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RELEASE

WORDSTAR

QUEC4-C3 V3,0

NOTES

3912-63064

MICROPRO WORDSTAR VERSION

3.9

INSTALLATION AND RELEASE NOTES
l.0

CONTENTS

OF THE DISTRIBUTION DISKETTE

The discributian diskette contained within this Kit comprises
the

fimllowzmg

EXAMPLE . TXT

WS.COM

files:

INSTALL.COM

WSOVLY1.OVR

2.0

INSTALLATICON NQOTES

2.1

Preparing

for

The diskette

WSU.CQM

WS.INS

WSMSGS.OVR

Installation
supplied
is your master copy of WordStar

containing a pre-installed version of the software
specifically for the Digital Rainbow 190 personal computear.
It is necessary to produce a working copy of the software
from the master diskette in order that you may store the
master in a secure place for back-up purposes.
You will
require a new, blank diskette.
Within these notes, examples of commands given
computer show the user responses underlined.

Creating

the

working diskette

Follow the instructions described in chapter
4 of the Rainbow
100 Getting Started Manual contained under the heading
"Copying the QOperating System Files" (pages 44 to 47
inclusive).

Remove

the

store
it

On completion

diskecte

in a

safe

from

place.

proceed

drive

as follows:

(CP/M-86/880

master)

ancd

2.2.2

" Transfer your new system diskette from drive B to drive A.
To

tell

the operating

system

that

you have changed diskettes,

type:

2.2.3

Determine

the

(CP/M-86/89

amount of space left on the diskette

disk)
>A

2.2.4

RW,

1s required.

skip on
Free

using

the

Free

space:

User's

2.2.5.

CP/M-86/80

Guide,

132k

1If sufficient free space is available,

paragraph

space may be obtained

the

in drive A

STAT command:

STAT<Ret)

220k

using

pages

by deleting

uctilicy "MAINT"

the

(Refer

following

files

Rainbow 140

to 98 inclusive):

ASM.COM
ASMB86.CMD

DDT.CCM
DDT86.CMD

DUMP.COM
LDCOPY.CMD
LMCMD.CMD
ED.CMD
2.2.5

Insert the WordStar master diskette in drive
8 and transfer
the WordStar applications files to the svstem dlSkette in

drive

A u&an

the

A>
PIP will

PIP program:

PIP A:=B:* ,*[V] <Ret>

display

the

message:

COPYING

followed

When

by
a list of all

all

files

have

been

file names as

copied,

they are copied.

the operating

system

displays:
A>

2.2.9

Remove

2.2.7

the

WordStar

secure

place.

master

disxattm

from

drive

and

store

At this stage drive A concazma a system/application disketct
with a pre-installed version of WordStar (default printer

support

for

the

Digital

LASg

printer).

2.2.8

Ignore this paragraph and skip straight to paragraph 2.2.9 if

you have an LAS0 printer on your

Rainbow.

If you require support for the LQP@2 printer it is necessary

invoke

the

INSTALL program:

INSTALL<KRet)>

You should now refer to the WordStar Installation Manual,
Section 3,

Pages 3-2 to 3-8

inclusive.

You should pay particular attention to the following

points:

response

the

INSTALL prompt:

"which MICROPRO product would you like to
the

user must

two

install?”

respond:

WS<Ret>

If you respond to this prompt by hitéing the Return Key the

system will 'hang'.
It will then be necessary
system and re-run the INSTALL program.
b.

Page

the

INSTALL PATCHER.

3-9 of

avoided by

the

all but

WordStar

restart

the

Installaticon Manual describes

is recommended

the most

that

sophisticated

this

facilicy is

user.

The installation procedure is now complete, you snould starc
Wordstar by using

A> WSU

the

following

command:

<Ret>

unless you used the INSTALL procedure and changed the name of

the installed WordStar program (default name WS),
case you should type that name follcwed by <Rectd.

After

in wnich

Installation

Please remember to make a backup copy of your
diskette.
Use the procedure indicated in the
Getting Started Manual for copying diskectes.

working
Rainbow

104,

3.8

RELEASE NOTES

3.1

WordStar General Information Manual
On page 2-2 of this manual, the paragraph titled "EASY
INSTALLATION" refers to appendices
A,B, and C. 'For

completeness, these have been included.
However, you should
be aware that although many non-Digital products are
mentioned in these appendices, Digital only guarantees
support for its own products.

3.2

WordStar Main Menu "RUN" option
The "RUN" option on the main menu only permits eight-bit
programs to run (i.e. files with the extension '.COM').
Sixteen-bit programs (i.e. those with a file extension
'.CMD')

cannot be run

under WordStar's control.

