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The top of your document: Toolbar page 1〔/Read\〕〔Top〕
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This document provides answers to questions which are phrased as ‘How do I…?’.
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Throughout this guide:
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Buttons with blue text, i.e.〔Button〕are linked to documentation which shows where they are in the toolbar.
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See Notes On Help for more terminology.
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...Find The Right 'How Do I...'?
Uses plain apostrophies so they show up properly in the document preview index.
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If you are viewing this within ProseEdit's document preview, simply tap on〔/Index\〕which will show you a list. If〔/Index\〕isn't shown, touch and hold〔/Read\〕or 〔/Print\〕first, then tap on 〔Index〕.
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When in the preview's index you can filter what's shown, or do a text search on the headers by 〔/Show\〕.
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To do a full text search, you'll need to open this document (Help / Editor How Do I...) in the Editor. Then search using its index [how].
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Or choose from:
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Swipe across the toolbar. There are 3 pages of buttons.
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Toolbar page 1: 〔/Read\〕 shows the document without chunk tools or a toolbar.
You can still edit text in Read mode, including adding more chunks by typing [how]. Swipes remain available - see ‘...Quickly Do Things To A Single Chunk?’.
Hit the faint〔Return〕to return to normal editing.
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Hit the dismiss button at the top right/left.
If the Edit Menu is in the way, dismiss it first [how].
Alternatively type qqq - this invokes a default typing reaction. This action is performed by a standard typing reaction, and can be changed to suit your preferences.
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When editing properties, the keyboard itself sometimes has a ‘done’ key instead.
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...Move About My Document?
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To go to:
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The top of your document: Toolbar page 1〔/Read\〕〔Top〕
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The bottom of your document: Toolbar page 1〔/Read\〕〔Bottom〕
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The chunk you edited most recently: Toolbar page 1〔/Read\〕〔Last Edit〕
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The selection: Toolbar page 2 〔/Move\〕〔View〕
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Tabbed chunks, sections, markup: toolbar page 1 〔/Read\〕〔Index〕
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About to be deleted chunks: touch and hold the 〔Delete〕, then, without lifting your finger, drag it off sideways until the button highlight fades.
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...Use Scratch?
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Scratch is a temporary document which can be edited just like any other [manual].
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You can switch to Scratch or back at any time by: toolbar page 2 〔Document / Scratch〕.
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You can also switch to and from Scratch during a Move or Copy.
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You can't; the editor shows your text formatted to fit the screen at all times. You can however change the fonts used during editing and their size in the File Manager [how].
Note that the fonts used for editing are entirely separate to the fonts used in your saved document, which are set via styles [how] - so you are free to set whatever size is comfortable.
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This is done in the File Manager [how].
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This is done in the File Manager [how].
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This is done from the File Manager [how].
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To save a copy: toolbar page 1 〔/Done\〕〔Save A Copy〕. You can then rename the copied file as required.
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To change to a different file format:
〔Convert〕the file in the File Manager [how].
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...Copy Content Between Documents?
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To transfer chunks between documents: use Scratch. Start a Move or Copy of the chunks [how], and tap〔Document / Scratch〕to select a destination within Scratch.
You can then open another document, switch to Scratch and move or copy chunks from it to the desired place in the other document.
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To transfer text between documents: copy the text. This can be done by:
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using the Edit menu's〔Cut〕or〔Copy〕buttons on selected text
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Swiping across the chunk and 〔/Tab\〕〔Copy Text〕
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Selecting the chunks and 〔/Split\〕〔Copy Text〕
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Copied text can then be pasted via the Edit Menu's paste button into any other document. Indeed it can even be pasted into different apps.
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〔Count〕on page 3 of the Editor's toolbar.
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...See A Table Of Contents?
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...Check Spelling?
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Select a word, or phrase. The Edit Menu will show a tick or a cross as appropriate. If the tick/cross has a triangle after it, ProseEdit has suggestions for alternatives, if not it doesn't [illustration].
You can also use the iPhone's normal spelling highlighting, should you wish. This is set in an App setting in the File Manager [how].
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Select a word. The lexicon contributes to the suggestions available from the spelling check. If the tick or cross has a black triangle after it, the suggestions will start with ones contributed by the lexicon. Tap on the tick/cross to be offered the suggestions - there can be several pages of them.
