

This help file is user editable. Form Feed and Paragraph characters
(ASCII 12 and 15) are how LASR_MAN recognizes help sections and help
pages within sections respectively, and should not be removed. 



 HELP INDEX
CHAPTER  FUNCTION   Option                        USER LEVEL HELP SECTION
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
INTRODUCTION and TUTOR.............................................. 1.
MAIN MENU........................................................... 2.
         SETUP FUNCTION MENU........................................ 3.
                    Program Mode.......................(N).......... 4.
                    User Level.........................(N).......... 5.
                    Save SETUP.........................(N).......... 6.
                    Printer............................(A).......... 7.
                    Print Fonts to Use.................(A).......... 7.
                    Monitor............................(E).......... 3.
                    Mouse..............................(E).......... 8.
                    Change Menu Colors.................(E).......... 9.
                    Date Format........................(E).......... A.
                    Language...........................(E).......... B.
         OPTIONS FUNCTION MENU...................................... C.
                    Set Style..........................(N).......... D.
                    Edit Current Style.................(A).......... E.
                    Option file........................(A).......... F.
                    Page Title.........................(A).......... G.


CHAPTER  FUNCTION   Option                        USER LEVEL HELP SECTION
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
         OPTIONS FUNCTION MENU (Continued).
                    Font...............................(A).......... H.
                    Option Switches....................(A).......... I.
                    Change file........................(E).......... J.
                    Cover File.........................(E).......... K.
                    Line/Page Limit....................(E).......... L.
                    Stamp-iT!..........................(E).......... M.
         FILES SELECT FUNCTION MENU................................. N.
                    Data Path..........................(N).......... O.
                    File Selection/Tag.................(N).......... P.
                    File Mask..........................(A).......... Q.
                    Archive Bit........................(E).......... N.
         PRINT FUNCTION MENU........................................ R.
                    Paper Source.......................(N).......... R.
                    Print These Selected Files.........(N).......... S.
                    Output To..........................(A).......... R.
                    Reverse 2nd Pass Output............(E).......... R.
                    Generate Key Word Index............(E).......... R.


CHAPTER  FUNCTION   Option                        USER LEVEL HELP SECTION
─────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────────
         PRINT FUNCTION MENU (Continued)
                    INDX-IT!...........................(E).......... T.
         EXIT FUNCTION MENU......................................... U.
                    Exit to DOS........................(N).......... U.
                    Cancel.............................(N).......... U.
                    Save SETUP.........................(N).......... 6.
                    Save Options.......................(A).......... E.
FILE VIEW........................................................... V.
DISK/PRINTER NOT READY.............................................. 0. 
UTILITY MENU........................................................ W.
SHAREWARE REGISTRATION ORDER FORM................................... X.
PRODUCT SUPPORT INFORMATION......................................... X.
BRANDING THE SYSTEM................................................. X.




                 FOR MORE INFORMATION, PRESS [DOWNARROW].


If a Mouse is used, LEFT=ENTER, RIGHT=ESCAPE, (optional)CENTER=F1-Help.

In this Help Module, the use of brackets [ ] denotes a specific key. 
Parenthesis ( ) are used for comments. 
User levels - (N)=Normal, (A)=Advanced, (E)=Expert. 

The bottom two lines of the display are used for help as to action key
information, showing the current program status and currently active help
action keys and their function. 


 DISK/PRINTER NOT READY

If an error condition is encountered while transferring data to the
printer or to/from the disk drive, an informational message is displayed. 

-> To cancel this operation and exit from LASR_MAN, press [A]. 

-> To continue with LASR_MAN, correct the error condition (make the
printer ready, close the floppy diskette door, etc.) and press [R]. 



 INTRODUCTION
LASR_MAN prints ASCII text files on a laser or ink jet printer. From 1 to
200 text pages may be printed on a single sheet of paper - the more text
pages, the smaller the text page size. Support is provided for: portrait
and landscape orientation; font sizes of 10, 12, 17, 23 and 33 characters
per inch (cpi); letter, legal, A4, and executive paper size; single side
or duplex printing; normal or book style; books may be folded vertically
or horizontally; binding margins on either edge; and user set page
margins. 

Other options include selection of only files that have been changed,
page titles, substitution of spaces for tabs, underlining, covers, a
half-tone "rubber stamp", print font selection, sheet borders, and a
variety of option switches. 


Options may be specified as an environment variable, on the command line,
in an option file or by menu selection while LASR_MAN is running. Files
to be printed may be selected in the same manner. 

There are four distinct modes of program operation: MENU, COACH, AUTO,
and TUTOR.

LASR_MAN prints only unformatted ASCII files. If you use it to print a
.COM file or a document stored in coded form by a word processor such as
WordPerfect, the output will look strange. 

The only control characters that are passed to the printer are carriage
return (13), line feed (10) and form feed (12). The tab character (9) is
converted to spaces. All other control characters (0-31) may either be
printed or replaced by a set character. Normal characters (32-255) are
printed 'as-is'. 









                 THE FOLLOWING PAGES OF THIS HELP SECTION



                     ARE PART OF THE LASR_MAN TUTOR.


LASR_MAN TUTOR MODE - PROGRAM SUMMARY

LASR_MAN prints ASCII text files on a laser or ink jet printer. From 1 to
200 text pages may be printed on a single sheet of paper - the more text
pages, the smaller the text page size. Support is provided for: portrait
and landscape orientation; font sizes of 10, 12, 17, 23 and 33 characters
per inch (cpi); letter, legal, A4, and executive paper size; single side
or duplex printing; normal or book style; books may be folded vertically
or horizontally; binding margins on either edge; and user set page
margins. 

LASR_MAN is very "feature rich". As such, it has a learning curve. This
TUTOR has been designed to give you a familiarity with the basic program
features, so that you can better spend your time achieving just the right
output that you want, rather than learning by trial and error.

So, spend a few minutes with the TUTOR now, and you will quickly be on
your way!

                        TO CONTINUE, PRESS [─┘].


LASR_MAN TUTOR MODE - INTRODUCTION TO THE TUTOR

Welcome! You have either selected to run LASR_MAN in TUTOR Mode, or are
new to the program - TUTOR is the default program mode. This TUTOR page
explains its operation and describes the different types of output you
can produce with the TUTOR. 

The TUTOR will walk you through nine of the most important LASR_MAN
tasks, and will produce the printed output you select - either a test
document or, if you are evaluating the program, the LASR_MAN
documentation - with pages printed on both sides of each paper sheet.

The available TUTOR output styles include NORMAL - unfolded output, and
BOOK, where each printed sheet is folded after printing to form a BOOK.

We suggest you try the NORMAL test document first, then, if you want, 
either the BOOK test or the LASR_MAN documentation. Since the default
TUTOR output is the NORMAL test document, just press [┘] at the next
selection menu to select it.
                 TO SELECT THE TUTOR OUTPUT, PRESS [─┘].


LASR_MAN TUTOR MODE - TUTOR OPERATION

The following nine LASR_MAN tasks, only two of which are required(*),
will be presented by the TUTOR, one at a time:
   1. LANGUAGE                   6. PAPER SOURCE
   2. CHANGE PRINTER             7. PRINT THE SELECTED FILES*
   3. STYLE OF OUTPUT            8. SAVE THE SETUP
   4. DATA PATH                  9. EXIT THE PROGRAM
   5. FILE SELECTION/TAGGING*

For each of these tasks, a TUTOR PAGE, such as this, will be displayed
describing the task. After you press [┘], a TUTOR selection menu will be
presented, asking if you want to perform that task.

If you choose to perform the task, the first HELP PAGE for that task will
be displayed. Press [┘] when you are ready to continue. Next the
selection menu(s) for the task will be displayed, requiring that you
respond to each. You may recall the task HELP PAGE at any time by
pressing [F1].
                TO BEGIN YOUR TUTOR SESSION, PRESS [─┘].


LASR_MAN TUTOR MODE - CHANGE LANGUAGE

The LASR_MAN menus, messages, and display text may be presented in the
language of your choice, if a translation of that particular language is
available.

To see what languages are currently available or to change the language
from that currently selected, press the "Yes" highlight letter at the
next selection menu.

>>>>> NOTE    OTHER LANGUAGES WILL ONLY BE AVAILABLE IF SOME USER HAS
ALREADY PROVIDED TO US A TRANSLATION OF THAT LANGUAGE FROM THE NORMALLY
SUPPLIED ENGLISH.






               TO SPECIFY THE LANGUAGE TO USE, PRESS [─┘].


LASR_MAN TUTOR MODE - CHANGE PRINTER

LASR_MAN may be used by any printer that supports the Hewlett-Packard
Printer Control Language (PCL), including these printers & compatibles:

   LaserJet +.
   LaserJet II.
   LaserJet IID/IIP/III/IV.
   DeskJet, no additional memory  (Soft fonts may NOT be used.).
   DeskJet, 256K memory.

The LASR_MAN default printer is the Hewlett-Packard LaserJet
IID/IIP/III/IV or compatible. If this is the type of printer that you
have, and you have not changed the printer to be used by LASR_MAN, just
skip this section - by pressing [┘] at the next selection menu.

To change the printer from that currently selected, press the "Yes"
highlight letter at the next selection menu.

               TO SPECIFY THE PRINTER TO USE, PRESS [─┘].


LASR_MAN TUTOR MODE - STYLE OF OUTPUT

The STYLE FILE contains all of the options for a specific STYLE OF
OUTPUT, such as the size paper, number of text page per side, margins,
and other style parameters. The default TUTOR STYLE OF OUTPUT has been
set to 4 pages/side and printing on both sides for the sample output, and
2 pages/side for the documentation. 

If you would like to experiment with a different STYLE OF OUTPUT, you
should select the "Yes" highlight letter from the Change STYLE OF OUTPUT
menu.

Even if you do not want to change the STYLE OUTPUT, you can still see the
steps necessary to change STYLE by pressing the "Yes" highlight letter,
and then pressing [┘], or the "Accept" highlight letter, to keep the
currently selected STYLE OF OUTPUT.

To experiment with selecting the STYLE OF OUTPUT, just press the "Yes"
highlight letter at the next selection menu.
               TO SPECIFY THE STYLE OF OUTPUT, PRESS [─┘].


LASR_MAN TUTOR MODE - DATA PATH

LASR_MAN may print up to 2048 files at a time, but they must all be
located in the same directory. This DATA directory may be located on any
logical drive that is accessible, including floppy and networked drives.

When LASR_MAN is loaded, the default DATA drive and directory is that on
which LASR_MAN is located. 

For this TUTOR session, the files we want to print are located on this
directory, so it SHOULD NOT BE CHANGED.

During normal operation, the DATA PATH can be defined in the option file,
specified on the command line, or selected from the menu.

To experiment with changing the DATA PATH, just press the "Yes" highlight
letter at the next selection menu.


    TO SPECIFY THE DRIVE AND DIRECTORY OF THE DATA FILES, PRESS [─┘].


LASR_MAN TUTOR MODE - FILE SELECTION

Files MUST BE TAGGED before they can be printed. Therefore this is one of
the two tasks that is NOT OPTIONAL - the other is printing the tagged
files!

When the FILES SELECTION/TAG option is selected, a PICK LIST of files
from the selected drive/directory is displayed. 

The files displayed in this PICK LIST depend on the optional FILE MASK
definition. For the purposes of this TUTOR, the FILE MASK is set for the
single file of interest. Normally the FILE MASK will let all of the
directory files be displayed.

You MUST choose to SELECT/TAG FILES at the next selection menu, by
pressing the "Yes" highlight letter or [┘].



                TO SELECT THE FILES TO PRINT, PRESS [─┘].


LASR_MAN TUTOR MODE - PAPER SOURCE

Depending on the printer that you are using, there may be more than one
source from which paper can be fed. Additionally, if the printer is
capable of printing on both sides of the paper sheet without operator
intervention - known as DUPLEX printing - this is where you can specify
the use of that feature.

The available PAPER SOURCES include:
   DUPLEX..... Printer that prints both sides of a sheet in one pass.
   EPSON...... Front Paper Cassette of most compatibles.
   LOWER...... Lower Paper Cassette.
   FRONT...... Front Paper Cassette.
   TRAY....... Multi-Purpose Tray.
   DESKJET.... Tray (Only option available for DeskJet printers).

The currently selected PAPER SOURCE will be shown on the PRINT MENU on
the next screen. To change it, just press the "Yes" highlight letter at
the next selection menu.
             TO SELECT THE DESIRED PAPER SOURCE, PRESS [─┘].


LASR_MAN TUTOR MODE - PRINT THESE SELECTED FILES

Printing, the second required LASR_MAN task, is the purpose of program!

Once all of the LASR_MAN options are set and the desired files have been
selected and tagged, printing can commence. 

This is done in one or two passes through the printer, depending on
whether two-sided printing has been specified, and the paper source.

