Table of Contents

Listed below are the available Topics for Text Wizard:

Creating Text

Entering Text

Applying a Font

Applying a Style

Justification

Applying All Caps

Applying Special Effects

Applying an Outline

Applying a Fill Pattern

Applying a Shape

Applying a Shadow

Rotating your Text

Working with the Text Colors

Applying a Text Color

Applying an Outline Color

Applying a Fill Pattern Color

Applying a Shadow Color

Working with the Text Size

Changing the Width

Changing the Height

Changing the Unit of Measure

Saving and Exporting

Save and Save As

Printing

Object Linking and Embedding

Object Linking and Embedding

Editing and OLE Object

Menus

File Menu

Edit Menu

Help Menu

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Index


Entering Text

1	Type in text.

You can enter up to three lines of text. Press the Enter key to move to the next line. The total number of characters you can have is 58.

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Applying a Font

Applying a Style

Applying All Caps


Applying a Font

1	Click on the arrow in the Font box to display the font list.

2	Click a font to select it.

Text Wizard supports the following formats:

Bitstream Speedo

Type1 (T1)

True Type (TT)

Keyboard Option

1	Press ALT+N to select the Font box

2	Use the UP ARROW or DOWN ARROW to change the font

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Applying a Style


Applying a Style

1	Click on the arrow in the Style box to display the list of styles available for the selected font.

2	Click a style to select it.

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Applying a Font


Justification

1	Click the first alignment button to align your text on the left, the second alignment button to align your text centered, or the third alignment button to align your text on the right.

NOTE:  You cannot apply justification to a single line of text or to circular shapes.

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Entering Text


Applying All Caps

1	Click the All Capitals box so that an "x" appears.  This applies all caps to your text.

Removing All Caps

1	Deselect the All Capitals box (no "x") to restore text as typed.

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Entering Text


Applying an Outline

Use this option to change the thickness of the outline around the text, or to eliminate an outline.

1	Click the button for the outline palette; it's the third button down in the toolbar.

A palette of eight line choices appears. The single line with an "X" through it (top left corner) represents no outline; the rest of the lines are one point to seven point lines.

2	Click an outline to select it.

Keyboard Option

1	Press the Tab key until you reach the button for the outline palette

2	Press the space bar to open the outline palette.

3	Press the Tab key until you reach the outline you want.

4	Press the space bar to apply the color and close the outline palette.

TIP:  Hitting the escape key will close the palette without making any changes.

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Applying an Outline Color


Applying a Fill Pattern

Use this option to change the fill pattern of the text.

1	Click the button for the fill pattern palette; it's the fifth button in the toolbar.

A palette of 16 fill patterns appears.

The fill pattern in the top left corner represents "no fill".  It's the same as making your text transparent; so if you don't have an outline around your text, you won't be able to see your text.

The fill pattern next to no fill is the "solid fill" pattern. It's the same as filling your text with the text color.

The other fill patterns are mixtures of the fill color and the text color.

2	Click a fill pattern to select it.

Keyboard Option

1	Press the Tab key until you reach the button for the fill pattern palette

2	Press the space bar to open the fill pattern palette.

3	Press the Tab key until you reach the fill pattern you want.

4	Press the space bar to apply the fill pattern and close the fill pattern palette.

TIP:  Hitting the escape key will close the palette without making any changes.

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Applying a Fill Pattern Color

Applying a Text Color

Applying an Outline


Applying a Shape

Use this option to select a shape to apply to your text.

1	Click the button for the Shape Palette; it the first button in the toolbar.

You can select from 40 shapes to apply to your text.

TIP: Use the rectangle shape to change your text back to regular text

TIP: The shape in the lower right corner looks best when used with three lines of text.

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Applying All Caps

Entering Text


Applying a Shadow

Use this option to apply a shadow to your text, or to remove a shadow.

1	Click on the Shadow button; it's the seventh button down in the toolbar.

A dialog box will appear with the directions for the shadow.

2	Click one of eight arrows to change the shadow direction. Keep clicking an arrow to move the shadow in the indicated direction.

The "x" in the middle of the directional arrow dialog indicates no shadow; that is, clicking the "x" removes a shadow.

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Applying a Shadow Color


Rotating your Text
Rotating the Text

Use this option to change the rotation angle of your text.

1	Enter a rotation angle between 0 and 359 degrees. You can also use the up and down arrows to increase or decrease the rotation angle in 45-degree increments.


Applying a Text Color

Use this option to change the color of the text.

1	Click the button for the text color palette; second button in the toolbar.

A palette of 32 color choices appears.

2	Click a color to select it.

Keyboard Option

1	Press the Tab key until you reach the text color button.

2	Press the space bar to open the color palette.

3	Press the Tab key until you reach the color you want.

4	Press the space bar to apply the color and close the color palette.

TIP:  Hitting the escape key will close the palette without making any changes.

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Applying a Fill Pattern Color


Applying an Outline Color

Use this option to change the color of the outline around the text.

