Introducing Help

Help is accessed in many ways: 
with the commands in the drop 
down Help menu, with the Help 
buttons present in several 
Wordflair dialog boxes, with 
the Help Icon, and with the 
Help key on the keyboard.






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Drop Down Help Menu

Introducing Help, File, Edit, 
Format, Record, Font, Style, 
and Page Menu invoke help 
information about the commands 
contained in those menus.  
Icons invokes help information 
about the Icons.  Keyboard 
Commands invokes help about 
keystrokes that perform 
special Wordflair functions.  
Click on the desired help 
topic.  

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The Help screen appears.  
Click on the lower left-hand 
corner of the Help screen to 
see the next page of help.  
Click on the folded page at 
the bottom of the Help screen 
to see the previous page of 
help.  Click anywhere outside 
the Help screen to collapse 
the Help Screen.





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Dialog Box Help Buttons

You will see a Help button in 
several Wordflair dialog 
boxes.  Clicking on this 
button invokes a help screen 
of information specific to the 
options contained in the 
current dialog box.






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Help Icon

The Help Icon (a picture of a 
window) is located between the 
reduced view icon and the pen 
icon.  This method of accesing 
help is different from the 
others in that the help window 
will stay on screen until you 
turn it off.





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Help Key

The Help Key (between the 
backspace key and the Undo key 
on your keyboard) will invoke 
help without forcing you to 
use the mouse.








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THE FILE MENU

New

New closes the current 
document and opens a blank 
untitled document, checking if 
you want to save or abandon 
your current document.  
Canceling will leave you in 
your current document.




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Open

Open will loads a previously 
saved document.  A dialog box 
will give you the option of 
saving your current file 
first, Then the GEM Item 
Selector appears and you can 
open the desired document.






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Close

Close closes the current 
document and opens a blank, 
untitled document.  This is 
the same as clicking on the 
close box on the title bar.








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Save

Save saves the current 
document to disk.  If your 
document is untitled, it will 
bring up the file selector.  
Type the name of the document 
(but not the ".WF" file 
extension - that's 
automatically added), then 
press [Return].




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Save As

Save As lets you save your 
current document to disk under 
a new name.  The file selector 
appears.  Type the name of the 
document, then press [Return]. 
The document saves, and you 
can resume work.  Your current 
document will take on this new 
name.




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Revert to Saved

Revert to Saved abandons 
changes made to the current 
document and reverts to the 
previously saved version









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Page Setup

Page Setup lets you specify 
paper type, text columns, 
margins, and paragraph indent:










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Paper Type

The Paper Type choices are:
US Letter, 8.5 x 11 inches;
US Legal,  8.5 x 14;
A4 Letter, 8.25 x 11.66
   (European letter size);
B5 Letter, 7.25 x 10.25
   (Japanese letter size).






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Text Columns

You can create multiple text 
columns in a document, so you 
can create documents such as a 
newsletter.  Enter the desired 
number of text columns.  Click 
on the Spacing button and 
enter the amount of space you 
want between the text columns.





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Margins

The margin settings determine 
how much blank space is 
between printed material and 
the portion of the paper 
usable by your printer.  You 
can set the top, bottom, left, 
and right margins.  The left 
and right margins can also be 
set by dragging them on the 
ruler.



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Paragraph Indent

The Paragraph Indent button  
specifies the indent of the 
first line of a paragraph.  
The Indent marker setting is 
applied to the Background 
Write region.  The indent can 
also be set by dragging it on 
the ruler.





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Print

Print lets you print one or 
many copies of a document or 
part of a document.  You can 
also merge in a record file 
for mail merge:








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Number of Copies

You can print multiple copies 
of a document.  Click on the 
Number of Copies button and 
enter desired number of 
copies.








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Print Range

The Print Range buttons let  
you print all or part of the 
document.  When you first 
print the page range will 
start at page 1 and end at 
page 999.  A document will 
only print up to its last page 
- even if the page range is 
greater.  If you don't want to 
print the whole document click 
on the First box and enter the 
page where you want printing 
to start.
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Page Range continued

Click on the Last box and 
enter the page where you want 
printing to end.  The page 
range will be saved for the 
next time you print.








