Xerox 820-ii User manual

WORD PROCESSING

APPLICATIONS

and

REFERENCE·GUIDE

820-11

PERSONAL COMPUTER

This equipment has been

certified

to

comply with

the

limits

for

a Class B computing device,

pursuant

to

Subpart J of

part

15

of FCC Rules. Only

peripherals

(computer

input/output

devices,

terminals,

printers,

etc.)

certified

to

comply

with

the

Class B

limits

may be

attached

to

this

computer.

Operation

with

non-certified

peripherals is likely

to

result

in

interference

to

radio and

TV

reception.

This

equipment

generates

and uses radio frequency energy and

if

not

installed

and

used

properly,

that

is, in

strict

accordance

with

the

manufacturer's

instructions,

may

cause

interference

to

radio and television

reception.

It

has been

type

tested

and found

to

comply

with

the

limits

for

a Class B computing device in

accordance

with

the

specifications

in

Subpart J of

part

15

of

FCC

Rules, which

are

designed

to

provide reasonable

protection

against

such

interference

in a residential installation. However,

there

is no

guarantee

that

interference

will

not

occur in a

particular

installation.

If

this equipment does

cause

interference

to

radio or television

reception,

which

can

be

determined

by turning

the

equipment

off and on,

the

user is encouraged

to

try

to

correct

the

interference

by one or

more

of

the

following measures:

Reorient

the

receiving

antenna.

Relocate

the

computer

with

respect

to

the

receiver.

Move

the

computer

away from

the

receiver.

Plug

the

computer

into

a

different

outlet

so

that

computer

and

receiver

are

on

different

branch

circuits.

If

necessary,

the

user should consult

the

dealer

or an

experienced

radio/television

technician

for

additional suggestions. The user may find

the

following booklet

prepared

by

the

Federal

Communications Commission helpful.

"HOW

TO

IDENTIFY

AND

RESOLVE RADIO-TV INTERFERENCE PROBLEMS"

This booklet is available from

the

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the

publisher is not

associated.

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of this manual

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ii

WORD PROCESSING

APPLICA

nONS

and REFERENCE GUIDE

TABLE

OF

CONTENTS

APPLICATIONS

&.

FEATURES

CURSOR MOVEMENT

Cursor

Introduction

Scrolling

the

File

Using Find

Directory

Menu

Changing

Disk

Drives

Deleting

a

File

Renaming

a

File

Running a

Program

Changing

the

HELP

Level

Scrolling a Long

Directory

Turning

the

Directory

Off

and

On

Editing

A

Program

Using

the

CONFIGUR

Program

(Installing

non-Xerox

Printers)

EDITING

Checking

Disk

Space

and

Number

of

Files

Recalling

a

Document

File

for

Editing

Deleting

(Erasing)

Text

Inserting

Text

Discarding

Editing

Changes

Using Find

and

Replace

Working With Blocks

of

Text

More

About

Blocks

of

Text

Deleting

A Block

of

Text

Moving

Text

To A New

Location

Copying (Duplicating)

Text

in a

Document

File

Copying

Text

Into

A New

Document

File

iii

1-1

2-1

2-4

2-5

3-1

3-2

3-3

3-4-

3-10

3-11

3-12

4-1

4-2

4-4

4-5

4-8

4-9

4-13

4-14

4-15

4-16

4-17

4-20

FORMATTING

Formatting

Introduction

Changing Margins & Tabs

How

to

Use

the

Ruler

Line When Editing

Using Wide Margins

Typing Block

(Automatic)

Indent

Text

Editing Block

(Automatic)

Indent

Text

Typing

Outline

Format

Editing

Outline

Format

Changing Line Spacing

Turning

Justify

Off

Changing

Pitch

Changing

Paper

Length

Changing Top and

Bottom

Margins

HELP

Cancelling

A

Command

The Help Key

Changing

the

Help

Level

Correcting

Mistakes

Recovering

A Bak

File

MULTI-PAGE

DOCUMENTS

Automatic

Page

Breaks

Required

Page

Breaks

Saving

Frequently

Printing

Multi-Page

Documents

How

to

Keep

Text

From

being

Split

Between

Pages

Typing Long

Document

Editing Long

Documents

PAGE

NUMBERING

Omitting

Page

Numbers

Changing

the

Page

Number

Location

Changing

the

Page

Number

Adding

Text

to

the

Page

Numbers

(Headers

& Footings)

iv

5-1

5-3

5-9

5-11

5-13

5-15

5-18

5-21

5-23

5-27

5-29

5-31

5-32

6-1

6-2

6-3

7-1

7-2

7-3

7-4

7-9

7-10

8-1

8-2

8-3

PRINTING

Stopping

the

Printer

Stop

Commands

The

Print

Questions

ST

A

TISTICAL

TABLES

Using

Decimal

Tabs

Underlining Columns

Edi

ting

Statistical

Tables

TEXT

TYPING

FEATURES

Center

ing

Text

Underlining

Text

Bolding and Double Striking

Text

Typing Super and Subscripts

Typing a

Letter

and Envelope

Using

Standard

(Boilerplate)

