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!AWFeb93/Goodies/Wordsearch/examples/!ReadMe
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| Filename: | !AWFeb93/Goodies/Wordsearch/examples/!ReadMe |
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| File size: | 04D2 bytes |
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| Exec address: | 0000 |
File contents
"auto" was generated entirelly automatically, "manual", "manualText" and
"manualDraw" were created manually using words connected with the
Archiemedes.
How to use wordsearches in DTP
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Just dragging a wordsearch textfile (like "manualtext") into Draw will work,
but it will mess up the formatting. You have two options:
1) Buy Impression! (Just drag the text file straight in).
2) Use Draw. However, first you must alter the textfile into Draw text area
format, as follows: First add the following to the start of the file:
\!1 (This is a text area)
\F0 Corpus.Medium 12 (Define font 0 as 12 point corpus.medium)
\0 (Use font 0)
\D2 (Format into two columns (obviously, optional))
Next you need to force a line break at the end of each line, to stop the
text being reformatted. Get the find window up (with F4 or menus: Edit -->
Find --> Find Text). Enable magic characters, enter a find string of "\n"
and a replace string of "\\\n" (This puts a "\" character at the end of each
line).
Now just drag it into Draw and alter the column sizes (RISC OS 3: double -
click on each column to edit it individually).
00000000 22 61 75 74 6f 22 20 77 61 73 20 67 65 6e 65 72 |"auto" was gener| 00000010 61 74 65 64 20 65 6e 74 69 72 65 6c 6c 79 20 61 |ated entirelly a| 00000020 75 74 6f 6d 61 74 69 63 61 6c 6c 79 2c 20 22 6d |utomatically, "m| 00000030 61 6e 75 61 6c 22 2c 20 22 6d 61 6e 75 61 6c 54 |anual", "manualT| 00000040 65 78 74 22 20 61 6e 64 0a 22 6d 61 6e 75 61 6c |ext" and."manual| 00000050 44 72 61 77 22 20 77 65 72 65 20 63 72 65 61 74 |Draw" were creat| 00000060 65 64 20 6d 61 6e 75 61 6c 6c 79 20 75 73 69 6e |ed manually usin| 00000070 67 20 77 6f 72 64 73 20 63 6f 6e 6e 65 63 74 65 |g words connecte| 00000080 64 20 77 69 74 68 20 74 68 65 0a 41 72 63 68 69 |d with the.Archi| 00000090 65 6d 65 64 65 73 2e 20 0a 0a 48 6f 77 20 74 6f |emedes. ..How to| 000000a0 20 75 73 65 20 77 6f 72 64 73 65 61 72 63 68 65 | use wordsearche| 000000b0 73 20 69 6e 20 44 54 50 0a 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e |s in DTP.~~~~~~~| 000000c0 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e |~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~| 000000d0 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 7e 0a 4a 75 73 74 20 64 72 61 |~~~~~~~.Just dra| 000000e0 67 67 69 6e 67 20 61 20 77 6f 72 64 73 65 61 72 |gging a wordsear| 000000f0 63 68 20 74 65 78 74 66 69 6c 65 20 28 6c 69 6b |ch textfile (lik| 00000100 65 20 22 6d 61 6e 75 61 6c 74 65 78 74 22 29 20 |e "manualtext") | 00000110 69 6e 74 6f 20 44 72 61 77 20 77 69 6c 6c 20 77 |into Draw will w| 00000120 6f 72 6b 2c 0a 62 75 74 20 69 74 20 77 69 6c 6c |ork,.but it will| 00000130 20 6d 65 73 73 20 75 70 20 74 68 65 20 66 6f 72 | mess up the for| 00000140 6d 61 74 74 69 6e 67 2e 20 20 59 6f 75 20 68 61 |matting. You ha| 00000150 76 65 20 74 77 6f 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 73 3a 20 |ve two options: | 00000160 0a 31 29 20 42 75 79 20 49 6d 70 72 65 73 73 69 |.1) Buy Impressi| 00000170 6f 6e 21 20 28 4a 75 73 74 20 64 72 61 67 20 74 |on! (Just drag t| 00000180 68 65 20 74 65 78 74 20 66 69 6c 65 20 73 74 72 |he text file str| 00000190 61 69 67 68 74 20 69 6e 29 2e 20 20 0a 32 29 20 |aight in). .2) | 000001a0 55 73 65 20 44 72 61 77 2e 20 48 6f 77 65 76 65 |Use Draw. Howeve| 000001b0 72 2c 20 66 69 72 73 74 20 79 6f 75 20 6d 75 73 |r, first you mus| 000001c0 74 20 61 6c 74 65 72 20 74 68 65 20 74 65 78 74 |t alter the text| 000001d0 66 69 6c 65 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 44 72 61 77 20 74 |file into Draw t| 000001e0 65 78 74 20 61 72 65 61 0a 66 6f 72 6d 61 74 2c |ext area.format,| 000001f0 20 61 73 20 66 6f 6c 6c 6f 77 73 3a 20 20 46 69 | as follows: Fi| 00000200 72 73 74 20 61 64 64 20 74 68 65 20 66 6f 6c 6c |rst add the foll| 00000210 6f 77 69 6e 67 20 74 6f 20 74 68 65 20 73 74 61 |owing to the sta| 00000220 72 74 20 6f 66 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 6c 65 3a 0a |rt of the file:.