HELP#   1
MAIN INSIGHT MENU:  Press <ESCAPE> and then <F2> for general help topics.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Note:  When you see a ">" in front of a word, it refers to a command on an
       INSIGHT menu.

>Calc      -Tools to calculate recipes in various ways.
>DOS       -Run DOS command interpreter.
>Edit      -Tools for editing and manipulating recipe items.
>File      -Disk file activity.
>Help      -User Help information on chemistry topics.
>Mark      -Set recipe material attributes.
>Print     -Print MDT or formula report to file, screen or printer.
>Quit      -Quit INSIGHT.
>Setup     -Change display, print, calculation and MDT setup parameters.
>Utility   -Tools to manipulate entire recipes, the reference column and
            records in the MDT (materials definition table).

Special Keys:
~~~~~~~~~~~~
F1         Program Context Help. Press any time for context sensitive
           help on current activity.
F2         General Program Help. Provides information on function key
           definitions, screen anatomy, using the help system, editing,
           using the menus, command line parameters and working with
           directories and files.
F3         File Window at file prompt.
F4         View (last print to screen).
F5         Toggle phantom status.
F6         Edit notes for recipe.
F7         File Window to open a recipe file.
F8         File Window to save a recipe file.
F10        Shuttle (between formula and recipe windows).
F9         Toggle static status.
-          Decrement current recipe line amount again (See >Calc menu).
+          Increment current recipe line amount again       "
<SpaceBar> Edit current recipe line.
<ESCAPE>   Abort or terminate an operation or re-draw screen.
ALT-C      Copy recipe line to clipboard.
ALT-X      Cut recipe line to clipboard.
ATL-V      Paste clipboard contents to recipe line.
ALT-I      Insert blank recipe line.
ALT-K      Delete recipe line.

HELP#   3
Unused.

HELP#   5
The MDT Material Locater Dialog
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
INSIGHT needs to know which MDT record you want.

A default record number and its current name will be shown. Your options are:
-Press <Return> to select the record shown.
-Use the <UpArrow> & <DownArrow> or <PgUp> & <PgDn> keys to skip through the
 records one at a time to locate the desired material.
-Initiate a search by typing a name fragment of the desired material. You
 need only key as many characters as necessary to distinguish it from all
 others in the material database.
-Key the record number as shown in an MDT report (not recommended).

Using the Locater to >Edit a Recipe Line
----------------------------------------
>Edit Recipe Line allows changes to the name and amount on the current
highlighted line in the recipe window. The first prompt in the dialog is
the MDT Locater. Its function is to help you to quickly find a material
name (and thus its associated information) in the MDT.

A default will be shown, and pressing the <Return> key will leave it
unchanged. To specify a material, you need only key as many characters as
necessary (a fragment) to distinguish it from all others in the MD Table.

The MDT Locater is persistent when it comes to finding the fragment you
key.

 If your entry begins with a number, this is range checked to see if it
  falls within the record boundaries of the MDT. If it does, INSIGHT
  assumes you want the material at that record number. Otherwise;

 The name is quick searched in the table to find an ignore-case match
  starting at the first character for as many characters as you enter (a
  starts-with search). If unsuccessful;

 An exhaustive search is done to find an ignore-case match for the
  characters contained anywhere within the material names.

 If the name you type cannot be found, the Locater Prompt assumes you
  want to specify a recipe material which will not participate in formula
  calculations.

This new search algorithm is different than the strict case-sensitive
starts-with search of older INSIGHTs. As before, keying a single letter
finds the first material beginning with that letter. However, you may have
to enter more characters at times. For example, if you type "tin" as a
short form for "TIN OXIDE", INSIGHT will find and display "WHITING". This
happens because INSIGHT failed to find Tin Oxide (it's undefined), and
"WHITING" contains the letters "tin". As another example, INSIGHT is more
likely to find "PIONEER KAOLIN" if you type "pio" than "kao". The latter
would return generic "KAOLIN", because it would probably appear first in
the table.

If INSIGHT does NOT find the material it assigns phantom status. A phantom
Material is indicated by a leading asterisk in the recipe window, and on
printed reports. It is possible to have a material which is both phantom
and static, this is indicated by a "+" leader. See >Mark help screen for
more info.

Note: You can enter an LOI here by keying "LOI" for the name, and the
percentage in the amount field.

HELP#   7
THE RECIPE MATERIAL AMOUNT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Your options are:

-Key a weight (separate units are not supported, so all recipe material
 amounts are assumed to be the same units).

-Press the <Up-arrow> key to go back an re-search the materials database if
 necessary (INSIGHT alerts you here to MDT search failure in the last step
 so you will want to go back if a phantom material is not desired).

The only time it is appropriate to key molecule number information as a
recipe is when a formula is being temporarily keyed as a recipe in prep-
aration for a >Utility >Convert operation.

HELP#   9
PRINT MENU
~~~~~~~~~~
Lets you select a report category or advance the printer.

>Formula
 The current formula calculation. >Detail, >Standard and >Mix ticket print
 formats can be selected.

>MDT
 The current in-memory materials database. >Tabbed and >Columnar formats
 can be selected.

>Page feed
 Advances the printer by sending the string defined with >Setup >Printer
 >Page feed string.

>Line feed
 Advances the printer by one line.

Note that print parameters are now set in the >Setup menu.

HELP#  11
MARK MENU - SETTING THE STATUS OF A RECIPE MATERIAL
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Static toggle - Short cut: F9

 Sets and unsets the static status of the current recipe material. See
 more information below.

