TextPro v1.0

Help document

Index

  1. Overview

  2. Features

  3. File menu

  4. Insert menu

  5. View menu

  6. Options menu

  7. Tools menu

  8. Customize TextPro

  9. TextPro Multi document

  10. SpeedText

  11. TextPro library

  12. Keyboard Shortcuts

  13. About TextPro

Overview

        TextPro v1.0 is a simple to use word processor. You can edit, save and create text documents (*.txt files) easily in TextPro. You can load up to 10 documents and edit them simultaneously. SpeedText allows you save your frequently typed words and phrases as SpeedText entries and use them again and again when required. Yuo can insert a whole file at the cursor point of the current open file in TextPro without having to copy-paste.

This help document provides help, information and how-to for all of the TextPro's feature.


Features

    TextPro v1.0 comes with many helpful features:


File menu

 New

 Creates a new document.

Open

 Opens a file dialog to let you open a file saved in your  file system.

Save

 Lets you save the file to your file system.

Save as

 Use this to save a copy of the current document in a different name/location.

Save all

 This saves all the open documents.

Print

 Prints the current document

Close document

 Closes the current document

Exit

 Exits TextPro


Insert menu

Date\time

 This brings up a dialog box containing different formats of the current date\time and insert it.

File

 This lets you insert a whole file at the current cursor position.

Symbols/Characters

 This allows you to select and insert different symbols/characters.

URL

 Inserts a URL to the file you specify.

SpeedText ST

 See SpeedText


 View menu

Goto...

 This prompts you for a line number and sets the line specified as the topmost line in the screen.

Word wrap

 This prompts you to enter the maximum number of characters to allow for each line and wraps the rest to the next line for the whole document. Use this if you have to scroll each time to view the full line..

Previous document

 This brings the previous document (which has already been opened) in focus.

Next document

 This brings the next document (which has already been opened) in focus.


Option menu

Change case

 This lets you change the case of the selected text to either upper case or lower case.

Set as Autoload

 This sets the current document (if it is saved) to be loaded automatically by TextPro when it is started.

Number

 This numbers the lines selected.

Add to library

 See TextPro library


Tools menu

TextPro Library

SpeedText options

Auto load

    This allows you to set a file as auto load which TextPro automatically loads (if it exists).

Document info

 This shows information about the text in the current document:

  1.  The number of characters

  2.  The number of lines

  3. The number of blank lines

  4. The number of words

File Info

    This shows information about the current loaded document (if it is saved).


TextPro multi document

 TextPro allows you to edit multiple documents (up to 10) simultaneously. Use the Dropdown box near the center in the toolbar to select from a list of open document. Click the 'X' button at top left to close the current document.

 Choose File>Save all to save all the current open documents. Use the View>Previous document /Next Document to scroll through open documents.


Customize TextPro

The customize menu allows you customize the TextPro environment.

Select Font

 This brings a font dialog to let you select the font of your choice.

Select text color

 This lets you select one of the 16 colors as the text color.

Select Background color

 This lets you select the background color of the text area. 


SpeedText

 SpeedText is a TextPro feature which allows you to save frequently used words/phrases to use it again and again.

Insert SpeedText

 Click the button or go to Insert>SpeedText to bring up a dialog of available SpeedText. Select the SpeedText entry you wish to enter and click OK to insert it at the current cursor position.

Organize SpeedText

 You can add, delete or modify SpeedText by going to Tools>SpeedText options.

 Add SpeedText

  Click the 'Add' button and specify the SpeedText Name and contents. If you want a multiline SpeedText then separate the lines by the '|' character (or click the 'Line break' button)

 Delete SpeedText

  Select the SpeedText you want to delete and click 'Delete'.

 Modify SpeedText contents

  Select the SpeedText of which you want to change the contents/name and type the new contents/name in the textbox.


TextPro Library

 TextPro Library allows you to add links to your frequently used files you access them quickly.

Open TextPro Library

 Click the button or go to Tools>TextPro library.

 You can add, delete or open the links in the TextPro Library.

 Add link

  Click 'New link' and select the file you want to be add link to         OR

 If you want to add current open document to the TextPro Library then go to Options>Add to Library. This adds the current document to the TextPro library.

 Open link

  Select the link you want to open and click 'Open link' to load the link to TextPro.

 Delete link

  Select the link you want to delete and click 'Delete link' to delete the link from TextPro Library.

File Info

  This shows information about the selected file (if it exists).

Important: When modifying things like SpeedText, Text color, Font, Background color, Library link, TextPro saves the changes only when TextPro is closed. So, they may not be saved if TextPro is closed improperly.

Important: TextPro only adds a link to TextPro and not the file itself. Similarly it deletes only the link and not the file itself.


Keyboard shortcuts

Shortcut key Task
<Alt>+L Opens the TextPro Library
<Alt>+E Opens SpeedText options Dialog
<Alt>+N Brings the next loaded document in focus
<Alt>+P Brings the previous loaded document in focus
<Alt>+A Saves all the loaded document
<Alt>+D Opens the insert Date/Time dialog box
<Alt>+U Insert URL
<Alt>+R Prints the current document
<Alt>+C Opens the Doc info dialog box
<Alt>+S Opens the insert SpeedText dialog box
<Alt>+X Closes the current document

About TextPro

 TextPro v1.0 has been programmed in JustBASIC by Balaji.

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