

















          A GUIDE TO WRITER'S HEAVEN


          by Mark Shepard







          Version 5.0B
          May 1, 1990









          Copyright 1987-1990 Simple Productions



          Simple Productions
          12 East 15th St. #3
          Arcata, California 95521  USA
          707-822-3148










          "Writer's Heaven" is a trademark of Simple Productions.
          "PC-Write" is a registered trademark of Quicksoft, Inc.



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                              WRITER'S HEAVEN 5.0B

     ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___    ___
   :[ W ]  [ E ]  [ R ] :( T )  ( Y ) :[ U ]  [ I ]  [ O ] :! P !  ! [ !  ! ] !
   :[___]  [___]  [___] :(___)  (___) :[___]  [___]  [___] :!___!  !___!  !___!
   :Page   Para.  Sent. :Scroll Scroll: Sent.  Para.  Page :BLOCK  CLEAR REFORM
    :Up     Up      Up   : Up    Down  : Down   Down   Down :
  _  : ___    ___    ___  : ___    ___  : ___    ___    ___  : _ _    _ _
   : :[ S ]  [ D ]  [ F ] :( G )  ( H ) :[ J ]  [ K ]  [ L ] :: : :  : " :
  _: :[___]  [___]  [___] :(___)  (___) :[___]  [___]  [___] ::_;_:  :_'_:
      :Line   Word   Char. : Up    Down  :Char.  Word   Line  :
       :Left   Left   Left  :             :Right  Right  Right :
   ___  : ___    ___    ___  : ___    ___  : ___    _ _    _ _  : _ _
  ! Z ! :! X !  ! C !  ( V ) :( B )  ( N ) :( M )  : < :  : > : :: ? :
  !___! :!___!  !___!  (___) :(___)  (___) :(___)  :_,_:  :_._: ::_/_:
  UNDEL   GO    BOOK-  Screen  Top  Bottom  Screen
          BACK   MARK    Up    Doc    Doc    Down


                  ___                 ___                 ___
                 [   ]               (   )               !   !
                 [___]               (___)               !___!
               Unit Key            Travel key         ACTION KEY


              Ctrl = Move         Alt = Delete      Shft-Ctrl = Font


                             Ctrl-Backslash = Help

                     Alt-minus (top row) = Alt Commands Off
                      Alt-plus (top row) = Alt Commands On
 
 



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                                       CONTENTS


          What is Writer's Heaven?   4
          About Shareware   4
          About Our Disk   5
          Installing Writer's Heaven   5
          Writer's Heaven and Your Keyboard   6
          The Writer's Heaven Command Set   6
          The Unit Keys   8
          The Travel Keys   10
          The Action Keys   11
          The Support Keys   12

          APPENDIX
          Inside Writer's Heaven   13
          Writer's Heaven and Personal Macros   13
          Writer's Heaven and Desktop Publishing   13
          Writer's Heaven and PC-Write Lite  14
          Hotkey   14

          REGISTRATION FORM




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               WHAT IS WRITER'S HEAVEN?

               Writer's Heaven is a power-packed add-on for the popular
          shareware word processor, PC-Write. A special set of command keys
          in an ingenious arrangement offers you unsurpassed editing
          capability.
               With a single keystroke, you can move the cursor or delete--
          by character, word, line, sentence, paragraph, or page--forward
          or backward--without leaving the letter keys! Writer's Heaven can
          double your editing speed--yet it's easy to learn and use.
               Writer's Heaven 5.0 works with PC-Write 3.0. It does not
          support earlier PC-Write versions or PC-Write Lite. Version 5.0B
          is a special edition, modified for enhanced compatibility with
          our WordPerfect add-on, MorePerfect. Now those who must use both
          PC-Write and WordPerfect can enjoy a common set of editing keys.
               Here's what registered users say about Writer's Heaven:

          "I love Writer's Heaven. It definitely falls under the category
          of WHY-DIDN'T-SOMEONE-THINK-OF-THIS-BEFORE?--the hallmark of
          genius."  Arthur Baxter

