDataFile then click OK. Page 101 Figure 7-2 'Mail Merge' file requester Select "File Includes Header Record" check box, select Standard from the Format pop-up gadget and then click Print. From the print requester, click Print again. step 4 Two copies of the letter will now be printed, one to Mr Galileo and the second to Mr Copernicus. step 102 7.3 IMPORTING A THIRD PARTY ADDRESS DATABASE With Wordworth, you can merge form letters with databases created with Digita Mailshot Plus, Superbase, KData or indeed any program that can export data as an ASCII or DIF (Data interchange Format) file. step 1 Export the database file from your third party database as an ASCII or DIF file using the appropriate Export command. When exporting the file you will need to know two things. Firstly, the characters used to separate the fields and records, and secondly, whether the file contains the field names in the first (or Header) record. When exporting the file from Superbase using the DIF format, Wordworth will automatically recognise the field names as they are saved as Labels within the file. step 2 If the database file contains field name information in the first record (or as LABELS) then you will need to use these names when typing the fields into your document between the « and » characters. If the file does not contain field name information, you will need to type «FIELD1 », «FIELD2», «FIELD3» and so on, to take the place of the field names. step 3 From the "Mail Merge" requester, select the format of the database file using the Format pop-up gadget, and select the "File Includes Header Record" check box if necessary. Page 103 Figure 7-3 'Mail Merge' file requester with Format pop-up If you exported the file from a database that is not known by Wordworth, you can select the characters used to separate the fields and records by using the pop-up text gadgets for ASCII Field and Record Separators or by typing the ASCII value into the gadget. To merge the file with the form letter, click Print and then click Print again. Page 104 CHAPTER EIGHT SPECIAL FEATURES This tutorial will cover some of the special features of Wordworth 3. These features have a lot of power and can seem daunting at first. However, this tutorial aims to give a gentle introduction into this new world. Page 105 This page empty Page 106 8.1 TEMPLATES Use templates to give you a headstart in creating a document. Templates do this by providing a blueprint for text, graphics and formatting. There are many different uses for templates which will save time in the production of documents. You could create a facsimile template that included all the graphics and text that is an essential part of a fax sheet. This only leaves you to type the destination details and main contents of the fax. 8.1.1 SELECTING A TEMPLATE To start a new document from a template choose the New command (Project menu), select the template from the list gadget and click New. Figure 8-1 Templates requester The template will open into a window called "untitled 1". 8.1.2 CREATING TEMPLATES This example shows how to create a template suitable for the headed notepaper of a club. step 1 Choose New (Project menu) and select the Normal template. From the Format menu, choose Document and set the Top margin to 3 inches. Click OK. Page 107 step 2 Choose "Drawing Tools" (View menu), and click the Line tool. Draw a horizontal line across the page (click and drag with the Ctrl key depressed). step 3 With the line selected, choose Information (Object menu) and type 2.5 into the "From Top" text gadgets (in both the Start and End groups). step 4 Click the "Text Frame" tool and draw a text frame in the area between the left and right margins, 1.5 inches from the top of the page to the line. Figure 8-2 Frame creating Select centre justification from the ruler tools. Set the font size to 24, click the Bold icon, type Flat Earth Club and press the Return key. Then, set the font size to 14, click the Plain icon, type Secretary: Aris Totle Founded: 334BC. step 5 Now click the "Picture Frame" tool on the "Drawing Tools". Drag a picture frame anywhere on the page and double-click it to reveal the "Picture Information" requester. Page 108 Type the following: From Left: 2 From Top: 0.75 Width: 4.2 Height: 0.6 Keep Proportions: Deselect step 6 With the picture frame still selected, use the "Place Picture" command (Object menu) to place the graphic Earth.iff. step 7 Now save the document as a template by choosing "Save As" (Project menu), select "Wordworth Template" from the list gadget and click OK. Figure 8-3 'File Format' requester From the file requester type Club Letter in the File text gadget. Press the Return key and the template 'Club Letter' will be added to your template list (to check this, choose New and the template will appear in the list). Page 109 8.2 AUTO CORRECT Auto Correct is part of DigiSense and will help you to create documents quicker and more efficiently than ever before. The main features of Auto Correct are: * Automatic correction of mistakes as you type. * Automatic capitalisation of the days and months. * Replace your own abbreviations with full text. 8.2.1 CORRECT MISTAKES AS YOU TYPE Choose "Auto Correct" (Tools menu) and select the check box "Auto Correct As You Type", then click OK to return to the document. Figure 8-4 'Auto Correct' requester Type On a clear night, with teh naked eye, you can see about 6000 stars. You should have copied the intentional mistake 'teh', now look at the text and you will find the error has been automatically corrected. Type teh again and watch Auto Correct make the correction as you press the Space bar. Choose "Auto Correct". The Corrections list shows default corrections which you can delete or edit. T o do this select a correction from the list and either click Delete, or edit the contents of the Replace or With text gadgets. Page 110 To add a new correction, click New, type the error in the Replace gadget and the correction in the With gadget, pressing the Return key after each. Figure 8-5 Adding an entry to 'Auto Correct' When you click OK, changes are saved automatically. 