1	Click the button for the outline color; it's the fourth button in the toolbar.

A palette of 32 color choices appears.

2	Click a color to select it.

Keyboard Option

1	Press the Tab key until you reach the button for the outline color

2	Press the space bar to open the color palette.

3	Press the Tab key until you reach the color you want.

4	Press the space bar to apply the color and close the color palette.

TIP:  Hitting the escape key will close the palette without making any changes.

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Applying an Outline


Applying a Fill Pattern Color

Use this option to change the color of the fill pattern of the text.

1	Click the button for the fill pattern color; it's the sixth button in the toolbar.

A palette of 32 color choices appears.

2	Click a color to select it.

NOTE:  Fill pattern color only applies if you have selected a fill pattern.

Keyboard Option

1	Press the Tab key until you reach the button for the fill pattern color.

2	Press the space bar to open the color palette.

3	Press the Tab key until you reach the color or you want.

4	Press the space bar to apply the color and close the color palette.

TIP:  Hitting the escape key will close the palette without making any changes.

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Applying a Fill Pattern

Applying a Text Color

Applying an Outline


Applying a Shadow Color

Use this option to change the color of the shadow of the text.

1	Click the button for the shadow color; it's the last button in the toolbar.

A palette of 32 color choices appears.

2	Click a color to select it.

Keyboard Option

1	Press the Tab key until you reach the button for the shadow color.

2	Press the space bar to open the color palette.

3	Press the Tab key until you reach the color you want.

4	Press the space bar to apply the color and close the color palette.

TIP:  Hitting the escape key will close the palette without making any changes.

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Applying a Shadow


Changing the Width of the Text

Use this option to change the width of your text.

1	You may make a width entry between the following lowest and highest limits, depending on your unit of measurement:

0.50 and 8.00 inches

3.00 and 48.00 picas

36.0 and 576.0 points

1.27 and 20.32 centimeters

You can also use the up and down arrows to increase or decrease the width.

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Changing the Height

Changing the Unit of Measure


Changing the Height of the Text

Use this option to change the height of your text.

1	You may make a height entry between the following lowest and highest limits, depending on your unit of measurement:

0.50 and 8.00 inches

3.00 and 48.00 picas

36.0 and 576.0 points

1.27 and 20.32 centimeters

You can also use the up and down arrows to increase or decrease the height.

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Changing the Width

Changing the Unit of Measure


Changing the Unit of Measure

Use this option to change the units of measurement used for the text width and height.

1	You may choose from the following units of measurement:

Inches

Picas

Points

cm (Centimeters)

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Changing the Height

Changing the Width


Save and Save As

Save (Ctl+S)

Saves the current Text Wizard File using its original file name.  If it is a new file, then the Save As dialog box will appear.

1	Select the Save command from File Menu.

Save As Text Wizard Format

Use the Save As command to save an existing file with a new name or a different format.

1	Select the Save As command from File Menu.

2	Select a drive where you want to store the file from the Drives list box.

3	Select a directory where you want to store the file from the Directories list box.

4	Type in the name of the file.  You do not need to type the extension *.WIZ.

NOTE: *.WIZ is the file format for Text Wizard.  Use this format if you want to open the file

again to make changes to it.

5	Click OK to save.  Click Cancel to return without saving the file.

Save As Other File Formats

Save As is also used to save the file in other formats.  Text Wizard currently supports Windows Metafile (*.wmf) and Windows Bitmap (*.bmp).  Use these formats when you want to import your Text Wizard file into another Windows application that supports these formats.

1	Select the Save As command from File Menu.

2	Select a drive where you want to store the file from the Drives list box.

3	Select a directory where you want to store the file from the Directories list box.

4	Select Windows Metafile (*.wmf) or Windows Bitmap (*.bmp) from the Save File Type As list box.

5	Type in a name for the file.

NOTE  Make sure the file extension displayed is *.wmf or *.bmp otherwise the file will be saved with the *.wiz extension.

5	Click OK to save.  Click Cancel to return without saving the file.

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Object Linking and Embedding


Printing

Print (Ctrl+P)

When you select the Print option, a Printing dialog box appears, informing you that your text is being sent to the selected printer.  If necessary, click Cancel to stop the print job.

1	Select the Print File Menu.

Print Setup

When you select the Print Setup option, the Print Setup dialog box is displayed. Follow the rest of the steps below to choose and set up the printer that you want to send your text to.

The default printer is selected in the Print Setup dialog box. From this dialog box, you can

Choose a new printer from the Specific Printer drop-down list box.

Change the paper orientation.

Change the paper size and source.

2	Make your selections for the printer, orientation, and paper size and source; then click OK.

3	Click the Options button to change other settings for the current printer.

This brings up the same Setup dialog box you would see if you had selected Printers, then Setup, from the Control Panel of the Windows Program Manager. See your  Windows 3.1 documentation for more information about the Setup dialog box.


