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1. 8 2 LIST COMMANDS LIST LIST ELEMENT LIST ALPHA UPPER LIST ALPHA LOWER LIST ROMAN UPPER LIST ROMAN LOWER END LIST SET LIST AUTOLIST 90 TXTFMT USER S MANUAL CHAPTER 9 CHAPTER 10 CHAPTER 11 CHAPTER 12 APPENDIX A INDEX FORMAT INTERRUPTION 9 1 GENERAL 58229 560602289 90222 n098602 929075 9 2 UNFORMAT AND FORMAT ccceacenccanvcccncnveces UNDERSCORING 101 GENERAL asp xvestasseskendekenskuauasnescmi se 10 2 UNDERSCORE COMMANDS IFLAG US a E UNDERSCORE CR UNDERSCORE BS TABLE OF CONTENTS AND INDEX 11 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS 11 2 INDEX n 2
2. 6 SET APPENDIX SET CHAP SET CHAPTER a a SET HEADER LEVEL SET HL SET LIST SET LS SET PAGE SINGLE Single spacing Source file Spacing e s gt 7 2 7 2 8 2 7 1 7 1 2 2 2 3 2 2 2 7 7 2 6 4 6 4 7 4 7 3 7 4 7 2 7 2 7 2 7 3 7 4 7 3 7 3 7 3 7 2 7 1 7 1 7 3 5 3 5 3 5 3 10 2 2 6 7 2 to 7 3 2 7 1 A 2 12 2 12 2 12 2 2 2 to 2 3 2 7 4 2 3 4 3 A 1 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 2 6 4 6 4 8 3 8 3 7 3 4 3 2 2 1 1 A 2 to A 3 A 2 4 3 2 1 to 2 5 Page Index 5 TXTFMT USER S MANUAL Bage ndex As a command classification 2 7 ak Default s sso aoas 272 ER DOUBLE v wo we 8 DE LINE sca 44 wx ucc veo uw BES SINGLE 5 3 Special functions As a command classification 2 7 AUTOPARAGRAPH a a 1272 BEGIN BAR o o 12 1 BOLD o o 8 12 2 DISABLE BAR asss os s a o 12 2 ENABLE BAR 12 4 END BAR 5 veo 920 12 2 FLAG NXB 12 3 to 1295 FOOTER xw ox cm ee 8 125 FOOTERSPACING 12 3 NO BOLD 12 2 Nonexpandable blank 12 3 to 12 4 PARAGRAPH esaa 1272 SUBINDEX 11 2 3 Table of Contents 2 7 11 1 3 TITLE
3. NMRL NMRU NO BOLD NO CENTERED TITLE NO JUSTIFY NO NUMBER HEADER Non expandable blank NONUMBER NOTITLE NTIL wow s NUMBER NUMBER ABSOLUTE NUMBER BOTTOM NUMBER HEADER NUMBER NO BOTTOM NUMBER ROMAN LOWER NUMBER ROMAN UPPER L e b gt p 8 3 8 3 2 7 8 4 8 3 8 1 2 to 3 8 3 8 2 8 1 8 3 B 5 8 3 2 2 1 8 1 8 3 8 2 8 3 8 3 2 6 5 1 5 1 3 2 7 5 1 2 2 1 3 2 4 2 7 2 7 2 7 3 7 4 7 3 7 3 7 3 7 2 12 2 3 2 4 2 7 2 12 3 to 12 2 7 2 3 2 3 2 2 3 7 2 7 2 7 3 7 4 7 3 7 3 7 3 TXTFMT USER S MANUAL ODD PAGE OP Outlines aas PAGE Page numbering PAGESIZE PAGESIZE default Paging s s As a command classification EVEN PAGE HEADER EMBED HEADER NO EMBED HEADER NO PAGE HEADER PAGE NO NUMBER HEADER NONUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER NUMBER ABSOLUTE BOTTOM HEADER NO BOTTOM NUMBER ROMAN LOWER NUMBER ROMAN UPPER ODD PAGE PAGE PAGESIZE SET PAGE PARA PARAGRAPH PR Printer we QUIT a a Right justification S SEARCH SET APP
4. 3 you would replace both 2 s in the above commands with 3 s Then the formatted header number would be 2 5 3 8 meaning the eighth heading subordinate to section 2 3 3 Now suppose the document is chapter oriented If you just wrote section 2 0 and wanted to skip to section 5 0 Using the Printer the command would be as follows SET HEADER LEVEL 1 5 HEADER LEVEL 1 Using the Printer The m in the above command is 5 which becomes the first digit in the formatted header number 5 0 Causes all subsequent headers generated with the HEADER LEVEL command to be printed in bold face as long as the printer has that capability TXTFMT continues outputting headers in bold face until it encounters a HEADER NO BOLD command Reverses the effect of the HEADER BOLD command causing TXTFMT to print all subsequent headers in regular type face Causes TXTFMT to underline all subsequent headers until the next HEADER NO UNDERSCORE command This command requires that the UNDERSCORE command be executed previously see Chapter 10 Reverses effect of HEADER UNDERSCORE command causing TXTFMT to print subsequent headers without underscoring 7 1 GENERAL CHAPTER 7 PAGING We use the general term paging in reference to commands that control page size page breaking and numbering 7 2 PAGE SIZE PAGESIZE n or Y n 7 3 PAGE BREAKING PAGE n or P n Sets n as the maximum number of Lines allowed on
5. s 8 e 3 1 6 2 Titles es As a command classification 2 7 CENTERED TITLE 3 2 CENTERED TITLE 3 2 NOTEILE G TITLE 4 371 Ore 1 TOC file ee w 1181 TIL 22 5999 0e 9 c s OTN TXTFMT Defi d s a wo 11 Entry of commands 1 2 2 3 Running the program 2 6 OF i6 calo wr ee ae c UNDERSCORE BS 10 2 UNDERSCORE CR aa 10 2 Underscoring es e e e 6 5 As a command classification 2 7 FLAG US e 10 1 UNDERSCORE BS gt a a 10 2 UNDERSCORE CR s 10 2 UNFORMAT o 9 1 1702 2 71 X LINESIZE 4 1 Y PAGESIZE s e 9 9 9 o 7 1 SOFTWARE PUBLICATIONS FILE REFERENCE NUMBER TXTFMT USER S MANUAL SOFTWARE DOCUMENTATION READER S COMMENTS appreciate your help in evaluating our documentation efforts Please feel free to attach additional comments If you require a written response check here Imi This form is for comments on software documentation only To submit reports on software problems use Software NOTE Performance Reports SPRs availabie from Alpha Micro Please comment on the usefulness org
6. 1 2 TO USE THIS MANUAL aaanasasnassesannsanaan CHAPTER 2 THE SOURCE FILE AND FUNCTIONS GENERAL 231 CREATING A SOURCE FILE 2 1 THE GENERAL FORMAT 2 2 ENTERING THE COMMANDS 272 EXECUTING THE TXTFMT PROGRAM 276 CLASSIFYING TXTFMT COMMANDS 277 NM MAN k e 3 TITLES LE 11 Ac 3 2 THE TITLE COMMANDS esca siena 55 4 SM TITE De haue RN 3 2 CENTERED TITLE vau T erue CENTERED TITLE 3 2 CHAPTER 4 LINE LENGTH JUSTIFICATION AND SPACING 4 1 LINE LENGTH LINESIZE wuveuvcancnnncnennnnuae BREAK 4 2 JUSTIFICATION JUSTIFY woe nennene P NO JUSTIFY 4 3 SPACING s T SINGLE DOUBLE ee ee onsen LINE e 2232a6292 9826n2a295725 2 28584 4 599
7. 11 1 EE Justification As a command classification 2 7 Default aa wo www ww 2 2 Error message a a sow cw ASS JUSTIFY oe ew ATE NO JUSTIFY 4 2 JUSTIFY a a a a 2 3 4 2 EE Ce ee SS GSR Bes BS LINE 433 Line Length As a command classification 2 7 BREAK ca 42 Default a sa s ss sa s s o s 2 2 LINESIZE ea o 4 1 Line filling sa 4 2 9 1 LINESIZE 2 3 4 1 9 1 3 LIST 2 8 1 2 to 3 LIST ALPHA LOWER 8 3 LIST ALPHA UPPER e a 8 2 LIST ELEMENT 8 1 3 TXTFMT USER S MANUAL LIST ROMAN LOWER s e a a LIST ROMAN UPPER Listing As a command classification AUTOLIST END LIST LIST LIST ALPHA LOWER LIST ALPHA UPPER LIST ELEMENT LIST ROMAN LOWER LIST ROMAN UPPER SET LIST 2 4 Logging in a LS USA sox Setar ESAU zov a 5 5 ESRL 5 7 7o d LSRU 9 LST file ee Miu wow uui LE MARGIN s Margins so Default Memory aas s o cds Bute NJ ey te ewe d NMABS 2 22 o ooo o 4 NMNB
8. SOFTWARE MANUAL TXTFMT USER S MANUAL DV M 00100 07 REV BOO pus alpha Piero TXTFMT USER S MANUAL First printing 1 May 1980 Second printing 30 April 1981 Alpha Micro AMOS 100 ALphaBASIC AlphaPASCAL and AlLphaL ISP are trademarks of ALPHA MICROSYSTEMS Irvine CA 92714 1980 ALPHA MICROSYSTEMS ALPHA MICROSYSTEMS 17881 Sky Park North Irvine CA 92714 This document reflects AMOS Versions 4 5 and Later 1 2MD 4 81 11 9 TXTFMT USER S MANUAL Page iii PREFACE The previous version of the TXTFMT User s Manual was useful as a quick reference guide for those who already knew the system Because the manual was brief those unfamiliar with text editors and text formatters may have found some of the commands difficult to implement without assistance from an experienced operator For the benefit of all users experienced and novice we have rewritten the TXTFMT User s Manual providing more examples and more complete explanations In addition we have reorganized the book so that it is easier to find specific commands without having to refer to the index every time When used as a companion to the AlphaVUE User s Manual and the ALphaVUE TXTFMT Training Guide this manual should helpful a reference guide to anyone using TXTFMT TXTFMT USER S MANUAL Table of Contents CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION 1 1 FEATURES AND CONVENIENCE 1
9. not NUMBER ROMAN UPPER II If you omit n from the command the first numbered page is Roman numeral I or in a chapter oriented document 1 1 2 1 3 1 etc Enables page numbering in Lower Roman numerals setting the current page number to n You must specify n as an Arabic numeral even though the page number is output as Roman numeral For example if you wish to set the current page number to Roman numeral ii the command would be NUMBER ROMAN LOWER 2 not NUMBER ROMAN LOWER ii If you omit n from the command the first page is Roman numeral i or in a chapter oriented document 1 1 2 i 3 i etc Sets the current page to n Operates the same way as the NUMBER command PAGING HEADER PAGE or HP n HEADER NO PAGE or HNP NUMBER HEADER or NMH NO NUMBER HEADER 7 4 4 Causes to be printed in front of page number if page numbering is currently enabled This command only works for page numbering at the top of the page Discontinues the printing of in front of the page number This is the default setting formats page number as x n where x is the Last header Level 1 value If your document has four pages between the first and second Level 1 headers the first four pages are numbered 1 1 1 2 1 3 1 4 When the second Level 1 header is encountered the page numbering changes to 2 1 2 2 2 3 and so on This command is used for documents
10. In addition to Line length and justification you can control spacing between Lines allows you to specify single or double spacing and you can specify with one command any number of blank Lines to be left in the text SINGLE or S Causes single spacing of text This is the default setting so the only time you need to enter the command to achieve single spacing is after using the DOUBLE command to produce double spaced text DOUBLE or D Causes the subsequent text to be double spaced even though the source file is single spaced on the video display screen LINE n or L n Causes the line preceding the command to be output with no Line filling and generates n blank Lines prior to any text following the command This command is a convenience feature best used for quickly generating a Large number of blank Lines That is you would not bother using LINE 1 when you can generate one blank Line simply by pressing RETURN Example Suppose you want to generate 40 blank Lines on a certain page Leaving room for an illustration to be pasted in After the text immediately preceding the illustration you would enter LINE 40 You can then start entering text immediately after the command but when the file is formatted this text will be preceded by 40 blank Lines fo pn ih 5 1 MARGINS CHAPTER 5 MARGINS CENTERING AND INDENTING TXTFMT allows you to set and reset the left margin as many times as you n