| 00000230 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 0a 20 | . | 00000240 20 20 20 20 5c 21 31 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 | \!1 | 00000250 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 28 54 68 69 73 20 69 | (This i| 00000260 73 20 61 20 74 65 78 74 20 61 72 65 61 29 0a 20 |s a text area). | 00000270 20 20 20 20 5c 46 30 20 43 6f 72 70 75 73 2e 4d | \F0 Corpus.M| 00000280 65 64 69 75 6d 20 31 32 20 28 44 65 66 69 6e 65 |edium 12 (Define| 00000290 20 66 6f 6e 74 20 30 20 61 73 20 31 32 20 70 6f | font 0 as 12 po| 000002a0 69 6e 74 20 63 6f 72 70 75 73 2e 6d 65 64 69 75 |int corpus.mediu| 000002b0 6d 29 0a 20 20 20 20 20 5c 30 20 20 20 20 20 20 |m). \0 | 000002c0 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 28 55 73 | (Us| 000002d0 65 20 66 6f 6e 74 20 30 29 0a 20 20 20 20 20 5c |e font 0). \| 000002e0 44 32 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 20 |D2 | 000002f0 20 20 20 20 28 46 6f 72 6d 61 74 20 69 6e 74 6f | (Format into| 00000300 20 74 77 6f 20 63 6f 6c 75 6d 6e 73 20 28 6f 62 | two columns (ob| 00000310 76 69 6f 75 73 6c 79 2c 20 6f 70 74 69 6f 6e 61 |viously, optiona| 00000320 6c 29 29 0a 0a 4e 65 78 74 20 79 6f 75 20 6e 65 |l))..Next you ne| 00000330 65 64 20 74 6f 20 66 6f 72 63 65 20 61 20 6c 69 |ed to force a li| 00000340 6e 65 20 62 72 65 61 6b 20 61 74 20 74 68 65 20 |ne break at the | 00000350 65 6e 64 20 6f 66 20 65 61 63 68 20 6c 69 6e 65 |end of each line| 00000360 2c 20 74 6f 20 73 74 6f 70 20 74 68 65 0a 74 65 |, to stop the.te| 00000370 78 74 20 62 65 69 6e 67 20 72 65 66 6f 72 6d 61 |xt being reforma| 00000380 74 74 65 64 2e 20 47 65 74 20 74 68 65 20 66 69 |tted. Get the fi| 00000390 6e 64 20 77 69 6e 64 6f 77 20 75 70 20 28 77 69 |nd window up (wi| 000003a0 74 68 20 46 34 20 6f 72 20 6d 65 6e 75 73 3a 20 |th F4 or menus: | 000003b0 45 64 69 74 20 2d 2d 3e 0a 46 69 6e 64 20 2d 2d |Edit -->.Find --| 000003c0 3e 20 46 69 6e 64 20 54 65 78 74 29 2e 20 45 6e |> Find Text). En| 000003d0 61 62 6c 65 20 6d 61 67 69 63 20 63 68 61 72 61 |able magic chara| 000003e0 63 74 65 72 73 2c 20 65 6e 74 65 72 20 61 20 66 |cters, enter a f| 000003f0 69 6e 64 20 73 74 72 69 6e 67 20 6f 66 20 22 5c |ind string of "\| 00000400 6e 22 0a 61 6e 64 20 61 20 72 65 70 6c 61 63 65 |n".and a replace| 00000410 20 73 74 72 69 6e 67 20 6f 66 20 22 5c 5c 5c 6e | string of "\\\n| 00000420 22 20 28 54 68 69 73 20 70 75 74 73 20 61 20 22 |" (This puts a "| 00000430 5c 22 20 63 68 61 72 61 63 74 65 72 20 61 74 20 |\" character at | 00000440 74 68 65 20 65 6e 64 20 6f 66 20 65 61 63 68 0a |the end of each.| 00000450 6c 69 6e 65 29 2e 20 0a 4e 6f 77 20 6a 75 73 74 |line). .Now just| 00000460 20 64 72 61 67 20 69 74 20 69 6e 74 6f 20 44 72 | drag it into Dr| 00000470 61 77 20 61 6e 64 20 61 6c 74 65 72 20 74 68 65 |aw and alter the| 00000480 20 63 6f 6c 75 6d 6e 20 73 69 7a 65 73 20 28 52 | column sizes (R| 00000490 49 53 43 20 4f 53 20 33 3a 20 64 6f 75 62 6c 65 |ISC OS 3: double| 000004a0 20 2d 0a 63 6c 69 63 6b 20 6f 6e 20 65 61 63 68 | -.click on each| 000004b0 20 63 6f 6c 75 6d 6e 20 74 6f 20 65 64 69 74 20 | column to edit | 000004c0 69 74 20 69 6e 64 69 76 69 64 75 61 6c 6c 79 29 |it individually)| 000004d0 2e 0a |..| 000004d2
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