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Styles are ProseEdit's way of controlling the formatting of a document's content [manual]. All chunks are affected by one of more default styles, and chunks can specify a user style, or set specific style overrides.
Every style can specify a number of elements each of which set one particular aspect of formatting.
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To change the user style of a text of item chunk, call up its details [how], then tap on the ‘User Style’ setting to choose another.
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While editing text you've got the normal shake to undo/redo. This is limited to edits performed within the current chunk.
In addition toolbar page 3: 〔/Undo\ 〕offers 〔Undo〕, 〔Redo〕 and 〔History〕. This is covers all edits performed on the document, from text changes to copying tabbed chunks in the selection.
Using 〔History〕you can view the edits you've performed both to retrieve past work without having to undo, and to batch undo lots of edits in one action [more].
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ProseEdit's native file format is based on HTML, which can be directly read by any browser, and loaded into Word®, complete with its formatting.
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Failing that, you can convert the document into text in the File Manager [how].
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Copy your document into the ‘/ Resources / Templates’ folder. Any document can be used as a template, and you can continue to edit it.
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Format conversion is performed from within the File Manager [how].
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Tap in the content portion of any chunk. If the blue margins are showing and they are in the way you'll need to tap in the middle of the chunk first to activate it.
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Tap one of the grey ▸ on the left hand side [illustration]. This will insert a new chunk there.
Alternatively type 3 returns in a row - see ‘How Do I...Start A New Chunk While Typing?’
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Insert a section chunk : tap on the grey ▸ where you want it and 〔/Text\〕〔Section〕on the New… toolbar which appears.
The section number is generated automatically following document settings. You can change the section's level (to turn into a subsection etc..) via its details.
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In ProseEdit a list is nothing more than a number of consecutive item chunks [manual].
To add an item chunk: tap on a grey ▸ on the left, then 〔/Text\〕〔Item〕on the New... Toolbar which appears.
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Images are included by figure chunks, which include the image and an optional caption [manual].
To add an item chunk: tap on a grey ▸ on the left, then 〔/Text\〕〔Figure〕on the New... Toolbar which appears.
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Tables are constructed using a combination of Row, Column and Cell chunks, which are enclosed by a table chunk. These chunks define the structure of the table, into which normal chunks can be placed [manual].
To add an table chunk: tap on a grey ▸ on the left, then 〔/Text\〕〔Table〕on the New... Toolbar which appears. This gives you the chance to set the initial size of the table to save effort.
Note tables don't look anything their final form while being edited. Instead they appear as an annotated list of the table's structure and contents. You can preview the table at any time by tapping on the start chunk's preview button [illustration].
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Most chunks have a journal entry in their details, in which you can add what text you like. Journals are saved with the document but are not visible [manual].
Alternatively you could insert a Note chunk, if you want your comment to be visible.
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These requirements are covered by markup chunks. The general idea is to let you markup documents with notes, ideas and tasks where they apply in your document, but in a way which is obvious and clearly separate from the real content.
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To add an markup chunk: tap on a grey ▸ on the left, then in the New... Toolbar which appears:
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For a task chunk: 〔/Task\〕
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For an idea chunk: 〔/Task\〕〔Idea〕
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For a note: 〔/Task\〕〔Note〕
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It's easy to make markup chunks show up in the Document Index [more].
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To include a link in the middle of text, type <link url> or <title = link url> - note the spaces around the ‘=’ sign [manual].
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Type \{field name}, where ‘field name’ is a known field, so \{name}, \{date}, etc. [manual]
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Fields are interpreted when the document is saved.
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You can't. ProseEdit embeds HTML tags into the document and provides access to their CSS style settings via default and user styles - you don't place tags yourself.
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Insert a Part chunk: tap on the grey ▸ where you want it and 〔/Text\〕〔Part〕.
Part chunks can restart the section numbering and specify a new section numbering to be used henceforth.
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Use each document's first section number setting to make each document start on the correct number (e.g. Chapter 1, Chapter 2,…). Toolbar page 2, 〔/Settings\〕〔Sections〕.
You may want to create a template first [how] to ensure consistency. You can also transfer settings between documents using toolbar page 3 〔/Settings\〕〔Get〕
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...Emphasize Inline Text?
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Put *'s around the words you want to emphasize [manual].