8.2.2 CORRECT CAPITALISATION AS YOU TYPE Choose "Auto Correct" (Tools menu) and select the check box "Capitalise Day And Month Names", then click OK to return to the document. Type On Monday night, in the month of January, I saw 6000 stars. You should have copied the intentional capitalisation mistakes 'monday' and 'january', now look at the text and you will find the errors have been automatically corrected. Type january again and watch Auto Correct make the correction as you press the Space bar. Page 111 8.2.3 REPLACE ABBREVIATIONS AS YOU TYPE Choose "Auto Correct" (Tool menu) and select the check box "Auto Correct As You Type". Click New and Type: Replace :gg With: Galileo Galilei This tells Wordworth that every time you type gg, replace it with Galileo Galilei. Click OK to return to the document. Type: The Italian gg, was the first great astronomer to use a telescope. Notice that 'gg' has been replaced by 'Galileo Galilei'. Type gg again and watch Auto Correct replace the abbreviation as you press the Space bar. Page 112 8.3 LIBRARIAN Librarian stores information, like phrases, names, addresses and so on. These phrases can then be inserted quickly and easily into any document, at the click of a button. 8.3.1 INSERTING PHRASES Choose Librarian (Tools menu) to display the Librarian requester. Select the entry "The planets in our solar system..." from the list gadget, click Insert. The text appears in the document at the insertion point. 8.3.2 SORTING A PHRASE IN LIBRARIAN Choose Librarian (Tools menu) to display the Librarian requester again. To add a new phrase click New and type the following into the text gadget: If you would like to know more about our Universe, contact me, Aris Totle, at:¶The Flat Earth Club,¶Peripatetic, @Athens.¶ and then press the Return key. (To type the ¶ character, which creates a new paragraph, press Right-Alt P.) Figure 8-6 Librarian requester The phrase will now appear in the list gadget. Insert it into your document by selecting the phrase and clicking Insert. Page 113 Double-click a phrase to insert the entry into the document whilst leaving the Librarian requester on-screen. Special characters can be inserted into a phrase by using a sequence of characters: TYPING WILL Insert \cd the current date \ud an updating date marker \ct the current time \ut an updating time marker \t a tab character \\ a slash ¶ a new paragraph (Right-Alt p) 8.3.3 EDITING A PHRASE IN LIBRARIAN Choose Librarian (Tools menu) and select "The planets in our solar system...". The text will appear in the text gadget. Move the cursor to the word 'our' using the Arrow keys and replace it with 'the'. Press the Return key and the amended entry appears in the list. Page 114 8.4 DRAWING TOOLS - SHAPES Drawing tools are a selection of commands, represented by an on-screen palette, which create shapes and objects on the page. Each command is represented by an icon: Figure 8-6a Drawing tools palette IMPORTANT ---------------------------------------------------------------------- When you type information into an Information requester, you must complete the entry by pressing the Return key (or Tab). If you type an entry without pressing the Return key, and click OK, the entry will be ignored. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- 8.4.1 CREATING A SHAPE Choose "Drawing Tools" (View menu) and when they appear click the box tool. Move the pointer onto the page. Press down and hold the Selection button while you drag the pointer down and to the left of its original position. As you do so, you will notice a box outline appears on the page. Drag the box outward to the size you want and then release the Selection button to draw the shape on the page. Page 115 Figure 8-7 Creating a shape 8-4-2 RE-SIZING Select the box you drew before by clicking once on it. Notice four solid squares appear over each corner of the box. These squares are called handles and are used for sizing the shape. Move the mouse pointer over the bottom-left handle and you will see the mouse pointer change into a double arrow. Now, hold down the Selection button and drag the mouse pointer to the new size of the box. Figure 8-8 Re-sizing a shape Page 116 When creating a new shape, you can constrain the size by holding down the Ctrl key as you drag the mouse: SHAPE DRAGGING + CTRL KEY Line Constrains to horizontal or vertical line Box Constrains to a square Oval Constrains to a circle 8.4.3 MOVING There are two ways to move a shape around the page: With the Arrow pointer and with an information requester. Moving With The Arrow Pointer To move the box with the mouse, click the Selection button anywhere on the shape to select it-you should notice that four handles appear on each corner, this shows that the shape is selected. With the pointer still over the box, hold down the Selection button and drag the outline of the shape to its new position. You can drag the shape onto a different page by just moving the pointer off the edge of the page. As you do this, the page scrolls automatically until you move the pointer back onto the page. The closer the pointer is to the bottom of the page, the slower the document will scroll and vice versa. Figure 8-9 Moving a shape Page 117 If you are in the middle of creating, sizing or moving a shape and you wish to cancel the operation, press the Menu mouse button while you still have the Selection button depressed. Depress the Ctrl key (whilst moving an object) to constrain an object along the horizontal or vertical axis. Moving With The Information Requester Choose "Create Object' (Object menu) and select Line. Click on the page and drag out a line of about 2 inches. Select the Line by clicking it) and choose the Information command (Object menu). The "Line Information" requester has two groups of text gadgets titled Start and End. The start is the place where you first clicked on the page before dragging the pointer and the end is where you released the Selection button to create the line. Type the following: Start-"From Left": 2 Start-"From Top": 1.5 End-"From Left": 4 End-"From Top": 3 When you type a new figure into a gadget (and press the Return key), the information updates the screen instantly. As you typed new position figures, you may have seen the line move. Experiment further, and remember the "Line Information" requester is modeless, which means you can leave it on the screen as long as you like. You can move it out the way by dragging the "Window Title Bar", or minimise it by clicking the "Window Zoom" gadget. 