Text

OTHER

Dot

Commands

Using Dot Commands

Exception Keys

REFERENCE

Technical

Introduction

to

Installation

Program

How

to

Use

Installation

Program

v

9-1

9-2

9-3

10-1

10-2

10-7

11-1

11-3

11-9

11-11

11-12

11-14

12-1

12-10

12-16

13-1

13-10

SYSTEM COMPONENTS

620 PRINTER (20 CPS)

Introduction

Unpacking

Installation

Familiarization

Preparation

for

Operation

Operating

the

620

Printer

(20 CPS)

Special

Considerations

Setting

the

Switches Under

the

Front

Cover

Using

the

Control

Panel

Switches

S

pecif

i

ca

tions

630 PRINTER (40 CPS)

Introduction

Unpacking

Installation

Familiarization

Preparation

for

Operation

Operating

the

630

Printer

(40 CPS)

Special

Considerations

Setting

the

Switches Under

the

Front

Cover

Setting

the

Operating

Switches

Reading

the

Control

Panel

Indicators

Specifications

FORMS TRACTOR (630

Printer

-40 CPS)

Installation

Removal

Loading

Paper

PARALLEL PRINTER INSTALLATION KIT

DIAGNOSTICS

MESSAGES

PROBLEM SOLVING

INDEX

vi

14-3

14-4

14-5

14-6

14-9

14-16

14-17

14-20

14-22

14-23

14-25

14-26

14-28

14-30

14-32

14-35

14-36

14-37

14-38

14-39

14-40

14-43

14-44

14-46

14-47

15-1

16-1

17-1

18-1

INTRODUCTION

After

completing

the

exercises in

the

Word Processing Handbook, you may

want

to

know more about your system. The first twelve sections of this manual

are

designed

to

teach

you more about

the

820-11 Personal Computer's word processing

features.

They're

referred

to as

the

APPLICATIONS

chapters.

The

chart

on

the

next page shows you what

is

covered

in

each

of

the

APPLICATIONS

chapters.

It is suggested

that

you go through

the

sections marked

Recommended

on

the

chart.

These sections

cover

features

that

are

basic

to

almost

any

type

of

work you may do

on

your 820-11.

After

that,

you can go through

the

additional sections

that

cover

features

you know

you'll use

on

your job. For instance, if you

type

letters

and envelopes, you'll want

to

cover

the

section

that

explains

the

best

way

to

type

letters

and envelopes.

On

page 1-4 of this

chapter

there's

an explanation of

the

disk options available on

the

820-11 Personal Computer. Review this

section

if

you

want

to

know more

about

disks.

On page 1-7 of this

chapter

there's

information about using non-Xerox

printers

with

the

820-11.

When you finish 'the training,

there's

a questionnaire

at

the

end of this

section

for

you to fill out and mail in. Receiving comments from our customers

is

one way

that

Xerox can improve and maintain high-quality training

materials.

One final note

on

using

the

820-11 successfully:

It

is recommended

that

you always

remove

your disks

from

the

820-ll

before

you

turn

it

off.

Leaving disks in

the

system when you power down

can

permanently

erase

information

on

the

disks.

INTRODUCTION

1-1

APPLICATIONS CHART

CURSOR

MOVEMENT

Cursor Introduction

Scrolling

the

File

Using Find

Directory

Menu

Changing Disk Drives

Deleting a File

Renaming a File

Running a Program

Changing

the

HELP Level

Scrolling a Long

Directory

Turning

the

Directory

Off and

On

Editing A Program

EDITING

Checking Disk Space and Number of Files

Recalling a Document File for Editing

Deleting (Erasing)

Text

Inserting Text

Discarding Editing Changes

Using Find and Replace

Working With Blocks of

Text

More About Blocks of Text

Deleting A Block of Text

Moving Text

To

A

New

Location

Copying (Duplicating)

Text

in a Document File

Copying Text Into A New Document File

FORMATTING

Formatting

Introduction

Changing Margins

&.