The PRINTING selection menu allows you to control printing on a sheet,
file or job basis. 

The default PRINTING option is to print all of the files on the first
side and then, if necessary, refeed these printed sheets for printing on
the other side.



                TO PRINT THE SELECTED FILES, PRESS [─┘].


LASR_MAN TUTOR MODE - SAVE THE PROGRAM SETUP

LASR_MAN SETUP information, those features that can be changed by the
SETUP function menu and several others such as PAPER SOURCE, may be saved
for use by LASR_MAN with this option. Each time LASR_MAN is run, this
same SETUP information will be reloaded. 

During TUTOR operation the SETUP parameters that can be changed include:

   PRINTER
   PAPER SOURCE

You have changed one or more of these SETUP OPTIONS, or you would not see
this TUTOR page.

If you would like to save this changed program SETUP as your new default,
just press the "Yes" highlight letter at the next selection menu.


                 TO SAVE THE PROGRAM SETUP, PRESS [─┘].


LASR_MAN TUTOR MODE - EXIT PROGRAM

Done! 

Congratulation, you have accomplished the basic tasks necessary to select
and print files using LASR_MAN.

You can now exit LASR_MAN, switch to the program MENU MODE, or restart
and rerun the TUTOR (at the next selection menu, just press the "No"
highlight letter).

This is the end of your TUTOR session. We hope that you have enjoyed it!







                        TO CONTINUE, PRESS [─┘].


LASR_MAN TUTOR MODE - TUTOR OUTPUT SELECTION

The TUTOR can produce any one of several TYPES OF OUTPUT. The various
TYPES are presented in a selection menu.

-> To select the TYPE OF TUTOR OUTPUT, press the highlighted letter of
   the desired TYPE, or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘].

-> To cancel the TUTOR MODE and return to the MENU MODE, press [ESCAPE].



 MAIN MENU
   The   NORMAL SEQUENCE OF LASR_MAN OPERATIONS   is:
         ══════════════════════════════════════
   FOR COACH MODE:
      1. Follow the prompts in the order displayed.
   FOR MENU MODE:
      1. SETUP the hardware configuration and LASR_MAN environment.
      2. Set the printing OPTIONS desired if different from the currently 
         set options. 
      3. Select the drive/directory on which the file(s) to be printed
         reside, and perform FILES SELECTion to tag file(s) for printing. 
      4. PRINT the selected files.
      5. EXIT LASR_MAN.

In this Help Module, the use of brackets [ ] denotes a specific key. 
Parenthesis ( ) are used for comments. 
User levels - (N)=Normal, (A)=Advanced, (E)=Expert. 

The bottom line of the display is used for help key information, showing
he currently active help action keys and their function. 


         The   MAIN MENU FUNCTIONS   include:
               ═══════════════════
SETUP......... Change the program/system SETUP. 
OPTIONS....... Change the printing option.
FILES SELECT.. Select the data path directory and tag files for printing.
PRINT......... Print the tagged files using the current print options.
EXIT.......... Return to DOS and optionally save the program options.

-> To select a FUNCTION and have its option menu displayed, press its
highlighted letter or move the highlight bar to it using the arrow keys
and press [┘]. 

Any FUNCTION may be accessed from the MAIN MENU, or at any function
option menu, by pressing its [highlight letter] or [ALT][highlight
letter].


PROGRAM MODE

The currently active PROGRAM MODE is shown at the bottom of the display,
after "Mode". LASR_MAN has four possible MODES of operation:

   MENU....... Selection menus, based on the current USER MENU LEVEL, are
               presented in the order requested by the user. 
   COACH...... Selection menus, for all NOVICE and ADVANCED level
               options, are automatically presented in a preset order,
               based on the current USER MENU LEVEL.
   AUTO-XX.... Menus presented in the same manner as COACH mode, but a
               time limit, XX, is allowed for user response.
   TUTOR...... A guided tour of LASR_MAN is given, with nine of the most
               important LASR_MAN tasks being explained in detail.

For a more detailed description of these PROGRAM MODES, press HELPSECTION
[4]. 

-> To change the PROGRAM MODE at any point during LASR_MAN operation,
press [F7]. 


USER LEVEL - MENU

The current USER MENU LEVEL is shown at the bottom of the display,
after"Menu". There three USER LEVELS of option menus and displays
available with LASR_MAN. They are: 

   NORMAL.....(N) Basic options to select and print files.
   ADVANCED...(A) Expanded options such as page titles and option files.
   EXPERT.....(E) Full system options.

For a summary of the various LASR_MAN options available at each USER
LEVEL, press HELPSECTION [5]. 

As distributed, LASR_MAN is set for the basic MENU level of NORMAL and
DISPLAY level of MINIMAL, for Function menus only. 

-> To toggle the USER level at any point during LASR_MAN operation, press
[F8]. 


USER LEVEL - DISPLAY

The BACKGROUND DISPLAY, at both MAIN MENU and FUNCTION MENU selection,
may contain a variety of information. The current USER DISPLAY LEVEL is
at the bottom of the display, after "Display". If a '+' is shown also,
the BACKGROUND DISPLAY will be the same at the MAIN MENU as it is at the
FUNCTION MENUS. There four DISPLAY LEVELS of information available with
LASR_MAN. They are: 

   NONE....... No BACKGROUND DISPLAY.
   MINIMAL.... DISPLAY information about the selected option.
   PARTIAL.... Information about the selected and related options.
   FULL....... Information about all of the options for the selected
               function.

-> To toggle the BACKGROUND INFORMATION DISPLAY at any point during
LASR_MAN operation, press [F9]. This INFORMATION DISPLAY has eight
levels, any of which may be set by repeatedly pressing the [F9] key. 



 SETUP MENU
           The   SETUP FUNCTION MENU   includes:
                 ═══════════════════
PROGRAM MODE..(N) COACH, with auto menuing or MENU with user selected.
USER LEVEL....(N) Select the user level of menus & displays to use.
SAVE SETUP....(N) Save the current SETUP information.
PRINTER.......(A) Select the type of printer - LaserJet or DeskJet. 
PRINT FONTS...(A) Select the printer soft fonts/type fonts to use.
MONITOR.......(E) Toggle the display between monochrome, CGA color (8
                  background colors) and EGA/VGA color (16 background). 
MOUSE.........(E) Change the mouse sensitivity, switch mouse buttons.
MENU COLORS...(E) Change the colors of any of the eight menu types.
DATE FORMAT...(E) Set the date display format.
LANGUAGE......(E) Specify the display language for menus and messages.

-> To select a SETUP OPTION, press its highlighted letter or move the
highlight bar to it and press [┘]. 

-> To select a MAIN MENU FUNCTION, press its highlighted letter. 


PROGRAM COACH AND AUTO MODE

Since the SETUP FUNCTION is one that is not normally used during routine
LASR_MAN operation, a "shortcut" has been built into the COACH and AUTO
program MODES to allow routinely bypassing the SETUP FUNCTION options as
a default.

-> To bypass displaying and selecting the SETUP options, press [┘] or
the "Yes" highlight letter.

-> To change any of the program SETUP options, press the "No" highlight
letter.



 PROGRAM MODE
The current PROGRAM MODE is displayed to the right of the "MODE:" option
on the SETUP function selection menu, and on the bottom help lines. 

The active PROGRAM MODE is shown at the bottom of the display, after
"Mode". LASR_MAN has four possible MODES of operation:

   MENU....... Selection menus are available, based on the current USER
               MENU LEVEL, and are presented in the order requested by
               the user. 

   COACH...... Selection menus, for all NOVICE and ADVANCED level
               options, are automatically presented in a preset order,
               based on the current USER MENU LEVEL. After an option from
               one menu is selected, the next menu is displayed. (NO
               EXPERT LEVEL OPTIONS DISPLAYED)

   AUTO-XX.... Menus are presented in the same manner as COACH mode, but
               a time limit, XX, from 0 to 99 seconds is allowed for user
               response. If no user response is made, the default option
               is automatically taken. 

   TUTOR...... A guided tour of LASR_MAN is given, with nine of the most
               important LASR_MAN tasks being explained in detail.
               Printed output from the TUTOR session can be a test
               document or the LASR_MAN documentation.

As distributed, the default PROGRAM MODE is TUTOR.

-> To toggle the PROGRAM MODE, highlight the PROGRAM MODE option and
press [┘]. 


AUTOMATIC MODE USER RESPONSE TIMER

A timer, from 0 to 99 seconds, is available in the LASR_MAN AUTOMATIC
MODE to allow user response. When AUTOMATIC MODE is specified during
LASR_MAN operation, rather than on the command line, a fixed number of
timer values is available.

When in AUTOMATIC MODE, the current user response timer value is shown at
the right of the bottom help line: a block denotes that more than ten
seconds remain.

-> To cancel AUTOMATIC MODE, and return to the previous program mode,
press [ESCAPE].

-> To complete specifying AUTOMATIC MODE and set the response timer,
press the first digit of the response timer value desired or move the
highlight bar to it and press [┘].
>>>>> NOTE  LIMITED OPTIONS AVAILABLE TO UNREGISTERED USERS.



 USER LEVEL
OPTIONS available with the various USER LEVELS, tabulated by FUNCTION:

     SETUP        OPTIONS      FILES SELECT      PRINT          EXIT
     ═════        ═══════      ════════════      ═════          ════
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  NORMAL  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Program Mode   Set Style      Data Path      Paper Source   Exit to DOS
User Level                    File Select/ ┐ Print These ┐  Cancel
Save SETUP                              Tag┘        Files┘  Save SETUP
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  ADVANCED    - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Printer        Edit Style     File Mask      Output To      Save Options
Print Fonts    Option File                                
               Page Title 
               Font
               Option Switches
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -  EXPERT  - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Monitor        Change File    Archive Bit    Reverse 2nd Pass
Mouse          Cover File                    Generate Key┐
Menu Colors    Line/Page Limit                 Word Index┘
Date Format    STAMP-IT!                     INDX-IT!
Language


USER MENU LEVEL

There are three USER LEVELS of option menus and displays available with
LASR_MAN. They are: 

   NORMAL.....(N) Basic options to select and print files.
   ADVANCED...(A) Expanded options such as page titles and option files.
   EXPERT.....(E) Full system options.

For a summary of the various LASR_MAN options available at each USER
LEVEL, press [PAGEUP]. 

As distributed, LASR_MAN is set for the basic MENU level of NORMAL and
DISPLAY level of NORMAL, for Function menus only. 

-> To return to the SETUP menu, press [ESCAPE].

-> To select the desired USER MENU LEVEL, press the highlighted letter of
the desired level or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘].The
DISPLAY LEVEL menu is next displayed. 


USER DISPLAY LEVEL

The DISPLAY LEVEL MENU determines the quantity of BACKGROUND INFORMATION
that will appear when LASR_MAN is waiting at either at the MAIN MENU for
Function selection, or at one of the FUNCTION MENUS for Option selection.
This options primary reason is to be able to set an uncluttered display
for those that desire it. There four DISPLAY LEVELS of information
available with LASR_MAN. They are: 

   NONE....... No BACKGROUND DISPLAY, only essential data.
   MINIMAL.... DISPLAY information about the selected option.
   PARTIAL.... Information about the selected and related options.
   FULL....... Information about all of the options related to the
               selected function.

-> To return to the SETUP menu, press [ESCAPE].
-> To select the desired USER DISPLAY LEVEL, press the desired level
highlighted letter or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. A
prompt to determine when to display the BACKGROUND INFORMATION is
displayed next. 


BACKGROUND DISPLAY?...

The BACKGROUND INFORMATION is normally displayed when any MAIN MENU
FUNCTION is selected and its OPTION MENU is displayed. (Note that it can
be suppressed by the previous USER DISPLAY LEVEL menu.) 

Additionally, the BACKGROUND INFORMATION can be displayed when LASR_MAN
is at the MAIN MENU waiting for a FUNCTION to be selected. 

-> To return to the SETUP menu, press [ESCAPE].

-> To additionally display the BACKGROUND INFORMATION at the MAIN MENU,
press the "Yes" highlight letter. 

-> To suppress the BACKGROUND INFORMATION display at the MAIN MENU, press
the "No" highlight letter. 



 SAVE SETUP
LASR_MAN SETUP information - those features that are changed by the SETUP
function menu and several others such as PAPER SOURCE - may be saved for
use by LASR_MAN with this option. Each time LASR_MAN is run, this SETUP
information will be reloaded. 

When the SAVE SETUP option is selected, a verification prompt is
displayed. 

-> To cancel this selection without SAVING the SETUP information, press
the "No" highlight letter or [ESCAPE].

-> To SAVE the SETUP information, press the "Yes" highlight letter. The
SETUP information will be saved and an informational message displayed,
with the name and path of the SETUP file. 

-> To continue, press any key.



