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INTRODUCTION
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Certificate Maker provides more than 200 professionally designed,
partially- completed certificates, called templates for you to use in
making certificates for any occasion. Some templates are intended for
specific occasions such as academic achievement, sporting triumphs and
so on; these include a title and appropriate artwork. Other templates
are multi-purpose; they haveno artwork and only a partial title like:
CERTIFICATE OF.....
To make a certificate, all you have to do is select the template you
want, (a complete list of the template numbers and what they contain
will be found later on in these dox) choose a border and type style, and
fill in the blanks with the recipient's name and achievement.
For those occasions when you want to present personalized certificates
to several peopl, Certificate Maker has a feature called the *NAME*
WILDCARD that lets you insert names into otherwise identical
certificates.
The information you enter is added to a template when you print the
certificate. The templates themselves remain intact and can be used over
and over.
THE ELEMENTS OF A CERTIFICATE
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Basically there are 4 parts to a certificate:
> TITLE: Some templates include a complete title such as MATHEMATICS
AWARD or MOST VALUABLE MEMBER, while other templates provide a partial
title like CERTIFICATE OF...., or a completely blank title area.
> GRAPHICS: Many templates include an illustration to spice up the
certificate and add the professional, or humorous, touch.
> BORDER: There are 24 designs to choose from. Samples of each border
appear on a special Border menu in the program.
> TEXT: Every template provides space where you can type in specific
information about an award. Most templates also include a line for the
date and your signature. Certificate Maker has five font styles and two
font sizes from which you may choose.
Entering the special code *NAME* in your text instructs CM to print the
same certificate several times, with a different name on each copy.
A seperate procedure allows you to create "name" files containing the
names of the people in your office, classroom, or organization. Just
before you print a certificate that has the *NAME* wildcard in it, the
program asks you to choose the names you want to use.
USING THE KEYBOARD
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The following table shows the keys used in Certificate Maker.
Function Key Description
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[return] Use [return] to select an item from a menu
or a list of options.
[esc] Use [esc] to cancel your work on one
screen and return to the previous screen.
When entering text, use [esc] to delete
the text on the current line and move the
cursor back to the previous line.
[control-R] Use [control-R] (hold down [control] and
press R simultaneously) at any time to
cancel your work and return to the Main
Menu. From there, you can start over or
exit from Certificate Maker.
---><--- /\ \/ Apple IIe/c: Use the up and down arrow
keys to move from one item to another in
a menu or a list of options.
Apple II+: Use for up and for down.
[backarrow] Use the backarrow or delete key to erase
[delete] characters to the left of the cursor.
SETTING UP AND RUNNING C.M.
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BEFORE YOU START:
If you plan to use the *NAME* wildcard feature, initialize a floppy disk
for *NAME* file storage. Use ProDOS to initialize your disk.
*NAME* files must be stored on a seperate floppy disk. They cannot be
kept on the Certificate Maker Master Program disk or the Certificate
Catalog disks. A single floppy disk can hold all your *NAME* files.
TO START CERTIFICATE MAKER:
Insert the Master Program disk in drive 1 and turn on your computer. If
you have two disk drives, insert the Certificate Catalog disk in drive
2.
TO EXIT FROM CERTIFICATE MAKER:
1. Return to the Main Menu by pressing [Ctrl-R].
2. Select the Exit Program option (if you want to run another software
ap- plication), or turn off your computer.
HOW TO MAKE A CERTIFICATE:
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Listed below are the 12 steps necessary for making a certificate. Each
step is described in detail after this list.
1. Select MAKE CERTIFICATE from the Main Menu
2. Enter the template number.
3. Select the border of your choice.
4. If the certificate is blank, then select the Title Font Style. (If
the certificate is not blank, but is partial, then it will skip this
step)
5. If the certificate is partial, then enter the Title Text.
6. Select the Body Font Style.
7. Enter the Body Text.
8. Enter the Date Line.
9. Enter the Signature Line.
10. Select *NAME* file to use. (This step is taken only if you used a
wild- card *NAME* in step #7)
11. Select names to print from the *NAME* file you selected in step
#10.
12. PRINT MENU - Print the certificate.
MAIN MENU
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Select MAKE CERTIFICATE if you want to create a certificate.
