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