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HINTS_00:Hints
HINTS_1:If you want to skip a word during a spell check without putting it into the Ignore dictionary, you can click on Replace or press Return.
HINTS_2:Under SpriteExtend 0.99 (supplied with RISC OS 3.6 / 3.7) JPEGs loaded directly into Ovation Pro are rendered by RISC OS, and cannot be rotated. If you need to rotate a JPEG, convert it to a sprite first using !ChangeFSI.
HINTS_3:If an RTF file describes a document, it must dragged to the Ovation Pro icon bar icon. You can import an RTF story but not a document directly into a frame.
HINTS_4:You can hold down Ctrl and Alt keys and then click Select or Adjust to increase or decrease document zoom.
HINTS_5:You can nudge the pointer in pixel steps with the cursor keys when drawing, moving and resizing objects. When nudging, snapping to the grid and guidelines is disabled.
HINTS_6:Functions keys F1 - F8 may be used to select options in the Find dialogue box. Use F1 for 'Go', F2 for 'Previous', F3 for 'Count', F4 for 'Case sensitive', F5 for 'Whole word', F6 for 'Wildcards', F7 for 'All stories' and F8 for 'Find from start'.
HINTS_7:You can use Ctrl Shift S to swap the case of selected text.
HINTS_8:You can triple-click over a picture to display the 'Modify picture' dialogue box.
HINTS_9:You can Click Adjust over the Ovation Pro icon bar icon to open the 'Choices' dialogue box.
HINTS_10:To change the default margins, choose 'Page>Edit master pages' and adjust the default master frame as required (or use 'Page>Page guidelines' to set the margins explicitly). Now close the master pages and choose 'File>Save as default'.
HINTS_11:You can transpose a pair of mis-typed characters using the keypress Ctrl Shift Q.
HINTS_12:You can specify values in picas by adding the suffix pi after the value. Note that 1 pica equals 12pt.
HINTS_13:Holding down Ctrl while importing a text file, converts single Return characters to spaces, and pairs of Return characters to single Return characters. This is useful for text that has been formatted in !Edit.
HINTS_14:With the !Abbrev applet, you can insert style changes by inserting the required key macro in the expansion string e.g. {CS_B} for Bold, {CS_I} for Italic etc.
HINTS_15:When galley printing, the first page of the document is normally printed on the right-hand side. To start on the left-hand side, choose 'Start on left' from the 'Modify chapter' dialogue box.
HINTS_16:You should always save documents without the undo buffer if you intend to pass them on to someone else. If you normally save the buffer, use the 'Min memory' option before saving.
HINTS_17:You can use Ctrl Shift click over an object to select the object beneath it. Subsequent clicks will select progressively deeper objects until you return to the top object.
HINTS_18:You can expand macros by double-clicking on the macro name in the Macros dialogue box. This is useful for testing macros during their development.
HINTS_19:If you flow text around ArtWorks pictures in a screen mode greater than 4bpp, the error 'Nothing to flow around' is displayed. To prevent this, change to a 16-colour mode first, set picture runaround and then return to the original mode.