BASICS.HLP
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FILENAME(S): BASICS.HLP
FILE TYPE(S): SEQ
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FIRST SEEN: 2025-10-19 22:48:27
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| DISK TITLE | FILENAME | FILE TYPE | COLLECTION | TRACK | SECTOR | ACTIONS |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SKIWRITER | BASICS.HLP | SEQ | Radd Maxx | 21 | 3 | DOWNLOAD FILE |
| DISK026B | BASICS.HLP | SEQ | DuncanTwain | 11 | 1 | DOWNLOAD FILE |
| 0025B | BASICS.HLP | SEQ | DuncanTwain | 11 | 1 | DOWNLOAD FILE |
| DISK0025 | BASICS.HLP | SEQ | DuncanTwain | 11 | 1 | DOWNLOAD FILE |
| NEW UTILITIES | BASICS.HLP | SEQ | DuncanTwain | 11 | 9 | DOWNLOAD FILE |
| DISK SA | BASICS.HLP | SEQ | DuncanTwain | 2 | 9 | DOWNLOAD FILE |
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00000000: 0D 0D D4 C8 C5 20 C2 C1 D3 C9 C3 D3 20 20 20 20 |..... ...... | 00000010: 28 43 29 20 31 39 38 35 20 42 59 20 D3 4B 49 D3 |(C) 1985 BY .KI.| 00000020: 4F 46 54 2C 20 C9 4E 43 2E 0D 0D 0D D7 49 54 48 |OFT, .NC.....ITH| 00000030: 20 54 48 45 20 D3 4B 49 D7 52 49 54 45 52 20 D0 | THE .KI.RITER .| 00000040: CF C9 CE D4 2D 41 4E 44 2D 53 41 59 2D D9 C5 D3 |....-AND-SAY-...| 00000050: 20 57 4F 52 44 20 50 52 4F 43 45 53 53 4F 52 2C | WORD PROCESSOR,| 00000060: 20 59 4F 55 27 4C 4C 20 45 41 53 49 4C 59 20 50 | YOU'LL EASILY P| 00000070: 55 54 20 4F 4E 54 4F 20 50 41 50 45 52 20 57 48 |UT ONTO PAPER WH| 00000080: 41 54 45 56 45 52 20 59 4F 55 20 57 49 53 48 20 |ATEVER YOU WISH | 00000090: 54 4F 20 57 52 49 54 45 2E 0D 0D 0D 2A 20 20 D9 |TO WRITE....* .| 000000A0: 4F 55 20 43 41 4E 20 50 4F 49 4E 54 20 4F 4E 20 |OU CAN POINT ON | 000000B0: 41 4E 59 20 4D 45 4E 55 20 57 49 54 48 0D 20 20 |ANY MENU WITH. | 000000C0: 20 54 48 45 20 D3 D0 C1 C3 C5 20 C2 C1 D2 20 4F | THE ..... ... 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SAMP| 00000AE0: 4C 45 20 54 4F 20 53 48 4F 57 20 59 4F 55 20 54 |LE TO SHOW YOU T| 00000AF0: 48 45 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 54 45 |HE. TE| 00000B00: 4D 50 4F 52 41 52 59 20 C9 4E 44 45 4E 54 20 46 |MPORARY .NDENT F| 00000B10: 45 41 54 55 52 45 2E 0D 0D 0D 0D 20 20 D3 4B 49 |EATURE..... .KI| 00000B20: D7 52 49 54 45 52 0D 20 20 20 20 D3 4F 46 54 57 |.RITER. .OFTW| 00000B30: 41 52 45 20 42 59 20 CB 45 4E 20 D3 4B 49 45 52 |ARE BY .EN .KIER| 00000B40: 0D 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 C8 45 4C 50 20 42 59 |. .ELP BY| 00000B50: 20 CE 49 43 4B 20 CB 41 4C 4C 41 53 0D 0D 0D 20 | .ICK .ALLAS... | 00000B60: C5 4E 44 20 4F 46 20 C2 41 53 49 43 53 20 C8 45 |.ND OF .ASICS .E| 00000B70: 4C 50 2E 1A |LP.. |
..THE BASICS (C) 1985 BY SKISOFT, INC
....WITH THE SKIWRITER POINT-AND-SAY-YES
WORD PROCESSOR, YOU'LL EASILY PUT ONTO
PAPER WHATEVER YOU WISH TO WRITE....* Y
OU CAN POINT ON ANY MENU WITH. THE SPA
CE BAR OR THE CRSR KEYS...* SAY "YES, D
O THIS" WITH RETURN...* SAY "NO, BACK U
P" WITH STOP...* GET HELP AT ANY TIME W
ITH F1.... MORE...
