Word Processor - General Instructions (W)
Printing from the Word Processor (W)
Spreadsheet Example before calculating with
Spreadsheet Example after calculating with
Find (search a file) <Ctrl F> <Edit Help . . .> make copy of document <Alt G> undo line changes <Ctrl Z> Jump to line specified<Alt J> ruler <Alt -> display record Length <Alt L> centering ruler <Alt => set Marker <Alt M> Add text of dif page <Alt A> add New word to dict. <Alt N> start of col.\lines <Alt B> tOtal/save spreadsheet<Alt O> Encrypt/unencrypt <Alt E> Sort page(s) <Alt S> Format text <Alt F> center a line <Alt H> <File Help . . .> Insert removed text <Alt I> New record <Ctrl N> column end & remove <Alt K> Print <Ctrl P> line end & remove <Alt R> close lookup <F5> move screen to right <F11> close all lookups <Shift F5> move screen to left <F12> open lookup <F6> alternate lookup <Shift F6> <Load Help . . .>
WORD PROCESSOR EDIT HELP <Ctrl A> Add a blank line at the cursor. This pushes the following lines down.
<Ctrl E> Erase the line at the cursor. This brings up the following lines if there are any.
<Ctrl Z> Cancel line changes. You may be typing changes
on a line and then decide you don't want it changed after
all. You may press <Alt ->(dash) This gives a help line which is useful for
counting characters and spaces on the screen. This help
line appears on the line below the cursor position when
you press
centering text on the screen. This help line appears on
the line below the cursor position when you press <Alt A> Add text from another page. This command asks
which page of data you want and inserts it at the current
cursor position. Using a new page will duplicate a record.
<Alt B> Define beginning of block (for use with
<Alt D> Divide line. Place the cursor where you want to
divide the line and press <Alt E> Encrypt document. Press <Alt F> Format a page of text.
Here is an example of a margin command: ^M0540 The
numbers 05 specify a left margin of 5, and 40 specifies a
right margin of 40. The computer will find the difference
between 5 and 40 and format the page of text to that width
when you press Indentations in the left margin tell the computer that
this is the beginning of a paragraph. The left margin will
not change on the screen, but when printed the margins
will be as set by the ^M command.
The ^M must be followed by the desired left and right
margin widths. These numbers must always be entered as
two digits.
You may also insert commands within the page to center,
right justify, or left justify the text. Following are
these commands:
These commands are activated only when you print the page.
They are not part of the ^M command, but they use the
margins specified by the ^M command to determine where to
place the text. For another method of formatting text,
from the Shift F1 screen select Questions and then the
Formatting Text option.
<Alt H> Center one line of text. To center the line where
your cursor is, press <Alt I> Insert text removed by
<Alt K> Define end and remove a block of text. This
command is much the same as <Alt R> Define end of screen-width block and remove it.
This command removes from the beginning of one line to the
end of another line. Use
<Page Up> Move cursor up 22 lines.
<Page Down> Move cursor down 22 lines.
<F11>Move Word Processor Screen to the right. This works in
conjunction with <F12> Move Word Processor Screen to the left. Since ABC
Version 5, you are not limited to lines of 80 characters
on the Word Processor. When you press <Shift Up Arrow> Jump cursor to the top line of the
document.
<Shift Down Arrow> Jump cursor to bottom of document. This
places the cursor immediately below the last line of the
document.
<Shift Left Arrow> Jump cursor to left side of screen,
unless you are in the active part of a spreadsheet or have
tabs set. If you are in the active part of a spreadsheet,
the cursor will jump to the next column division to the
left. If you have tabs set, the cursor will jump to the
next tab definition to the left.
<Shift Right Arrow> Jump cursor to right side of screen,
unless you are in the active part of a spreadsheet or have
tabs set. If you are in the active part of a spreadsheet,
the cursor will jump to the next column division to the
right. If you have tabs set, the cursor will jump to the
next tab definition to the right.
<Tab> Tabs are automatically set to every eighth place,
but may be defined otherwise. To define tabs, begin a line
with a capital C followed by a <Home> Place the cursor at the beginning of a line or field.
Pressing the <End> Place the cursor at the end of a line or field. If
the line is full,
WORD PROCESSOR FILE HELP
<Ctrl N> Clear the screen, without saving or unsaving the
current record, and set the reference number to the next
available number.
