The Full Feature print option allows you to use all of the formatting and printing features provided by Perfect Writer, including:
STEP 1. Call up Perfect Writer's Main Selection Menu by entering:
A>menu[CR]
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Perfect Writer will present the Main Selection Menu:
Perfect Writer Main Selection Menu
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Selections:
E-Edit a file <pw>
F-Format a file P-Print a formatted file S-Check the spelling of a file
Type one character to indicate your selection now.
Your pleasure:(E, F, P, S, 0, Z, R, C, X)_
STEP 2. Before any document can be printed, it must be formatted. For this exam-ple we are assuming that our file would not previously have been formatted.
Therefore our selection here would be "F-Format a File." Simply type the letter 11Ft' •
Perfect Writer will respond:
Type the name of the file you wish to format below.
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STEP 3. Enter the document's filename. You need not include the extension II.mss" since Perfect Writer will assume this. Alsol if the file is on a different disk drive than the program disk containing Perfect Writer (which is the usual situa-tion) I then do not forget to specify the drive the document is on. For example:
Type the name of the file you wish to format below.
>yourfile[CR]
Perfect Writer transfers you to the Perfect Formatter Selection Menu:
(Perfect Writer) Perfect Formatter Selection Menu (C) 1983 Perfect Software, Inc.
Available options for the formatter are:
C-Send the ouput to the console device D-Format for a different device type P- Send the output to the printer device O-Name the output file differently
V- Make the top level environment verbatim instead of text (verbatim causes the output to appear as it does on the screen)
A- Pause for manual insertion of each sheet of paper
G-Start formatting now
X-Return to the top level of the menu pf yourfile
Your pleasure: (C, D, P, 0, V, A, T, G, X) _
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When formatting your document Perfect Formatter will create a new in-termediate file called a IIFIN-file/' standing for IIFINished" or "FINal." (This file can be identified on your directory by the" .FIN" extension that has been attached to the filename.) The "FIN-file" is used later by Perfect Printer in printing your document. This selection menu presents the several options available in the crea-tion and subsequent use of this "FIN-file." Several require further explanacrea-tion:
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It is possible to select more than one of these options. Each one that you select will be II echoed I I in the menu Echo Line. For example:
pf -c -text yourfile
Note here that Perfect Writer echoes the name of your file in the menu Echo Linel
along with the Ipr command (which can be used to invoke Perfect Formatter directly without using the menu system.!)
STEP 4. For this example I let us assume that we wish only to format the file with-out selecting any special options. We would select IIG-Start formatting now.1I
Perfect Formatter automatically creates a IIFIN-file/I storing it on disk.
IThe Perfect Writer menu program has been designed to make Perfect Writer easier for you to use.
However, it is not necessary to use the menu program and after acquiring experience with Perfect Writer you may find it an unnecessary aid. To assist you in learning how to use Perfect Writer without the menu program, all commands issued by the menu program are echoed on the screen. What you accomplish using the menu program could also have been achieved by directly entering the commands echoed in the menu. If you enter the commands directly you would save the time it takes to call into your computer's memory the menu program and the time it takes to switch out. You may elect to delete the menu program at any time without affecting the performance of Perfect Writer.
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STEP 5. Following formatting you will be transferred back to the Main Selection Menu of Perfect Writer. You are now ready to print your document. Select lip - Print a Formatted File."
Perfect Writer responds in the menu Echo Line:
Type below the name of the formatted file you wish to print
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yourfile[CR]. STEP 6. Enter the name of your file WITHOUT the extension. (Remember that Perfect Formatter has just created a new, intermediate, formatted file and labeled it ' 'YOURFILE.FIN". When printing this file Perfect Printer will assume the
" .FIN" extension. If your file has not been formatted and assigned the ".FIN" ex-tension, then it will not be printed.) Enter:
>Thisfile [CRl
Perfect Writer transfers you to the Perfect Printer Selection Menu:
(Perfect Writer) Perfect Printer Selection Menu (C) 1983 Perfect Software, Inc.
Available options for Perfect Printer are:
N-Start printing at a page other than page 1 O-Send to a different output port than the default P- Pause for manual insertion of each sheet of paper C-Print multiple copies of the file
G-Start printing the file now
X-Return to the top level of the menu
pp yourfile
Your pleasure: (N, 0, P, C, G, X)
This menu presents the various options that are available to you during print-ing. You can select more than one option, but not all. Selecting too many options will result in a "warning" from Perfect Writer saying it cannot do all that you ask.
The options are:
Where to Begin Printing: It is possible to begin printing in the middle of a doc-ument. This option allows you to specify the page on which printing is to begin.
Use Different Output Port: This would be used if you had a serial as well as a parallel printer connected.
Single Sheet Printing: If you select this option Perfect Printer will"pause" be-tween pages and allow you to insert a fresh sheet of paper before continuing.
Multiple Copies: If you wish to print more than one copy of the document, you will be asked to specify the number of copies.
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Your selections will be "echoed" in the menu Echo Line, along with your file-name and the command that can be used to invoke Perfect Printer. For example:
pp ~page 2 -3 -pause yourfile
M-~
Perfect Printer Start on page 2 Print 3 copies Pause for filename
command form single sheets
STEP 7. When you have selected the printing options, select the option that will commence printing of the document:
" G - Start printing the file now"
Perfect Printer will clear the screen and respond with the message:
Perfect Pri nter
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Printing 'YOURFILE.FIN' on device 'YOURPRINTER'-OK?
Enter lIy".
As it prints your document, Perfect Printer will echo the page number of the page it is printing on the screen of your terminal. After your document has been printed, Perfect Printer will return you to the Main Selection Menu of Perfect Writer.