Table of Contents
Advertisement
Read the steps below to
find
out how to create a standard document file.' There
is
no
practice exercise, but you can use the steps to practice on your own if you like.
Here's how it works •.•
To create a standard document:
•
Start with the Directory of B on the screen and a blank disk in Drive B
•
Press the
A
key
•
Type a name for the standard document file
•
Press RETURN
•
Type the standard text (do not include any custom information, but rather
type XX at each point where this information will be inserted)
•
Save the file by pressing CTRL & 3
+
G
Customizing Standard Documents
When you're ready to customize a standard document, you'll start by typing a name
for the custom document file and bringing the new file to the screen. You'll then use
a command on the Document Menu to put the text from the standard document into
the file on the screen.
After you've put the standard text
in
the file on the screen, you can add any custom
information (such as nameand address, etc.) by using the FIND command to take you
to each insertion point (XX).
If
you put custom information within the standard text,
you'll need to reformat to rearrange the line lengths and make the right margin even.
Be sure you chec.k that the Ruler Line has the settings you want before you reformat.
Read the steps below to find out how to customize a standard document file. There
is no practice exercise, but you can use the steps to practice on your own if you like.
Here's how it works ••.
To create a custom document:
•
Start with the Directory of B on the screen
•
Make sure the disk in Drive B has the standard document file on it
•
Check disk space and the number of titles to be sure you have room for
the new custom document file
•
Pre ss the A key
•
Type a name for the new custom document file
•
Press RETURN
•
Press CTRL
&
3
+
E (to put the standard text in the file on the screen)
•
Type the name of your standard file
•
Press RETURN
(This will copy the standard document file into the file on the screen.)
•
Check that the Ruler Line matches the margins and tabs of the standard
text
(To change the margins, you can move the cursor to a full line of typing
and press CTRL
&
4
+
F)
•
Add any custom information necessary
•
Touch CTRL & J
+
XX and RETURN twice
(If
you add material within the standard text, be sure to reformat.)
•
Touch Back Space twice and type the customized information
•
Repeat until all the customized material has been inserted in the two
steps above
•
Save the file by pressing CTRL
&
3
+
G
TEXT TYPING FEATURES
11-15
Advertisement
Table of Contents
