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--THE README FILE--
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README contains late-breaking news and tips about WordStar,
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and information about printers.
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THE DISKS THAT CAME IN YOUR PACKAGE
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-----------------------------------
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The file HOMONYMS.TXT is included on the Speller disk
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contrary to what is listed in Appendix D.
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INSTALLATION
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WINSTALL and WSCHANGE
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WordStar has two installation programs:
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o WINSTALL contains the basic choices to install WordStar.
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It is recommended for all users.
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Be sure and install your valid disk drives since WordStar
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running under CP/M cannot recover from attempts to access non-
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existent disk drives.
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o WSCHANGE contains every installation and customization
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choice. It is designed for advanced users and users who
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want to customize WordStar after they're familiar with it.
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Use the menu listing below for a directory of the menus
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in WSCHANGE.
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Directory of WSCHANGE Menus
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The chart below shows the organization of menus in WSCHANGE.
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Print it out and refer to it as you customize WordStar.
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Main Installation Menu
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A Console
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A Monitor
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A Monitor selection
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B Monitor name
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C Screen sizing
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B Function keys
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C Monitor patches
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A Special characters
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B Cursor control
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C Screen control
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D Keyboard patches
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A Function keys
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B Save function keys
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E Interface patches
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A Console busy handshaking
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B Special I/O subroutines
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B Printer
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A Printer choices
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A Printer selection
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B Printer name
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C Default printer driver
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B Printer driver library
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A Select library file
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B Create smaller library
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C Add new printer driver
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D Change printer driver data
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C WS printer patches
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A Custom print controls, printer initialization
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NOTE: Disregard the "CUSTOM & SIMPLE Controls Save CUSTOM/SIMPLE
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Controls" option shown. This is not available from this menu.
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D Printing defaults
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E Printer interface
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A Printer port selection
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B Printer busy handshaking
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C Printer subroutines
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C Computer
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A Disk drives
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A Valid disk drives
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B Maximum valid user number
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C Delay disk access if typing
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B Operating system
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A Single-user system
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B Multi-user MP/M
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C Multi-user Turbo DOS
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D ZCPR3
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C Memory usage
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D WordStar files
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E Directory display
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F Computer patches
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D WordStar
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A Page layout
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A Page sizing & margins
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B Headers & footers
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C Tabs
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B Editing settings
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A Edit screen & help level
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B Typing
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C Paragraph alignment
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D Blocks
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E Erase & unerase
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F Lines & characters
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G Find & replace
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H WordStar 3.3 compatibility
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I Printing defaults
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C Other features
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A Spelling checks
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B Nondocument mode
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C Indexing
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D Shorthand (key macros)
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E Merge printing
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F Miscellaneous
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E Patching
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A Auto patcher
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B Save settings
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C Reset all settings
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MEMORY USAGE
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WordStar requires a minimum TPA size of 50 kbytes to run
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using the factory defaults. The TPA is the amount of memory
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available in your computer for use by programs that have a
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file type of COM. To see how big the TPA is in your computer,
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press the question mark key (?) at the Opening Menu.
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The amount of memory required by WordStar can be reduced by
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approximately 3 kbytes if necessary. Use the WSCHANGE program
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to select the minimum memory configuration option. The menu
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will show you what capabilities are being reduced.
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WordStar uses a general-purpose buffer for a variety of
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tasks. WordStar allocates memory to this buffer for editing,
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for merge printing, and at the Opening Menu (see BFSIZE in
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PATCH.LST). The buffer used for editing is usually the most
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sensitive to a reduced TPA size. (You may be able to use the
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Opening Menu and print, but there may be insufficient memory
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for editing.)
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The merge print buffer is used only to hold merge print
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variable names and data. Increase it if you run out of memory
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while merge printing.
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The Opening Menu buffer is used primarily to hold the file
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directory, and for miscellaneous tasks.
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LOW-MEMORY INDICATOR IN STATUS LINE
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If the Low-Memory indicator appears in the status line, it
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means that WordStar was unable to complete some function.
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The most common symptoms are: the line number in the
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status line is wrong, or a paragraph alignment could not be
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completed. You may correct the line counter by saving your
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file, exiting WordStar, and re-loading your file. To correct
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the paragraph alignment, move your cursor to the point where
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paragraph alignment stopped, and then press ^B again.