          "Writer's Heaven is superb."  Laurence Vittes, software
          columnist, Los Angeles Reader

          "It has made PC-Write a worthwhile program for me. I had some
          doubts about using this word processor, but now it probably will
          become a favorite of mine."  Douglas Kaller

          "It has changed my word-processing life."  Fred Holtby, teacher

          "You have made such an improvement on the user interface to
          PC-Write that I don't want to use version 3.0 without Writer's
          Heaven."  Dennis E. Robinson, Compact Systems Consulting


               ABOUT SHAREWARE

               Writer's Heaven is shareware. In our case, this means

               1. We urge you to make copies of Writer's Heaven for others
          who might like to try it. Please do not leave out files, remove
          documentation, or change the program. There are no other
          restrictions.

               2. If you adopt Writer's Heaven for regular use, we expect
          you to register by sending $10. (Disks purchased direct from
          Simple Productions are already registered.) Businesses and
          institutions must register for each station at which Writer's
          Heaven will be used.
               This pays for your use of Writer's Heaven. It also brings:




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               -- Technical support by mail and phone.

               -- Notice of major updates.

               -- News of our other special products for PC-Write users.

               Please use the registration form at the end of this Guide.
          Foreign payment must be in US$.
               We can provide technical support for our own products only.
          Quicksoft provides excellent and inexpensive support for PC-Write
          itself. All phone support is at your expense. Please call at
          reasonable hours.


               ABOUT OUR DISK

               The simplest way to print this Guide continuously: Turn on
          your printer and insert your Writer's Heaven disk in drive A. At
          the A> prompt, type
                                        GUIDE
          followed by RETURN (ENTER). This prints out the file GUIDE.
               You can also print the file with PC-Write, if you use
          PC-Write's default page layout settings, with no left margin.
               Here is a list of files:

          README        Quick intro
          GO.BAT        Batch file to display README
          GUIDE         Documentation and registration
          GUIDE.BAT     Batch file to print GUIDE
          HVN           Writer's Heaven control file
          HVNHELP       Writer's Heaven help screen
          HOTKEY.COM    Cursor speedup program
          HOTKEY.DOC    Documentation for Hotkey


               INSTALLING WRITER'S HEAVEN

               For a quick trial of Writer's Heaven, open a "scrap"
          document with PC-Write and press F2, F6. With your Writer's
          Heaven disk in drive A, type
                                        A:HVN
          followed by RETURN (ENTER).
               To install Writer's Heaven permanently:

               1. Copy the Writer's Heaven files HVN and HVNHELP to your
          PC-Write working disk or directory. For example, to copy both
          files from the Writer's Heaven disk in drive A to a working disk
          in drive B, the command at the A> prompt would be
                                     COPY HVN* B:
          followed by RETURN (ENTER).
               Note: If your workdisk is short of room, you can delete
          nonessential PC-Write files like PRINT.TST and CHARS.TST. Or you
          can move help or spelling files to another disk.




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               2. Use PC-Write to call up ED.DEF, the PC-Write edit control
          file on your working disk or directory. On a new line at the
          BOTTOM of the file, type
                                         !HVN
          Note: If the file contains the line "!PR.DEF", make sure the line
          "!HVN" comes AFTER it!
               Save the file and exit with F1, F2.

               Writer's Heaven will now be called up automatically whenever
          you start PC-Write.
               To take full advantage of the power offered by Writer's
          Heaven, we recommend that you speed up cursor movement by
          increasing your "key repeat rate"--how fast a key repeats when
          you hold it down. This can be done by a number of macro programs
          and keyboard utilities. One such utility, Hotkey, is included
          with Writer's Heaven. Please see the Appendix.
               Please see the appendix also if you use macros to customize
          PC-Write, or if you use PC-Write for desktop publishing.


