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S P R I N T ®
THE PROFESSIONAL WORD PROCESSOR
USER ' S GUIDE
I N T E R N A T I O N A (
SPRINT®
The Professional Word Processor
Borland's No-Nonsense License Statement!
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SPRINT
®The Professional Word Processor
User's Guide
Copyright ©1988 All rights reserved
Borland International 4585 Scotts Valley Drive P.O. Box 660001 Scotts Valley, CA 95066-0001
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Borland International, Inc. Other brand and product names are trademarks or registered trademarks of their respective holders. Copyright ©1988 Borland International.
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1098765432 This manual was produced with Sprint:8 The Professional Word Processor
Table of Contents
Introduction 1
How to Use the Manuals ... 2
Inside This Manual . . . .. 3
Typographic Conventions ... 5
Hardware and Software Requirements ... 5
Borland's No-Nonsense License Statement ... 6
How to Contact Borland ... 6
Part 1 Getting Started Chapter 1 Before You Begin 9 Reading the README File ... 9
The Installation Program ... 10
Floppy Disk Installation . . . .. 11
Hard Disk Installation ... 13
Printer Installation ... 15
If Your Printer Isn't Listed ... 16
If You Have Trouble with Your Printer ... 16
Alternate Printer Installation . . . .. 16
Monitor/Screen Installation ... 17
User Interface Installation ... 17
User Interface Installation on a Two-Floppy System ... 19
Speller and Thesaurus Installation . . . .. 20
Conversion Utility Installation ... 21
Additional Notes for Two-Floppy Systems. . . .. 21
Starting Sprint ... 23
Chapter 2 Notes for the Beginning Word Processor 25 Getting In, Getting Out, and Getting Help ... 26
What Is Word Processing? ... . . . .. 27
Getting Started with Sprint ... 27
Entering Text and Moving the Cursor . . . .. 28
Sprint Menus and Shortcuts ... 29
Moving Around in Your Text ... 31
Beyond the Backspace Key: Deleting . . . .. 32
Inserting Text . . . .. 32
Getting Help ... 33
Files-the Basic Storage Unit ... 33
Leaving Sprint . . . .. 34
Chapter 3 Notes for the Experienced User 37 Fast Track 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 · 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 37 If You Use Borland Text Editors 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 38 If You Know Another Word Processor 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 39 If You Like to Tinker with Software 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 40
Chapter 4 Quick Start Tutorial 41
Getting Started 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 42 Getting Help 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 43 The Final Result 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 44 Lesson 1: Starting Sprint and Creating a New File 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 Starting Sprint 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 47 Creating a New File 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 48 The Ruler Line 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 • • • • • 0 48 The Status Line 0 • • • • • • • 0 • • • • • • • 0 • • • • • • • • • • • 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • • • 0 0 49 Editing the Ruler .. 0 0 • • 0 0 • • • • • 0 • 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 • 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 • • 0 0 52 Saving Your Changes 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 • • 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 55 Lesson 2: Making Changes in a File 0 0 0 0 • • 0 • • 0 • • 0 • 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 o . 