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The reason this comes up is that WordStar was not able to fit
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a big enough chunk of text into memory at one time.
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When you first begin editing, WordStar uses the value from
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EDSIZE in the user area to determine the minimum amount
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of memory required for a page of text. The default
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is set for approximately a 55 line by 66 column page. If
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your page size is routinely larger than this, you may want
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to increase EDSIZE. Multiply the number of lines by the
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number of columns, and divide by 128.
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If the Low-Memory indicator comes on while printing, it is due
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to either the same reasons as for editing, or there is
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insufficient memory to print the text proportionally spaced.
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The amount of memory required depends on which printer
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driver you are using. If you aren't using the .PS ON dot
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command to turn proportional spacing on in your document,
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low memory won't be a problem. Also, WordStar uses more
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memory for merge printing than it does for regular printing
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(around 2.5 kbytes more).
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The Low-Memory indicator will also appear when a full disk error
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is encountered during editing. Treat the disk-full error as you
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would normally.
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RAM-RESIDENT PROGRAMS
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RAM-resident programs, such as SmartKey, reduce the amount of
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working memory (TPA) that WordStar can use. The new features in
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WordStar, such as shorthand, may reduce the need for these
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RAM-resident programs, thus freeing memory for WordStar.
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ZCPR3 SUPPORT
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In order to enable the ZCPR facilities within WordStar, the user
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must use the Z3INS utility provided with ZCPR to install the
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address of the ZCPR "environment" into WordStar. The environment
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contains information that WordStar uses to support ZCPR-specific
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functions.
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Generally, the user should log onto the drive containing the file
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WS.COM, and issue the command:
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Z3INS SYS.ENV WS.COM
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The user should also run either WINSTALL or WSCHANGE to further
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install WordStar for ZCPR. However, this is not mandatory because
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the only thing that happens is that the WordStar sign-on says
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"ZCPR3," and the LGLUSR location in the user area is changed for a
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maximum user number of 31. (The normal default for LGLUSR is 15.)
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Once the user has installed WordStar for use with ZCPR, the user
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will be able to use the following ZCPR features:
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- A named directory may be used when logging onto a new drive/user.
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- A named directory may be used instead of a drive/user as part
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of any file name.
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- The drive/user always appears above file directories. (For CP/M
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only the drive letter is shown if the user number is zero.)
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- The directory name also appears above the directory if one has
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been defined for the currently logged drive/user.
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- If WordStar does not find its OVR files on the current drive and
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user, it will search the drives and user numbers in the ZCPR
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search path rather than using its standard search pattern.
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- WordStar installs itself as a ZCPR "shell" process which lets the
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user enter any legal ZCPR command when running a program. (CP/M
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can only run programs that are COM files.)
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OSBORNE USERS
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The command to change a hard carriage return to a soft carriage
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return (document mode) or to turn Auto-indent ON (nondocument
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mode) does not function on the Osborne because of a limitation
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in its BIOS. The following patch can be applied to change the
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command from ^^ to ^- (Ctrl-Hyphen):
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Using DDT or SID in the file WSMSGS.OVR:
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At 02DA replace 1E with a 1D
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At 02EF replace 1E with a 1D
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At 0359 replace 1E with a 1D
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At 06B2 replace 1E with a 1D
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At 06C9 replace 1E with a 1D
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At the system prompt type SAVE 53 WSMSGS.OVR
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For more information on how to use SID or DDT, see your CP/M
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reference guide. As always, be sure and apply the patch to a
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COPY of the file.
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INSTRUCTIONS FOR TWO FLOPPY DISK COMPUTERS
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Do not remove the Program disk while you are using WordStar.
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The Printer Driver Library file (WSPRINT.OVR) on the WordStar
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program disk is much smaller than the Printer Driver Library
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file contained on the disk labeled PRINTER. Be sure to read the
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section in "Starting" that discusses the printer library file.
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RUN A PROGRAM
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Once you press R you can type the drive and user number for the
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program you want to run. You may run only .COM files. CCP commands,
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such as DIR cannot be used.
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INDEXING
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Using StarIndex
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StarIndex 1.01 works with files created with this release of
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WordStar.