<F5> exit lookup <Shift F5> close all lookups
<F6> open lookup <Shift F6> alterate lookup
<F9> save record <Shift F9> delete record
<F10> selection screen <Shift F10> go to menu bar
<Esc> Exit one level <Alt-F4> exit ABC
WORD PROCESSOR LOAD HELP
<F7> previous record
<F8> next record
WORD PROCESSOR TOOLS HELP
<Alt G> Make a copy of the document. Sometimes you may
wish to make another copy of a page of a Word Processor
document. If you press
<Alt J> Jump to line number. Pressing the <Alt L> Display record length. This gives a message at
the bottom of the screen telling you how many characters
long your document is.
<Alt M> Set marker. This command allows you to set a
mark to which you can return from any point in the Word
Processor file (W). Place your cursor on the line you wish
to return to. Press
<Alt S> Sort page. This command sorts the lines of the page
in alphabetical order. Most symbols come first, followed
by numbers, uppercase letters and lowercase letters. If
some of the lines begin at the left margin and some of
them don't, the sort might seem to be wrong. This is
because the computer interprets each space as a character
that preceeds all other characters. So, for accurate
sorting all lines to be sorted should begin the same
distance from the left margin.
<Alt V> Verify spelling. If you have the ABC dictionary
installed, you can check the spelling of your document.
Move the cursor to where you want to start the spell
checking and press <Alt X> Runs a page of programing. WUTRREPORT is an example
of such a report.
<F4> Start macro from the line the cursor is on. Press <Shift F4> Record Macro. Press <Shift F3> calculator. Use + to add and total and - to
subtract. Use / to divide and * to multiply. Use ) to
clear and ( for off. Use = or
Printer Commands (W)
You can insert printer commands within your word processor
documents to print various character pitches and letter
qualities. Depending on your printer and printer driver
some of these may not be available. The commands are as
follows:
^Gfxx - Load a specified record from a specified file.
This is used to bring information from another record into
the printed document. This command is usually used with
the ^Ifxxo and ^Rfxxo commands. See ^Rfxxo.
^Ifxxo - Insert field#. This command uses the same options
as the ^Rfxxo command. See ^Rfxxo.
^Rfxxo - Replace this space with specified information.
The ^Rfxxo command is used to bring information from
another record into the printed document. Here is what
the ^Rfxxo means:
The "R" means Replace.
The "f" stands for the file the information shall come
from, such as C for Customer file or I for Inventory file.
The "xx" stand for the field number of the file. For
example, field # 01 on the Customer file is the Customer
Name field.
The "o" stands for one of the following options:
A - Prints only if something is in the next field.
B - Prints the following field if nothing is in this field
N - When the name in the field is entered as Last Name,
First Name it prints the first name first and then the
last name.
G - When the name in the field is entered as Last Name,
First Name it prints the first name only. Otherwise, it
prints Sir.
Z - The "Z" works only on a field with a zip code. It
prints City, State and Zip Code from the Zip Code file (Z)
The following codes only work when they are attached to
the ^Rfxxo command. (They do not work with the Z option.)
Here is an example of how ^Gfxx, ^Ifxxo and ^Rfxxo work in
the heading of a form letter:
Now the translation - ^GVABC0 - tells the computer to Get
the record of a Vendor coded ABC0 on the V screen so that
information from that record can be included in the
printed Word Processor document. The G means Get, the V
means the Vendor file and the rest of the command is the
vendor code. This information is not displayed on the Word
Processor screen, it simply makes the information
available to be pulled into the printed document with the
^Ifxxo or ^Rfxxo commands.
^I#08 means Insert, here, the system date, which is field
number 08 on the # screen.
^R#04Z__________^ tells the computer to Replace the space
between the two carets (^) with information from the #
screen. Field 04 is the Zip Code field. The "Z" tells the
computer to print the City and State that go with that Zip
code.
^RV01___________^ tells the computer to Replace the space
between the two carets (^) with information from the V
screen. (The record currently on the V screen is the
vendor coded ABC0 because of the
^GVABC0 command above.) Field number 01 is the name field.
^IV03 tells the computer to insert, here, from the V file,
field # 03, which is the street address.
^RV04Z______________^ tells the computer to Replace the
space between the two carets (^) with information from the
V screen. Field # 04 is the Zip code field, the Z means
print the city and state that go with that Zip code.
The ^IV01G tells the computer to check the vendor file.
The "G" option means, if there is a person's first name in
field # 01, it shall insert that name here. If it is a
business name in field # 01, it shall use the word "Sir"
instead.