               WRITER'S HEAVEN AND YOUR KEYBOARD

               Writer's Heaven is ideal for touch typists. It never makes
          you remove your hands from typing position--though you'll have to
          stretch a bit.
               On old-style keyboards, with the Control Key next to the A
          key, always use your left little finger to press Ctrl or Alt. On
          the newer, "extended" keyboards, use "two-hand" fingering
          instead. For example, for Alt-E, press Alt with your righthand
          little finger, and E with the usual lefthand finger.
               Some users find the fingering of our Control-key commands
          more convenient on the old-style keyboard. If you have an
          extended keyboard, you may wish to swap your CapsLock Key with
          your right Control Key by placing this PC-Write command line in
          ED.DEF:
                                         &J:3
          We cannot guarantee this command will work on all systems.
               Note: If you are using PC-Write's ED.SPC file for "almost-
          compatible" computers or keyboards, Writer's Heaven will cancel
          most of PC-Write's key substitutions. Better support for almost-
          compatibles is available in Writer's Heaven 5.0.


               THE WRITER'S HEAVEN COMMAND SET

               Writer's Heaven offers a number of powerful commands not
          found on the PC-Write keyboard, and improves others. More
          important, Writer's Heaven achieves startling editing speed and
          power through several simple principles:

               1. All movement and edit commands are located on the
          "typewriter keys," for instant access.




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               2. Lefthand keys act backward in the document, while
          righthand keys act forward.

               3. Ctrl-letter keys move the cursor, while Alt-letter keys
          delete.

               Combining the last two principles generates a command
          "matrix." This arrangement packs more power onto the keyboard
          than you ever thought possible, while maintaining simplicity and
          ease of use.
               Unlike other word processors placing primary commands on the
          letter keys, Writer's Heaven DOES NOT work by mnemonics--B for
          "bold," P for "page," and so on. Instead, Writer's Heaven works
          by finger position. As you try the keys listed in the coming
          pages, you'll quickly catch on to the pattern, and you'll be able
          to locate commands without memorizing letter names. (If you need
          a quick reminder, just press Ctrl-Backslash for Heaven Help.)
               In the following listings, the PC-Write equivalent key--if
          any--is noted in parentheses.
               Note: Writer's Heaven displaces PC-Write's commands on the
          letter and punctuation keys, but provides substitutes for all
          important ones. User macros placed there will be cancelled too,
          but can be restored as explained in the Appendix.




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     ___    ___    ___    _ _    _ _    ___    ___    ___    _ _    _ _    _ _
   :[ W ]  [ E ]  [ R ] ::   :  :   : :[ U ]  [ I ]  [ O ] ::   :  :   :  :   :
   :[___]  [___]  [___] ::___:  :_ _: :[___]  [___]  [___] ::_ _:  :_ _:  :_ _:
   :Page   Para.  Sent. :             : Sent.  Para.  Page :
    :Up     Up     Up    :             : Down   Down   Down :
  _  : ___    ___    ___  : _ _    _ _  : ___    ___    ___  : _ _    _ _
   : :[ S ]  [ D ]  [ F ] ::   :  :   : :[ J ]  [ K ]  [ L ] ::   :  :   :
  _: :[___]  [___]  [___] ::_ _:  :_ _: :[___]  [___]  [___] ::_ _:  :_ _:
      :Line   Word   Char. :             :Char.  Word   Line  :
       :Left   Left   Left  :             :Right  Right  Right :
   _ _  : _ _    _ _    _ _  : _ _    _ _  : _ _    _ _    _ _  : _ _
  :   : ::   :  :   :  :   : ::   :  :   : ::   :  :   :  :   : ::   :
  :_ _: ::_ _:  :_ _:  :_ _: ::_ _:  :_ _: ::_ _:  :_ _:  :_ _: ::_ _:

                    Ctrl = Move                 Alt = Delete


               THE UNIT KEYS

               The most important set of keys in Writer's Heaven is the
          Unit Keys. These enable you to move the cursor or delete--by
          character, word, line, sentence, paragraph, or page--forward or
          backward--with a single keystroke.
               Unit Keys always act to the START of a unit. For instance,
          if your cursor is in the middle of a sentence, Sentence Up will
          move to the start of the same sentence. Repeating the command
          will move to the start of the previous sentence. Delete Sentence
          Down will delete from the cursor to the start of the next
          sentence.