57 Adding and Deleting Text 0 0 . . 0 . . . 0 0 0 . . 0 0 . . . . 0 0 0 . . . 0 0 . . 0 • 0 0 59 Lesson 3: Opening and Closing a File. 0 • • • 0 . 0 0 o. 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 • • 0 " 61 Lesson 4: Choosing Typestyles and Centering Text. 0 0 • 0 • • • 0 • 0 • • • 0 • 0 • 0 65 Underlining Text ... 0 0 • • • • • 0 • • • • • 0 • • • • • 0 0 • • 67 Centering a Line of Text ... 0 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 68 Lesson 5: Setting and Using Tabs . 0 • • • • 0 • • 0 • • 0 • • • 0 • 0 0 • • 0 • • • • • • 0 0 0 • 0 69 Lesson 6: Selecting a Block and Block Commands .. 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 • • • • • 0 0 • o . 72 Block Select Commands .. 0 • • • • • • • • • • 0 • • 0 • 0 0 0 • 0 0 • 0 • • 0 • 0 0 0 • 0 • • • • 0 73 Moving a Block 0 0 0 • • • • • • • • 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 • • • 0 • • • • 0 0 • • • • 0 0 • 0 • • 75 Using Typestyles with Block Commands . 0 0 0 • • • 0 • • • 0 • 0 • • • 0 • 0 • • • 79 Lesson 7: Making Lists ... 0 • 0 • • • • • 0 0 • • 0 0 0 • • • 0 0 0 • • 0 • 0 • o. 80 Lesson 8: Printing a File ... 0 • 0 • • 0 • • • ' 0 0 • • • 0 0 0 • • • 0 0 • • • • • 0 • • • 0 85 Lesson 9: Switching User Interfaces and Quitting Sprint .... 0 • • • 0 • 0 0 • • 89 Summary 0 • • • 0 0 • • • 0 • • • • • • • • 0 • • • • • • • • 0 • • • • 0 0 0 • • • • • • • o . 0 • • • • • o . o . 91 Part 2 Editing and Formatting
Chapter 5 Sprint Overview 95
Sprint's Editor and Formatter ... o • • • • o • • • • • 0 • • • • • • • • • 95 Automatic Backup and Crash Recovery .. 0 • • • 0 0 • • • 0 0 0 • 0 0 • 0 0 • 0 0 • 0 0 • • 98 Menus, Commands, and Predefined Keys ... 0 0 • • 0 • 0 0 • • • 0 • • • • 0 0 0 • • 99 Sprint's User Interface ... 0 • • 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 • • • 0 0 0 • • • o • • • • • 0 0 ' 100 Status Line ... 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 • • • • 0 0 • • • 0 • 0 • • 0 0 o. 101 Pop-Up Menus .. 0 • • 0 • • 0 • • 0 • • • • • • • 0 • • • 0 0 • • • • 0 0 • • • 0 0 0 • • 0 • 0 0 • • 0 0 • 0 103 Choosing a Menu Option ... 0 0 • • 0 0 • 0 • • • • 0 0 • • • • • 104 Getting Help . 0 • • • • • • • • • • 0 • • • • • • 0 • • • • • • • • 0 0 0 • 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 106
Responding to Sprint Prompts ... 106
Changing Your Mind ("Un-Choosing" a Menu) ... 107
Multiple Files . . . .. 107
Multiple Windows ... 108
Printing Files ... 109
Chapter 6 Editing: Tips, Tricks, and Techniques 111 How to Use This Chapter. . . .. 112
Menus and Shortcuts ... 113
Defining Your Own Shortcuts ... 114
Cursor Movement and Editing Keys ... 115
Using a Mouse ... 115
The Ruler Line . . . .. 117
Suppressing the Ruler Line ... 117
Customizing the Default Ruler . . . .. 118
General Editing Techniques ... 118
Entering Text ... 120
Deleting and Retrieving Text. . . .. 120
The Clipboard ... 121
The Revert to Saved Command ... 122
Working with Blocks of Text ... 122
Moving and Copying Blocks . . . .. 124
Writing a Block to aNew File ... 125
Deleting a Block. . . .. 125
Changing the Typestyle of a Block . . . .. . .. .. 126
Control Characters in Text . . . .. 127
Searches ... 130
Search and Replace . . . .. 132
Wildcards in Searches. . . .. 132
Wildcards in Replacement Strings ... 134
Case in Replacement Strings ... 135
Typestyles and Control Characters in Searches ... 135
Setting and Using Place Markers in Your Document ... 136
Summary ... 136
Chapter 7 Working with Files 137 Opening a File ... 137
Working with Several Open Files ... 138
Moving between Open Files ... 140
Using Windows to View Several Open Files ... 141
