Manual: PHOENIX

PHOENIX SmartPage Designer

• It is an icon-base drawing system
• You can use our TCS Custom Font sets
• You can merge in TCS Clip Art
• You can imbed Textup Field Labels (metadata tags)
• You can capture the screen as a bit-map

HOW PHOENIX WORKS

BOOT UP

Type "PHOENIX".  Select (Y) if you wish to Change Setup Configuration. 

* The cursor (an underline) will appear first, then the Icon Menu appears in the lower right corner of the screen.  The Icon Menu has several appropriate submenues.  I'll describe the structure here:

MENUS

ICON MENU 1 :  UPPER ROW  (Drawing Functions)

1) Asterix = NON-SELECTIVE RESET
2) RECTANGLE
3) POLYGON (Use [Esc] to close polygon)
4) CIRCLE
5) ARC
6) LINE (Use [Esc] to end incremental line)
7) POINT
8) Arrow = MOVE ICON MENU (The menu will reappear with its lower
left corner at the point selected on the screen)

 

ICON MENU LEVEL 1 :  MIDDLE ROW (Text Functions)

1) FONT (Invokes a submenu list of TCS Fonts; select Font style, then point to screen to enter Font; only MIAMI FONT is loaded on the diskette and active)
2) TEXT MODE (Prompt: create rectangular NAPLPS Field on screen; enter text; text is automatically positioned within Field)
3) TEXT SIZE (Submenu with options)
4) TEXT PATH (Submenu with options)
5) TEXT ROTATION (Submenu with options)
6) INTER-CHARACTER SPACING (Submenu with options)
7) INTER-LINE SPACING (Submenu with options)
8) (empty)

 

ICON MENU LEVEL 1 :  LOWER ROW (Special Functions)

1) TEXTUP FIELD LABELLER (See Textup Submenu below)
2) ACCESS TO RECODATA (inactive)
3) GRAPHIC ATTRIBUTES (see Attribute Submenu below)
4) SPECIAL EFFECTS (inactive)
5) MACROS (inactive)
6) STORAGE/RETRIEVAL (Submenu allows user to LOAD A FILE (from disk), SAVE FILE (as NAPLPS), or SAVE AS BITMAP)
7) PALETTE CONTROL (Select Color Pot, alter color values by using Directional Keypad to increase/decrease R, G, & B values)
8) BLINK FUNCTIONS (inactive)

 

ICON MENU : COLOR PALETTE (BOTTOM 2 ROWS)

 SUBMENU LEVEL 1.1 :  TEXTUP LABELLER

Prompts user to enter mnemonic for appropriate Textup Field type:
T = Text
G = Graphic
F = Font
C = Chart
B = Bar (datapoint in the chart)

Prompts for positioning of Textup Field; inserts appropriate Field Label tags; automatically creates Field Label Parameters in RECODATA.UTL file

SUBMENU LEVEL 1.3 : GRAPHIC ATTRIBUTES

UPPER ROW
1) HIGHLIGHT ON/OFF
2) FILL ON/OFF
3) LOGICAL PEL (Prompts for X/Y values)
4) COLOR MODE 2 (Prompts for Foreground/Background colors)

MIDDLE ROW
1) TEXTURE PATTERN #0
2) TEXTURE PATTERN #1
3) TEXTURE PATTERN #2
4) TEXTURE PATTERN #3
5-8) TEXTURE PATTERNS #4-#7

LOWER ROW
1) LINE TEXTURE #0

NAVIGATING THE SCREEN

CURSOR (Underline) alternates between Drawing screen and Icon Menu, as appropriate.  Directional keypad keys 8,4,6 & 2 are active for movement (diagonal keys 7,9,1 & 3 and center key 5 are not active).  Cursor moves in 10-pixel increments. Drawing point is at left edge of Underline Cursor.  Drawing shapes are "rubber-banded".

[Enter]   INVOKES ACTION (for most applications)

[F1]        REDRAWS GRAPHIC SCREEN (but does not redisplay Icon Menu)

[Esc]       REDISPLAYS ICON MENU (and places Cursor within it)

[F2]        "UNDOES" LAST ACTION (and redraws Graphic Screen and IconMenu); only "undoes" one step back

[F10]      QUITS TO DOS (Catastrophic; you hit it - you're out)

Box #8 in Upper right corner of Main Icon Menu (Angled Arrow) is used to re-position the Icon Menu.  After selecting MOVE MENU, position cursor on drawing screen and [Enter].  Icon Menu will be re-positioned with lower left corner at cursor.

 

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