Tabs

How

to

Use

the

Ruler Line When Editing

Using Wide Margins

Typing Block (Automatic) Indent

Text

Editing Block (Automatic) Indent

Text

Typing Outline

Format

Editing Outline

Format

Changing Line Spacing

Turning Justify Off

Changing

Pitch

Changing

Paper

Length

Changing Top and Bottom Margins

INTRODUCTION

1-2

2-1

Recommended

2-4 Recommended

2-5 Recommended

3-1

3-2

3-3

3-4

3-10

3-11

4-1

Recommended

4-2 Recommended

4-4 Recommended

4-5 Recommended

4-8 Recommended

4-9 Recommended

4-13

4-14

4-15

4-16

4-17

4-20

5-1

Recommended

5-3 Recommended

5-9 Recommended

5-11

Recommended

5-13 Recommended

5-15 Recommended

5-18

5-21

5-23

5-27

5-29

5-31

5-32

APPLICATIONS

CHART

HELP

Cancelling A Command

The Help Key

Changing

the

Help Level

Correcting

Mistakes

Recovering A

BAK

File

MULTI-PAGE

DOCUMENTS

Automatic

Page

Breaks

Required

Page

Breaks

Printing Multi-Page Documents

How

to

Keep Text From being Split

Between Pages

Typing Long Document

Editing Long Documents

PAGE

NUMBERING

Omitting

Page

Numbers

Changing

the

Page

Number Location

Changing

the

Page

Number

Adding Text

to

the

Page

Numbers

(Headers & Footers)

PRINTING

Stopping

the

Printer

Stop Commands

The

Print

Questions

ST

ATISnCAL

TABLES

Using Decimal Tabs

Underlining Columns

Editing

Statistical

Tables

TEXT

TYPING

FEATURES

Centering

Text

Underlining Text

Bolding and Double Striking Text

Typing Super and Subscripts

Typing a

Letter

and Envelope

Using Standard (Boilerplate)

Text

INTRODUCTION

1-3

6-1

6-2

6-3

7-1

Recommended

7-2 Recommended

7-4 Recommended

7-9

7-10

8-1

8-2

8-3

9-1

Recommended

9-2

9-3

10-1

10-2

10-7

11-1

Recommended

11-3 Recommended

11-9

11-11

11-12

11-14

DISK OPTIONS

The

820-11

can

utilize

either

single

or

double sided disk drives.

If

you're

not

sure

what

type

of

drive

your

system

has,

you

can

check

the

serial

number

plate

(located

on

the

bottom

of

the

disk drive unit) and

compare

the

number

to

the

chart

below.

This

chart

will show you

the

type

of

disk

to

use in

each

dr

ive.

XEROX

SER#X929-

001083

Disk

Drives

Ser

ial

Number Disk Drives

Serial

Number

5~"

Single Sided = X929-000-0000 8" Single Sided = X973-000-0000

5~"

Double Sided= T66-000-0000 8" Double Sided = F10-000-0000

8" Rigid = U07-000-0000

In

addition

to

the

number of sides on a disk,

the

820-11 will allow you

to

select

the

density

of

the

information

recorded

on

the

disk. "Density"

refers

to

how many

characters

can

be

recorded

on a given

area

of

the

disk. The

820-11

is designed

to

record

in "double density", which

means

that

you'll

get

twice

the

number

of

characters

on

the

disk

as

in "single density". You do

have

the

option of

selecting

and using single

density

on

the

820-11

if

you so

desire.

The

density

of

a disk

is

determined

when

the

disk is

initialized

(prepared

for

recording).

The

INIT

utility

(step-by-step

instructions

for

INIT

are

in

the

Handbook)

lets

you

select:

1 Single

Density,

Single Side

-2

Single

Density,

Double Side

3 Double

Density,

Single Side

4 Double

Density,

Double Side

The

820-11

then

sets

the

disk up

for

the

density

and

the

number of

sides

you

selected.

Usually, you'd

select

the

density and number

of

sides you

want

to

work with

and

initialize

all

your disks

to

work

that

way. This

is

the

most

convenient way

to

work

and

is

recommended

for

anyone just learning

the

820-n.

INTRODUCTION

1-4

Read

the

information on this page only when using:

• disks

that

have

different

densities.

• disks

that

have

different

numbers

of

sides.

Should this

situation

arise,

use

the

following guidelines:

• Use

the

PIP program (the DIRECTORY

chapter

has

detailed

instructions)

to

copy files

between

disks with

different

densities or numbers

of

sides.