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"Can't Use That Printer" Message
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When WordStar creates an index or table of contents, it uses
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the printer drivers $INDEX and $TOC. If you created a smaller
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WSPRINT.OVR file, you may have left these drivers out. To
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return them to the file, copy the original WSPRINT.OVR file
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onto your disk. When you create a smaller file again, be sure
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to save these drivers. See Appendix C in the WordStar manual
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for a list of other drivers to save.
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SPELL CHECKING
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Dual floppy disk users:
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Unless you have sufficient room on your working WordStar program
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disk for the files TW.COM, SPELL.COM, MARKFIX.COM, REVIEW.COM and
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MAINDICT.CMP you will not be able to run a spell check from the
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Opening Menu. You will need to exit WordStar and replace the
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working WordStar program disk with the dictionary disk you created
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during installation. This disk should contain the files listed
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above. Make sure the disk in drive B has the file you want to
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spell-check.
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Follow the directions for running a spell check in The WORD Plus
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manual.
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UPGRADING FROM A PREVIOUS RELEASE
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This release of WordStar contains many new features and commands.
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See the "What's New" booklet for a complete list. The following
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changes came in too late to be included in the documentation.
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Printer Patches
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Previous versions of WordStar treat most dot matrix printers
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and other non-daisy wheel printers as a DRAFT printer with a
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few patchable items. Because of this, many users have used
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these patches to be able to use certain features of their
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printers. Sometimes the patches have been quite extensive, and
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some users have many files that count on them.
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The printer drivers of WordStar Release 4, on the other hand,
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are very powerful. Almost every driver recognizes all the print
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controls and all the dot commands. In fact, if a document is
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written to be printed on one kind of printer, it is likely that
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it will also print fine on some other printer.
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However, if you want to use your existing files with WordStar
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4, and those files rely on the user area being patched in a
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special way, you can probably do so by moving the patches into
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WordStar 4, and using the CUSTOM or SIMPLE printer driver.
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On the INSTALL disk is a program called MOVEPRN.COM that
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copies the printer driver portion of the previous release's
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user area into files that can be installed into Release 4 with
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the "auto patcher" feature.
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Copy the program MOVEPRN.COM onto the disk containing the
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WS.COM file for the previous version. Type
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MOVEPRN WS.COM FILE1.PAT FILE2.PAT
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MOVEPRN extracts the proper portions of the user area and
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writes them into two files that may then be used with the "auto
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patcher" feature of WSCHANGE.
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FILE1.PAT is to be used with the general patching menu
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(Choose E "Patching" on the WSCHANGE Main Menu, then A "Auto
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Patcher"). FILE2.PAT should be used to install strings first
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into the SIMPLE driver, and then into the CUSTOM driver (choose
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B "Printer" on the WSCHANGE Main Menu, then B "Printer driver
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library", D "Change printer driver data" and D "Driver auto
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patcher").
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Test print your document first with the SIMPLE driver, and then
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with the CUSTOM driver to see which one produces the most
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satisfactory results.
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Also read Appendix C for more information on using the Auto
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Patcher.
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Hanging Indents
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For WordStar Professional Release 4, MailMerge reformats indented
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text created with ^OG to the current margins. If you want the text
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to remain indented, use embedded ruler lines or the .RM, .LM,
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and .PM commands. See the "Reference Guide" for more information.
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Pressing ^OG to wrap back to the first tab on the ruler line after
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having reached the last tab works the same way it did in previous
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versions of WordStar, contrary to what is stated in the manual.
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TERMINALS
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WordStar comes installed for an "idealized" special terminal.
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WINSTALL and WSCHANGE allow you to install many terminals by
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name, thus allowing WordStar to take advantage of the special
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features that the terminal might support, such as underlining
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or the function keys.
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Use either WINSTALL or WSCHANGE to pick your specific terminal
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or computer screen from the Monitor menu. If your terminal
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isn't on the menu, it probably emulates one of those that is
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there. Look in your terminal documentation to find out.
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After you install WordStar for the proper terminal, run
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WordStar and open the file PRINT.TST to see which attributes
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(such as bold and underline) work on your screen.
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WordStar will highlight the following in some way...
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Bold (^PB)
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Underline (^PS)
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Strike-out (^PX)
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Subscript (^PV)
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Superscript (^PT)
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Doublestrike (^PD)
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Italics (^PY)
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Blocks (^KB, ^KK)
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Error messages
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Most of the time, normal text will be shown in dim intensity,
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and highlighted text will be shown in bright intensity. You
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may have to use a brightness and/or contrast knob to adjust
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your screen the first time you use WordStar this way.