Shrinking and Expanding a Window. . . .. 143
Closing a File or Window- ... 143
Merging Files . . . .. 144
The Automatic Backup (SP.SWP) File ... 144
The Preserve Editing Session Command. . . .. . . .. 146 Why You Should Leave Preserve Editing Session Set to Yes 146
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When to Set Preserve Editing Session to No . . . .. 147
Using Wildcards in File Operations ... 148
The File Manager. . . .. 150
What to Do if Your Disk Fills Up ... 152
Working with Files in a New Directory .. . . .. . . .. . . . .. .. 152
Working with ASCII (Plain Text) Files . . . .. 153
Chapter 8 Basic Formatting 155 The Ruler Line . . . .. 158
Indenting and Outdenting . . . .. 160
Tabs ... 162
Precise Tabs ... 163
Centering Text . . . .. 164
Document-Wide Margins ... 164
Typestyles and Fonts ... 166
Typestyles. . . .. 167
Choosing and Changing Typestyles. .. . . .. . . .. . .. .. 169
Control Codes in Typestyle Commands ... 170
Typestyles and Hard Returns ... 170
Fonts ... 171
Page Headers . . . .. 173
Page Footers. . . .. 176
Spacing and Page Breaks ... 178
Line Spacing . . . .. 178
Spacing between Paragraphs. . . .. 180
Spacing between Words . . . .. . . .. . . .. . . .. . . . .. . . . .. 181
Reserving Blank Space ... 181
Keeping Text Together on a Page ... 182
Orphan and Widow Lines ... 182
Hyphenation ... 183
Lists ... 184
Outlines ... 185
Numbered Lists ... 188
Unnumbered Lists ... 190
Two-Column Lists. . . .. 192
Chapter 9 Printing 195 Printing from the Editor. . .. . . .. . . . .. . . .. . . .. . . . .. . . . .. . . . .. 196
Previewing Output on the Screen ... ". . . . .. 197
Viewing Page Breaks ... 197
The Print Options Menu ... 198
Printing Multiple Copies ... 198
Printing a Portion of Your Document. . . .. 199
Log Error Messages to a File ... 199
Using the Editor to Correct Formatter Errors . . . .. 200
Formatter Warning and Error Messages ... 201
Quick Printing and Error Checking ... 201
Printing Complex Documents . . . .. 202
Unformatted Printing . . . .. 202
Printing on Cut Sheets or Continuous Paper ... 202
Printing to a File ... 203
Printing on an Alternate Printer ... . . .. 203
Printing ASCII Files ... 204
Printing from DOS ... 204
Menus vs. DOS ... 204
Chapter 10 Customizing Sprint 207 Reassigning Function Keys ... 208
Reset Shortcuts ... 209
Saving Your Shortcuts ... 210
Changing User Interfaces ... 210
Choosing and Customizing a Color Set . . . .. 212
Monochrome Monitors. . . .. 213
Color Monitors ... 214
The Screen Menu. . . .. 215
ASCII File Handling ... . . . .. 216
Displaying Menu Shortcuts . . . .. 216
The Options Menu ... 217
Preserve Editing Session ... 217
Background Save Period ... 217
Menu Display Delay . . . .. 218
Insert mode ... 218
Tone ... 218
Chapter 11 Sprint Utilities 219 Checking Spelling .. . . .. 220
Automatic Spell Checking . . . .. 221
Spell Checking a Word, Block, or File ... 223
Thesaurus . . . .. 223
Arrange-Sort ... 224
Line Drawing . . . .. 225
The Glossary Menu. . . .. 226
Defining Default Settings . . . .. 228
Keyboard Record Mode . . . .. 229
Potpourri: Assigning Special Functions to Keys. . . .. 229
QuickCard ... 230
Entering DOS Commands ... 231
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Part 3 SprintMerge Introduction
This Section's Structure
235 236 Chapter 12 Your Template, Records, and Letter File 237
The SprintMerge Concept ... 238
The Record File ... 240
The Template for Data Command ... 242
Your Records ... 243
Field Separators . . . .. 244
Field Declarations ... 245
The Letter File ... 246
Chapter 13 Merging and Printing Your Files 249 The SprintMerge Menu ... ,... 249
The Formatting and Printing Process. . . .. 251
