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                                P.O. Box 361136
                                Melbourne, Florida 32935
                                
                                November 21, 1986
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Proud LeScript Owner
123 Elm Street
Parkville, Maryland 12345

	Hi!!

	Welcome  to  LeScript! This tutorial letter will help youquickly learn how to use LeScript by guiding you through many ofLeScript's functions...step by step. As you read  this  letter,you will learn how to delete, add text, move text, print, createHeaders  and Footers, and many other valuable points you can useto  help  you  begin  writing  with  LeScript.   The   LeScriptinstruction   manual   itself  gives  a  complete  and  detaileddescription of each of LeScript's powerful editing functions andprinter commands, but using this on-screen tutorial we can  showyou  exactly  what  to  do and how to do it, as well as show youright on the screen what you just did!!

	The first thing that everyone wants to do is see somethingprint out on their printer. So why don't  we  do  that  first?Turn  to  the  quick  reference card in the back of the LeScriptmanual and find your printer listed under the section that  says"PRINTER  DRIVER  LIST". You will notice that some printers arelisted twice, once for mono-space operation (each  character  isthe  same  width  as  all  the  others)  and  another  time  forproportional-space operation (big characters take up more  spacethan  smaller characters). To the left of where your printer islisted you will see a "K" followed by a  number.  This  is  theprinter  command that you use in your text to tell LeScript whatkind of printer you have. For example, if  your  printer  is  aRadio  Shack  DMP-2100,  and  you  wish  to  use that printer inproportional-space mode, the printer command you  would  use  isK71.  If  your printer is not found in this list, use K0. Onceyou've found the K command for your printer,  either  mono-spaceor  proportional-space,  go  back  up to the top of this letter,find where it says K0 and change it  to  the  command  for  yourprinter.  If  you  are  using  single  sheets  of paper in yourprinter, follow the K printer command with  ",I"  (no  quotes).Now  turn  your  printer on and get it ready, then hold down theCLEAR key and hit the P key. This letter should now be printingin final format -- properly justified, with all headers and pagenumbers automatically installed.

	OK, now that we've had a little fun with printing, let  meshow  you the one feature you may need the most, at least in thebeginning, and that is  the  HELP  SCREEN  function.  For  thisfunction  to  work  you must have a copy of LESCRIPT/HLP on yourdefault disk drive. If you followed the  backup  procedures  inthe  instruction  manual,  then you probably do, already. Also,you need to have at least 15000 characters of free  space,  elsewait,  and  try this command after you have cleared the tutorialoff the screen (ESC-0). Now all you have to do is hold down theCLEAR key and hit the question mark key  (no  shift).  We  callthis  hitting  CLEAR-?.  When you do this, LeScript removes thecurrent document from the screen, saves it in memory,  loads  inthe  help  file  (LESCRIPT/HLP) from the disk and displays it onthe screen. With the arrow keys you can scroll the help file upor down to display on the screen the section that you need  helpin.  Once you have your questions answered from looking them upin the help file, just hit CLEAR-? again and your original  textfile  comes back to the screen. CLEAR-? again and the help fileis back on the screen. It's just that  simple.  Now  that  youknow  how  to  do  it, try the HELP SCREEN function, and see howeasy it is to get help  on  any  of  the  editing  functions  orprinter commands anytime you need it.

	The  DIRECTORY  function  is  a  good  one to cover next.Before you try it, let me explain first what to expect  and  howto  return  to  the  text edit mode when the directory is on thescreen. Hitting CLEAR-D will momentarily remove the  text  fromthe screen to be stored in the computer's memory, then a listingof  the  first  20  files  on  the  default  disk  drive will bedisplayed on the screen (12 if a 64x16 screen). To get the next20 file names hit the SPACE key. To get a listing of file nameson another drive just hit the number key of that drive (0, 1, 2,3, etc.). to return back to the text, hit CLEAR-Z. OK, now youcan try it.

	LOADING a File into LeScript using  the  directory  is  assimple  as  moving the cursor to the file name while a directoryis on the screen  and  hitting  CLEAR-G  (the  G  means  "get  afile").  If  you  load  a file from the directory when there isalready a file in LeScript, then the new file will get  appendedto  (or  merged into) the first text file at the place where thecursor was when CLEAR-D was struck. This  is  a  very  powerfulability  of  LeScript  that  is not commonly found on other wordprocessors. You can try this later, since loading another  fileinto  the middle of this one right now would just confuse thingsa bit.

	Now let's get a little fancy with the  directory  functionby getting a SELECTIVE DIRECTORY list. Let's say we want a listof  just  the  file names on drive "0" that end in "/DOC". It'ssimple. Just create a blank line by hitting CLEAR-O (you can dothis as  you're  reading  it),  and  type  "????????/DOC:0"  (noquotes),  then hit CLEAR-D. Second example: to get all files ondrive  "1"  that  start  with  the   letter   "A",   just   type"A???????/???:1"  on a blank line, and hit CLEAR-D. To have allfile names listed again it's "????????/???:0" and CLEAR-D.

