LOADING A TEXT FILE

To load a text file or "story" into 
a document, click on Import text... 
in the File menu. When the form 
appears, select the word processor 
used and click on OK. Use the Item 
Selector to select your file and 
click on OK.

To read the story into a frame, 
select the frame, then click on the 
name of the story in the browser.
LINKING STORY FRAMES

To fit a long story into more than 
one frame, select another frame and 
click on the name of the story in 
the browser.

STORY STATISTICS

Select a story frame and click on 
Status... in the File menu (or 
double-click on the story name) to 
display information about a story.
DELETING A STORY

To remove a story from your 
document, select a story frame and 
click on Status... in the File menu 
(or double-click on the story name). 
When the Status form appears, click 
on DELETE.




  
TYPING IN AND EDITING TEXT

To type in and edit text, switch to 
Text mode and click in a story frame 
to position the insertion cursor. 
Select the text style before you 
type or edit by either clicking in 
the Style menu or the browser, or 
using the quick keys.

For details of the keys used when 
typing and editing text, see 
"Keyboard" in the Help menu.
SOFT HYPHENS

Click on Soft hyphen in the Text 
menu or press [Control][-] to insert 
a soft (discretionary) hyphen into a 
word. The word will only be 
hyphenated at this point.

Place a soft hyphen at the beginning 
of a word to stop it being 
hyphenated anywhere.


TYPING IN BULLETS

To type in bullet characters:

1. Switch to Text mode

2. Select Font/size... in the Style 
   menu

3. Choose the "Bullets" font

4. Press one of the keys [A]...[O]

FIXED SPACES

Press [Control][Space] to insert a 
fixed (non-breaking) space. A fixed 
space will not be stretched or used 
to break a line.

SEARCH AND REPLACE EDITING

Click on Search... in the Text menu 
or press [Alt][F] to search forwards 
through your document for a piece of 
text and mark it as a block.
SEARCH AND REPLACE EDITING (cont.)

Click on Search & replace... in the 
Text menu or press [Alt][R] to 
search forwards through your 
document for a piece of text and 
replace it with another one. You can 
choose to replace one, some, or all 
of the pieces of text found.

To continue a Search... or Search & 
replace..., click on Search again in 
the Text menu or press [Alt][A].
KERNING

To move two characters closer 
together or further apart, place 
the insertion cursor between them 
and click on Kern... in the Text 
menu. When the form appears, specify 
the kerning distance in points, 
select + (apart) or - (together).

Press [Alt][K] to move two 
characters together by « a point
without displaying the form.
MARKING A BLOCK OF TEXT

To mark a block of text, drag the 
mouse pointer from one end of the 
block to the other. The marked block 
will appear in reverse video.

You can also press [Shift][] to 
mark the start of a block of text, 
and [Shift][] to mark the end.

Double-click on a word to mark the 
whole word and the space after it.
RESTYLING A BLOCK

You can change the text style of a 
marked block by either clicking in 
the Style menu or the browser, or 
using the quick keys.

To change the font and point size 
of a marked block, click on 
Font/size... in the Style menu. 
Select the font and point size you 
want and click on OK.

CUTTING A BLOCK

To cut a marked block out of the 
document and onto the "clipboard", 
either click on Cut in the Edit 
menu, or press [Alt][X] or [Delete].

COPYING A BLOCK

To copy a marked block to the 
"clipboard", click on Copy in the 
Edit menu or press [Alt][C].

PASTING A BLOCK

To paste a block of text into a 
document (which need not be the one 
it was cut from), position the 
insertion cursor and either click on 
Paste in the Edit menu, or press 
[Alt][V] or [Insert].