 PRINTER
LASR_MAN supports both Hewlett-Packard LaserJet and DeskJet printers.
LaserJet support is denoted on this menu by "LJet" and DeskJet by "DJet". 

This support extends to any printer that uses the Printer Control
Language (PCL), Level 4 or higher.

A variety of LASR_MAN parameters are affected by the choice of printers.
These include PAPER SIZE, PAPER SOURCE and PRINT FONT TO USE, both for
the individual fonts and globally. 


The print fonts available for the various printer selections include:
LaserJet +....... Internal and Type 1 soft fonts - a 192 character soft
                  font set (ASCII 32-127 and 160-255), in both portrait
                  and landscape, is required by some of the early
                  LaserJet models and their compatibles. In general, use
                  Type 1 fonts only if your printer will not work with
                  Type 2. 
LaserJet II...... Internal and Type 2 soft fonts - ASCII characters
                  32-255, in both portrait and landscape, is required for
                  LaserJet II and compatibles that cannot rotate a
                  portrait font to landscape. (HP IID/P can rotate fonts)
LaserJet III/IV.. Internal and Type 2 soft fonts, in portrait mode only,
                  or LaserJet IID/IIP/III/IV and compatibles. THIS IS THE
                  NORMAL DEFAULT. 
DeskJet, 0K...... Internal fonts only, required for DeskJet, DeskJet +,
                  and DeskJet 500 and compatibles. These printers,
                  without additional memory, are not capable of accepting
                  soft fonts. 
DeskJet, 256K.... Internal and soft fonts for DeskJet printers with at
                  least a 256K memory cartridge, and compatibles. 


PRINTER SELECTION

This PRINTER selection function will not change these LASR_MAN parameters
until a different printer is selected. At that time, all of the affected
parameters are set to their default values. 

-> To leave the PRINTER as currently selected, press [ESCAPE].

-> To change the PRINTER to the desired one, press its highlighted letter
or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. A print change message
will then be displayed.

-> To leave the printer as currently set, press [ESCAPE].

-> To change the printer, press any other key.


 DEFAULT PRINT FONTS TO USE

The default PRINTER FONTS used for the five possible output pitches may
be selected by use of this option. 

Most laser/ink jet printers have internal 10/12/16 cpi fonts (although
they may not be able to print these three fonts in both Portrait and
Landscape). Use of the internal fonts, or those from a cartridge, will
produce higher print speeds than using the soft fonts, due to the
required soft font download time.

-> To CHANGE the DEFAULT FONT TYPE for an OUTPUT PITCH, press its
highlighted letter or move the highlight bar to the desired PITCH and
press [┘]. A menu of AVAILABLE FONT TYPEFACES, in alphabetic order, will
be displayed.

-> To return to the SETUP menu, press [ESCAPE].


    FOR DEFAULT FONT SELECTION OPERATIONAL DETAILS, PRESS [DOWNARROW].


DEFAULT FONT SELECTION (Continued)

The AVAILABLE FONT TYPEFACES list displays, for the selected PITCH, the
FONT TYPEFACES in alphabetic order, along with their description and the
date on which they were last modified. Those fonts that are internal or
cartridge are starred, '*'.

-> To POSITION the highlight bar on a specific FONT, press the FIRST
LETTER of the FONT name. The highlight bar will be positioned on the
first FONT name that starts with this letter. To continue the search,
press the NEXT LETTER of the FONT name. Continue this procedure until the
desired FONT is highlighted. 

>>>>> NOTES Pressing any cursor control key will discontinue the search.
If no FONT exists for the key pressed, a short beep will be heard. 

-> To return to the SETUP menu, press [ESCAPE].


 FOR MORE DEFAULT FONT SELECTION OPERATIONAL DETAILS, PRESS [DOWNARROW]. 


DEFAULT FONT SELECTION (Continued)

-> To select a DEFAULT FONT TYPEFACE, move the highlight bar to it and
press [┘].

-> To view the contents of any FONT FILE, move the highlight bar to the
desired file name using the arrow keys and press [F2]. 

-> To DELETE a FONT TYPEFACE, move the highlight bar to it and press
[DEL]. A verify menu will be displayed next. Press the "Yes" highlight
letter to DELETE the highlighted FONT TYPEFACE file; the "No" highlight
letter or [ESCAPE] to cancel the operation.

-> To CREATE a new INTERNAL FONT TYPEFACE description and selection file,
press [INS]. A SAVE FONT TYPEFACE FILE data entry window will be
displayed, which will allow editing of the FONT TYPEFACE FILE name and
description. 

WARNING: DO NOT USE THE SAME NAME AS A CURRENT SOFT FONT TYPEFACE FILE OR
THE SOFT FONT FILE WILL BE LOST!



 MOUSE PARAMETERS MENU
The MOUSE MENU allows the mouse parameters to be modified. Mouse speed
and sensitivity are controlled by the number of mouse "mickeys" per
screen pixel in both the horizontal (X) and vertical (Y) directions. The
larger these values are, the slower the mouse speed and the less
sensitive it will be. The default values are X=128 and Y=64. 

-> To change the HORIZONTAL MOUSE sensitivity, press [X]. Now edit the
MICKEYS/PIXEL as desired. Press [┘] to accept the edited value or
[ESCAPE] to restore the previous value. 

-> To change the VERTICAL MOUSE sensitivity, press [Y]. Now edit the
MICKEYS/PIXEL as desired. Press [┘] to accept the edited value or
[ESCAPE] to restore the previous value. 

-> To swap the functions of the LEFT and RIGHT MOUSE BUTTONS, press the
"Left" highlight letter.



 CHANGE MENU COLORS MENU
The CHANGE MENU COLORS MENU options include the eight TYPES OF MENU
windows used by LASR_MAN and default color reset options. 

-> To reset all of the menu colors to the original defaults, press the
desired "Default" highlight letter.

-> To change the colors of a MENU TYPE window, press its highlighted
letter or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. 

A sample menu window with the current colors is displayed. This sample
shows how the menu will appear as the colors are changed. 

-> To change the BACKGROUND COLORS, use the [UP] and [DOWN] arrow keys.
There are sixteen background colors. 

-> To change the FOREGROUND COLORS, use the [LEFT] and [RIGHT] arrow
keys. There are sixteen foreground colors. 

-> To accept the menu color change, press [┘] . The display will then be
refreshed to show the changed colors. 



 DATE FORMAT
LASR_MAN has the ability to display DATES in a variety of FORMATS.
Additionally, the character used to separate the various date fields - 
year, month, day - may be specified. 

-> To set the desired DATE display FORMAT, press the highlighted letter
of the desired FORMAT or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. A
check mark will be placed in front of this FORMAT, signifying that it is
the current DATE display FORMAT. 

-> To change the DATE SEPARATOR CHARACTER, press its highlighted letter.
The current character will be highlighted. Edit this character and then
press [┘] to accept it. 

-> To accept the DATE FORMAT as displayed, press the "Accept" highlight
letter.

-> To restore the DATE FORMAT as it was, press [ESCAPE].



 LANGUAGE
LASR_MAN has the ability to display its menus and text information in any
language, using a LANGUAGE CONFIGURATION FILE. The default LANGUAGE has
its menus and text in English. When the LANGUAGE option is selected, a
task menu with three options is displayed. 

The CHANGE option allows selection of a different LANGUAGE file for
display of menus and text. 

The NEW option creates a named LANGUAGE file, based on the English
LANGUAGE file. This file contains two text strings for each parameter;
one comment string in English, and the other for translation into the
target language. 

The UPDATE option, normally not needed since updates are automatic, will
apply the current UPDATE LANGUAGE file to any other LANGUAGE file.

-> To select the desired TASK, press the highlighted letter of the
desired TASK or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘].
-> To return to the FUNCTION menu, press [ESCAPE].


CHANGE LANGUAGE

When selected, a menu of all currently available LANGUAGE files will be
displayed. 

-> To select a LANGUAGE, press the highlighted letter of the desired
LANGUAGE file or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. The
selected LANGUAGE file will then be read and its information used for the
display. The corresponding help file, if present, will also become
active.

-> To leave the LANGUAGE set as it currently is, press [ESCAPE].


NEW LANGUAGE

The program has the ability to generate a new LANGUAGE file from the
ENGLISH LANGUAGE file. This file will have two records for each
parameter: the first, a comment line showing the English version, and the
second with the English text for translation. Generating a NEW LANGUAGE
file does not do any translation; it only generates the necessary file on
which the translation can then be done.

-> To GENERATE a NEW LANGUAGE file, first select this TASK. An eight
   character field for the LANGUAGE name is displayed. Enter and edit the
   files name using the edit action keys shown on the bottom help line.

-> To accept the NEW LANGUAGE name as edited, press [┘]. A file, with
this name and an extension of ".BLD", will be created. It must then be
translated and the extension then changed to ".LAN" before use.

-> To cancel this TASK and return to the FUNCTION menu, press [ESCAPE].


UPDATE LANGUAGE

As changes are made to the program, changes may also be necessary to the
associated LANGUAGE files. LANGUAGE FILE UPDATES, if present, are
automatically made to all current LANGUAGE files when the program is
loaded. They are also made to a file named "UPDATE", which contains a
list of all text changes since the last major release.

If a LANGUAGE file is added to the system that has not been updated, it
may be brought up to the current level with this task.

-> To UPDATE a LANGUAGE, press the highlighted letter of the desired
LANGUAGE or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. If the selected
language file is not at the current level, it will be updated using the
UPDATE LANGUAGE file. If the LANGUAGE file is at the current level, a
verify menu will be displayed. Select the appropriate option from this
menu.

-> To cancel UPDATING A LANGUAGE file, press [ESCAPE].

 

 OPTIONS MENU
                The   OPTIONS FUNCTION MENU   includes:
                      ═════════════════════
SET STYLE...........(N) Select the desired output style file.
EDIT STYLE FILE.....(A) Edit the currently selected style file.
OPTION FILE.........(A) Loads an option file with preset option values.
PAGE TITLE..........(A) Suppress or select the style for the page title.
FONT................(A) Select the desired typeface font.
OPTION SWITCHES.....(A) Menu of option switches that may be set/toggled.
CHANGE CONFIG.......(E) Load a file that will modify the current printer
                        configuration, set by the configuration file, and
                        selection of the paper size.
COVER FILE..........(E) Select a cover file to print before the other
                        selected files. 
LINES/PAGE LIMIT....(E) Limit each text page to a set number of lines.
STAMP-IT!...........(E) Half-tone "rubber stamp" to print on each text
                        page. 

-> To select an OPTIONS OPTION, press its highlighted letter or move the
highlight bar to it and press [┘].



 SET STYLE FILE
The STYLE FILE contains all the required options for a specific STYLE OF
OUTPUT, such as the size paper, number of text page per side, margins,
and other style parameters. STYLE FILES may be named descriptively or
automatically, based on the major style option settings. Each STYLE FILE
may contain a description summarizing the settings. 

Both the file name and description can be computer generated, based on
the STYLE general options. The format followed is: 

        T Output type               S Sides of the sheet printed
        Z Paper size                h Text pages horizontally
        O Sheet orientation         v Text pages vertically
        F Font pitch

A default STYLE FILE is loaded if no STYLE FILE option is specified. The
default STYLE FILE name is the same as the program, LASR_MAN. All STYLE
FILES have an extension of the initials of LASR_MAN initials along with
the letter 'S'. 


STYLE FILE SELECTION

-> To select a different STYLE FILE select the STYLE FILE option. A menu
of available STYLE FILES, in alphabetic order, will be displayed. The
STYLE FILES menu displays all of the available STYLE FILES, along with
their descriptions and the date that they were last edited. 

>>>>> NOTE  The first file listed is that which is CURRENTLY in effect.
If this "file" is selected, the file WILL NOT be re-read, in order to
preserve any editing changes that have been made to it but not yet saved. 

-> To SELECT a STYLE FILE to load, move the highlight bar to the desired
STYLE FILE and press [┘]. 

-> To CANCEL this operation and leave the STYLE setting options
unchanged, press [ESCAPE]. 


STYLE FILE SELECTION (Continued)

-> To POSITION the highlight bar on a specific file, press the FIRST
LETTER of the file name. The highlight bar will be positioned on the
first file name that starts with this letter. To continue the search,
press the NEXT LETTER of the file name. Continue this procedure until the
desired file is highlighted. 

>>>>> NOTE  Pressing any cursor control key will discontinue the search.
If no file exists for the key pressed, a short beep will be heard. 

-> To VIEW the contents of a STYLE FILE, move the highlight bar to it and
press [F2]. 

-> To DELETE a STYLE FILE, move the highlight bar to it and press [DEL].
A confirmation prompt will then be displayed. To DELETE this STYLE FILE,
press the "Yes" highlight letter. 