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Type 3 returns - this will split the current chunk at the cursor and start another chunk of the same type. The 3 returns are not left left behind.
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This action is performed by a standard typing reaction, and can be changed to suit your preferences.
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Note: you can also merge a chunk into the preceding chunk by typing ⌫⌫⌫ at the beginning of the text.
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Type 'off - the 'off will not be left behind in your text.
Type 'on to turn the reactions back on.
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These actions are performed by standard typing reactions, and can be changed to suit your preferences.
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Tap at the cursor slowly twice while editing text to call up the cursor edit menu
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Double tap on any word to select it and bring up the selection edit menu
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Swipe downwards through the Edit Menu (V1.2). Alternatively tap at the cursor or twice slowly elsewhere, or type something. You can also include a dismiss button in the user buttons if you wish.
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The Edit Menu [more] has several pages of buttons offering handy text manipulation functions - swipe across it to reveal all its content.
It provides:
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Selection tools and cursor keys
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Spelling assessment and access to suggestions
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A simple text based find
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User defined buttons which swap letter case and wrap the selection in brackets or quotes
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Apart from its find function, which will search the entire document, the Edit Menu affects the text at the cursor or the currently selected text within a chunk.
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Pretty much just like the previous text correction routines! Select any word or word fragment, normally by double tapping it, to bring up the Edit Menu with a ✔/✘ button. If there's a triangle after the tick/cross, there are suggestions available [more]. Tapping it will give you a list of corrections, some of which may involve neighbouring words (and will include ⌫ or ⌦) [more].
Note you don't have to select all the wrong text if you've inserted a space or similar accidently, just any of the bits.
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If the selected text gives a ✘ with no triangle after it, tapping the cross button will reduce the selection to just the part which is in error.
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The ✔/✘ button tries hard to as useful as possible. In addition to fixing most typos, it'll also merge sentences/paragraphs, strip trailing whitespace, change the formatting of dates or update them to a different date, format numbers even with units, adjust ordinals, and so on…
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The hardest part I've found is remembering to use it in the first place. Once you do though I expect you will find it to be a great time saver.
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When editing:
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Double tap on a word to select it
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Use the Edit Menu's 〔Word〕〔Sentence〕〔Para〕〔All〕to select text at the cursor.
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Once you've selected something, you can extend the selection by dragging its 2 circular handles as normal.
[more]
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Drag to text selection to roughly what you want and tap the refine selection button to snap to word boundaries. Tap the button again for other guesses as what you might want selected.
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[more]
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This sort of functionality is available in the Edit Menu, via User Edit Menu Buttons. Swipe/drag the Edit Menu sideways to find buttons like 〔 (…) 〕
The buttons available depend on what is defined in the User Edit Menu Resource file the document is set to use.
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...Clear The Text Selection And Get The Cursor Menu?
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Tap elsewhere within the text
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Use the cursor keys on page 1 of the Edit Menu.
This will move the cursor at the respective end of selection, then dismiss it.
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To change the case of selected text while editing: swipe the Edit Menu to find 〔Aa〕, 〔AA〕or 〔aa〕, which will change the case to the indicated style. Note these are user buttons, which are included in the default user edit menu (but might not be in other custom definitions).
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For an entire single chunk, swipe across it and 〔/Tab\〕〔Case〕. You will be offered a choice of different transformations.
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The Document Index can include all chunks with matching text: toolbar page 1:〔/Read\〕〔Index〕, then 〔/Show\〕〔content〕, type in your text, 〔Use〕. All chunks with matching text will be outlined in a bright purple border.
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To find and select specific text use the find tool of the Edit Menu.
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Before performing a new find, the search text will need to be updated. How you do this depends on what text you want to find.
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To search for text which already exists in a chunk: select the text [how], then swipe the Edit Menu to page 1 and tap on the magnifier to grab the selected text as search text.
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To search for text which isn't already in a chunk: bring up the cursor edit menu [how], swipe the menu to page 1 and tap on the text between〔⇤〕and〔⇥〕to enter new text or choose from previous searches.
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Once the search text is set to what you want to look for you can then tap〔⇥〕or〔⇤〕repeatedly to search forwards or backwards from the current cursor position. The search will cover the entire document, but does not wrap.
