About; Apple II model specific program set up and the DTP general help information for Publish It! ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------- First: Use ShrinkIt to unshrink the archive to either; a ProDOS format - 800k 3.5 disk or to an 800k RAM disk that was initialized as ProDOS. Second: Boot the 3.5 disk or RAM disk Third: Select your specific setup to match your Apple II model and it's atributes such as memory, load fonts, etc. Follow on-screen instructions and enjoy the Publish It. ---------------- DTP General Help ---------------- Text Editing To activate the EDIT menu, you must first select the I-beam Tool from the Tool Box. Some editing options only work on selected text. Text may be selected (highlighted) in several ways: - DRAG the I-beam over text to select it. - DOUBLE-CLICK on a word to select that word. - -[.] (period) to select the entire sentence. (Pressing this option again will select the next sentence.) - -[RETURN] to select the entire paragraph. (Pressing this option again will select the next paragraph.) - Choose Select To End (-[E]) option from the EDIT menu to select all the text from the current cursor position to the end of the article. Cut -- Choose Cut (-[X]) from the EDIT menu to remove selected text from the screen and move it to the clipboard for use with the Paste command. Pressing the [DELETE] key will also Cut text from a document however text cut by this method will not be placed in the clipboard. Text cut to the clipboard will remain in memory and may be pasted back into the same or another document. Information cut to the clipboard may not exceed approximately 1K in size. Copy -- Choose Copy (-[C]) from the EDIT menu to move a copy of the selected text to the clipboard for use with the Paste command. Text copied to the clipboard will remain in memory and may be pasted back into the same or another document. Information copied to the clipboard may not exceed approximately 1K in size. Paste -- When you wish to paste information which has previously been Cut or Copied into a document, position the Insertion Point where you want the first character of text to be pasted. Select the Paste option (-[V]) from the EDIT menu. Find -- To search for a word or phrase, move the Insertion Point to the top of the column to be searched. Select the Find option and enter the characters you wish to search for. Find Next -- To find the next occurrence of a word or phrase, choose the Find Next option (-[F]) AFTER the first Find. Replace -- Replace will search for the first occurrence of a word or phrase with the option of replacing it with a predetermined replacement string. Move the Insertion Point to the top of the column to be searched and choose the Replace option from the EDIT menu. Enter the characters to be found and the characters you wish to replace them with. Replace & Find -- Choose the Replace & Find option (-[R]) AFTER the first Replace. This will replace the highlighted word or phrase with the word or phrase entered in the Replace... Dialog Box. Now begin searching for the next occurrence of the search string. It is important to remember that both Find and Replace options are restricted to one page. If you have an article which spans two or three pages, you must perform the Find and Replace on each page. Text Formatting To change the text format for the entire page, use the options on the PAGE menu. To change formatting in an individual paragraph, highlight the paragraph using the I-beam tool and use the selections from the FORMAT menu. Non-standard formats may be changed quickly to the PAGE format simply by clicking on the Use Page Standard option. Justification -- Choosing this option brings up a dialog box with four alignment options available: Left, Right, Center, or Full (both margins are aligned). Spacing -- Use this option to change letter, word, or line and paragraph spacing. Margins/Indents -- Use this option to change the left and right margins or first line indentation. If you choose Hanging, the value in First Line is SUBTRACTED from the Left Margin value. If you choose Indented, the value in First Line is ADDED to the Left Margin value. Fonts -- To change the face or style of text, highlight the block of text to be changed, then choose an option from the FONT menu. If no text is highlighted, the Text Insertion Point takes on the new characteristics and all subsequent text entered will be in the new face or style. Select Font -- To change the type face or size, choose Select Font. A dialog box will appear with all available fonts. The current font will have a check mark next to it. Next Size -- To quickly change the size of the current type face, select the Next Size option (-[N]). Repeated use of this option will cause the program to cycle through all available point sizes for the selected font. Next Typeface -- To quickly change the typeface, select the Next Typeface (-[T]) option. Bold, Italic, Underline, Outline, Shadow, Superscript or Subscript and Color can be applied to any font for added emphasis. For more information on the use of color, see the Color section in this Help file. Choosing the Plain (-[Y]) option will return the highlighted text to the basic style of a face. To selectively turn off a specific style, simply select the style twice. ~OBJECTS... To manipulate objects (graphics, text columns, and graphic frames), use the options from the OBJECTS menu. Some OBJECTS menu options require you to first select an object. Objects are selected using one of two methods: - LASSO the objects by selecting the Pointer Tool and dragging a box