Running SprintMerge from DOS ... 251
Using Files Created with Reflex: The Analyst ... 253
Using Files Created with Paradox ... 256
Using Files Created with dBASE ... 258
Chapter 14 A Tutorial on Merging 261 A Simple Form Letter . . . .. 262
Create the Template ... 262
Enter the Records ... 263
Write the Form Letter . . . . .. . . .. 265
Run SprintMerge . . . .. 265
A Formatted Form Letter . . . .. 266
Write the Form Letter . . . .. 267
Run SprintMerge . . . • . . . .. 268
Adding Optional Variables to a Form Letter ... 269
Create the Template ... 269
Add Fields to the Records ... 270
Write the Form Letter . . . .. 270
Run SprintMerge . . . .. 271
Using Variable Paragraphs ... 272
Create the Template ... 272
Enter the Record ... 273
Write the Form Letter ... 274
Run SprintMerge . . . .. 275
Merging Selected Records ... 275
Select the Template ... 276
Specify the Record Criteria ... 276
Sorting Records ... . . . .. 277
Create the Template and Records 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 278 Write the Form Letters 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 279 Run SprintMerge 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • • • • • • • • • 0 • • • 0 • • 0 280 Another Example Using Varying Letters 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 • 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 281 Create the Template 0 0 0 • • 0 0 0 0 • 0 • 0 • 0 • 0 0 0 • • 0 • 0 • 0 • 0 0 • 0 • • • 0 0 0 • 0 0 o . 281 Create the Form Letters .... 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • . . • • 281 Run SprintMerge ... 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 282 Creating Mailing Labels and Inventory Stickers ... 283 Select the Template ... 0 • • • 283 Create the Label Format .... 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 • • • 284 Run SprintMerge ... 0 • • • • • • • • 0 • • • • 0 • • • • • 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 285 Printing from a Specific Label Number ... 0 • • • 0 • • • • • 0 • • • • • 0 • • 0 • • • 285 Using BASIC-Type Files . 0 • • 0 0 0 • 0 • • • 0 • • • • • • • • • • 0 0 0 • • 0 • • • • 0 0 • • 0 • • • 286 Create the Template ... 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 • • • 0 0 • • 286 Write the Form Letter ... 0 • • • 287 Checking for Commas .... 0 • • • • • • 0 • • • • • • • • • 0 • • • • 0 • • • • • • 0 • • 0 • o. 287 Summary 0 • • • • • • • • • • 0 • 0 0 • • 0 0 • • • 0 0 • • 0 0 • • • • • 0 0 • • • • 0 • 0 0 • • 0 0 0 • 0 0 • • 288
Chapter 15 The SprintMerge Reference 289
The SprintMerge Concept .... 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 • 0 • 0 • • • • • • • • • • • 0 • 0 • o. 290 Running SprintMerge from the DOS Command Line .. 0 • • • • 0 • 0 • • o. 290 Commands .. 0 • • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • • 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 • • 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 • 0 • 0 0 0 • 0 • • 0 0 0 • • 0 0 291 Criteria . 0 • • • • 0 0 • • 0 • 0 • • 0 • • 0 • • • • • • • • • • 0 • 0 • 0 0 0 • • 0 • • • 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 • • 292 Data Format/Basic ... 0 0 0 • 0 • 0 • 0 • • • 0 0 • 0 • 0 0 • 0 0 • • • 0 • 0 • • 0 0 0 • 0 • • • 292 Ending Record 0 0 • • • 0 0 0 • 0 0 • 0 0 • • 0 • 0 • • • 0 0 • 0 0 0 • • • 0 0 • 0 • 0 • 0 • • 0 • 0 0 292 Go .. 0 0 • • 0 • • 0 • • 0 • • 0 . 0 0 . 0 0 . 0 0 0 • • 0 0 . 0 • • 0 . 0 . 0 • • 0 0 0 0 • • • 0 • • 0 • • 0 293 Initial Record 0 • • • 0 • 0 • 0 0 • 0 0 • • 0 0 • • 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 • • 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 • . • 0 0 0 0 293 Merge Field 0 0 • • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • • 0 0 • • • o . 