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Currently ProseEdit doesn't have a find and replace tool, however you can get very similar functionality using the Edit Menu's find, together with its copy and paste. Use find to select the first occurrence. Change the text as desired and select and 〔Copy〕it. Then you can find the next occurrence and simply 〔Paste〕 the replacement text (assuming it applies).
This process is non-modal - you can do whatever editing you like whilst going through the document. The find always starts from where the cursor is however.
The find action combines nicely with lexicon based suggestions and user edit menu buttons. For example, you can easily go through your document and replace all occurrences of ‘nice’ with a less bland synonym - just tap on the tick.
For a tricky editing requirement, you could always create a custom user edit menu - giving buttons of what you want to replace it with.
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The Edit Menu has left and right cursor keys, on page 1 of both the cursor menu and the selection menu. So if you tap twice on the correct line, you can use those to get to exactly the right spot.
The cursor keys take you to the respective end of the selection if there is one.
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Type _ - this will insert ‿ which is ProseEdit's non-breaking space character. [manual]
If you want _ just type another _ immediately after the ‿.
This behaviour is performed by the default typing reactions, which can be altered to suit your preferences.
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As for symbols below. Note there are no solid standards for what emoji characters look like - so you'd be wise to confirm how your target browser displays them.
Emoji are not available under iOS4, but you have still got access to normal symbols, which include ☺ ☹, and ☃ for example.
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ProseEdit uses unicode, which is also supported by most browsers. A huge variety of symbols is available.
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Many symbols (especially accented letters) can be directly typed by touching and holding the base letter key (so hold e for è,é...). Some useful symbols are available:
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Hold - for — and •
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Hold & for §
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£ for ₩, €, etc.
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" for other double quotes, ' for other single quotes
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A wide range of useful characters and symbols is included in Resources / Useful Characters - you can copy and paste from there.
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Use a typing reaction for easy access
Many frequently used symbols are included in the default typing reactions. For example:
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'n gives ↑, 's gives ↓, 'se gives ↘ and so on
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(c) gives ©, :) gives ☺ etc..
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Many others are in the form 'name, so 'apple, 'tick, 'cross, 'return, 'circle, 'dagger and so on.
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It's worth reviewing the default reactions resource document to see what's included.
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Set up a typing reaction [how].
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You could also set up a user edit menu button to insert your symbol [how].
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Proper speech marks are available on the iPhone's keyboard by touching and holding either ' or " which brings up a menu of alternative quote symbols.
The default typing reactions offer auto-closure of quotes, so typing the first mark part includes both with the cursor left between them. The default reactions also turn " into “”, directly. You can switch between different conventions by turning the appropriate reactions off and on - see the Double Quotes section.
Alternatively you can add quotes around existing text using the Edit Menu - select the text and tap〔‘…’〕or〔“...”〕as desired.
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Tap where the text would go in the chunk, and call up the Edit Menu [how]. You can then 〔Paste〕the text at the cursor - just like a normal editor. The Edit Menu has cursor keys to allow the accurate positioning of the cursor.
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Tap on the chunk's icon when it looks like a button (page 1 of the toolbar).
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Press and hold in the chunk's margins when they are visible.
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Swipe the chunk and 〔/Tab\〕〔Alter〕
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Select a single chunk and toolbar page 2 〔/Tab\〕〔Alter〕
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Swipe across it. This will pull up a toolbar which provides a range of actions, including deleting, tabbing, etc.
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Typing ⌫⌫⌫ at the beginning of a chunk will merge it with the one before, assuming they are the same type.
This functionality is provided by the default typing reactions and can be altered if preferred.
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You can also merge selected chunks together based upon their text content [how].
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Swipe the toolbar to page 2 or 3 when margins are shown [illustration]. Tap in either margin to extend/shrink the selection to include it.
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The first tap extends the selection as far as necessary to include your likely chunks of interest. Subsequent taps refine the selection to include less. If in doubt keep tapping at the same chunk to select just it and tap again to dismiss the selection entirely.
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TIP: To select all of a section and nothing else, keep tapping in the margins of the section chunk, until just the section chunk is selected, tap again so nothing is selected, then tap once more. This will select all of the section's content including its subsections. The same approach works for tables and items with continuation chunks.
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Swipe across it and〔/Tab\〕on the swipe confirmation toolbar.
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Select it, then toolbar page 2 〔/Tab\〕. The〔/Tab\〕menu button will show as〔/Untab\〕if the chunk is already tabbed.