Select *NAME* FILE if you want to create or edit a list of names. A
*NAME* file list can be merged into a certificate to produce several
personalized copies of the same certificate. The program goes to Screen
A, Select *NAME* file option (described in more detail later).
NOTE: This option is used to add or delete names from a *NAME* file, not
to select the names to be printed on any given certificate. Actual name
selection is done in the Make Certificate procedure.
Select EXIT PROGRAM to leave CM and return to ProDOS.
No matter where you are in CM, you can press [Ctrl-R] to Return to this
menu.
ENTER TEMPLATE NUMBER
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Enter the number of the certificate template you want to create.
Templates 1 - 39 are on Disk 1, Side B.
Templates 40 - 127 are on Disk 2, Side A.
Templates 128 - 220 are on Disk 2, Side B.
Illustrations of the certificates appear in the back of the origional
manual. There is no way to see the certificates before you print them
unless you have the origional docs that come with the program when you
buy it. So I would hope that some bright, young, "hacker" out there in
the pirate community would make a small program that could read in and
display the different certificate graphics contained on these disks to
the apple hi-res screen.
SELECT THE BORDER
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You should be able to figure this out for yourself! Just move the cursor
to the border of your choice. The NEW DISK option is reserved for
future additions to CM.
SELECT THE FONT STYLE
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Select the font style you want for the certifcate title.
This screen only appears if the certificate has space for you to enter a
title AND if that area is completely blank. (Examples: Certificate 218
and 219)
If there is space for you to enter a title, but the title area already
has some text, such as CERTIFICATE OF.... or THE WORLDS BEST...., then
the title font style is chosen by the program to match the text already
in place.
As you scroll through the list of five font names, you can see a sample
of each font at the bottom of the screen. The fonts are:
SERIF
SAN SERIF
SCRIPT
GOTHIC
ART DECO
The font style appears only on the printed certificate, not on the
screen while you are entering the title.
The NEW DISK option is reserved for future CM additions.
ENTER THE TITLE TEXT
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Enter a title for your certificate.
This screen only appears for those csrtificates that have space set
aside for you to enter a title.
You may press [Ctrl-S] to toggle the FONT SIZE between small and medium.
The cursor will change size to show the selected size. If you enter some
text on a line and then press [Ctrl-S], the size of the text on that
line will change. All the text on any given line must be the same size,
but you can change the size from one line to the next.
The NUMBER OF LINES ON THE SCREEN indicates how many lines of text you
may enter for the title. The number may change depending on the font
size you select. These lines do not appear on the printed certificate.
As you type, the TITLE IS CENTERED on each line.
Note for MULTIPLE-LINE TITLES: While word wrap does work, you may also
press [return] to move the cursor from one line to the next.
Pressing [return] on the last line ENDS THE TITLE ENTRY.
SELECT THE BODY FONT STYLE
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Select the font style you want for the body of the certificate. You can
see the samples of the different styles at the bottom of the screen. The
fonts are:
SERIF
SAN SERIF
SCRIPT
GOTHIC
ART DECO
The font you choose for the body of the text will also be used for the
date text.
You may choose any of the 5 fonts, regardless of the font used for the
certificate title. Usually, a certificate looks best when you use the
same font for both the title and the body text.
Once again, the NEW DISK option is for future CM additions.
ENTER THE BODY TEXT
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This is basically the same as entering the text for the title except
that you are entering it for the body of the certificate.
The text is centered on each line.
To make typing corrections, use the [backarrow] and [delete] keys. To
delete an entire line of text, press [esc].
Pressing [return] on the last line ends the text entry.
TO PERSONALIZE SEVERAL COPIES OF THE CERTIFICATE:
Type *NAME* all by itself on the line where you want each name to
appear. Don't put any other text on the line that has the *NAME*
wildcard. Just before you print the certificate, the program will ask
you what *NAME* file and which names from that file that you want to
use. (Creating name files will be explained later in these dox)
ENTER THE DATE LINE
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Enter the date text you want to appear on the certificate.
Entering a date is optional. You may decide to leave the date area
blank, or you may enter some text other than a date. The line and the
word "date" that you see on the template, do not appear on the printed
certificate.
Because of the amount of space available, not all certificates have
enough room to spell out an entire date such as "September 23, 1987."
The amount of space allowed for the date is indicated by the length of
the line on the screen.
The font style for the date text is the same as what you chose for the
certificate text. The font size is small and cannot be changed.