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Tutorial
This short tutorial is designed to teach you some of the basic functions
of SIGEDITOR. This lesson guides you through creating a forms file,
designing a form, and editing the form.
Running SIGEDITOR
To begin using SIGEDITOR, enter the following command:
:run sigedit.pub.sys
The main menu heading appears at the top of the as shown in
Figure 1-1.
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| HP32104A.08.00 SIGEDITOR WED, MAR 3, 1988 9:32 AM|
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Figure 1-1. Main Menu Heading
The main menu keys appear at the bottom of the screen. The keys
correspond with f1 through f8 on the keyboard. Figure 1-2 shows the
main menu keys.
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| SELECT CONVERT MERGE PRINT GEN I/O FORM EXIT|
| FRMS FIL S+D SPEC CATALOG SPECS SPECS UTILS |
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Figure 1-2. Main Menu Keys
Creating a Forms File and a Form
To create a forms file press the f1 key (SELECT FRMS FIL). The screen
displayed is shown in Figure 1-3.
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| Forms File name: |
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| ABANDON|
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Figure 1-3. Form File Creation Screen
SIGEDITOR requests a name for the new forms file. Type the forms
filename, MYFORMS, and press ENTER . In reply to the question Create new
form file (Y/N)?, type Y.
The screen displayed now is the edit menu (see Figure 1-4).
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| EDIT EDT FORM EDT FLD SWITCH PREV PAG NEXT PAG FORM MAIN|
| FORM ATTRIB ATTRIB LST FMT FRM LIST FRM LIST UTILS MENU|
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Figure 1-4. The Edit Menu
From here you can select the functions for designing a new form, editing
an existing form, or selecting the form utilities functions. These keys
and their related functions are explained in chapter 2 and summarized in
appendix B.
The cursor appears in the field beside Selected form:. When editing an
existing form, you must enter the form name here. Leave this entry blank
for now, and press f1 (EDIT FORM).
The top of the screen is clear except for the cursor. The keys used to
design a new form appear at the bottom of the screen, as shown in Figure
1-5.
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| START STOP CENTER REFRESH SWITCH|
| FIELD FIELD LINE MENU |
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Figure 1-5. Form Design Keys
You can now begin to draw the form in Figure 1-6.
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| SOC. SEC. NO. |
| NAME |
| ADDRESS |
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| ZIP CODE PHONE NO. |
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Figure 1-6. A Sample Form
Using the cursor control keys, position the cursor where the label SOC.
SEC. NO. should begin.
Type the label SOC. SEC. NO. Create the field beside the label by
pressing the f1 key (START FIELD) and by using the space bar to extend
the field. When the field is the same length as that in Figure 1-6,
press the f2 key (STOP FIELD). Follow this procedure with the other
labels and their fields until your form resembles the sample form. If
one field is created directly under another, as in Figure 1-6, the two
fields may appear to be one. However, SIGEDITOR recognizes them as
separate fields.
The f3 key (CENTER LINE) centers a line of the form. Position the
cursor anywhere on the social security number line and press f3 . Your
form looks like Figure 1-7.
SOC. SEC. NO.
NAME
ADDRESS
ZIP CODE PHONE NO.
Figure 1-7. Sample Form with a Centered Line
Press ENTER . In the next screen, type the name of the new form and
press ENTER to store the form and return to the main menu. At this
point, you have created a forms file, designed a new form, and stored the
form in the file.
Editing a Form
This section takes you through the steps of editing a form. The name of
the newly created form is displayed beside Selected form: on your
screen. Press f1 (EDIT FORM) to display your form on the screen.
Press f8 (SWITCH MENU). A new set of keys for detailed form editing is
displayed, as shown in Figure 1-8.
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| ADD TO SHORTEN DELETE HOLD PLACE CLEAR REFRESH SWITCH|
| FIELD FIELD FIELD FIELD FIELD HOLD MENU |
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Figure 1-8. Keys for Detailed Form Editing
To lengthen the NAME field on the form, position the cursor in that field
(using the cursor control keys), and press the f1 key (ADD TO FIELD)
several times. The field is lengthened one position each time you press
f1 .
The f1 key can also create a new field in the form. Position the
cursor under the field designated by the label ZIP CODE and type a new
label, AGE. Then, press the f1 key three times to create a small field.