Object Linking and Embedding
Object Linking and Embedding (OLE)

Text Wizard is an Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) Server Application.  This means that you can copy your Text Wizard Object into another Windows 3.1 Application but you cannot paste other Windows 3.1 application objects into Text Wizard.

Refer to your Windows 3.1 documentation and/or your Windows 3.1 application documentation on Object Linking and Embedding if you are not familiar with it.

Follow the instructions below to paste your Text Wizard Object into another Windows 3.1 application:

Embedding a Text Wizard File

When you embed an object you are making a copy of your Text Wizard Object to paste into your destination document.  So, when you edit the object, the Text Wizard source file is not affected.

1	Create a Text Wizard Object that you want to place into another application.

2	In Text Wizard, select the Copy command from the Edit Menu.

3	Exit Text Wizard.  Do not save the file.  If you want to save the file then see Linking a Text Wizard Object.

NOTE:  You do not have to exit Text Wizard if you do not want to .  You can just minimize it.

4	Launch your Windows 3.1 application.

5	In the Windows 3.1 application you're working in, select Paste or Paste Special from the Edit Menu.

Linking a Text Wizard File

When you link an object you are not making a copy of your Text Wizard Object to paste into your destination document.  So, when you edit the object, the Text Wizard source file is also changed.

1	Create a Text Wizard Object that you want to place into another application.

2	Save the file in Text Wizard format (*.wiz).

3	In Text Wizard, select the Copy command from the Edit Menu.

4	Exit Text Wizard.

NOTE:  You do not have to exit Text Wizard if you do not want to .  You can just minimize it.

5	Launch your Windows 3.1 application.

6	In the Windows 3.1 application you're working in, select Paste Special or Paste Link from the Edit Menu.

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Editing an OLE Object


Editing an OLE Object

Text Wizard supports Object Linking and Embedding (OLE) as a Server application. Using OLE lets you edit a Text Wizard Object directly from another Windows 3.1 application.

In most cases, you double click on the Text Wizard Object placed in the other application; this launches Text Wizard and allows you to edit the Text Wizard Object.

Refer to your Windows 3.1 documentation or your application's documentation for more information on OLE.

Follow the instructions below to edit a Text Wizard Object from another Windows 3.1 application:

Editing an Embedded Object

1	Start the Windows 3.1 application in which you have placed a Text Wizard Object.

2	Open the file in which you have placed a Text Wizard Object.

3	Double click on the Text Wizard Object.

This brings up Text Wizard, with an untitled window and a copy of your object.

4	In Text Wizard, make the changes to your text.

5	In Text Wizard, select Update {Name of Application} from the File Menu.

6	In Text Wizard, select Exit & Return to {Name of Application} from the File Menu.

7	In your Windows 3.1 application, save the file.

Editing a Linked Object

1	Start the Windows 3.1 application in which you have placed a Text Wizard Object.

2	Open the file in which you have placed a Text Wizard Text Object.

3	Double click on the Text Wizard Object.

This brings up Text Wizard, with the applicable Text Wizard file open.

4	In Text Wizard, make the changes to your text.

5	Your Windows 3.1 application should update automatically.

6	In your Windows 3.1 application, save the file.

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Object Linking and Embedding


File Menu

The File Menu has the following options:

New
Open
Save
Save As
Print
Print Setup
Exit

Select the New option to create a new, untitled Text Wizard file. Note that Text Wizard opens with a new, untitled file each time you start Text Wizard.

Select the Open option to bring up an existing Text Wizard file. The Open dialog box is displayed. From the Open dialog box, you can (1) select a new drive and directory from which to open a file, and (2) select the file you want to open from the File Name list.

Select the Exit option to quit Text Wizard. Text Wizard prompts you to save changes, if any, to your current file before it exits.


Edit Menu

The Edit Menu has the following options:

Copy

Select the Copy option if you want to copy the Text Wizard object to the Clipboard, or paste the Text Wizard Object into another Windows 3.1 application.

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Object Linking and Embedding

Editing an OLE Object


Help Menu

The Help Menu has the following options:

Help Index…
About…

The Help Index… option presents help in the following areas: Entering Text; Applying Special Effects; Working with the Text Color; Working with the Text Size; Saving, Printing, and Exporting your Text; and Menu Bar Options. Appropriate topics are listed under each of these areas.

The About… option presents the version number and copyright information for the product.


Index

Alignment

All Caps

applying

removing

Color

fill pattern

outline

shadow

text

Copy

Edit Menu

Editing and OLE Object

Entering Text

Exit

File Menu

Fill

Fill Pattern

applying a

color

Font

applying a

font types supported

Height

Help Menu

Justification

center

left

right

New

Object Linking and Embedding

editing

using

Open

Outline

applying a

color

Pattern

Print

Print Setup

Rotate

Save

Save As

Shadow

applying a

color

removing

Shape, applying a

Style, applying a

Text

entering

color

height

printing

rotate

width

Width

Unit of Measure

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