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You can also tab chunks via the document index - simply swipe across an entry to tab/untab it.
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You can then scroll and indicate where to move or copy to by tapping the appropriate orange or green ▸ on the left hand side [illustration].
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Alternatively select the chunks you want, then get to the destination first (via the Index for example), then tap on〔Move〕or〔Copy〕.
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You can limit the move/copy to only affect tabbed chunks within the selection via the 〔All / Tabbed〕toggle button on the confirmation toolbar.
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You can also move a single chunk straight to the end of Scratch by swiping across it then〔/Tab\〕〔→Scratch〕in the swiped chunk confirmation toolbar.
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ProseEdit doesn't have a copy and paste for chunks. Instead copy works in one action - inserting a copy where you indicate [how]. This copy is left selected to facilitate recopying it - to give a paste-like behaviour.
You can also copy or move chunks to Scratch, then copy from there repeatedly should you wish.
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Swipe across it and tap the red〔Delete〕on the confirmation toolbar which pops up. Swiping doesn't affect the chunk selection.
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To join 2 chunks, press and hold on the double-headed swap arrow between them on the right.
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To join a range of chunks, select them, then toolbar page 2 〔/Tab\〕〔Join〕.
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Chunks join together to form a chain. A chain of chunks acts like a group; they swap together and are all selected together in the first instance.
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Unlike Split, Merge it not progressive - it will combine the text from consecutive mergeable chunks into a single chunk [manual].
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You can also merge the text of a single chunk, which will attempt to compact the chunk's text.
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Both section and item chunks have a level setting which indicates how deeply nested they are.
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Single chunk: swipe across it and〔/Tab\〕〔Change〕
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You then get to choose what type of chunk to change to.
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For a single chunk, swipe across it and〔/Tab\〕〔Copy Text〕on the swipe confirmation toolbar.
For several chunks, select them [how], then toolbar page 2:〔/Split\〕〔Copy Text〕
You can also start editing in the chunk and select all its text using 〔All〕in the Edit Menu.
In all cases the text is copied to the system pasteboard, so you can paste it wherever you can type, in ProseEdit or other apps.
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Any table chunk which has an issue highlights its lines in bright pink. A list of specific warnings can be seen by viewing that chunk's detail view [how].
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Either swipe across it and 〔/Tab\〕〔Copy Styling〕
Or select one chunk and toolbar page 2〔/Tab\〕〔Copy Styling〕This copies the chunk's user style (if any) and any style override settings.
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You can then paste the styling to other chunks:
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For one chunk: Swipe across it and 〔/Tab\〕 〔Paste Styling〕
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For several chunks: select them [how] and toolbar page 2 〔/Tab\〕 〔Paste Styling〕
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The display of the document during editing can be altered by changing the editor fonts in the File Manager [how]. This only affects the display while editing.
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To alter the styling/formatting of your saved document use styles [how]. This gives comete control over fonts, text size, colour, borders, spacing/margins…
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Use document styles [how].
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You copy selected setting types between documents by using 〔/Settings\〕〔Get〕with Scratch.
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Open the first document
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Switch to Scratch
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〔/Settings\〕〔Get〕
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Decide what setting types to copy using 〔/Which\〕
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Tap 〔Get〕- which copies the settings from the document into Scratch
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Switch back to the document and〔Done〕
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Open the other document
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〔/Settings\〕〔Get〕- will copy the settings from Scratch to this document.
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The user buttons of the edit menu are defined by the User Edit Menu document the document is set to use.
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To switch to a different user edit menu
Toolbar page 3 〔/Settings\〕〔Resources〕. Then tap on the entry under User Edit Menu to list the available User Edit Menus and choose another one.
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To edit the definition
Do as above and then tap in the middle of the user edit menu file name in order to edit it.
Alternatively you can open any user edit menu document directly with the File Manager in the Resources/User Edit Menus folder.
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The suggestions are generated by the iPhone's dictionary augmented by contributions from the document's lexicon. ProseEdit uses the language set in your device's settings.
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To use different lexicons
Toolbar page 3 〔/Settings\〕〔Resources〕. Then adjust the entries under Lexicons to change which lexicons are loaded in. See the document settings help for more information - or tap on the〔?〕there.
