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FrEdWriter Tips 1
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TIPS ON USING FREDWRITER
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GENERAL TIPS
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o Think of the FrEd disk as two separate programs:
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- MAIN MENU at boot: although other items bring you
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back to the main menu when done, once you go into
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Fred, you have to <Q>uit Fred (reboot) to get back
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to this menu.
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- FRED: Once you go into FrEd, all of FrEd is in
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memory. The computer is FrEd until you reboot.
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o CONTROL RESET will take you to main (editing) screen, if
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you get stuck or hung up somewhere in FrEd.
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o Try it, if you're not sure you can do it!
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o Sometimes Fred boots to 80 columns, even when you choose
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40 columns. This happens if you press ANY OTHER KEY after
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you press the 4. This is because FrEd looks for the LAST
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KEY PRESSED while it is loading. If the LAST KEY PRESSED
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is not 4, it comes up in 80 columns. Reboot.
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o Use copies of Fred without documentation and have students
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save right onto it.
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o To understand the PRINT MENU more clearly, pressing RETURN
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will do whatever item is highlighted. ESC will take you
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out of print menu.
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o You must enter a name when formatting a disk. If you
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don't give it a name, the program continues as if it is
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being formatted. But in fact it will not be. If this
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happens, reformat it with a name (such as: BLANK) to make
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it useable.
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o When first using copies of Fred with students, you may
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find a disk won't boot. Recopying Fred solves it, unless
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the disk is bad.
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o Think of spaces and returns as characters: they can be
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inserted or deleted as needed.
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o Use the SET TIME & DATE option on opening menu. This
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makes it easier to verify when files were saved, for
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current or older work.
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o You can move up to 256 characters at a time. When you
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reach the limit, it will not let you take in more.
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o Sometimes, in the middle of a paragraph, a sentence
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beginning on the left edge of the screen will display with
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a space that you can't remove. It's only a quirk in FrEd's
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screen display. It will print correctly.
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(c) D.Beck 2/86
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FrEdWriter Tips 2
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SAVING and LOADING FILES TIPS
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o When you type in a filename to save or load, you can type
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over another name already there. Any letters at or after
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the cursor will be chopped. You do not need to remove
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letters under or after the cursor. (In fact, you will
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notice that DELETE will not remove them.)
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o Acceptable filenames in ProDOS:
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- Up to 15 characters long
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- Must begin with a letter
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- After first character: letters, numbers, periods
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- NO SPACES
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o Sometimes FrEd may refuse to save or load without giving a
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PRODOS ERROR message. For some "unacceptable filenames"
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(symbols, commas, etc), FrEd knows they are invalid and
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won't continue with the save or load. So, always watch
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for the red light on the drive to see that FrEd does save
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or load.
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o Review saving files: students seem to get confused easily
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with: (1) valid names (no spaces, too long, etc.). (2)
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typing over old names (delete won't delete, just moves
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cursor to left.) (3) think they've saved when they
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haven't -- explain "bad pathname" remark AND remind them
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to always watch for the red light on the drive to go on.
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o If you end up in SAVE or LOAD, and you don't wish to save
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or load, move cursor as far left as you can and press
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return to get back to the editing screen.
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o Type = at the <S>ave prompt if you want to save under
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the name already showing.
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o <S>aving with the same name will save the file in memory
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over the file on the disk. It will ask if you really want
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to do this the first time in a session you do it.
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o Save your work every once in a while, every 10-15 min for
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long periods of work.
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o Make back-up copies of files that are important.
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o Loading in a file only loads a COPY of what's on disk.
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Saving a file only saves a COPY of memory to the disk.
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o Before loading in a new file, remember to clear memory
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with <N>ew. With scrolling of a file up and out of view,
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some students don't undertand a saved file is still in
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memory and load in a new file: end up adding onto a file
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in memory, or loading several copies of the same one...
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o Inside FrEd you can only SAVE and LOAD files. Other disk
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and files utilities are available out of the opening menu.
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(c) D.Beck 2/86
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FrEdWriter Tips 3
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PROMPTED FILES TIPS
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o Put a title for a prompting file at the end of a file in a
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box. Include instructions to use <B> to go to the
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beginning. When loaded, you will see the title box.
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o In general, make prompted files in 40 columns, to exchange
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with other teachers. 40 column prompting files can be
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used in 40 or 80 column display.
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With 80 columns prompt files, show it in the filename,
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(such as, REPORT.PET.80). 80 column prompted files can
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only be used in 80 column format. If loaded onto a 40
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column screen, the longer lines will "wrap around", break
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the boxes and the cursor will stop inside boxes.
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o In Prompt Mode the screen looks the same. You can't tell
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except by using it. A quick way to see: press return...
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esponse and two more returns under the box for
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the last response. (The second return will add a blank
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line between paragraphs.)
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When you set up for paragraphs, think of how the file will
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be without prompts: all responses between 2 returns will
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form a paragraph.
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o Experiment with prompt boxes. You may write into boxes as
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you make them or make boxes first and fill them later. It
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is up to you. Use whichever way is simpler for you.
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o After removing prompts from a file, the file may appear to
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have extra spaces on lines. This is an idiosyncracy of
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FrEd's display. The easiest way to remove these stray
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spacings is to use <W>idth. Use <W> to change width and
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then, <W> again, back to the default (38 for 40 columns,
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65 for 80 columns). Text will be displayed as it really
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is, ready for final editing.
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o A prompt box gradually scrolls up out of view when a
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student types many lines below it. The reason: FrEd's
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cursor remains at the middle of the screen, scrolling new
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text up. To keep prompts in view, such as a word bank
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(word list), as a student types, place them in the top of
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the prompt box below the cursor.
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o Make a prompted file blank with the first and last boxes
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already constructed with instructions you would type again
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already inside. Load it in, fill in the rest of the file
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and save it with a new name.
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(c) D.Beck 2/86
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FrEdWriter Tips 4
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TEACHING TIPS
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o Using RETURN key correctly will take some explanation and
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practice. Students seem to understand quickly about
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"wrap-around", that is, not using return at the end of
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lines within paragraphs. Many seem to extend this to not
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using RETURN at all, typing spaces to get to the next
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line, etc.
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Explain that RETURN key is an instruction to the computer
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to: "Go to the next line NOW". When you want to go to the
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next line to type more text, use RETURN.
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o Use SET DATE/TIME option from first menu before going into
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FrEdWriter. This helps telling old from new files,
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identifying current files, etc.
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o LOADING/SAVING files Several problems can occur with
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SAVING and LOADING files.
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-After SAVING a file, have students catalog to see
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that old/new files are saved by checking: (1) size
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and/or (2) date. Sometimes students don't realize
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their file was not saved, if they used a name
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unacceptable to ProDOS, etc.
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-Have students be sure to catalog after booting with
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<L>. Some have used <S> and without thinking try to
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"load" a file at the Save prompt. The blank memory is
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then saved over their file.
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-When loading in another file, remind students to clear
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memory with <N> for a "new document". Some load files
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on top of other files and end up saving "multiple"
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files.
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o W-P lets you erase/change only errors Many students want
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to "delete" correct writing to get back to errors, which
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means re-typing much text. It helps to emphasize writing
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in several steps. First, write to get your ideas down,
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without worrying about spelling. Then using <B> go back to
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the beginning and go through text correcting spelling.
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Then, go through for sentencing and paragraphing, etc..
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(c) D.Beck 2/86
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