11. SEARCH command refer to Chapter 8 in the ALphaVUE TXTFMT Training Guide DOUBLE INDENTs nested too deep You may use the DOUBLE INDENT DI command a maximum of 20 consecutive times without an END DOUBLE INDENT EDI command The error message appears when the Limit of 20 is exceeded Illegal command x You entered a command in TXTFMT format preceded by a slash which TXTFMT does not recognize as legitimate The message includes the illegal command x so you can find it easily Insufficient memory to format Your partition does not contain enough memory to complete the formatting Check with the System Operator for possible solutions TXTFMT ERROR MESSAGES Invalid appendix number in SET APPENDIX The appendix designation you entered with the SET APPENDIX SET APP command is not a letter from A to Z TXTFMT enumerates appendixes only by letters XInvalid argument This message is followed by the argument you entered which TXTFMT does not recognize as valid XInvalid argument in SET HEADER LEVEL The Level you specified in one of the SET HEADER LEVEL 5 HL commands is of the accepted numbers 1 through 5 Only these numbers can be used as levels in the SET HL command argument in SET LIST The element designation in one of the SET LIST SET LS commands is an invalid character You must use a number Invalid argument in SET PAGE The page number designati
12. after beginning a List with the LIST command and before ending the List with END LIST SUBINDEX command without The file contains a SUBINDEX SX command which is not followed by the symbol gt This symbol must follow all SUBINDEX commands Too many END DOUBLE INDENT commands file contains a END DOUBLE INDENT EDI command which is not matched to a preceding DOUBLE INDENT DI command Unable to justify Line One of these messages is displayed for each Line in the file that TXTFMT is unable to justify If a Line of characters contains no Spaces and extends past the specified or default Line size TXTFMT does not know where to break the Line and so cannot right justify it Any time you enter a string of characters without spaces make sure the Line does not exceed your Line size TXTFMT USER S MANUAL Abbreviations dais AlphaVUE User s Manual ALSREVIE TATENT Training Guide ALS AMOS User s Guide euh rom moe rs APP ew tat a APPENDIX Appendixes APPENDIX As command classification SET APPENDIX APR AUTOLIST a AUTOPARAGRAPH BAR commands BB ioi BEGIN BAR Blank Lines BOLD Bold face type BR eee et BREAK Com St ae o CENTER CENTERED TITLE Centering CENTRE Change bars CHAP sae CHAPTER aa Chapters As command classificatio
13. from commands or text you enter the keyboard Also the RET symbol next to any keyboard entry means press RETURN THE SOURCE FILE AND TXTFMT FUNCTIONS Page 2 2 2 The system responds to the above entry with LETTER TXT doesn t exist Do you wish it created Enter Y for yes next to the question and press RETURN A screen with three lines of asterisks and an END OF FILE message appears If a different screen is displayed one where the cursor is stationed next to the gt symbol press the ESC key sometimes labeled ALT MODE or Control to bring up the screen with the asterisks Here you start entering the text of the source file after inserting a few codes to determine formatting that will apply to all or most of the document see sections 2 3 and 2 4 below For information on creating a source file for use with EDIT refer to the User Information section of the AMOS Software Update documentation packet 2 3 THE GENERAL FORMAT Most of the time you ll want a few general formatting characteristics to be present throughout your document consistent margins a maximum number of Lines allowable on one page a specific page numbering format single or double spacing etc Specifications such as these that apply to most or all of the document must be entered at the beginning of the source file Before we show you how to enter these commands though you should know which TXTFMT specifications are automatically in
14. of Special Functions 12 2 BAR COMMANDS ENABLE BAR or ENB Causes TXTFMT to output change bars in the left margin when it encounters the BEGIN BAR command Change bars are most often used to mark changed areas in a document In the TXTFMT system they are output with the keyboard character marking the place where the text has been changed BEGIN BAR or BB Marks the place in the text where a change bar should begin in the left margin The system continues printing the change bar character until it encounters a END BAR command The BEGIN BAR directive is operative only when preceded by a ENABLE BAR that way you can generate copies of a document with and without change bars simply by entering or deleting ENABLE BAR at the beginning of the file Note The BEGIN BAR command causes the left margin to shift 3 spaces to the right to make room for the bar itself SPECIAL FUNCTIONS END BAR or EB DISABLE BAR or DB 12 3 BOLD FACE COMMANDS BOLD NO BOLD 12 4 PARAGRAPH COMMANDS PARAGRAPH i s PARA i s or PR i s AUTOPARAGRAPH 1 5 APR i s or AP i s Page 12 25 Stops the printing of a change bar in the Left margin May be used only after a BEGIN BAR command Disables the change bar capability 50 that subsequent BEGIN BAR commands have no effect Causes subsequent text to be output in bold face if the printer use has that capability Text continues to print in bold fac
15. one page You ll normally enter this command before any text in the file since it usually applies to the entire document However the page size can be changed at any point throughout the text by entering the command and using a different value for n You may also interrupt the page size specification by using the PAGE command to break the page wherever you want The default page size setting is 54 Lines on a page Entering PAGE without number for n breaks the page at that point in the text so that any subsequent text begins at the top of the next page When you specify n TXTFMT determines if there are n lines Left on the page if n Lines do not remain a new page is begun If there are n Lines Left on the page no page break occurs For example suppose you need at least 15 Lines for a chart which you do not want split between two pages You could enter PAGE 15 just before the chart begins PAGING EVEN PAGE or EP 1005 PAGE or OP 7 4 PAGE NUMBERING NUMBER n or NM n NONUMBER or NNM NUMBER ABSOLUTE n or NMABS n Page 2 If there were not 15 Lines teft on the current page the chart would begin at the top of the next page If 15 Lines did remain the chart would be printed on the current page Forces a new page to begin if the next page is odd numbered it forces another page break so that text begins on the next even numbered page Forces a new page to begin if the next page is even numbered it
16. 12 2 12 2 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 12 3 CHAPTER 1 INTRODUCTION TXTFMT is an acronym for Text Format The TXTFMT system does exactly that it formats text The combination of TXTFMT with either of the Alpha Micro text processors VUE and EDIT makes up a versatile easy to use word processing system 1 1 FEATURES AND CONVENIENCE What exactly do we mean when we say it formats text We mean this TXTFMT can automatically divide your work into consecutively numbered chapters with the chapter titles centered and positioned appropriate number of spaces above the text it can number and title paragraph sections it controls right and Left margins along with the number of Lines allowed on one page it numbers pages using several different formats depending on your preference it ignores the margin of your original text entry and fills each Line as close as possible to the right margin that you specify at your direction it goes a step further by arranging text so that the right margin is exactly straight right justification and it creates an ordered table of contents and alphabetical index complete with page numbers These capabilities alone are enough to qualify TXTFMT as a useful time saving tool but the above List represents only 24 of more than 70 different TXTFMT commands Besides being versatile the TXTFMT system is easy to use As you type on the video display terminal you simply insert the short TXTFMT commands directly
17. 253a2 u5 9 tt t Ta ee WN UI CI A CHAPTER 5 MARGINS CENTERING AND INDENTING 5 1 MARGINS nnt T MARGIN annccnnnannnnnwerncnnneensneennenee 5 2 CENTERING CENTER asansonoussaazannanaonsnnsasennssnunn CENTERED TITLE 5 3 INDENTING INDENT ehh ee ee DOUBLE INDENT END DOUBLE INDENT PARAGRAPH S AUTOPARAGRAPH i S rb dr d UJ CIL CI PUO SU SU PSU PSU 5 TXTFMT USER S MANUAL E CHAPTER 6 CHAPTERS APPENDIXES AND HEADINGS 6 1 CHAPTERS APPENDIXES 4 CHAPTER 671 SET CHAPTER hono PAR APPENDIX cha na Ra EksrA SET APPENDIX 6 2 6 2 HEADINGS HEADER LEVEL 2 es 673 HEADER NO EMBED Sadana miren ape HEADER EMBED caca sess SET HEADER LEVEL Ore HEADER BO
