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If
you can still access the MacWrite menus, reopen the
document by selecting
Open
from the File menu. A
box
will
appear
with the names
of
all available Mac Write documents
plus some options.
Select the appropriate document along with
Open from this
box
to open the document.
To
exit Mac Write,
select
Quit from the File menu.
To
return
to
the document,
simply open its icon from the appropriate window
or
start
over
again by creating a new document.
Now
that
we
have text
to
work with,
we
can go
about
formatting it to suit
our
needs. Most papers
or
reports will be
much longer than the one included here. The Mac Write editor
divides a document into pages. Limits on the number
of
pages
depend on the complexity
of
the document,
but
the maximum
is
about
ten pages.
If
the document
is
too long, the Mac will
display warning boxes and may even refuse further entry.
Large selections should be divided into shorter documents.
We
will now set the options available in the ruler box. You
can
just
as easily
do
this before entering any text,
but
we
will
do
it now
in order to more readily
see
the results.
Picture the Mac Write ruler as
an
actual ruler placed on a
sheet
of
paper. Measurement starts
at
1 inch and extends to
7~
inches, which will stretch to 8
~
inches using the size box. When
printing text, the Mac uses the ruler as a reference for the
printer.
Suppose you had to prepare this report with full justifica-
tion, a
I~
inch left
margin,~
inch paragraph indention,
and
2
inch right margin. The top
and
bottom
margins will be dis-
cussed in the Header
I Footer section.
We will
start
with the right margin. Using the mouse,
position the pointer tip on the rightmost margin marker. Drag
the
arrow
to
6~
inches. The
path
taken between the two points
is
not
important so long as the
button
remains pressed and
is
released only when the marker is properly positioned. The
marker moves in 1/16 inch graduations. Assuming
8~
inch
wide paper, the report now has a 2 inch right margin. It may
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