>Phantom toggle - Short cut: F5

 Sets and unsets the phantom status of the current recipe material. This is
 useful to temporarily make a material phantom, so that it does not
 participate in calculations. If the material is already phantom, it will be
 searched in the MDT, and returned to normal status if found. If the
 material is >Edited, and found in the MDT, phantom status will be lost.
 Materials can be both static and phantom.

>Reset all statics

 Removes static status from all recipe materials. This option should be
 used when you have completed work with a recipe, to prevent errors when
 subsequent recalculations are done to bring the recipe to a new total for
 batch mixing etc.

 Three safeguards exist to prevent unintentional errors using this feature:

 -Confirmation is required whenever the new total of a recipe is more than
  twice as large, or less than half as small, as the old.
 -Confirmation is required whenever the old total is 100. This prevents
  errors when creating mix tickets etc.
 -Static and phantom status are not preserved when a recipe is saved to disk.

STATIC MATERIALS

The recipe amount of a static material remains constant when recipe total
recalculations are done. For example, if the following recipe were recal-
culated to total 100 it would change as follows:

 Static Material A -   4                4
 Normal Material B -  60  becomes--->  48
 Normal Material C -  60               48

This option is valuable to maintain certain recipe materials whose percent-
 age must remain constant. After a variety of changes have been made to a
recipe to achieve some effect in its formula, its total will stray from 100
parts, but during recipe total recalculation (with the >Calc >Recipe total
command), the static materials maintain their amounts. Bentonite and
Zircopax, used in glazes, are examples of materials that would normally be
given this status.

The status of a material is be indicated by a leading character in the
recipe window and on printed reports as follows:

 = Static material
 * Phantom material
 + Static & phantom material

HELP#  13
SETUP SEQUENCE FOR STANDARD RECIPE REPORTS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
INSIGHT sends this ASCII sequence to the printer before standard and mix
ticket recipe reports. You can type any characters and embed decimal ASCII
code sequences within curly braces separated with commas.

For example, the following string:

   {27,64,27,77}

would reset an EPSON FX80 and initiate 12 characters per inch.

This sequence is preserved from session to session in the configuration
file.

More on Embedding
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The embedding technique is new to this version of INSIGHT. Consult your
printer manual and locate its chart of control codes, usually in the
appendix. You will find codes to set its various character sizes, pitches
and styles. A chart should show the code in normal ASCII, hexadecimal and
decimal. To embed decimal ASCII sequences in the string, enclose them in
curly braces and separate with commas.

Example: The sequence to reset an EPSON FX80 is ESCAPE @, and to set it to
         12 characters per inch is ESCAPE M. The ASCII code for escape is
         27 decimal, "M" is 77, and "@" is 64. You could key either of the
         following:

         {27,64,27,77}
         {27}@{27}M

Note that you are free to key a title as part of the string. For example,
the following string:


         {18,27}G{14}This calculation done by John Smith{27}H

would set an EPSON FX80 to 12 CPI, then turn double strike on, then turn
one line expanded on, print the title and finally turn double strike off.

HELP#  15
LEFT MARGIN FOR PRINTED REPORTS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
INSIGHT indents all printed information by the left margin you specify.
This is useful where papers will be punched or bound into a booklet, and
room is needed for the holes, staples etc.

This setting will be preserved from session to session in the configuration
file.

HELP#  17
SETTING PRINTER ROWS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The only printer control done by INSIGHT is the sending of setup sequences
each time a report is done (these are defined using >Setup >Printer >Setup).
INSIGHT has no way of knowing how your printer is configured, it assumes you
know, so it is asking how many rows your printer is setup to print. Most
printers default to 66 lines per page. They are put into a particular
printing mode either by sending setup sequences or by setting DIP switches
which cause power up in a certain mode. The method you are using does not
concern INSIGHT, it just wants to know how many lines it can expect on a
page so it can format long reports (like MDT listings).

HELP#  19
SETUP SEQUENCE FOR DETAIL RECIPE REPORTS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
INSIGHT sends this ASCII sequence before detail recipe reports. You can type
any ASCII characters and embed decimal ASCII code sequences within curly
braces separated with commas. Since MDT reports can be quite wide, it would
be normal to send an ASCII sequence to set a small character size.

For example, the following sequence:

   {27,64,15}

would reset an EPSON FX-80 and initiate 17 cpi.

This setting will be preserved from session to session in the configuration
file.

More on Embedding
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The embedding technique is new to this version of INSIGHT. Consult your
printer manual and locate its chart of control codes, usually in the
appendix. You will find codes to set its various character sizes, pitches
and styles. A chart should show the code in normal ASCII, hexadecimal and
decimal. To embed decimal ASCII sequences in the string, enclose them in
curly braces and separate with commas.

Example: The sequence to reset an EPSON FX80 is ESCAPE @, and to set it to
         12 characters per inch is ESCAPE M. The ASCII code for escape is
         27 decimal, "M" is 77, and "@" is 64. You could key either of the
         following:

         {27,64,27,77}
         {27}@{27}M

Note that you are free to key a title as part of the string. For example,
the following string:


         {18,27}G{14}This calculation done by John Smith{27}H

would set an EPSON FX80 to 12 CPI, then turn double strike on, then turn
one line expanded on, print the title and finally turn double strike off.