 EDIT STYLE FILE MENU
The EDIT STYLE FILE MENU consists of four sections - GENERAL, HORIZONTAL,
VERTICAL, and the unlabeled COMPLETION/EXIT. 

The GENERAL section contains the definitions of the major STYLE options.

The HORIZONTAL section defines the various horizontal margins and
options. 

The VERTICAL section defines the various vertical margins and options. 

The COMPLETION section allows accepting and/or saving of the edited STYLE
options or selection of a different STYLE FILE. 

In addition to the EDIT STYLE FILE MENU, graphical displays of both the
TEXT PAGE and the SHEET information are shown, for DISPLAY LEVELS of
PARTIAL and FULL. 


EDITING THE STYLE OPTIONS

To edit an existing STYLE FILE or to create new one:

1. Begin with the GENERAL section and change the various options in the
order in which they are presented. You can press [F6] for a display of
Maximum Text Page Sizes at any point. 

2. After all GENERAL parameters have been set, you can assure the maximum
sized TEXT PAGE(S) by pressing [F4]. 

3. Optionally, adjust the desired HORIZONTAL CHARACTERS PER LINE and the
VERTICAL LINES PER PAGE values. 

4. Now the various margins may be equalized by pressing [F5]. 

5. Finally, adjust the individual margin parameters as desired.


STYLE MENU OPTION ACTIONS

-> To EXIT from the EDIT menu, press [ESCAPE], followed by [┘].
-> To MOVE from one SECTION to another, press the desired section . 
-> To MOVE from one OPTION to another within a section, press the
highlighted letter of the desired option. 
-> To TOGGLE the displayed MEASURE from one option to the next, press
[F3]. The data will be displayed using the selected measure. 
-> To FORCE the text pages to be as large as possible, based on the
selected GENERAL STYLE options, press [F4]. 
-> To FORCE both the sheet and text page border margins to be as equal as
possible, press [F5]. 
-> To DISPLAY a Maximum Text Page Sizes table for the currently selected
options, press [F6]. 
-> To TOGGLE a highlighted toggle option, press [LEFT], [RIGHT], [SPACE],
or [┘]. 
-> To EDIT a highlighted data option, press [┘].


STYLE - GENERAL - TYPE (Press [PAGEUP] for EDIT STYLE Summary)

This option toggles the STYLE TYPE. The THREE available options include: 

NORMAL - Text pages are printed on the paper sheet with the first text
         page in the upper left corner and the last text page for this
         side in the lower right of the sheet. This type can also produce
         a "book" when set to one text page per side and printing is done
         on both sides. 
BOOK -   PORTRAIT - Each printed sheet is divided into two book pages;
         one on the top portion of the sheet and the other on the bottom
         portion of the sheet.
         LANDSCAPE - Each printed sheet is divided into two book pages;
         one on the left side of the sheet and the other on the right
         side of the sheet.
PAMPHLET Same as BOOK, except each single file is printed on its own set
         of sheets - a book with a single chapter, if you will. 

-> To toggle the STYLE TYPE, first highlight this option and then press
[LEFT], [RIGHT], [SPACE], or [┘]. 


STYLE - GENERAL - SIZE

This option toggles the STYLE SIZE of PAPER to use. The FOUR available
options include: 

   LETTER            - 8.5" x 11"      216mm x 279mm.
   LEGAL             - 8.5" x 14"      216mm x 356mm.
   A4                - 8.25"x 11.7"    210mm x 297mm.
   EXEC, Executive   - 7.25"x 10.5"    184mm x 267mm.

-> To toggle STYLE SIZE, first highlight this option and then press
[LEFT], [RIGHT], [SPACE], or [┘]. 


STYLE - GENERAL - ORIENTATION 

This option toggles the STYLE ORIENTATION to use. The TWO available
options include: 

 ┌───┐      PORTRAIT
 │   │
 └───┘
Each sheet is printed in portrait orientation, with the printing being
parallel with the SHORT side of the sheet.

 ┌─────┐    LANDSCAPE
 └─────┘
Each sheet is printed in landscape orientation, with the printing being
parallel with the LONG side of the sheet.

-> To toggle STYLE ORIENTATION, first highlight this option and then
press [LEFT], [RIGHT], [SPACE], or [┘]. 


STYLE - GENERAL - PITCH

This option toggles the STYLE PITCH to use. The FIVE available options
include: 

   10 -  10 characters per inch (cpi).
   12 -  12 cpi.
   17 -  16.67 cpi.
   23 -  23 cpi.
   33 -  33 cpi.

-> To toggle STYLE PITCH, first highlight this option and then press
[LEFT], [RIGHT], [SPACE], or [┘]. 


STYLE - GENERAL - TEXT PAGES
This option selects the STYLE TEXT PAGES per side of the output printed
sheet to use. This option uses a selection menu tailored to the selected
STYLE TYPE. 

NORMAL TYPE style can have any combination of from one to ten text pages
horizontally and vertically - for a total of from 1 to 100 text pages per
side. 
BOOK TYPE styles must have an even number of text pages in one direction
- they may then have from one to ten in the other direction.

-> To select the STYLE TEXT PAGES, first highlight this option and then
press [┘]. A selection menu will be displayed, with the valid selection
for the current STYLE TYPE highlighted. Move the highlight bar to the
desired TEXT PAGES and press [┘]. 
>>>>> NOTE  When STYLE TEXT PAGES is set, an arbitrary decision is made
as to how many TEXT PAGES will be printed horizontally and how many
vertically. If these setting are not the ones desired, just set either
one to the correct value. For example, if you select 12 TEXT PAGES per
side, the horizontal or vertical TEXT PAGES may be set to 2, 3, 4, or 6. 


STYLE - GENERAL - SIDES

This option toggles the STYLE SIDES to use. The TWO available options
are: 

   1  Single sided printing. Only the front side of each paper sheet will
      be printed. (Only valid for NORMAL STYLE TYPE) 

   2  Double sided printing. Requires either the use of a Duplex printer,
      or the first side must be printed in one pass through the printer
      and then this output must be printed again on the other side - a
      second pass through the printer. (Required for BOOK and PAMPHLET
      STYLE TYPE) 

-> To toggle STYLE SIDES, first highlight this option and then press
[LEFT], [RIGHT], [SPACE], or [┘]. 


STYLE - GENERAL - BINDING 

This option toggles the STYLE type of BINDING to use. The TWO available
BINDING options include: 

   VERT  Vertical binding margin to either the left or right of the
         printed text pages. 

   HORIZ Horizontal binding margin to either the top or the bottom of the
         printed text pages. 

-> To toggle STYLE BINDING, first highlight this option and then press
[LEFT], [RIGHT], [SPACE], or [┘]. 


STYLE - GENERAL - BINDING MARGIN

This option allows input/editing of the STYLE MARGIN to use. The size of
the margin may range from none to the width of the paper sheet (for VERT
BINDING) or the height of the paper sheet (for HORIZ BINDING). 

-> To enter/edit STYLE MARGIN, first highlight this option and then press
[┘]. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action keys noted on the
bottom help line. To accept this field as edited, press [┘]. 


STYLE - GENERAL - MEASURE

This option toggles the STYLE MEASURE to use. All of the data for the
STYLE options will be displayed using this selected MEASURE. The FIVE
available options include: 

   IN... Inches.
   MM... Millimeters.
   CHR.. Characters.
   DOT.. Dots - 300 per inch.
   DP... Decipoints - 720 per inch (This is the measure that all of the
         data is stored in).

-> To toggle STYLE MEASURE, first highlight this option and then press
[LEFT], [RIGHT], [SPACE], or [┘]. 

>>>>> NOTE  MEASURE may also be toggled by pressing [F3] at any STYLE
MENU prompt. 


STYLE - HORIZONTAL - TEXT PAGES
This option selects the STYLE HORIZONTAL TEXT PAGES per side of the
output printed sheet to use. It uses a selection menu tailored to the
selected STYLE TEXT PAGES. 

NORMAL TYPE style can have any combination from one to ten text pages
horizontally and vertically - from 1 to 100. BOOK TYPE styles must have
an even number of text pages in one direction - they may then have from
one to ten in the other direction. 

-> To select the STYLE HORIZONTAL TEXT PAGES, first highlight this option
and then press [┘]. A selection menu will be displayed, with the valid
selections for the current STYLE TEXT PAGES highlighted. Move the
highlight bar to the desired HORIZONTAL TEXT PAGES and press [┘]. 

>>>>> NOTE  When STYLE TEXT PAGES is set, an arbitrary decision is made
as to how many TEXT PAGES will be printed Horizontally and vertically. If
these setting are not the ones desired, just set either to the correct
value. For example, if you select 12 TEXT PAGES per side, the horizontal
or vertical TEXT PAGES may be set to 2, 3, 4, or 6.


STYLE - HORIZONTAL - CHARACTER PER LINE

This option allows editing of the STYLE TEXT PAGE CHARACTERS PER LINE to
use. The valid range of the TEXT PAGE CHARACTERS PER LINE is from 1 to
the maximum number of characters that will fit, on the text line, with
the minimum margin settings. 

-> To edit the TEXT PAGE CHARACTERS PER LINE, first highlight this option
and then press [┘]. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action
keys noted on the bottom help line. To accept the field as edited, press
[┘].

>>>>> NOTE  Pressing [F4] at any STYLE MENU prompt will set the TEXT PAGE
CHARACTERS PER LINE to its MAXIMUM value, decreasing all of the
horizontal margins to their minimums. 


STYLE - HORIZONTAL - MARGIN

This option allows editing of the STYLE HORIZONTAL MARGIN to use.
HORIZONTAL MARGIN space will be placed on both sides of each text page.
The HORIZONTAL MARGIN is measured from the sheet border to the start of
the left most text page and from right of each text page to the divider
area. The valid range of the HORIZONTAL MARGIN is from 0 to the value
that will use all of the available margin. AVAILABLE HORIZONTAL MARGIN is
the width of the selected sheet less the width of all Horizontal text
pages. 

-> To edit the HORIZONTAL MARGIN, first highlight this option and then
press [┘]. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action keys noted
on the bottom help line. To accept the field as edited, press [┘]. 


STYLE - HORIZONTAL - DIVIDER

This option allows editing of the STYLE HORIZONTAL DIVIDER to use.
HORIZONTAL DIVIDER space will be placed between text pages. The
HORIZONTAL DIVIDER is measured from the right of one text page to the
left of the next text page. The valid range of the HORIZONTAL DIVIDER is
from 2*HORIZONTAL MARGIN to the value that will use all of the available
margin. AVAILABLE HORIZONTAL MARGIN is the width of the selected sheet
less the width of all Horizontal text pages. 

-> To edit the HORIZONTAL DIVIDER, first highlight this option and then
press [┘]. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action keys noted
on the bottom help line. To accept the field as edited, press [┘]. 


STYLE - HORIZONTAL - LEFT MARGIN

This option allows editing of the STYLE HORIZONTAL LEFT MARGIN to use.
LEFT MARGIN space will be placed from either the left edge of the sheet
or the right edge of a VERTICAL BINDING MARGIN, if specified, to the left
edge of the first text page. The valid range of the LEFT MARGIN is from
the minimum left margin plus the HORIZONTAL MARGIN to the value that will
use all of the available margin. AVAILABLE HORIZONTAL MARGIN is the width
of the selected sheet less the width of all Horizontal text pages. 

-> To edit the HORIZONTAL LEFT MARGIN, first highlight this option and
then press [┘]. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action keys
noted on the bottom help line. To accept the field as edited, press [┘]. 


STYLE - HORIZONTAL - RIGHT MARGIN

This option allows editing of the STYLE HORIZONTAL RIGHT MARGIN to use.
RIGHT MARGIN space will be placed from the right of the right-most text
page to the right edge of the sheet. The valid range of the RIGHT MARGIN
is from the minimum right margin plus the HORIZONTAL MARGIN to the value
that will use all of the available margin. AVAILABLE HORIZONTAL MARGIN is
the width of the selected sheet less the width of all Horizontal text
pages. 

-> To edit the HORIZONTAL RIGHT MARGIN, first highlight this option and
then press [┘]. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action keys
noted on the bottom help line. To accept the field as edited, press [┘].


STYLE - HORIZONTAL - WIDTH

This option allows editing of the STYLE HORIZONTAL WIDTH, the distance
between adjacent characters. The valid range of the HORIZONTAL WIDTH is
from zero to the width of the sheet. 

STYLE HORIZONTAL WIDTH is normally adjusted slightly to accommodate a
desired number of CHARACTERS PER TEXT LINE. 

Practically, HORIZONTAL WIDTH SHOULD NOT BE CHANGED MUCH FROM ITS DEFAULT
VALUE OR OVERPRINTING OR UNSIGHTLY BLANK SPACING WILL OCCUR. 

>>>>> NOTE  For best accuracy, use the DECIPOINT MEASURE when working
with this value.