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Merge Record File

Merge Record File is used to 
perform mail merge.  Open a 
Document file and a Record 
file with matching Write and 
Calc regions.  Click on the 
Print command in the File 
menu.  Click on the Yes button 
of the Merge Record File 
buttons.  A copy of the 
document prints for each 
record in the Record file.


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Import File

You can import metafiles 
(.GEM), image files (.IMG), 
and ASCII text files (.TXT).  
Metafiles and image files are 
imported into an active Graph 
region.  ASCII files are 
imported into the Background 
Write region, or into a Write 
region.  Click on a region 
into which you want to import 
a file.  Click on the Import 
command.  The Import dialog 
box appears.  
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Import file continued

Click on the file type you 
wish to import.  The GEM Item 
Selector appears.  Use GEM 
Item Selector to select the 
file you wish to import.








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Export ASCII

Export ASCII saves just the 
text in your document.  Text 
in the background write region 
is exported from the current 
page up to the end of the 
document.  You will be asked 
if you want to separate lines 
with carriage returns.  Answer 
YES if you would like your 
text to be as wide as it is on 
screen, otherwise answer NO, 
or CANCEL if you decide not to 
create the file.
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Save Setup

Save setup allows you to save 
various attributes  such as: 
default font, grid on/off, 
snap to grid on/off, ruler 
on/off, and page setup. The 
setup is saved as the file 
WF.SET.  When Wordflair is 
started, it is customized to 
the way you want it.




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Quit

Quit quits Wordflair and 
returns you to the GEM 
Desktop.










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THE EDIT MENU

Undo

Undo undoes the most recent 
cut, paste, or typing.  Undo 
also undoes the most recent 
Undo command.  Undo can also 
be accessed with the Undo key.






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Cut

Cut can cut text, a Write, 
Graph, or Calc region, storing 
it on the Clipboard where it 
can be pasted elsewhere with 
the Paste command.  Select the 
text or shift-left click on 
the region you wish to cut.  
Click on the Cut command.





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Copy

Copy copies text, storing it 
on the Clipboard where it can 
be pasted elsewhere with the 
Paste command.  Select the 
text you wish to copy.  Click 
on the Copy command.







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Paste

Paste copies the Clipboard 
contents to the Input cursor 
location.  Cut or copy the 
desired text or region to the 
Clipboard.  Move the input 
cursor to the location where 
you want to paste.  Click on 
the Paste command in the Edit 
menu, and the material on the 
Clipboard appears at the Input 
cursor location.


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Paste continued

If you are pasting a region, 
use the paste command and you 
will be prompted to click 
where you want the upper left 
of the area where you want to 
paste the region (you can only 
paste a region once).






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Clear

Clear deletes text without 
copying the text to the 
Clipboard.  Use Clear to 
delete text without erasing 
the Clipboard.  Select the 
text you wish to clear.  Click 
on the Clear command in the 
Edit menu.





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Find

Find lets you find each 
occurrence of specified text 
in a document.  The Find 
Dialog box appears when you 
select the Find command:

Find box

The Find box lets you enter up 
to 48 characters as the search 
string.  (Carriage returns can 
be entered by entering control 
M, tabs - control I).
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Whole Word/Partial Word

Click on the Whole word button 
to find occurrences of the 
search string that qualify it 
as an entire word, or click on 
the Partial Word button to 
find occurrences of the search 
string that qualify it as a 
partial word.





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Match Case/Ignore Case

Click on the Match Case button 
to find occurrences of the 
search string typed exactly as 
it appears in the Find box, or 
click on the Ignore case 
button to find each occurrence 
of the text, regardless of 
differences in capitalization 
between the text in the Find 
box and text in the document.



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All Write Regions/Active 
Region

Click on the Active Region 
button to find occurrences of 
the search string in the 
active region only, or click 
on the All Write Regions 
button to find occurrences of 
the search string in all Write 
regions.




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Start Find

After entering the search 
string and specifying other 
search criteria, click on the 
Start Find button to start the 
search.

Find Same

Find Same finds the next 
occurrence of the search 
string specified for the Find 
command.  