18. 29na9008098an80nn 42 0nmu9250 0 592nn400 0nmn INDEX a ate oenteos5e 0099 naonnuu 9 2nanco nu ooe SUBINDEX 700 INDEX SPECIAL FUNCTIONS 12 1 GENERAL wcccncncnnenncnunscavencnecenncccenan 12 2 BAR COMMANDS ENABLE BAR BEGIN BAR JEND DISABLE 12 3 BOLD FACE COMMANDS BOLD INO BOLD 12 4 PARAGRAPH COMMANDS wcccevancccccncansnnensces PARAGRAPH 1 5 scoccnvcannncccnccacnnscnce AUTOPARAGRAPH 1 S secncccancccncacscceces 12 5 FOOTER COMMANDS ccce eseenhoneontonccs FOOTER sasanonanasnoopuonnensososenccoosoo FOOTERSPACING 12 6 NON EXPANDABLE BLANK COMMAND FLAG NXB wanacccuncnencennennsccccesnanes TXTFMT ERROR MESSAGES Page vii 2 10 1 10 1 10 1 10 2 10 2 11 1 11 1 11 1 11 1 11 2 11 2 12 1 12 1 12 1 12 1 12 2 12 2 12 2 12 2 12 2 12 2
19. 3 A 1 2 3 4 3 11 2 12 2 5 3 1 1 2 2 8 3 12 1 12 1 12 2 5 3 3 8 3 7 2 2 3 1 7 2 2 1 9 2 2 1 2 6 12 3 to 12 4 10 1 12 3 12 3 9 2 2 7 94 9 2 9 1 1 1 2 6 6 5 6 4 6 5 6 4 6 3 11 1 6 5 6 4 7 4 6 5 7 3 6 5 2 7 TXTFMT USER S MANUAL Page Index 3 HEADER BOLD a aa w s a a 6 5 x HEADER LEVEL aa aa a 575 11 1 HEADER NO 8040 6 5 HEADER NO UNDERSCORE a 6 5 HEADER UNDERSCORE e s a 6 5 SET HEADER LEVEL a s s 2 6 4 2 ag 958 HNB V xcu emu no 1075 ce eee alo Se vm vs el aetas HNUS xoxo et GRD HP lt a a 7 3 HUS 4 a a 6 5 I 4 2 a a a a 5 2 INDENT a s a a a a a 5 2 Indenting As a command classification 2 7 AUTOPARAGRAPH a s 5 3 12 2 DOUBLE INDENT a 5 3 1 END DOUBLE INDENT a s a a 5 3 3 INDENT we 2 PARAGRAPH aa s 5 3 12 2 Index ee ee eee 111 a command classification 2 7 DO INDEX s e 11 2 INDEX ow 1151 SUBINDEX aa o a 11 2 3 IX a a 9 9 o a 9 o
20. ER or LSAU Page 8 2 For my office LS LE Stapler LE Scissors LE Wastebasket LE Desk calendar ELS The formatted result looks Like this For my office 1 Stapler 2 Scissors 3 Wastebasket 4 Desk calendar Begins a List enumerated by upper case Letters B C following the same pattern of indention and enumeration as lists generated with the LIST command You can use this combined with other List commands to generate an outline form For example study the following commands Storage devices LSAU LE Magnetic tape LE Paper tape LE Disks LS LE Fixed hard disk LE Removable hard disk LE Floppy disk ELS ELS The first command begins a List enumerated by upper case Letters The following three LE commands identify the List elements of this List The next command LS begins another qm i LISTING AND SUBLEVELS LIST ALPHA LOWER or LSAL LIST ROMAN UPPER or LSRU LIST ROMAN LOWER or LSRL END LIST or ELS SET LIST n or SET LS items by Arabic numerals The following three LE 8 3 List indented from the first one enumerat ing commands identify items of this second List and the two ELS commands end the two Lists formatted version looks Like this Storage devices A Magnetic tape B Paper tape C Disks 1 Fixed hard disk 2 Removable hard disk 3 Floppy disk Begins a List enumerate
21. LD 675 HEADER NO BOLD 6 5 HEADER UNDERSCORE 6 5 HEADER NO UNDERSCORE 6 5 CHAPTER 7 PAGING 7 1 GENERAL es asas a AE eK BE EPA V EK ES sew 7 2 PAGE SIZE Rue WERE COT PAGESIZE 7 3 PAGE BREAKING ccanesnconccscdcnacccnensccacves 7 71 f 71 ees PAGE eria xa PAGE rar cs 72 7 4 PAGE NUMBERING assaneasasusanavaseseasnaenna 7 2 NUMBER NONUMBER 772 NUMBER ABSOLUTE 7 2 NUMBER BOTTOM 7 NUMBER NO BOTTOM 7 NUMBER ROMAN UPPER sana uw NUMBER ROMAN LOWER 7 SET PAGE HEADER PAGE RadeWase xe e i 7 7 7 NN HEADER NO PAGE 4 9 9 6 NUMBER HEADER NUMBER HEADER CHAPTER 8 LISTING AND SUBLEVELS 1 UWA 5 8 1 GENERAL
22. MBER ROMAN UPPER n or NMRU n NUMBER ROMAN LOWER n or NMRL n SET PAGE n Page 7 3 p The current page is set to n Without the NUMBER ABSOLUTE command the pages of chapter oriented documents are numbered 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 2 2 2 3 etc Enables page numbering and causes the page numbers to be centered at the bottom of the page instead of right justified at the top The current page is set to n Numbering at the bottom of the page requires two output Lines per page in addition to those specified by the PAGESIZE command Therefore your PAGESIZE specification must be small enough to allow for two additional Lines on the printed page For example if your PAGESIZE command allows for 56 Lines on the printed page a NUMBER BOTTOM command would make the total 58 in this case there would be no problem as long as you are printing on 8 1 2 by 11 paper But on this size paper a page size of more than 62 coupled with a NUMBER BOTTOM command would not allow enough room at the bottom of the page for the page number Discontinues numbering at the bottom of the page causing it to resume at the top Enables page numbering in upper Roman numerals setting the current page number to n The n must be entered as an Arabic numeral even though the page number is output as a Roman numeral For example if you wish to set the current page number to Roman numeral II the command would be NUMBER ROMAN UPPER
23. RAVEL REQUIREMENTS TXTFMT knows it is Chapter 2 because it checks the Last chapter number and simply adds 1 If you enter a TITLE command previous to any CHAPTER command the chapter title appears at the top of each page except the first Also the CHAPTER command affects the numbering of header Levels see section 6 2 Sets the chapter number to n regardless of the number of the previous chapter Use this command when you do not wish to rely on TXTFMT s automatic numbering of chapters You must still enter a CHAPTER command to specify a title immediately after the SET CHAPTER command Example To specify Chapter 5 with a title of SALES REPORTS enter SET CHAPTER 5 CHAPTER SALES REPORTS Operates the same as CHAPTER except appendixes are Labeled with letters instead of numbers The first appendix would be Appendix A the second Appendix and so on The text you enter is the appendix title Operates the same as SET CHAPTER n except that you enter a letter A B C for x To specify the appendix title follow the SET APPENDIX x command with a regular APPENDIX command CHAPTERS APPENDIXES AND HEADINGS Page 6 3 6 2 HEADINGS 0 Whether you divide document into chapters or simply into multiparagraph sections TXTFMT s header Level commands can be very helpful You specify the section titles the system automatically numbers the headings to show subordination and controls the spac
24. TXTFMT offers some convenient commands If you wish the system can automatically number chapters and appendixes it also centers all titles positioning them fixed number of spaces below the top of the page and above subsequent text CHAPTER text or Starts a new chapter using the text you supply as CHAP text the title of the chapter Enter the title exactly as you wish it to appear in the formatted version but do not include the chapter number The CHAPTER command causes an advancement to the next odd numbered page automatically spaces down 12 Lines from the top margin centers the chapter number in the form CHAPTER n spaces down two more Lines and centers the chapter titie as you entered it in the command The first Line of text entered below the CHAPTER command automatically begins at least three Lines below the chapter title The page you are reading is a typical chapter beginning generated using the CHAPTER command Example If Chapter 1 is called SALES TECHNIQUES enter the following before any Chapter 1 text CHAPTER SALES TECHNIQUES CHAPTERS APPENDIXES AND HEADINGS SET CHAPTER n or SET CHAP n APPENDIX text or APP text SET APPENDIX x or SET APP x The formatted result is CHAPTER 1 SALES TECHNIQUES The formatted Lines are centered and spaced 12 Lines below the top of the page If Chapter 2 is called TRAVEL REQUIREMENTS your entry before any Chapter 2 text is CHAPTER T
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26. bLank Line in between Your entry would Look like this Misconceptions About Sharks 7BREAK i Movies and other media have completely distorted the facts surrounding shark behavior Consequently the general public is grossly misinformed In the formatted version Misconceptions About Sharks would be underlined see Chapter 10 for explanation of underlining followed on the next Line by the subsequent text no blank Line would separate the heading from the text If the BREAK command were not entered however the text would automatically be moved up to the same Line as the heading 4 2 JUSTIFICATION TXTFMT can Line up the right margin so that each Line is exactly the length defined by your LINESIZE command this process is cal Led right justification The system performs this task first by filling in each Line as much as possible without dividing words and without violating the LINESIZE specification It then inserts extra spaces between words when necessary to lengthen each Line to the exact LINESIZE value JUSTIFY or J Tells TXTFMT to begin right justifying text If the entire document is to be right justified enter the command before any text For a comparison of unjustified and justified text refer to the explanation of the LINESIZE command in Chapter 6 of the AlphaVUE TXTFMT Training Guide NO JUSTIFY or NJ Disables right justification LINE LENGTH JUSTIFICATION AND SPACING Page 4 3 4 3 SPACING
27. d by lower case Letters Operates the same way as the LIST and LIST ALPHA UPPER commands Begins a List enumerated by upper Roman numerals I II III Operates the same way as the LIST and LIST ALPHA UPPER commands Begins a list enumerated by lower Roman numerals 1 11 111 Operates the same way as the LIST and LIST ALPHA UPPER commands Marks the end of a List causing the system to cease indention If only one END LIST command is reguired before you continue with regular text TXTFMT automatically generates one blank Line after the List However when you create one or more Lists within major list you must use more than one END LIST command one for each List started If you enter two or more consecutive END LIST commands refer to the above example for LIST ALPHA UPPER TXTFMT does not generate a blank line automatically you must do that yourself Causes the next List element to be numbered with n For example suppose you were in the middle of a List and wanted the numbered items to skip from 4 to 9 intending to fill in items 5 through 8 Later After the fourth item you would enter SET LIST 9 LISTING AND SUBLEVELS AUTOLIST or ALS The next LIST ELEMENT command would then generate an item numbered with 9 When this command is entered within a List any subsequent blank Line prior to the next END LIST command automatically generates a LIST ELEMENT Therefore when t