•

Remember

that

the

820-11

"sets" a disk drive

to

work in a

certain

density

and number

of

sides when

it

reads

the

first

disk you

insert

after

loading

the

software.

If

you want

to

insert

another

disk with a

different

density

and number

of

sides, you'll have

to

tell

the

820-11

to

"reset"

the

drive in

one

of

two ways:

You

can

press CTRL + C

to

reload

the

software,

or

You

can

tell

the

820-11

to

pretend

that

the

drive has a

different

name. The A Drive

can

be

referred

to

as

Drive C and

the

B Drive

can be

referred

to

as Drive D.

For example: This means

that

you

can

put

a double density disk in

Drive B and work in double density by using 8 as

the

drive

name

(e.g.,

use B:filename

to

address a

file

on

the

disk). Then when you

remove

that

disk

and

insert

a single density disk, you

can

refer

to

the

drive

as

n (e.g., D:filename) so

the

820-11

will recognize

the

change

in

density. Using this method, you

can

switch

back and

forth

between

densities without reloading

software

by

referring

to

the

drive

as

B

and

D.

I \

e e -

XBIOX

J

A/C

BID

Should you

ever

want

to

check

to

see

what

kind

of

disk a drive is

set

to

read,

you

can

use

the

WHA

TSA

program. This program will display a

list

of

the

possible

drive names

(A

through P) and

the

type

of

disk

that

is

read

(logged) by

each

drive.

Remember,

the

first

disk

inserted

and

read

by

a drive

after

Word Processing is

loaded

determines

what

type

of

disk

the

drive is

set

for.

It

should

be

noted

that

the

A drive can be

referred

to

as A or

C.

The B

drive

can

be

referred

to

as

B

or

D. The

other

drive

names

(E

through

p)

are

used in

conjunction with a rigid disk.

INTRODUCTION

1-5

FLOPPY DISKS

The disks used in

the

820-11

can

be purchased from Xerox

or

from any

computer

or

office

equipment

dealer.

Disks will

vary

in quality and

type.

When a disk is

marked

"certified"

for

double density,

it

means

that

the

surface

is

of a high enough

quality

to

allow you

to

record

twice

as many

characters

on

the

disk. Disks

certified

double sided

are

a high enough quality

to

prevent

errors

in recording on

either

side

of

the

disk.

When purchasing 8" disks,

specify:

•

Either

Single Sided (77 Tracks) or

certified

Double Sided (77

tracks

per

side).

• Double Density

certified.

• Soft

Sectored.

When purchasing

5~""

disks, specify:

•

Either

Single Sided (40 Tracks) or

certified

Double Sided (40

tracks

per

side).

• Double Density

certified.

• Soft

Sectored.

INTRODUCTION

1-6

USING NON-XEROX PRINTERS ON THE 820-ll

The

820-11

software

is

designed

to

work with

either

the

25

or

40

character

per

second

printer.

If you

want

to

use

another

type

of

printer,

you can do so by

changing

the

software.

The change you make in

the

software

will

tell

the

820-11

in

what

format

to

"talk"

to

your

printer.

Before you

make

the

changes to your Word Processing disk, make

sure

you've

made

a back

up

copy of

the

disk. (Complete instructions

are

given in

the

Handbook.)

Then,

if

you

make

a

mistake

in changing

the

software,

you still

have

your original

disk and can

start

over.

Changing

the

software

is

a

two-step

process. First, follow

the

instructions

for

running

the

CONFIGUR program on

page

3-12.

Then, follow

the

instructions

for

running

the

INSTALL program on page

13-10.

After

you've changed

the

software,

you

can

connect

the

printer

to

the

820-11.

•

If

you have a

serial

printer,

connect

the

printer

cable

to

the

"PRINTER"

port

(outlet) on

the

back

of

the

820-11

screen.

The

cable

used

to

connect

the

printer

is a

standard

RS232

cable,

available for purchase from Xerox. Both

ends

of

the

cable

are

the

same,

so

either

end

can

be

connected

to

the

screen.

•

If

you have a parallel

printer,

you'll need

to

connect

the

printer

cable

to

the

parallel

port

(outlet) inside

the

820-11

screen

unit.

A

parallel

cable

may

be

purchased from Xerox. Directions

for

opening

the

screen

unit and connecting

the

cable

are

at

the

back

of

the

System Components

chapter.

INTRODUCTION

1-7

PROGRAMS AVAILABLE

ON

THE DISK

The following

is

a

list

of

the

programs on

the

Word Processing disk.