3.3

Implementation of

Rainbow Function Keys

The following commonly used WordStar functions have heen
implemented on the Rainbow function keys as indicated.

RAINBCOW
FUNCTION

WORDSTAR
ALTERNATIVE

.
MEANING

Up arrow
Down Arrow
Left Arrow
"Right Arrow
< X 1.

“E
*X
G

Cursor
Cursor
Cursor

Up Cne Line
Down Cne Line
Left One Space

“D

Cursor
Delete

Right One
Character

HELP
NEXT SCREEN
PREVIOUS SCREEN
FIND
1
REMOVE

“JH
“C
“R
“QF
°G

INSERT

KEY

HERE

Set
-

Help

Level

Space
te Lef:

(specific)

Up Screenful
Down Screenful
Find String
Delete Character
Insert on/off

SELECT

Cpen

Fo
F7
F8

“XD

Save,

Document

“KS
“XQ

Save and Rasume
Abandon edic

done

Reform

File

edic

F9
Fl3
Fl1

3
“KX

g£1l2

F13

Save, Exit to Syscem
Rainbow System Escapge
Function
Set Help level (no £ils
com’ Q)
'
Help Menu (general)

Paragrapgn

Fl4
F17
F18
Fl9
£29

“QA

Find

“oL
“OR

Left Margin Set
Right Margin Set

and

Replace

“0I
“ON

Tab
Tab

PF1

“QR

Set
Clear

Cursor

Beginning

File

PF2
PF3
PF4
TAZ

~QcC
“KB
“KX

Cursor to End of File
Mark Block Beginning
Mark Block End
Tab

Welcome to WordStar Release 3.0!
This new release of WordStar has some outstanding features that
will make using WordStar even more rewarding for you.
BHorizontal
scrolling, column move, new menus, and a new WordStar option
Called SpellStar are the latest enhancements you'll use to turn
out perfect documents easily and speedily.

Here's what the new faafiuz@a,dm,and how they do it.
Horizontal Sczolling

Horizontal scrolling is

most useful in creating oversized

documents, because it gives you a better picture of how
document will actually look.
Say you want to produce a document on 11" x 14" paper.

Set

your

right

margin

extend

past

the

last

a wide

You can

screen

column

(column
79 for most terminals), as usual.
AsS you enter text past
the last column, WordStar will scroll text to the left,
so that

you have
text.

blank screen
|

area into
S

which you'll
-

continue

enter

Before horizontal scrolling, when you entered lines wider
than
the screen, WordStar
put a "+" flag in the rightmost column and

continued the text on the next screen line. You couldn'
t easily
see if your right margin was justified or if columns
were
properly
aligned,
because
the
format
was
broken
up
by
continuation lines.
Horizontal scrolling allows vyou to see all
your

text

will

appear

Horizontal scrolling
scrolling Weor

a "screen
to

see.

r ha

window”

printed.

similar

ways

wver

when

e With

doc

the familiar
both kinds

larger

mind the sin

blank

screen

area,

used to horizontal
sions.
Just keep in

wondering

vertical
scrolling,

than the screen to

Youenter tex
in
t
a

It may taka_f

scrolling

"where

movement
commanc
text.
Whenever
y
status line for

the +
<

. we

Ou
o

‘be

and when you start

assured that a cursor

wherever youwant

to go in your
you are, check the
o

flere

The familiar "+" will still be there in the rightmost
column o

let you know you've exceeded screen width,
will

now

keep going horizontally

screen

area.

AS you

enter

once,

off,

you can

but your long lines

the

screen

into

a new

‘

text

past

the last

right 22 columns at a time.*

"off®

maximum

column,

the

screen

window scrolls

You can keep scrolling 22 colunns

right

keep screlling up to

margin

255.

about 32,000

word

columns!

wrap

"QD will move you to the end of your line in increments, if the

end is more than 80 columns £rom the cursor.
Here's an example
oversized document:

how

WoréStar
B

Release
3.0

handles

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The

22-column

changed.

'See

characters ==

Document Onscreen
and

scroll

the WordsStar

s@cond screen views)

the

3.0

default

condition

Installation Manual,

and

may

Appendix E.

When you then want to go back

to the previous screenful of text,

usea command that moves the cursor o0ff the left side of the

screen (“A or “S). The screen window will scroll to the left,

and

*+* flags will appear in the rightmost column. And, of course,

word wrap will automatically take you back to the first screen,
Placing the cursor at the left margin.

“QS will also always take

you directly to the beginning of the line in one scroll.

