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but instead ask some questions about what your printer can do.
The answers to the "most asked" questions
are: Yes -
this
printer can do a "backspace",
and this printer can do a "hard-
ware form feed".
With these questions answered,
you are ready to start print-
ing. Read the manual that came with your commercial
software
and the next Chapter to see how to make it send information
for
this printer to print. This is all you need to know to use this
printer as a regular printer. But this printer isn't just a regular
printer. This printer has many capabilities that your commercial
software isn't aware of. We will see what it takes to use some of
the printer's advanced features with commercial
software in the
next section.
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WORD PROCESSING WITH THE PRINTER
Not many word processing
programs
directly support all of
the advanced
features
of printers.
They
usually
provide
a
method for using a few of the more common print features such
as boldface and underlining.
But as you are probably beginning
to see from this manual, this printer can do much more than
that.
As a result, most word processing programs provide a way of
sending special codes to a printer.
The actual codes used (as
well as the method of entering
them) will vary different
soft-
ware. The theory behind these methods,
however, is basically
the same.
This section discusses two word processing programs and one
spreadsheet
program
most used by printer owners. The pro-
grams
also provide
a variety
of ways to enter
the codes
necessary
to use the advanced
features
of this printer. These
concepts can be applied to many other programs
besides those
detailed here. The programs
are:
EasyWriter
II
WordStar
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If your software program is not included in this Chapter, you
should still study the different techniques
used. Then, with the
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