HELP#  21
UTILITY MENU
~~~~~~~~~~~~
These items are complex calculation options used on a recipe as a whole.

>Normalize recipe
 Recalculates a recipe total to produce identical non-unity and unity
 formulas (as set by the most recent calculation). This is handy for
 formula to batch derivations, because INSIGHT insists on non-unity
 for the >Supply process.

>Formula Convert
 Converts a formula temporarily keyed into the recipe window into its
 equivalent analysis. Be careful to use this option only for basic oxide
 formula data, where the equivalent yield of each oxide is always 1 (INSIGHT
 assumes that there is 1 molecule of each oxide in a molecule of the
 material used to supply it).

>Move Recipe to Reference Column
 Copies the current calculation results from formula window column 3 into
 static reference column 2.

>Create MDT Material
 Copies the result of the current calculation, namely its formula, into a
 selected record in the current MD Table in memory. The recipe name,
 defined with >File >Recipe >Name, becomes the new materials name. The
 material level property field of the new MDT material will be set to zero.

>Edit MDT Material
 Search for and then edit a materials definition. Prompts you for each
 detail of a materials definition data, including its name, formula weight
 and formula. This option is the only way to change the value of a recipe
 or oxide calculated property.

>Reference Column Edit
 Initiates prompts for the number of molecules of each column defining
 oxide. When you have completed, the new values are displayed along with
 the calculated formula weight and ratio information.

HELP#  23
PRINTED REPORT CATEGORIES
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Several formula print formats are available.

>Detail print shows a complete work sheet of the current formula calcu-
 lation. Recipe materials title the rows, and basic oxides title the
 columns. The printout allows easy recognition of the calculation method.

>Standard print shows the recipe and oxide formula in a simple line by line
 format with no calculation detail.

>Mix ticket prints a simple recipe listing without any formula data. It will
 show each material, along with its amount, the total and a check box for
 the technician to mark.

If your printer has too few columns and is spilling to the next line on
detail reports, there are two things you can do:

-Use the >File option at the next menu to print to disk and employ a
 sideways printing utility to format the file for landscape printing.
-Squeeze more columns onto a printed page by adjusting video column widths
 with the >Setup command. The column width and column precision settings
 govern the way reports are formatted as well as the way they display on the
 screen.

HELP#  25
Specifying Oxide Requirements
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This prompt is the third step in the >Supply Oxide dialog series. This
series is used to supply each oxide in deriving a batch recipe from a
formula (the material and desired oxide were chosen in the last two steps).

For example:

  MOLECULES _______
  Total molecules of CaO needed? (.12 already available)

Because unity calculations adjust the formula, INSIGHT forces non-unity
here. INSIGHT calculates the amount of the material necessary to supply the
desired oxide (if other materials in the recipe also supply the same oxide,
INSIGHT will first subtract these from the requirement you enter).

HELP#  27
An Unsuccessful Find:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
While the MDT Locater does not insist on a successful MDT record find in the
>Edit Recipe Line dialog, this prompt must return a valid MDT record in
order to carry out the desired operation.

HELP#  29
THE FORMULA REFERENCE COLUMN
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The reference formula in the formula window provides a handy static display
of a target or previous formula result which does not change as calculations
are done.

After choosing the >Utility >Reference column edit option, INSIGHT prompts
the amount of each oxide of the formula to be displayed in the reference
column. Key the number of molecules for each oxide as prompted.

-Push <ESCAPE> at any of these oxide amount prompts, and INSIGHT makes the
 changes indicated and aborts at that point.
-Press the <Up-Arrow> to go back to the last oxide prompt.

Insight calculates the formula weight, ratio and calculated property of this
formula, and displays it in the reference column of the formula window (if
there is an active recipe).

Note that >Utility >Move recipe will wipe out any manual changes made to the
reference column, replacing these with the active recipe at the time of the
change.

HELP#  31
VIDEO PARAMETERS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This option sets column display parameters.

>Width prompts a window and column number, and then a new width for that
 column.

>Precision prompts a window and column number, then the number of digits
 after the decimal. It uses this value to format the display of numeric
 video and print columns.

>Hide/Show Zero Oxides controls the suppression of display of oxide columns
 which have a total of zero for this calculation and the reference formula.
 Set it on/off in the next menu.

Note: The >Colors & Positions item on this menu has been disabled. Its
      purpose was to provide an interactive tool to move windows and change
      their colors and sizes. Each window has its own independent settings
      for the foreground and background colors for regular, inverse,
      highlight, error and border attributes. To use this tool you must
      run the separate SETUP.BAT file outside of INSIGHT.

HELP#  33
WINDOW FILL CHARACTER
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The fill character is displayed in blank space inside the recipe and formula
windows. A space character or a period are the usual choices.

Just key one character here and push <RETURN>. For a special character from
the extended set, hold down the Alt key and key the decimal ASCII number and
release. For example, the standard character used in the distribution
version of INSIGHT is ASCII 250.

This setting will be preserved from session to session in the configuration
file.

HELP#  35
CHOOSING A COLUMN TO SET ITS WIDTH
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Column widths determine the total width of windows containing them. Here,
you must specify which column is to be changed.

This setting will be preserved from session to session in the configuration
file.

Note: You must move the cursor to the desired choice and select with the
      <RETURN> key because choices are not unique to guarantee correct first
      character keyboard selection.

HELP#  37
SETTING THE WIDTH OF A COLUMN
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You have already indicated which column number should be adjusted, now
INSIGHT is showing the current width and providing an opportunity to
change it. Hit <RETURN> to leave it unchanged.

If this is a column which displays numbers, widening it enables the display
of larger numbers, narrowing it restricts the range of numbers INSIGHT can
display. The precision setting also affects the range of numbers INSIGHT
can display.

Since column width and precision settings also affect the way printed
reports are done, higher precision and wider columns restrict the number of
columns a printout can have. It is wise not to use excessively wide
columns.

HELP#  39
SETUP MENU
~~~~~~~~~~
Various parameters control the way INSIGHT formats video and printed data.
This menu controls access to major categories of these parameters.