You should be aware that even if your right margin is less than

80, you could end up with lines that continue beyond the right
edge of the screen.

PFor example, this could happen if you are

entering or inserting text with word-wrap off, or you insert text
that pushes
the line past
the last column,
or you join two
paragraphs so that the line that joins them extends beyond the
last column.

If you then try to move the cursor into the offscreen portion of
the extended line,
you may find that much of your text
"disappears”
from the screen.
Don't be alarmed!
You can get
back to it simply by amploying one of the commands that moves the
cursor left ("A, °s, “Qs).
i

To learn more about horizontal auzallihg, read pages 2-12 and 34,5 of the WordStar Reference Manual.

Column mode allows yvou to move, copy, and delete golumns of tex:
and numbers.
With previous releas
of WordStar,
es you could move

only blocks of text thatextended
from margin
to margin.

Column

g9da is particularly useful in creating and editing tables and
iagrams.

“KN is the toggle command that gives you either block mode or

column mode. The default situation
column mode is OFPF.

that

block

mode

ON,

When you move text in WordStar's block mode, the carriage returns
move along with the block of text.
1In column mode, this isn't
SC.
When you move a column composed of lines ending in carriage
_ feturns, a block
of blank lines will remain in their place.
To
remove the gap in your documenyou
t, will have
. to delete these

blank
fou

lines.

cannot

use

the

|
command

"KY

(Delete

block)

Selete

blank

lines while you're in column mode, because column mcve, COpy, and
delete commands do not affect carriage returns.
So, to eliminate
the blank lines, enter the command
“XKN to return to block mode,
mark

the block of blank

lines,

Column mode does not change

and delete

them

with

“KY.

the way you use WordStar

enter

text or edit within a column.
For example, it doesn't allow vou
£o word wrap or justify columns.
All
text
entry and
edit
operations will still affect your text from margin to margin,
whether or not you are in column mode.
|

You should keep this principle in mind
when You use print control
characters (for underlining, boldfacing
, or doublestriking,
for
example) in columns. You need to
make sure the print control
characters begin and end on each line
of the column you want to

affected.

For

instance,

if you are creating a table of several colum
ns, and
first three lines of the first colu
mn to be
boldfaced,
you can't just use the “PB command (for boldf
ace) at
the beginn
of
ing
the first line and the end of the third
line. If
you do, the first three lines of each
column will be boldfaced.
yYyou

want

the

Instead,'use the “PB command at the beginnin
and
g end of the
three lines

first

the first column.

NO
This:

“BXXXXXXXXXX

XXXXXXXXXX

XXXXXXXXXX
B

XXXXXXXXXX

LXXXXXXXXX

XXXXXXXXXX

produces

result:

this

TXXXXIXIXX
XXXXIIIXXZ
IXXIXIIITXT
XXXXXXXXXX

XAXXXXXXXX

YES
- This:

:Bxxxxxxxxxx“a

“Bxxxxxxxxxx:Bw
BXXXXXXXXXXx"B

See Secticn 6
cf how to use

XXXXXXXXXZ

XXAXXXAXXXX
XXXXXXXXXX

xxxxxxxxxx

XXXXXXXXXX

produces this

result:

IXZIXXIXXIXXX

AXXXXXXXXX

IXXXXIXIXIXIXIX

XXXXXXXXXX

ZZIXXXXXXXX

XXAXXXXXXX

XXXXXXXXXX

XXRXAXXXXXX

of the reference
column mode.

manual

for
2

complete

description

New Menus

so that you can
in WordStar 3.0 have been revised
All the menus
Commands are
read them more easily and locate commands faster.

grouped and labeled according to the jobs they do.

For more about the new menus,

reference

manual.

see Sections 1 and 2 of the

SpellStar

by
SpellStar makes all your documents lectter perfect,
typing
and
spelling
all
out
"oroofreading” them so you can weed
mistakes. There are two trainiang chapters (Chapters 19 and 20 of
the WordStar Training Guide) that take you step-by-step through

‘the program, and one refereance sectiom (Sectiom 13 of the
Reference Manual) to use once you have practiced with SpellStar.

The two training chapters assume that you will be using a doubleIf
density 8" disk to hold the SpellStar and WordStar files.
you’re using single density 8" or 5 1/4" disks, you will need

more than one disk for WordStar, 'SpellStar and the dictionary.
This will modify somewhat your use of the training guide, and you
n the notes conceraning disk
should pay particular attentioto
’

space.

We are currently evaluating these modifications to see L{f they do
more 2o meet the needs of WordStar users. We would very =uch appreciate your opinion == please include it on the reader’s response

form

the following

pages.