Notice, when you use the ^R command, the size of the field
has to be defined with carets (^). If there are more
characters in the specified field than what there is room
between the carets (^), the extra characters will not
print. The ^I command does not require an ending caret
(^).
When the example heading is printed with the
^X - User defined codes (This means that depending on your
printer, additional options could be set up.)
^Y - User defined codes
^Z - User defined codes
^A - prints the ASCII character of the decimal three-digit
set. The sets must end with a caret (^). This allows you
to print many characters and symbols that are not on a
standard keyboard. The possibilities depend on your
printer and printer driver.
All the Printer Commands, listed above begin with a caret
(^). Here is an example of the use of printer commands:
^_The people are studious.^Q
This sentence will be underlined when it is printed
because the ^_ begins underlining and the ^Q stops the
underlining.
Another example:
^5WE DECLARE ^3that we are the people ^Pthat understand
^Cvery little.^P
The first two words of the sentence will print at 5
characters per inch. The clause "that we are the people"
will print at 8 characters per inch. The next two words,
"that understand" is set to normal print which is 10
characters per inch. The last two words will print
condensed, at 17 characters per inch. The ^P at the end of
the sentence, sets the size back to normal print, 10
characters per inch.
These printer commands will override the size entered when
you press
Printer commands do not print when you print the document
with NOTE: These commands must be properly set up in the
Printer Configuration file ('P) for your specific printer
in order for the commands to work.
Formatting Text (W)
1. Press 2. Press 3. Type the length that you want for each line, maximum
80. If you also want to set the left margin, type the
margin size, separating the two numbers with a comma. (The
total of
the two numbers must not exceed 80.) Press For example, 70,5 would be lines 70 spaces long with left
and right margins of 5 spaces. 70,10 would be lines of 70,
a left margin of 10 and no right margin.
If you want paragraph indentions in the formatted
document, all your lines, except the indentions, must
begin at the left margin. Do not specify a left margin
after pressing
Word Processor - General Instructions (W)
The first line on the screen is the Code line. If you wish
to save the documents you type in the Word Processor file
(W), you must enter a code on this line. This should be
done before you begin typing your document. It doesn't
need to be fancy, just a few letters or numbers that you
may use to reference the document.
For example, you may want to reference your letters by
LTR-___. Say you were writing a letter to ADVANCED
BUSINESS COMPUTERS. You may enter a code like this:
LTR-ABC. Then a letter to an individual by the name of Joe
L. Blow could be coded LTR-JLB. By following a pattern
like the above, you can easily find what you are looking
for, since this file is sorted alphabetically by the
codes.
The standard Function Keys are used in this screen also.
You can find a summary list of these functions and how
they perform in Appendix B. Press< B > to go to Appendics
B.
When you press
For example, July 4, 1997 would be 970704. This allows you
to see exactly when you wrote or last edited the document,
and you don't need to worry about typing the date for
information purposes. The computer automatically does it
for you.
The code and the date do not print when you print your
documents.
The third line is the beginning of your document. You may
start your document on this line, or any following line to
fit your application.
When in the Word Processor file (W) you have some
Printing from the Word Processor (W)
Simply press Press S to display the document on the screen.
If you have only one printer and you want standard size
print, 10 characters per inch, press P (Pica).
If you want slightly smaller print, 12 characters per
inch, press E.
For condensed print, 17 characters per inch, press C.
To print to another computer, via a modem, press M. (The
modem must be hooked up properly to a phone line for this
to work.)
If you have more than one printer in your computer system,
you can specify which printer to use by pressing N and
entering the number. The next message that displays at the
bottom of the screen is, "Enter # of copies to print, W
Wide lines, or ' list:". This option allows you to select
your desired number of copies at once rather than pressing
If you press You may specify the number of lines on a page for purposes
like printing labels, etc. where you want to repeat a few
lines a number of times. Take return address labels for an
example. Type your name and address as you want it to
appear on the label, starting on line three of the screen.
Press
The computer automatically prints 8 lines per inch if the
total number of lines in your document is between 62 and
83. Otherwise, it prints 6 lines per inch.
If your document doesn't fit on 1 sheet of paper, it will
print on two.