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Replace

Replace lets you replace a 
search string with text you 
specify.  The Replace Dialog 
box appears when you click on 
the Replace command.  The 
Replace dialog box looks and 
operates much like the Find 
dialog box.  See the Find 
command earlier in this Help 
topic for descriptions of the 
Whole/Partial Word, Match/ 
Ignore Case, and Active/All 
Write Regions buttons.
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Replace Next

Click on the Replace Next 
button to replace only the 
first occurrence of the search 
string with the replace 
string.

Replace All

Click on the Replace All 
button to replace every 
occurrence of the search 
string in the specified search 
range.
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Replace same

Replace Same finds the next 
occurrence of the search 
string specified for the 
Replace command and replaces 
it with the specified replace 
string. Use the Replace 
command to search and replace 
a search string.  Click on the 
Replace Same command to find 
and replace the next 
occurrence of the text.


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Show clipboard

Show Clipboard displays the 
contents of the Clipboard.











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THE FORMAT MENU

Hide Ruler

Hide Ruler hides or displays 
the rulers.

Hide Boundary

Hide Boundaries hides or 
displays region boundaries.




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Snap To Grid

Snap to grid applies to 
creating, moving, and resizing 
of regions and pen lines.










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Align Vertical

Align Vertical lets you 
vertically align regions.  
Shift-Click on the region to 
which you want the other 
regions aligned.  Shift-Click 
on the regions you want 
aligned to the first selected 
region.  Click on the Align 
Vertical command.




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Align Horizontal

Align Horizontal lets you 
horizontally align regions.  
Shift-Click on the region to 
which you want the other 
regions aligned.  Shift Click 
on the regions you want 
aligned to the first selected 
region.  Click on the Align 
Horizontal command.




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Space Vertical

Space Vertical lets you adjust 
the vertical spacing between 
selected regions.  To copy the 
spacing between two selected 
regions to other regions:  
Shift-Click on two regions 
that have the vertical spacing 
you want the others to have 
(there can be no regions 
between them).  Shift-Click on 
the regions you want spaced 
vertically like the first two 
selected regions.
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Space Vertical continued

Click on the Space Vertical 
command in the Format menu.  
To evenly space regions 
between two selected reference 
regions:  Select by shift- 
clicking on the region you 
want to be the top reference 
region.  Select a bottom 
reference region.  Select the 
regions you want evenly spaced 
between the two reference 
regions.  Click on the Space 
Vertical command.
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Space Horizontal

Space Horizontal works just 
like Space Vertical described 
above, except regions are 
spaced horizontally rather 
than vertically.








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Setup Pen

Setup Pen lets you customize 
the Drawing Pen.  Clicking on 
the Setup Pen command invokes 
the Setup Pen box.  Press 
[Return] after customizing the 
pen with the following 
buttons:

Pen Thickness

Click on the Pen Thickness 
button that corresponds to the 
desired thickness.
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Pen Type

Click on the Pen Type button 
with an arrow next to it to 
change the pen type into an 
arrow.









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Frame

Frame puts a border on the 
active region.  The following 
variations are possible:

Frame Shape

A frame may have either square 
or rounded corners, or no 
frame.




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Frame Thickness

The Frame Thickness buttons  
determine the thickness of the 
frame around a region.  Click 
on the button corresponding to 
the desired thickness.








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Header/Footer

A header/footer is a Write 
region that repeats in the 
same position on following 
pages of a document.  Create a 
Write region in the position 
you want it to appear on 
subsequent pages.  Type the 
desired text.  Click on the 
Header/Footer option in the 
Format menu.  The Header/ 
Footer dialog box appears.  
The following options exist to 
customize the header/footer:
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Odd/Even Pages

The Odd/Even Pages buttons 
determine whether the header/ 
footer appears on odd pages or 
even pages. Normally, they are 
both selected.  To have the 
header appear on only odd 
pages click on the even box to 
deselect it, for even pages 
only deselect the odd box.  
Once an odd or even page has 
been selected, it cannot be 
changed, nor can the page 
number be added.
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Add Page Number

Add page number will put the 
page number where the curser 
is in the header/footer write 
region.

