PERFECT WRITER TIPS
by Beverly Howard, KCA, January 1988

(Yet more notes on using Perfect Writer.)

Just when I thought there were no more discoveries hidden in
Perfect Writer, I found <ESC>ape sequences can be used with the
universal repeat function.  For example, to uppercase the next 20
words, type "ESC 20 ESC U."  An even more interesting discovery
was using the above with the reformat paragraph (ESC Q) command. 
In the MS-DOS version of Perfect Writer, the command "ESC 5 ESC
Q" will reformat the next five paragraphs.  In the CP/M version,
the command will only reformat the paragraph at the cursor, but
the argument (5 in the above example) will reset the right margin
to the argument value.

Programmers note that ESC J in PW indents next line the same as
the line you are working on.  ESC O does the same creating a
preceding indented line.  The above commands will jump to a new
indented line from anywhere in the current line.  The only thing
to watch is the fact that the indent will be created using a
combination of <tabs> and <spaces>, so do a universal replace to
get rid of the tabs, or the going can get interesting when you
attempt to change the nesting of loops.

"CTRL-X >" indents a marked region.  This command works in a
slightly different way in that it refers to the setting of the
left margin.  Reset the left margin (ESC 10 <period>), mark a
region, and Perfect Writer will indent it 10 spaces WITHOUT
REFORMATTING THE INDIVIDUAL LINES AS A PARAGRAPH.

In the DOS version of PW, after using the MS-DOS "HOME" and "END"
keys, "CTRL-X, CTRL-X" will return you to the cursor position
prior to pressing "HOME" or "END."