The Wide lines option was used more before ABC Version 5,
when a Word Processor document was limited to 80
characters wide on the screen and you desired to print
something wider than that. Currently the limit is 190
characters, so the Wide lines option is rarely needed
anymore for printing on wide paper. For that rare case,
this is how it works. Suppose you have a sentence that is
240 characters wide and you want to print it all on one
line on wide paper. Type all that fits on one line of the
screen, using To print a document that is set up for wide lines (see
preceding paragraph), prepare your printer with wide paper
and press
The 'list option is used to print a list of Word Processor
records in succession rather than pulling up each one and
printing them individually.
To use this option, make a record in the Word Processor
file (W) and list the codes of the Word Processor records
you want to print. (This list must be against the left
side of the screen, and must begin on the fourth line on
the screen. Let one line blank below the date line.)
When you receive the message, "Enter # of copies to print,
W Wide lines, or ' list:", enter apostrophe (') followed
immediately by the code of the record that contains the
list of codes to print.
Spreadsheet Setup (W)
Spreadsheets can have a maximum of 25 columns and 99 rows.
Each line is limited to 128 characters.
A spreadsheet will calculate only when you press NOTE: A C
To define the columns, enter a line beginning with a C,
and use a stile (|) to mark the beginning and end of each
column. The columns are automatically defined as A, B, C,
etc., from left to right. A formula can be entered within
the column divisions. For example, if you want Column A
and Column B to total in Column C, enter A+B between the
two stiles of Column C.
The following commands may be used between the stiles. Use
"+" to Add. Use "-" to Subtract. Use "*" to Multiply. Use
"/" to Divide.
"`" (Accent Mark) is used to add more than two columns of
numbers. For example: Use A`D instead of A+B+C+D.
":" (Colon) is used to load information from other files.
For example, a list of customers and their account
balances. Enter a colon (:) followed by a C in Column A to
tell the computer to load information from the Customer
file (C). Then list the Customer Codes you want to get the
information from in that column. The first character of
each code MUST be directly below the beginning stile. In
the other columns enter a C, followed by the Field # from
which you want to load the information. In our example, we
want field # 1 which is the Customer's Name and field # 55
which is the Customer's Balance. Press< A >to go to
Appendix A for a list of File Codes and Field #'s. Or
press Following is an example of how your spreadsheet might
look:
Within a spreadsheet, any line may begin with a command
character. The command character must always be placed at
the extreme left of the line you want it to affect. If a
valid command character is not found at the beginning of a
line, that line is added to the column totals. A column
total is the total of the column at any given point in the
column. For explanation of the command characters which
can be used in your spreadsheet, see the following
information:
A - (Average) The computer will divide the column totals
by the number of active lines and put the results on this
line.
C - A "C" followed by a Space defines this line as the
beginning of the spreadsheet Column divisions and formulas
are also defined on this line.
D - This command is used to duplicate a line from another
place in the Word Processor. If you want to duplicate a
line from the record you are working on, enter D followed
by a comma, and the code word beginning at the third
character on the line you want to duplicate. If you want
to duplicate a line from another Word Processor record,
enter that record code after the D and before the comma.
The line you want to duplicate MUST begin on the third
space in from the left side of the screen.
H - (Heading) No calculation is done on this line, but it
appears on the printed spreadsheet.
N - Save the currently loaded record calculation at this
point and begin calculation on the following Word
Processor record. The following Word Processor record must
not have a C
O - Calculate other records. This is similar to the N
command, except it allows you to specify which record you
want to calculate next, instead of beginning calculation
on the following Word Processor record. To specify the
record(s) you want to calculate, enter O Record code,
Record code. This command saves the current record
calculation at this point and begins calculation on the
specified record. When it is finished calculating the
specified record, it comes back to the currently loaded
record and searches for the next specified record to
calculate. If it finds none, it finishes calculating the
currently loaded record. This command may be used on the
specified records also, as long as the total number of
non-calculated records does not reach the maximum. The
maximum number of noncalculated records varies depending
on the length of the record codes. For record codes that
are eight characters long, you may have approximately
twenty records.
Q - This is the end of the spreadsheet. The computer now
scans for the next C S - (Subtotal) Print column subtotals on this line.
T - (Total) Print column totals on this line.
V - (Variable Type) All columns normally default to money
type (.00). To change this type, enter one of the
following commands within the column you want to change.
You may have as many of these commands as necessary within
one column. If you have two commands on one line within a
column, it will use the second and ignore the first. These
commands must be placed on a line that begins with a V.