8.4.4 CHANGING THE WAY SHAPES LOOK There are several ways you can control the look of shapes, including position, size, fill colour, colour, border style and thickness. Create a line on the page and choose the Information command (Object menu). Click on the Style pop-up gadget in the Start group and you will see a list of endings for the line. Select Splat. Select "8 pt" from the Thickness pop-up text gadget, and select Red from the Colour pop-up. Page 118 Figure 8-10 'Line Information' requester The last attribute of a line is its "Line Style", set this to "Long Dash Dot". 8.4.5 DELETING A SHAPE To delete the shape, select it with the Selection button and either press the Del key, or choose Erase (Edit menu). 8.4.6 GROUPING SHAPES TOGETHER Sometimes it is convenient to link several shapes together so that they move as one. For example, if you created the shape of a face using two circles, one box and a line, you would probably want to move or re-size the individual shapes as one. This is achieved with the Group command. Create a simple face on the page using two circles, a box and a line. Select all of the shapes by dragging the Arrow pointer around them, ensuring the dotted line touches (and therefore selects) each individual shape. Release the Selection button and each shape will appear selected. Page 119 Figure 8-11 Grouping objects Now choose Group from the Object menu. Four group handles will replace the handles on each individual shape. This means the group can be re-sized or moved like one item. Choose Information (Object menu) and notice that the information settings are now global, for the entire group. You can ungroup the group by selecting it and choose Ungroup (Object menu). 8.4.7 SHAPE DEPTH ARRANGEMENT As you create shapes on the page, you can see that some overlap and block your view of other shapes. The blocked shape has not been erased, it is just obscured by the other. Wordworth 3 arranges shapes in the order of creation, with the most recently created shape on top. Follow these steps to discover how to change the depth arrangement of your shapes: step 1 Choose "Create Object" (Object menu) and draw a box on the page. Then, create a circle overlapping the box and a line overlapping both the circle and box. Page 120 step 2 Select the line and choose "Move Backward" (Object menu). You will see that the line has moved behind the circle but remains in front of the box. Figure 8-12 Arranging the depths of shapes Choose "Move Backward" (Object menu) again and the line moves behind the box. step 3 With the line still selected, choose 'Bring To Front"' (Object menu) and it is brought right to the front of all the objects that were obscuring it. 8.4.8 LOCKING SHAPES A shape can also be locked to the page to prevent anyone moving or re- sizing it. step 1 Select the box that you drew previously and choose Lock (Object menu). When a shape is locked, its black handles change to hollow squares. step 2 If you now try to move the pointer over the top of this box, the pointer will turn into a padlock denoting that the shape is locked. If you try to move the object, the screen will flash. Page 121 Figure 8-13 Locked object step 3 Select the locked box and choose Unlock (Object Menu) to unlock the shape and allow you to change its size or position. 8.4.9 SPECIAL FEATURES There are other things you can do with shapes: DUPLICATE It's easy to create identical objects. Select the line that is on the page and choose Duplicate (Object menu). A copy of the line appears slightly offset from the original. ADD TO ALL PAGES Any shape, or group of shapes, can be easily added to the other pages in your document. Select the circle shape on your page and choose "Add To All Pages" (Object menu). Any further pages you create will have the circle positioned in the same place as the original. However, if you are using "Facing Pages", an object will only be added to all of the left or all or the right pages in a document. Page 122 Figure 8-14 Object added to all pages Select the circle shape that is on all your other pages and drag it around the page. You will notice that the same object on all other pages was also moved. Press the Del key to delete the object. A small requester will appear asking if you wish to delete just the selected shape or all of the shapes. Click the "All Pages" button. Page 123 8.5 DRAWING TOOLS Frames are very similar to shapes. As Both a shape and a frame is an object, any of the commands on the Object menu can apply to either. In addition, moving or sizing a frame using the mouse is the same as for a shape. 8.5.1 TEXT FRAME A text frame is like a container, which can be moved about (or dragged), anywhere on the page. This container can hold any amount of text and is independent from the text on your page. Any of the available tools when editing a normal document (text styles, character format, paragraph format and columns for example), can be used in a text frame. Think of a text frame as an free-floating independent miniature page within your document. step 1 Choose "Create Object" command (Object menu) and from the list gadget, select "Text Frame". You can move the "Create Object" requester out of the way by moving the Arrow pointer to the requester window title bar and, while holding down the Selection button, move the requester to its new position. Page 124 Figure 8-15 Insertion point in active frame Type the following (do not press the Return key until you get to the ¶ character): The earth is one of nine planets that revolve around the bright star we call the sun. But the sun, on which we depend for nearly all our energy, is itself a very insignificant star in the immensity of space.¶ There are literally millions and millions of stars like our sun scattered throughout space. We do not even know how many of them have planets revolving around them because they are too far away.