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          Please select the item you would like help with:


                       1.  General editing
                       2.  Cursor movement
                       3.  Directory
                       4.  Load file
                       5.  Save file
                       6.  Block move
                       7.  Find
                       8.  New page
                       9.  Redisplay
                      10.  Print
                      11.  Quit
                      12.  Color of screen
                      13.  Typewriter 
                      14.  User Supported Software

                      ESC  Return to main menu 
{                        B L O C K
     The Block command has three options.  Each requires that the
cursor be positioned at the start of the text you wish to handle 
prior to exercising the command (ALT & B keys).  Then use the 
Down arrow key to highlight the portion of text you wish to 
handle.
     1.  The "Copy" option makes a copy of (but does not delete)
the blocked (highlighted) area and stores it on the disk.  You
can give the block a filename if you plan to use the text in a
later editing session, or just press the ENTER key to make it
a temporary file.  You can use the "Load" command (ALT & L 
keys) to recall the block.  If you gave the block a name, use
that name to reference it.  If you did not give it a name (you
just pressed the ENTER key when you saved the block), just 
press the ENTER key to load it.

     2.  The "Delete" option deletes the blocked (highlighted) area.

     3.  The "Move" option deletes the blocked material from the
original document.  As with the "Copy" option, you can give the
block a name, or press the ENTER key to make the block a tempo-
rary file on your disk.  Move your cursor to the spot where you
want the block to go and use the Load command to retrieve the
block from your disk. 
{                           C O L O R

        If you have a color monitor and a color card in your
computer you can change the color of the text that appears on the
screen and the color of the border that is around the screen.  

        Find the file called COLOR.EXE on the disk.  Type in the
word "color" to start the program.  You will be asked what you
want to change and will be shown the available colors.

     You may have a monochrome (not a color) monitor, but find
the images are indistinct because you have a color circuit board
in your computer.  To make these images more clear, boot the DOS
disk and, after you get the "A>" prompt, put in the FreeWrite disk
and type the following: "copy no-color.fil color.fil".  Press the
ENTER key.  Now at the "A>" prompt, type the word "fw".

        NOTE: This option will work only if you have a color card on
your system.
{                      C U R S O R   M O V E M E N T

        Move around in your document by using the following keys:

                 UP     -  Move to the line above the current line
                 DOWN   -  Move to the line below the current line
                 LEFT   -  Move one character to the left
                 RIGHT  -  Move one character to the right
                 END    -  Move to the end of the current line

            CTRL & RIGHT - Move to the start of the next word
            CTRL & LEFT  - Move to the end of the previous word

                 PGUP   -  Move to the start of the page
                 PGDN   -  Move to the start of the next page

     HOME & UP          -  Move to the top of the screen
     HOME & DOWN        -  Move to the bottom of the screen
     HOME & LEFT        -  Move to the start of the current line
     HOME & RIGHT       -  Move to the end of the current line
     HOME & HOME & UP   -  Move to the start of the document
     HOME & HOME & DOWN -  Move to the end of the document        
{                      D I R E C T O R Y

     The directory lists all filenames on a disk.  To obtain a
directory, simultaneously press the ALT and the D keys.  Next,
enter the drive letter and a colon, e.g., type "b:" if you want
a directory of the disk in drive B.  You then type "*.*" to list
all filenames on the disk or "*.ltr" to list only those file-
names that have "ltr" as their extensions.

     The directory will display the current date and time, free
space (in bytes) left on your disk, and free memory left in the
computer.  It will also list the filenames, number of bytes each
file occupies, and the date and time they were created or last
revised.

     You can move the cursor around on the screen using UP, DOWN,
LEFT, and the RIGHT arrow keys, as well as the HOME, END, PGUP,
and PGDN.
     
     Two options are available - load and delete.  First move the
cursor so that the desired filename is highlighted.  (NOTE: Be
sure it is a word processing file.)  To load, press the "1"
key; to delete, press the "2" key.  Delete is used to remove old
files from the disk to make room for new ones.
{                           F I N D

     The "Find" command (ALT & F keys) is used to find a
particular word or words in your text.  There are three options.

     1.  The "Forward" option allows you to search from your
present location towards the end of the document.  Type "1", the
word you seek, and the ENTER key.  The program will go to the
word and highlight it.

     2.  The "Reverse" option allows you to search from your
present location toward the beginning of the document.  Type
"2", the word you seek, and the ENTER key.  The program will
locate and highlight the word.

     3.  The "Find and Replace" option moves only in the forward
direction.  (If you need to search the entire document, press the
HOME key twice and the Up arrow to get to the beginning of the
document.)  This option gives you a choice: "With confirm
(Y/N)?"   "Y" (Yes) to this choice means you must stop at each
"Find" word and confirm that it is to be replaced with the
"Replace" word.  "N" (No) means the program will automatically
change every case.  The program will ask you to specify a word 
to find and another to replace.
{                     G E N E R A L   E D I T I N G
     ESC KEY     - Return to main menu from submenu
     BACKSPACE   - Delete text to left of cursor
     DEL KEY     - Delete character at the cursor's location
     CTRL & END  - Delete from cursor to end of line
     ENTER KEY   - New line
     INS KEY     - Used to toggle back and forth from insert to
                   replace mode.
     TAB KEY     - Double-arrow key used to move cursor five
                   spaces to the right.
     INSERTING   - Move cursor using arrow keys to position in
                   text where you want to insert.  Check to see
                   that you are in insert mode.  Start typing.
                   Press ALT & R to redisplay (reformat) text.
     REPLACING   - Move cursor using arrow keys to position in
                   text where you want to replace.  Check to see
                   that you are in the replace mode.  Start
                   typing.  Press ALT & R to redisplay (reformat)
                   text.
     HYPHENATION - When warning sounds, move LEFT and RIGHT ARROW
                   keys to move to appropriate place for hyphen;
                   then press ESC.
     FREE MEMORY - Number of bytes (characters) left in memory is
                   displayed on the bottom line of main menu. 
{                          L O A D

     The Load command (ALT & L keys) will find a file on your
disk (either program disk or data disk) and load it into the
computer's memory.