28. d just as you enter it in the source file except that it is still subject to FORMAT INTERRUPTION FORMAT or F Page 9 2 MARGIN INDENT DOUBLE INDENT and other TXTFMT commands The system simply ceases its automatic Line fill feature This means that text following a UNFORMAT command cannot be right justified until the entry of a FORMAT command Causes the Line fill feature of TXTFMT to resume Entry of FORMAT is necessary only after entry of UNFORMAT if you want text to again be formatted according to the LINESIZE specification FORMAT is the default setting when it is active blank spaces on a text Line are ignored Example of UNFORMAT and FORMAT Suppose you want to write a memo which includes a vacation schedule showing in columnar form the vacation times of three people in your department This is how you could do it Following is a chart showing vacation times UNFORMAT Month Smith Jones Anderson en ee ED ng 5 12 12 19 June 7 14 21 28 July 16 23 23 30 Aug 3 10 10 17 24 31 FORMAT The UNFORMAT command preceding the chart keeps the Lines of the schedule from being concatenated into fewer longer lines The writer wants the text to appear exactly as is shown above The FORMAT tommand after the chart causes any s
29. direction of the TXTFMT program it recognizes any slash in the Left most position as the beginning of a TXTFMT command Therefore a slash should never be typed in this position unless it is part of a command If the TXTFMT program does not recognize a command as a valid TXTFMT code it displays an error message see Appendix A for a List of error messageS These embedded commands do not show up in the formatted version of the file but are retained only in the source file Suppose you wanted to change some of the default values Listed in the previous section You decide that you want Arabic numeral page numbering maximum Line length of 76 characters a maximum of 56 Lines allowed on each page and right justification the screen that appears when you first create a VUE file you would enter the following TXTFMT commands before any text beginning at the Left most position on the screen u NUMBER LINESIZE 76 PAGESIZE 56 SUSTIFY F The first command tells TXTFMT to number the pages of the document with Arabic numerals and to print the numbers in the top right corner of each page The second command designates 76 as the maximum number of characters allowed on one Line The PAGESIZE 56 command specifies that no more than 56 Lines of text including blank Lines may be placed on one page the JUSTIFY code tells TXTFMT to space words so that the right margin is exactly straight at 76 characters per line After entering t
30. e until the system encounters a NO BOLD command Stops the output of bold face characters 50 that subsequent text is printed in regular type face Sets an automatic mode with as the number of spaces each paragraph should be indented and s as the number of blank lines separating paragraphs Once the command is entered any subsequent entry of PARAGRAPH without specifications of 1 and s generates a new paragraph formatted according to the definitions of i and s entered in the original command for example if you enter PARAGRAPH 5 2 at the beginning of the file any subsequent entry of PARAGRAPH or PARA or PR starts a new paragraph indented five spaces and separated from above text by two blank Lines Sets an automatic mode with 1 as the number of spaces each paragraph should be indented and s as the number of blank Lines separating paragraphs Once the command is entered any blank Line automatically generates a PARAGRAPH command beginning a new paragraph indented and spaced down according to the values defined for 1 and s for example if you enter AUTOPARAGRAPH 5 2 any subsequent blank Line automatically begins a new paragraph indented 5 spaces and separated from previous text by two blank Lines tine PO Am SPECIAL FUNCTIONS 12 5 FOOTER COMMANDS FOOTER text FOOTERSPACING n At this command TXTFMT prints the text at the bottom of each page until the program encounte
31. e printing the underline In the printed version these extra characters do not appear the characters are simply underlined When you TYPE a LST file see Chapter 4 in the AMOS User s Guide generated from a source file containing UNDERSCORE BS the underline appears but the underscored characters do not n CHAPTER 11 TABLE OF CONTENTS AND INDEX 11 1 TABLE OF CONTENTS TABLE OF CONTENTS or Causes the automatic generation of a table of TOC contents based on the CHAPTER APPENDIX and HEADER LEVEL commands Enter the command once prior to any text The resulting table of contents is written to a file whose name matches that of the original source file except that it has extension For example the table of contents for SAMPLE LST is assigned the name SAMPLE TOC This file is not intended to be a polished table of contents Rather it provides a good starting point by eliminating the tedious procedure of generating a table of contents by hand You may VUE the file and make changes as necessary For an example study the table of contents at the beginning of this manual 11 2 INDEX INDEX text or Tells the computer to include the text as an ZIX text entry in the index and to cite the page on which the command is entered Example Suppose that while writing a manual on building small airplanes you are currently describing the procedure for constructing the wing Somewhere o
32. eed in a document You still enter text beginning at the Left most position on the screen but the file is formatted the left margin reflects your specificaton in the MARGIN command MARGIN n or Mn Automatically does a BREAK and sets the left margin to the value n The default margin setting is 0 and n can be any number from O to the LINESIZE specificaton Do not use the edge of the paper as the 0 setting The 0 margin position is wherever the printer head has been permanently set to begin printing Use the MARGIN command to indent text from this permanent position Also the MARGIN command does not affect titles generated by the TITLE command titles always either begin at or are centered from the 0 position Example Suppose most of your text begins at a margin of 0 but you wish to indent several consecutive Lines 10 spaces Immediately before the text to be indented enter MARGIN 10 You would then type the lines to be indented still beginning each line at the left most position on the screen After typing the last Line to be MARGINS CENTERING AND INDENTING Page 5 2 indented you would return to margin of 0 by entering MARGIN O 5 2 CENTERING One command in TXTFMT allows you to center text without having to count spaces CENTER text Centers the text which you enter Leading CENTRE text blanks are ignored trailing blanks are not If or C text you are not right justifyin
33. effect unless you enter commands to specify otherwise 1 No page numbering 2 Single spacing between Lines 3 Left margin of 0 4 Maximum Line Length of 80 characters 5 Maximum number of lines on a page 54 6 No right justification 2 4 ENTERING THE COMMANDS Almost all TXTFMT commands are abbreviated Labels for the functions they serve You may enter these Labels in either upper or lower case Letters but you must precede each command with a slash to distinguish it as a TXTFMT code For example the code you enter to accomplish page numbering in Arabic numerals is NUMBER or its abbreviated form NM Most of the THE SOURCE FILE AND TXTFMT FUNCTIONS Page 2 3 commands have a complete form and abbreviation either of which is valid Each command must be entered beginning at the left most position on the screen column 1 and nothing else can be typed on that Line As the computer processes the file under direction of the TXTFMT program it recognizes any slash in the left most position as the beginning of TXTFMT command Therefore a slash should never be typed in this position unless it is part of a command If the TXTFMT program does not recognize a command as a valid TXTFMT code it displays an error message see Appendix A for a List of error messages These embedded commands do not show up in the formatted version of the file but are retained only in the source file Suppose you wanted to change so
34. er containing ali the TXTFMT commands necessary to produce the formatted version you have read thus far Notice that each TXTFMT command is preceded a slash and is on a line by itself ALL the commands you see are explained in the following chapters so we won t take time to discuss them now The sample is presented simply to give you an idea of what unformatted file containing TXTFMT commands tooks like THE SOURCE FILE AND TXTFMT FUNCTIONS CHAP THE SOURCE FILE AND TXTFMT FUNCTIONS _ hl 1 GENERAL TXTFMT must be used in conjunction with VUE or EDIT because one of these two text editors is the means by which you create the working draft the source file of your document In fact the source file is Like the rough draft of an ad copy accompanied by format notations The notations tell what should be centered what should be bold face what should be indented Similarly formatting commands in the source file tell TXTFMT exactly how you want the rough draft formatted for the final copy hi 1 CREATING SOURCE FILE Before you can use you must have something to format To create a source file first log into an account that is available to you For instructions on logging in refer to Chapter 5 of the AMOS User s Guide DWM 00100 35 or to Chapter 3 of the AlphaVUE TXTFMT Training Guide DSS 10000 03 Now choose a 1 to character alphanumeric for your file a 3 character extension for t
