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Xerox Alto User Handbook Manual (139 pages)

Brand: Xerox | Category: Desktop | Size: 10 MB

Table of Contents
3
Introduction
7
Getting Started
7
Initialize Your Disk
7
Label Your Disk
8
Now Type
8
Name Your Disk
9
The Executive
10
Correcting Typing Errors
10
Starting a Service
10
Aborting
10
Files
11
Naming Conventions
11
File Name Patterns
11
Recovering from Disasters
13
Reporting Problems
14
Keeping up to Date
15
More about Files
16
Version Numbers
16
Dds
16
Copy
18
Dump and Load
18
Copydisk
19
Communicating with Maxc
20
Chat
20
About Maxc
21
Macx Files
21
Hardcopy on Maxc
22
Archiving
23
Messages
23
File Transfers
26
Pictures
28
Press Edit
29
Documentation and Software Distribution
30
Basic Features
36
Moving Around
36
Changing the Text
37
Filing and Hardcopy
39
Miscellaneous
41
Formatting
42
Making Pretty Characters
42
Paragraphs
43
Looks During Typing
43
Formatting Style
46
Hints
46
Emphasis
47
Section Headings
47
Leading
48
Indenting
48
Offsets up and down
48
Forms
49
White Space
49
Page Formatting
50
Page Numbers
52
Margins
52
Multiple-Column Printing
53
Line Numbers
54
Other Things
55
Some Useful Features
55
Windows
56
If Bravo Breaks
57
Arithmetic
58
Other Useful Features
59
Buffers
59
Partial Substitution
59
Magnification
60
Control Characters
61
The User Profile and Fonts
61
Startup and Quit Macros
62
Diablo and Ears Hardcopy
62
Use of Markup
69
How to Obtain Markup
69
How to Start Markup
69
The Mouse
69
The Menu
70
The Markup Menu
70
The Top Row of Menu Symbols
70
The Second and Third Rows
71
Text
71
Image Areas
72
Erasing and Inserting Image Areas
72
Images with Dimensions
73
Retrieving from Memory
73
Images and Text
73
Changing the Grid
73
Inversion and Fast Erasing
74
Rotation and Scaling
74
Control of Scaling and Rotation by Quadrant
74
Image Files
75
Turning the Page
75
Finishing
75
Camera Input
75
Markup Techniques
76
Disk Space
76
Use of Existing Illustrations
77
Use of Draw Output
77
For Faster Copying
77
Recovery from a Full Disk
77
Printing
78
Ears Hard-Copy
78
Car Repair Invoice
79
Using the Menu
84
Brush Selection
84
Command Selection
84
Font Selection
84
Drawing a Curve
85
Text Input
87
Text Positioning
87
Menu Command
88
Redrawing and Rewriting
88
Moving, Copying, Transforming
89
Selecting
89
Translating
90
Copying
90
Transforming
91
Deleting
94
Refreshing
94
Undoing
94
Use of the Mouse Buttons
95
Defining a Point
95
Pointing
97
Saving and Retrieving Pictures
98
Fonts
99
On-Line Documentation
99
How to Run DRAW
100
Summary of Commands
101
Menu Commands
101
Keyboard Commands
102
Mouse and Keyboard Terminology
103
Arrow Head Font
104
Examples
105
System Configuration
106
Information Flow Diagram
108
The Mouse and Cursor
114
The Viewspec Area
114
The Display
114
The Filter Area
116
The Data Area
117
Marking Files
117
Commands
119
Internal Commands
120
External Commands
120
Error Messages
121
User Profile
122
The Command Line
124
Concepts and Terminology
127
Calling the FTP Subsystem
129
The FTP Display
129
Keyboard Command Syntax
130
Command Line Syntax
133
Telnet
135
File Property Defaulting
135
File Types
135
Byte Size
135
End of Line Conventions
136
Abort and Error Messages
137
Server Options
137
Command Line Examples
138

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