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If your dim intensity is too dim to see well, and you can't
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adjust it, you can change the BRITE flag to ON using WSCHANGE.
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This will invert bright and dim in your text, so that regular
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text is displayed bright, and highlighted text will be
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displayed as dim. However, text in the menus is not affected.
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DISPLAY PROBLEMS WITH TERMINALS
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Once you have installed WordStar for the proper terminal, you
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may still experience display problems.
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If text from the previous screen remains after WordStar
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displays a new screenful of text, the most likely cause is
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cursor wrap. Basically, WordStar must know what happens to the
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cursor when a character is displayed at the rightmost position
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of the screen. It can either remain at the right edge, or it
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can wrap to the beginning of the next line. The WRAP flag in
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WordStar must be set either on or off to correspond to the
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way the terminal works. (It is generally set for the
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terminal's factory default, but the default can usually be
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changed using the terminal's setup mode.)
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Another possible cause for display problems is your terminal's
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incomplete emulation of some other terminal. The most
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common differences are...
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Line insert (LININS), line delete (LINDEL),
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Erase to end of screen (ERAEOS),
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Erase to end of line (ERAEOL),
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And, erase screen (ERASCR).
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Look in the manual for your terminal and use WSCHANGE to see
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if the control sequences match.
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PRINTERS
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WHAT'S IN THIS SECTION
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This section contains the following information:
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Choosing a Printer
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Setting Up Your Printer
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Printer Drivers
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Proportional Printing
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Laser Printers
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Information on Specific Printers
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CHOOSING A PRINTER
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WordStar is ready to work with over 100 printers. The printer you
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choose during installation becomes your default printer. However,
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when you print a document, you can choose any other printer. To
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choose a default printer, follow these steps:
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1. Look at the Printer Information brochure that came in your
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package. The first chart shows the printers listed on the
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Printer Selection Menus. If your printer is on the menu,
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simply choose it during installation.
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2. If your printer isn't listed on the menu, it may work like a
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printer that is. Refer to the second chart in the Printer
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Information brochure for a list of printers that work like
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printers on the menu. When WordStar asks you to choose a
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printer, choose the printer that works like yours.
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3. If neither chart lists your printer, choose Typewriter Printer
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(if your printer can backspace) or Draft Printer (if it can't).
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These choices may not take advantage of all your printer's
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features, but they will work with almost any printer.
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Note: If you choose Draft or Typewriter, you can modify custom
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print controls and printer initialization.
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If you want to make more modifications to take advantage of your
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printer's feature, choose the Custom or Simple drivers, then use
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the WS Printer Patches section of WSCHANGE to tell WordStar the
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codes for your printer. Refer to your printer manual for these
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codes. Some printers work better with the Custom driver and some
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with the Simple driver. Try using both and see which works better
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with your printer. See the "Reference Guide" for more information.
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SETTING UP YOUR PRINTER
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Choosing a Printer Port
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Each printer is connected to a printer port at the back of
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the computer. WordStar looks for printers on the LST: port.
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If your printer is connected to a different port, use
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WSCHANGE to tell WordStar the correct port.
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Testing Your Printer Connection
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At the operating system prompt, type "PIP LST:=READ.ME." This
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file should be printed by your printer. If it is not, your printer
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may be connected to a different port. See your computer reference
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manual, and the section on the STAT command in your CP/M
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reference manual for more information.
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PRINTER DRIVERS
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The WSPRINT.OVR file on the Printers disk contains a printer
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driver for each printer on the Printer Selection Menu. The printer
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driver for a printer contains all the codes WordStar needs to work
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with that printer.
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Each printer driver has a short name. If you choose a printer when
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you print a document, you see the names of the printer drivers, not
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the names of the printers.
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PROPORTIONAL PRINTING
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WordStar supports proportional printing on a number of printers.
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To turn on proportional printing, either install WordStar to
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default to proportional printing, or place a ".PS on" command
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in your document. At print time, WordStar selects the
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appropriate proportional font based on the character width
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(.CW) currently in effect.
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The specific printer descriptions later in this section show
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recommended character widths for proportional typefaces.
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These widths are for a normal mix of upper- and lowercase
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letters. If you have many words or phrases all in uppercase
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or if you want your text less densely printed, choose a larger
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character width.