¶ step 3 If you click the background page (indeed, anywhere away from the frame) and then click in the text frame while holding down the Selection button, you will be able to drag the frame around the document. Four small squares appear on each corner of the frame when it is selected. These squares are called handles, and when the pointer is moved over the top of one, it changes into a double arrow. This double arrow denotes a re-sizing operation, which means that if the Selection button is selected and the mouse is dragged, the size of the frame will change. Page 125 Figure 8-16 Re-sizing a frame step 5 An alternative, and more accurate method of changing the size and position of a text frame is to change its Position attributes. Choose Information command (Object menu). Like the "Create Object" requester, the "Text Frame Information" requester can be moved around and left on the screen whilst you carry on editing the document. Delete the contents of the Width text gadget and type 4. Replace the contents of the Height text gadget with 3, change "From Left" to 2 and "From Top" to 1. As you alter each one of these values, the text frame will change its size and position automatically. step 6 To change the number of columns in the text frame, move the cursor to the "Number Of" text gadget (Columns group), and type 2. Replace the contents of Gap with 0.25 and press the Return key, the text frame will automatically reformat into two columns. Page 126 step 7 Change the "Border Style" pop-up (Style group) from "Single Line" to "Double Line". Next, select "4 pt" from the Thickness pop-up text gadget and change the "border Colour" to "Mid Green". Figure 8-17 'Frame Information' pop-up As you will have just seen, each time any attribute is changed on an Information requester the new values are immediately applied to the object providing instant feedback 8.5.2 TEXTEFFECTS You can use TextEffects to produce simple logos. step 1 Choose "Drawing Tools" command (View menu) and from the floating toolbar select the TextEffects icon (the Fx icon). Draw a square outline on the page and choose Information (Object menu) to display the "TextEffects Information" requester. step 2 Select Circle from the Type pop-up gadget (Effects group). Then type Digita international Limited into the Contents text gadget and click Apply. Page 127 Figure 8-18 TextEffect requester You will see that the words Digita International Limited are drawn in a circle within your frame. step 3 The Word Digita starts at the top of the circle. Rotating the circle is simple, delete the contents of the "Rotate By" text gadget, type 235 and press the Return key. Click Apply and you will see the effect rotate. step 4 Now lets make the logo more impressive. Click the Font button and select Red from the "First Character" (Colour group) pop-up gadget, select Yellow from the "Last Character" pop-up and then click OK. step 5 Now add some shadow effects. Click the "Shadows" button and type 5 into the "Number Of Shadows' text gadget. Type 25 into the Size text gadget ("Last Shadow Offset" group), this will make the fifth (and last) shadow 25% smaller than the original. Next, select "80% Grey" from the "First Shadow Colour" pop-up gadget and "20% Grey' from the "Last Shadow Colour" pop-up. Page 128 In the "Last Shadow" group type 2.5 into the "Distance Across" gadget. Click OK and you should see the changes take place after a few moments intensive Amiga calculation. Figure 8-19 Finished TextEffects Click OK from the main TextEffects requester to return to the page. 8.5.3 TABLES AND CALCULATIONS With tables, you can arrange columns of numbers and text in a document without the need for using tabs. Tables also provide a convenient way to present the text in side-by-side paragraphs, as in a script for a play. A table is a grid of Rows and Columns marked by Gridlines. Each small box in the table is called a Cell and the gridlines will not be printed unless specifically requested. step 1 To create a table on your page, choose "Create Object" command (Object menu) and select Table from the list. With the Selection button, drag a box 1 inch wide x 2 inches high. A grid, one across by about four down should have been created. If you did not get enough cells created then drag out the table using the table handles to automatically create new rows or columns. Page 129 step 2 Move the Arrow pointer over the bottom right handle and drag the table outline out to create more cells. A table of six rows by two columns is needed. Figure 8-20 Re-sizing a table to create more rows and columns step 3 Move the pointer to the gridline separating the first and second columns and the Arrow pointer will change to a two-way pointer. Select the gridline with the Arrow pointer and it becomes dotted. Move it to the right about one half of an inch. When the Selection button is released, the gridline moves, therefore increasing the width of the first column and moving the second column over. Page 130 Figure 8-21 Increasing the width of a column If the second column disappears, just drag out the width of the table using the tables handles to bring it back into view (rows and columns are never deleted, they are just moved out of view so re-sizing the table will bring the previously hidden cells back). step 4 Place the insertion point in the first cell by moving the Arrow pointer over it and clicking with the Selection button. Type Country and press the Tab key to move into the cell on the right. Type Time and then press Tab again to move your insertion point to the beginning of the next row. Using this process of 'type then tab' to move between cells, type the following information: London(tab) GMT(tab) Los Angeles(tab) 0400(tab) Madrid(tab) 1300(tab) Mexico City(tab) 0600(tab) Montreal(tab) 0700(tab) If you press Tab once too many and move into the wrong cell, press Shift- Tab to go back to the previous cell. Page 131 step 5 Now there is a table with data in it, the cells need to be formatted. Move the insertion point to the first cell (containing Country), by clicking the Selection button in it and choose "Select All" command (Edit menu). Choose Font (Format menu), select "Bright Blue" from the Text pop-up gadget (Colour group) and select the Bold check box. Click OK and the selected text in the cell will change to the new style. Choose Paragraph (Format menu) and select Centre from the Justification pop-up gadget. Repeat the same process with the cell to the right containing the word Time. step 6 Move the insertion point to the cell which contains "Mexico City" and choose Tables (Format menu). From this requester you can insert or delete rows or columns. Figure 8-22 Tables requester Select the "Insert After" radio button, ensure that the Row radio button is selected and click OK. The row containing Montreal will be moved off the table as a new row below "Mexico City" has been added. Page 132 step 7 Now move the insertion point to the blank row and choose Tables (Format menu). Select Delete and Row from the radio buttons, type 2 into the "How Many" text gadget and then click Ok. The blank row and the row containing Montreal have been deleted, and a new blank row has appeared after "Mexico