DECwrite Documentation Supplement

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  CONTENTS

  Title Page

  Copyright Page

  About This Guide

  1      New Features and Enhancements

  New Default File Names on ULTRIX Systems

  Horizontal Scroll Bar

  Improved Document Journaling

  Improved Spell Checking

  Saving the Dictionary During an Editing Session

  Producing Online Books from DECwrite Documents
    Bookreader Concepts
    Bookreader Style File
    Guidelines for Creating Online Documents
    Converting a Document to Bookreader Format
    Using the Bookreader Library
      Previewing an Online Book
      Adding One Book to the Bookreader Library
      Adding Your Own Shelves to the Bookreader Library

  New Clip Art

  Displaying Color and Gray Scale Images

  Displaying Encapsulated PostScript Pictures

  Printing on a Color Printer

  PostScript Commenting Conventions

  Setting the User Interface Language

  Additional Fonts

  DECwindows Paint

  Scaling Text Within Data Blocks

  Display of Linked Data

  Using a Converter Options File

  Changing Attributes Associated with Cross-References

  Setting Graphic Attributes on Groups

  Landscape Page Style

  35 mm Paper Size

  Running DECwrite from a PC

  Zoom

  Additional Keyboard Equivalent for Double Quotes

  Automatic Text Block Connection

  Displaying Text Block Connections

  Table of Contents Changes

  New Page Style in Technical Journal Style File

  List Style Numbering

  New Series Identifiers for Labels

  New Rules for Searching

  Display of Linked Document Information

  Connecting Flows Using Link to Document

  Merging Styles Using Link to Document

  New Keyboard Emulators
    Microsoft Word Keyboard Emulator
    WordPerfect Keyboard Emulator

  New DECchart Features
    Values for Decimal and Thousands Separators for Tags
    Double Click or Ctrl/MB1 Accesses Chart Attributes
    Producing Color Hard Copy Output
    Changing the Color of Overlay Text in Black-and-White Mode

  2      Documentation Update and Corrections

  Documentation Update
    Text, Flows, and the Use of Text Blocks
    Using Frames
    Using File Location Types
    Display and Printing of Filler Pages
    Using White Text on a Black Text Block
    Changing Title and Paragraph Elements
    Vertical Justification
    Macros and Keyboard Bindings
    When to Use Link to Image and Link to Picture
    Scaling of Page Styles from Style Files
    Using Different Page Sizes in a Document
    Using Repeat Counts with Keyboard Operations
    Macro Definitions Involving Dialog Boxes
    Page Margins
    LiveLink Applications Require Logicals to be Defined/JOB on VMS Systems
    Including DECwrite Drawings into VAX DOCUMENT Documents
    Transpose Function
    Quick Print
    DECchart General Corrections
      Rules Governing Chart Text Background Color
      Cautious Use of the None Fill Pattern
      Rearranging Chart Legend Contents
      Changing Modes Change Chart Appearance

  Documentation Corrections
    DECwrite General Corrections
      No Ctrl/Z Keyboard Equivalent
      Using In-Line Frames
    Corrections to DECwrite Getting Started
      Page 5, Step 3
      Page 6, Step 1
    Corrections to DECwrite User's Guide
      Chapter 3, Page 3-11
      Chapter 3, Page 3-24
      Chapter 4, Page 4-12
      Chapter 4, Pages 4-34 and 4-35
      Chapter 7, Page 7-6
      Chapter 8, Page 8-4
      Chapter 8, Page 8-6
      Chapter 8, Page 8-7
      Chapter 9, Pages 9-22 to 9-24
      Chapter 11, Pages 11-13 and 11-14
      Appendix A, Pages A-19 to A-21
    Corrections to DECwrite Reference Manual
      Chapter 2, Page 2-4
      Chapter 3, Page 3-6
      Chapter 3, Page 3-16
      Chapter 3, Page 3-21
      Chapter 5, Page 5-8
      Chapter 6, Page 6-21
      Appendix A, Pages A-18
      Appendix B, Page B-13
      Appendix G, Page G-4
    Corrections to DECchart Getting Started
      Chapter 1, Page 1-5
    Corrections to DECchart User's Guide
      Chapter 1, Page 1-3
      Chapter 5, Page 5-1
      Chapter 7, Page 7-9
      Chapter 10, Page 10-2
      Appendix A, Page A-2

  3      Converting WPS-PLUS Documents to DECwrite

  Writing and Revising the WPS-PLUS Document
    Rulers
      How Ruler Characters Are Converted
      How WPS-PLUS Carriage Returns Are Converted
    Choosing a DECwrite Style File
      Other WPS-PLUS Control Block Commands
    Paragraph Numbering Commands
    Footnotes
    Lists
    Index Entries
    Tab Tables
    Conversion of TDE Pictures
    Conversion of DECpage Formatting Conventions
    Restrictions on Converting WPS-PLUS Documents to DECwrite

  Converting Your WPS-PLUS Document to DECwrite
    Using the Converter from WPS-PLUS
    Converting at the DCL Command Line
    Using the Converter from DECwrite
    Using an Options File
      The RULER_STYLES Option
      The PARAGRAPH_ATTRIBUTES Option
      The NOCONTROL_BLOCK Option
      The STYLE_FILE Option
      The LANGUAGE Option
      The LOG Option
      Additional Options

  Modifying the Converted Document Using DECwrite
    Viewing the DECwrite Document
    Removing Unwanted End of Paragraph Markers
    Converting WPS-PLUS Lists to DECwrite Lists
      A General Method for Reformatting Lists
      Using Macros to Reformat Lists
    Adjusting the Spacing of Tables
    Creating a Table of Contents and an Index

  Converting a DECwrite Document to WPS-PLUS
    Using an Options File to Simplify WPS-PLUS Output
      Sharing Converted Documents
    Restrictions on Conversion to WPS-PLUS

  4      Managing and Distributing Documents

  Building a Book
    Linking to Documents, Graphics, and Applications
    Including Documents
    Guidelines for Documents with Multiple Writers

  Creating Shared Spell Check Dictionaries

  Transferring Documents and Other Files
    Copying Documents Between VMS and ULTRIX Systems
    Mailing DECwrite Documents
      Sending DECwrite Documents on ULTRIX Systems
      Receiving DECwrite Documents on ULTRIX Systems
      Sending DECwrite Documents on VMS Systems
      Receiving DECwrite Documents on VMS Systems

  FIGURES

  3-1        WPS-PLUS Document Before Conversion

  3-2        DECwrite Document in Times Style

  3-3        DECwrite Document After Modification

  3-4        DECwrite Document in Helvetica Style

  3-5        DECwrite Document in Courier Style

  3-6        Sample Table of Contents

  3-7        Sample Index

  TABLES

  1-1        Microsoft Word Functions Used in DECwrite

  1-2        WordPerfect Functions Used in DECwrite

  3-1        Conversion of WPS-PLUS Rulers to DECwrite Paragraph Elements

  3-2        Language Option Codes