WPC^ 2BJL|xMar 16, 1995WPRINT.TST Features of Your PrinterW WordStar and Your Printer WordStar works with a wide range of printers and offers you a variety of print enhancements. Whether your printer can produce the print enhancements outlined in this document depends on its capabilities. Please note that not all printers are capable of showing all the examples below. Special Printing Capabilities WordStar supports the following special printing capabilities: * Boldface , Double strike * Italics/Alternate ribbon color * Strike out * Overprint (as in co^te) * Noncontinuous underline, and * Continuous underline * SuperScript, SubScript * and almost any combination -- WordStar Character Width Some printers will support WordStar commands for variable character widths. #X  @X@#5 characters per inch. (.CW 24) #X  @X@#6 characters per inch. (.CW 20) #X  @X@#8.6 characters per inch. (.CW 14) #Xx  @X@#10 characters per inch. (.CW 12) #d  @@#12 characters per inch. (.CW 10) #F  @@#17.1 characters per inch. (.CW 7) #Xx  @X@# Your printer can also be set to "toggle" between normal pitch and alternate pitch: This sentence is printed with the normal 10-pitch setting, then toggled to 12 pitch, then back to normal. #F  @@# You can also change the normal and alternate character widths: #X  @X@#The "normal" character width is 14 (8.6 cpi) and the alternate character width is 7 (17.1 cpi). #d  @@# #Xx  @X@# Line Height You can also use different line heights. This is an example of variable line height. (.LH 16 - 3 lpi) ,This is an example of variable line height. (.LH 12 - 4 lpi) This is an example of variable line height. (.LH 8 - 6 lpi) This is an example of variable line height. (.LH 6 - 8 lpi)  Proportional Printing WordStar also supports proportional printing for most printers that have it. You select proportional fonts by changing character widths as in the following examples: #X  @X@#This is character width 22. #Xn  @X@#This is character width 11. #Z  @@#This is character width 9. #F  @@#This is character width 7. #Xx  @X@# Extended Character Set Many printers can print European, Greek, graphics, and math characters. If your printer can't produce the exact character, a close or composite character may be printed. % = (+1) Herman S?rget went to Vatnaj?kull    & G )   ! # ' + - / 5 3 7  " ( % $ = ? A E I K > F       1 ; C 9 8                ( , #      $         & *        - ) + ' % !  " . /           ! $ %  ) ,  2   -           $       Each of these characters is assigned a number from 128 to 254 on the numeric keypad. Refer to the extended character set chart in your printer manual for a listing of characters and numbers. To enter a character in a document, hold down the Alt key, then type the appropriate number on the numeric keypad. Other Phantom Space, Phantom Rubout WordStar may allow you to print special characters (for example, a paragraph sign or cents sign) by using the phantom space command (^PF) or the phantom rubout command (^PG) in a document. For your printer, the phantom space character is: , and the phantom rubout character is: . Switching to Draft Mode Dot matrix printer drivers allow switching from NLQ (near letter quality) mode to draft mode for faster printing. Microspace Justification WordStar allows microspace justification, if your printer supports it, to produce evenly spaced words in justified text. Microspacing spreads the white space between words (and sometimes between the letters of each word) as evenly as possible. Looking At This File Onscreen If you want to see the embedded commands that produced the text you are now reading, follow these steps: 1 At the Opening Menu, press D to edit a document. 2 At the prompt for filename, type print.tst and press Enter . Notice that the text onscreen includes some characters that don't appear in the printed copy. For example, a heading line is identified by the dot command .he . Words in boldface are surrounded by ^B and appear either highlighted or in a different color on your screen. To continue viewing the contents of this file, , press PgDn on your numeric keypad. Press PgUp to move in the other direction.