around the desired objects to select them. Groups of objects may be selected simply by lassoing around all objects you want to be grouped. - CLICK on an object by selecting the Pointer Tool and clicking within the object. Groups of objects may be selected by depressing the mouse button on each object, while holding down the [] key. Cut -- Choose Cut (-[X]) from the EDIT menu to remove a selected object or group of objects from the screen and move them to the clipboard for use with the Paste command. Pressing the [DELETE] key will also Cut objects from a document however objects cut by this method will not be placed in the clipboard. Objects cut to the clipboard will remain in memory and may be pasted back to the same or another document. Copy -- Choose Copy (-[C]) from the EDIT menu to move a copy of the selected object or group of objects to the clipboard for use with the Paste command. Objects copied to the clipboard will remain in memory and may be pasted back into the same or another document. Paste -- When you wish to paste information which has previously been Cut or Copied into a document, select the Paste option (-[V]) from the EDIT menu. A Pasted object will be placed in the relative position of the original Cut/Copied object. Move to Front -- Choose Move to Front to bring a selected object or group of objects to the front of other overlapping objects. Move to Back -- Use this option to send a selected object or group of objects beneath a series of overlapping objects. If the selected object is smaller than the objects in front of it, it may not be visible. Show Specifications -- Choose the Show Specifications option (-[M]) to determine and modify the exact size and attributes of an object. A dialog box will appear with the Left Start, Top Start, Width, and Height (where applicable) of the selected object. In addition, the user can modify certain attributes of an object. However, not all objects will have the same attributes available. - Locked: This option will force the selected object or text frame to the specific location in which it resides. A Locked object cannot be modified in any form with the exception of Text Frames, which will allow the user to enter text. - Don't Print: While the program will display this object or text frame on the screen, it will not be sent to the printer or displayed in the Print Preview. - Don't Runaround: Objects with this attribute activated will cause text frames beneath to flow through the object rather than around the object. - Frame Border: When selected, a Frame border will appear around the text or graphic frame. All objects on a page must have the same size border, however borders can be turned on or off on an object-by-object basis. Specify the size and offset of Frame borders from the PAGE menu. - Transparent: When selected, objects "behind" the transparent text column will show through. - PostScript: With this option activated, Publish It! will interpret any information contained in the text frame as a PostScript Language command. DO NOT USE THIS OPTION UNLESS YOU ARE FAMILIAR WITH THE POSTSCRIPT LANGUAGE. - Color: When selected, objects will be printed as color. Text frames will allow you to modify all of the above attributes with the exception of the Color attribute. Objects can only have the Locked, Don't Print and Don't Runaround options active. In addition to this, the current Pen Color and Fill Color will be displayed for the selected object. Graphic frames will allow you to modify all of the above attributes with the exception of the PostScript attribute.. Frame Border -- When selected, a Frame border will appear around the object. All objects on a page must have the same size border; however borders can be turned on or off on an object-by-object basis. Specify the size and offset of Frame borders from the PAGE menu. Align -- You must have two or more objects selected to use this option. In the dialog box that appears, select one choice from the left column and one from the right column. Set Line Weight -- Choose this option to select from one of six line widths. This affects the size of the outline of a circle or box graphic shape. Set Pen Pattern -- Choose this option to select from 24 patterns or 10 gray scales for the outline of a filled box or circle. In addition to this, you may specify the color of the pen pattern. Set Fill Pattern -- Choose this option to select from 24 patterns or 10 gray scales for the interior of a graphic shape. In addition to this, you may specify the color of the fill pattern. Define Pattern -- Choose this option to modify any one of the last eight fill patterns. A dialog box will appear allowing you to change the pattern by clicking pixels on or off in the magnified view. All objects with the modified pattern active will be modified also. ~COLOR... Color Printing Publish It! supports color printing with an ImageWriter II with a color ribbon or any Okidata or Epson printer capable of color printing. Text Text may be printed in color by highlighting the section of text with the I-Beam tool and selecting the Color option under the FONT menu. You may choose from black, yellow, red, orange, blue, green, or purple. As Publish It! is a monochrome based program, text which contains color will not display on-screen in the color selected. Text in a color other than black selected will appear with an overline (a line over the character or group of characters). If you are unsure of what color a section of text is, you may check by highlighting the section of text and re-selecting the Color option under the FONT menu. This will