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Topic 19. Creating Advanced Text Tables
Prerequisites: Topic 12. Creating Simple Tables, Topic 14. Revising Tables and Topic 18. Creating
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CREATING DOCUMENTS FROM STORED TEXT
Topic 20. Form Letters with Stored Variable Information
Form letters are letters which are sent to a number of people. Most of the letter is the same for each person. Only the name and address and a few other words need to change from letter to letter.
The parts of the form letter that stay the same from one letter to the next a re typed as a s hell document.
The information that changes from one letter to the next is called variable information. It is stored in a separate document called a fill-in document.
In this topic, you will learn how to:
• Create a shell document
• Create a fill-in document
• Join the shell document and fill-in document together
Choose this method of sending form letters if:
• The variable information to be inserted will be used for other form letters
• You are sending a large number of form letters
• You want the system to proce~s the documents so you can be away working on something else
• The variable information is repeated within the same letter
Topic 21. Repetitive Paragraphs with Variable Information
Prerequisite: Topic 3. Creating a Multi-Page Document
Repetitive Paragraphs (also referred to as standard paragraphs) are paragraphs that can be typed once and then used over and over again in many different documents.
Topic 21 and 22 explain two different methods of creating documents from stored paragraphs. Be sure to read both topic descriptions before you choose the better method for your work.
I n this topic, you will learn how to type repetitive paragraphs and how to set up a Paragraph Library.
Then, you wi II lea rn how to assemble a document made up of repetitive paragraphs. You also will learn how to revise and add paragraphs to a Paragraph Library.
Choose this method of assembling documents from stored paragraphs if:
• The variable information to be inserted will be used for this document only
• You have on Iy a few· documents to bu i Id at one time
• You want to see the documents produced on the display
Topic 22. Repe.titive Paragraph s with Stored Variable Information
Prerequisite: Topic 21. Repetitive Paragraphs with Variable Information
Repetitive Paragraphs (also referreq to as standard paragraphs) are paragraphs that can be typed once and then used over and over again in many different
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Topic 21 and 22 explain two different methods of creating documents from stored paragraphs. Be sure to read both topic descriptions before you choose the best method for your work.
In this topic, you will learn how to assemble several different documents made up of repetitive paragraphs.
Choose this method of assembling documents from stored paragraphs if:
• The variable information to be inserted will be used for another document
• You have many documents to build at one time
• You want the system to assemble the documents so you can be away from the Displaywriter working on something else
• The variable information is repeated within the same document
Topic 23. Adding Headers and
Topic 24. Indented Formats
This topic teaches you how to type documents in which you want several lines to be indented (see the example below).
You will learn how to type a Required Tab on the first line of a paragraph. The Displaywriter remembers that you typed a Required Tab and will continue to indent the remainder of the lines automatically until you tell it to stop.
Required Tabs should be used in all documents which use an outline format.
1.* ______ _ 2.* ______ _
.. a.* _____ _ '*b.* _____ _
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-Topic 25. Making Changes to the Page Format
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Prerequisite: Topic 3. Creating a Multi-Page Ddcument
This topic teaches you when, where, and how to make changes to the page format for a total document or within a document. You need to make a page format change when you want a certain portion of you r document to use a:
• Different Fi rst Typi ng Li ne for a page
• Different Last Typing Line for a page
• Different Paper or Envelope Size
If you have the optional Sheet- Feed Paper Handler attached to a 5218 printwheel printer or 5228 wide-carriage printer, you should take this topic to learn to change the Printing Paper Source.
The Printing Paper Source controls the paper trays from which paper feeds during printing.
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Topic 26. DeterAlining Where Lines and Pages Shr;>uld End
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Prerequisite: Topic 3. Creating a Multi-Page Document
This topic teaGhes you how to determine specific line endirgs and page endings in a document you will paginate.
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You will le~rn hp\V to:
1 . Use REQU I RED SPACE to prevent words that must be, kept' together from splitting into two lines becau~e of Auto Carrier Return or pag'n~ti'~n. '
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Figure 1-HL Determining Where a Line Should End
2 ~ Use REQU I RED- PAG E EN 0 to end a page when yO!J want to specify that the following text must start on a new page.
3. Use I NSTR (I nstruction) to keep a section of text from splitting across page boundaries du ring pagination. Such atatementa are called "common-size" at.tl coap.r_tive atatement. cover in, two years, vit to break for pagination like
the example shown here.
The entire table should stay together as one block of text,
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Intangibles 100 000 40,000 9.44 4.14
TOTAL ASSETS $1,059,800 5966,000 100.00 100.00
LIABILITIES AND OIlNER'S EQUITY Current Liabilities:
ACC!ounta Payable $ 100,000 $120,000 9.51 12.42
Notes Payab ie a 20,000 0.00 2.07
Accrued Taxes Payable: 1,600 2,400 0.15 0.25
Unearned Revenue 6 000 0 0.57 0.00
Total Current Liabilities 108,400 142,400 10.2) 14.74 Mortgage Payable 120 000 20 000 11.)2 2.07 TOTAL LlAl\ILITIES 228,400 162,400 21.55 16.81 Owner's Equity
Original Investment 500,000 500,000 47.t8 51,76 Retained Earninga ))1 400 )0) 600 )1.27 31.4) Total Ovner' III Equity 831 400 803,600 78.45 83.19 Total Liabilities and
Owner's Equity $1,059,800 $966,000 100.00 100.00
Rati08 and Other Analyses
Certain ratios and other expril!'ssions showlnl relationshipa bet ... een itelZLl on the financial stateillents are also helpful in interpret ins the
Current Ratio: This ratio compares current asset. to current Uabilities. The current ratio establishes an important relationship between the busines.' current debt and ita ability to pay the debt. The a.sumption i. that a company should be comfortably able to pay current debts frail current as.ets i f necessary. In runy busineases. hO'Jever, especially .ervice bUSinesses, current assets are proportio:nately . . . ller because there 1e little inventory. In these buslne.us. the relationship of current asset. to current l1abllittes m..y be less iaport.nt.
Figure 1-20. Determining Where a Page Should End
Topic 27. Making Typestyle Changes
This topic teaches you how to make a typestyle change for an entire document or within a document.
A typestyle change is necessary wh~n you want to change to a different typestyle and/or pitch.