          CHARACTER KEYS

          Ctrl-F    Character Left  (LeftArrow)
          Ctrl-J    Character Right  (RightArrow)
          Alt-F     Delete Character Left  (Backspace)
          Alt-J     Delete Character Right  (Delete)

          WORD KEYS

          Ctrl-D    Word Left  (Ctrl-LeftArrow)
          Ctrl-K    Word Right  (Ctrl-RightArrow)
          Alt-D     Delete Word Left  (Ctrl-Backspace)
          Alt-K     Delete Word Right  (Ctrl-Escape)

          LINE KEYS

          Ctrl-S    Line Left  (Shft-LeftArrow, modified)
          Ctrl-L    Line Right  (End)
          Alt-S     Delete Line Left  (Shft-Ctrl-Backspace)
          Alt-L     Delete Line Right  (Ctrl-Enter)




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          SENTENCE KEYS

          Ctrl-R    Sentence Up  (Shft-Ctrl-LeftArrow, modified)
          Ctrl-U    Sentence Down  (Shft-Ctrl-RightArrow, modified)
          Alt-R     Delete Sentence Up
          Alt-U     Delete Sentence Down

          PARAGRAPH KEYS

          Ctrl-E    Paragraph Up  (Ctrl-PgUp)
          Ctrl-I    Paragraph Down  (Ctrl-PgDn)
          Alt-E     Delete Paragraph Up
          Alt-I     Delete Paragraph Down

          Note: The PC-Write equivalents for paragraph and page movement
          may be switched in PC-Write 3.1 and later.

          PAGE KEYS

          Ctrl-W    Page Up  (Shft-Ctrl-PgUp)
          Ctrl-O    Page Down  (Shft-Ctrl-PgDn)

          Note: For safety, Delete Page commands are omitted.




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     _ _    _ _    _ _    ___    ___    _ _    _ _    _ _    _ _    _ _    _ _
   ::   :  :   :  :   : :( T )  ( Y ) ::   :  :   :  :   : ::   :  :   :  :   :
   ::_ _:  :_ _:  :_ _: :(___)  (___) ::_ _:  :_ _:  :_ _: ::_ _:  :_ _:  :_ _:
   :                    :Scroll Scroll:                    :
    :                    :Up     Down  :                    :
  _  : _ _    _ _    _ _  : ___    ___  : _ _    _ _    _ _  : _ _    _ _
   : ::   :  :   :  :   : :( G )  ( H ) ::   :  :   :  :   : ::   :  :   :
  _: ::_ _:  :_ _:  :_ _: :(___)  (___) ::_ _:  :_ _:  :_ _: ::_ _:  :_ _:
      :                    : Up    Down  :                    :
       :                    :             :                    :
   _ _  : _ _    _ _    ___  : ___    ___  : ___    _ _    _ _  : _ _
  :   : ::   :  :   :  ( V ) :( B )  ( N ) :( M )  :   :  :   : ::   :
  :_ _: ::_ _:  :_ _:  (___) :(___)  (___) :(___)  :_ _:  :_ _: ::_ _:
                       Screen  Top   Bottom Screen
                         Up    Doc    Doc    Down


               THE TRAVEL KEYS

               The Travel Keys move you vertically through your document.
          All are Ctrl-letter keys.

