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****************** GENERAL HELP FOR TAG! **********************
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PURPOSE: TAG! enables you to assign Ventura Publisher paragraph
         tags at high speed before loading your documents into
         Ventura. This allows lightning-fast formatting of your
         Ventura chapters. If you already have a fully-defined
         style sheet, documents tagged with TAG! will load into
         Ventura fully-formatted. If not, the tags you assign
         with TAG! will automatically be loaded into your style
         sheet when you open your chapter, and then you can
         define these tags to complete the formatting process.

FILE TYPES: TAG! automatically identifies and properly processes
            text files created by Microsoft Word and WordPerfect
            5.0 and 5.1. It also identifies and processes ASCII
            files meeting the specifications of Ventura's 8-Bit 
            ASCII form. Files generated in other word processors
            must be converted to one of these three forms before
            running TAG!. The easiest conversion is to 8-Bit 
            ASCII form, using Ventura's own File Type / Rename
            function in the Ventura Edit menu. It takes only
            a few mouse clicks and a few seconds to make this
            change.

THE SCREEN: The TAG! screen is divided into two main windows,
            with two additional information areas. The two
            information areas are: 1)the menu bar at the top
            of the screen, which enables you to take advantage
            of all of TAG!'s power without memorizing any
            commands; 2)the operation status line at the
            bottom of the screen, which displays different 
            information at different times. Usually, the 
            operation status line simply tells you what 
            keys you can use (and for what purposes) in 
            the currently-selected TAG! operation. Sometimes, 
            however, it displays specialized information about 
            the operation (such as what kind of Search is being
            performed in an automated Search operation).

            In general, when in doubt about how to proceed, 
            look at the operation status line at the bottom of 
            the screen.

            The two main windows are:

            TAG LIST:
            On the left side of the screen, you see the list of
            Ventura paragraph tags currently available for use.
            This list can be created from a Ventura style sheet,
            loaded from an ASCII file, or constructed 
            interactively one by one in TAG!. The TAG LIST can 
            be one, two or three columns wide, depending upon 
            your choice in the DISPLAY menu. Up to 128 tags may
            be assigned to the Tag List (matching Ventura's own
            internal limit of 128 tags per style sheet).

            PARAGRAPH VIEWER:
            On the right side of the screen, you see the 
            paragraph of your document which is currently
            waiting to be tagged. Each time you tag a paragraph,
            the next paragraph automatically appears. TAG! 
            displays as much of each paragraph as can fit in the
            window. The size of the window depends upon the 
            number of columns chosen for the TAG LIST. Note 
            three special characteristics of the Paragraph 
            Viewer:

                1. It displays spaces with the indicator ú for 
                   clarity.
                2. It displays the expression [EMPTY PARAGRAPH]
                   if it encounters a paragraph marker (carriage
                   return) with no text;
                3. It displays [MORE] in the last line of the 
                   window if the entire paragraph will not fit 
                   but note that TAG! does not allow you to see
                   any additional text in that paragraph).         

            CURRENT TAG:
            At the very top of the PARAGRAPH VIEWER window you 
            will also see the current file name and a line which
            identifies the paragraph tag currently assigned to
            the paragraph in the Viewer. This can be either a 
            pre-existing tag read from your document, or a tag
            assigned in the current session of TAG!.

KEYBOARD: TAG! can be run with either mouse or keyboard. The
          conventions of keyboard use are as follows:

          KEYSTROKE CHOICES available are indicated on the
          bottom line of the screen. Several of the keystroke
          choices are menu short-cuts:

          F1: Access this help file (general help).

          F2: Saves the current file.

          F3: Enables you to load a file for tagging.

          F4: Enables you to "goto" a paragraph by number.

          F5: Controls the number of columns in the tag list.

          F6: Enables you to add a tag to the tag list.

          F7: Sorts the tag list into alphabetical order.

          F8: Opens the "search-and-tag" dialogue box. 

          F9: Shells out to DOS.

          F10: Accesses the menu options at the top of 
               the screen.
 
          MENU CHOICES are indicated on the top line of the
          screen. Once in the menu area, you can activate
          any option by typing the highlighted letter in
          that option's name. Usually this is the first letter.
          F10 takes you to the menu options at the top, and
          ESC returns you to the tagging work area.

