Keystrokes
Function
Alt-S (F10, Style), Lists, Asterisks Alt-S (F10, Style), Lists, Bullets Alt-S (F10, Style), Lists, Hyphens
Places a "bullet" character before each new paragraph in an unnumbered list. The shape of these bullets depends on which list command you choose, what kind of printer you're using, and how many levels of "nesting" there are. On non-PostScript printers, for example, an Asterisk list item is preceded by a regular asterisk (*); a Bullets list has lowercase o's (0); and a Hyphens list has regular hyphens (-). Second-level (nested) lists shift the symbol (Asterisks has o's, Bullets has hyphens, and Hyphens has asterisks).
On PostScript printers, however, the "bullet" characters are a bit fancier. In this case, Asterisks uses a diamond character (.) and Bullets uses a filled in 0 (.). Hyphens still uses a hyphen on PostScript printers.
This command formats lists by separating each item (or each paragraph) with a symbol. As defined in the STANDARD.FMT file, Sprint indents the symbols two characters from the left indent; the text of the list begins five spaces from the left indent. You must leave a blank
How To
Bulleted Lists line before each item. Otherwise, Sprint considers the next paragraph to be part of the preceding item.
If you want a list with hyphens, choose Lists from the Style menu and then choose Hyphens. Sprint automatically inserts the Begin and End commands if your text was selected before you chose the command.
Otherwise, Sprint displays the prompt:
Press (B) for Begin command, (E) for End command, or ESC to cancel:
Type the text of the list, making sure there's a blank line between each paragraph, and choose the command to end the format (type E). Sprint needs the blank lines to determine where one paragraph ends and the other begins. For example,
BEGIN HYPHENS 1/2 cup milk
3/4 cup cocoa powder 1/2 cup butter 1/2 cup sugar
TabBlend
these four ingredients together until creamy.1 egg, beaten 1/2 tsp. vanilla
TabAdd
these two ingredients to the mixture, and stir well. Place the batter in a greased oblong pan and bake until done.END HYPHENS
If you want to align a paragraph with the text of the preceding paragraph, but don't want a dash in front of it, press
Tab
before beginning the paragraph (as shown in the preceding example).Bulleted Lists
Tips
The printed result looks like this:
-1/2 cup milk
- 3/4 cup cocoa powder - 1/2 cup butter
-1/2 cup sugar
Blend these four ingredients together until creamy.
-1 egg, beaten -1/2 tsp. vanilla
Add these two ingredients to the mixture, and stir well. Place the batter in a greased oblong pan and bake until done.
If you don't want blank lines in the printout, modify the bulleted list format and add the parameter Spread O. For example,
BEGIN HYPHENS Spread 0
Follow these same steps for the Bullets and Asterisks commands. The same list using bullets (with the Spread 0 parameter) prints out like this:
-1/2 cup milk
- 3/4 cup cocoa powder - 1/2 cup butter
-1/2 cup sugar
Blend these four ingredients together until creamy.
- 1 egg, beaten - 1/2 tsp. vanilla
Add these two ingredients to the mixture, and stir well. Place the batter in a greased oblong pan and bake until done.
You can nest these formats (insert a format within another format); the next two levels use the other two symbols, and then the cycle starts over. You can nest these commands to any depth, so long as there is room between the indents.
We modified the Hyphen definition for the Sprint manuals to print boxes instead of dashes. If you're using
See Also
Bullets
Bulleted Lists an Apple LaserWriter Plus (or any PostScript printer with the Dingbats font) and want to achieve the same effect, open a copy of POSTSCR.TCT, go to the last line and replace
@symbol(@char(168)) with
@dingbat(@char(110))
Description, Lists, Multilevel, Numbered
Refer to the Bulleted Lists entry for details.
Canceling
Keystrokes
Function
AIt-F (or F10, File), Revert to Saved Esc
Shift-Esc Ctr/-U
Ctr/-C (for SprintMerge and formatting only)
Aborts, cancels, or stops Sprint's current activity or menu display.
Use the Revert to Saved command to cancel (discard) all changes you've made to a file since the last time you explicitly chose a save command.
Use Esc to remove the last-displayed menu or to cancel a prompt on the status line.
Use Shift-Esc or Ctr/-U to remove all displayed menus in one fell swoop.
Use Ctr/-U to remove menus (just like Esc) and to abort Sprint activities like searching.
Canceling
See Also
Caption
Keystrokes Function
How To
Ctrl-C cancels the current operation in the SprintMerge program and also aborts a formatting pass, prior to printing a document.
Deleting, Merge
Alt-S (or F10, Style), Figure
Numbers and creates a caption (title) for the current figure.
This command works in conjunction with the Figure command. In fact, when you choose Figure from the Style menu, Sprint prompts you for the caption text.
When the formatter finds a Caption command in your file, it determines the current value of Figure and then automatically centers and prints the word Figure in a small font, followed by the correct figure number and its caption.
You will find this command defined in the Sprint file STANDARD.FMT.
Choose the Figure command from the Style menu. At the Caption: prompt, type in your figure caption (title) and press Enter. Sprint displays the following onscreen:
BEGIN FIGURE
CAPTION Block Diagram END FIGURE
If you're going to paste-in the figure, you'll need to add the formatter command, Reserve dimension after the Begin Figure command; choose Layout/Page Breaks/
Reserve Space. If you're going to type in the figure, the text goes here instead. Your caption prints after the figure drawing.
If you want the caption to print before the figure, the Caption command should immediately follow the Begin Figure command. For example,
Tips
See Also
BEGIN FIGURE
CAPTION Block Diagram RESERVE 180 points END FIGURE
Caption
In this case, Sprint prints the figure caption before the figure drawing.
If you want a caption with your figure but don't want it in the List of Figures, you should use the FCapt command. Choose Style/Other Format and enter FCapt, followed by the caption text. When prompted, press C to tell Sprint that this command does not affect a region of text.
If your file is set up so that your page numbers include a chapter or section number (for example, page 3-3, 4-1, and so on), you can specify that your figure numbers also follow this format (Figure 1-1, Figure 1-2, Figure 2-1, and so on). See the Parent entry in Appendix C (UStyle Sheet Commands") of the Advanced User's Guide for details.
You can use the Define a Tag command after the Caption command to cross-reference the figure in text.
The Define a Tag command must follow the Caption command and equal figure, or Sprint won't print the correct figure number in your text.
Note that the Style/Table command also prompts for a caption but inserts a TCaption command onscreen instead of the Caption command.
Figure, Page Numbers, Reserve Space, Tags, TCapt and TCaption