-> To edit the HORIZONTAL WIDTH, first highlight this option and then
press [┘]. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action keys noted
on the bottom help line. To accept the field as edited, press [┘]. 


STYLE - VERTICAL - TEXT PAGES
This option selects the STYLE VERTICAL TEXT PAGES per side of the output
printed sheet to use. It uses a selection menu that is tailored to the
selected STYLE TEXT PAGES. 

NORMAL TYPE style can have any combination from one to ten text pages
horizontally and vertically - from 1 to 100. BOOK TYPE styles must have
an even number of text pages in one direction - they may then have from
one to ten in the other direction. 

-> To select the STYLE VERTICAL TEXT PAGES, first highlight this option
and then press [┘]. A selection menu will be displayed, with the valid
selections for the current STYLE TEXT PAGES highlighted. Move the
highlight bar to the desired VERTICAL TEXT PAGES and press [┘]. 

>>>>> NOTE  When STYLE TEXT PAGES is set, an arbitrary decision is made
as to how many TEXT PAGES will be printed Horizontally and vertically. If
these setting are not the ones desired, just set either to the correct
value. For example, if you select 12 TEXT PAGES per side, the Horizontal
or vertical TEXT PAGES may be set to 2, 3, 4, or 6.


STYLE - VERTICAL - LINES PER PAGE

This option allows editing of the STYLE TEXT PAGE LINES PER PAGE to use.
The valid range of the TEXT PAGE LINES PER PAGE is from 1 to the maximum
number of lines that will fit, on the text page, with the minimum margin
settings. 

-> To edit the TEXT PAGE LINES PER PAGE, first highlight this option and
then press [┘]. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action keys
noted on the bottom help line. To accept the field as edited, press [┘]. 
>>>>> NOTE  Pressing [F4] at any STYLE MENU prompt will set the TEXT PAGE
LINES PER PAGE to its MAXIMUM value, decreasing all of the vertical
margins to their minimums. 


STYLE - VERTICAL - MARGIN

This option allows editing of the STYLE VERTICAL MARGIN to use. VERTICAL
MARGIN space will be placed on both the top and bottom of each text page.
The VERTICAL MARGIN is measured from the sheet border to the top of the
top most text page and from the bottom of each text page to the divider
area. The valid range of the VERTICAL MARGIN is from 0 to the value that
will use all of the available margin. AVAILABLE VERTICAL MARGIN is the
height of the selected sheet less the height of all vertical text pages. 

-> To edit the VERTICAL MARGIN, first highlight this option and then
press [┘]. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action keys noted
on the bottom help line. To accept the field as edited, press [┘].


STYLE - VERTICAL - DIVIDER

This option allows editing of the STYLE VERTICAL DIVIDER to use. VERTICAL
DIVIDER space will be placed between text pages. The VERTICAL DIVIDER is
measured from the bottom of one text page to the top of the next text
page. The valid range of the VERTICAL DIVIDER is from 2*VERTICAL MARGIN
to the value that will use all of the available margin. AVAILABLE
VERTICAL MARGIN is the height of the selected sheet less the height of
all vertical text pages. 

-> To edit the VERTICAL DIVIDER, first highlight this option and then
press [┘]. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action keys noted
on the bottom help line. To accept the field as edited, press [┘]. 


STYLE - VERTICAL - TOP MARGIN

This option allows editing of the STYLE VERTICAL TOP MARGIN to use. TOP
MARGIN space will be placed either from the top edge of the sheet or the
bottom edge of a VERTICAL BINDING MARGIN, if specified, to the top edge
of the first text page. The valid range of the TOP MARGIN is from the
minimum top margin plus the VERTICAL MARGIN to the value that will use
all of the available margin. AVAILABLE VERTICAL MARGIN is the height of
the selected sheet less the height of all vertical text pages. 

-> To edit the VERTICAL TOP MARGIN, first highlight this option and then
press [┘]. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action keys noted
on the bottom help line. To accept the field as edited, press [┘]. 


STYLE - VERTICAL - BOTTOM MARGIN

This option allows editing of the STYLE VERTICAL BOTTOM MARGIN to use.
BOTTOM MARGIN space will be placed from the bottom of the bottom-most
text page to the bottom edge of the sheet. The valid range of the BOTTOM
MARGIN is from the minimum bottom margin plus the VERTICAL MARGIN to the
value that will use all of the available margin. AVAILABLE VERTICAL
MARGIN is the height of the selected sheet less the height of all
vertical text pages. 

-> To edit the VERTICAL BOTTOM MARGIN, first highlight this option and
then press [┘]. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action keys
noted on the bottom help line. To accept the field as edited, press [┘].


STYLE - VERTICAL - HEIGHT

This option allows editing of the STYLE VERTICAL HEIGHT between text
lines to use. The valid range of the VERTICAL HEIGHT is from zero to the
height of the sheet. 

STYLE VERTICAL HEIGHT is normally adjusted slightly to accommodate a
desired number of LINES PER TEXT PAGE. 

Practically, VERTICAL HEIGHT SHOULD NOT BE CHANGED MUCH FROM ITS DEFAULT
VALUE OR OVERPRINTING OR UNSIGHTLY BLANK SPACING WILL OCCUR. 

>>>>> NOTE  For best accuracy, use the DECIPOINT MEASURE when working
with this value.

-> To edit the VERTICAL HEIGHT, first highlight this option and then
press [┘]. Now edit the highlighted field, using the action keys noted
on the bottom help line. To accept the field as edited, press [┘]. 


STYLE - ACCEPT

ACCEPT will set the STYLE options to those values that are currently
displayed, and then return to the OPTION function menu. It WILL NOT save
these values in the named STYLE FILE. 

>>>>> NOTE  To save the values as displayed, you should select the SAVE
option rather than the ACCEPT option. 

-> To ACCEPT the currently displayed STYLE options and then return to the
OPTION function menu, highlight the ACCEPT option and press [┘]. 


STYLE - EXIT

EXIT will restore the STYLE options to those that were in effect before
the STYLE menu was displayed, and then return to the OPTION function
menu. 

-> To EXIT from the STYLE menu, restoring the STYLE options to their
previous values, and return to the OPTION function menu, highlight the
EXIT option and press [┘]. 


STYLE - SELECT ANOTHER

SELECT ANOTHER allows selection of another STYLE FILE without having to
return to the OPTIONS function menu. 

-> To SELECT ANOTHER STYLE FILE, highlight the SELECT ANOTHER option and
press [┘]. 


STYLE - SAVE

SAVE will set the STYLE options to the currently displayed values, allow
SAVING of the STYLE FILE using either its current name or another, and
then return to the OPTION function menu. 

-> To SAVE the currently displayed STYLE options, and then return to the
OPTION function menu, highlight the SAVE option and press [┘]. A STYLE
FILE data entry box will next be displayed. 

Any set of STYLE options may be saved to a user named file, for use later
to reset the option for this output STYLE. The STYLE FILE data entry
window display shows the name and description of the current file. The
name and the description may be edited prior to the file being saved. 





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STYLE - SAVE FILE (continued)

Both the name and description of the STYLE FILE can be computer
generated, based on the general options of the STYLE. The format followed
is: 

   T  Output type.
   Z  Paper size.
   O  Sheet orientation.
   F  Font pitch.
   S  Sides of the sheet printed.
   h  Text pages horizontally.
   v  Text pages vertically.

This format allows the eighth file name character to be used to
differentiate between like general option styles - for one with a binding
margin and one without. 


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STYLE - SAVE FILE - FILE NAME

-> To use the program name for the STYLE FILE name, press [F3].

-> To SWAP the current NAME and description of the STYLE FILE with a
computer generated name and description, based on the general options of
the STYLE, press [F4]. 

-> To CANCEL this operation, press [ESCAPE].

-> Edit the FILE NAME as desired. When done, press [┘].


STYLE - SAVE FILE - FILE DESCRIPTION

-> Edit the FILE DESCRIPTION as desired. 

-> To CANCEL this operation, press [ESCAPE].

-> When done with editing the FILE DESCRIPTION, press [┘]. 


STYLE - SAVE FILE - FILE EXISTS

If the FILE, as named, EXISTS, a confirmation prompt will be displayed -
answer as desired. 

When the file has been saved, a confirmation message will be displayed. 

-> Press any key to continue. 


STYLE - MAXIMUM TEXT PAGES/SIDE SIZES AVAILABLE

This table, generated and displayed by pressing [F6], shows the possible
text page sizes available with the currently selected STYLE parameters.

The upper portion of the table defines the MAXIMUM CHARACTERS/LINE, based
on the available pitches and the possible HORIZONTAL TEXT PAGES.

The lower portion of the table defines the MAXIMUM LINES/PAGE, based on
the available pitches and the possible VERTICAL TEXT PAGES.

Based on your knowledge of the material to be printed, you can balance
the displayed factors in order to determine what combination of pitch and
text pages will best meet your objectives.

-> To RETURN to the program, press any key.



 OPTION FILE
OPTION FILES contain pre-defined sets of program and printing options
that have been previously set either from the command line or by
selection menu. 

Although OPTION FILES may be created/edited by a text editor or word
processor, they are normally created by first setting the desired options
on the command line and/or selection menu, and then saving these current
options with either the SAVE feature of this option or the EXIT FUNCTION,
SAVE OPTIONS option. 

A default OPTIONS FILE is loaded, if no OPTIONS FILE option is specified.
The default OPTIONS FILE name is the same as the program, with the
program initials and the letter 'O' for the extension. 

-> To work with the program OPTION FILES, select the OPTION FILE option.
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OPTION FILE TASK SELECTION 

The OPTION FILE TASK menu includes these selections:

   CHANGE..... Select another option file.
   SAVE....... Save the current OPTION settings in a named OPTION FILE.
   RESTORE.... Restore the basic LASR_MAN default options.

-> To select an OPTION FILE TASK, press the highlighted letter of the
desired TASK or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘].

-> To return to the OPTION FUNCTION menu, press [ESCAPE].







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OPTION FILE SELECTION

The OPTION FILES menu displays all of the available OPTIONS FILES in
alphabetical order, along with their descriptions and the date that they
were last edited. 

-> To POSITION the highlight bar on a specific file, press the FIRST
LETTER of the file name. The highlight bar will be positioned on the
first file name that starts with this letter. To continue the search,
press the NEXT LETTER of the file name. Continue this procedure until the
desired file is highlighted. 
>>>>> NOTES Pressing any cursor control key will discontinue the search.
If no file exists for the key pressed, a short beep will be heard. 

-> To SELECT a OPTIONS FILE to load, move the highlight bar to the
desired OPTIONS FILE and press [┘]. 

-> To CANCEL this operation and leave the OPTIONS setting as they are
currently, press [ESCAPE]. 
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OPTION FILE SELECTION (continued)

-> To VIEW the contents of a OPTIONS FILE, move the highlight bar to it
and press [F2]. 

-> To SAVE an OPTIONS FILE, move the highlight bar to it and press [INS].
A SAVE OPTIONS FILE data entry window will be displayed, which will allow
editing of the OPTION FILE name and description. 

-> To DELETE a OPTIONS FILE, move the highlight bar to it and press
[DEL]. A confirmation prompt will then be displayed. To DELETE this
OPTIONS FILE, press [Y]. 


RESTORE PROGRAM DEFAULT OPTIONS

Selecting this option first displays a verification prompt and then, on a
positive response, resets the basic LASR_MAN SETUP and options to those
that were in effect when LASR_MAN was first installed.

-> To restore the basic program SETUP and options, press the "Yes"
highlight letter.

-> To leave the SETUP and options as they are currently set, press the
"No" highlight letter.


SAVE OPTION FILE DATA ENTRY

The SAVE OPTIONS option displays an OPTION FILE window, to allow
entry/editing of the option file name and its description. The name of
the current option file or the default file, whose name is the same as
the programs, is first displayed for editing. 

-> To edit the OPTION FILE NAME, use the cursor control keys shown on the
help line. 

-> To cancel saving the options, press [ESCAPE]. 

-> To accept the OPTION FILE NAME after editing, press [┘]. The selected
file description, if the file exists, is next displayed. If the file does
not exist, the displayed description is blank. 




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OPTION FILE DESCRIPTION

The selected file description, if the file exists, is next displayed. If
the file does not exist, the displayed description area is blank. 

-> To edit the OPTION FILE DESCRIPTION, use the cursor control keys shown
on the help line. 

-> To cancel saving the options, press [ESCAPE]. 

-> To accept the OPTION FILE DESCRIPTION after editing, press [┘]. A
DATA PATH SAVE selection menu is next displayed. 







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SAVE THE DATA PATH

The OPTION FILE can include the path of the current drive-directory. In
most cases, this is the desirable option. However, in some cases, a
generic option file may be required, that can be used with data from
several drive-directories. 

-> To cancel SAVING the OPTION FILE, press [ESCAPE].