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While WordStar mostly sets character widths based on the
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proportional-width table in the driver, on the more advanced
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daisy wheel printers, WordStar uses the printer's proportional-
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spacing mode. WordStar determines how much white space is needed
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to right-justify the line based on its own proportional width
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tables. If the table values don't match the wheel installed,
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WordStar won't be able to justify the line correctly.
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WordStar sends standard ASCII characters; if a proportional wheel
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uses a different spoke mapping, set up the printer to handle this.
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LASER PRINTERS
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WordStar supports laser printer features such as font changes
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and proportional spacing.
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WordStar supports several laser printers: the Canon LPB-8 A1 & A2;
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the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet, LaserJet+, and LaserJet 500+;
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and the Ricoh LP4080. Refer to the "Specific Printer
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Information" section of this file for information on these
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printers. General notes about using laser printers are given below.
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Paper Size and Margins
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Laser printers come with preset page margins. You need to
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compensate for these margins by changing page length in your
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WordStar documents. The chart below shows the recommended
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settings for 8 1/2 X 11 inch paper for both portrait and landscape
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orientations. These settings allow 55 lines of text for portrait
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orientation and 40 lines of text for landscape orientation (at 6
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|
lines per inch). They also allow for a footer of up to 3 lines
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and a one-line header. If you use multiple-line headers, adjust
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the top margin accordingly.
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Dot Default Portrait Landscape
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Setting Command Value Orientation Orientation
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------- ------- ------- ----------- -----------
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page length .PL 66 62 47
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top margin .MT 3 2 2
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bottom margin .MB 8 5 5
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header margin .HM 2 1 1
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footer margin .FM 2 2 2
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If the laser printer is your primary printer, you can use WSCHANGE
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to make these settings the defaults.
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Because laser printers leave small margins at the left and right
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sides of the page, you may want to use a smaller page offset
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setting (the default is .PO 8).
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Form Feeds
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When you print with a laser printer, answer Y for yes to the "Use
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form feeds (Y/N)?" prompt at print time. (The default is NO.) If
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the laser printer is your primary printer, you can use WSCHANGE to
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change the default to yes.
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WordStar Commands for Font Selection
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The WordStar dot commands and print control commands listed below
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determine the fonts used for printing a document.
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.PR .PR OR=L selects landscape orientation; .PR OR=P (or just
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.PR OR) selects portrait orientation (the default). If
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|
either of these commands appears after the first printing
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|
line on a page, the orientation will not change until the
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|
following page.
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.PS .PS ON selects proportionally spaced characters; .PS OFF
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|
(the default) selects fixed-spaced characters.
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.CW The character-width setting (.CW followed by the width in
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|
120ths of an inch) determines the character pitch and font
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|
selected for fixed-width printing. For proportional fonts, it
|
|
determines the point size and proportional-width table
|
|
selected.
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.LQ .LQ ON selects near letter quality print (if supported by
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|
your printer). LQ OFF selects draft quality print. Default
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is ON.
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^PY The italic print control toggles between normal and italic
|
|
characters when the appropriate italic font is available.
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|
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^PB The boldface print control toggles between normal and bold
|
|
characters when the appropriate bold font is available.
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|
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^PD The double strike print control used with the laser printers
|
|
toggles overprinting with a horizontal offset of 1/120"
|
|
between the two character images. This allows a bold effect
|
|
where no bold font is available.
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^PA ^PA turns alternate pitch on. Use .CW to assign different
|
|
character widths to normal pitch (see ^PN below) and alternate
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|
pitch so that each pitch accesses a different font. You can
|
|
then change fonts by switching between the two pitches. This
|
|
is the only way to use two fonts on the same line.
|
|
(See "Character width" and "Pitch" in the "Reference Guide.")
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^PN ^PN turns normal pitch on. You can use it with ^PA as
|
|
described above.
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^P@ When working with columns, if you use alternate and normal
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|
pitch for two fonts, or if you use proportional spacing, you
|
|
may need to use ^P@ to make sure the columns line up.
|
|
Remember that the column position set with ^P@ is determined
|
|
by the normal pitch character width. (See "Columns" and
|
|
"Proportional spacing" in the "Reference Guide."