Remove Header

The Remove Header option 
removes the header from the 
document.



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Float Region

Float Region places selected 
text or numbers in a floating 
region.  The Float Region 
command only creates floating 
Write and Calc regions.  
Floating Graph regions are not 
possible.  A floating region 
does two things: it moves 
along with changes made to 
surrounding text, and it 
expands or contracts to 
accommodate record information 
of varying lengths.
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Creating a Floating Region

Type the text you want 
contained in the Floating 
Write region, or type a 0 
(zero) for a floating Calc 
region.  Select what you typed 
in the preceding step.  Click 
on the Float Region.  The 
Setup Region box appears.  
Setup the Write or Calc 
region. 



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Setup Region

Setup Region lets you change 
Wordflair regions.  Refer to 
the directions below that 
apply to the desired region 
type:








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Write Region Setup

Title

The Title box gives the write 
region a descriptive name.

Line Spacing

These buttons set line 
separation for text to be one, 
one and a half, or two spaces.



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Alignment

These buttons sets text to be 
flush left or right against a 
region sides, centered, or 
justified (flush right and 
left.)








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Calc Region Setup

Title

The Title box gives the Calc 
region a descriptive name.

Decimal Places

The Decimal Places box lets 
you specify how many decimal 
places you want displayed by 
the Calc region.  A Calc 
region can display up to nine 
decimal places.
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Format

The Format buttons let you 
display Calc region results in 
standard format, or with a 
dollar sign, percent sign, or 
commas.

Align

The Align buttons let you 
align numbers to be flush left 
or right against the region 
borders, or centered.

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Formula

The Formula box lets you enter 
formulas including values, 
math functions, and arithmetic 
operators (+ - / x ^).  Click 
on the Formula box and type 
the new formula.
Place parentheses around the 
operation to be performed 
first.  For example, this 
formula adds the values 30 and 
50 and then divides the result 
by 2:  (30+50)/2.

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Math Functions

The Math Function buttons list 
the Math Functions.  Math 
Functions must be issued with 
the parameters described 
below.  Click on the function 
desired or type the function 
name directly into the Formula 
box.





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Math Function parameters

Parameters are values that a 
math function needs to perform 
its calculations.  Parameters 
are entered in parentheses and 
separated by commas.  Each 
math function and its 
parameters are described 
below:





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AVG(list of numbers)

The AVeraGe function 
calculates the average value 
of a list of numbers you 
specify.  For example, the 
formula AVG(100,175,275) 
returns the value 183.33.

EXP(number)

The EXPonentiation function 
calculates e to the power of 
the number you specify.  The 
number e is roughly 2.7182818.
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FV(payment, interest rate,
   number of payments)

The Future Value function 
calculates the total future 
value of a series of invest- 
ments, given the interest rate 
per period and the number of 
periods.  For example, the 
formula FV(1000,.12,5) 
calculates the future value of 
5 annual payments if each 
payment is $1000.00 and earns 
12%.  The amount, 6352.84, is 
displayed in the Calc region.
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IF(expression, value1, value2)

The IF function checks an 
expression and returns value1 
if the expression is true, and 
value2 if the expression is 
false.  The IF function 
accepts the following 
operators: < (less than), > 
(greater than), and != (not 
equal).  For example:
IF(1<2,0,1)  returns 1
IF(1>2,0,1)  returns 0
IF(1!=2,0,1) returns 0

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LN(number)

The Natural Log function gives 
the natural logarithm 
(logarithm to the base e) of a 
positive number you specify.  
For example, LN(10) returns 
the value 2.302585093.







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NPV(discount rate, 
    list of transactions)

The Net Present Value function 
determines the value today of 
a series of future cash trans- 
actions, accounting for both 
the interest rate at which you 
borrow or invest your money, 
and the of payments you make 
or receive.



 
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PMT(principal, rate,
    number of payments)

The PayMenT function returns  
the dollar amount of monthly 
payments when you know the 
amount of principal, the 
annual interest rate, and the 
number of monthly payments.  
On a loan of $5,000 with 14% 
interest and 36 monthly 
installments the function 
PMT(5000,.14,36) shows a that 
each payment would be $170.89.

