               
                       OVERVIE O WordStar


WordSta i  CP/ compatible scree oriente wor processin 
syste wit integrate printing  Bot initia entr o tex an 
alteratio o previousl entere tex ar performe directl o 
screen  Mos formattin function tak plac immediately 
resultin i th displa o  tru prin image additiona 
enhancement ar performe durin printout.



WordStar' EDIԠ FUNCTION i use t creat an alte document 
store o diskette  Feature o th edi functio includ th 
following:

Vide Editing  portio o th documen bein entere o 
correcte i alway show o th CRԠ screen addition an 
correction ar immediatel displayed  Tex entr i accomplishe 
merel b typin th desire text comman function suc a 
curso motio o deletio o tex ar quickl accomplishe wit 
visua feedback.

Automati Dis Buffering th siz o  documen i no limite b 
th amoun o RA memor i you computer bu b dis capacity  
Tex i brough int RA͠ a required wit n operato 
interventio o concern.

On-scree Tex Formatting tex i displaye o th scree a i 
wil젠 appea whe printed thereb facilitatin revie an 
correctio o printe cop appearanc befor actuall printing  
On-scree tex formattin i accomplishe wit th ai o th 
followin thre features:

Wor Wrap paragraph ma b entere a hig spee withou 
strikin Carriag Return whe  wor yo typ exceed th righ 
margi you'v set WordStar automaticall move th wor bein 
entere t th nex lin an justifie an redisplay th lin 
jus completed  Th RETURN ke i use onl t indicat th en 
o  paragraph blan line o othe poin wher  permanen lin 
brea i desired  Thus th typis nee no brea rhyth du t 
concer fo th en o th line no fee th necessit o lookin 
u fro th materia bein transcribed.

Automati Margination Justification Lin Spacing Centering: 
wit wor wra i effect eac complete lin i automaticall 
adjuste t fi user-settabl lef an righ margins justifie 
(right-aligned unles th use ha selecte ragged-righ format 
and optionally double-space o tripl spaced   lin o tex 
ca b centere betwee th curren lef an righ margin wit  
keystrok command.




Refor Paragrap Command tex fro th curso positio t th en 
o th paragrap ma b "reformed o comman t chang th 
margin o lin spacing t chang fro ragge righ t justifie 
o vic versa o t clea u afte alterations.

Powerfu Editin Commands i additio t th basi function - 
curso motion scrolling tex deletio b character word o 
line an selectio o insertio o overtypin - WordStar' 
editin command includ set/clea variabl ta stop bloc move 
bloc copy bloc delete find replace writ t an rea fro 
additiona files an set/retur t plac markers 

Flexibl Fin an Replac Commands searchin operation an 
substitutio operation ca b don once  times globally (o 
th entir document) o whol word only ignorin case (uppe 
o lower) and/o selectively (th operato i aske whethe 
replacemen i t b performe i eac instance).

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Hel System  menu o enterabl command appear a th to o 
th scree durin editing o ma b suppresse fo additiona 
tex displa area  Whe th firs characte o  two-characte 
comman i entered afte  shor pause th men automaticall 
change t sho al command tha begi wit th ke jus entered  
Additiona explanations o variou topic ca b calle u a 
will b selectin fro th Hel Command Menu.

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Dynami Pag Brea Display withi certai limitations th pag 
break tha wil occu a printou ar indicate o th scree 
durin editing an chang appropriatel i respons t ever 
insertio o deletion  Thu printin i unnecessar t revie 
pag layou o pag brea positions.

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Precis Use Contro o Tex Format WordStar alway remember 
whic space an carriag return wer type b th operato an 
whic蠠 wer inserte b th wor wra o paragrap refor 
operation  Operator type space an carriag return ar neve 
delete eithe durin tex entr o tex reforming providin 
precis contro o appearance  Fo example i tex i entere 
wit tw space afte periods th space wil remai throug th 
initia wor wra an an late reforming eve i the fal 
initiall a en o lin an late i mid-line  Anythin produce 
b th automati formattin feature ca b altere b explici 
editin command afterwards al automati feature ca b 
individuall disabled.



WordStar' PRINԠ FUNCTION i use t prin document whic hav 
bee en-tere an save o diskett wit th edi function  Th 
prin functio feature concurren printing -- on documen ma b 
printe whil anothe i bein edited  Prin formattin feature 
includ th following:


Pag Formatting eac pag i verticall formatte wit to 
margin optional user-settable variabl heading an footing 
texts pag number an botto margin  Th pag siz an margin 
ma b specifie wit "do command directive inserte i th 
document default mak suc specificatio unneccessar fo 
typica cases  Th headin an footin ma b change a man 
time a de-sire throughou th document.

Th pag number appear b defaul a botto center bu ma b 
place a top bottom left center right o alternating lef 
an righ vi specification i th headin and/o footin texts  
Th pag numbe ma se t an numbe desired o suppresse 
completely.

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Paginatio Control pag break occu wheneve th pag i full 
o i respons t "Page o "Conditiona Page directive i th 
document  Th latte allo specifyin tha  grou o line i t 
prin together a th to o th nex pag i the wil no fi 
th curren page us o thes command wil preven inappropriat 
pag break withou th necessit o explicitl readjustin pag 
end ever tim change ar mad i th document  Pag break ar 
show o th scree durin editing.