display the current color setting for that section of text. Graphics Single and double high resolution picture files can be imported in color or black and white. Super high resolution graphics are always imported in color. With a color monitor, you will see the color while the cropping box is visible, but once imported into your document, all pictures are displayed in black and white. If you decide to print a color picture in black and white, select the frame with the Pointer and change the Color option in Show Specifications (of the OBJECT menu) to Off. In order to print in color, you MUST turn on the Color option in the Print Document Dialog Box. ~FILES... New File -- To name a document before beginning or to abandon the one you are currently working on, choose the New File (-[Z]) option. A box will appear with a blank line to enter the file name you want to create. If an illegal file name is entered, the program will alert you and highlight the file name displayed. The File Selector -- All file activity originates from the File Selector, which appears after selecting an option from the FILE menu. It shows the current slot, drive and ProDOS path along with a list of applicable file names. With the File Selector displayed, click on: DRIVE to access another on-line drive. DISK to re-read the currently selected drive. OPEN to access the highlighted file or sub-directory. CLOSE to go back to the previous sub-directory. CANCEL to abort any action. You can also double-click on the file name to open the file, or click on the displayed ProDOS path name to go back to the previous sub-directory. Open File -- Select the Open File (-[O]) option to work with a previously saved file. Save File -- Choose this option or press -[S] to save the document under the current path and file name. If the file has not been previously saved, Publish It! will allow you to select a specific drive/sub-directory to save to. Save File as -- Choose this option or press -[A] to save the document under a different file name, or to a different drive or sub-directory. Import Text File -- You must have a Text Column and an Insertion Point before you can import any text. Text will be imported at the Insertion Point. When you choose this option, only the names of text files and sub-directories will appear in the File Selector. Import AppleWorks File -- When you choose this option, only the names of sub-directories and AppleWorks word processor files will be displayed. Select an AppleWorks file and it will be imported at the Insertion Point. Import Bank St. File -- Choosing this option displays all available Bank Street Writer files. The version of Bank Street Writer which Publish It! supports is the ProDOS version. Users of the DOS 3.3 version of Bank Street Writer must copy the files from the DOS 3.3 data disk to a ProDOS data disk using a copy program such as Copy II Plus, by Central Point Software. Bank Street Writer files cannot be distinguished from picture files, so be careful when selecting the file name. If you do select a picture file, no damage will be done, but Publish It! will try to interpret the picture data as text. This results in a column full of unintelligible characters. Delete the column, recreate it, then re-import the current file. Import ProDOS Picture -- A graphic frame must be drawn and selected before you can import a picture. Select this option and the File Selector will show all available picture files. Use this option to import any ProDOS Single Hi-res, Double Hi-res, Super Hi-res, and PrintShop GS graphic files. Upon selecting a graphic, the picture will be imported to the Cropping Screen. Import DOS 3.3 Picture -- A graphic frame must be drawn and selected before you can import a picture. Select this option and the File Selector will show all available picture files. Use this option to import any DOS 3.3 Single Hi-res, Double Hi-res, PrintShop, and Newsroom graphic files. If you have more than 85 files on the disk, you will need to copy some of them to another disk as only 85 file names can be displayed in the File Selector. Upon selecting a graphic, the picture will be imported to the Cropping Screen. Upon selecting a file to import, you will be asked whether the file is a color or black and white picture. However, with Super Hi-resolution and PrintShop GS graphics, Publish It! will assume the graphic is color. If this is not the case, you may turn off the color option by selecting the graphic and de-selecting the Color button in the Object Specifications Dialog Box after the graphic has been imported. After a file has been selected, you will be shown the graphic, along with the Cropping Box allowing you to edit how much of graphic you will import. The current size of the Cropping Box is displayed in proportion to the size of the graphic frame you are importing into. Any change in the size of the Cropping Box will be reflected in the size of the graphic frame. You may resize the Cropping Box using two different methods. You may crop using the  and arrow keys. When resizing with the keyboard, the lower right corner of the Cropping Box remains stationary. You may move the Cropping Box to a different location of the graphic using the arrow keys. Alternatively, you may use the mouse. To resize the Cropping Box, move the mouse pointer to one of the four resizing handles and then click and hold mouse button. Dragging the mouse will resize the Cropping Box to your specifications. The Cropping Box may be moved to a different location of the graphic by clicking and dragging with the mouse pointer in the center of the