>Video Items

 Controls characteristics which affect video presentation of information.

>Printer Items

 Controls characteristics of printed reports.

>Calculation Items

 Includes setup of the unity sub-groups which control the behavior of
 unity items in the >Calculate menu, the ratio array which controls the
 oxide subclasses which determine how the ratio is calculated, and the
 AutoCalc (status which toggles automatic recalculation).

>MDT Setup

 This lets you insert columns, enlarge the MDT and change the names of
 calculated properties in the table. Note that after changing these settings
 you must save the MDT, quit INSIGHT and restart before editing the data.

Select the group of parameters you wish to modify.

HELP#  41
PRINTER PARAMETER SETUP
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This option sets printer parameters.

>Margin controls the number of spaces allocated for the left margin on
 printouts.

>Setup sequences controls the initialization sequence sent to your printer
 before each of the three major report types.

>Page feed string lets to define a sequence of ASCII characters which will
 be sent to your printer each time you issue the >Print >Page feed command.

>Columns refers to the number of columns which INSIGHT assumes your printer
 is setup for. INSIGHT does no automatic printer control, so it needs to
 know how you have set up your printer. (See printer manual)

>Rows, like columns, refers to the number of rows which INSIGHT assumes your
 printer is set up for.

HELP#  43
RUNNING THE DOS COMMAND INTERPRETER AS A CHILD PROCESS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This option calls the MSDOS command interpreter as a child task of INSIGHT.
You can execute any DOS command, including running another program. The
amount of memory available will be reduced because INSIGHT stays resident.
This option is ideal for DOS housekeeping tasks like deleting files, making
directories and moving files from one directory to another.

To return to INSIGHT, just type the command EXIT at the DOS prompt. Do not
shut your machine off while at the DOS level, first exit back to INSIGHT,
>Quit the program in an orderly way, and save any files that must be updated
to disk.

HELP#  45
NAMING AN MDT MATERIAL
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
INSIGHT is giving you an opportunity to edit the name of the material in
this MDT record.

-Press <Return> to accept this name a go on to the next prompt.
-Press <UpArrow> to go back to the material locater dialog.
-Press <Escape> to go back to the main menu.
-Press the <Home>, <End>, <Left Arrow> or <Right Arrow> keys to edit
 or press any other key to begin typing a new name.

Caution:  Do not begin this name with a number if it range checks within
MDT bounds (INSIGHT accepts the record number of a material as a way to
identify it, so if materials are named with numbers).

HELP#  47
SPECIFYING THE FORMULA WEIGHT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The formula weight is the calculated weight of the mix of oxide molecules
you are about to specify. It is a theoretical weight, since recalculation
has likely been done on the formula to unify it, or make the numbers of
molecules manageable and easily manipulated. The real world weight of a
molecule is called its "molecular weight". The calculated weight after our
readjustment, is called the "formula weight". INSIGHT records the weight,
and calculates the LOI instead of recording the LOI and calculating the
weight.

-Key the weight and press <Return> or accept the default with <Return>.
-Press <Escape> to go back to the main menu.
-Press <Up-Arrow> to go back to the last prompt.
-Press the <PgUp> and <PgDn> arrow keys to move quickly to preceding and
 succeeding material records.

HELP#  49
THE CALCULATED PROPERTY
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When altering any MDT record, INSIGHT asks for a value for the calculated
property. If you are editing an oxide, it prompts the oxide level property,
if you are editing a material, it prompts the material level property value.
As shipped, INSIGHT calculates the comparative coefficient of expansion for
the formula, and cost for the recipe. This property information is stored
with each record in the materials database. The property can be changed to
any for which you have data on the basic oxides or recipe materials.

The calculation is done in the following manner for both properties:

If a material contains oxides (or a recipe contains materials) A, B, C,
etc., whose percentage weights are pA, pB, pC, etc., and the physical
constants are xA, xB, xC, etc., then:

 K = (pA * xA) + (pB * xB) + (pC * xC) etc.

 Where K is the resulting value.

Here are your options:

-Key the value and press <Return> or accept the default with <Return>.
-Press <Escape> to go back to the main menu.
-Press <Up-Arrow> to go back to the last prompt.
-Press the <PgUp> and <PgDn> arrow keys to move quickly to preceding and
 succeeding material records.

The name for each of these properties is set with the >Setup >MDT Setup
>Property Names setup option.

HELP#  51
ENTERING A FORMULA
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
INSIGHT is presenting the name of each basic oxide defined in the current MD
Table, giving you an opportunity to specify how many molecules of it are
present in the formula of the material. The sum of the calculated weights of
each of the oxide amounts you enter here, plus a factor for LOI, should
total the formula weight keyed in the previous step.

-Key the value and press <Return> or accept the default with <Return>.
-Press <Escape> to go back to the main menu.
-Press <Up-Arrow> to go back to the last prompt.

HELP#  53
Setting the Decrement Recipe Amount Value
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This prompts allows you to set the decrement value for use with the <-> key.
Whenever this key is pressed at the main menu, the amount of the material
on the current recipe line will be decremented by this value and the
formula window will be updated.