City". When inserting and deleting columns, Before means 'to the left of the current column' and After means 'to the right of the current column'. step 8 With the insertion point in the last empty cell, choose Calculate (Tools menu). Select Average and "Cells Above" radio buttons to produce an average of all the cells above the insertion point (that is, all of the Times). Figure 8-23 Calculating cells Click OK and the result is placed in the cell which contains the insertion point. Page 133 This page empty Page 134 CHAPTER NINE CUSTOMISING AND OPTIMISING WORDWORTH Page 135 This page empty Page 136 9.1 GETTING PERSONAL WITH WORDWORTH With Wordworth 3 you can customise your working environment to best suit the way you work: * Choose the fonts used in the requesters and screen. * Choose the commands in the toolbar, their size and the position. * Choose the screen mode and screen colours. * Show or hide guides on the page. * Optimise Wordworth to use less memory and work faster. This tutorial shows you how to customise Wordworth for the way you wish to work. 9.1.1 REQUESTER FONTS There are two fonts used in the requesters. These are the gadget labels (which are the names given to each gadget); and the gadget group headings (which are the label headings for a group of gadgets). step 1 Choose "Change Settings" command (Settings menu) and select Screen from the list gadget. On the bottom of the "Screen Settings" requester there is a group titled Fonts. From this requester you can specify the fonts that Wordworth uses. Click the "Select" button to the right of the "Requester Headings" read- only gadget, and from the font requester that appears, choose one of the fonts from the list. Click OK and you will be returned to the "Screen Settings" requester where the name of the font you have chosen now appears in the read-only gadget. Follow the same procedure for the "Requester Gadgets" option. Page 137 Figure 9-1 Selecting required fonts step 2 Select the "Screen Blanker" check box gadget and type 5 into the Delay text gadget. This will tell Wordworth that after a delay of 5 minutes, the screen is to be blanked. Blanking a screen is used to prevent 'burn-in' of a stationary image on your monitor if unattended for a period of time. Click OK and your changes will take affect. 9.1.2 SCREEN COLOURS The eight colours that Wordworth uses for its screen display can also be changed. These colours are used for the icons, window and page display. step 1 From the "Change Settings" requester ("Change Settings" command, Settings menu) select "Screen Colours" from the list gadget. Click one of the eight colour boxes to select it (the colour selected appears on the far left of the others), and slide the Red, Green and Blue sliders to give the colour of your choice. step 2 Do this for any of the eight colours that you wish to change and click OK to make the changes take effect. Page 138 9.1.3 TOOLBAR You can also customise the Wordworth toolbar in several ways: * The commands (icons) displayed in the toolbar. * The size of the icons. * The position of the toolbar on the screen. step 1 From the "Change Settings" requester ("Change Settings" command, Settings menu) select Toolbar from the list gadget. Figure 9-2 Toolbar requester The Commands list gadget on the left of the requester contains a list of all the commands that can be placed on the toolbar. The Toolbar list on the right shows the commands currently chosen for display in the toolbar. Move down the Commands list using the scroll arrows and select the Librarian command. Click the » button, and the selected command will appear at the bottom of the Toolbar list. Next, click the "Move Up" button to move the command up the list to the place where you wish it to appear on your toolbar. Page 139 step 2 Select the Cut command from the Toolbar list and click the « button to remove it from the toolbar. Click the Apply button and your toolbar will be updated with the changes. step 3 From the Position pop-up list gadget, select Floating. This means that your toolbar will appear in an independent "floating" window which can be moved around the screen like any other window. Figure 9-3 Moving the floating toolbar Now, select the "Large Icons" checkbox gadget and click Apply. When you are satisfied with your changes, click OK 9.1.4 GUIDES AND RULERS You can specify whether the page guides are displayed or not using "Show Guides" (View menu). The Ruler tools are toggled on/off using the Rulers command (View menu). step 1 Choose "Change Settings"' (Settings menu) and select View from the list gadget to display the "View Settings" requester. Select the "Print Borders" check box gadget to display the print border margin around the edge of each page. Page 140 step 2 From the Rulers group, deselect the "Vertical Ruler" check box gadget and deselect the "Status Bar" check box. Click OK and the window display will change to show print borders, turn off the status bar and vertical ruler Figure 9-4 Selecting guides step 3 Choose Rulers (View menu) and all the items that were selected in the Rulers group of the "View Settings' requester will be turned off. Choosing the Rulers command again will turn the ruler display back on. Page 141 9.2 GETTING WORDWORTH TO GO FASTER Wordworth can be optimised in many ways to both speed up display and save precious memory. Use the Workbench-"Close Workbench' command (Settings menu) to save about 40K of memory. This will shut down the Workbench desktop that usually remains open behind the Wordworth screen. Choose "Change Settings" (Settings menu) and from the list gadget, select Screen. Click the "Screen Mode, button and from the "Screen Mode' requester decrease the Colours slider from 8 to 4 by clicking to the left of the small black box once. Click OK and the display will appear in 4 colours which saves memory and improves speeds. Turn off "Ruler Tools, and "Vertical Ruler" from the "View Settings" requester ("Change Settings" command, Settings menu) will improve the editing speed of documents. Select the "Use Less Memory" check box in the "Screen Settings" requester ("Change Settings" command, Settings menu). This will save a lot of memory by making the windows used in Wordworth" simple refresh, instead of 'smart refresh'. A "simple refresh" window is updated (redrawn) by Wordworth instead of the operating system and therefore will be more memory efficient. However, doing this will make the redrawing of the windows slower. Page 142 CHAPTER TEN WORDWORTH UPGRADES This chapter is for users of earlier versions of Wordworth. It will tell you what's changed without going over features you'll already know. Page 143 This page empty Page 144 10.1 WHAT'S DIFFERENT ABOUT WORDWORTH 3 Many of the changes in Wordworth 3 have resulted from Usability analysis (discovery of faults in interface and so on), requests by users ( through our regular questionnaires), and through the introduction of "Interface Guidelines" by Commodore. 