Getting Started With Delta 21
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you find the method that your program uses, then you can shop
through this manual to find the function that you want to use. By
translating the codes from the system that we use, to the system
that your commercial software uses, you should be able to use
many of Delta’s advanced features. It may help, however if we
look at a couple of examples.
Using Delta with SuperCalc
SuperCalc is typical of the many spreadsheet programs that
are now available. It has the capability of using several of the
advanced features of Delta. Perhaps the most often used feature
with spreadsheet programs is compressed printing. Let’s see how
to use compressed printing with SuperCalc.
In SuperCalc, the /Output command provides output to the
printer. One of the options of the /Output command is S(etup).
This option provides you with a menu of functions to configure
SuperCalc to match your printer. You can change the number of
characters that SuperCalc will print on a line and the number of
lines that will print on a page. You should be sure that these values
match your printer. Delta-lo’s print 80 characters per line of pica
type, or 136 characters of condensed type. Delta-15 can print 136
characters per line of pica type, or 233 characters per line of con-
densed type. One of the other options on this menu is “send setup
codes to printer”. This is how we tell Delta that we want to use
condensed print. The code to switch Delta into condensed print is
ASCII 15, or control-O. So to switch on condensed type, use the
/Output command and, after selecting D(isplay) and entering the
range to print, select the S(etup) option, and the S(etup)-“Manual
setup codes” sub option, Then, at the prompt that says “Enter
codes (CR when done)“, type control-O. Remember, to enter con-
-- trol-0 you hold down the CTRL key while you press the 0 key
(That’s the letter Oh, not the number zero]. Then just press return
and select P(rint) to print your report.
,You only need to go through this procedure once each time
you use SuperCalc because Delta will stay in compressed print
until it’s turned off or reset.
You might also wish to use some of Delta’s other features with
SuperCalc. Find the code for the feature you wish to use in Appen-
dix K and use the same procedure given here. Remember that
Appendix M can be used to translate between the different names
for the codes.
c Using Delta with word processors
Not many word processing programs recognize the advanced