Back to OvationPro page | Back to specification page Specification: 3 Word Processing 3.1 Typing Text Ovation Pro provides responsive WYSIWYG word-processing, with word wrap, auto page insertion and auto page deletion. Caret movement is provided using the standard keys, and a keypress is provided to transpose mis-typed character pairs. The link tool on the toolbox allows the order that text flows from frame to frame, to be defined. The Insert menu allows the following special characters to be inserted at the caret. Most of these characters may also be inserted using special key presses. Chapter number - Insert current chapter number. The Characters dialogue box allows characters normally not accessible from the keyboard, to be easily inserted. It displays all the characters in the current font, and clicking over any character inserts it at the caret. Characters from other fonts may easily be inserted, without changing the current font i.e. after inserting a character in a special font, further typing will be in the original font. The pointer shows the ASCII code for the character beneath the pointer. This allows the codes for commonly chosen symbols to be easily remembered so that they can be inserted directly from the numeric keypad using Alt. The Single Shift Font facility allows you to switch to a pre-determined font for the insertion of a single character, and then return to the previous font. Typically the single shift font will be a dingbats-type font, which allows bullet symbols to be easily inserted into text. 3.2 Selecting Text Text is selected by clicking and dragging over the required area. Alternatively, click Select at the start of the text, and then click Adjust at the end. Single click - De-select text. Options are also provided to select all the text in the text story or clear the selection from the text. Ovation Pro supports overtyping, where selected text is overwritten by any text that is typed. This feature may be disabled if required. 3.3 Cut, Copy and Paste You can move or copy selected text using the Cut, Copy and Paste options. Cut - Delete the text and places it on the clipboard. The contents of the clipboard may be viewed. Note that if there is no selected text, Cut, Copy, Paste and Delete apply to other selected objects such as frames or pictures. 3.4 Drag & Drop Instead of using Cut, Copy and Paste to move or copy selected text via the clipboard, you can use the drag and drop facility to do this directly. Using this facility, text can be moved or moved to another position in the same story, to another story, or even to another document. You can also drag and drop to another application such as Edit. In this case the text is exported as a plain ASCII file. 3.5 Find & Replace The Find facility allows you to search a story or document for a string, and optionally replace it with another string. Options provided include: Case sensitive - Control whether the search will match occurrences of the search string irrespective of it's upper/lower case format. |
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