Getting Started

If you have never used the Style Editor before, the first thing you should do is
open a style that most closely describes the type of document style you want to
create, such as a thesis style, book style, etc. As soon as you have opened t
he style, do a save as and save the style under a new name. This way you do not
change the built-in Style Editor styles and are free to experiment with your ow
n style If you have never used the Style Editor it will be worth your while to
go through the steps below and should save you much time time in becoming famil
iar with the style editor.
Understanding the Style Editor
1.
Parts of a style
Much of the style editors screen layout is based upon the different document par
ts that the style will affect. Menu items in the base menu pertain to default s
ettings that apply to the whole or main portion of the document. Menu items in
the Parts menu pertain to style details for different parts of the document, suc
h as title pages, sections (found under division), table of contents, etc. Menu
items in the Elements menu are not actually a major part of a document like tho
se found in Base and Parts, but instead apply to minor details of style that eit
her can be created or defined and then are used in other parts of the document s
tyle. For example a rule element is an element that allows you to create lines
of the thickness and color you choose to place in other parts of the style. If
you are doing a resume and desire a thick line after your personal data, you cou
ld create a rule and then insert that rule into the document where it would show
up after your personal data.
In the Style Editor:
a.
Take a look at the Base menu, Parts menu, and Elements menu. Note the d
ifferent menu items in each area in light of the discussion above.
2.
Screens and Dialog boxes
You will find two different types of Style Editor interfaces: Screens and dialo
g boxes. Dialog boxes allow you to define one set of style settings for that el
ement of style. An example of this is the Page and Paper Size dialog box. You
can only define one set of style details related to the size of paper and the lo
gical page size. Yet there are many other areas of the style editor where you c
an create multiple sets of style settings. This in done on a screen. The easie
st way to recognize a style editor screen is a screen has a list of items that a
ppears to the left of the screen. The item list has a new item and delete item
button below it. You may create as many different aspects of that element of st
yle as desired. This is very important to know, so that you will be able to get
the full flexibility out of the style editor, for which it was designed. For e
xample, the List screen, in most Style Editor styles contains an enumerate and b
ullet items in the item list. These items define the style for numbered and bul
leted lists in SW. What if you want to use a numbered list that uses only Roman
Numerals yet you also want to keep the original numbered list to use in your st
yle also. You can just create a new list type named romannum, and change the se
ttings so that roman numbered are all that is used.
In the Style Editor:
a.
From the Base menu, choose Page and Paper Size. Note the settings. You
may redefine any of these settings and they will apply to every page in the doc
ument.
b.
From the Elements menu, choose List.
c.
Click on itemize in the item list box on the left of the screen. All se
ttings to the left of the item list box, apply to itemize lists. This is true w
ith all screens. The settings to the right of the item list box reflects the se
tting of the selected item in the item list. Settings can be defined or changed
for each item in the item list.
c.
Choose New Item.

d.
Place the name romannum in the New Item dialog box.
e.
Choose Ok. Now all settings in the screen, to the right of the item lis
t box, apply to the new list romannum. Let's change some of these.
d.
In the List Level area, choose Level 1.
e.
In the Level Labeling Scheme, choose enumerate.
f.
At the bottom of the screen, in the Appearances list, choose the Large R
oman Numerals.
g.
In the List Level area, choose Level 2.
h.
In the Level Labeling Scheme, choose enumerate.
i.
In the Appearances list, choose small roman numerals.
j.
From the File menu, choose Save. This saves the Style.
k.
Go to Scientific Word/WorkPlace.
l.
Choose New from the File menu.
m.
Choose your style editor style.
n.
Now go to the item popup list and choose the romannum tag. Enter some t
ext following this tag.
o.
Hit enter and then choose the romannum tag again from the popup list. E
nter some text following this tag.
p.
Preview your document. You should have a list item at level 1 and level
2 that uses roman numberals.
3.
Page Layout
Page Layout encompasses the following style details: margins, header and footer
appearance, footnotes, margin notes, and columns. There are 4 areas of the sty
le editor that allow you to set page layout settings. You set the default setti
ngs for the document in the Base Page Layout. You set page layout settings for
the exceptional pages such as a title page on the Exceptional Page screen. In a
ddition, the default page layout settings set in Base Page Layout may be overrid
den for any division title page or other page of the division, on the Division P
age Layout screen.
a.
From the Base menu, choose Margins.
b.
Change the right and left margins to 1inch.
c.
From the Parts menu, choose Division.
d.
Click on an item in the item list box that is familiar to, such as Secti
on, if the style type your using contains a Section division.
e.
Click on the Page Effects tab towards the top of the dialog box.
The Page Effects tab sheets appears.
f.
Check the Override Base Page Layout for Subsequent Pages.
g.
Now click on the Page Layout for Subsequent Pages button.
h.
The Division Page Subsequent Layout dialog box should appear. Change th
e left and right margins to 2in.
i.
Choose OK.
j.
From the File menu, choose Save.
k.
Go to Scientific Word/WorkPlace.
l.
Choose New from the File menu.
m.
Choose your style editor style.
n.
Enter some text. This is body text.
n.
From the section tag popup menu, choose the tag with the same name as th
e item you chose in step d, above.
o.
Enter a name for the section and press enter.
p.
Now enter some text. This is text that you defined under the division t
itle page. It is the text that should preview with 2inch margins.
q.
Preview your document. You should see some text with 1 inch margins, fo
llowed by a division heading entered in step o. You should also see the text en
tered in step p, with 2inch margins.
4. Edit fields
Throughout the style editor, edit fields exist that are expecting a certain type
of input. These inputs are numbers, text, dimensions, stretchy space and compo