HELP#  55
Recipe Note
~~~~~~~~~~~
This item is recommended for recording key properties of a recipe. This data
will print after standard and detail formula reports. You can force line
breaks with the semi-colon (;). For example, if you enter:

Date: Feb 14, 1992; Color: White; Surface: Matt; Temperature: Cone 10

INSIGHT will print like this:

Notes: Date: Feb 14, 1992
       Color: White
       Surface: Matt
       Temperature: Cone 10

A future version of INSIGHT will allow you to key free form text at length
(you are limited to 226 characters here). INSIGHT stores each recipe as a
separate text file, so you can use INSIGHT's >DOS >Call option, then employ
a DOS text search program (i.e. GREP, GOPHER, NORTON utilities) to list
recipe file names containing keywords within this notes field. Then, exit to
INSIGHT and open the desired recipe.

HELP#  57
This confirmation dialog provides an opportunity to cancel and return to
INSIGHT command mode.

HELP#  59
REPORTING THE MDT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The MDT can be listed here. You'll have an opportunity to route it to the
printer, the screen or to a disk file. There are 2 formats for the listing:

>Columnar shows each material as one row on a grid, where the columns are
 titled with the name of each basic oxide, and the rows with the name of
 each material. Your report will spill lines over to the next if it is too
 wide to fit onto the printed page. If this is a problem, route the report
 to disk and print it with a sideways printing utility, or configure your
 printer for its smallest character size using >Setup >Printer >Setup
 >MDT Listing sequence.

>Tabbed view will show each material by naming it, then naming and showing
 amounts for those oxides which have nonzero molecular amounts. Your report
 will be linefed and paginated according to the >Columns and >Rows settings
 in the >Setup >Printer menu.

Examples of each printout are shown in the INSIGHT manual.

HELP#  61
ROUTING THE PRINTED REPORT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
All printouts can be routed to different devices. You have three choices:

>Printer

 Do not choose this if you do not have a printer hooked up to your system.
 Be sure to have the margin and setup string properly defined with >Setup
 >Printer >Setup.

>Screen

 A full screen view is provided where you can move up, down, left, right,
 home and end with the arrow keys. Press <ESCAPE> when done.

>File

 Useful when you wish to print an image of a calculation to disk, where it
 can be read later with a word processor and incorporated into a report.
 >File is also useful where a detail print of the MDT or a formula calcula-
 tion is too wide to fit across a printed page. The disk file image can be
 read and printed with a word processor or print formatting program.

If you wish to integrate INSIGHT reports into documents in your word
processor, then route a report to >File and precede the filename with a
backslash (\) character. This will put it in the root directory. Then pop
into your word processor and use its text file import command to insert the
INSIGHT report at the current cursor position. Even the most primitive word
processors we have seen have this ability, so check your manual. In order to
quickly move back and forth between INSIGHT and the word processor run both
under Deskview or Windows. Alternately, run your word processor through
INSIGHT's >DOS call option, or use a TSR text editor.

HELP#  63
STATIC MATERIAL WARNING!
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
INSIGHT sometimes provides a warning when >Calculate >Recipe total is
chosen. This deals with a possible oversight on your part concerning the
static materials that you have defined in the recipe (static materials are
indicated by a leading "=" or "+" character in the recipe window).

You have:

-Indicated a new total where the old was already set to 100;
-Indicated a new total which is more than twice as large of the old;
-Indicated a new total which is less than half the old.

If you have inadvertently forgotten to remove static status from certain
recipe materials, please choose to remove now before recalculation.

INSIGHT does not recalculate if the new total specified is less than or
equal to the total of all static materials, since this would force other
materials to be negative or zero.

See the >Mark help topic for more information about static recipe materials.

HELP#  65
Unused.

HELP#  67
Setting the Increment Recipe Amount Value
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This prompts allows you to set the increment value for use with the <+> key.
Whenever this key is pressed at the main menu, the amount of the material
on the current recipe line will be incremented by this value and the
formula window will be updated.

HELP#  69
RECALCULATING A RECIPE TOTAL
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
INSIGHT can recalculate your recipe to add up to any amount desired. This
is done by multiplying the amount of each component by the new total you
specify and then dividing by the old total.

This option is useful to:

-Recalculate a recipe to %;

-Recalculate a recipe to add up to your mixing batch size. In this way
 a printout can be used as a mix ticket.

INSIGHT will not accept a number that is too large to display in the current
defined width of column 2 in the recipe window, nor will it accept a new
total that is less than the total of all static materials, since this would
force negative amounts for the other items.

See the help topic under >Mark for information on static materials which
normally do not participate in recalculations of the recipe total.

HELP#  71
NAMING THE MATERIAL LEVEL CALCULATED PROPERTY
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The material level calculated property (i.e. cost, plasticity), is
calculated in parallel with recipe calculations. The property values for
each of the MDT materials are kept in the MDT files. This data can only be
changed with >Utility >Edit MDT Material.

INSIGHT calculates the recipe property using the additive principle, and
information on how this is done is available on the >Utility >Edit MDT
Material help screen.

INSIGHT needs a name to attach to this property, in order to label its value
on all printouts. This change takes place immediately, but to preserve it,
be sure to >Save a copy of this MD Table. If you are changing the name of
the current property, it is assumed that you have, or will, go through each
of the MDT materials and change their old values to match the new property
name.

HELP#  73
NAMING YOUR RECIPE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
INSIGHT uses the recipe name for a variety of purposes.

->Utility >Create MDT Material changes a material in the MDT to match the