35. er they are followed by space hyphen space and subsequent text on the same Line as the header Examples The command for a Leyel 1 header followed by text Looks Like this HEADER LEVEL 1 PITFALLS TO AVOID Our department has not always run as efficiently as it does now CHAPTERS APPENDIXES AND HEADINGS Uo ERS page bah pesca this wer the first Level 1 header in document M V that is not chapter oriented the formatted _ result would be E ir RES vy 1 0 PITFALLS TO AVOID te Our department has not always run as efficiently as it does now zc If this same command were entered as the first Level 1 header in Chapter 3 of a chapter oriented document the formatted result would be 3 1 PITFALLS TO AVOID Our department has not always run as efficiently as it does now Suppose the same header were the first level 3 heading subordinate to section 2 2 2 iN chapter oriented document The command followed by the text would be HEADER LEVEL 3 Pitfalls to Avoid Our department has not always run as efficiently as it does now The formatted version would then Look Like this 2 2 2 1 Pitfalls to Avoid Our department has not always run as efficiently as it does now HEADER NO EMBED When entered prior to a level 3 4 or 5 header or HNE prevents subsequent text from beginning on the same Line a
36. er should be which you do not normally use in your text such as the tilde it is usually best to enter the FLAG NXB command at or near the beginning of the text SPECIAL FUNCTIONS Example Suppose you wanted to leave space in the middle of a text Line for a paste in character say an arrow You decide to define the sign the non expandable blank character Either at the beginning of the file or sometime previous to the text requiring the space you would enter FLAG NXB Now in the text itself you would use that sign to indicate where you want one or more blank spaces to remain If you see a side point ing arrow continue to the next step The three signs indicate that you want three blank spaces left where you will Later rub on or draw in a side pointing arrow If you leave only blank spaces without entering the non expandable blank characters TXTFMT may increase the number of these spaces to right justify ems APPENDIX A TXTFMT ERROR MESSAGES Most TXTFMT error messages are caused by a user error in entering a TXTFMT command Therefore the solution to almost all the error messages Listed below is to VUE the unformatted file correct the erroneous command and run the TXTFMT program again Most of the time you should be able to use the VUE command SEARCH to locate the error without having to read through the entire file For instructions on the
37. forces another page break so that text begins on the next odd numbered page Enables automatic page numbering in Arabic numerals at the top of each page Sets the current page number as n but a number does appear on this page For example if you enter NUMBER 1 a 1 will not appear on that page but 2 will be on the next 3 on the next and so on If you want the number 1 to appear on the first page before any text enter the following NUMBER 0 PAGE These commands set the current page to O and cause a page break so that text begins on the next page and a 1 appears in the upper right corner If the document 15 chapter oriented the NUMBER and CHAPTER commands cause the pages to be numbered according to the chapter number for example if you enter NUMBER before any text then enter the first CHAPTER command the pages of Chapter 1 are numbered 1 1 1 2 1 3 etc However the 1 1 does not appear on the first page of the chapter When the second CHAPTER command is encountered the page numbering becomes 2 1 2 2 2 3 etc Discontinues the printing of page numbers although page counting continues that means you can enter a NUMBER command Later the text after having entered NONUMBER and page numbering will begin again correctly Maintains absolute page numbering 1 2 3 whether or not the document is chapter oriented PAGING a NUMBER BOTTOM n or NMB n NUMBER NO BOTTOM or NMNB NU
38. g the text most of the Lines on the page will be shorter than the line size specified giving the centered text the appearance of being shifted to the right Therefore when your text is not right justified you will probably need to add four to six trailing blanks to the centered text to make it appear centered If you are right justifying trailing blanks are ignored Causes a BREAK to follow Example To center the text RECENT PROGRESS you would enter CENTER RECENT PROGRESS The text on the same Line as the CENTER command is all that is centered so if you want two consecutive Lines centered you must enter two consecutive CENTER commands CENTER RECENT PROGRESS CENTER IN FACILITIES MANAGEMENT CENTERED TITLE text See section 3 2 or CT text 5 3 INDENTING Two commands in the TXTFMT system control indention The first shifts the following Line and only the following line either Left or right from the Left margin The second command allows you to indent from both the Left and right margins retaining right justification INDENT n or Causes the next Line to begin n spaces to the right or left of the Left margin To move a Line to the aa AN DOUBLE INDENT n or bI n END DOUBLE INDENT or EDI PARAGRAPH i s PARA i s or PR i s AUTOPARAGRAPH i s i s or APR 1 s MARGINS CENTERING AND INDENTING Page 5 5 right of the Left margin e
39. he name e g and decide which text editor you wish to use VUE EOIT Suppose you are going to use VUE to create a file called LETTER TXT follow these steps le After Logging in type the following next to the period at the left of the screen Ls LETTER TXT om F Notice that we underline the period at the left in the example above In this manual any messages or symbols the computer displays to the user are underlined to differentiate them from commands or text you enter on the keyboard Also the RET symbol next to any keyboard entry means press RETURN n The system responds to the above entry with fu LETTER TXT doesn t exist you wish it created if 7 Enter Y for yes next to the question and press RETURN screen with three Lines of asterisks and an END OF FILE message appears If a different screen is displayed one where the cursor is stationed next to the gt symbol press the ESC key sometimes Labeled ALT MODE or Control to bring up the screen with the asterisks Here you start entering the text of the source file after inserting a few TXTFMT codes to determine formatting that will apply to all or most of the document see sections 2 3 and 2 4 below els For information on creating a source file for use with EDIT refer to the User Information section of the AMOS Software Update documentation packet hi 1 THE GENERAL FORMAT Most of the ti
40. hese general formatting specifications you would start entering the actual text of the document inserting TXTFMT commands as necessary Anytime you wish to enter a comment or note to yoursel f maybe the date or a reminder of some sort type two slashes beginning at the left most position on the screen followed by the comment This part of the text remains in the source file but is not included in the formatted version Beginning on the next page is the printed source file unformatted version of this chapter containing all the TXTFMT commands necessary to produce the formatted version you have read thus far Notice that each TXTFMT command is preceded by a slash and is on a Line by itself ALL the commands you see are explained in the foiiowing chapters SO we won t take time to discuss them now The sample is presented simply to give you an idea of what an unformatted file containing TXTFMT commands looks like Page 2 5 eet ae env s THE SOURCE FILE AND TXTFMT FUNCTIONS 2 6 2 5 EXECUTING THE TXTFMT PROGRAM After inserting all TXTFMT commands into the text write the file to the disk and exit VUE this procedure is documented in Chapter 4 of the ALphaVUE TXTFMT Training Guide and in Chapter 2 of the AlphaVUE User s Manual Once the file is recorded on disk and you are at AMOS command level the period is at the Left side of the Screen you can execute the TXTFMT program which reads the TXTFMT commands a
41. his feature is engaged you simply press RETURN after entering item then instead of entering LIST ELEMENT press RETURN again to generate a blank Line The system recogizes the blank Line as a LIST ELEMENT command Ar CHAPTER 9 FORMAT INTERRUPTION 9 1 GENERAL One of the most obvious effects of TXTFMT is its rearrangement of text The system automatically fills in Lines as close as possible to the Line size specified by the LINESIZE command If you are right justifying TXTFMT inserts spaces in the text to bring each line to the exact length defined by LINESIZE However some instances may require that this automatic formatting be interrupted For example memos often end with a list of people in the company to whom the memo should be distributed Distribution J P Warren G N Carlson F J Farnsworth L P Ackers T R Richards If TXTFMT offered no way to interrupt the automatic line fill all these names would appear on one or two Lines instead of taking the form shown above The commands used for interrupting the Line fill feature of the TXTFMT system are UNFORMAT and FORMAT 9 2 UNFORMAT AND FORMAT UNFORMAT or U The default setting for the TXTFMT system is FORMAT that is if you do not specify UNFORMAT the system automatically fills each Line as as possible without violating the LINESIZE specification When you enter UNFORMAT all subsequent text is printe
