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This example shows how you can enter any type of information such as a library catalogue, a book index or bibliography, or a name and address list into the Cambridge Z88 using PipeDream.
You will learn how to:
- Enter information
- Find any particular information you want
- Organise the information
- Print out all, or a selection, of the information in an orderly table
Preparing the document
Because you are going to enter lists of information, rather than a block of text for formatting into a document, you should first alter the Wrap option on the Options Page so that words do not wrap around onto the next line when they reach the right-hand margin.
Select the Options Page by typingO. You will see a display showing the different options you can select for your document, and information about the document.
Move the cursor down to the wrap option by pressinguntil the cursor is opposite the word
Wrap. Then type N to change the option value from Y (Yes) to N (No) to stop wrapping altogether:
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ESC
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Setting up headings
Before entering information into PipeDream, it is good practice to set up headings to specify how the information will be arranged. Since you are going to create a name and address list, the headings will simply correspond to the name and address, with one reserved for additional information.
When you start a new sheet in PipeDream you are given six columns, each 12 characters wide. Although you can enter lines of text much wider than this in each column, it will make working with the name and address information simpler if, at this point, you make each of the columns in the document wider. You do this with the Width command in the LAYOUT menu.
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MENU
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ENTER
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New width
type
24
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ENTER
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The width of the column containing the cursor, column A, will increase to 24 characters.
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TAB
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So, although you can only see three of the six columns in your document at any one time, it is a simple matter to move about and find the information you want.
Although it should be quite obvious what you will be using each of the first five headings for, you may be wondering what the purpose of the last heading Info might be. You can use this to record additional information about all of the people in your address list, such as whether you sent them a Christmas card last year, when their birthday is, or any other information you would like to be able to recall. In the following examples the field will contain the person's age.
Entering some information
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You can now type the first name into slot A2.
Bell , A
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This example shows how you can enter any type of information such as a library catalogue, a book index or bibliography, or a name and address list into the Cambridge Z88 using PipeDream.
You will learn how to:
- Enter information
- Find any particular information you want
- Organise the information
- Print out all, or a selection, of the information in an orderly table
Preparing the document
Because you are going to enter lists of information, rather than a block of text for formatting into a document, you should first alter the Wrap option on the Options Page so that words do not wrap around onto the next line when they reach the right-hand margin.
Select the Options Page by typingO. You will see a display showing the different options you can select for your document, and information about the document.
Move the cursor down to the wrap option by pressinguntil the cursor is opposite the word
Wrap. Then type N to change the option value from Y (Yes) to N (No) to stop wrapping altogether:
Finally press the key to return to the document.
Setting up headings
Before entering information into PipeDream, it is good practice to set up headings to specify how the information will be arranged. Since you are going to create a name and address list, the headings will simply correspond to the name and address, with one reserved for additional information.
When you start a new sheet in PipeDream you are given six columns, each 12 characters wide. Although you can enter lines of text much wider than this in each column, it will make working with the name and address information simpler if, at this point, you make each of the columns in the document wider. You do this with the Width command in the LAYOUT menu.
Press the key until the LAYOUT menu is displayed. The Width command may already be highlighted as it is the first item on the menu; otherwise use the cursor keys to highlight it. Then press
to select it. In reply to the prompt
New width
type
24
and press to carry out the change. (You can ignore the other prompt -
Specify column.)
The width of the column containing the cursor, column A, will increase to 24 characters.
Now move the cursor into column B by pressing the key, and repeat the procedure to set the width of column B to 24 also. You can, if you wish, select the Width command directly without going through the LAYOUT menu, by typing
W.
Continue until you have set each of the columns A to F to a width of 24 characters. Notice that when you press the key to get from column C to column D, the document moves to the left on the screen so that columns D and E come into view without the cursor position changing.
Then move the cursor back to the left-hand side of column A by typing .
Type the following headings, pressing the key between each heading to move the cursor to the beginning of the next column.
| Name | |
| Address | |
| Town | |
| County | |
| Postcode | |
| Info |
Notice that when you type the word Town and press the key, the document scrolls to the left so that the column headed 'D' comes clearly into view:
So, although you can only see three of the six columns in your document at any one time, it is a simple matter to move about and find the information you want.
Although it should be quite obvious what you will be using each of the first five headings for, you may be wondering what the purpose of the last heading Info might be. You can use this to record additional information about all of the people in your address list, such as whether you sent them a Christmas card last year, when their birthday is, or any other information you would like to be able to recall. In the following examples the field will contain the person's age.
Entering some information
Move the cursor back to the left-hand side of column A by typing . Press the
key to move the cursor to row 2.
You can now type the first name into slot A2.
Bell , A
Press the key when you have finished typing the name to move the cursor across to the address column, column B. Type in the address, remembering to press the
key between each item:
| Bell , A | |
| 2 Ringway | |
| Tring | |
| Herts | |
| TE1 2LM | |
| 24 |
Enter the other names and addresses given below on lines 3, 4, 5, and 6 of your document in exactly the same way. Of course, if you prefer, you can compile your own list. If part of an address is too long to fit within one column, just keep typing; although you will not be able to see all the information in that column, it will be retained and you will be able to refer to it later.
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Select the Save command by pressing the Highlight
Type addresses as the name of file to save, ignoring the other options since you want to save the whole document, and press Highlight
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First you need to specify which part of your document you want to sort. Move the cursor to slot A2, the top left-hand comer of the table of names and addresses, using theand
keys to move up and down the document and the
Highlight
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Now mark the bottom right-hand corner of the table of names and addresses. Move the cursor down to row 6 and across to column F with the key and the
Highlight
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Move back to the left-hand side of the sheet with Highlight
We wish to sort the names and addresses into alphabetical order of the names, which are in column A, so type A to the prompt
Sort on column A
and press the Highlight
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You can see how much space is available in a document at any time by typing O to display the Options Page. The number of characters of space available is given after the heading Free on the right-hand side of the Options Page display. Press
Highlight
In a large list of names and addresses, it would be very inconvenient to have to search around in the list for a particular name or address. Fortunately, there is a much faster way, using the automatic search facility built into PipeDream.
Select the Search command from the BLOCKS menu in the usual way: display the BLOCKS menu with the Highlight
The Search command displays a number of options which allow you to specify exactly what you want to search for, and whether you want to restrict the search to a particular part of your table of information. For example, you might want to search for the address of someone whose surname you had forgotten, but whose Christian name you knew to be Max. You would then enter Max against the first option:
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Search only range of columns Yes A
Then press Highlight
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To print out the information in your name and address list as an orderly table, select the Print option from the PRINT menu. Press the Highlight
Since the total width of the table of names and addresses is 144 characters (six columns of 24 characters) it will probably be too wide to fit across the width of the paper on your printer; most printers will only print 80 characters. You will therefore need to print the table in two sections, by selecting a range of columns in each case.
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Print only range of columns Yes A C
Then press the Highlight
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For example, to print out the names and addresses of all the people living in Hants or Surrey, give the Print command in the usual way by displaying the PRINT menu and then pressing Highlight
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