	You can also use the directory feature to KILL FILES  fromyour  disk  that  you no longer need. Simply move the cursor tothe file name and hit CLEAR-K twice. The  first  time  you  arewarned,  the second time the file is removed from the disk. Nowbefore we leave the directory function, how  would  you  like  aPRINTED  DIRECTORY  LISTING  just  as it appears on the screen?Well,  that's  easy  too!  Just  hit  CLEAR-D  to  get  to  thedirectory,  turn your printer on and get it ready, then just hitCLEAR-@. Remember that CLEAR-Z will get you back  to  the  textedit  mode  when  you're  done.  Go  ahead  and print out a fewdirectories for yourself --  I'll  wait  for  you  at  the  nextparagraph.

	Oh good, now that you are back I think I'd like to explainthe  funny  little  squares  that  you  see  at the end of everysentence. These are called  END-OF-SENTENCE  characters.  Thischaracter   creates   an  additional  amount  of  space  betweensentences, and is entered automatically  by  LeScript  when  youtype  two  spaces  after  a  period,  a  question  mark,  or  anexclamation point. Notice  that  these  characters  printed  asblanks  when  you  printed  this  letter.  At  the end of everyparagraph notice that there is  another  character;  this  is  aRETURN  character  and is entered every time you press the ENTERkey. It is  used  to  terminate  paragraphs  and  double  spacebetween paragraphs. Notice that neither of these two charactersshow  up  on  the  paper  when  you printed out this letter. ToINDENT PARAGRAPHS use CLEAR-K, which is the TAB function.

	At this point, let's talk about another  one  of  LeScripttime-saving features -- the VIEW mode. The View mode allows youto  see the text on the screen in final format without having toprint it out on paper. When you get into  VIEW  mode,  which  Iwill  tell  you how to do in a second, the screen will go blank;hold down the  down-arrow  key  until  your  text  appears.  Toterminate  the  VIEW  mode  and get back to the text, either useCLEAR-Z, or just continue holding down the down-arrow key  untilyou  reach the end of the letter and LeScript will automaticallytake you back to the text. O.K., let's go! Use CLEAR-V and  GOFOR  IT!!  See  how  great it works? Continue to hold down thedown-arrow key to view the entire letter. Notice that  LeScriptwon't  let you scroll backwards while in this mode. And notice,also, as you page through the letter, that the headers and  pagenumbers  are  automatically  inserted into the letter where theybelong. 

	Next let's cover the DELETE and INSERT functions.  First,move  the  cursor  to the first letter of the first word of thisparagraph, then hit the CLEAR-<right arrow>. Bingo!  You  justdeleted  a  character.  To put it back, hit CLEAR-I (which putsyou in INSERT mode...notice that the  cursor  blinks  slower  inthis mode), and type in the original character. You're still inINSERT  mode,  so  why don't you try typing in a couple words, asentence, or whatever? To get out  of  INSERT  mode,  just  hitCLEAR-I again. And there you have it!!

	O.K., now let's continue with other kinds of deletes. Youcan  delete  the  character(s) in front of the cursor. Positionyour cursor  on  the  "s"  in  "position"  and  hit  CLEAR-<leftarrow>.  The "o" disappears! Now you can use CLEAR-I to put itback if you want to. Let's DELETE a WORD! Move the  cursor  tothe  "M" in the first word of this sentence; now hit CLEAR-W andthe word "Move" is deleted. Now let's DELETE a LINE. Move  thecursor  to  the  beginning  of  any  line (preferably one you'vealready read) and hit CLEAR-L.  Presto,  it's  gone!!  CLEAR-Lwill  delete  any part of the line from the cursor and following(so, if you only want to delete the last half of  a  line,  movethe  cursor to the middle of the line and hit CLEAR-L). CLEAR-*(no shift) can be used to DELETE a WHOLE BLOCK of text. I  willexplain this in a minute.

	Let's  change  the  format  of the text, now. First let'sMOVE a BLOCK of text. How about this sentence?  Position  yourcursor  on  the  "H"  of the previous sentence and hit CLEAR-B.This puts a BLOCK MARKER character in front  of  the  "H".  Nowmove  to the beginning of the next sentence (position the cursoron the "P" in "Position"). Hit CLEAR-B again.  You  have  justfinished  defining a BLOCK of text. You can MOVE it, COPY it orDELETE it. Let's MOVE it and put it after this sentence.  Moveyour  cursor  to  the "M" in the word "Move" at the beginning ofthis sentence and then hit CLEAR-M to move the BLOCK. That  wascertainly  pretty  easy,  huh?  Notice  that  the  BLOCK MARKERcharacters are still there. This means that you can still  MOVEthis  sentence  somewhere  else  or  COPY  the  block of text toanother place if you want to, just by moving your cursor to thatplace and hitting CLEAR-C. Or, if you're done with  the  block,you  can remove the BLOCK MARKER characters by hitting CLEAR-Q.To DELETE a BLOCK of text just move the cursor to the end of theblock of text to delete, hit CLEAR-B, move  the  cursor  to  thebeginning  of  the block, and then hit CLEAR-* (no shift). Letstry that on this paragraph. Move the cursor to the beginning ofthis sentence and hit CLEAR-B. Then  move  the  cursor  to  thebeginning  of  this  paragraph  and hit CLEAR-* (no shift). Thefirst half of this paragraph just got deleted.  What  could  besimpler than that?!





	*****	At  this  point  you  should  continue on with thesecond half of the tutorial. After clearing the screen  CTRL-0,type: TUTORIA2 then hit CLEAR-G.
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