etr/-Spacebar
Inserts a non-breaking, fixed-width space character that will not be altered or adjusted during formatting.
The Non-Breaking Space command tells Sprint to insert a special space character at the current cursor position.
Sprint treats this special space character just like any other text character, and ignores it both when it looks for places to add spaces to justify lines and when it looks for legitimate spots to break a line. If necessary, the for-matter will insert extra space between characters rather than between the words affected by Non-Breaking Space when it needs extra space to justify the line.
Choose Insert/Non-Breaking Space when you want to keep words together on a line.
You often need a non-breaking space when typing company names, personal names, and abbreviations to avoid "bad breaks./I For example, all of the following should have non-breaking spaces where the bullets are:
J. 'D. Salinger Texas A'&'M World Ware II 2'1/2 inches
You might want to assign company or propers names, complete with Non-Breaking Space commands, to a key on your keyboard. See the Glossary entry in this menu encyclopedia.
You can also use this command to leave space to paste in a character that your printer can't print. Since you don't want the formatter to use this space to break the line, select Non-Breaking Space from the Insert menu.
Blank Space (Horizontal), Glossary
Non-Breaking Spaces
Refer to the Screen entry for details.
Normal (Typestyle)
Normal (Typestyle)
Refer to the Typestyle Menu entry for details.
Notes
Refer to the Footnote entry for details.
Numbered
Keystrokes Function
How To
Alt-S (or F10, Style), Lists, Numbered Creates a number:-ed list.
This command tells Sprint to number the paragraphs comprising a list. If you add or delete items from the list, Sprint automatically renumbers the items when printed.
You can also create sublists within a list (as you do when creating an outline) by nesting Numbered formats.
Sprint numbers each paragraph of the main list with ordinal numbers (1, 2, 3, ... ); assigns lowercase letters
(a-z) to items in the first sub list; and numbers items of a second sublist with Roman numerals (i, ii, iii, ... ). If you create a third sublist (three Numbered commands within an Numbered format), Sprint starts repeating the numbering sequence (ordinal numbers, lowercase alphabetic characters, Roman numerals).
You will find this command defined in the Sprint file STANDARD.FMT.
If you've already typed the text of your list, select the list and then choose Numbered from the Style/Lists menu.
Sprint automatically inserts the BEGIN NUMBERED command on the line above your list, and the END NUMBERED command on the line following your marked text.
If you haven't yet entered the text to be numbered, choose Numbered from the Style/Lists menu. Sprint prompts:
Numbered
Press (B) for Begin command, (E) for End command, or ESC for cancel:
Type B, and Sprint automatically inserts the BEGIN NUMBERED command. Enter the text of your list. Type
E for End command after you've typed the list.
Make sure there's a blank line between each paragraph.
Sprint uses these blank lines to determine where one paragraph ends and the other begins. Press
Tab
as the first character of any paragraph that you don't want numbered within the list.BEGIN NUMBERED
Remove the front cover.
Tab(Use
a flat-head screwdriver for this.)Connect the widget cable to the widget connector, and lock the latch.
Replace the front cover.
END NUMBERED
Your printed list looks like this:
1. Remove the front cover.
(Use a flat-head screwdriver for this.)
2. Connect the widget cable to the widget connector, and lock the latch.
3. Replace the front cover.
Note that the paragraph under step 1 is not numbered because it starts with a
Tab
character.If you don't want spaces between the paragraphs, don't delete the blank lines. Instead, modify the Numbered format by adding Spread O. Once you enter the Spread parameter, your file prints like this:
1. Remove the front cover.
(Use a flat-head screwdriver for this.)
2. Connect the widget cable to the widget connector, and lock the latch.
3. Replace the front cover.
Numbered
Tips
See Also
If you want to cross-reference text in a Numbered for-mat, use the commands listed on the X-Reference menu.
For example, let's say in the last step of an example, you want to refer the reader to the first step. Use the Define a Tag command to create a new tag named "remove" and make it equal to the variable named Counter. Then use the Reference a Tag command to insert a reference by section number (Sprint lets you choose a reference either by page number or section number.) Here's how to do this:
BEGIN NUMBERED
Remove the four screws securing the front cover, slide the back panel off the unit, and then disconnect the ribbon cable. TAG remove=counter Insert the widget in slot 2.
Connect the widget cable to the widget connector, and lock the latch.
Replace the front cover by reversing the steps listed in Step remove.
END NUMBERED
Your printed list looks like this:
1. Remove the four screws securing the front cover, slide the back panel off the unit, and then disconnect the ribbon cable.
2. Insert the widget in slot 2.
3. Connect the widget cable to the widget connector, and lock the latch.
4. Replace the front cover by reversing the steps listed in Step 1.
You can nest Numbered commands, which is useful in creating detailed procedures or outlining text. Sprint uses letters to enumerate nested Numbered commands.
This is especially useful for contracts, bids, and specifications. (See Multilevel in this menu encyclopedia for details.)
Modifying Formats, Multilevel, Tags