Complete

instructions

for

using

the

programs

are

given in

the

Directory

of

the

disk in Drive B while

remaining on Drive A (without changing drives).

Used to

set

and display

the

date

and

time.

Used mainly

to

modify

the

software

for use with a non-

Xerox

printer

and

to

change

the

size of

the

partitions

on

the

rigid disk.

Used

to

show which logical and physical drives

are

in use

and what type

of

disks (density/number of sides,

etc.)

are

being used.

Used to disable

the

CTRL +

ESC

command.

Used to exchange logical disk drive assignments.

Used to backup

the

data

on

a rigid disk.

Used

to

format

a rigid disk prior

to

use.

Used to copy

the

operating

system

to

a rigid disk.

Used to install a non-Xerox

printer.

The following is a list

of

programs used only

by

the

software

and programs. You should'not

erase

these

from

the

disk.

PROGRAM

TERMINAL

XERBAK

XERCOPY

XERMAIN

XWS

WSMSGS.OVR

WSOVL

Y1.0VR

DESCRIPTION

Support file for BACKUP.

Support file

for

BACK

UP.

Support file for

BACK

UP.

Support file for BACKUP.

Support file for Word Processing.

INTRODUCTION

1-8

(

Other

You may

notice

as

you use

the

820-11

that

there

may be more

than

one way

to

give a

particular

instruction

to

the

system. For

instance,

on

the

Directory

Menu, pressing

the

up

cursor (arrow) key gives

the

same

instruction as typing an A. The

chapter

titled

OTHER

has

a list

of

these

"exception" keys.

INTRODUCTION

1-9

(This

page

intentionally

left

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INTRODUCTION

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first

11

chapters)

of this manual help you

learn

the

820-11

features

you'll use

to

do your own work?

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Reference

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INTRODUCTION

1-12

CURSOR MOVEMENT

The cursor is your "pointer"

on

the

screen.

It shows you where

the

action

is. That is,

if you

type

a

character,

it

will be placed

at

the

cursor location.

If

you

touch

the

DEL

(delete) key,

the

character

the

cursor

is

on will be

deleted.

When you

are

typing or editing a document file, you use

the

cursor keys (arrow keys

to

right

of

keyboard)

to

move

the

cursor up, down, right or

left

one

character

at

a

time.

There

are

other

ways to move

the

cursor

--

some of them much

faster

than

using

the

cursor keys.

The cursor movement commands (in most cases,

faster)

are

located

on

the

Go

To

Menu. The

Go

To

Menu

is

the

111

menu on

the

Main Menu.

To

bring up

the

Go

To

Menu, you press CTRL & 1 when

the

Main Menu is

on

the

screen.

The

Go

To

Menu is

shown below.

BACKSP =

RETURN =

0-9 =

I

Menu

# 1

Menu

#2

Gato Block

Menu Menu

Main

Menu

#3

Document

Menu

B:FILENAME PAGE I

LI~

I COL (II

GO

TO MENU

gato

origin

of

I A =

top

of

screen

relocated

text

I B =

bottom

of

screen

position

before

I C =

end

of

file

last

command

I 0 =

begiming

of

file

gato

marker

, I E =

left

word

I I

Menu

#4

Menu

#5

Format Format

Display Nondisplay

Menu Menu

INSERT ON

HELp· =

for

assistance

I F =

right

word

I G =

begiming

of

block

I I =

end

of

block

I J =

left

side

of

line

I K =

right

side

of

line

----------------------------------------------------------~-------

Yau

may

touch

any

key shown

above.

Touch SPACE

bar

to

close

the

menu.

Some

of

the

most

commonly used commands

on

the

Go

To

Menu

are

listed below.

A =

top

of

screen

B =

bottom

of

screen

C = end

of

file

D =beginning

of

file

J =

left

side

of

line

K =

right

side

of

line

CURSOR

MOVEMENT

2-1

Read

the

steps

below to find

out

how

moving

the

cursor works.

If

you

want

to

practice

the

steps,

do

the

exercise

on

the

Here's how

it

works

••.

You must have a file

on

the

screen

to

move

the

cursor

To move

the

cursor

to

Top of

screen:

• Pre

ss

CTRL

& 1 + A

To move

the

cursor

to

Bottom

of

screen:

• Press

CTRL

& 1 + B

To move

the

cursor

to

End of

file:

• Pre

ss

CTRL

& 1 + C

To move

the

cursor

to

Beginning of

file:

• Press

CTRL

& 1 + D

CURSOR MOVEMENT

2-2

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