 result of the current recipe calculation, this recipe name becomes the
 name of the new material.

->Print >Formula is used, INSIGHT titles the report with this name.

->File >Recipe >Save is used, INSIGHT needs a recipe name to save with the
 recipe information.

-The recipe window is titled with this name.

HELP#  75
SPECIFYING THE LOSS ON IGNITION
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
INSIGHT sometimes needs to know now much weight is lost when a recipe is
fired in a kiln. It is useful to be able to take this loss into account in
calculations, because, if part of a material is lost, this means that not as
many oxide molecules per unit of weight are being yielded as a calculation
suggests.

INSIGHT uses this L.O.I. figure to adjust the calculated formula weight,
dividing it by (100-LOI)/100. For example, if the LOI of Material A is 5%
and its calculated Formula Weight is 120, then the adjusted formula weight
would be 120/((100-5)/100) or 126.3. In summary then, this means that
because of the 5% loss in weight on firing, only 95% of the material is
actually sourcing the oxides needed. But if we use 126.3 weight units
instead of 120, then the full and correct calculated oxide yield will
result.

Note: You can also specify an LOI for a recipe by keying "LOI" at the name
field in the Edit Recipe Line dialog, and entering the percentage in the
following amount field.

HELP#  77
CALCULATE MENU
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Flux Unity
 Calculates a formula from the recipe, reflecting the unity as set up with
 >Setup >Calculation params >Flux unity. An "*" will be shown in front of
 each oxide participating in unity.

>Alumina Unity
 Calculates a formula from the recipe, reflecting the unity as set up with
 >Setup >Calculation params >Alumina unity. An "*" will be shown in front
 of each oxide participating in unity.

>Unity
 Calculates a formula from the recipe, reflecting the unity as set up with
 >Setup >Calculation params >Unity. An "*" will be shown in front
 of each oxide participating in unity. This option maintains compatibility
 with previous versions of INSIGHT, but will eventually be replaced by the
 above two items.

>No unity
 Produces the equivalent formula without any recalculation. This gives
 different formula totals for different recipe totals.

>Percent Analysis
 Displays information in a percent by weight format, as opposed to the
 molecule numbers displayed by the other options.

>Recipe Total
 Recalculates the current recipe to a new total which you specify.

>Increment Amount
 Sets up an increment value for use with the + key. This is used to nudge the
 value of a recipe material up to see its effect on a formula (normally used
 with AutoCalculate on).

>Decrement Amount
 As above, except the value is decremented.

To compare the formula with limits, you need a unity calculation. For
formula to batch recipe calculations, a specific number of molecules is
being sought, so a non-unity calculation is appropriate.

HELP#  79
SETTING THE UNITY
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This menu allows you to set up INSIGHT's unity sub-groups. Each is list of
true or false values, one per oxide, indicating membership or non-membership
in the particular unity oxide group.

"Unity" refers to the recalculation of a formula so that a particular sub
group of oxide molecules add up to 1. All other oxide amounts can there-
fore be compared to this group easily. To set membership in the group of
oxides, move the cursor to each and press <RETURN> to toggle membership. The
status of each oxide is indicated by a "" or ">" prefix character, the ""
sign indicating membership. Unused oxide records will display as >--, >Avail
or >Unused. Just ignore these.

Press <ESCAPE> when you are done.

HELP#  81
SELECT A RATIO EQUATION SUBGROUP TO WORK WITH
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This menu option allows you to set up INSIGHT's internal Ratio array. This
array is a list of alphabetic digits, one per oxide. Each digit is either
"T" for TOP, "B" for Bottom or "N" for Non-participant.

"Ratio" refers to the ratio calculation done every time a formula calcu-
lation is done. This ratio is shown in the formula window status area, and
shows the result of a division where the total number of molecules of the
>Top subgroup of oxides is divided by the total number of molecules of the
>Bottom subgroup. This option allows you to specify the >Top or >Bottom
group, after which further selection of individual oxides for membership is
done.

>Top presents a list of oxides and allow you to select ones for membership
 in the >Top subgroup.

>Bottom presents a list of oxides and allow you to select ones for
 membership in the >Bottom subgroup.

>Clear resets all oxides to a non-Participant status where they are not
 members of the other subgroups. Technically, they become members of the
 Non-participant subgroup.

The >Clear option must be used to assign any individual oxides as non-
participants when they currently belong to one of the above groups. The
other two groups must then be reassigned.

Press <ESCAPE> when you are done.

HELP#  83
CHANGING PRINTER SETUP SEQUENCES
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
INSIGHT sends a user defined series of ASCII characters to the printer before
each report. Each of the three report types has its own initiating sequence.

Typically, you would edit these to send your printer various control codes
to set it up for the print size and line density you want. You can mix normal
characters and ASCII control codes in these sequences, which means that
you can also include a title in the sequence. Consult your printer manual
for information on its control codes.

Normally, it is best to use a larger print size for standard recipe reports,
and smaller characters for detail recipe reports and MDT reports, since the
latter tend to be wider. Make sure to harmonize these settings with the
>Setup >Printer >Columns setting.

Consult the help screen while editing any of the sequences for information
on how to use them.

HELP#  85
SPECIFYING A DISK OPERATION
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
INSIGHT is asking if you wish to do a read/open or write/save file
operation.

>Open means that INSIGHT reads the information from the disk and brings it
 into memory. You will be asked for a file name.

>Save means that INSIGHT writes information from memory to the disk for a
 permanent record. A file name will be prompted.

If a fully qualified file name is entered (with a valid path), this adjusts
the current assumed path for subsequent operations on the same file type, as
shown on the status line.

HELP#  87
SPECIFYING A RECIPE DISK OPERATION
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