Your form looks like Figure 1-9.
SOC. SEC. NO.
NAME
ADDRESS
ADDRESS
ZIP CODE PHONE NO.
AGE
Figure 1-9. Sample Form with a New Field Added
To shorten a field (remove spaces from the field) use the f2 key
(SHORTEN FIELD). Position the cursor in the second address field and
press the f2 key several times. One space is removed from the field
each time you press f2 .
To delete an entire field, use the f3 key (DELETE FIELD). Position the
cursor in the field with the label AGE and press the f3 key. The field
no longer appears on the screen. Erase the label by spacing over the
field. Your form now looks like Figure 1-10.
SOC. SEC. NO.
NAME
ADDRESS
ADDRESS
ZIP CODE PHONE NO.
Figure 1-10. Sample Form with a Field Deleted
The f4 key (HOLD FIELD) copies or moves a single field from one
position to another.
Position the cursor on the field labeled PHONE NO. and press the f1
key. An H appears in the field to indicate that the field is being held.
Next, move the cursor to the next line under the first position of the
PHONE NO. field and press the f5 key (PLACE HOLD). A field identical to
the held field appears beginning at the cursor. Label this field OFFICE
PHONE. Your form looks like Figure 1-11.
SOC. SEC. NO.
NAME
ADDRESS
ADDRESS
ZIP CODE PHONE NO.
OFFICE PHONE
Figure 1-11. Altered Sample Form
The hold field function can only be used with one field at a time. The H
remains in a held field until you apply the function to another field or
until you press f6 (CLEAR HOLD).
Press ENTER . The cursor appears under the name of your form. You have
four options:
* Save the modified form under the original form name overwriting the
old form.
* Save the modified form under a new form name preserving the old form.
* Press f7 (ABANDON EDITS) cancelling changes.
* Press f4 (RETURN TO EDIT) to make additional changes to the form.
Press f4 to return to the editing screen. Press f8 (SWITCH MENU)
until the line drawing keys appear, as shown in Figure 1-12.
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| FROM TO HORIZON VERTICAL ERASE REFRESH SWITCH|
| POSITION POSITION SINGLE SINGLE MENU |
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Figure 1-12. Line Drawing Keys
Three line types are available: single, bold, and double. The default
is single. When the set of keys first appears, both the horizontal and
vertical line types are set at the single type. To change the types
press the f3 key (HORIZON) or the f4 key (VERTICAL).
To draw lines on a form, you must specify endpoints. For example,
position the cursor on your screen to approximately the same position as
the letter a appears in Figure 1-13. Press the f1 key (FROM POSITION).
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| SOC. SEC. NO. ___________________ |
| NAME ________________________________________ |
| ADDRESS _____________________________________ |
| ADDRESS _____________________________________ |
| ZIP CODE ___________ PHONE NO. ________ |
| OFFICE PHONE __________ |
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Figure 1-13. Location of Lines Drawn on Sample Form
Set the horizontal line type to bold by pressing the f3 key until the
key on the screen reads 'HORIZON BOLD.'
Next, move the cursor with the cursor control keys to approximately the
same position on the screen that the letter b appears in Figure 1-13.
Press the f2 key (TO POSITION) to draw the bold line on the screen.
Press the f1 key again, but this time set the vertical line type to
double by pressing the f4 key until the key reads 'VERTICAL DOUBLE.'
Move the cursor to the same position as the letter c and press the f2
key; a double line appears.
Repeat the process above, drawing a bold line across the bottom of the
screen (from c to d) and a double line up the side (from d to a). Now
set both line types to 'SINGLE' and draw another box around the form in
the position of the letters e, f, g, and h in Figure 1-13.
SIGEDITOR automatically places appropriate connectors on the form.
Chapter 2 describes how to specify connectors manually.
The f5 key (ERASE) initiates the erase function to erase part or all of
a line within a form. Press the f5 key to turn erase on. Notice that
the set of function keys at the bottom of the screen changes. These are
the erase keys. To erase the lines on the side of the form, move the
cursor to the upper right corner of the inside box on the screen and
press f1 . Move the cursor to the lower right corner and press f2 .
The line between the two endpoints just defined is erased. Repeat this
process with the vertical line on the left side of the inside box.
Press ENTER . The name of the form is displayed in the next screen.
Press ENTER to save the changes and return to the main menu.