          SCROLL KEYS

          Ctrl-T    Scroll Up  (PgUp)
          Ctrl-Y    Scroll Down  (PgDn)

          CURSOR KEYS

          Ctrl-G    Up  (UpArrow)
          Ctrl-H    Down  (DownArrow)

          DOCUMENT KEYS

          Ctrl-B    Top of Document  (Shft-Grey+)
          Ctrl-N    Bottom of Document  (Shft-Grey-)

          SCREEN KEYS

          Ctrl-V    Screen Up  (Shft-PgUp)
          Ctrl-M    Screen Down  (Shft-PgDn)




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     _ _    _ _    _ _    _ _    _ _    _ _    _ _    _ _    ___    ___    ___
   ::   :  :   :  :   : ::   :  :   : ::   :  :   :  :   : :! P !  ! [ !  ! ] !
   ::_ _:  :_ _:  :_ _: ::_ _:  :_ _: ::_ _:  :_ _:  :_ _: :!___!  !___!  !___!
   :                    :             :                    :BLOCK  CLEAR REFORM
    :                    :             :                    :
  _  : _ _    _ _    _ _  : _ _    _ _  : _ _    _ _    _ _  : _ _    _ _
   : ::   :  :   :  :   : ::   :  :   : ::   :  :   :  :   : ::   :  :   :
  _: ::_ _:  :_ _:  :_ _: ::_ _:  :_ _: ::_ _:  :_ _:  :_ _: ::_ _:  :_ _:
      :                    :             :                    :
       :                    :             :                    :
   ___  : ___    ___    _ _  : _ _    _ _  : _ _    _ _    _ _  : _ _
  ! Z ! :! X !  ! C !  :   : ::   :  :   : ::   :  :   :  :   : ::   :
  !___! :!___!  !___!  :_ _: ::_ _:  :_ _: ::_ _:  :_ _:  :_ _: ::_ _:
  UNDEL   GO    BOOK-
          BACK   MARK


               THE ACTION KEYS

               The Action Keys perform a variety of functions to make
          typing and editing quicker and more convenient. Many are standard
          PC-Write operations, but located closer to hand.

          BLOCK KEY

          Ctrl-P    Mark/Move  (F6)
          Alt-P     Mark/Delete  (F4)

          This is a kind of "editing stickshift" for block operations
          usually performed with the function keys. Used along with Unit
          and Travel Keys, the Block Key provides super-fast action.

          CLEAR KEY

          Ctrl-[    Clear Marking  (F5)

          A companion to the Block Key.

          REFORMAT KEY

          Ctrl-]     Reformat Paragraph  (F7, modified)

          A handy alternative to PC-Write's F7, and also to Auto-
          reformatting, which slows PC-Write a great deal. The Reformat Key
          acts on the entire paragraph--unlike F7, which acts only forward
          from the cursor.

          BOOKMARK

          Ctrl-C    Go to Bookmark  (Ctrl-End)

          Note: Set the bookmark with PC-Write's Ctrl-Home.




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          GO BACK KEY

          Ctrl-X    Go Back  (Shft-Ctrl-End)

          The Go Back Key can often return you to your original place if
          you've jumped--on purpose or not--elsewhere in the document.

          UNDELETE KEY

          Ctrl-Z    Undelete  (Ctrl-F4)

          Retrieves your last major deletion.


               THE SUPPORT KEYS

               The Support Keys (not pictured) help you use Writer's
          Heaven.

          FONT KEYS

          PC-Write uses Alt-letter keys to insert font characters and other
          special symbols. Writer's Heaven has a different use for those
          keys, so it moves the PC-Write commands to the Shft-Ctrl-letter
          keys. (There they replace one of PC-Write's box-drawing character
          sets, which is omitted.)
               To insert a font character, press the usual letter key, but
          with Shft-Ctrl instead of Alt. For instance, for an Underline
          font, press Shft-Ctrl-U. For a page break, press Shft-Ctrl-T.

          TEMPORARY MARGIN KEYS

          Like PC-Write's font commands, its temporary margin commands have
          been moved to the corresponding Shft-Ctrl keys. For instance, to
          turn on a temporary left margin, press Shft-Ctrl-[.

          OFF AND ON KEYS

          Alt-minus (top row)      Alt Commands Off
          Alt-plus (top row)       Alt Commands On

          These keys are used for final formatting of proportional and
          other specialized fonts, as used in desktop publishing. Please
          see the Appendix.