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PV(payment, rate, 
   number of payments)

The Present Value function 
calculates the value today of 
a series of equal future pay- 
ments given the amount of each 
payment, number of payments, 
and the present interest rate 
it could earn if available to 
you.  If you make 16 equal 
payments of $750.00, and you 
invest that money at 12%, then 
PV(750,.12,16) yields 5230.48.

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RND(number, number of digits)

The RouND function rounds a 
number to the specified number 
of digits.  If the number of 
digits is negative the number 
is rounded to the left of the 
decimal, if it is positive 
rounding is to the right of 
the decimal, if it is zero the 
number is rounded to the 
nearest integer.  For example:
RND(249.833,0) displays 250 
RND(249.833,2) displays 249.83 
RND(249.833,-2) displays 200
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SDV(list of numbers)

The Standard DeViation 
function calculates the 
average variation around the 
arithmetic mean of a list of 
numbers.  For example, 
SDV(49,60,108) displays the 
value 31.37.






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SQR(number)

The SQuaRe function displays 
the square of the specified  
number.  For example, SQR(15) 
displays 225 as the value.

SQRT(number)

The SQuare RooT function 
returns the square root of the 
specified number.  For 
example, SQRT(25) displays the 
value 5.

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Graph Region Setup

When a Graph region is the 
active region, clicking on the 
Setup Region command invokes 
the Setup Graph Region dialog 
box.

Title

The Title box lets you give 
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Type

The Type buttons select one of 
these graph types:  bar graph, 
pie chart, or a line graph.

H-Axis

The H-Axis box lets you label 
the horizontal axis.

V-Axis

The V-Axis box lets you label 
the vertical axis.    
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Data Set

The Data Set boxes let you 
enter the graph data.  You can 
enter numeric values, or the 
titles of Calc regions.  If 
you enter Calc region titles, 
the graph is linked to the 
corresponding Calc regions so 
when the numbers in the Calc 
regions change, so does the 
linked graph.



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Labels

The Labels boxes let you enter 
labels for the graph data.  To 
change the font or style of 
the labels and axis labels of 
a graph region select the 
graph region and choose the 
appropriate font or style from 
the font or style menus.





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Graph Regions with Imported 
Graphics

If a graph region contains an 
imported Metafile or Image 
file then the setup region 
command brings up a different 
dialog box.  This dialog box 
gives the imported file name 
and type, as well as the 
option of removing the picture 
from that region.



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THE RECORD MENU

New File

New File creates a Record file 
consisting of selected Write 
and Calc regions.  Create the 
regions you want included in 
the record file.  Use the 
Setup Region command (Format 
menu) to give the regions 
appropriate titles.  Shift- 
Click on the desired regions. 
Click on the New File command 
in the Record menu.  
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New Record File continued

Enter the file name (not the 
extension), then click on the 
OK button.










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Open File

Open File lets you open a 
previously created record 
file.  The GEM Item Selector 
appears when you select Open. 
Use the Gem Item Selector to 
open the desired Record file.

Close File

Click on the Close File 
command to remove the current 
record file from the document 
file.
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Save Selections

Save Selections creates a 
subset record file containing 
the records selected with the 
Select Record command.  Click 
on the Save Selections command 
in the Record menu.  Type the 
name, then click on the OK 
button.  The record file is 
created.




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New Record

New Record lets you add 
records to a record file. Open 
a file containing the record 
file regions listed in the 
record file.  Use the Open 
File command in the Record 
menu to open the corresponding 
record file.  Enter the new 
record information in the 
record file regions.  Add it 
with the New Record command. 


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Change Record

Change Record lets you change 
a record already in the record 
file.  Use the Record icons to 
move to the record you wish to 
change.  Make changes in the 
record file regions.  Click on 
the Change Record command in 
the Record menu.





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Delete Record

Delete Record lets you delete 
a record from the record file. 
Use the Record icons to move 
to the record you wish to 
delete.  Click on the Delete 
Record command in the Record 
menu.






