| ★ APPLICATIONS ★ PAO/PRESSE ★ NEWSMAKER (POPULAR COMPUTING WEEKLY) ★ |
Newsmaker (87-9-25) | Newsmaker (87-10-16) | Newsmaker (87-10-23) |
Desktop publishing involves the design. manipulation and printing of a page of text and graphics Posters, adverts or newsletters can be produced with ease and stored for future use. The computer stores the page in memory (one page takes 51K) and the user can work on one third of the page at any one time Switching between the three parts of the page is quick and easy. To get the program up and running you must type in two programs Program I is Basic, while Program II is a machine code listing. Run Program II first This pokes in the machine code data. If errors are found a message will be displayed. If the data has been typed in correctly a file "pager.bin" will be saved onto the disc Program II can then be deleted. Running Program I loads the machine code and enters the main program. Remember this program is 6128 only It may run on an expanded 464/664 but the commands prefixed by a may need to be altered. Newsmaker is menu driven throughout To move the pointer use the cursor keys. The Copy keys selects an option from the menu Pressing the Esc key returns to the main menu. The mam menu headings are Text, Graphics, Banner, Files, Print and Miscellaneous and are displayed at the top of the screen. Text Upon selecting this option you are greeted with three options Load File, Enter Text and Exit (An exit option is included on all sub menus Selecting it returns to the main menu) The Load File option can be used on word-processor files (Protext Program files and Mini Office II files work) or ordinary ascii files Move the cursor to the position you want the text to appear at and press Copy. Then type the name of the program. If you load text into a shape (say as triangle) it will fill it Whenever the program runs out of space it displays an overflow menu. Then you can either return to the menu or chose another position to start printing more text. The Enter Text option lets you type text directly on screen The Cursor keys and the Delete key can be used to move the cursor Pressing Clr returns to the mam menu. Graphics This is perhaps the most rewarding way of using this program A number of options are available: Dot mode. Line mode. Fill, Spray, Cut and Paste. The Dot and Spray modes can be used to write or erase (type E or W when the menu appears). Pressing Copy produces either a dot or a spray pattern depending on which option you use. Line mode surprisingly enough allows lines to be drawn Use cursors and Copy to set the location of one end of the line, then do the same for the other end of the line. To use the Fill option you must already have moved the cursor to the required position Be careful here as one false move can ruin your designs The Cut and Paste options allow you to move chunks of graphics and text from one screen location to another To Cut you must set the position, width and depth of the area to be cut using the Cursors and Copy The Paste option allows you to display the graphics you have cut anywhere on the screen You must set the position to paste, again using Cursors and Copy You can even move text from one of the three screens to another. As this is a three week listing, more instructions are given next week. Also, if you'd like a copy of Newsmaker on disc then send £7.00 to 41 Fountains Drive, Acklam, Middlesborough, Cleveland ***** Popular Computing Weekly |
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