Cropping Box. In the case of Single Hi-res, Double Hi-res, PrintShop and Newsroom graphics, you may flip the graphic either horizontally or vertically using the [H] and [V] keys respectively. Pressing [Return] will import the cropped image. When importing both standard Super Hi-resolution and PrintShop GS pictures, the graphic will not be displayed as you would see it on an Apple //gs. This is basically due to the screen resolution differences between Publish It! and Super Hi-resolution graphics. You will not be able to see the entire graphic on the screen. To move the Cropping Box to an unseen location of the graphic, simply scroll the Cropping Box using the arrow keys or depress the  key when clicking and dragging the Cropping Box using the mouse. Delete File -- To remove a file from your data disk, choose the Delete File option. You can only delete one file at a time. Select the file name from the File Selector that appears. ~PRINT... Print -- To print your document, choose the Print (-[P]) option from the FILE menu. A dialog box will appear with printing options. Make your selections and then click on OK. Printing can be canceled by pressing [ESCape], or paused at any time by pressing [RETURN]. Preview -- Select the Preview (-[K]) option from the FILE menu to see EXACTLY how your document will appear on a dot-matrix printer. The portion of the document displayed corresponds to the full-size view. Within this option you can scroll the display using the arrow keys. Select Printer -- Choose Select Printer from the APPLE menu. In the dialog box that appears, click on the name of your printer, then click on OK. Use the dot-matrix font widths unless you have a laser printer. Select Interface -- Choose Select Interface from the APPLE menu. In the dialog box that appears, click on the name of your interface, then click on OK. Install Font -- Choose this option to install fonts supplied with the optional Font Packs or any Apple //gs fonts. You can have a maximum of 8 font family names, with a maximum of 24 fonts insatlled. It is important to remember that the font files must be located in the same sub-directory as the program files. De-install Font -- Use this option to remove one or more fonts from the list of available fonts. De-installed fonts may be installed again. All fonts may be de-installed except for Deerfield 12 and Desplaines 12. ~PAGE LAYOUT... The first three options on the PAGE menu become the Page Standard defaults for the current page. Justification -- Choose Justification from the PAGE menu to set the format for all paragraphs on the current page. Your choices are Left, Right, Center or Full (aligned on both margins). Spacing -- Choose Spacing from the PAGE menu to set letter, word, line and paragraph spacing for that page. Margins/Indent -- Choose this option from the PAGE menu to set left and right margins and the indentations of the first line of each paragraph on the page. Tabs -- Select this option to set the six available tab locations in addition to its leading character for the current page. Go to Page -- Select the Go to Page (-[G) option to go directly to a given page. The number of pages in the document will also be displayed in the dialog box. Set Page Size -- Select this option to choose your page size. A dialog box will appear with four clearly defined page sizes. Select the page size for the paper you have loaded in your printer (or the size you plan to use for the document.) Insert Page -- To add a new page to a document, choose the Insert Page option on the PAGE menu. A new page will be inserted as the current page and all subsequent pages will be moved down and renumbered. Delete Page -- Selecting this option will delete the current page. All subsequent pages will be moved up and renumbered. Delete Page deletes text columns and reflows your text through the rest of the article. Text that is not part of an article chain will be lost. Show Full Size -- Select this option from the SPECIAL menu or press -[1]. Text and graphic elements are displayed in the size they will appear on your printer. You can only view a portion of the page in this size. Show Double Size -- Choose this option or press -[2] for fine-tuning your text or graphic elements. Show Half Size -- Choose this option or press -[3] to show the page at about half the size that it will print. Size to Fit -- Choose this option or press -[4] if you would like to view the entire page. You will not be able to see the text clearly because of its reduced size, but you can see what your layout looks like. Your page will appear on the left half of the screen. The right half can be used as a work area in this view. Snap to Guides -- Select this option to position objects quickly and accurately on the page. The Snap To feature works when creating text and graphic objects, as well as moving or resizing objects. Begin by drawing an object within any guide. When you release the mouse button your object will snap to the edges of the guide. You may resize the object by clicking and dragging with the mouse on one of the four handles showing on the object. Select Guides -- The page can be divided into rectangular regions composed of 1 (1 x 1), 4 (2 x 2), 9 (3 x 3), or 16 (4 x 4) parts using the preset guide settings. In addition to this, you have the option of creating your own Custom Guides by setting the number of columns and rows, the spacing between the columns and rows, and clicking OK. If you want to turn the guides off, select 'No guides'. The guides you choose will remain in effect until you change them or until you quit. Show