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To edit the definition
Do as above to get the list of lexicons. Then tap on any one to get the list of available lexicons. Finally tap in the middle of the lexicon file name in order to edit it.
Alternatively you can open any lexicon document directly with the File Manager in the Resources/Lexicons folder.
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How the style settings appear when they are altered is determined by the document's style palette. To change the document's Style Palette: toolbar page 3 〔/Settings\〕〔Resources〕, and scroll down to the Style Palette section.
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Changing the style palette has no direct effect on the document's styling [why not]. Instead it displays the existing style settings themselves in a different way.
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Both figure chunks and table chunks use captions. The chunk declares which caption series it's part of. The caption series itself determines how that caption is numbered.
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To change the chunk to use a different caption series:
Call up the chunk's details [how], then tap on the ‘Series’ setting under ‘Caption’.
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To change the numbering of a particular caption series:
Toolbar page 3: 〔/Settings\〕〔Captions〕, and tap on the caption of interest, or on the ╋ entry to create a new caption series.
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Sections are numbered automatically, according to each section chunk's level. The numbering is extremely flexible and can include prefixes (like Chapter).
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To change the document's section numbering: toolbar page 3 〔/Settings\〕〔Sections〕.
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The number of the first section in the document is also set there.
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You can change the section numbering format at any point within a document by using a part chunk [how].
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The document has a default for how lists are numbered: toolbar page 3: 〔/Settings\〕〔List Format〕.
Additionally, you can change the numbering of each item in a list. However in any given list, only the first item at each level can set the numbering format.
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This is caused by a combination of the default typing reactions and text splitting rules. To change it you need to edit their definitions or use different resource documents.
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To prevent double spacing after typing the end of a sentence: edit the typing reactions document, and ensure the reactions are appropriate - they are under the ‘Sentence Termination’ section in the default typing reactions.
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To get a single space when text is merged: edit the text splitting rules resource document, and ensure the only pattern left on in the ‘Sentence Spacing’ section specifies a single space.
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An alternative is to specify ‘white-space:normal’ as a style element in both the text and item default styles. This will prevent the browser from showing repeated spaces (though they will still be there).
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Either set the document to use a different text splitting rules resource document, or edit the currently used one.
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Caution: consider any changes to the text splitting rules carefully. Unless the changes are trivial (like turning the odd pattern ON or OFF), I'd make changes to a copy of the text splitting rules document and set your document to use that instead. Taking an archive copy of your document would also be advisable.
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Toolbar page 3 〔/Settings\〕〔Resources〕
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The Resource Documents are all ProseEdit documents. You can open them from the File Manager - they are in the ProseEdit / Resources folder.
You can also edit any resource file directly from the editor:
Toolbar page 3 〔/Settings\〕〔Resources〕, then tap on any setting for the resource of interest.
This lists what documents are available for that resource. Tap in the middle of an entry to view or edit the resource document itself.Note: by their very nature resource documents are shared between all the files which use them, so any changes will also affect the editing of those documents. You can always take a copy of the resource document, and modify that if you are doing something for just this document.
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Resource documents use special chunks to define the resource behaviour. These chunks can be turned on and off.
Single chunk: tap on the 〔ON〕/ 〔OFF〕or the 〔→〕on the chunk itself.
Several chunks: select them [how] then toolbar page 2,〔/Tab\〕〔On〕 or 〔/Tab\〕〔Off〕.
Chunks marked ‘OFF’ are ignored when the resource is loaded.
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This is included in the default typing reactions document. There are a number of rules which attempt to limit the occasions when the apostrophe is added incorrectly, though there remains plenty of scope for it to get it wrong.
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To change the ‘its’ behaviour: edit the default typing reactions [how] and change the reactions in the It's section.
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Note the default lexicon includes entries so you can easily switch between ‘it's’ and ‘its’ - just double tap on it and tap on the green tick to be presented with the other one as a suggestion.
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It depends on how extensive your changes are:
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For small changes find and edit the resource file [how]
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For larger scale changes you can create a new typing reactions resource document [manual], and then alter the resource settings so that the document uses it.
You have the choice whether include your new typing reactions as a doc setting or as an app setting (when it'll affect all documents which use the default), and whether the new reactions are used in isolation or with other typing reactions.
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This is set in the File Manager [how].
Note under iOS 4 you can't have spell checking without auto-correction as well.
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This is set in the File Manager [how].
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