42. ial Functions Each of the following 10 chapters discusses one of the categories Listed above If you know a certain code but cannot remember exactly how to use it you can look up the command itself in the index However sometimes you know what formatting result you wish to effect but are not sure if TXTFMT allows it In such cases check the List of functions shown above for the type of function you wish to perform find the category in the index and study the corresponding commands Listed under the index entry Often you can tell just from the name of the command if it might perform the desired function The following chapters explain all TXTFMT commands providing numerous examples If after reading the material in this book you still do not understand a particular command find it in Chapter 6 of the AlphaVUE TXTFMT Training Guide Many of the discussions in the Training Guide are more complete and assume less knowledge of word processing in general than do those in this manual However some TXTFMT commands are discussed very briefly if at all in the Training Guide those we explain and illustrate completely in this book o CHAPTER 3 TITLES 3 1 GENERAL TXTFMT has two commands for specifying titles both of which serve two main purposes they cause the system to print a document chapter or appendix title at the top of each page and they determine whether the titles are printed in the top left portion or in the top cen
43. ing of the heading in relation to text above and below HEADER LEVEL n text At this command TXTFMT starts a section at the or HL n text Level specified by n uses the text as the heading or section title and makes sure there are at least 9 Lines Left on the page before beginning the header If the page has Less than 9 Lines remaining the header automatically begins on the next page The n must be a number from 1 to 5 if you omit n 1 is assumed In a document that is not chapter oriented Level 1 headers are numbered automatically as 1 0 2 0 3 0 4 0 etc Level 2 headers are numbered 1 1 1 2 1 3 2 1 2 2 2 5 etc Level 3 numbers have three digits e g 15151 1 1 2 2 1 1 2 2 2 This numbering pattern continues up to level 5 In chapter oriented documents the first digit in the heading number matches the chapter number So the first Level 1 header in Chapter 2 would be 2 1 the second 2 2 the third 2 3 etc The 2 headers would be 2 1 1 2 1 2 2 1 3 etc The header titles follow the header number the same Line The title text of Level 1 header is automatically printed in all upper case letters regardless of the way you enter it with the command and subsequent text begins at least two spaces below the header Level 2 titles are printed exactly as you enter them with the command also two Lines above subsequent text Level 3 4 and 5 titles are printed exactly as you enter them howev
44. into your text When executed the TXTFMT program recognizes the commands you ve entered and formats the original text called the source file according to your specifications then automatically creates a new file for the formatted version so you always have two separate files the source and the formatted To correct a formatting error simply call up the source file make the change and run the TXTFMT program again A new formatted version is created automatically When you create a document using TXTFMT and VUE you can always look at your formatted file on the screen before printing it If corrections are necessary you haven t wasted time and paper by printing the file first An INTRODUCTION Page 1 2 added convenience is TXTFMT s comment command It allows you to enter into the source file comments concerning the text maybe to keep track of the editing history or to remind you of material to be added Later Whatever the reason for the comments TXTFMT ignores them so they are not formatted si into the finished version of your document but retains them in the source file 1 2 HOW TO USE THIS MANUAL This manual is a reference guide solely for the TXTFMT system and any reference to the system in the following chapters means the TXTFMT system Chapter 2 briefly reviews the creation of a VUE source file but to learn TXTFMT using only this manual you must already be familiar with the VUE text editor If
45. ll three entering CHAP1 TXT CHAP2 TXT CHAPZ TXT TXTFMT assigns to the resulting formatted file the name of the first file you enter in the command followed by a LST extension In the example above the three files are formatted into one with the name CHAP1 LST Sometimes after issuing the TXTFMT command you may wish to discontinue the formatting process If so simply hold down the CONTROL key on the terminal keyboard and at the same time press C We call this Control C or C The symbol signifies the CONTROL key when it appears next to a keyboard character THE SOURCE FILE AND TXTFMT FUNCTIONS Page 2 7 2 6 CLASSIFYING TXTFMT COMMANDS The TXTFMT system is composed of more than 70 different commands This may seem an unmanageable number but since many of the codes operate in pairs they are easier to remember than you may think For example if you learn to use JUSTIFY you understand NO JUSTIFY if you know DOUBLE INDENT END DOUBLE INDENT 15 obvious Moreover the commands can be easily classified according to function Each command as discussed the following chapters falls into one of the following categories 1 Titles 2 Line Length Justification and Spacing 3 Margins Centering and Indenting 4 Chapters Appendixes and Headings 5 Paging 6 Listing and Sublevels 7 Format Interruption 8 Underscoring 9 Table of Contents and Index 10 Spec
46. me of the default values listed the previous section You decide that you want Arabic numeral page numbering a maximum Line Length of 76 characters a maximum of 56 Lines allowed on each page and right justification On the screen that appears when you first create a VUE file you would enter the following TXTFMT commands before any text beginning at the ieft most position on the screen NUMBER LINESIZE 76 PAGESIZE 56 JUSTIFY The first command tells TXTFMT to number the pages of the document with Arabic numerals and to print the numbers in the top r ght corner of each page The second command designates 76 as the maximum number of characters allowed one line The PAGESIZE 56 command specifies that no more than 56 Lines of text including blank Lines may be placed on one page the JUSTIFY code tells TXTFMT to space words so that the right margin is exactly straight at 76 characters per Line After entering these general formatting specifications you would start entering the actual text of the document inserting TXTFMT commands as necessary Anytime you wish to enter a comment or note to yourself maybe the date or a reminder of some sort type two slashes beginning at the Left most position on the screen followed by the comment This part of the text remains in the source file but is not included in the formatted version Beginning on the next page is the printed source file unformatted version of this chapt
47. me you ll want a few general formatting characteristics to be present throughout your document consistent margins a maximum number of Lines allowable on one page a specific page numbering format single or double spacing etc Specifications such as these that apoly to most or all of the document must be entered at the beginning of the source file Before we show you how to enter these commands though you should know which TXTFMT specifications are automatically in effect unless you enter commands to specify otherwise C AO nn THE SOURCE FILE AND TXTFMT FUNCTIONS is le No page numbering Single spacing between Lines le Left margin of 0 le Maximum Line Length of amp 0 characters Maximum number of Lines on a 54 le No right justification zels HL 1 ENTERING THE COMMANDS Almost all TXTFMT commands are abbreviated labels for the functions they serve You may enter these Labels in either upper or lower case letters but you must precede each command with a slash to distinguish it as a TXTFMT code example the code you enter to accomplish page numbering in Arabic numerals is NUMBER or its abbreviated form NM Most of the commands have a complete form and an abbreviation either of which is valid Each command must be entered beginning at the Left most position on the screen column 1 and nothing else can be typed on that Line As the computer processes the file under
48. n CHAPTER SET CHAPTER Columns Command entry Comment command C dou D DB a 4 EC Er Index 2 3 1 2 2 6 1 2 2 1 2 6 to 2 7 A 1 8 4 2 1 5 3 12 2 6 2 2 1 to 3 2 6 2 11 1 6 2 11 1 2 7 6 2 A 2 5 3 12 2 8 4 5 3 12 2 12 1 12 1 12 1 4 3 12 2 6 5 12 2 4 2 6 1 2 7 6 1 7 2 11 1 6 2 2 9 2 2 3 1 2 2 3 3 2 4 3 12 2 TXT FMT Default DISABLE Disk DO INDEX DOUBLE DOUBLE Double Double DX EB EDI EDIT ELS a a ENABLE ENB a a END BAR END DOUBLE INDENT END LIS EP Error messages EVEN PAGE Extensi File FINISH FLAG NX FLAG US FOOTER FOOTERS FORMAT Format USER S MANUAL 5 a a BAR INDENT slash spacing BAR T e a on a a mes PACING interruption s 5 3 8 85 s 5 As a command classification Expla FORMA UNFOR Formatt HB HE a HEADER HEADER HEADER HEADER HEADER HEADER HEADER HEADER HEADER Heading ined T b e a a a MAT a ed file BOLD EMBED a a LEVEL NO BOLD NO EMBED NO PAGE NO UNDERSCORE PAGE UNDERSCORE 5 a a a a As command classification 2 2 5 3 12 2 2 6 11 2 A 3 4 3 5