     If you have two disk drives, be sure to use the drive letter
and a colon before the filename.  If you are loading the file
from the FreeWrite disk in drive A (left-hand drive), for instance,
you would specify "a:demo".  If you are loading the file WATSON 
from your data disk in drive B, you would specify "b:watson".  
If you have only one disk drive, there is no need to specify 
the drive letter and colon before the filename.  If a file is 
not found, you are given the option to cancel the request or
enter a different filename.

     The load command is used as part of the "Copy" or "Move"
option during the "Block" command (see Block submenu).
     
     When you are beginning a word processing session, you can
load a file at the same time you load FreeWrite.  If you want
to load WATSON, for example, at the "A>" prompt type "fw b:watson".
{                         N E W   P A G E
        
     FreeWrite automatically pages the document as you work 
on it.  However, if you wish to start a new page, you may use
the "New Page" (ALT & N keys) command to indicate the place 
in the document where the new page is to begin.

     Move the cursor to the place in the text where you wish to
start a new page and press the ALT and N keys.  A dashed line
will appear on your screen display to indicate where the page
will end when you print.  The dashed line will not appear on the
printed document.

     To delete a new page location that you entered using this
feature you will need to do the following:  (1)  Locate the cursor
at the first position of the first line for the page following the
dashed line.  (2)  Press the backspace key to remove the new page.

{                            P R I N T

     The Print command (ALT & P keys) has four options:

     1.  The "Full Text" option prints out the entire document.
     2.  The "Page" options prints out only the page on which
the cursor is currently on.
     3.  The "Change" option produces a Print Options submenu.
By pressing different keys you can change text from justified right
margins (evened up) to unjustified; specify the number of copies
you want to print out (from one to nine); choose among four
places for positioning of the page numbers or choose not to have
page numbers displayed; specify line spacing as single - or
double - space; and indicate which page number you wish to start
with.  If no changes in print options are specified, FreeWrite will
print your document single-spaced, right-justified, no page
numbers, only one copy (these are FreeWrite's default values).
     4.  The "Cancel" option will cancel a Print command already
issued.

     FreeWrite will do "background printing" - that is, allow you
to print a document while simultaneously writing or editing another
(or the same) document.
{                            Q U I T

        If you are working on a document when you select this option
you will be asked whether you want to save the current document
before you quit.  Prompts will ask you to specify a filename if
you opt to save the document.  You can press the ESC key if you
decide you do not want to quit and would like to return to the
present document.

        You will also be asked whether you want to work on another
document.  Answer Yes if you want to load another document and work
on it, or if you want to start working on something new.  The current
document will be removed from the computer's memory (but will still
remain on the disk if you saved it).
{                        R E D I S P L A Y

     The Redisplay command (ALT & R keys) reformats text and
allows you to see on the screen the form of your document as it
will look when printed (except that it will print with justifica-
tion - even right margin-, unless you specify otherwise in your
print format).  This option is useful after you have been
deleting and inserting words in a previously written paragraph.

     Only the part of the screen that is to the right and below
the cursor will be reformatted.  The part to the left and above
the cursor will remain as is.  Thus, if you have made several
changes in a paragraph, you may wish to return the cursor to
the first line of that document before giving the Redisplay
command.

     This command will affect lines only as they appear on your
screen.  All text is reformatted before printing, so it is
unnecessary to reformat your entire document before printing. 
{                           S A V E

        You will first be asked for the filename for the document
you want to save.  If that document already exists, you will be
asked if you want to replace it.  If you enter Yes, the newer 
version will replace the older version.  If you respond with a No,
you will be asked for another name for which to label the new file.

        You can save your document as often as you like.  FreeWrite
will remember where you were when you selected this option and will
return you to that point as soon as the document is saved.
{                       T Y P E W R I T E R     

        The "Typewriter" option has two major uses.  First, you
can use it to send special print characters to your printer.  This
will change how your printer prints, if supported by your printer.
You will need to check with your printer manual to see the numeric
values of the special codes since most printers handle this feature
a bit differently.

        The second use is as a typewriter.  You can type a line of
text, edit that line, and then send it directly to the printer.  You
might want to do this to print envelopes, for example.  Press the
ENTER key when you have entered the line and are ready for it to
print.  Press the ESC key when you are ready to return to the main
menu.


{        U S E R   S U P P O R T E D   S O F T W A R E

     FreeWord is a "user supported" program.  What is meant by
that is, FreeWord is available to anyone who wants to use it at a
no cost (if you get the program from Stilwell Software Products
we charge $10 to help cover the cost of postage and handling).
This method of distributing computer software allows you to try
the program without having to pay for it in advance.  It also
allows you to freely share the program with other users without
the fear of prosecution by the owner of the program.  
     If you find FreeWord of use, you are asked to send a contrib-
ution of $49 to its author:

                Stilwell Software Products
                  16403 North 43rd Drive 
                   Glendale,  AZ  85306

     By sending a contribution you will become a register owner
of FreeWord.  You will received a printed copy of the manual and
will be eligible for support from us.  You will also receive a
program called SSP's SPELL at no extra cost.  The SPELL program is
a spelling checker.  SPELL will search through the document you 
wrote with FreeWord looking for misspelled words.  SPELL will also
work with any standard ASCII text file you created.  
