                              IMPORTING DEFAULTS

    ┌────────────────────────────┐         You might visualize defaults as
    │ PC-TYPE+                   │         a chunk of data that is placed
    │      _______________________         inside PC-TYPE+ comprised of
    │     |\                      \        two parts: All defaults, and a
    │     | \                      \       small sub-piece containing just
    │     |  ┌──────────────────────┐      the printer unique defaults.
    │     |  │ ALL DEFAULTS         │
    │     |  │                      │      When you import defaults into
    └─────   │            ___________      PC-TYPE+, you may import the
           \ │           |\          \     big chunk containing all
            \│           | \          \    defaults, or the small chunk
             └───────────   ┌──────────┐   containing just the printer
                          \ │ PRNT-DEF │   unique defaults.
                           \│          │
                            └──────────┘

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                           FILE NAMING CONVENTIONS

    Defaults are saved onto disk under the filename in the subdirectory
    you supply.  If you saved all of the defaults they would have a file
    extension of .PCT -or- if you saved only the printer defaults the file
    would have the extension .PRN .

    You never have to worry about the file extension - PC-TYPE+ will take
    care of that for you.

    It is usually reasonable to keep all of these default files in one
    location so that they will be readily available when needed.





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                             READING IN DEFAULTS

    At any point when reading in defaults, the process may be stopped by
    pressing Esc.  (In this file, press Esc to see the next instruction.)

    The most common way to read in defaults is from inside PC-TYPE+ by
    pressing F8 and then F4.  Try it - you should get the message:

            Read Printer defaults or All defaults?  (press P or A)

    At this point press P or A depending upon your needs and then:

     Enter Read-Defaults Path - then press F10 (Null field = Current Dir)

    Here you enter the path specification where the A type (or P type)
    default files are located.  If you leave the field blank, the current
    directory will be assumed.

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    After selecting the path and pressing enter or F10, you may get the
    message:
              No .PCT files found.  Press a letter key to continue..
         or:  No .PRN files found.  Press a letter key to continue..

    meaning that no default files for All defaults (.PCT) or no default
    files for Print defaults (.PRN) had previously been saved at the named
    path.

    For our example, if you are using a copy of the distribution disk sent
    to you, enter the path:      A:\PCT_HELP
    after pressing A for ALL.

    You should get the line      Files:
    followed by the name            DEFAULTS

    Press Esc to return to here.

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    If you had saved a number of different Default files at this path you
    would have been presented with their names and the message:

  Select by tabbing to desired file - then press F10 (or press Esc to Exit)

    would prompt you to select the desired one.  In our example, there is
    probably only one.  Repeat the previous steps, and this time press
    F10.  You will then see the message:

                Defaults read in - Make them permanent?  (Y/N)

    If you answer "N", you will be returned to your text.  If you answer
    "Y", you will be asked for the path to the PCTYPE.EXE file.  You will
    then be presented with all the .EXE files at that path location from
    which you can select the appropriate one for loading the defaults.
    (See DFLTS_SV).

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                   LOADING DEFAULTS WHEN STARTING PC-TYPE+

    If you have saved default files to disk, you may load them into
    PC-TYPE+ when starting the program.  There are two parameters to do
    this, one for a file containing ALL defaults, one one for a file
    containing only Printer unique defaults.  The format for doing this
    is:
       D>pctype filename /ADEFAULT-path\aname
       D>pctype filename /PDEFAULT-path\pname
       D>pctype filename /ADEFAULT-path\aname /PDEFAULT-path\pname
    where:
               D> is your DOS prompt
         filename is the file to edit
       /ADEFAULT- is the reference for a file containing ALL defaults
       /PDEFAULT- is the reference for a file containing Printer defaults
             path is the path to the default file
            aname is the name you gave to the ALL defaults file
            pname is the name you gave to the Printer defaults file
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    In the example above, the ALL defaults file DEFAULTS on the
    subdirectory \PCT_HELP on drive A could have been loaded before
    entering PC-TYPE+ with the command:

        PCTYPE filename /ADEFAULT-A:\PCT_HELP\DEFAULTS

    NOTE:  Only the first two letters AND THE - CHARACTER are needed, so
           the command can be abbreviated as:

        PCTYPE filename /AD-A:\PCT_HELP\DEFAULTS

    Notice also that the file extension, (.PCT in this case) SHOULD NOT
    be placed at the end of the defaults filename.

    If you load both an ALL defaults file and a Printer defaults file,
    the ALL defaults file will be loaded first - then the Printer defaults
    file.  The position of the parameters on the line is not important.

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                   WHY LOAD DEFAULTS WHEN STARTING PC-TYPE+

    You could make a .BAT file, e.g., LETTER.BAT, which might look like:

    PCTYPE %1 /AD-C:\UTIL\LETTER/AP-C:\UTIL\DAISY

    Then, by typing:
                               LETTER filename

    you would enter PC-TYPE+ with the setup you would normally want for
    typing a letter, i.e., margins, printer options, etc., from the file
    LETTER.PCT on the subdirectory UTIL on your C drive and with the
    printer characteristics for your daisy-wheel printer from the file
    DAISY.PRN on the subdirectory UTIL on your C drive.  A few .BAT files
    like this could be very handy.

    Of course you do not have to have a .BAT file to use these parameters.

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