-> To select the desired SAVE DATA PATH option, press its highlighted
letter or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. If the named
OPTION FILE already exists, a REPLACE verification menu will be
displayed. To SAVE the OPTION FILE, press the "Yes" highlight letter.

After the OPTION FILE is saved, a completion message - with the path of
the OPTION FILE - is displayed. 



 PAGE TITLE TYPE MENU
The PAGE TITLE TYPE MENU determines whether each page will be TITLED,
and, if so, where that TITLE will appear. 
Header........ A PAGE TITLE consisting of user specified fields followed
               by a blank line is printed at the top of each page.
               Specifying these fields and their defaults are covered on
               the following help pages. 
Footer........ A blank line and a PAGE TITLE consisting of user specified
               fields is printed at the bottom of each page. 
hEad/foot..... On sheets where only a single text page is printed
               vertically, same as "HEADER". On sheets with two or more
               text pages vertically, the top vertical text page is
               printed with a header and the remainder with a footer. 
fOot/head..... On sheets where only a single text page is printed
               vertically, same as "FOOTER". On sheets with two or more
               text pages vertically, the top vertical text page is
               printed with a footer and the remainder with a header. 
No page title. No PAGE TITLE is printed. Instead, two more lines of text
               will be printed for each text page. 
-> To select a PAGE TITLE TYPE, press its highlighted letter or move the
highlight bar to it and press [┘].


UNDERLINE MENU 

If a page title is to be printed on each text page, it may be
underlined/overlined, whether it is a header or a footer. No additional
lines, other than the two for the header/footer, are required for title
underlining. 

-> To select an UNDERLINE option, press its highlighted letter or move
the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. 

>>>>> NOTE  The unregistered version prints an informational message in
the blank line/underline/overline area. The registered version does not
print this informational message.


TITLE SEGMENT DATA MENU
The TITLE is divided into three SEGMENTS (Left, Center and Right). Any of
the title data fields may be used in any of the TITLE SEGMENTS and they
may also be repeated. The normal defaults are Left=F, Center=P, Right=A. 
┌──────────────────────┬────────────────────────┬───────────────────────┐
│  LEFT Title Segment  │  CENTER Title Segment  │  RIGHT Title Segment  │
└──────────────────────┴────────────────────────┴───────────────────────┘
The TITLE SEGMENT DATA options include:
 FILE: nnnnnnnn.eee mm-dd-yy hh:mm. FILE NAME, DATE, TIME.
 fILE: nnnnnnnn.eee mm-dd-yy....... FILE NAME, DATE.
 fiLE: nnnnnnnn.eee................ FILE NAME.
    PRINTED: mm-dd-yy hh:mm........ CURRENT DATE, TIME.
    pRINTED: mm-dd-yy.............. CURRENT DATE.
       pAGE: ppp................... OUTPUT PAGE NUMBER.
       paGE: ppp [ff-nnn].......... OUTPUT PAGE #, FILE #, FILE PAGE #.
          Custom................... USER ENTERED TEXT DATA (25 Chars.).
             Nothing............... BLANK.

-> To select the desired title DATA FIELD, press its highlighted letter
or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. 


CUSTOM TITLE ENTRY

The CUSTOM TITLE Option is used to specify text data for page titles.
CUSTOM TITLE data may be entered for all three title segments: LEFT,
CENTER and RIGHT. 

The current CUSTOM TITLE data for this segment is displayed for editing.
A maximum of twenty-five characters may be entered. 

-> To edit the CUSTOM TITLE data, use the cursor control keys shown on
the help line. 

-> To accept the CUSTOM TITLE data after editing, press [┘]. 

-> To cancel changing the CUSTOM TITLE data, press [ESCAPE]. 



 FONT
The FONT OPTION allows selection of the desired FONT TYPEFACE, either
internal or downloadable soft font, to use with the selected pitch. 

-> To select a different FONT TYPEFACE, select the FONT option. A menu of
AVAILABLE FONT TYPEFACES, in alphabetic order, will be displayed.














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AVAILABLE FONT SELECTION 

The AVAILABLE FONT TYPEFACES list displays, for the selected PITCH, the
FONT TYPEFACES in alphabetic order, along with their description and the
date on which they were last modified. Those fonts that are internal or
cartridge are starred, '*'.

-> To POSITION the highlight bar on a specific FONT, press the FIRST
LETTER of the FONT name. The highlight bar will be positioned on the
first FONT name that starts with this letter. To continue the search,
press the NEXT LETTER of the FONT name. Continue this procedure until the
desired FONT is highlighted. 

>>>>> NOTES Pressing any cursor control key will discontinue the search.
If no FONT exists for the key pressed, a short beep will be heard. 

-> To return to the OPTIONS menu, press [ESCAPE].


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AVAILABLE FONT SELECTION (continued)

-> To select a FONT TYPEFACE, move the highlight bar to it and press
[┘].

-> To view the contents of any FONT FILE, move the highlight bar to the
desired file name using the arrow keys and press [F2]. 

-> To DELETE a FONT TYPEFACE, move the highlight bar to it and press
[DEL]. A verify menu will be displayed next. Press the "Yes" highlight
letter to DELETE the highlighted FONT TYPEFACE file; the "No" highlight
letter or [ESCAPE] to cancel the operation.

-> To CREATE a new INTERNAL FONT TYPEFACE description and selection file,
press [INS]. A SAVE FONT TYPEFACE FILE data entry window will be
displayed, which will allow editing of the FONT TYPEFACE FILE name and
description. 

WARNING: DO NOT USE THE SAME NAME AS A CURRENT SOFT FONT TYPEFACE FILE OR
THE SOFT FONT FILE WILL BE LOST!



 OPTION SWITCHES MENU
The OPTION SWITCHES available include:

FILE PAGE START**... When printing multiple files using multiple
                     PAGES/SIDE, where to start each new file.
SWITCH TITLES....... Switch the left and right title fields on even
                     numbered text pages.
TITLE HEADERS....... Title fields normally have a header in the form of
                     "...: ". If NO, these headers will not be displayed
                     nor will they print. 
PRINT FORM FEEDS**.. Normally a form feed (FF) code will cause the
                     following text to appear on the next page. If NO, FF
                     codes will be ignored; if ***, FF code are replaced
                     by a line of special characters. 
SHEET BORDER**...... Draw various style borders around the text pages.
PAGE DIVIDERS**..... Menus will define the type of horizontal and
                     vertical page dividers to print between multiple
                     text pages per sheet side. 
TEXT PAGE FLOW**.... Text page flow, horizontal or vertical on multi-text
                     pages per side output styles. 
BLANK LINE.......... Print or suppress text blank lines.
NO LEFT MARGIN**.... Suppress blank character left margins.
SPACE/TABS**........ Define the number of space in a text tab character.
TAB PRINT WIDTH**... Define the number of spaces to use for a tab on
                     output.
TEXT WORD WRAP**.... Select method to use for printed line overflow.
PRINT CTRL CHRS..... Print, or substitute for, control characters (ASCII
                     1-31)

-> To toggle an OPTION SWITCH, press its highlighted letter or move the
highlight bar to it and press [┘]. 









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FILE PAGE START

This switch acts as a toggle and has four states:

   ANY............Start the next file on the next text page.

   ODD............Start the next file on the next odd text page.

   SID............Start the next file on the next side page.

   SHE............Start the next file on the next sheet page.

-> To toggle the FILE PAGE START OPTION SWITCH, press its highlighted
letter or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. 


PRINT FORM FEEDS

This switch acts as a toggle and has three states:

   YES........... Process form feed characters normally, placing the
                  following text on the next page. 

   NO............ Ignore form feed characters in text files.

   ***........... Replace form feed characters with a line of special
                  characters to denote the page break, but do not add a
                  form feed to the printed output. Using this method, the
                  location of the form feed character will then be
                  visible in the output.

-> To toggle the PRINT FORM FEEDS OPTION SWITCH, press its highlighted
letter or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. 


SHEET BORDER

This switch acts as a toggle and has four states:

   NO.............Draw no border around the text pages.

   LIN............Draw a thin line border around the text pages.

   BLK............Draw a thick line border around the text pages.

   SHW............Draw a shadow border around the text pages.

-> To toggle the SHEET BORDER OPTION SWITCH, press its highlighted letter
or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. 


DIVIDERS SWITCH

When multiple text pages are printed on one side of a paper sheet, PAGE
DIVIDERS may also be printed. Both the horizontal and vertical PAGE
DIVIDERS have four options, which may be selected.

-> To change the PAGE DIVIDER option setting, press its highlighted
letter or move the highlighted bar to it and press [┘]. The Horizontal
and Vertical PAGE DIVIDER menus will then be displayed. 

-> To select the desired Horizontal/Vertical PAGE DIVIDER STYLE, press
its highlighted letter or move the highlighted bar to it and press [┘].
The INDIVIDUAL option will cause the selected SHEET BORDER to be drawn
around each individual text page. 

-> To cancel changing the PAGE DIVIDER and leave it as it currently is,
press [ESCAPE]. 


TEXT PAGE FLOW SWITCH

The default TEXT PAGE FLOW on multiple Pages/Side output is horizontal,
as shown below, by the page numbers followed by 'H'. The TEXT PAGE FLOW
option switch may be toggled for vertical flow, resulting in the output
depicted below with page numbers followed by 'V'. 
 
              ╔═══════════════╗<=PORTRAIT
              ║1V     │3V     ║           LANDSCAPE 
              ║  or   │  or   ║   ╔═══════════════════════╗ 
              ║     1H│     2H║   ║1V   │3V   │5V   │7V   ║ 
              ║───────┼───────║   ║   1H│   2H│   3H│   4H║ 
              ║2V     │4V     ║   ║─────┼─────┼─────┼─────║ 
              ║  or   │  or   ║   ║2V   │4V   │6V   │8V   ║ 
              ║     3H│     4H║   ║   5H│   6H│   7H│   8H║ 
              ╚══4 Pages/Side═╝   ╚══════8 Pages/Side═════╝ 

-> To toggle the TEXT PAGE FLOW option switch, press its highlighted
letter or move the highlighted bar to it and press [┘]. 


NO LEFT MARGIN SWITCH

The NO LEFT MARGIN option will remove leading blank spaces on each text
line. It DOES NOT remove text, only blank spaces. 

For example, if a page has lines that are 85 characters long, but there
are 5 blank spaces at the beginning of each line, setting NO LEFT MARGIN
to 5 will allow the page to print properly, using a style of output that
has 80 characters/line. 

-> To change the NO LEFT MARGIN option setting, press its highlighted
letter or move the highlighted bar to it and press [┘]. Its current
value will be displayed for editing. 

-> To edit the NO LEFT MARGIN data, use the cursor control keys shown on
the help line. 

-> To accept the NO LEFT MARGIN data after editing, press [┘]. 

-> To cancel changing the NO LEFT MARGIN data, press [ESCAPE]. 


SPACES/TAB SWITCH
LASR_MAN converts leading text spaces to tabs and then, on output,
converts all tabs to spaces. Correct use of this option switch, along
with the next, TAB PRINT WIDTH, will assure proper alignment of the final
output. 

The SPACES/TAB option switch should be set to the value used by the text
editor or word processor that generated the document to be printed. This
value is normally eight spaces per tab. 

-> To change the SPACES/TAB option setting, press its highlighted letter
or move the highlighted bar to it and press [┘]. Its current value will
be displayed for editing. 

-> To edit the SPACES/TAB data, use the cursor control keys shown on the
help line. 

-> To accept the SPACES/TAB data after editing, press [┘]. 

-> To cancel changing the SPACES/TAB data, press [ESCAPE]. 


TAB PRINT WIDTH SWITCH

Although tabs may have been defined as a specific width, such as eight
spaces, they can be printed out with a different width by use of this
option switch. 

-> To change the TAB PRINT WIDTH option setting, press its highlighted
letter or move the highlighted bar to it and press [┘]. Its current
value will be displayed for editing. 

-> To edit the TAB PRINT WIDTH data, use the cursor control keys shown on
the help line. 

-> To accept the TAB PRINT WIDTH data after editing, press [┘]. 

-> To cancel changing the TAB PRINT WIDTH data, press [ESCAPE]. 


TEXT WORD WRAP SWITCH
When the file text line is longer than the selected style of output print
line, the part of the text that will fit on the first line is printed.
The remaining text for that line is then handled based on the selected
text word wrap option. Available TEXT WORD WRAP options include: 

   +++.. The first output text line is filled completely and the
         remaining text is then placed on the next output line preceded
         by line continue character string. 
   Cut.. The first output text line is filled completely and the
         remaining text for that line is discarded. 
   Yes.. The first output text line is filled to the last full word and
         the remaining text is then placed on the next output line.
         Single carriage returns are ignored and double carriage returns
         are processed as such. This is a "paragraph" approach to
         preparing the output and will not work well with tabular or
         graphical text material. 

