Wordwriter - Revision history

Amycjgrace: /* Advertising Blurb - Triton Catalog Spring 1987 */

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‎Advertising Blurb - Triton Catalog Spring 1987

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‎External links

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‎Downloads

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‎Downloads

Amycjgrace: /* Tape */

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‎Tape

Amycjgrace: /* Drawer: Tapes and Disks */

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‎Drawer: Tapes and Disks

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‎A Brief Review

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‎A Brief Review

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‎A Brief Review

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‎Recommendation

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 Wordwriter allows you to load and save from disk or cassette, as well as print a hard copy. Team Wordwriter up with one of the great printers on the previous page and start saving precious time and money wasted by duplication of typing effort. From DataBiotics. (Requires RS232 Interface and printer cable or Parallax-TI Interface and Printer.)
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-Wordwriter Title Screen.png MAME/MESS Rom (rpk format)|link=https://4apedia.com/roms/WordWriter.rpk
+Wordwriter Title Screen.png|Wordwriter MAME/MESS Rom (rpk format)|link=https://4apedia.com/roms/WordWriter.rpk
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	When you Save a file on tape you are using the tape recorder in its Record mode. When you Load a file from the tape recorder into the console you are using the tape recorder in its Play mode. Before you begin to Save a file on tape make sure there is enough tape to Record the file. In other words, do not begin Saving (Recording) near the end of a cassette. Worse than that, do not begin Saving so that you cut off the beginning of a another file previously Saved further along on the same tape.		When you Save a file on tape you are using the tape recorder in its Record mode. When you Load a file from the tape recorder into the console you are using the tape recorder in its Play mode. Before you begin to Save a file on tape make sure there is enough tape to Record the file. In other words, do not begin Saving (Recording) near the end of a cassette. Worse than that, do not begin Saving so that you cut off the beginning of a another file previously Saved further along on the same tape.
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		+	====Printing====
		+	When you create a new file you must first store it on either disk or tape before printing it if you wish to print it again later. Merely printing a newly created file DOES NOT Save it for later retrieval. Once having been saved to wither disk or tape you can print it over and over again later.

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	The only limitation is how many drawers (tapes or disks) you own. The size of your filing cabinet is this number.		The only limitation is how many drawers (tapes or disks) you own. The size of your filing cabinet is this number.
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		+	If the file you are working on becomes filled to its maximum capacity WDRDWRITER will tell you and you can Save what you have, then continue by opening another empty file. When the second file is full (or when you are finished working, say, due to an interruption) you must Save the second file, but WITH A DIFFERENT NAME. You MAY NOT have two different files with the same name within the filng cabinet of WDRDWRITER. If you already have Saved a file named "letters" on a disk, then try to Save another file also named "letters" on the same disk WDRDWRITER will Delete (erase) the first file. If you already have Saved a file named "letters" on ONE disk, then save another file, also named "letters", on ANOTHER disk, obviously WDRDWRITER will not be able to erase the first file. However, it is a bad practice to have more than one file with the same name. If you use the same file name more than once you will eventually erase a file accidently.
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		+	Another reason not to do this has to do with Chain Printing one file after another; you would confuse WORDWRITER if you told it to print the flle named "letters" immediately after the file named "letters". Instead of asking you which to print first, WORDWRITER would merely be unable to interpret what you meant, then stop, being unable to continue.
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		+	====Tape====
		+	If you are not using a disk system you will be storing (Saving) your files on tape. When you retrieve (Load) your files from tape you must (1) put the correct tape in the tape recorder, (2) rewind or fast forward to the beginning of the file [using the digital counter on the tape recorder], then (3) play back (Load) the file into the console. Tape files are not "named". You must write down a list of your tape files.
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		+	When you Save a file on tape you are using the tape recorder in its Record mode. When you Load a file from the tape recorder into the console you are using the tape recorder in its Play mode. Before you begin to Save a file on tape make sure there is enough tape to Record the file. In other words, do not begin Saving (Recording) near the end of a cassette. Worse than that, do not begin Saving so that you cut off the beginning of a another file previously Saved further along on the same tape.

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 {|
 |-
-| Example || Example
+| wordwrap on (solid cursor) || CTRL 0
 |-
-| Example || Example
+| insert (wordwrap on) || FCTN 2
 |-
-| Example || Example
+| insert (wordwrap off) || FCTN 2
 |-
-| Example || Example
+| delete a character || FCTN 1
 |-
-| Example || Example
+| delete a line || FCTN 3
 |-
-| Example || Example
+| delete to end of line || CTRL k
 |-
-| Example || Example
+| delete to beginning of line || CTRL j
 |-
-| Example || Example
+| reformat from cursor || CTRL r
 |-
-| Example || Example
+| reformat from L margin || CTRL 2
 |}
-wordwrap on (solid cursor) CTRL 0
-insert (wordwrap on) FCTN 2
+====Namin, Saving, Loading Files====
-insert (wordwrap off) FCTN 2
+For WORDWRITER to be able to find a file again you must first tell WORDWRITER to "save" the file; otherwise, when you turn off the computer all the work you typed in will be erased. When you Save work you must label it so that WORDWRITER can find it again; it is as though you are putting a label on the outside of a manilla folder, handing the file back to WORDWRITER, and telling the program, "if I ask for this folder again, please give it to me". When you ask for a folder in word processing that is called "Loading" a file.
-NAMING, SAVING, LOADING FILES
+====Drawer: Tapes and Disks====
-For WORDWRITER to be able to find a file again you must first tell
+You can think of a tape or a disk as a drawer in your filing cabinet. If your drawer becomes too full you can tell WORDWRITER to put one or more of the files of the full drawer into an empty drawer. In other words, if a tape or disk becomes too full of files you must put some of them onto another tape or disk.
-WORDWRITER to "save" the file; otherwise, when you turn off the
-computer all the work you typed in will be erased. When you Save
+You can throw away (Delete) a file. You can also rename a file; all you have to do is (1) Load it [with the old name], (2) Save it [with the new name], then (3) Delete the file with the old name.
-work you must label it so that WORDWRITER can find it again; it is
-as though you are putting a label on the outside of a manilla
+The console alone can handle files with a maximum content of 16K. If you have 32K memory expansion the largest file WORDWRITER can handle is 48K. But remember, this is of no consequence because you can have as many files as you want, because all of them are stored for retrieval on tape or disk. You can have millions of files!
-folder, handing the file back to WORDWRITER, and telling the
-program, "if I ask for this folder again, please give it to me".
+The only limitation is how many drawers (tapes or disks) you own. The size of your filing cabinet is this number.
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 ====Recommendation====
-ALWAYS INSERT WITH WORDWRAP ON (SOLID CURSOR). Since you must
+ALWAYS INSERT WITH WORDWRAP ON (SOLID CURSOR). Since you must have wordwrap on to reformat anyway, it is better to leave it on at all times until you become intimate with WORDWRITER.
 have wordwrap on to reformat anyway, it is better to leave it on
-􀁠t all times until you become intimate with WORDWRITER.
+====A Brief Review====
 wordwrap on (solid cursor) CTRL 0
 insert (wordwrap on) FCTN 2
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 reformat from cursor CTRL r
 reformat from L m'argin CTRL 2
 NAMING, SAVING, LOADING FILES
 For WORDWRITER to be able to find a file again you must first tell