CHAPTER 2

                  FORMATTING YOUR ASCII TEXT FILES


  There  are  some  specific formatting rules that the Book Maker 
program follows.  They are rigid  but  quite  tolerable,  so  you
should  make sure that your text files conform to them.  The Book
Maker formatting rules are explained as follows.

  The  first  thing  you  should know is that Book Maker does not
format or modify any of your text.  It formats pages only.  Thus, 
the ASCII text image on your disk medium is the text  image  that
will be printed.  If your text is stored on disk as single-spaced
lines,  for  example,  then Book Maker will print a single-spaced
document.


PAGINATION

  When  you  print  an  ASCII  text  file using this program, you 
should know that every file begins on a new page.  The file  that
you wish to print can be any length but it will always begin on a
new page.


LINE LENGTH  

  The  Book  Maker  program will print up to 90 characters on any 
line.  However, it also provides a left margin that you  specify.
Thus,  your  lines could run off the page if you do not attend to
this matter.   

  We suggest that you use a left margin of eight  characters  and
make  sure  your  text  files  contain lines that never exceed 69 
characters if your printer is configured to print  10  characters
per  inch  (Pica).   That  way,  you  will have a nicely centered 
document that will have an eight character margin on  each  side.
Of  course, if you use lines of 70 characters you'll still have a
really neat document.  

  If your printer is configured to print 12 characters  per  inch
(Elite),  we  suggest that you use a left margin of 10 characters 
and that your text files  contain  lines  that  never  exceed  82
characters.   One  or two characters, more or less, won't matter,
but these figures are the ones used by the Book Maker. 

  The thing to remember is that Book Maker  ALWAYS  uses  a  left
margin  that your specify and it ALWAYS prints the characters per 
inch that is  dictated  by  the  way  you  have  configured  your
printer.


NUMBER OF LINES PER PAGE 

  The  Book  Maker  has two options for determining the number of 
text lines that will be printed per page.  If you  indicate  that
your printer is configured to print 6 lines per inch (Pica), then
Book Maker will print no more than 50 lines of text per page.  If
you indicate that your printer is configured to print 8 lines per
inch  (Elite),  then  Book Maker will print no more than 67 lines 
per page.  The program will ask you to indicate whether  you  are
using Pica or Elite when you begin to print a document.