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Select Record

Select Record is used in 
conjunction with Save 
Selections to create a "subset 
record file" composed of 
records in an existing record 
file.  Load the record file 
from which you want to create 
a subset record file.  Use the 
Record icons to move to the 
record you wish to include in 
the subset record file.


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Select record continued

Click on the Select Record 
command to include the current 
record in the subset record 
file.  Repeat these steps for 
each record you wish to 
include in the subset record 
file.  Use the Save Selections 
command to create the subset 
record file made up of Records 
selected by following the 
preceding steps.


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Sort

Sort lets you alphabetize the 
records in a record file.  
Shift-click on the record file 
region you want to use for the 
alphabetization.  Click on the 
Sort command in the Record 
menu.  The records in the 
record file are sorted 
according to the order 
established by the 
alphabetization of the 
selected record file region.

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File Info

File Info displays the name of 
the selected record file; the 
number of record file regions; 
the number of records; and the 
titles, type, and size of the 
record file regions.  Click on 
File Info.  If a Record file 
is open, the Record File 
Information screen appears.  
If a Record file is not open, 
the GEM Item Selector appears, 
to select the desired Record 
file.
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THE FONT MENU

Fonts

If you are running Wordflair 
without GDOS installed, the 
only font available to you is 
the System font.  If GDOS is 
installed, then the System 
font is replaced with other 
available fonts which may 
include Swiss, Dutch, 
Typewriter, or others.


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To specify a new font for an 
entire region:

1. Click within the desired 
region.  It becomes the active 
region.

2. Click on the on the desired 
font in the Font menu.  Any 
text already in the region you 
selected in step #1 is changed 
to the desired font.  When you 
type text within the region, 
it will appear in the 
specified font.
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To change the font of selected 
text:

Select the text you want to 
format.

Click on the desired font in 
the Font menu.  The selected 
text changes to the specified 
font.





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THE STYLE MENU

Plain, Bold, Italics, 
Underline, Outline

The Plain, Bold, Italics, 
Underline, and Outline 
commands change the look of 
text.  The Plain command 
removes bold, italics, 
underline, and outline from 
text in any font.  You can 
combine Style menu styles and 
apply them to different fonts. 

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For example, you can create 
bold-italic Dutch text, or 
outlined, underlined Swiss 
text.  To specify a new style 
for an entire region:

1. Click within the desired 
region.  It becomes the active 
region.

2. Click on the on the desired 
style in the Style menu.  Any 
text already in the region you 
selected in step #1 is changed 
to the desired style.
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To change the style of 
selected text:

Select the text you want to 
format.

Click on the desired style in 
the Style menu.  The selected 
text changes to the specified 
style.





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10, 12, 18, and 24 Point

The 10, 12, 18, and 24 Point 
commands change the size of 
text.  You can combine a font 
size with the other Style menu 
styles and apply them to 
different fonts.  For example, 
you can create 10 point, 
bold-italic Dutch text, or 24 
point, outlined, underlined 
Swiss text.

To specify a new point size 
for an entire region:
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Click within the desired 
region.  It becomes the active 
region.

Click on the on the desired 
point size in the Style menu. 
 Any text already in the 
region you selected in step #1 
is changed to the desired 
point size.  When you type 
text within the region, it 
will appear in the specified 
point size.


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Change the point size of 
selected text:

Select the text you want to 
format.

Click on the desired point 
size in the Style menu.  The 
selected text changes to the 
specified point size.





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THE PAGE MENU

Next Page

Next Page moves you to the 
next page of the document.  If 
you click on the Next Page 
command when you are on the 
last page of the document and 
try typing text, a dialog box 
appears asking whether you 
want to insert a page break.  
Click on the Yes button to add 
page breaks.

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Back Page

Back Page moves you to the 
previous page of the document.

First Page

First Page moves you to the 
first page of the document.

Final page

Final Page moves you to the 
last page of the document.

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Page Break

Page Break inserts a page 
break at the input cursor 
location.










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Insert Page

Insert Page inserts a page 
before the current page. If 
you choose Blank, any text or 
regions on the current page 
will be pushed to the next 
page.  Choosing text filled 
will leave the text on the 
page and just move the regions 
on the current page to the 
next page, and move the 
regions on all following pages 
to their following pages.

