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Welcome to PaintIt!.  This and the following help screens are available at any
time while you are painting.  This screen gives you basic instructions on how
to paint with this program.

The cursor is represented by a dot on the screen.

Use the cursor control keys (<Home>, <PgUp>, <End>, <PgDn>, and the arrows) to
move the cursor.  Use the numbers on the top row of the keyboard to set the
distance the cursor moves with the cursor control keys.  Use the Function keys
to perform graphics functions.  The <ESC> key exits (and asks you to confirm 
or cancel).

Holding down <CTRL> and press <Home> activates "Go to".  You will be given a 
list of keys that you can press to move the cursor to a particular place on 
the screen.  You can also hit <ESC> to cancel Go to.  Otherwise, press the 
appropriate key or combination of keys.

Hold down <CTRL> and press the Left-Arrow key to hide the cursor.  (Before you
can go on with painting, you must bring back the cursor with the same
keystrokes.)  Holding down <CTRL> and pressing the Right-Arrow key inverts the
image on the screen.
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PaintIt!:  Basic graphics functions (Function keys, alone)          Page 2 of 7

 1  POINT   - Plots a point at the cursor and resets this point as the
              reference point.
 2  CIRCLE  - Draws a circle around the reference point and through the cursor.
 3  CONNECT - Draws a line from the cursor to the reference point and resets
              the reference point to where the cursor is.
 4  LINE    - Similar to <F3>, but does not reset the reference point.
 5  PAINT   - Paints the area at the cursor with color defined with <ALT-F9>
              until boundary (color defined with <ALT-F10>) is encountered.
 6  BOX     - Draws a box from the cursor to the reference point.
 7  CUT     - Takes a copy of screen portion from the cursor to the reference
              point, puts it in a temporary storage area called the Clipboard,
              and erases it from the screen.  The Clipboard may be placed
              anywhere on the screen with <F9>.
 8  COPY    - Similar to <F7>, but leaves original portion of screen intact.
 9  PASTE   - Places Clipboard from <F7> or <F8> on the screen at the cursor.
              If the Clipboard will not fit between the cursor and the RIGHT
              edge of the screen, the computer will beep, and the Clipboard
              will not be put on the screen.  (The bottom edge doesn't matter.)
10  CLEAR   - Clears the painting area to the current BACKGROUND (<ALT-F7>)
              color.  You will be asked to confirm clearing or cancel it.  The
              reference point and cursor remain in the same places.
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PaintIt!:  Repeating basic graphic functions                        Page 3 of 7
           (<SHIFT>-Function key)

Holding down <SHIFT> and then pressing a function key causes the basic function
of that key to be repeated each time the cursor is moved.  By holding down
<SHIFT> and pressing the same key you pressed last time with <SHIFT>, the
repeat for that key is turned off.  If <SHIFT> and a different Function key is
pressed than the last time, the repeat is changed to that key.  The exceptions
to the repeat rule are <F7> (CUT), <F8> (COPY), <F9> (PASTE), and <F10>
(CLEAR).  If you try to turn on repeat for one of these, the computer will
beep, and the current repeat will remain unchanged.
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PaintIt!:  Erase basic graphics functions, Text functions,          Page 4 of 7
           and HELP (<CTRL>-Function key)

 1  POINT   - Same as <F1> alone, but plots point in black.
 2  CIRCLE  - Same as <F2> alone, but draws circle in black.
 3  CONNECT - Same as <F3> alone, but draws line in black.
 4  LINE    - Same as <F4> alone, but draws line in black.
 5  PAINT   - Similar to <F5> alone.  Paints in black, but still stops at
              current LCOLOR (<ALT-F10>) boundary.
 6  BOX     - Same as <F6> alone, but draws box in black.
 7  TEXT    - Gives detailed instructions on entering text and putting it on
              the screen.
 8  TEXT    - Lets you start entering text, and also "captures" text.  Use
              <CTRL-F7> to get detailed instructions.
 9  TEXT    - Places text entered with <CTRL-F8> on the screen.  Use <CTRL-F7>
              to get detailed instructions.
10  HELP    - Gets you into the HELP screens (these screens).  At any point in
              HELP, you can print the HELP screen to the printer by holding
              down <SHIFT> and pressing <PrtSc>.
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PaintIt!:  Screen and System functions (<ALT>-Function key)         Page 5 of 7

 1  SAVE       - Saves the screen to the disk.
 2  LOAD       - Loads a picture from the disk to the screen.
 3  DELETE     - Deletes a file from the disk.
 4  FILES      - Displays all files on adisk on the screen.  You will be asked
                 for the drive letter (only A, B, and C are valid).
 5  SHELL      - Temporarily exits to DOS.  Type "EXIT ÄÙ" to return to
                 PaintIt!.  NOTE:  Do not run any programs that remain in
                 memory while using this option.  Quit out of PaintIt! first.
 6  PMODE      - Select which mode is used with PASTE (<F9>).  See your BASIC
                 manual for details if you have one.  Otherwise, experiment.
 7  BACKGROUND - Selects screen background color.
 8  PALETTE    - Selects which palette you can choose colors from.
 9  PCOLOR     - Selects paint color to be used for painting (<F5> alone).
10  LCOLOR     - Selects color of lines, circles, points, and boxes.  Also
                 selects color of boundary for painting (<F5> alone).
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PaintIt!:  Selecting Choices                                        Page 6 of 7

When you use <ALT-F6> (PMODE), <ALT-F7> (BACKGROUND), <ALT-F8> (PALETTE),
<ALT-F9> (PCOLOR), or <ALT-F10> (LCOLOR), the current setting is displayed on
the screen (for BACKGROUND, the screen is that color; for all others, the
current setting is displayed in the center of the screen).  You can scroll
through the choices with the Up- and Down-Arrow keys.  The choices will "wrap
around" if you get to one of the ends.  For example, with PMODE, if the choice
displayed is PRESET, pressing the Up-Arrow key will make it "wrap around" to
XOR.  Likewise, if the choice displayed is XOR, pressing the Down-Arrow key
will make it "wrap around" to PRESET.  When the choice you want is on the
screen, you can set it by pressing <ENTER>.  Also, you can press <ESC> to
cancel the selecting process and return to the old choice.

When responding to a prompt ("Save file as:", "File to load:", or "File to
delete:", if you change your mind, you can press <ENTER> without entering
anything else to go back to painting.  This does NOT apply to the "Enter path 
for directory prompt, as entering nothing indicates the current drive and 
directory.
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PaintIt!:  Printing                                                 Page 7 of 7

There are three steps involved in printing the screen:

1.  Hold down <CTRL> and press the Left-Arrow key.  This will hide the cursor.
2.  Hold down <SHIFT> and press the <PrtSc> key.  This will actually send the
    image out to the printer.
3.  When the printing is complete, hold down <CTRL> and press the Left-Arrow
    key again.  This will bring back the cursor.
