Style Files And Locations; Applying Styles; Creating And Changing Styles - Videonics PowerScript PS4000S Instruction Manual

Chapter 6

Style Files and Locations

PowerScript stores all styles in a single file on one of your PC cards. The styles contained
within the style file can be applied to all PowerScript projects.
If your PowerScript equipment configuration has the ability to import and export files
(for example, if you are using PowerScript Communicator), you can maintain separate
style files to use with different projects. In this case, you can import a particular style file
when you want to use it with a specific project, then replace the style file when you want
to use a different one with a different project.
Another way to accomplish this is to create a new Start Card, then apply the styles you
want available when using that particular Start Card. See "Creating a Start Card" on
page 131.
When you start PowerScript, it looks for a file named STYLKEYS.BIN in the STARTUP.SYS
directory. It first looks on the PC Card inserted in the front panel PC Card slot (A:); if it
does not locate the file there, it looks on the PC Card inserted in the rear slot (B:). If the
file is not present at either location, styles are not available.
Likewise, when you create or change a style, PowerScript first looks for STYLKEYS.BIN on
the front PC Card, then, if necessary, searches the rear PC Card.

Applying Styles

You can apply styles to an existing object or objects by selecting them before applying a
style. You can, for example, select a rectangle and a circle then apply a fill color to both
objects at the same time. You can select an entire text object or only specific characters in
the text string to apply a style to the selection.
To apply a style to an existing object or objects:
You can also apply a style that affects only those objects you create subsequently by mak-
ing sure no objects are selected when you apply the style. For example, if no objects are
selected when you apply the red fill color style, when you subsequently create a new rect-
angle object it receives the red fill color.
To apply a style to subsequently created objects:
Styles apply only in the context of the selection—that is, applying a font style to a rect-
angle has no effect. You cannot apply styles to imported graphics.

Creating and Changing Styles

The only way to create a new (that is, different) style is to change one of the existing 24
styles. The procedure described in this section applies whether you are creating a new
style or changing an existing one.
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1 Select the object or objects you want to change.
If you are applying the style to a text object, select the entire text string or only those
characters to which you want to apply the style.
2
Press the function key or function key combination (such as F1 or Shift+F8) for the style
you want to apply.
1
Deselect all objects on the page.
2
Press the function key or function key combination (such as F6 or Shift+F5) for the style
you want to apply.
3
Create a new object or objects.
Using PowerScript