10.1.1 REQUESTERS The most instantly noticeable change in Wordworth 3 are the requesters. Wordworth now uses Workbench standard windows and gadgets for all of its requesters. This means that, like other Workbench windows, you can minimize them using the "Window Zoom" gadget, you can move them around the screen using the "Window Drag (Title) Bar" and you can send them to the back or bring them in front of any other window with the "Window Depth Gadget". You can even customise the fonts used in the windows. From the "Screen Setting" requester ("Change Settings" command, Settings menu), you can set the fonts for gadget labels, group headings, and window title bars (the same as those used in the menus). Some requesters, like Find, - Insert and Object Information, can remain on the screen whilst you carry on editing the document. Requesters like these are termed 'Modeless' and are a relatively new idea in Amiga software. Figure 10-1 Modeless requester Page 145 10.1.2 CUSTOMISATION Wordworth 3 is highly customisable. Unlike previous versions, you can decide what commands you want on the toolbar, what size you Would like the icons and where on the screen you would like it positioned. Refer Toolbar- "Change Settings" command (Settings menu). 10.1.3 KEYBOARD The keyboard modifier keys have changed to incorporate the guidelines laid down by Commodore. The keys and their functions are now. KEY DOES Shift-Arrow key Selects text Ctrl-Arrow key Moves to beginning/end of line/document Alt-Arrow key Moves to beginning/end of word/page The new modifier keys are now the default. However, if you prefer to use the keys you used in the previous version of Wordworth, choose Text- "Change Settings" command (Settings menu) and select the radio button "Old Wordworth Modifier Keys". IMPORTANT ----------------------------------------------------------------------- It is a good idea to start adopting the new keyboard commands as these will be the only standard supported in future versions of Wordworth and other Digita software. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- 10-1-4 MENUS The menu structure and keyboard shortcuts have been changed to follow the Commodore guidelines as much as possible. This is to make it easier for you to use Wordworth, as it provides a familiar interface to that of other programs following the guidelines. 10.1.5 OUTLINE FONTS The Agfa font technology in Wordworth 3 is slightly different than before, to incorporate the new font support and also make it easier for floppy disk users to use fonts across separate disks. If you want to use the fonts that you already have, tell the InstallOutlines program to look in a different place for the fonts (Floppy Disk Users: WwTools drawer, Ww3 Extras disk. Hard Disk Users:WwTools drawer, Wordworth3). Page 146 For example, if you have Wordworth V2AGA in an Apps drawer on your hard disk Work, you will need to tell the installer the path to the Intellifont drawer. Click the InstallOutlines program with the Selection button and choose information (Workbench-Icons menu). Click the tooltype starting FONTPATH=... and delete the brackets. Replace the text following the equals sign with the path to your Intellifont drawer. In this example, the path would be FONTPATH = Work:Apps/ Wordworth2/Intellifont (with no spaces). Press the Return key and click Save. When you double-click the lnstallOutlines program, the fonts in your Wordworth v2 Intellifont drawer will be installed for use with Wordworth 3. The InstallOutlines program will create small files called .font and .otag for each of the fonts installed and place them in the WwFonts/UFST drawer. These small files contain the location of the font so that Wordworth knows where to look for them. This means that you can have fonts scattered around your hard disk or on several floppy disks by just re-running InstallOutlines with the tooltype appropriately changed. You can also use the same procedure to tell Wordworth where to look for the PostScript and TrueType fonts. Page 147 This page empty Page 148 PART THREE WORDWORTH MENUS Page 149 This page empty Page 151 CHAPTER ELEVEN THE MENUS This chapter gives a detailed explanation of each menu command, in logical order from the left (Project-New) to right (Help-How To). * Project menu. * Edit menu. * View menu. * Format menu. * Object menu. * Tools menu. * Settings menu. Help menu. Page 151 This page empty Page 152 11.1 PROJECT MENU 11.1.1 NEW Choose New command (Project menu), or press Right Amiga-N. Figure 11-1 Templates requester Shows a requester from which you select a template. Templates are blank documents with a specific layout (text, fonts, graphics, page size, and so on). The default template is called Normal. A new untitled document appears based on the template you select. Creating New Templates Create a new document using the Normal template. Choose "Save As" (Project menu), and select "Wordworth Template from the "File Format" list box and click OK. From the Save requester, type the template name in the File text gadget and click Save. The template will now appear in the Template list requester whenever you choose New (Project menu). IMPORTANT ------------------------------------------------------------------------- Remember to set the "Print Method" ('Print Setup" command, Project menu), once you have created a new document, as this determines which fonts you can use (refer Appendix D-Fonts). -------------------------------------------------------------------------- You can specify the place where Templates are stored with the File option, "Change Settings" command, Settings menu. Page 153 11.1.2 OPEN Choose Open command (Project menu), or press Right Amiga-O. The list gadget shows all files and drawers (subdirectories, labelled (Drawer)), in the currently selected drawer. Below are three text gadgets: Pattern, Drawer and File. Figure 11-2 'Open Document' requester