CONTENTS Title Page Copyright Page Preface 1 Basics Opening a New Document Opening an Existing Document Setting Display Preferences Saving a Document Getting Help Printing a PostScript Document Printing and Saving a PostScript Document Closing a Document Leaving DECwrite 2 Editing Moving Through the Document Adding Text Selecting Text Copying Text Cutting Text Pasting Text Deleting Text Using Search Characters and Hidden Symbols Using Search Expressions 3 Using Elements Creating Pages Modifying Pages Creating Text Blocks or Frames Modifying Text Blocks or Frames Creating Text Modifying Text Attributes Creating an Index Entry Creating Additional Index Entries Creating an Index Creating a Table of Contents Cutting an Element Copying Elements Pasting Text Pasting a Text Block or Frame 4 Styles Changing a Text Element's Style Creating a Text Element Style Modifying a Text Style Creating a Page Style Modifying a Page Style Creating a Text Block Style Modifying a Text Block Style Creating a Frame Style Modifying a Frame Style Creating a Table of Contents Style Modifying a Table of Contents Style Creating an Index Style Modifying an Index Style 5 Drawing Creating a Graphic Object Creating a Text Line Object Keyboard Equivalents Selecting by Clicking Selecting with a Selection Box Selecting Additional Objects Modifying Graphic Attributes Duplicating Pasting Objects Stretching Moving an Object Moving Back Moving Front Grouping Ungrouping Aligning Distributing Scaling Changing Number of Sides Reshaping an Object Snapping to Contents Smoothing and Unsmoothing 6 Linking Using File Location Types Linking to a Document Linking to a Picture Linking to Application Data Invoking an Application Modifying a Link 7 DECwrite Keyboard Equivalents 8 Compose Sequences TABLES 2-1 Search Characters and Hidden Symbols 2-2 Search Expressions 3-1 Text Attribute Keyboard Equivalents 7-1 Keyboard Equivalents