Tutorial for KwikWrite Print module KwikWrite has two primary modules, the editor and the print module. Documents are created in the editor, and printed to a printer, the monitor, or to a file using the PRINT module (KWPR.EXE). This tutorial will show how to prepare a document in the editor. The Print Module of KwikWrite prints your document in the style specified by "dot" commands which are entered into the text during the edit stage. During editing, you may move back and forth from edit to print until the document is as you like it. During this process, you can print your document to the MONITOR, to see how it will look on the printer. 旼컴컴컴컴컴커 旼컴컴컴컴컴커 � � -----------> � � � Editor � � Print � � � <---------- � � 읕컴컴컴컴컴켸 읕컴컴컴컴컴켸 Please press the PgDn key twice... Tutorial, page 2 PRINT (DOT) COMMANDS Print commands consist of a dot, ".", in the first column (left-hand edge of the screen) followed by a command name. For example, the command ".SKIP 5" causes five blank lines to be "skipped" in the document at printout. Some dot commands set up parameters for printing, like margins or type styles. Other dot commands allow you to read information from a text file, or a database, allowing you to use "mail merge". Commands fall into these categories: 1. Commands Specifying Output Page Size 2. Commands Specifying How Output Lines are Formed 3. Other Text Formatting Commands 4. Commands Related to Paging 5. Commands Related to Page Titles 6. Commands Specifying Headers and Footers 7. Commands for External Text Entry (ie mail merge) 8. Commands Related to Special Printer Capabilities 9. Miscellaneous Commands Please press the PgDn key twice... Tutorial, page 3 We will not try to teach all commands in this tutorial. Lessons in the manual lead your through the use of the most common commands. Even though there are Dozens of commands, YOU CAN PERFORM MOST WORD PROCESSING BY LEARNING ONLY A HANDFUL. The rest of the commands are there for special uses. Also, many of the printer options can be chosen in the initialization procedure (the KWSETUP program). This allows you to type your document into the editor very close to "What you see is what you get". An important concept to understand in word processing is the way lines are formed. In KwikWrite, there are three major categories: nofill, fill, and justify. Nofill mode causes lines to be printed out exactly as they appear in the editor. Fill mode instructs the PRINT module to place as many words on each line as possible. Justify mode is like fill mode, except the words are spaced so that the right margin is lined up with the right margin. Please look at the examples in the manual, which illustrate the use of the dot commands. Please press the PgDn key twice... Tutorial, page 4 An example file as it is created in the editor (without the border): 旼컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� �.lm 10 � �.rm 70 � �.fill � �.par � 쿟his is an example of the paragraphing capabilities of � 쿖wikWrite. Putting the command ".par" just before a line � 쿽f text causes the text to be indented. The default indent � 쿶s 5 spaces, but this may be changed by using the command � �".ind n" where n is the number of spaces to indent. � �.ind 10 � �.par � 쿟herefore, if we want to indent 10 spaces at the beginning � 쿽f each paragraph, we simple put the command ".ind 10" in � 퀃he master document before using the command ".par" to cause � 퀃he paragraphing to take place. � 읕컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴컴� Margins are set uing the .lm (left margin) and .rm (right margin), and paragraphs are printed in ".fill" mode: Please press the Pg Dn key twice... Tutorial, page 5 RESULTING OUTPUT LOOKS LIKE THIS: This is an example of the paragraphing capabilities of KwikWrite. Putting the command ".par" just before a line of text causes the text to be indented. The default indent is 5 spaces, but this may be changed by using the command ".ind n" where n is the number of spaces to indent. Therefore, if we want to indent 10 spaces at the beginning of each paragraph, we simple put the command ".Ind 10" in the master document before using the command ".par" to cause the paragraphing to take place. NOTICE, margins and indent can be set up as defaults in the SETUP installation procedure, but this illustrated how they can be changed "on the fly". A series of Help screens, summarizing the dot command are available in EDIT, by pressing F1. You may look at them now by pressing the F1 function key. Please press the PgDn key twice... Tutorial, page 6 Points to ponder: - The editor and print module can handle files of ANY LENGTH. The only limitation is your disk storage space. - Many popular printers are directly supported, and KwikWrite can be installed for these printers using the SETUP program. In addition, you can use the SETUP program to install virtually any printer. - KwikWrite allows unlimited margin changes, unlimited include files (the USE command) and unlimited use of special printer commands. - KwikWrite allows text inclusion (mail merge) from dBASE III files. - KwikWrite is simple to learn, but has powerful options when you need them. End this tutorial by pressing Esc. Do not save the document. Happy Computing!