Keystrokes
Function
File Manager Menu Most of the commands closely follow their DOS equi-valents and so should present no problems. You can also perform all these commands from the "DOS" shell to Sprint (F10/Utilities/DOS Command). The File Manager commands are usually more convenient, however.
You can use DOS wildcards as part of a file name in any of these commands. Refer to your DOS documentation if you need help, or refer to Appendix A in the User's Guide for an introduction to DOS commands.
If you have a three-button mouse, you can use it as a shortcut for moving from one open file to another.
Clicking the middle button in an area to the right of the onscreen margin (that is, where there is no text) affects the current file. (If you are working in a file that has no ruler, the non-text area is anywhere to the right of a hard return paragraph mark.) Clicking in the upper quarter of the non-text zone switches to the previous file. Clicking in the lower quarter of the non-text zone switches to the next file. Clicking in the middle part of the non-text zone calls the Pick from List file menu.
File Menu
Alt-F (or F10, File) Ctrl-F2 (saves a file) Ctrl-F3 (opens a file) Ctrl-F4 (closes a file)
Ctrl-F9 (displays a list of open files) Displays the File menu.
The File menu lists the commands that allow you to access and manipulate the files stored on your disk. The commands are
New
Allows you to create. a new file. Pressing Enter without entering a name results in Sprint's opening a new file with "Unnamed" displayed in the status line.
File Menu
Open Ctrl-F3
Opens a new or accesses an existing file.
Close Ctrl-F4
Closes an open file.
Insert
Prompts for the name of the file you wish to insert or read into the file that is currently open.
Save Ctrl-F2
Saves an open file to disk.
Write As
Writes the current file to a different file name o~ disk.
Sprint prompts for the name of the file to which you want to write this file. The original file remains un-changed on disk.
Revert to Saved
Reverts to last saved version of the file (ignores changes made since last save).
Translate
Displays a list of file-translation commands. Refer to the Translate entry for more information.
File Manager
Lists a number of file-related DOS functions. Refer to the File Manager entry for more information.
Pick from List Ctrl-F9
Lists the currently open files and lets you select the file you want to access.
Note: Sprint's default file extension is .SPR. If you open a new file and give it a name with no extension, Sprint automatically tacks on the .SPR. If you want to create a file with no extension at all, you have to enter a name that ends with a period.
Similarly, when opening an existing file, if you don't specify a file extension, Sprint looks for a file by that name. If it can't find one, it looks fora file by that name with the SPR extension.
See Also
File Menu You can use normal DOS wildcards (* and ?) at any appropriate prompt when dealing with file-related com-mands in Sprint.
File Manager Menu, Translate
File (Spelling Menu)
Refer to the Spelling Menu entry for details.
Find
Refer to the Searching entry for details.
FirstPage (Variable)
Refer to the Variables entry for details.
Font
Keystrokes
Function
Alt-L (or F10, Layout), Ruler, Precise Settings, Font Alt-T(or F10, Typestyle), Font
Specifies a particular font for printing.
The Typestyle/Font command affects blocks of selected text. The Layout/Ruler/Precise Settings/Font command affects all text affected by the current ruler.
The Font command displays a list of fonts available for your selected printer and tells you the characteristics (italic, bold, underlined, plain) of the character at the cursor. Choosing this command from either menu displays a list of fonts supported by your currently selected printer. If you select a block of text, you can specify the font you want to use to print the text in this block.
Font
How To
If you printer does not support the specified font, Sprint displays a warning message when it formats your file, but prints your file in the default font anyway.
When you installed your printer, Sprint prompted for the default font (if your printer is capable of printing different fonts). This means that you only need to use the Font commands if you want your file, or part of your file, to print in a font other than the default.
Selecting a Font for the Entire Document
When you installed Sprint for your printer using the SP-SETUP program, you.{J created a default font to use when printing. Ordinarily, your entire document prints in this font. You can, however, change the font a particular document prints in.
If you have only one ruler line in your document, you can change the font of your whole document by choosing Layout/Ruler/Precise Settings/Font and then selecting the font you want. If you have more than one ruler line in your document, you can also specify a font for the entire document using the formatter command Style and the Font parameter. For example, at the top of your file choose Style/ Other Format, and enter the following command:
Style Font
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Times EnterThen press C to complete the command. This tells the formatter to print the file in a Times font.
Changing Fonts within a Document
The easiest way to specify a font for a particular area of your file is to set off the text with rulers and choose Layout/Ruler/Precise Settings /Font.
If you only want to affect a small amount of text (like a word or a single line), you can select the text as a block and choose Typestyle/Font. When you choose this command, Sprint inserts the onscreen command FONT followed by the font name in front of the selected text and inserts the ENDF command to mark the end font.
For example, if you want to change the font of a couple of words in a sentence, your screen would look like this:
Tips
See Also