LOADING A TEXT FILE

To load a text file or "story" into 
a document, choose Import text... 
in the File menu. When the form 
appears, select the word processor 
used and click on OK. Use the Item 
Selector to select your file and 
click on OK.

To place a story into a frame, 
select the frame, then click on the 
name of the story in the library.
LINKING STORY FRAMES

To fit a long story into more than 
one frame, select another frame and 
click on the name of the story in 
the library.

STORY STATUS

Double-click on the story name in 
the library to display information 
about a story.

DELETING A STORY

To remove a story from your 
document, double-click on the story 
name. When the Status form appears, 
click on DELETE.

The story is removed from your 
document, but the original text file 
is not removed from the disk.


  
TYPING IN AND EDITING TEXT

To type in and edit text, switch to 
Text mode by clicking on the T icon 
in the tool box and click in a story 
frame to position the insertion 
cursor. Select the text style before 
you type or edit by either choosing 
a style from the Style menu or the 
library, or using the quick keys.



TYPING IN AND EDITING TEXT (cont.)

For details of the keys used when 
typing and editing text, see 
"Keyboard" in the Help menu.








SOFT HYPHENS

Choose Soft hyphen in the Text menu 
or press [Control][-] to insert a 
soft (discretionary) hyphen into a 
word. The word will only be 
hyphenated at this point.

Place a soft hyphen at the beginning 
of a word to prevent it being 
hyphenated anywhere.


TYPING IN BULLETS

To type in bullet characters:

1. Switch to Text mode (click on the 
   T icon in the toolbox).

2. Select Font/size... in the Style 
   menu.

3. Choose the "Bullets" font.

4. Press one of the keys [a]...[o].
FIXED SPACES

Press [Control][Space] to insert a 
fixed (non-breaking) space. A fixed 
space will not be stretched or used 
to break a line.

SEARCH AND REPLACE EDITING

Click on Find... in the Text menu 
or press [Alt][F] to search forward 
through a story for a piece of text 
and mark it as a block.
SEARCH AND REPLACE EDITING (cont.)

Click on Find & replace... in the 
Text menu or press [Alt][R] to 
search forward through a story for a 
piece of text and replace it with 
another one. You can choose to 
replace one, some, or all of the 
pieces of text found.

To continue a Find... or Replace..., 
choose Find again in the Text menu 
or press [Alt][A].
KERNING

To move two characters closer 
together or further apart, place 
the insertion cursor between them 
and click on Kern... in the Text 
menu. When the form appears, specify 
the kerning distance in points, 
select + (apart) or - (together).

Press [Alt][K] to move two 
characters together by « a point
without displaying the form.
MARKING A BLOCK OF TEXT

To mark a block of text, drag the 
mouse pointer from one end of the 
block to the other using the Text 
tool. The marked block will appear 
in reverse video.

Double-click on a word to mark the 
whole word and the space after it.



RESTYLING A BLOCK

You can change the text style of a 
marked block by either choosing from 
the Style menu or the library, or 
using the quick keys.

To change the font and point size 
of a marked block, choose 
Font/size... in the Style menu. 
Select the font and point size you 
want and click on OK.

CUTTING A BLOCK

To cut a marked block out of the 
document and place it in the buffer, 
either choose Cut in the Edit menu, 
or press [Alt][X] or [Delete].

COPYING A BLOCK

To copy a marked block to the 
buffer, choose Copy in the Edit menu 
or press [Alt][C].

PASTING A BLOCK

To paste a block of text into a 
document (which need not be the 
document or page it was cut from), 
position the insertion cursor and 
either choose Paste in the Edit 
menu, or press [Alt][V] or [Insert].