-> To toggle the TEXT WORD WRAP OPTION SWITCH, press its highlighted
letter or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. 



 CHANGE CONFIGURATION FILE
There are two types of printer configuration files included with
LASR_MAN. They are: 

1. The standard printer configuration file, whose name is the same as the
   programs and whose extension is the program initials and the letter
   'G', contains the commands common to all printer and mouse operations,
   and paper style specific printer commands. This file is accessed by
   the SETUP FUNCTION options of PRINTER, PRINT FONTS, and MOUSE, OPTIONS
   FUNCTION option of STYLE OF OUTPUT, and PRINT FUNCTION option PAPER
   SOURCE. 

2. Override printer configuration commands, along with commands to
   override language file parameters, may be contained in change
   configuration files, having the same name/extension but with 'C' as
   the last letter. 

Only the second type of configuration file can be loaded with this
option.
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CHANGE CONFIGURATION FILE SELECTION

The CHANGE CONFIGURATION FILES list displays these files in alphabetic
order, along with their description and the date on which they were last
edited. 

-> To POSITION the highlight bar on a specific file, press the FIRST
LETTER of the file name. The highlight bar will be positioned on the
first file name that starts with this letter. To continue the search,
press the NEXT LETTER of the file name. Continue this procedure until the
desired file is highlighted. 
>>>>> NOTE  Pressing any cursor control key will discontinue the search.
If no file exists for the key pressed, a short beep will be heard. 
-> To view the contents of any CONFIGURATION CHANGE FILE, move the
highlight bar to the desired file name using the arrow keys and press
[F2]. 
-> To select a CONFIGURATION CHANGE FILE, move the highlight bar to it
and press [┘].
-> To return to the OPTIONS menu, press [ESCAPE].



 COVER FILE
A COVER FILE to be used and printed with LASR_MAN is any file with an
extension of the program initials and the letter 'V'. This file may be
created and/or edited by a word processor and selected for printing with
this option. It may be of any length and will be printed before all of
the other selected files. 

>>>>> NOTE  The cover file MUST be located on the LASR_MAN drive-
directory in order to be displayed for selection. 

-> To select a COVER FILE to be printed, select the COVER option. A menu
of COVER FILES, in alphabetic order, along with their description and the
date on which they were last edited, will be displayed. 







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COVER FILE SELECTION
The COVER FILES list displays these files in alphabetic order, along with
their description and the date on which they were last edited. 

-> To POSITION the highlight bar on a specific file, press the FIRST
LETTER of the file name. The highlight bar will be positioned on the
first file name that starts with this letter. To continue the search,
press the NEXT LETTER of the file name. Continue this procedure until the
desired file is highlighted. 

>>>>> NOTE  Pressing any cursor control key will discontinue the search.
If no file exists for the key pressed, a short beep will be heard. 

-> To SELECT a COVER FILE to print, move the highlight bar to the desired
COVER FILE and press [┘]. 




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COVER FILE SELECTION (Continued)

-> To CANCEL this operation and leave the COVER file selection as it is
currently, press [ESCAPE]. 

-> To VIEW the contents of a COVER FILE, move the highlight bar to it and
press [F2]. 

-> To DELETE a COVER FILE, move the highlight bar to it and press [DEL].
A verify menu will be displayed next. Press the "Yes" highlight letter to
DELETE the highlighted COVER FILE; the "No" highlight letter or [ESCAPE]
to cancel the operation.



 LINES PER PAGE LIMIT
The LINES PER PAGE LIMIT option can be used to force a text file that
does not use form feed characters, or has form feed in the wrong places
for this printout, to control pagination and properly paginate it when
the files lines per page is different than the selected style of output
lines per page. 

For example, if a text file has 66 lines per page without any form feed
characters and the selected style of output prints 72 lines per page,
setting the LINES PER PAGE LIMIT to 66 will result in properly printed
pagination. 

-> To change the LINES PER PAGE LIMIT, press its highlighted letter or
move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. Edit the LINES PER PAGE
LIMIT as desired. 

-> To accept the edited LINES PER PAGE LIMIT, press [┘].

-> To cancel editing and leave the LINES PER PAGE LIMIT as currently set,
press [ESCAPE]. 



 STAMP-IT!
The STAMP-IT! option allows selection of a text phrase for a half-tone
"rubber stamp", that will then be printed as background on each text
page. The size of the half-tone letters - about 3/8" high - is fixed and
does not change with the style of output. The "rubber stamp" text will be
printed in the selected STYLE. 

-> To cancel printing of a "rubber stamp", select "NONE". 

-> To select a STYLE for printing a "rubber stamp" on each text page,
press its highlighted letter or move the highlight bar to the desired
OPTION and press [┘]. A STAMP-IT! TEXT selection menu is next displayed. 


STAMP-IT! TEXT SELECTION

-> To select a TEXT phrase, press its highlighted letter or move the
highlight bar to it and press [┘]. The selected STAMP-IT! STYLE and TEXT
will be shown on the OPTIONS FUNCTION menu.



 FILES SELECT MENU
               The  FILES SELECT FUNCTION   menu includes:
                    ═════════════════════
DATA PATH...........(N) Change or restore the drive and/or the directory
                        path of the data files to be printed. 
FILES SELECTION.....(N) Display all files on the selected data path
                        directory meeting the selected ARCHIVE BIT/FILE
                        MASK criteria so they may be viewed and TAGGED
                        for printing. 
FILE MASK...........(A) Specify a FILE wildcard MASK that files on the
                        current drive-directory must meet before being
                        displayed for tagging. 
ARCHIVE BIT.........(E) Change the type of files to be displayed for
                        selection and determine their subsequent
                        handling. (Press [DOWNARROW] for more
                        information) 

-> To select a FILES SELECT option, press its highlighted letter or move
the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. Note that files MUST BE TAGGED
before they can be printed. 


TOGGLE ARCHIVE BIT STATUS

The ARCHIVE BIT option can change the type of files to be displayed for
selection and determine their subsequent handling. 

   ON...... The files archive bit must be on. 
   CLEAR... ARCHIVE BIT on, its cleared after printing. 
   EITHER.. ARCHIVE BIT may be either on or off. 

-> To toggle the ARCHIVE BIT option status, press its highlighted letter
or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. 



 DATA PATH
The FILE SELECT DATA PATH selection menu allows the DATA PATH to be
restored to that which was in effect when the program was loaded or
selection of a new path for the drive and directory from which files may
first be selected/tagged and then printed.

-> To CHANGE the DATA PATH, press the "Change" highlight letter or move
the highlight bar to it and press [┘].

-> To RESTORE the DATA PATH to that which was in effect when the program
   was loaded, press the "Restore" highlight letter.

-> To leave the DATA PATH as it is currently set, press [ESCAPE].


CHANGE DATA PATH - DRIVE MENU

The DRIVE MENU displays all valid drives, "A" thru LASTDRIVE, as defined
by CONFIG.SYS. 

Those drives that are CAPITALIZED are currently available, while the
lower case drives are not. 

The current DRIVE is highlighted.

-> To select the DATA PATH DRIVE, press its highlighted letter or move
the highlight bar to it and press [┘].

-> To leave the DATA PATH as it is currently set, press [ESCAPE].


CHANGE DATA PATH - NEXT SUBDIRECTORY IN THE PATH MENU

The NEXT SUBDIRECTORY IN THE PATH menu displays the available
subdirectories of the currently defined drive/directory DATA PATH.

The "accept path" option will accept the CURRENT DATA PATH as displayed
on the top line of the display.

The ". [root dir]" option (if shown) will reset the DATA PATH to the root
directory of the current drive. 

The ".. [parent]" option (if shown) will remove the last subdirectory
that was added to the DATA PATH, as displayed on the top line of the
display.




 FOR CHANGE DATA PATH - NEXT DIR OPERATIONAL DETAILS, PRESS [DOWNARROW].


CHANGE DATA PATH - NEXT SUBDIRECTORY IN THE PATH MENU (Continued)

-> To POSITION the highlight bar on a specific directory, press the FIRST
LETTER of the directory name. The highlight bar will be positioned on the
first directory name that starts with this letter. To continue the
search, press the NEXT LETTER of the directory name. Continue this
procedure until the desired directory is highlighted. 

>>>>> NOTE  Pressing any cursor control key will discontinue the search.
If no directory exists for the key pressed, a short beep will be heard. 

-> To select one of these options or to add another subdirectory to the
DATA PATH, move the highlight bar to the desired item and press [┘].

-> To return to the DRIVE menu, press [ESCAPE].


RESTORE DATA PATH

Selecting this option can reset the data drive and directory to that
which was in effect when LASR_MAN was loaded. A verification prompt is
first displayed and then, on a positive response, the data drive and
directory are reset. 

-> To restore the initial drive/directory, press the "Yes" highlight
letter.

-> To leave the drive/directory as they are currently set, press the "No"
highlight letter.



 FILE SELECTION MENU
Files MUST BE TAGGED before they can be printed. 

When the FILES SELECTION option is selected, a scroll PICK LIST of files
from the selected drive/directory is displayed. All files on the current
drive-directory meeting the selected file mask-archive bit settings are
displayed in the PICK LIST. The current file mask is shown on the menu
title line.

If no files on the directory match, a message is so displayed and
LASR_MAN returns to the function FILES SELECT menu. 

FILES that have been SELECTED and TAGGED will have a '√' character
displayed after the file name.

-> To CHANGE the selected DRIVE/DIRECTORY, first press [ESCAPE] and then
press the "Data Path" highlight letter. 



         FOR FILE SELECTION TAGGING OPERATION, PRESS [DOWNARROW].


FILE SELECTION OPERATION

-> To END the TAGGING of files for printing, press [ESCAPE].

-> To move the FILE NAME HIGHLIGHT, use the cursor arrow & HOME/END keys. 

-> To POSITION the highlight bar on a specific file, press the FIRST
LETTER of the file name. The highlight bar will be positioned on the
first file name that starts with this letter. To continue the search,
press the NEXT LETTER of the file name. Continue this procedure until the
desired file is highlighted. 

>>>>> NOTES Pressing any cursor control key will discontinue the search.
If no file exists for the key pressed, a short beep will be heard. 

-> To TOGGLE the TAG on the highlighted file, press [SPACE] or [┘]. 

-> To SET the TAG of the highlighted file, press [INS]. 

      FOR MORE FILE SELECTION TAGGING OPERATION, PRESS [DOWNARROW].


FILE SELECTION OPERATION (Continued)

-> To CLEAR the TAG on the highlighted file, press [DEL]. 

-> To VIEW the contents of the highlighted file, press [F2]. 

-> To TAG-ALL/CLEAR-ALL of the files for printing, press [F3], which acts
as a TAG/CLEAR toggle. 

-> To determine the number of TEXT PAGES in the CURRENTLY HIGHLIGHTED
file, press [F4]. 

-> To determine the number of SHEETS needed to print the CURRENTLY
SELECTED files, press [F5]. 


FILE ANALYSIS

The FILE ANALYSIS display, obtained by pressing [F4], is dependent on the
setting of the USER DISPLAY LEVEL. At all levels, the number of text
pages and required number of sheets for the highlighted file, based on
the current STYLE OF OUTPUT, is shown on the top display line.

For "PARTIAL" and higher USER DISPLAY LEVELS, an information window with
additional information is shown.

When the FILE ANALYSIS is finished, a completion message is displayed.
Press any key to continue.


FILE COUNT ALL TAGGED

By pressing [F5], a count of all selected and tagged files is made of
both their total number of text pages and the number of paper sheets
required to print them using the current STYLE OF OUTPUT. This
information is shown on the top display line.

For "PARTIAL" and higher USER DISPLAY LEVELS, an information window with
additional information is shown.

When the FILE COUNT is finished, a completion message is displayed. Press
any key to continue.



 FILE MASK ENTRY
The FILE MASK option is used to selectively specify a group of files,
from the current DRIVE/DIRECTORY, to be DISPLAYED for print selection. 

The current file selection FILE MASK is displayed for editing. The normal
DOS wildcard characters of '?' and '*' may be used. A '.' must separate
the file name specified from the extension. 

A FILE MASK of "*.*" will display all of the files on the current
drive-directory.

-> To edit the FILE MASK, use the cursor control keys shown on the help
line. 

-> To clear the FILE MASK to "*.*", press [CTRL]+[END].

-> To accept the FILE MASK after editing, press [┘]. 

-> To cancel changing the FILE MASK, press [ESCAPE]. 