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INFORMATION ON SPECIFIC PRINTERS
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|
This section describes the capabilities of each printer listed on
|
|
the Printer Selection Menu. The printers are listed in alphabetical
|
|
order (except for the generic printers such as "Draft,"
|
|
"Typewriter," "Custom," "Simple," and the various print-to-disk
|
|
options, which are listed first).
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|
|
|
There is a chart for each printer explaining how features work and
|
|
listing any special notes about the printer. Each printer is
|
|
described in the following format:
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|
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PRINTER NAME ----- Driver: (short name)
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|
|
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^PY Effect of italics/ribbon color print control
|
|
^PT/V Subscript/superscript information
|
|
.CW Information on available character widths and fonts. The
|
|
chart shows the .CW, .LQ, and .PS settings required to use
|
|
different fonts.
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|
|
.LQ OFF .LQ ON .PS ON Font Name
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|
------- ------ ------ ---------
|
|
.cw val .cw val recommended value (range) font 1
|
|
.cw val .cw val recommended value (range) font 2
|
|
|
|
.UL Continuous-underline information (if restrictions)
|
|
.UJ Microspace-justification information (if restrictions)
|
|
|
|
N/A means a command has no effect on this printer.
|
|
|
|
NOTES Switch settings, special features, anomalies.
|
|
|
|
DRAFT PRINTER (nonbackspacing) ----- Driver: DRAFT
|
|
|
|
^PD Overprints the line twice
|
|
^PB Overprints the line three times
|
|
^PS Overprints the underscore character in a separate pass
|
|
^PT/V Prints super/subscripts with a full line between
|
|
super/subscript and text
|
|
.LH Sets line height only in multiples of full lines
|
|
.CW N/A
|
|
.PS N/A
|
|
.LQ N/A
|
|
.UJ N/A
|
|
|
|
NOTES This driver works with any printer that doesn't automatically
|
|
perform a line feed when it receives a carriage return command. All
|
|
overprinting is done by returning the carriage and passing over the
|
|
line again.
|
|
|
|
TYPEWRITER PRINTER (backspacing) ----- Driver: TYPEWR
|
|
|
|
^PD Backspaces and overprints each character twice
|
|
^PB Backspaces and overprints each character three times
|
|
^PS Backspaces and overprints the underscore character
|
|
^PT/V Prints super/subscripts with a full line between
|
|
super/subscript and text
|
|
.LH Sets line height only in multiples of full lines
|
|
.CW N/A
|
|
.PS N/A
|
|
.LQ N/A
|
|
.UJ N/A
|
|
|
|
NOTES This driver works with any printer that doesn't automatically
|
|
perform a line feed when a it receives a carriage return command,
|
|
and responds to a backspace character. Overprinting is done by
|
|
backspacing.
|
|
|
|
AUTO LINE FEED PRINTER (backspacing) ----- Driver: AUTOLF
|
|
|
|
^PD Backspaces and overprints each character twice
|
|
^PB Backspaces and overprints each character three times
|
|
^PS Backspaces and overprints the underscore character
|
|
^PT/V Prints super/subscripts with a full line between
|
|
super/subscript and text
|
|
.LH Sets line height only in multiples of full lines
|
|
.CW N/A
|
|
.PS N/A
|
|
.LQ N/A
|
|
.UJ N/A
|
|
|
|
NOTES This driver works with any printer that automatically
|
|
performs a line feed when it receives a carriage return character,
|
|
and responds to a backspace command. Overprinting is done by
|
|
backspacing.
|
|
|
|
SIMPLE CUSTOMIZABLE PRINTERS ----- Driver: SIMPLE
|
|
|
|
All print controls cause control strings (on and off) in
|
|
the user area to be sent to the printer. These strings
|
|
are used by both the SIMPLE and CUSTOM drivers. They can
|
|
be installed with the WSCHANGE program.
|
|
|
|
.LQ Controlled by user area strings
|
|
.PS Controlled by user area strings
|
|
.CW N/A
|
|
.UJ N/A
|
|
.LH N/A
|
|
|
|
NOTES This printer driver prints the line in one pass, sending
|
|
control strings from the user area to select print enhancements.
|
|
|
|
CUSTOMIZABLE PRINTERS ----- Driver: CUSTOM
|
|
|
|
All print controls cause control strings (on and off) in
|
|
the user area to be sent to the printer. These strings
|
|
are used by both the SIMPLE and CUSTOM drivers. They can
|
|
be installed with the WSCHANGE program.
