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                                REFERENCE GUIDE

         The  Reference  Guide contains a list of the main features of
         the  Maps  and Legends program and a brief description of the
         way they work.

         ABANDON:  Use  this  selection on the  File  menu to  abandon
         the  file you have loaded. The original file will be reloaded
         from  the  disk.  The name of the file that will be loaded is
         the same as the one that appears as the window title.


         BROAD:  Use this option on the Drawing Tools dialog under the
         Options  menu to select the largest size for the pen, eraser,
         and text annotation.

         COLOR: Use the Color menu bar selection to choose a color for
         drawing,  erasing,  filling and annotating your map. Click in
         the white box in front of the color you are selecting.

         CONTROL PANEL: Use the Control Panel desk accessory to change
         the  colors  on  the Color menu. When you load a program from
         disk,  the  picture  will have the same colors as when it was
         saved.  However,  if  these differ from the default colors on
         the  Control  Panel,  the colors will be reset to the Control
         Panel default colors when you open the Control Panel.

         DEGAS: A graphics and drawing program from Batteries Included
         which  can  load, change, color, fill, label and enhance your
         maps  in any resolution. High-res maps are stored with a .PI3
         extender,  medium-res  with  .PI2  and low-res with .PI1. The
         saved  Cartographer  map  is  slightly  smaller than the full
         Degas  screen  but  you  can  fill the extra area easily with
         color or pattern.

         DESK:  Desk  is  the  menu  bar  selection used to read About
         Maps...  and  to  access  the  Desk Accessories that you have
         installed on your TOS disk. The accessories that you may want
         to use are the Control Panel, Install Printer, and Fonts.

         DRAWING TOOLS:  Use  this selection  from the Options menu to
         choose the Pen, Eraser, or Fill functions and the size of the
         pen, eraser, and letters for annotation.

         ERASE  MAP:  Use  this selection on the Options menu to clear
         the screen before starting a new map. You can draw one map on
         top  of  another if you click on "Cancel" when the erase- map
         warning  appears  on  the  screen.  Erase Map resets the tool
         selection  to  pen,  the  pen  size  to fine and the color to
         black.

         ERASER:  Choose  Eraser to erase a portion of the screen. The
         cursor changes to a small square the size of the area that is
         erased  when you press the left mouse button. There are three
         eraser  sizes: fine, medium, and broad. Be sure to choose the


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         color  for  the  eraser  from the Color menu before using the
         eraser.  The  color  should  be the background color that you
         want to appear.

         ESC:  Escape  key;  press it to halt the drawing of a map and
         regain mouse control to continue.

         FILE:  File  is  the  menu  bar  selection  used  to save and
         retrieve  your maps. The menu selection Quit is used to end a
         session  with  Maps  and  Legends  and return to the GEM Desk
         Top.

         FILL:  Use the Fill drawing tool selection to select the fill
         function. This fills in an area of the map with the color and
         fill  pattern  that  you  have chosen from the Color and Fill
         menus.

         FINE:  Use  this option on the Pen Selection dialog under the
         Options  menu to select the smallest size for the pen, eraser
         and text annotation.

         GRATICULE:  A  network of parallels and meridians on a map or
         chart.  This  is  a  toggle  function. A check will appear in
         front of it on the Options menu when it is selected.

         LOAD:  Use  Load  to  retrieve a map from your data disk. The
         Item  Selector dialog will appear on the screen. Click on the
         map  in the directory then click on the OK button to load the
         map.

         LOCATE MODE: Use this selection from the Options menu to read
         geographic  coordinates  from  the  map.  This  is  a  toggle
         function.  A  check will appear in front of it on the Options
         menu  when  it is selected. See the section on Locate Mode in
         the main manual.

         MEDIUM: Use this option on the Pen Selection Dialog under the
         Options  menu  to select the middle size for the pen, eraser,
         and text annotation.

         OPTIONS:   Use  this  menu  bar  selection  to  chose  a  map
         projection  and  to  access  the  Pen  Selection,  Erase Map,
         Locate, Graticule, and State Boundaries selections.

         OVERLAY:  Choose this  selection from the  Files  menu to add
         more coordinates  to your map from other database files.  The
         Item  Selector  dialog will  appear on the  screen.  Select a
         coordinate data file and it will be drawn with the projection
         and  scale of the  map drawn  most recently.  See the Overlay
         section of the manual for more information.

         PATTERN:  Use the Pattern menu bar selection to choose a fill
         pattern  for  filling  an area on the map. Click in the white
         box in front of the color you are selecting.




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         PEN:  Choose  Pen  to draw on the screen. Three pen sizes are
         available: fine, medium and broad.

         PRINT:  You  can print a map on a compatible graphics printer
         by  simultaneously  pressing  the [Alternate] and [Help] keys
         with  the  map  on  the screen. If the picture is not printed
         correctly  you  can  change  the  printer  setup by selecting
         Install  Printer under the Desk item on the menu bar. You can
         also  print  a  map  by loading it into the Degas program and
         using its print option.

         QUIT:  Use  this  selection on the File menu to return to the
         GEM Desk Top.

         RESOLUTION:  You  can  draw  a  map  in any resolution - low,
         medium  or  high - depending on the number of colors you want
         and  the  clarity  of  the features you wish. When you save a
         map,  an  extender  is automatically added which defines that
         resolution  (.PI1  for  low-res, .PI2 for medium and .PI3 for
         high-res).

         SAVE:  Use  this menu selection under File to save a map that
         you have previously loaded from disk or to resave a file that
         you  have  continued  to  work  on after saving it using Save
         As...  The  map will be saved in the file with the name shown
         as  the  window  title.  If you want to save it under another
         name use the Save As... selection on the File menu.

         SAVE  AS:  Use  this  menu selection under File to save a new
         map.  Type  the  file  name  for the map then click on the OK
         button.

         STATE BOUNDARIES: Make this selection before drawing a map if
         you  want  to include the boundaries of the states within the
         United  States on the map. This is a toggle function. A check
         will  appear  in  front  of it on the Options menu when it is
         selected.

         TEXT MODE: You can type legends and annotations on the map by
         selecting  Text  Mode from the Options menu. This is a toggle
         function.  A  check will appear in front of it on the Options
         menu when it is selected. See the section on Text Mode in the
         main manual.















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