INSIGHT is asking what recipe file operation you wish to do.

>Open
 INSIGHT asks for a file name, then reads a recipe file from the disk
 and brings it into memory.

>Save
 Writes the current recipe to the disk.

>New
 Erases the current recipe and its associated formula in the formula window.

>Add Another
 Reads a recipe and combines it with the current one. A file name prompt
 follows. This will not proceed if no recipe is currently in the recipe
 window.

>Import
 Reads a text file and attempts to interpret and open it as a recipe. This
 feature will allow you to open a recipe in INSIGHT which has been exported
 from your word processor, spreadsheet or database program. The file should
 be setup with the recipe title on line 1, and succeeding lines should list
 material names and amounts. The amounts should be separated from the name
 by a tab or at least two spaces. The names should be the same as in
 INSIGHT's MDT, otherwise they will be assigned phantom status and will not
 participate in calculations. Experiment to see what works best with your
 word processor.

HELP#  89
SETTING PRINTER COLUMNS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The only printer control done by INSIGHT is the sending of the setup string
each time a report is done. This setup string is created with the >Setup
>Printer >Setup options. INSIGHT has no way of knowing how your printer is
configured, it assumes you know, so it is asking how many columns your
printer is setup to print. Most printers will print 10, 12 and 17 characters
per inch. They are put into a particular printing mode either by sending
control codes, (with >Setup >Printer >Setup options) or by setting DIP
switches which cause power up in a certain mode. The method you are using
does not concern INSIGHT, it just wants to know how many characters it can
expect to be able to print on one line on the printer so it can format wide
reports like MDT listings.

HELP#  91
Picking an Oxide to Supply
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This prompt is the second step in the supply oxide dialog series. This
series is used to supply each oxide in deriving a batch recipe from a
formula (the material and desired oxide were chosen in the last two steps).

INSIGHT assumes the current recipe material as the source for the needed
oxide, and this prompt lists all oxides provided by this material. Move to
the desired one and press <Return>.

HELP#  93
CHANGING THE STRUCTURE OF AN MDT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
To create a new MDT data file, the current one must be used as a starting
point. This menu allows you to change the basic structure parameters of an
MDT. Once these have been adjusted, save the file, and read it back into
memory and edit the individual data items.

>Columns refers to the number of basic oxides which the MD Table supports.
 All materials in the table are defined in terms of these oxides (see the
 data structure diagram in INSIGHT manual).

>Rows refers to the total number of materials which can fit into one MD
 Table. This total includes all definitions, plus any empty or unused
 records. The limit is shown on the introductory screen.

>Property name refers to the material level (i.e. cost) and oxide level
 (i.e. fusion temperature, expansion) properties which INSIGHT calculates
 along with each formula. You may change both names, however don't forget
 to edit property values with >Utility >Edit MDT material.

>Insert Column inserts a duplicate column in the MDT where you specify. It
 does this by shifting others to the right. It is therefore essential that
 the MDT have unused columns at the right for the shift. You may have to add
 some new ones using the >Columns option, save, then re-read, use >Insert as
 many times as needed, then save and read again.

HELP#  95
SETTING CALCULATION PARAMETERS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This menu allows changing the status of:

>Flux Unity Group
>Alumina Unity Group
>Unity Group

 These options enable you to select oxides for membership in three
 sub-groups. You can then use the appropriate >Calculate menu item to
 produce the desired unity formula. In each case, amounts for a group will
 be recalculated to total one and others adjusted to maintain correct
 relationships (the >Unity item is a compatibility choice, and will be
 replaced in time by the first two).

>Ratio Array

 This array is three part subset of the oxides, namely those which will
 comprise the top and bottom of the ratio division, and those which do not
 participate. The option enables you to setup membership for each of these
 subgroups.

>AutoCalc Status

 Normally, a "CALC" indicator in the lower right of the screen indicates
 that a calculation is necessary. This option allows you to make INSIGHT
 automatically calculate the current formula whenever appropriate.
 Auto-calculation repeats the type of calculation last done, whether it be
 >Flux unity, >Alumina unity, >Unity, >No unity or >Percent analysis. To
 change the default type, just select the desired item in the calculate
 menu and it will be repeated. An "AUTO" indicator in the lower right
 replaces the "CALC" when AutoCalc is set on.
 Note that this item begins with an "A" as does the above ">Alumina
 unity item, so you must move the cursor to it and press <Enter> instead of
 pressing the "A" key.

These settings will be preserved from session to session in the
configuration file.

HELP#  97
SPECIFYING THE NUMBER OF ROWS IN A NEW MDT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
When INSIGHT saves an MDT file, it saves a self-defined number of rows. This
item lets you change that setting. Since the whole MDT is kept in memory,
choose a figure which provides sufficient material records, yet does not
make wasteful use of memory, or produce a table which takes too long to
open. We suggest a maximum of 200 records and have arbitrarily set this as a
limit at this time.

Important Note:
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You cannot make use of new materials records in an expanded table unless
the MDT is written to disk now and INSIGHT is terminated and restarted with
the new MDT.

HELP#  99
THE EDIT MENU
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>Edit recipe line
 Edit lets you change the material and amount on the current highlighted
 line in the recipe window.

>Supply an oxide
 Allows you to supply an oxide in specific molecular amounts from a selected
 material to do formula to batch derivations.

>Name edit
 The recipe title appears atop the recipe window and occurs on recipe
 reports. It becomes the new name of any material when using >Utility
 >Create MDT material, and it will be saved with the rest of the recipe when
 it is written to disk.

>Text edit
 This item calls the INSIGHT text editor where you can make notes about