Spreadsheet Example before calculating with
Spreadsheet Example after calculating with
Note to ABC Programmers
Tabs (W)
<^<> Left justify text
<^*> Center text
<^>> Right justify text
<Ctrl P> Print Word Processor documents. When you press
<Ctrl D> If you want to enter the same, or almost the same,
information under a different page code, type in the new
page code and press
<Ctrl F> Find (search file). This command is used to
search the Word Processor file for words or phrases. Pull
up the record where you want to start searching, or clear
the screen to start at the first Word Processor record.
Press ^- - Single space
^1 - 5 characters per inch ^D - Draft quality
^2 - 6 characters per inch ^L - Letter quality
^3 - 8 characters per inch ^U - Utility quality
^P - 10 characters per inch ^H - High characters
^E - 12 characters per inch ^_ - Start underlining
^C - 17 characters per inch ^Q - Quit underlining
^6 - 6 lines per inch ^W - Start wide letters
^8 - 8 lines per inch ^N - End wide letters
^F - Formfeed ^K - Don't print line
^S - Set top of form ^> - Right justify text
^. - End of record(Stop printing) ^< - Left justify text
^= - Double space ^* - Center text
^M - Margin(see Alt+F from Shift F1 screen under EDIT help)
C - Center text in space
L - Left justify text in space
R - Right justify text in space
^I#08
^GVABC0 ^R#04Z ^
^RV01N ^
^IV03
^RV04Z ^
Dear ^IV01G^,
7/ 4/1997
JONESTOWN PA 17038
ADVANCED BUSINESS COMPUTERS
88 GREBLE ROAD
JONESTOWN PA 17038
Dear Sirs,
Formatting text means to make the margins straight. If a
left margin number is specified, the document to be
formatted does not have to aligned at the left side of the
screen before it is formatted.
This file is used for word processing and often takes the
place of a typewriter. You can use this file for a wide
variety of functions, from addressing envelopes to
calculating spreadsheets.
When you are ready to print something that has been typed
in the Word Processor, press
The Word Processor file can be used to set up spreadsheets
to add, subtract, multiply or divide columns and rows of
numbers. Spreadsheets are used for quotes, timesheets,
expense records, formula calculations, etc.
CUSTOMER BALANCES
C | :C | C1 | C55 |
H=========================================================
BROCH 0
DIADAI0
HAVELC0
H ---------------
T
Q
CUSTOMER BALANCES
C | :C | C1 | C55 |
H=========================================================
BROCH 0 BROWN, CHARLES 5660.01
DIADAI0 DIAMOND DAIRIES INC. 588.36
HAVELC0 HAVECO ELECTRIC COMP 776.87
H ---------------
T 7025.24
Q
4 - 4-place Decimal
6 - 6-place Decimal
I - Integer (Whole Numbers)
M - Money (.00)
F - Floating Decimal
A - (ASCII) This allows you to enter letters and numbers
within the column. The column will not total.
Z - Zero the column totals at this point.
+ Add this line to the column totals. NOTE: This command
is optional. If there is no other command entered it
automatically defaults to add.
- Subtract this line from the column totals.
* Multiply the column totals by the figures on this line.
/ Divide the column totals by the figures on this line.
X No calculation is done on this line. It doesn't appear
on printout.
SHOE SALES FORECAST FOR 1997 BY QUARTERS
Style 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Average/Qtr
==========================================================
C | | | | | A`D | E/4 |
V I I I I I I
Dress 9500 8700 12000 6000
Career 4000 8200 6000 9000
Sport 13500 6000 9000 8700
V Z
H --------------------------------------------------------
T Totals
Q
SHOE SALES FORECAST FOR 1997 BY QUARTERS
Style 1st 2nd 3rd 4th Total Average/Qtr
==========================================================
C | | | | | A`D | E/4 |
V I I I I I I
Dress 9500 8700 12000 6000 36200 9050
Career 4000 8200 6000 9000 27200 6800
Sport 13500 6000 9000 8700 37200 9300
V Z
H --------------------------------------------------------
T Totals 27000 22900 27000 23700 100600
Q
For documentation on spreadsheet variable usage, and use
of the "K" command, see WB56 in program source data.
Tabs are automatically set to every eighth place, but may
be defined otherwise. To define tabs, begin a line with a
capital C followed by a space and capital T. Place a stile
(|) where you want the tabs. A page may contain as many
tab definitions as desired. The computer always uses the
nearest tab definition line above the cursor location. Tab
definitions are saved with the page but do not print.