49. n each page that discusses wing construction you would enter TABLE OF CONTENTS AND INDEX Page 11 2 SUBINDEX textt gt text2 or SX textt gt text2 100 INDEX or DX INDEX Wing construction When the index is generated it wilt contain an entry for each command Like the one above showing the page number for every instance where you designated Wing construction You should review the index carefully and make adjustments to the source file as necessary Inserts the item text1 into the index as a major item Text2 is inserted as subitem below text1 Example Using the same example shown above for INDEX suppose you wanted Wing construction to be a major item in the index with materials as subordinate item The entry in the text would be SUBINDEX Wing construction Materials In the index itself the entry would appear as follows Wing construction Materials a 2 1 The index to this manual was generated using the INDEX and SUBINDEX commands Causes advancement the next odd numbered page and printing of the index with Index centered as a title Enter this command only once at the end of the file CHAPTER 12 SPECIAL FUNCTIONS 12 1 GENERAL TXTFMT has several capabilities that are useful in very specific instances Since they are not closely related to each other or to commands discussed in previous chapters we have grouped them under the miscellaneous category
50. nd formats the text accordingly Simply enter the command TXTFMT followed by the name of the file you are formatting For example suppose the sample file shown on the previous two pages were called SAMPLE TXT Once SAMPLE TXT is recorded on disk invoke the TXTFMT program by entering the following next to the period at the Left of the screen SAMPLE TXT The computer reads the SAMPLE TXT file formats it according to the TXTFMT commands you entered in the text and writes the formatted version to a file called SAMPLE LST You know the formatting is finished when a period reappears at the left side of the screen below your command The formatted file is always given the same name as the source file with a LST extension You can now VUE the formatted file to inspect it however do not change the LST file and do not FINISH out of it If you need to make changes QUIT out of the LST file access the source file SAMPLE TXT change it and rerun the TXTFMT program against SAMPLE TXT automatically creates a new SAMPLE LST file reflecting the changes For instructions on the FINISH and QUIT commands refer to Chapters 4 and 5 of the AlphaVUE TXTFMT Training Guide or Chapter 6 of the AlphaVUE User s Manual As an added convenience TXTFMT allows you to format more than one file at a time using only one command Suppose you have created three files CHAP1 TXT CHAP2 TXT and You can text format a
51. nter n 5 positive number For example if the current margin is 0 and you want a Line to be indented 5 spaces enter the following on the Line immediately prior to the Line to be indented INDENT 5 To move a Line to the left of the Left margin assign a negative number to n For example if the Left margin is currently at 15 and you want Line to begin at position 5 define n as 10 INDENT 10 You may not however specify n to the Left of 0 that is in the example above you could not define n beyond 15 This command causes a BREAK to follow so the indented Line is not transferred to the end of the previous Line Causes all text up to the next END DOUBLE INDENT command to be indented n spaces from both the Left and right margins If n is not specified the default value is 5 spaces You may issue a maximum of 20 consecutive DOUBLE INDENT commands before entering any END DOUBLE INDENT commands The DOUBLE INDENT command causes BREAK to follow Note Because the MARGIN command ignores DOUBLE INDENT specifications you should not use MARGIN within a double indention Causes the Left and right margins to be restored to their value prior to the last DOUBLE INDENT command Causes a BREAK to follow See Section 12 4 See Section 12 4 CHAPTER 6 CHAPTERS APPENDIXES AND HEADINGS 6 1 CHAPTERS AND APPENDIXES For longer documents requiring division into chapters and appendixes
52. on in a SET PAGE command is an invalid character It must be a number Invalid chapter number in SET CHAPTER The chapter designation in one of the SET CHAPTER SET CHAP commands is not a valid character It must be a number greater than zero Line too Long remainder of Line ignored A Line in the file exceeds the maximum number of characters allowed by TXTFMT 300 Anything past the 300 mark is ignored LISTs nested too deep You may nest LIST commands only to five levels ignores the LIST command which generated the error TXTFMT ERROR MESSAGES A 3 LIST ELEMENT command must be within a LIST structure LIST ELEMENT commands may be entered only after a LIST command and before a END LIST command argument is greater than Linesize The margin specification you ve entered exceeds the Line Length specified in a previous LINESIZE command For example if you ve specified a 50 in the LINESIZE command you cannot subsequently change the margin to 55 or anything over 50 one DO INDEX command is allowed You have entered more than one DO INDEX command If you are building an index TXTFMT requires only one DO INDEX for each file it formats Only one TABLE OF CONTENTS command is allowed The file contains more than one TABLE OF CONTENTS TOO command Only one is allowed ASET LIST command must be within LIST structure You may enter the SET LIST command only
53. rs a FOOTER command without text See example following discussion of FOOTERSPACING Generates n Lines between the bottom of the regular text and the footer text to appear at the bottom of the page This command has no effect until a FOOTER command is issued The default value for n is 0 You must be sure that the PAGESIZE specification allows enough space for the number of Lines designated in the FOOTERSPACING command Example of FOOTER and FOOTERSPACING Suppose you wanted to generate Several corrected pages for a document that has already been printed At the bottom of each corrected page you plan to record the revision date February 20 1981 the benefit of the readers Instead of manually entering the date on each page embed the following commands in the text of the first page FOOTER February 20 1981 FOOTERSPACING 3 As a result of the commands the date will appear at the bottom of each page three spaces below the regular text This automatic output continues until you enter FOOTER 12 6 NON EXPANDABLE BLANK COMMAND FLAG NXB x Defines x as the character indicating a non expandable blank in the text When right justifying TXTFMT expands existing blank spaces in the text to stretch the Line to the size defined in the LINESIZE command Use the non expandable blank character to tell TXTFMT to Leave one and only one blank space for each character The non expandable blank charact
54. s the header Affects all subsequent Level 3 4 and 5 headers until TXTFMT encounters a HEADER EMBED command see discussion below HEADER EMBED or HE Discontinues effect of HEADER NO EMBED command So that subsequent level 3 4 and 5 headers are followed on the same Line by the text SET HEADER LEVEL n m Generates a Level n heading In chapter oriented or SET HL n m text m becomes the Last digit the header number regardless of the ending digit in the previous header In text that is not chapter oriented m becomes the first digit in the header number The SET HEADER LEVEL command must be followed by a regular HEADER LEVEL command specifying the same header Level CHAPTERS APPENDIXES AND HEADINGS Page 6 5 HEADER BOLD or HB HEADER NO BOLD or HN8 HEADER UNDERSCORE or HUS HEADER NO UNDERSCORE or HNUS Example Suppose you just entered section 2 3 3 in chapter oriented document Now you want to write section 2 3 8 entitled Using the Printer before generating the four headers that would normally fall between 2 3 3 and 2 3 8 The command would Look like this SET HEADER LEVEL 2 8 HEADER LEVEL 2 Using the Printer In the SET HEADER LEVEL command above the first number n identifies the level of the header the second number m determines the Last digit in the header number The HEADER LEVEL command then identifies the header title 1f you wanted the header to be a
55. ter of the page 3 2 THE TITLE COMMANDS TITLE text or Causes system to read the text that you enter as TTL text the document title and to print it at the top left portion of each page except the first If the document has chapters or appendixes TXTFMT prints the document title only until it encounters CHAPTER or APPENDIX command after that the pragram prints the name of the chapter or appendix at the top of each page If you do not supply a title text the TITLE command simply causes TXTFMT to output the chapter and appendix title after encountering the first CHAPTER APPENDIX command Example The name of your document is Department Policies and Procedures and you want it printed upper case letters at the top left of each page Cexcept the first Before any text enter TITLE DEPARTMENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES TITLES NOTITLE or NTTL CENTERED TITLE text or CT text NO CENTERED TITLE or NCT Page 3 2 The title is output exactly as you enter it in the command Suppose the same document is chapter oriented and the first chapter is called Suggestions for Improvement The document title shown above is printed at the top of each page except the first until the system encounters the command CHAPTER SUGGESTIONS FOR IMPROVEMENT ALL the pages in Chapter 1 except the first will now carry the chapter name and not the document name at the top of the page If you