Column Outlines -- This option from the SPECIAL menu toggles the display of text column outlines on or off. It does not affect the text within the defined areas or the text columns themselves. A checkmark next to this option indicates that the option is active. Show Rulers -- The Show Rulers option of the SPECIAL menu toggles the horizontal and vertical rulers on or off. Show Pictures -- Select this option to either hide or display imported pictures. Pictures are printed no matter how this option is set. Select Unit Measure -- Use this option to specify measurement units of inches, centimeters or picas. The unit of measure chosen here affects the on-screen rulers and measurements in the FORMAT, PAGE, and OBJECTS menus. ~COLUMN LINKS... Linking Text Columns -- Text columns must be linked for text to flow from one to another. Select the Linking Tool and click in the text column in which you want the article to START or CONTINUE. The first click of the mouse moves the hook to the top of the Linking Pointer. Subsequent clicks on different columns create the links. Clicking on the Linking Tool in the Tool Box completes the link. A column can only belong to one article at a time. Typing ANY text into a new text column, designates that column as containing a new article -- which CANNOT be linked to an existing article. Deleting the typed-in text will not allow the text column to be linked. You must delete the column entirely, recreate it, and then link it. To UNLINK a text column from an article, select the Linking Tool and double-click on the column. The text will be redistributed to the remaining linked text columns. To DELETE a text column, select it with the Pointer Tool and press the [DELETE] key. If the text column was part of an article, the text will be redistributed to the other linked columns in the article. CUT and COPY do not retain any linking information, and PASTE does not insert a column into a linked article -- you must use the Linking Tool to link text columns. - Users who have an Apple //gs, a single 3.5 disk drive, and a LaserWriter running under System v5.02 cannot normally install the LaserWriter driver onto a 3.5 System Disk due to the Appletalk driver's size. To make a working copy of System 5.02 with the LaserWriter drivers intact, complete the following steps: -- Make a copy of the ORIGINAL Apple //gs System Disk using your favorite disk copier. -- Delete the following files from the COPY of the System Disk. It is important to delete the files from the FINDER as normal copy programs (such as COPY II PLUS) will not allow you to delete these files due to file format changes. -- Delete the file EXPRESSLOAD from the root of your System Disk. -- Delete the TUTORIAL sub-directory, including all files contained within. -- From the CDEVS sub-directory, delete the files below: ALPHABET DIRECTCONNECT GENERAL KEYBOARD MODEM MONITOR MOUSE PRINTER RAM SLOTS SOUND TIME -- From the DRIVERS sub-directory, delete the files below: APPLEDISK5.25 IMAGEWRITER MODEM PRINTER PRINTER.SETUP -- From the FONTS sub-directory, delete the files below: FASTFONT COURIER.10 COURIER.12 GENEVA.10 GENEVA.12 HELVETICA.10 HELVETICA.12 SHASTON.16 TIMES.10 TIMES.12 VENICE.14 -- From the TOOLS sub-directory, delete the files below: TOOL025 TOOL026 TOOL034 -- Boot your modified system disk and load the INSTALLER program located on your System Tools diskette and select the LaserWriter printer driver. Consult your System Manual for more information on the INSTALLER. Your modified disk will now allow you to enter the Control Panel and select your LaserWriter printer. However, there are a few limitations with this System Disk. You cannot access your 5.25 disk drives from the Finder. Also, you cannot access any of the Control Panel settings via the Control Panel CDEV's. Any modifications to the Control Panel must be made via the CTRL--ESCape key sequence. - When printing to a parallel printer with a Laser 128 computer, select the Apple Parallel Interface when configuring Publish It!. However, if you have a Star parallel printer select the Laser 128 interface. - Due to a timing problem which exists between the Laser 128 EX/2 computer and Star printers, you may experience difficulties in printing long documents that require constant floppy disk access. If this occurs, try printing your document in sections of 2 or 3 pages. - When using Apple //gs fonts in large point sizes, you may find that part of the last character on a line is cut off. To rectify this problem, place the Insertion Point at the the line and add a one or two spaces. This should allow the character to print properly when printing and in Preview mode. - If you flip a color picture horizontally, you will find that the color of the graphic has changed. This feature was originally writing for monochrome pictures only. The color bits of a picture are not adjusted. - When importing text files into a frame with a specific font/style you may find that at times, Publish It! will not respect your font/style selections. To get around this problem, place the insertion point into the text frame and select the font, size, and style for the text. Enter a few spaces into the text frame, then import the text file. You may then delete the extra spaces entered prior to importing. - We have included a new monospaced font called RACINE with the Publish It! package. This font is similiar to the PostScript Courier font. - Users of the Zip Chip who experience problems with Publish It! crashing or locking up should contact any currently listed person that has the skills to offer an upgrade. -EOF-