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Cut Page

Cut Page cuts a single page 
from a document for placement 
elsewhere in the document with 
the Paste Page command.  Click 
on the Cut Page command in the 
Page menu.  The Cut Page 
command box appears.  Two 
options are available: Cut 
regions only, and cut regions 
and text.  Select regions and 
text to cut the entire page or 
regions only to cut only the 
regions from the page.
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Paste Page

After using the Cut Page 
command (described above) to 
cut a page from a document, 
use the Paste Page command to 
paste the cut page back into 
the document.  Click anywhere 
on the page before which you 
want to paste the page.  Click 
on the Paste Page command.  If 
you are on the last page, a 
dialog box appears which gives 
the option of pasting the page 
before or after the last page. 
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Units

Units lets you change the unit 
of measurement used.  The 
Units box appears when you 
click on the Units command.  
Click on the desired Unit 
button (inches, centimeters, 
or picas), and press [Return].






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Grid

Grid lets you customize the 
Grid.  You can use two kinds 
of grids: a graph paper grid, 
and a column grid. 

Click on the the Grid command. 
The Grid command box appears. 
Select a grid type by clicking 
on the button next to the 
Graph Paper Grid box or next 
to the Column Grid box.  Press 
[Return] after selecting the 
following the grid:
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Graph Paper Grid

The Graph Paper Grid option 
creates a grid that looks like 
a transparent piece of graph 
paper has been placed on top 
of current page.

Spacing

The graph paper Spacing option 
determines the size of the 
squares making up the graph 
paper grid.

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Column Grid

The Column Grid option creates 
a grid that looks like a 
transparent piece of paper 
with columns has been placed 
on top of current page.

Spacing

The column grid Spacing option 
determines the distance 
between the columns making up 
the column grid.

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Number

The Number option lets you 
specify a number of columns 
for the grid.  A six column 
grid with 1 pica spaces 
between columns works nicely 
for letterheads, technical 
documents, and newsletters.






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WRITE ICON

The Write icon lets you create 
Write regions that contain 
text.  Click on the Write 
icon.  The cursor turns into a 
letter A shape.  Position the 
cursor to where you want the 
upper left-hand corner of the 
region to appear.  Hold down 
the left mouse button and drag 
the cursor down and to the 
right.  A box forms.  Release 
the mouse button when the 
region is the desired size.
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CALC ICON

The Calc icon lets you create 
regions that compute and 
display the result of ready- 
made formulas, or formulas of 
your own design.  The results 
can be used by other Calc 
regions or linked to Graphs, 
so that when the result in a 
Calc region changes, so does 
the corresponding graph.  
Click on the Calc icon.  The 
cursor turns into a mini Calc 
icon.  Position the cursor to 
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CALC ICON continued

where you want the upper left- 
hand corner of the region to 
appear.  Press and hold down 
the left mouse button, then 
drag the cursor down and to 
the right.  A box forms.  
Release the mouse button when 
the region is the desired 
size.




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GRAPH ICON  

The Graph icon lets you create 
regions that contain pie, 
line, or bar graphs.  A graph 
region can also contain a 
drawing or picture.  The data 
used to plot the graphs can be 
entered directly, or taken 
from Calc regions.  If you use 
Calc regions for graph data, 
the graph automatically 
reflects any changes made to 
associated Calc regions.  
Click on the Graph icon. 
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GRAPH ICON continued
The cursor turns into a bar 
graph.  Position the cursor to 
where you want the upper left- 
hand corner of the region to 
appear.  Press and hold down 
the left mouse button, then 
drag the cursor down and to 
the right.  A box forms.  
Release the mouse button when 
the region is the desired 
size.  To put a picture in the 
graph region, select a graph 
region, and use the Import 
File command in the file menu.
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TITLE ICON

The Title icon toggles between 
displaying the region names in 
a document, and the content of 
the regions.  Click on the 
Title icon, and the Title of 
each region is displayed 
within the region.  Click the 
Title icon again, and each 
region displays its contents. 
When resizing graphics use 
title mode to avoid redrawing 
the picture.