56. ters another underscore character So if you neglect to end an underline by entering a second underscore character TXTFMT underscores all subsequent text in the file Normally you should enter the FLAG US command along with the UNDERSCORE command at the beginning of a fiie but you can enter them any time before you want undercoring to take effect The UNDERSCORE command whether it is UNDERSCORE CR or UNDERSCORE BS must be entered after the FLAG US command It defines the type of underline technique used by your printer CR stands for carriage return referring to those printers which print a Line then carriage return before underlining characters in that same line When you VUE LST file the UNDERSCORE CR command causes the underline to take up an entire Line by itself so that the text looks split On the other hand if you TYPE a LST file see Chapter 4 in the AMOS User s Guide the underline is displayed but the entire text Line of which the underscored characters are a part is not visible In any case when you actually print the file the underscoring is correct Tells the computer that your printer underlines by printing a character backspacing and underscoring rather than using the carriage return When you VUE a LST file written from a source file that contains the UNDERSCORE Bs command you see that each character to be underlined is followed by H This code tells the computer to backspace befor
57. that are section oriented instead of chapter oriented Turns off the NUMBER HEADER command so that page numbering is no Longer formatted according to Level 1 headers yman CHAPTER 8 LISTING AND SUBLEVELS 8 1 GENERAL TXTFMT offers a series of commands that assist you in Listing items showing subordination with upper Roman numerals lower Roman numerals Arabic numerals and upper and lower case letters 8 2 LIST COMMANDS LIST or LS and LIST begins a list enumerated by Arabic numerals LIST ELEMENT or LE and generates one blank line to precede the beginning of the List When followed by a LIST ELEMENT command LIST causes the system to indent five spaces print the number of the List element followed by a period generate two spaces and begin printing the text of the List item You may nest LIST commands up to 5 levels deep before entering the END LIST command Do not enter any numbers After the LIST command identify the first List item by entering LIST ELEMENT then on the next Line start entering the text of the list item When you finish the first item enter another LIST ELEMENT command and the next Line down begin entering the text for the second item Each List item is numbered automatically Example Suppose you wanted to list some office supplies that you need The list commands abbreviated would Look like this LISTING AND SUBLEVELS LIST ALPHA UPP
58. thout dividing words and without violating the line size you have set That means you don t have to worry about the unevenness of your original text TXTFMT automatically fills in any short line with words from the next and transfers words from a line that 15 too long to the following Line LINESIZE n or X n Specifies the maximum number of characters including spaces to allow on one line of text The default setting is 80 characters per line but since many terminal screens only display 78 characters at one time you may wish to set the line size to a smaller number We recommend a Length of 76 characters per line to allow for adequate margin on either side of the text Example TO set the line size to 76 characters Line enter the following command before the text that should adhere to this setting LINESIZE 76 If you look back at the sample unformatted file in Chapter 2 you ll see that in many places the right margin is very uneven When the file is formatted however the LINESIZE command causes to create a new right margin in accordance with the LINE LENGTH JUSTIFICATION AND SPACING Page 4 2 _ Line Length specified so the original margin is of no consequence BREAK or BR Tells the system not to fill in the Line just above the BREAK command with words from the subsequent Line of text Example Suppose you wanted to place an underlined heading immediately above text without a
59. ty of the books CHAPTER 2 THE SOURCE FILE AND TXTFMT FUNCTIONS 2 1 GENERAL TXTFMT must be used in conjunction with VUE or EDIT because one of these two text editors is the means by which you create the working draft the source file of your document fact the source file is Like the rough draft of an copy accompanied by format notations The notations tell what should be centered what should be bold face what should be indented Similarly formatting commands in the source file tell TXTFMT exactly how you want the rough draft formatted for the final copy 2 2 CREATING A SOURCE FILE Before you can use TXTFMT you must have something to format To create a source file first log into an account that is available to you For instructions on logging in refer to Chapter 5 of the AMOS User s Guide DWM 00100 35 or to Chapter 3 of the AlphaVUE TXTFMT Training Guide DSS 10000 03 Now choose a 1 to 6 character alphanumeric name for your file a 3 character extension for the name e g TXT and decide which text editor you wish to use VUE or EDIT Suppose you are going to use VUE to create a file called LETTER TXT Follow thes steps 1 After logging in type the following next to the period at the left of the screen VUE LETTER TXT Notice that we underline the period at the left in the example above In this manual messages or symbols the computer displays to the user are underlined to differentiate them
60. ubsequent text to be formatted in the same way as the text preceding the chart CHAPTER 10 UNDERSCORING 10 1 GENERAL The underscoring capability of TXTFMT requires the entry of two commands one to define a keyboard character as the underscore marker within the text and one to designate the kind of underlining technique used by your printer Once these commands are in effect TXTFMT can also automatically underline headers upon issuance of the HEADER UNDERSCORE command for an explanation of this directive refer to section 6 2 10 2 UNDERSCORE COMMANDS FLAG US x Designates x as the keyboard character which will be used to mark characters in the text for underlining For example a common character for this designation is the upper case RUB key In this case the command would be FLAG US _ Once you ve entered the FLAG US command mark characters in the text for underlining by entering the keyboard character before and after the word or words to be underlined For example to underline the title of this book after having entered FLAG US Cand the UNDERSCORE command you would enter the text as follows TXTFMT User s Manual Notice the characters on either side of the title You must always enter the underscore characters pairs that is once an underscore character begins UNDERSCORING UNDERSCORE CR UNDERSCORE BS Page 10 2 an underline the system keeps underlining until it encoun
61. wanted the document title Department Policies and Procedures to appear on the first page as well as the following pages you would enter these commands prior to any text NUMBER 0 TITLE DEPARTMENT POLICIES AND PROCEDURES PAGE Causes the system to stop printing the name of any document chapter or appendix title at the top of the pages Should be embedded in the text immediately prior to the point where you wish to discontinue titling When entered in place of the TITLE command causes the text or title to be printed at the top center of each page except the first instead of at the Left most position When the first CHAPTER APPENDIX command 15 issued the chapter appendix title then appears centered at the top of each page except the first To print the title at the top of the first page enter the commands shown for TITLE above Stops the printing of the document chapter or appendix title at the top center of each page Embed it in the text immediately prior to the point where you wish to discontinue the titling Am CHAPTER 4 LINE LENGTH JUSTIFICATION AND SPACING 4 1 LINE LENGTH TXTFMT relieves you of having to plan the right margin of your text the way you have to on a typewriter You simply use the LINESIZE command to specify the maximum number of characters including spaces to allow on one Line and the program automatically places as many words as possible on each Line wi
62. you do not know VUE refer to the AlphaVUE User s Manual DWM 00100 15 or to the AlphaVUE TXTFMT Training Guide D55 10000 03 For beginners in word processing the AlphaVUE TXTFMT Training Guide is the best way to learn the two systems First it shows you how to use the video display terminal then provides complete explanations examples and sample material for VUE and TXTFMT However some of the more specialized TXTFMT procedures are not documented in the Trainina Guide so the TXTFMT Reference Manual becomes a valuable reference book once you know the basics As already stated Chapter 2 of this book reviews the procedure for creating a VUE file It then explains how to enter TXTFMT commands into the text and how to run the TXTFMT program once all the commands are inserted Chapters 3 through 12 explain and briefly illustrate the TXTFMT commands categorizing them according to function Appendix A Lists and explains error messages the computer displays when it doesn t understand your entry For a glossary of terms used in reference to TXTFMT refer to Appendix B of the AlphaVUE TXTFMT Training Guide At the back of the manual is a Reader s Comments Form We would appreciate it if you would use this form to tell us what you Like about the manual and how you think we can improve it Although we regularly update our documentation to reflect changes in the software it is your advice that contributes the most toward improving the overall quali

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