     In the work area:

          PGDN brings the next paragraph into the viewer.

          PGUP brings the previous paragraph into the viewer.

          CURSOR UP moves you backward in the tag list (or
          among menu choices).

          CURSOR DOWN moves you forward in the tag list (or
          among menu choices).

     Some additional keyboard options not in the manual:

          SPACEBAR lets you skip (don't tag) the current 
          paragraph in the viewer.

          CTRL-C pages down through the Tag List.

          CTRL-R pages up through the Tag List.

          INSert lets you insert a new tag into the Tag List.

          DELete lets you delete the currently highlighted tag,
          and prompts you for confirmation.

          HOME takes you to the beginning of a document.

MOUSE: The conventions for mouse use are as follows:

       THE RIGHT BUTTON is used to change the state of the 
       display. Click the right button on the Menu Bar to
       gain access to the menuing system. Also use this button
       to back up one menu choice or move out of the menu area
       and back into the work area.

       In the work area, click the right button to bring the
       next paragraph into the Paragraph Viewer. To bring up the
       previous paragraph, click the right button on the Back
       Arrows at the bottom of the Paragraph Viewer.
       Alternatively, you may click both mouse buttons at the
       same time to back up one paragraph.

       THE LEFT BUTTON may be thought of as an item selector.
       In the menu system, click the left button to make a
       menu choice.

       In the Tag List, use the left button at the top or 
       bottom of the scroll bar to move through the list, and
       click the left button to select a desired tag. Click
       again to apply the selected tag to the current paragraph.

       BOTH BUTTONS clicked at the same time in the work area
       will back up one paragraph (bring the previous paragraph
       into the Viewer).

BASIC TAGGING: In a nutshell, TAG! displays paragraphs tags on
               one side of the screen and each paragraph in your
               document in turn on the other side. To tag the
               currently displayed paragraph, either click with
               the left mouse button on the desired tag to 
               select that tag, and then click again to apply 
               the tag; or, type the first letter(s) of the
               tag name until the proper tag is highlighted,
               and then strike RETURN to apply the tag.

               As soon as you apply a tag, the next paragraph
               appears in the paragraph viewer window, ready for
               tagging. This process continues until the end
               of the document is reached. 

OPTIONS: TAG! allows you to pre-tag your documents in three
         different ways (either separately or in combination
         with each other). The pre-tagging methods are:

         MANUALLY: Use the mouse or hot keys to select a tag for
                   each paragraph as it appears on the screen.

         BY SEARCHING: Give TAG! up to three separate strings of
                       up to 30 characters each which will
                       identify a certain kind of paragraph, and
                       TAG! will find all paragraphs containing
                       the string(s) and assign the desired tag.

         BY SEQUENCE: Give TAG! a sequence of up to ten tags to
                      be applied throughout your document, and
                      TAG! will apply the desired sequence
                      repeatedly until it reaches the end of
                      the document.

         COMBINATIONS: Remember that these methods can be used
                       in combination with each other. Also,
                       the automatic SEARCH and SEQUENCE options
                       can be used with or without confirmation
                       by the user. In this way, you can move
                       through a document a portion at a time,
                       applying tags by any of the three methods
                       as you go.

FURTHER INFORMATION: For information on each of the options 
                     supported by TAG!, choose the desired
                     menu from the main menu bar at the top of
                     the screen. A drop-down menu will appear
                     listing the options for that menu area.
                     Each menu area has its own HELP option.

                     You can also edit any of the help files
                     to add or delete information according to
                     your needs. The maximum help file size is
                     15,000 bytes. To edit the help file you are
                     reading now, edit the file TGGENERL.HLP
                     in any ASCII text editor or word processor.
                     Be sure to follow these rules: 1)limit line
                     lengths to 65 characters; 2)uses spaces
                     (not tabs) to create horizontal space; and,
                     3)end each line with a carriage return.

BACKUPS: TAG! always protects your original files. While it 
         assigns your original file name to the new file it
         creates, it preserves your original file with the
         extension TG!.

TECHNICAL SUPPORT: Call 1-703-369-2429. We'll be glad to help.
