^kt 00 19 38 57 76 85 ^kd3 27 20 ^kd4 15 ^kd5 14 ^kd6 27 29 ^kd7 27 66 1 ^kd8 26 66 0 ^kT Set Printer on CODE - Char\127-Marg\5-Upper\0 ^kT These codes will take care of Printer settings. Only use On/Off toggle. ^gWORD PROCESSOR VS. DATABASE ^gRamblings by Bill Rosenfeld - The Island CoCo Club A good Word Processing program can be simpler and faster than a Database program to store and to alphabetically add/delete data when label or card printouts are not needed. Any Word Processor using its own embedded, ^enon-printable print control^f ^ecodes^f as well as those of 'Telewriter 128'(*) can use the procedure which is demonstrated in this article. Great for membership list maintenance.. The codes I commonly use are at the bottom-but it is not neccesary to use them if you are satified with Standard Font and press your space bar to find the start of each column in the same line. Otherwise you can set your own Tab Stops and increase characters per line from 81 to 127 in which case you would have to install the code for Condensed Font and reset Char/Line in Print Format Menu ( Get to it by pressing twice ). Using Block Copy commands you can copy [ /C after placing markers /B(^eeginning^f) and /E(^end^f)] the non-printable code table to the extreme left top of your New Document when you first start to enter text.. Using a WP program to record data of names, addresses, etc., enables you to easily make additions, deletions,corrections and comments. And you can easily control alphabetical order without going thru the sorting mode of a Data Base program. The WP search pattern permits you to pick line where you want to insert a new entry.Let's say the surname of the new line is "Arthur". Your previous list (in this case look at my sample specimen) shows "Arthur" should be before "Astroff". Bring cursor to beginning of line where "Astroff" appears and press . This will give you an open line to type in new entry in its proper alphabetical order. By using the Tab setting configuration installed first, before your text, you can move cursor from column to column in the same line by pressing / simultaneously.. To get to a line fast, press /F while in Edit mode and the "Enter String To Find" pop-up box will appear. In the case of finding a line before "Astroff", type in "AST" (only a few beginning characters are needed), press and the cursor will go to "Astroff". As in the previous paragraph, press to free an open line. Keep in mind this will only find the line when you call for the pop-up String BEFORE the line you are seeking. Always easy to get to the top of your text by pressing /Up-Arrow from any cursor position. If the line you want is 400 lines from the beginning, it will take two or three seconds to bring your cursor that line. Deleting lines using TW128 is much easier than with a DataBase. Find the line, Press /K and the line is cleared. Remember to after any changes from the previous text. TEXT PRINTOUT CONTROL DEFINITIONS FOR TANDY DOT MATRIX PRINTER --------------------------------------------------------------- (CONTINUED) PAGE 2 EMBEDDED CONTROLS ("CTRL/." screens as Caret "/\" shown here as "k" since the embedded code is non-printable - do not type "k" - only type /. D and then the definable Number 1 thru - to be followed by the print code.) ^kkT 00 19 38 57 76 [Tab Sets - change the numerals if different columns are required. - Must be very first line Single digit numbers must start with ZERO.] ^kkD1 27 14 [Start Elongated Characters] ^kkD2 27 15 [End Control D1] ^kkD3 27 20 [Condensed Font] ^kkD5 27 19 [Standard Font] ^kkD6 15 [Start Underline1] ^kkD7 14 [End Control D6 15] ^kkD8 27 29 [NLQ Compressed Characters - 12 per inch] NOTE: Where End Control code is not given, you can change the font by defining ( 3 or 5, per example ) before text of the new required font. Set Format Menu Commands Margin - 5 Upper Margin -0 Characters Per Line - 127 Lines Per page - 64 Bottom Margin - 5 ^e( These parameters can be changed to suit your desired structure.)^f S A M P L E S P E C I M E N =========== =============== ^eMEMBERSHIP LIST - AS OF JANUARY 1, 1993^f ^d^eLAST NAME FIRST ADDRESS CITY ZIP PHONE^f Aboulafia Ruth & David 244-15 61 Ave. XXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXX XXX XXX XXXX Astroff June 61-50 L.Neck Pkway XXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXX XXX-XXX-XXXX Birnbaum Jerry 4 Richlee Court XXXXXXXXXXX XXXXX XXX-XXX-XXXX Bodell Ramona 35 Knightbridge Rd.XXXXXXXXXXXXXX XXXXX XXX XXX XXXX Bromberg Eleanor 2 Yukon Drive XXXXXXXXXXXX XXXX7 XXX-XXX-XXXX (*) - copyrighted by Cognitec, Del Mar, CA ^g