nent lists. How do you know what type of input is required for each edit field.
For many edit fields, you can place the insertion pointer inside the edit fiel
d and press the function key F2. A dialog box appears with choices for the edit
fields. For dimensions, a dimension dialog box appears. For component lists a
component list dialog box appears. For stretchy space, a stretchy space dialog
box appears. Some edit fields expect numbers and text. F2 will not work with
edit fields that expect this type of input but you can press the Help button for
the dialog or screen, and then look at the help for the particular edit field.
The help will inform you of what type of input the edit field expects.
5. Numbers*
Beginning under numbers.
a. From the Base menu, choose Body Text Paragraph.
b. In the Line Spacing area, choose Relative.
c. Place the cursor in the Lines field. Press f2. Nothing happens because F2
does not work for the type of input that this field takes.
d. Press the Help button in the dialog.
d. With the mouse, move the mouse pointer over the picture of the dialog in hel
p until there is a hand over the Lines edit field.
e. Click the mouse button.
f. The help for this field says that it is a Number field and takes a whole or
decimal number.
g. You may now close the help.
This was mainly to show you how to find out what type of input a field takes if
F2 does not work for the field type.
Stretchy Space
a. Still in the Body Text Paragraph dialog box, place the cursor inside the Spa
ce Above edit field.
b. Press F2.
c. A Stretchy Space dialog box appears. Stretchy Space gives you the ability t
o give the ideal space you would like above each paragraph of body text plus any
amount of stretch or extra space you d allow to be added by the Style Editor to
this space and any amount of shrink or subtraction of space from the ideal spac
e you allow by the Style Editor. The reason spaces are sometimes stretched or s
hrunk is to provide a more balanced layout of the page overall.
d. Choose 1 inch for the Natural Size, 3 points for the Stretch and 3 points fo
r the Shrink.
f. Press Enter.
g. The value you chose in the Stretchy Space dialog box now appears in the Spac
e Above field.
h. Choose Cancel.
Dimensions
a. Choose Margins, from the Base menu.
b. Place the insertion pointer (cursor) in the left margin field.
c. Press F2.
d. Explore the Dimension Parameters dialog box and see how margins can be enter
ed in different unit types (your choice) and also how the dimensions box can be
used to do conversions between different unit types.
e. Cancel the dialog box. If you had chosen Ok then the value in the Dimension
s dialog box would of been entered in the Left Margin field.
Component Lists
Component Lists often appear complicated to new users but with a little practice
, you will find they are not very difficult to use and provide great flexibility
. A component list holds material to be typeset. Many component lists exist th
roughout the style editor.
a. From the Base Menu choose, Head/Foot Content.

b. Select the Left Button under the Even Page Head area. Say you want the Titl
e of the document printed for the header in this position.
c. Press F2.
d. A variety of different lists appear which may be input in a component list.
It would be worth your while to press the Help button and read up on the types
of inputs Component Lists take. You don t have to understand in detail yet what e
ach type of input does but understand what can be entered.
e. Close the help if it is open, and choose Title from the Document Variable li
st.
f. Choose Ok. Note that the component list now has Title.
Component lists often hold multiple inputs. You could insert other information
in this component list if you wanted too.
You now are probably to the point that you can explore the style editor on your
own.
Before you do though there are a few other tutorials worth exploring.
If you follow through the steps of How to create a Title Page for Front Matter,
you will be introduced to the use of document variables, display elements, verti
cal material, the shell file and title pages.
If you follow through the steps of how to create a rule element, you will have a
better understanding of using Rules and Inline Elements.
Last remember that the help file provides information on all screens and dialog
boxes. The fields within these areas are all documented and in the majority of
cases step by step How to s exist related to various procedures.

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Numbers
Component lists seem to be make beginning Style Editor users uncomfortable, howe
ver they are not as difficult to use as they appear at first glance and in time
you will probably come to enjoy the flexibility they provide.
Styles are created by choosing an existing style and then modifying that style t
o suit your needs. The Style Editor Menu is setup so that your overall page lay
out operations are located in the Base Menu. Operations that deal with a specif
ic portion of the document are located in the Parts Menu, and specific style ele
ment operations that can be used to affect any portions of the style are availab
le in the Elements menu. Some categories in the Parts menu, and all categories
in the Elements menu, allow you to create multiple incidences of a specific styl
e element or style part. For example, you can create multiple Exceptional Pages
and multiple paragraph types. In other words, the text font, justification, in
dention and other document layout concerns are not specified for the document as
a whole but instead are specified for each area of style, such as body text, fo
otnote, and margin note. After making changes and upon saving a style, the sett
ings you make are stored in files that consist of Latex commands and have the .s
ty file extension.
The first step in modifying or creating a style is to open the file for the exis
ting style that most closely matches the printed appearance you want. For examp
le if you are creating a style for a report, you would want to choose the built
in Style Editor Report Style.
Opening a style
Modifying a style
Saving a style

Deleting a style
Specifying the Page Layout
Using a style with SW
Using a style without SW
Sending a style to someone
Receiving a style from someone
Exiting the program