          HELP KEY

          Ctrl-Backslash    Heaven Help

          This key brings up a help screen for instant reminder of the
          Writer's Heaven keyboard. Note: The file HVNHELP must be in your
          PC-Write working disk or directory, and the working disk MUST be
          in its disk drive BEFORE you press the key. Also note: Calling up
          the help screen resets PC-Write's first bookmark.



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                                       APPENDIX


               INSIDE WRITER'S HEAVEN

               Basically, Writer's Heaven is a special set of "macros"--
          PC-Write keyboard redefinition commands--collected in a control
          file named HVN. This is a normal text file you can edit. The
          macros use PC-Write's own functions, singly or combined, to
          create the Writer's Heaven commands.
               The "!HVN" line in ED.DEF tells PC-Write to "read" HVN after
          ED.DEF, on startup. If you find some keys not acting as expected,
          check ED.DEF for all files PC-Write is instructed to read, and
          their order of listing. A macro will be cancelled by any macro
          that is read later and that contradicts it. For example, if
          "!PR.DEF" is listed after "!HVN", the font control lines in
          PR.DEF will cancel most of the Writer's Heaven Alt commands.


               WRITER'S HEAVEN AND PERSONAL MACROS

               Your macros in ED.DEF will be cancelled if they are assigned
          to keys used by Writer's Heaven. These include all letter keys
          with Ctrl, Alt, and Shft-Ctrl. The ones that beep have been given
          no actual commands, but merely made inactive for safety.
               To reclaim control of these keys, place your macros at the
          end of the file HVN. Or you can place them in a separate file,
          and put "!FILENAME" after "!HVN" in ED.DEF. PLEASE DO NOT
          DISTRIBUTE ALTERED COPIES OF WRITER'S HEAVEN.


               WRITER'S HEAVEN AND DESKTOP PUBLISHING

               Writer's Heaven was designed for maximum efficiency in
          editing straight text. Unfortunately, that meant interfering with
          PC-Write's ability to format proportional and other specialized
          fonts, as commonly used in desktop publishing. This is because
          Writer's Heaven must move PC-Write's font commands from the Alt-
          letter keys, where PC-Write wants them.
               If you are desktop publishing, prepare your document before
          printing by following these simple steps:

               1. Press the Off Key (Alt-minus, top row) to replace
          Writer's Heaven Alt commands with PC-Write printer font commands.
          Note: If your print control file does not have the default name
          PR.DEF, you will be prompted for a name.

               2. Press Ctrl-F5 to mark your entire document, then F7 to
          Reformat. Clear the marking with F5.
                                          OR
               Reformat and repage through the Alt-F7 menu.




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               3. Press the On Key (Alt-plus, top row) to restore the
          Writer's Heaven Alt commands.

               The document can now be printed correctly. Alternatively,
          you can repage and/or reformat with a separate copy of PC-Write
          without Writer's Heaven.


               WRITER'S HEAVEN AND PC-WRITE LITE

               We cannot support PC-Write Lite, because it handles your
          print control file differently. However, you can use Writer's
          Heaven with Lite if you will only be editing, as you might on a
          laptop. The document could be printed later with full PC-Write.


               HOTKEY

               Accompanying Writer's Heaven is a public-domain cursor
          speedup program called Hotkey. We don't know who wrote it, but
          we're grateful!
               The program file is HOTKEY.COM, and author's documentation
          is in HOTKEY.DOC. To run Hotkey from the DOS prompt, type
                                        HOTKEY
          followed by RETURN (ENTER). You can instead add this line to your
          AUTOEXEC.BAT file for automatic running on startup. Hotkey should
          normally be run before other keyboard programs.
               Hotkey is better behaved than most such utilities, but has
          several minor problems. Once in a while a scroll may "run away"--
          just press any key to stop it. Your Insert Key may no longer
          repeat properly when held down. With long documents on slow
          computers, scrolling may become jagged, because PC-Write cannot
          always keep up with Hotkey. (An experimental fix for this is
          included in our PC-Write Macros, Volume 2.)





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