 PRINT MENU
The  PRINT FUNCTION MENU   includes:
     ═══════════════════      (TITLE DENOTES SELECTED PRINTER)
PAPER SOURCE..............(N) Select the paper source bin. (Press
                              [DOWNARROW] for more information. 
PRINT THESE SELECTED FILES(N) Print the files that have been selected and
                              tagged using the current option settings. 
OUTPUT TO.................(A) Toggle where the printer output will be
                              directed to. (Press [DOWNARROW] for more
                              information.)
REVERSE 2ND PASS OUTPUT...(E) Toggle whether the printing order of the
                              sheets on the second printer pass is to be
                              reversed. (Press [DOWNARROW] for more
                              information. 
GENERATE KEY WORD INDEX...(E) Toggle whether to generate the key word
                              index file. (REQUIRES THE PRESENCE OF THE
                              PROGRAM INDX-IT!) 
INDX-IT!..................(E) Switch to the program INDX-IT!. (REQUIRES
                              THE PRESENCE OF THE PROGRAM INDX-IT!) 
-> To select a PRINT option, press its highlighted letter or move the
highlight bar to it and press [┘]. 


PAPER SOURCE 

The PAPER SOURCE option acts as a toggle, changing the selection of the
printer paper source. The selections available include: 

   DUPLEX..... Printer that prints both sides of a sheet in one pass.
   EPSON...... Front Paper Cassette of most compatibles.
   LOWER...... Lower Paper Cassette.
   FRONT...... Front Paper Cassette.
   TRAY....... Multi-Purpose Tray.
   DESKJET.... Tray (Only option available for DeskJet printers).

-> To toggle the PAPER SOURCE, press the highlighted letter of the option
or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. The PAPER SOURCE will be
changed to the next one (alphabetically) available. 


OUTPUT TO

Printer output is normally directed to the LPT1 port. This toggling
option allows the printer output to be directed to LPT1-3, COM1-4, or to
a disk file, whose name is the same as the programs with an extension of
"PRN". 

-> To toggle the OUTPUT TO option, press the highlighted letter of the
option or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. 


REVERSE SECOND PASS OUTPUT 

For input from either the FRONT or LOWER paper cassettes, the order of
printing the sheets on the second pass through the printer is reversed;
for TRAY input, it is not reversed; for duplex printers, it is ignored.
The setting of this option is normally automatic, based on the PAPER
SOURCE selected. However it may be over-ridden by toggling this option,
after first selecting the desired printer paper source. 

-> To toggle the REVERSE SECOND PASS OUTPUT option, press the highlighted
letter of the option or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. 



 PASS Z PRINTING MENU
After file selection for printing, a PASS Z PRINTING option menu is
displayed. This menu has four options for printing text pages, four for
skipping them and one to cancel printing. 

The title line of the PRINTING menu specifies which printing pass this is
(1 or 2) and where the printed output should be directed to after being
printed. When first displayed, this OUTPUT PATH is highlighted to alert
you to set the printer for this output before printing any sheets. 

An ACTION window is displayed at the lower left. The status of READ,
FORMATTING, and PRINTING the text pages is shown here.








       FOR INFORMATION ON THE PRINTING OPTIONS, PRESS [DOWNARROW].


PASS Z PRINTING MENU OPTIONS (Continued)

-> To PRINT only this SHEET and prepare for the next, press the "Print"
highlight letter. This will print all of the text pages for this side of
this sheet. 

-> To PRINT all of the SHEETS for this FILE and this pass, press the
"File" highlight letter. 

-> To PRINT ALL of the SHEETS for this and ALL remaining selected FILES
for this pass, press the "All" highlight letter. THIS IS THE NORMALLY
HIGHLIGHTED AND SELECTED OPTION. 

-> To PRINT SHEET X, press [X], and enter the desired SHEET number.
>>>>> NOTE  This option PRINTS a specific SHEET, not page. 




  FOR MORE PRINTING OPTIONS - SKIP, VIEW, AND CANCEL, PRESS [DOWNARROW].


PASS Z PRINTING MENU OPTIONS (Continued)

-> To SKIP only this SHEET and prepare for the next, press the "Skip"
highlight letter. EXTREME care should be taken with these skip options on
multi-pass output: if you skip anything on the first print print pass you
MUST take that into account on the second pass, or your output will not
line up. Skipping sheets on the first printer pass WILL NOT cause any
printer action: however, shipping sheets on the second WILL cause the
printer to feed the skipped sheets.

-> To SKIP ALL of the SHEETS for THIS FILE and pass, press the "File"
highlight letter. 

-> To SKIP ALL of the SHEETS for ALL FILES this pass, press the "All"
highlight letter. 

-> To SKIP to a SPECIFIC SHEET, press [Y] and enter the desired SHEET
number. 
>>>>> NOTE  This option skips to a specific SHEET, not page. 
     FOR MORE PRINTING OPTIONS - VIEW, AND CANCEL, PRESS [DOWNARROW].


PASS Z PRINTING MENU OPTIONS (Continued)

-> To VIEW what the first text page on this sheet will look like, press
[F2]. Note that only the first text page for the current sheet is
previewed.

-> To CANCEL PRINTING, press the "Cancel" highlight letter or [ESCAPE].
 
When printing is complete, a message is so displayed. The program will
then display the EXIT function menu, but you may still select/print. 


DISK FILE EXISTS

Output has been directed to a disk file, "LASR_MAN.PRN", which already
exists. This selection menu will determine how that output will be
handled. 

-> To ERASE the contents of the current PRINTER output DISK FILE, press
the "Erase" highlight letter. 

-> To APPEND this output to the current contents of the PRINTER output
DISK FILE, press the "Append" highlight letter. 


INDEX FILE EXISTS

The GENERATE KEYWORD TOGGLE HAS BEEN TURNED ON, and the KEYWORD disk file
"INDX-IT!.RAW" already exists. This selection menu will determine how the
output to that file will be handled. 

-> To ERASE the contents of the current KEYWORD DISK FILE, press the
"Erase" highlight letter. 

-> To APPEND this output to the current contents of the KEYWORD DISK
FILE, press the "Append" highlight letter. 


DUPLEX PRINT STYLE

If the DUPLEX PAPER SOURCE has been selected and the STYLE OF OUTPUT
selected prints on both sides of the paper sheet, there is an option on
how DUPLEX printing will be done. 

┌────────────────────┐   ┌────────────────────┬────────────────────┐
│ Page 3  │  Page 4  │   │         │        o ^ o        │         │
│         │          │   │         │        o ^ o        │         │
│  o      o      o   │   │  Page 3 │ Page 4 o ^ o Page 5 │ Page 6  │
├───)──────)──────)──┤   └────────────────────┴────────────────────┘
│  o      o      o   │                    Book Style
│         │          │
│ Page 5  │  Page 6  │<─ Flip Chart Style
└────────────────────┘
>>>>> NOTE  For BOOK output styles, use the BOOK style for correct
output. 

-> To SELECT the desired DUPLEX PRINT STYLE, press its highlighted letter
or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘].


SELECT DESKJET PRINT QUALITY

The DeskJet printer can produce output in either of two qualities - DRAFT
or LETTER. LETTER quality is more dense and requires a longer print time.

It is recommended that DRAFT quality be used in most cases, especially
with the smaller font sizes, for clarity. 

-> To SELECT the desired DeskJet PRINT QUALITY, press its highlighted
letter or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. 


END OF FIRST PRINTER PASS

The first pass of printing has been completed. The message window
contains specific notes for your printer - they may differ from this 
information: if so, use them instead. 

-> To PRINT the BACK SIDE of these sheets, remove the PASS 1 PRINTER
OUTPUT and use it as the INPUT FOR THE NEXT PRINTER PASS. Place the FIRST
PASS OUTPUT printed paper such that the printing at the TOP OF THE SHEET
is positioned as described in the informational display. Set the printer
for the proper output path. 

If the MULTI-PURPOSE input tray is to be used for the second printer
pass, the REVERSE 2ND PASS OUTPUT option should be "NO". 

-> To PRINT the SECOND PASS after the output from the first pass has been
properly positioned, press any key other than [ESCAPE]. 

-> To CANCEL PRINTING and return to the FUNCTION menu without printing
the second pass, press [ESCAPE]. 


NO FILES TO PRINT

Files MUST first be selected and tagged before they can be printed. If
you attempt to print without first selecting and tagging files, an
informational message will be displayed.

-> To continue, press any key. Next choose the FILES SELECT Function,
FILES SELECTION Option, and TAG the desired files.


EJECT SKIPPED SHEET(S) FROM PRINTER?

When the program is skipping output sheets, the user has the choice of
either eject the unprinted output sheet from the printer or having no
printer action occur. 

For example, if only one sheet to be printed, and the input tray contains
the sheet to be printed, then the option NOT TO EJECT sheets should be
selected.

However, if the output from the first pass printing has been placed in
the input tray, and it is desired to print only the third sheet, the
option to EJECT sheets should be selected.

-> To specify the proper method to handle sheet skipping, press the
desired highlight letter.



 INDX-IT! KEY WORD INDEX PROGRAM
INDX-IT! is a separate program that produces sorted key word indexes from
documents printed by LASR_MAN. The INDX-IT! options are only available if
INDX-IT! is present. 

The sequence of operations necessary to produce an index is: 

   -> Generate a key word disk file from LASR_MAN while printing a
document or documents by setting the PRINT FUNCTION "Generate key word
index" option to YES. 
   -> Run INDX-IT! to product the specific formatted index report desired
from the key word file.
   -> Print the index report as desired with LASR_MAN.

-> To toggle the GENERATE KEY WORD INDEX option, press its highlighted
letter or move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. The KEY WORDS will
be added to the key word file each time a document is printed. 
-> To generate a KEY WORD INDEX REPORT, press its highlighted letter or
move the highlight bar to it and press [┘]. The program INDX-IT! will be
run to enable generation of the index report. Upon completion, control is
returned to LASR_MAN. 



 EXIT MENU
          The   EXIT FUNCTION MENU   includes:
                ══════════════════
EXIT TO DOS......(N) Exit LASR_MAN.
CANCEL...........(N) Return to the main FUNCTION menu. 
SAVE SETUP.......(N) Save the program SETUP options.
SAVE OPTIONS.....(A) Save all of the current option settings to a named
                     option file such that they may be loaded by file
                     name when LASR_MAN is executed. 

-> To SELECT an EXIT option, press its highlighted letter or move the
highlight bar to it and press [┘]. 



 FILE/PAGE VIEW 
The FILE/PAGE VIEW window displays the text data for the next page (for
the leftmost 75 characters), as it would be printed, of the file
currently being examined. 

-> To DISPLAY OTHER PORTIONS of the CURRENT PAGE, press the [PAGEUP],
[PAGEDOWN] or arrow keys. 

-> To VIEW the next page of this file, press [┘]. 

>>>>> NOTE  This option is not available when viewing the first page to
be printed on the current sheet in the PRINT FUNCTION.

-> To END VIEWING and return to the previous menu, press [ESCAPE]. The
number of printed pages (NOT sheets) and their maximum size
(characters/line and lines/page) to this point in the file are given in
the file information window. 

>>>>> NOTE  This does not occur when viewing the first page to be printed
on the current sheet in the PRINT FUNCTION, or if the information window
is not being displayed. 



 UTILITY MENU
The UTILITY MENU options are displayed by pressing the [F10] key at any
prompt. 

-> To CLOSE the PRINTER file and then re-open it, press its highlighted
letter. This option is for use on systems where the printer timeout is
set for either a long or infinite value and it is necessary to close the
printer to complete printing of the first side. 

-> To DISABLE use of the video BLINKing bit, press its highlighted
letter. This option, and the next one, are of primary use with operating
systems such as OS/2, where this bit may not be properly reset when
switching tasks. 

-> To ENABLE use of the video BLINKing bit, press its highlighted letter.

-> To change the GRAPHICS display and animation of the LASR_MAN logo,
press its highlighted letter.


GRAPHICS

The GRAPHICS option specifies if, and how fast, the logo GRAPHICS
animation will be displayed during the wait for menu selection. The
default value is 25. Larger numbers will slow the animation. A value of
one stops the animation, while a zero value will suppress the display
altogether.

>>>>> NOTE  This option IS NOT AVAILABLE to unregistered users.

-> To change the value of the GRAPHIC option, press its highlighted
letter. A data entry window will then be displayed, with the current
GRAPHICS value. Edit this value as desired, using the action keys shown
on the bottom help line. Press [┘] to accept the edited value.



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The BRAND function accepts entry of the system serial number, supplied
upon system registration. 

A REGISTRATION INFORMATION data entry window is displayed. Enter your
company name/your name and then the system serial number (from the back
cover of the system manual) using the alphanumeric keys and the cursor
control keys shown on the bottom help line. 

-> To exit LASR_MAN without completing the registration process, press
[ESCAPE]. 

-> To accept the name and then the registration number as edited, press
[┘]. An informational message will be displayed when the branding
process is complete for this system. Press any key to continue. 

-> If the registration number as entered is NOT valid, pressing any key,
other than [ESCAPE], will allow re-enter of the registration number.
Pressing [ESCAPE] will exit LASR_MAN without completing the registration
process. 