293 Order. 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 . 0 . 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 • • 294 Record File 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • • 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • • • 0 0 • • • 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 294 Screen Preview o. 0 • • 0 0 • • 0 0 0 0 0 • • • 0 0 • • • 0 • • • • • 0 • 0 0 0 • • • 0 0 • • 0 • o. 294 Template for Data 0 0 • 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 • • 0 • 0 • • 0 0 0 • • 0 0 • • 0 0 0 0 • • 0 • • • • 0 0 0 0 294 Typestyle/Hidden . 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 • 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 0 • • 0 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 • • • 0 0 • • 0 0 0 294
@Data 0 . 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 . 0 0 0 • • 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 . 0 • • 0 294
@Include 0 0 • • 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 • • • 0 0 • 0 • • • 0 • • • • • 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 • • 0 • • • 294
@Remditto ... 0 • • • • • • • 0 • • 0 • • • 0 • • • • • • • • 0 • • • • 0 • • • • • • 295
@Sortfile .... 0 • • • • • • • • • 0 0 0 • • 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 • 0 • • • • • • 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 295
@Startrec . 0 • • 0 0 0 • 0 0 0 0 0 • • 0 0 0 • 0 • • 0 0 • • 0 • • • 0 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 295 -Out ... 0 • • • • 0 0 • • 0 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 . 0 0 0 0 0 • • 0 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 0 • • 295 SPMERGE .. 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 296 Command Delimiters .. 0 0 • • • • • 0 • • 0 0 • • • 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 0 • • • • • 296 Fields. 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 0 . 0 0 • • • • • • 0 • • • 0 • • 0 • • • • • • • • • 0 • • • • 0 0 . 0 • • • 296 Field Declarations .... 0 0 • • • 0 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • • 297 Field Names ... 0 . . . . 0 0 • • • • 0 0 • • • 0 • • • • • • • 0 • 0 0 • • 0 • • • 0 0 • • • 0 0 0 • • • • 0 297
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Field Separators ... 297
Field Types . . . .. 298
Fields, Empty and Default . . . .. 299
Fields, Multiline. . . .. 299
Letter Files ... 300
Record Files ... 301
Records . . . .. 301
Selection Specifications ... 302
Logical Operators ...•.. 302
Relational Operators ... 303
Sorting Specifications ... . . . .. 304
Technical Specifications and Limitations ... 305
Templates ... . . .. 306
Chapter 16 SprintMerge Troubleshooting and Error Messages 307 A Troubleshooting Checklist. . . .. 307
Command Line ... 307
Letter File ... . . . .. 308
Record Files ... 308
Sorting and Selecting ... 309
Error Messages ... 309
The Error Messages. . . .. 309
Other SprintMerge Messages ... 312
Part 4 Appendixes Appendix A A DOS Primer 315 What Is DOS? . . . .. 315
How to Load a Program. . . .. 316
Directories ... 317
Subdirectories ... 318
Where Am I? The $p $g Prompt .. .. .. . .. . . .. .. . .. .. . . .. .. . .. . .. .. 318
The AUTOEXEC.BAT File ... 319
Changing Directories ... 320
Appendix B Using Sprint on a Local Area Network 323 Sharing Sprint Files . . . .. 323
Which Files to Share? ... 324
Double Editing ... 325
Troubleshooting ... 325
Appendix C Converting Files to and from Sprint 327 Importing to Sprint . . . .. 328
Formats That Import Correctly . . . .. 328
Typestyles . . . .. 328
Line and Paragraph Formats . . . .. 329
