INTRODUCTION
TeleWrite helps you to create quality documents to your
specifications. TeleWrite has features to center text, indent text using variable tabs and margins, and justify every line of text. This chapter covers these features.
CENTER·TEXT
To center any line of text between the left and right margin settings, type the line and then, before pressing <CR>, press
AXXH • Your text will be centered automatically. To center a line of text that has already been entered, place your cursor on the line you wish to center, and press AXXH •
The centering of text depends on the ruler settings discussed below. After changing the ruler settings, you may need to center your text again. Just position the cursor anywhere on that line and press AXXH• Your text will be centered according to the new margins.
MARGINS AND TABS
You can set indentations, tab stops, and carriage line widths
using the ruler command A XR• When you enter this command, this sub-menu and a ruler line is displayed.
Indent column Current Settings:
Indent column: 0
Line length Line length: 65
Tab interval Z-exit
Tab interval: 8
<---T---T---T---T---T---T---T---) You can select the I (INDENT), L (LINE LENGTH), or T (TAB
INTERVAL) subcommands to change the settings. TeleWrite then prompts you for new values.
The I (INDENT) command controls the left margin of your document.
When you type lists, sub-topics, and other itemized text, the indentation allows you to alter the left margin for subsequent text that you type.
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The L (line length) command controls the right margin. Normally TeleWrite automatically does a <CR> if your line exceeds 65
characters. If you set the line length to 70, then you can entel lines up to 70 characters long before the automatic carriage return takes over.
The T (tab interval) command controls the action of the <TAB> or
<T> key. When you press the <TAB> key, TeleWrite tabs to the ne}
tab stop.
The tab interval has been set to 8, making tab stops every 8 spaces. Let's set the tab interval to 10 spaces using the T command.
Press T and type 10.
Now when you press the <TAB> key, TeleWrite jumps to the new tab settings.
The I and L commands only affect new text that you enter or paragraphs that you adjust using AO. Old text is not changed unless you explicitly change it using AO. The T command affects all previous tabs as well.
To return to the main menu, press AZ.
POSITION AND LINE COUNT
TeleWrite has two commands that show you the position and line count of the cursor.
Line Count Command
The AXXL command shows the line position of the cursor as follows:
Line 9 (Page 1, Line 9) Total Pages 6
In the above example, page refers to how maI¥ pages are in the printout; there are 6 pages.
When printing, TeleWrite will break your text on or about line 5!
Te 1 e Wr it e will not, howe ve r, a 110 was in g 1 e l i net 0 be p r in ted on a page by itself. TeleWrite will automatically adjust the page length to incorporate the single line.
Position Count Command
The AXXp command shows the position report as follows:
Point 758 Length 895 Column 4 Mark 0
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These values are measured in characters. The point is the cursor position, the length indicates the length of the document, column is the column position and mark is the position of the marker.
<See Chapter 9 for more about markers.>
JUSTIFY, FILL, OVERWRITE, AND NORMAL MODES
As you type, TeleWrite automatically scans your text, knows when :you have typed more than one line of text and can automatically break the text into multiple lines--right justifying each line as you type. This is the JUSTIFY mode.
Sometimes, you need other modes of operation. For example, the FILL mode automatically breaks long paragraphs into multiple
lines. However, in the FILL mode, TeleWrite does not right justify the text. This paragraph, for example, is typed in the FILL
mode.
The third mode is the OVERWRITE mode. Normally, TeleWrite always inserts any new text in a document, pushing existing text to the right or down. In the OVERWRITE mode, any text entered
overwrites the existing text in the document. This mode is useful for preparing tabular reports and for replacing large sections of text with new words.
Finally, the NORMAL text entry mode supports computer programmers and data entry. It is also useful as a margin release if you need to type an extra long line. The NORMAL mode does not provide automatic carriage returns.
The AXXT command takes you through the various modes. The current mode is always displayed on the bottom line of your sc reen •
TeleWrite Vl.l (Justify) NAME.ME Forward Every time you en te r "'XXT a new mode appea r s on the
bottom line. Entering "'XXT four times returns you to the same mode.
You can use the adjust paragraph "'0 command to reformat paragraphs according to the current mode. Right justified paragraphs can be unjustified, and vice versa.
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