At the bottom are fourbuttons: Open, Volumes, Parent and Cancel. To select a file, click the filename in the list gadget, this will update the File gadget. Clicking a Drawer in the list gadget will show the contents of that drawer and the Drawer gadget will be updated to show the disk and drawer names separated by a colon (:). Further drawers may be accessed in the same way and will be separated by a slash (/) when added to the Drawer gadget. To move back to the previous drawer level click the Parent button. Another way to select the drawer or filename is to type the drawer and filename directly into the appropriate Drawer and File text gadgets If you double-click a filename, Wordworth will automatically open the file. When the file requester is displayed on screen, you can use the Menu button to reveal the Control menu: Page 154 Figure 11-3 Control menu " system Last Name: Selects previous filename in list. Next Name: Selects next filename in list. Restore: Reverts to original file requester settings. Parent: Menu and keyboard shortcut for Parent button. Volumes: Menu and keyboard shortcut for Volumes button. Delete: Deletes the selected file. OK: Menu and keyboard shortcut for Open button. Cancel: Menu and keyboard shortcut for Cancel button. Wordworth will attempt to open the document in the normal Wordworth document format. If this fails, and if the appropriate filters are installed, Wordworth will try Microsoft Word (DOS), Windows Write, Microsoft Works, WordPerfect (DOS), Wordstar (DOS), RTF (Rich text format) and "ASCII text" format. 11.1.3 OPEN RECENT Choose "Open Recent" command (Project menu). Reveals a sub-menu from which you can automatically re-open the documents on which you have recently worked. If documents have not been opened using the Open command, the command will be dimmed. 11.1.4 SAVE Choose Save command (Project menu), or press Right Amiga-S. Saves the current document in "Wordworth Document" format, using the same document name and drawer from which it was opened or last saved, replacing the previous version. If it is a new document, without a title (Untitled, for example), you will be prompted to type the name of the document. Page 155 11.1.5 SAVE AS Choose "Save As" command (Project menu), or press Right Amiga-A. From the file format requester, select the file format in which you wish to save the document (the default is Wordworth's own format). If the appropriate filters are installed, other file formats include: "Wordworth Template", "ASCII text" or RTF (Rich text format) format. Figure 11-4 'File Format' requester Click OK to display the file requester. The list gadget shows all files and drawers (subdirectories, labelled (Drawer)), in the currently selected drawer. Below are three text gadgets: Pattern, Drawer and File. At the bottom are four buttons: Save, Volumes, Parent and Cancel. To select a file click the filename in the list gadget, this will update the File gadget. Clicking a Drawer in the list gadget will show the contents of that drawer and the Drawer gadget will be updated to show the disk and drawer names separated by a colon (:). Further drawers may be accessed in the same way and will be separated by a slash (/) when added to the Drawer gadget. To move back to the previous drawer level click the Parent button. Page 156 Figure 11-5 'Save Document' requester showing Control menu When the file requester is displayed on screen, you Can use the Menu button to reveal the Control menu : Last Name: Selects previous filename in list. Next Name: Selects next filename in list. Restore: Reverts to original file requester settings. Parent: Menu and keyboard shortcut for Parent button. Volumes: Menu and keyboard shortcut for Volumes button. Delete: Deletes the selected file. OK: Menu and keyboard shortcut for Save button. Cancel: Menu and keyboard shortcut for Cancel button. 11.1.6 LAST SAVED Choose "Last Saved" command (Project menu). Reverts to the last version of the document, replacing the current version. If the document is new and has not yet been saved, or if no changes have been made since the document was saved, the command will be dimmed. Page 157 11.1.7 PRINT Choose Print command (Project menu) or press Right Amiga-P. Shows a requester to print current document. Figure 11-6 Print requester Range All: Prints all pages in document. Pages: If selected, you can then type a page range into the adjacent text gadget. Type a single page number, or for a range of pages, type two numbers separated by a hyphen (for example, 2-6, prints pages 2, 3, 4, 5, 6). Copies: Type the number of copies for each page. Options Print: Select "Odd And Even Pages", "Odd Pages Only", "Even Pages Only". This is useful if using single (cut) sheet which are to be printed on both sides. Print all the odd pages first, then turn the paper over, to print all the even pages in reverse order on the other side. Page 158 Shade: Select the print shading method, depending on your printer SHADE DOES Black And White Prints fonts and graphics as either solid black or white Colour Prints colours if you have a colour printer Grey Scale 1 One style of grey scaling to represent the colours used on the screen Grey Scale 2 One style of grey scaling to represent the colours used on the screen (used for CBM A2O24 monitors only) Draft Printout: Prints the document in the quickest possible method which is ideal for printing proofs. Collate Copies: Determines the method of printing multiple copies of a document. For example, if you wanted to print 10 copies of a five-page document, selecting Collate will print from page one to page five l0 times, whereas if Collate is not selected it will print l0 copies of page one, then l0 copies of page two, and so on. Reverse Order: Prints pages from the highest page number to the lowest. This is for printers which stack cut sheets automatically while printing (for example, laser printers), so that on completion the lowest page number will be on the top of the stack. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PRINT REQUESTER ARE THREE BUTTONS Print: Prints using the settings in the "Print Setup" requester. Setup: Selects the "Print Setup" requester (see "Print Setup" command, Project menu). Cancel: Cancels this requester. Page 159 11.1.8 PRINT SETUP Choose "Print Setup" command (Project menu) or Right Amiga-Shift-P. Shows a requester from which you can setup your printer: Figure 11-7 'Print Setup' requester Use the list box "Printer Driver" to select the printer driver required. (The Generic driver will only print text. Formatting of text and graphics are discarded. ) Density: Sets the printer resolution for printing. Set the density from 1 (lowest density), which is ideal for a quick draft print, to 7 (highest density). At higher densities, more dots are used to create the image which gives a better quality reproduction, but takes much longer to print. When printing a colour graphic you may need to set the density quite low as the colours can become muddy on higher densities (refer Appendix C-Pictures And Clip Art"). PRINT BORDERS Some printers have a border around the page edge which is unprintable (this is common with most printers, there is always an unprintable area around the page because it is used by the printer rollers to pull the paper through). However, if you are using "Paper Type"-Continuous, it is not necessary to set a print border. Page 160 The four edit gadgets (Left, Right, Top Bottom) are for specifying this unprintable area. For example, if you use a Citizen Swift printer, you may need to set Left and Right to 0.25 inches, Top to 0.5 and Bottom to 0.75 inches-this stops the page being ejected before printing the footer. If you experience problems like this with printing, consult your printer manual for more information about the unprintable area so that you can set your own "Print Border". PRINT METHOD When you set the print method (the default is Normal), Wordworth only lets you use fonts which are compatible with the setting (this prevents the accidental mixing of incompatible fonts). PRINT METHOD FONTS YOU CAN USE Normal Agfa Compugraphic, Adobe PostScript, TrueType and bitmap (with graphics or pictures). Printer Font Internal printer fonts (no graphics or pictures). PostScript Only for use with expensive PostScript laser printers. Uses the internal fonts of a Type 1 PostScript printer (with graphics or pictures). Text not typed using PostScript fonts will be printed in Courier, with coloured text printed in grey. (Refer Appendix E- PostScript Printers.) If you change the print method while editing a document, an alert box will warn you that there are incompatible fonts in the document. If this happens, click Yes and the fonts in the document will be automatically converted into the correct format. PAPER TYPE Continuous: Prints pages on continuous stationery, without pausing, and ignores "Print Border" settings. Cut Sheet: Pauses printing at the end of each page. If necessary, an alert box will prompt you to insert the paper for each page, Uses "Print Border" settings. If you have a 24-pin printer, you may find that only 16 of the 24 pins are used for printing. Page 161 Sheet Feeder: Prints single sheets without pausing, and uses "Print Border" settings. Select this option if you are using a laser printer or the printer is fitted with an automatic cut-sheet feeder. AT THE BOTTOM OF THE PRINT SETUP REQUESTER ARE THREE BUTTONS OK: Confirms the settings made in the requester. PostScript: Selects the "PostScript Setup" requester if you have set the "Print Method" to PostScript (refer Appendix E-PostScript Printers for information about PostScript). Cancel: Cancels the settings made in the requester. 11.1.9 MAIL MERGE Choose "Mail Merge" command (Project menu) to mail merge. Mail merge printing allows a document to be customised by using information from a database file, This is usually used for sending personalised letters and mailshots to a number of people, whose names are stored in a data file. The data file should first be exported from your database as an ASCII file. The appropriate ASCII format from the Format pop-up gadget will then need to be set. Figure 11-8 'Mail Merge' requester Page 162 ASCII Data File Name: Type the data file from which information is to be merged. Select: Displays file requester. You can select the data file with which information is to be merged. File includes Header Record: If the first record of your data file contains field names, select this check box. Separators Format: Select ASCII file format of the data file: Standard (Wordworth), Digita Mailshot Plus, Superbase, Data Interchange Format (DIF) or Custom. ASCII Field Separators: Type an ASCII character value if you have selected the Custom Format option, or choose a separator character from the pop-up list. ASCII Record Separators: Type an ASCII character value if you have selected the Custom Format option, or choose a separator character from the pop-up list. MAIL MERGING WITH DIGITA MAILSHOT PLUS When saving data from Mailshot Plus, set the "File type" to Text. Type ^m (to type the ^ character, press Ctrl-M) in the "Rec. Sep." text gadget. ("Line Sep." should remain ^j.) From Wordworth, create a document and type «Field1», «Field2» and so on for the field names. Select "Mailshot Plus" from the Format pop-up list ("Mail Merge"' requester) and deselect "File Includes Header Record" check box. Click Print to start the mail merge. Contact Digita for details about Mailshot Plus. 11.1.10 CLOSE Choose Close command (Project menu), or press Right Amiga-K. Closes the current document. You can also do this by clicking the "Window Close" gadget at the top-left corner of the document bar. If you close the only open document, a new untitled document will automatically be opened. If the document has not previously been saved, Or if you have made changes since the document was last saved, an alert box will appear and confirm if the changes should be saved before the document is closed. Page 163 Click Yes to save the document in "Wordworth Document" format (which is the same as choosing Save from the Project menu). If it is a new document, without a title, you will be prompted to type the name of the document from the file requester. Click No to close the document without saving the changes. Click Cancel to abort the Close command. 11.1.11 ABOUT Choose About command (Project menu), or press Right Amiga-?. Shows the Wordworth creators, copyright messages and the amount of free memory available. The registration name, company and license number are also displayed. 11.1.12 QUIT WORDWORTH Choose "Quit Wordworth" command (Project menu), or press Right Amiga-Q. Closes all open documents and quits Wordworth, returning to Workbench. If any open documents have not been saved, Wordworth will alert you to save before quitting. Page 164 ·END OF PART ONE·