Prin Enhancements  Underline Doubl Strike Boldface an 
Strikeout ar generate a prin time i respons t specia 
character imbedde i th doc-ument  WordStar ca prin thes 
enhancement o regula printer a wel a o Daisy-whee 
printers  Durin editing th specia character use t invok 
th enhancement ar displaye a th beginnin an en o th 
affecte text allowin mos standar CR terminal t b used.

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Subscripts Superscripts Variabl Characte Pitch (pica elite 
o you choic o numbe o character pe inch) Variabl Lin 
Height (6 8 o you choic o line pe inch an Alternat 
Ribbo Colo ar full supporte o Daisy-whee an othe 
incrementa printers an withi limitation o Teletype-lik 
printers.


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Underline doubl strike boldface an strikeou ma b use 
freel i mid-paragraph a wel a i separat line suc a 
titles  us o thes feature i completel compatibl wit wor 
wra an paragrap reform  Prin enhance-ment man b use i 
al젠 combinations  Fo example underline an䠠 boldface 
subscripts ar supported  

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Microspac Justification whe printin justifie tex o  dais 
whee printer th whit spac i eac lin i evenl distributed 
betwee th word an character fo superio appearance  O 
printer no capabl o incrementa spacing and i an cas o 
th CR displa whil editing justificatio i accomplishe b 
varyin th numbe o blank betwee words.



Yo ar no readin a exampl o  documen prepare entirel 
wit WordStar  Thi manua wa entere an revise usin th edi 
function camera-read cop wa printe o  daisy-whee printer.

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Operato Options whe invokin th prin function th operato 
ma specif  startin pag number us o "for feed characters 
pausin betwee page fo single-shee (e.g letterhead pape 
loading printin exac fil content withou pag formatting an 
outputtin t  dis fil instea o th printer  Prin operatio 
ca b suspende o aborte a an time whethe o no  documen 
i bein edited whil th printin i bein performed.

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Additiona WordStar feature include:
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Keyboar Buffering i th operato type faste tha th scree 
displa ca respond th keystroke ar caugh an save unti 
the ca b processed  Further scree updatin i usuall 
suspende unti WordStar catche u wit processin al th 
keystrokes  Thus th operato ca ente tex o typ command a 
hig speed the paus whe he/sh wishe t se th lates scree 
display  Th onl exceptio t thi i durin dis I/O whic i 
indicate b  messag a th to o th scree a wel a th 
usua nois fro th dis drive.

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Convenien Defaults  whil WordStar ha man option an user-
settabl quantities al ar se t generall usefu value a 
startup  Fo example th lef margi i a colum 1 th righ 
margi i a colum 6 an ther ar ta stop ever  columns  
Th pag pape lengt default t 6 line lon fo norma 1 inc 
forms wit margin a th to an bottom  Thus WordStar ca b 
use initiall withou eve knowin ho t chang thes variables 
an ther wil rarel b nee t chang mor tha  fe o the 
fo  typica document.

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WordStar i compatible wit  wid variet o hardware an ca 
shar file wit othe software:

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Fil Compatibility th dis file use b WordStar fo document 
ar standar CP/ tex files wit ver mino additions  "non-
document edi mod i availabl t suppres eve th mino 
differences  Al젠 formattin  feature suc a wor wrap 
justification an settabl tab ca b individuall enable an 
disabled  Th formattin performe b th prin comman ca b 
suppressed Thus WordStar i usefu a  genera purpos tex 
edito  prin despooler a wel a a  self-containe wor 
processin system  I ma b use t edi progra sourc files 
inpu file fo othe tex formatters dat entry etc  Th prin 
functio ma b use t prin outpu writte t dis b othe 
application o program (eve whil yo us th edi functio t 
prepar th inpu fo th nex run!).
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CRԠ Compatibility  WordStar' vide edi functio wil operate 
afte suitabl installation o an CR o vide board 16x6 o 
large tha ha clea scree an curso positionin function an 
tha i accessibl a  consol devic unde CP/M  I th CR ha 
lin inser an lin delet functions thes wil b use fo 
spli scree updat afte change i th text  I th CR ha  
highlightin metho suc a invers vide o bright/dim th 
highlightin metho wil b use t distinguis menu an othe 
prompt fro th tex bein edited a wel a fo distinguishin 
block o tex "marked i preparatio fo bloc copy move o 
delete  Certai memory-mappe vide board meetin requirement 
detaile i Sectio 1 ca alternatel b operate i direc 
memor acces mod fo extr fas an smoot scree update.

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Printe Compatibility  WordStar wil driv almos an printer 
whethe i i Teletype-lik o Dais wheel an whethe i i 
accesse vi CP/M' "lis out-put logica devic o vi direc 
hardwar I/ instruction issue b WordStar  Fo Dais Whee an 
simila incrementa printers variabl lin spacin ( t 12 
forty-eigth o a inch) variabl characte pitc ( t 12 one-
hundred-twentieth o栠 a inch) an automati㠠 microspac 
justificatio ar supported  Fo othe printers selectio o tw 
characte width i supporte (whe sup-porte b th printer an 
limite user-definabl acces t othe specia contro sequence 
i provided  Subscripts superscripts an boldfac tex eac 
prin i a alternat manne o non-incrementa printers  I i 
possibl t us  fas printe fo draft an  dais whee fo 
finishe cop wit n specia consideration othe tha creatin 
tw version o WordStar installe fo differen printers.

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