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GRID ICON

The Grid icon toggles between 
displaying the Background 
Write region with or without 
the Grid.  Click on the Grid 
icon and the Grid appears.  
Click on the Grid icon again 
to remove the Grid.






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PAGE VIEW ICON

The Page View icon toggles 
between partial and full page 
view.  Click the Page View 
icon and the entire current 
page is displayed in full-page 
view.  Click the Page View 
icon again to see the current 
page in partial page view.





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HELP VIEW ICON  

The Help View icon toggles 
between a single window 
displaying the current 
document, and two windows 
displaying the current 
document in one window, and 
help information in another 
window.  Click on the Help 
View icon to split the screen 
between the current document 
and a help window.  Click the 
Help View icon again to close 
the help window.
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DRAWING ICON

The Drawing icon activates the 
drawing pen which can be used 
to draw lines and arrows.  It 
is also used to move and 
delete lines that are already 
drawn.







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DRAWING ICON continued

Drawing a line

Click on the Drawing icon.  
The cursor turns into a pen. 
Position the cursor to where 
you want the line to start.  
Press and hold down the left 
mouse button, then drag the 
cursor.  A line forms.  
Release the mouse button when 
the line is the desired size.


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DRAWING ICON continued

Deleting a line

Click on the Drawing icon.  
The cursor turns into a pen.  
Position the cursor on the 
line you wish to delete and 
click.  If the line is long 
enough, three outlined boxes 
appear along the line, one in 
the middle and one at each 
end. If the line is too small, 
only one box appears.  Hit the 
delete key.  It disappears.
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DRAWING ICON continued

Rotating a line

Click on the Drawing icon.  
The cursor turns into a pen.  
Position the cursor to the 
line you wish to move and 
click.  If the line is long 
enough to rotate three 
outlined boxes appear along 
the line, one at each end and 
one in the middle.  If the 
line is too small, only one 
box appears. 
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DRAWING ICON continued

Point to one of the boxes at 
the end of the line, hold down 
the left mouse button, and 
drag the mouse to rotate the 
line around the axis created 
by the box at the other end of 
the line.  Release the mouse 
button.





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DRAWING ICON continued

Moving a line

Click on the Drawing icon.  
The cursor turns into a pen.  
Position the cursor to the 
line you wish to move and 
click.  If the line is long 
enough, three outlined boxes 
appear along the line, one at 
each end and one in the 
middle.  If the line is too 
small, only one box appears.  
Point to the box at the middle 
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DRAWING ICON continued

of the line, hold down the 
left mouse button, and drag 
the mouse to move the entire 
line in the corresponding 
direction.  Release the mouse 
button when the line is where 
you want it to be.






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VACUUM ICON

The Vacuum icon lets you 
remove unwanted regions from 
the Background Write region.  
Click on the Vacuum icon.  The 
cursor turns into a vacuum.  
Move the cursor to the 
unwanted region and click.






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PAGE ICON

The Page icon displays the 
current page number.  To go to 
a specific page, click on the 
Page icon, enter a new page 
number and press [Return] or 
click on the document window.







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RECORD ICONS

The Record Icons are used to 
navigate through records in a 
Record file (database).

First Record box

The First Record Box is first 
of the Record icons. Click on 
the First Record box to 
display the first record in a 
record file.


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RECORD ICONS continued

Previous Record box

Click on the Previous Record 
box to display the previous 
record in a record file.








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RECORD ICONS continued

Current Record box

The Current Record box 
displays the number of the 
current record in a record 
file.  Click on the Current 
Record box, enter a new 
number, and press [Return] to 
display the corresponding 
record in a record file. 



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RECORD ICONS continued

Next Record box

Click on the Next Record box 
to display the next record in 
a record file.

Last Record Box  

Click on the Last Record box 
to display the last record in 
a record file


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Wordflair Keyboard Commands

Highlight a region
   Shift-Click

Copy a region
   Shift-Right Click

Move a region
   Hold down right button on 
region and move.

Select a line
   Control-Left Click

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Re-draw the screen
   Alt-D

Display Page Count
   Alt-P

Display Memory Available
   Alt-M







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