(1 OF 7)........ FROM THE MAIN MENU,
SELECT......EDIT TO TYPE UP AND EDI
T YOUR WORK. IN THE EDITOR--YOUR
WORKSPACE. IN THE COMPUTER'S ME
MORY..PREVIEW TO SEE YOUR WORK ON THE S
CREEN. AS IT WILL LOOK ON PAPER.
.PRINT TO GET A PAPER COPY..FILE
TO SAVE YOUR WORK ONTO A DISK. O
R A CASSETTE FOR LATER USE....WHEN YOU Q
UIT (OR TURN OFF THE POWER), YOU ERASE A
LL THE TEXT IN THE EDITOR. SO SAVE WHAT
YOU NEED BEFORE YOU QUIT.... MORE...
(2 OF 7)........
ABOUT TYPING AND SAVING...THE "ROOM: 22
000" MESSAGE ON THE MAIN MENU TELLS YOU
HOW MANY MORE CHARACTERS YOU CAN TYPE IN
TO THE EDITOR. 22,000 IS ABOUT 16 DOUBL
E-SPACED PAGES....SELECT FILE TO SAVE YO
UR WRITING OFTEN, AS YOU WORK ON IT. BU
T BEFORE YOU USE A NEW DISK, SELECT FILE
TO FORMAT THE DISK. THIS PREPARES IT T
O WORK WITH YOUR COMPUTER.... MORE...
(3 OF 7)........
EQUIPMENT YOU CAN USE...SKIWRITER WORKS
WITH THE COMMODORE 64 OR THE 128 (IN CO
MMODORE 64 MODE)...TO SAVE WHAT YOU'VE T
YPED, YOU'LL NEED A CASSETTE RECORDER SU
CH AS THE 1530 DATASETTE, OR A DISK DRIV
E SUCH AS THE COMMODORE 1541 OR 1571...T
O PRINT OUT YOUR WORK, YOU'LL NEED A COM
MODORE PRINTER, OR A PARALLEL PRINTER CO
NNECTED TO YOUR COMMODORE 64 WITH AN APP
ROPRIATE PRINTER INTERFACE.... MORE...
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CHANGING THE COLORS...THE COLOR KEYS
ARE THE FIRST 8 NUMBER KEYS ON THE TOP
ROW. SKIWRITER CAN USE THE 8 COLORS FRO
M BLACK TO YELLOW...* TO CHANGE THE BLU
E BACKGROUND,. PRESS THE (= KEY AND A
COLOR KEY...* TO CHANGE THE WHITE TEXT,
. PRESS CTRL AND A COLOR KEY...IF YOU
SELECT THE SAME BACKGROUND AND TEXT COLO
R, YOUR TEXT WILL DISAPPEAR. JUST PICK
ANOTHER COLOR TO GET IT BACK.... MORE...
(5 OF 7)........
GENERAL TIPS...* NEVER PLUG OR UN
PLUG ANYTHING FROM. YOUR COMMODORE 64
WITH THE POWER ON.. YOU'LL LOSE THE TE
XT IN THE EDITOR,. AND YOU MIGHT DAMAG
E YOUR EQUIPMENT...* IF THE KEYS AREN'T
DOING WHAT YOU'D. EXPECT, CHECK THE S
HIFT LOCK KEY--. IT'S PROBABLY ON...*
TO GO TO THE MAIN MENU FROM ANYWHERE.
IN SKIWRITER, PRESS SHIFT-STOP.... MORE
... (6 OF 7).......
. SUPPLIED SAMPLE FILES...HAWTHOR
N CHECK THIS ONE FIRST.. USE
IT TO PRACTICE EDITING..HAMLET THIS
FILE USES VARIOUS. FORMATTING
TECHNIQUES.. STUDY IT. PREVI
EW IT..RESUME A SAMPLE TO SHOW YOU T
HE. TEMPORARY INDENT FEATURE..
... SKIWRITER. SOFTWARE BY KEN SKIER
. HELP BY NICK KALLAS... END OF B
ASICS HELP..
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