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Xerox Special Information Systems XEROX
ANAL YSTrM V1.2t
Reference Manual
May 1986 (additions July 1987)
Information Control
is easy with
Xerox'S Analyst
Infa-.t ion Centers
The Analyst
Xerox Special Information Systems
Vista Laboratory
250 North Halstead Street
P.o. Box 5608
Pasadena, CA 91107-0608
(818) 351-2351
Smalltalk-80TM License Version 2.
Copyrighto 1985. 1986, 1987 by Xerox Corporation. All rights reserved.
XEROXe and the Xerox product names identified herein are trademarks of XEROX CORPORATION.
Table of Contents
Page
Introduction 1
Section I: Hardware 2
The Xerox Analyst 1108 Workstation 2
Smalltalk - 80: The Language 4
Turning on the Processor 5
Section II: System Interface 6
The Mouse 6
System Cursors 8
The Analyst Windows 10
The Window Pane 10
The Title Tab 10
The Scroll Bar 11
Standard Window Popup Menu 12
Input Forms 14
Confirmers 14
Notifiers 14
Prompters 15
Q-Boxes 15
Section III: How to Use the Analyst 16
Login Window 16
Logging In 16
Logging Out 17
The Popup Menu 18
System Middle Mouse Button Menu 18
System Right Mouse Button Menu 21
The Information Center 24
Classification Scheme 24
Opening an Information Center 25
Description of an Information Center 27
The Folder 28
Th.:::; Data Item 29
The Icon 29
Contents Pane Middle Mouse Button Popup 30
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Word Processing 46
Selecting Text 48
Empty Selection (the caret) 48
Entity Selection 48
Selection from Start to End Point 48
Implicit Selection 49
Typing Text 49
Special Keys and Key Combinations 49
Text Window Middle Mouse Button Popup 49
Selecting Fonts from the Fonts Submenu 52
Selecting Fonts from the Keyboard 53
Outlines 55
Creating an Outline 56
List Pane Middle Mouse Button Popup 57
Text Pane Middle Mouse Button Popup 60
The Hardcopy Tool 62
Standard Hardcopy Q- Box Items 63
Graphics Q - Box Items 64
Annotated Text 64
Printing Status Window Middle Mouse Button Popup 65
The Sketch Editor 68
Sketch Editor Text Pane 70
Sketch Editor Editing Pane 71
Sketch Editor Button Pane 73
The Chart Editor 80
Chart Editor Text Pane 82
Chart Editor Editing Pane 83
Chart Editor Button Pane 88
The Map Editor 95
Map Editor Text Pane 96
Map Editor Editing Pane 97
Map Editor Button Pane 103
The Preview Window 109
Normal Mode 110
Normal Mode Middle Mouse Button Popup 110
Text Page Break Line 118
Picture and Blank Space 118
Selected Picture Middle Mouse Button Popup 119
Selected Blank Space Middle Mouse Button Popup 121
Picture Layout Mode 122
Picture Layout Mode Middle Mouse Button Popup 122
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The Database Tool 124
Creating a Database 124
Fields Pane 125
Hits Pane 126
Text Pane 128
Queries Pane 130
Reports Pane 132
The Spreadsheet 136
Creating a Spreadsheet 136
Scroll Button 138
Rowand Column Indices 138
Cells