|
|
|
|
.LQ ON/OFF controlled by user area strings
|
|
.PS ON/OFF controlled by user area strings
|
|
.LH Sets line height only in multiples of full lines
|
|
.UJ N/A
|
|
.CW N/A
|
|
|
|
NOTES This driver prints the line in multiple passes, sending
|
|
control strings from the user area to select print enhancements.
|
|
|
|
PREVIEW TO DISK ----- Driver: PRVIEW
|
|
|
|
This driver prints documents to the PREVIEW.WS file to allow
|
|
you to preview the format and appearance of a document before
|
|
printing. Headers, footers, and pagination are shown correctly
|
|
and print controls remain in the file to display onscreen
|
|
attributes. Dot commands are not printed.
|
|
|
|
PRINT TO DISK WITHOUT PRINT CONTROLS ----- Driver: ASCII
|
|
|
|
This driver prints to the ASCII.WS file, stripping headers and
|
|
footers, high bits, and print controls.
|
|
|
|
PRINT TO DISK WITHOUT HEADERS AND FOOTERS ----- Driver: XTRACT
|
|
|
|
This driver prints to the XTRACT.WS disk file, stripping headers
|
|
and footers, but preserving high bits and print controls.
|
|
|
|
ANADEX 9500A, 9500B ----- Driver: 9500
|
|
|
|
^PY N/A
|
|
^PT/V Even superscript roll
|
|
|
|
.CW .CW Font name
|
|
--- ---------
|
|
9 13.3 cpi
|
|
10 12 cpi
|
|
12 10 cpi
|
|
18 6.7 cpi
|
|
20 6 cpi
|
|
24 5 cpi
|
|
|
|
.LH 1/24" resolution, use even values
|
|
.UJ This printer has no incremental horizontal positioning
|
|
.PS N/A
|
|
.LQ N/A
|
|
|
|
ANADEX 9501B, INTEQ 5100B ----- Driver: 9501B
|
|
|
|
^PY N/A
|
|
^PT/V Even superscript roll
|
|
|
|
.CW .CW Font name
|
|
--- ---------
|
|
7 16.7 cpi
|
|
8 15 cpi
|
|
10 12.5 cpi
|
|
12 10 cpi
|
|
14 8.3 cpi
|
|
16 7.5 cpi
|
|
20 6.2 cpi
|
|
24 5 cpi
|
|
|
|
.LH 1/24" resolution, use even values
|
|
.UJ This printer has no incremental horizontal positioning
|
|
.PS N/A
|
|
.LQ N/A
|
|
|
|
C. ITOH STARWRITER 1550 AND 8510 ----- Driver: C1550
|
|
|
|
^PY N/A
|
|
^PT/V Prints full-size characters with roll
|
|
|
|
.CW .CW Font Name
|
|
--- ---------
|
|
7 compressed
|
|
10 elite
|
|
12 pica
|
|
14 expanded compressed
|
|
20 expanded elite
|
|
24 expanded pica
|
|
|
|
.LQ N/A
|
|
.PS N/A
|
|
.UL Continuous underlining suppresses microspace justification
|
|
|
|
C. ITOH F10 STARWRITER ----- Driver: QUME
|
|
|
|
See Diablo 630, 1610, 1620 Daisy Wheel.
|
|
|
|
Note: Proportional printing was tested with a Theme 10 wheel.
|
|
|
|
CANON LBP-8A1 AND LBP-8A2 LASER PRINTER ----- Driver: LBP8
|
|
|
|
^PY Selects italics if appropriate font installed
|
|
^PT/V Prints full-size characters with roll
|
|
.PS .PS
|
|
.CW OFF ON Font Name
|
|
--- -- ---------
|
|
6 - 20 cpi
|
|
8 - 15 cpi
|
|
9 - 13.3 cpi
|
|
10 - 12 cpi (elite)
|
|
12 - 10 cpi
|
|
20 - 6 cpi
|
|
24 - 5 cpi
|
|
16 - 7.5 cpi
|
|
- 7 (0-8) Garland 8 point
|
|
- 10 (9-11) Garland 12 point
|
|
- 14 (12-17) Expanded 8 point
|
|
- 20 (18-30) Expand
|