 the recipe. Use the arrow keys to move around and press Ctrl-W to write
 the information when complete, or Escape to abort changes. You can enter
 as many notes as you like. These are saved in a separate file in the same
 directory as the recipe file. It has the same name as the recipe
 file, but with a TXT extension. Thus you can edit recipe notes any time
 with any other text editor or word processor in text mode.

>Loss On Ignition
 Allows you to enter the percentage LOI for this recipe or analysis to
 represent the reduced oxide yield of materials that loose weight on
 firing when volatiles are burned away.

>Copy Line
 Copies the current recipe line to an internal INSIGHT clipboard variable.
 The line itself is not affected.

>Cut Line
 Cuts (removes) the current line and places it in the internal INSIGHT
 clipboard.

>Paste Line
 Replaces the current recipe line with the one stored in the INSIGHT
 clipboard.

>Insert Line
 Inserts a blank recipe line above the recipe line cursor.

>Delete Line
 Deletes the current recipe line.

HELP# 101
SPECIFYING THE NUMBER OF COLUMNS IN A NEW MDT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
An MD Table is basically a grid of columns and rows. The rows are the
individual materials, and the columns are the basic oxides from which those
materials are made.

The structure of this table is shown clearly in the INSIGHT manual. You
can specify 10-25 columns, and the table structure will be adjusted now.
Be careful not to make a table narrower, as any materials referencing lost
oxides will be invalidated.

HELP# 103
NAMING THE OXIDE LEVEL CALCULATED PROPERTY
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The oxide level calculated property (i.e. fusion point or expansion co-
efficient), is calculated in parallel with formula calculations. The
property values for each of the basic oxides are kept in the MDT files.
This data can be changed with >Utility >Edit MDT Material (Note that a
material level property is also maintained by the system).

INSIGHT calculates the oxide property using the additive principle, and
information on how this is done is available at the >Utility >Edit MDT
Material help screen, as this is the option where the value is set.

INSIGHT needs a name to attach to this property, in order to label its value
on all printouts. This change takes place immediately, but to preserve it,
be sure to save a copy of this MD Table. If you are changing the name of
the current property, it is assumed that you have, or will go through each
of the basic oxides and change their old values to match the new property
name.

HELP# 105
INSIGHT is providing an opportunity to abort this procedure and go back to
the main menu.

HELP# 107
SAVE THE ALTERED MDT FILE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Data which is part of the current MDT (Materials Definition Table) in memory
has been altered so that the disk copy is now out of date. This could have
been done with the >Utility >Edit MDT Material, >Utility >Create MDT
Material, >Unity or >Ratio setup commands. If you quit, these changes
will be lost. This menu gives you the opportunity to go back and save the
MDT before reading a new one.


HELP# 109
SAVING THE CHANGED RECIPE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The current recipe has been altered since the last time it was opened from
disk. This was done by >Editing materials, setting the LOI, >File >Recipe
>Adding another recipe or setting the name with >File >Recipe >Name.

The options here are:

>Save Changes saves the current recipe to the recipe file name shown
 on the status line. If you wish to save the current recipe to a new name,
 <ESCAPE> to the main menu now.

>Discard Changes continues without saving changes to the recipe file.

>Go Back to Main Menu aborts this operation.

Opening a new MDT table reloads the current recipe from diskette in order to
cross reference each material into the new MDT. For this reason, >File >MDT
>Open warns you to save the current recipe if changed.

HELP# 111
KEYING A FILE NAME
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
INSIGHT needs a name for the file you wish to open. You can key the name
only for files in the current directory (shown on line two of the dialog).
Key a complete legal DOS path name, or press F3 to bring up the File Window
for interactive file picking and path navigation.

HELP# 113
SPECIAL HELP TOPICS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Some general help topics do not fit under any specific menu (i.e. function
keys performing operations which do not have a menu equivalent), so these
have been put under a special area for your reference.

HELP# 115
USER INFORMATION SCREENS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This choice allows you to view selected pages of the USERHELP file. This
help source file is separate from the main HELP40.HLP file. The information
in these screens is meant to aid you in interpreting and making practical
use of the calculations done by INSIGHT. We have provided sample information
applicable to the glaze sciences, however, you are free to alter, or add new
information as you see fit.

For information on how to customize these user information screens, see
User Help Screen P.

HELP# 117
ACCESSING DISK FILES
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You can read and write three types of disk files with INSIGHT.

>M.D.T. refers to the Material Definition Table in memory, a database de-
 fining the oxide structure of all the materials available for calculation
 in recipes. These tables can be opened from disk, edited in memory and then
 saved back to disk.

>Recipe files store individual lists of materials which are cross referenced
 into the current MDT. These can be saved and recalled into the recipe
 window as needed, edited, then saved again. If a recipe file is named
 RECIPE.RCP, it is opened automatically at start-up.

>Configuration files allow you to define an operating environment, which
 controls the appearance, size and placement of windows on the screen, the
 appearance of printed information, default search paths etc. More than one
 such file can be in the INSIGHT directory.

HELP# 119
SETUP SEQUENCE FOR MDT REPORTS
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
INSIGHT sends this ASCII sequence before MDT reports. You can type any ASCII
characters and embed decimal ASCII code sequences within curly braces
separated with commas. Since these can be quite wide, it would be normal to
send an ASCII sequence to set a small character size.

For example, the following string:

   {27,64,15}

would reset an EPSON FX-80 and initiate 17 cpi.

This setting will be preserved from session to session in the configuration
file. Also, the embedding technique is new to this version of INSIGHT.

More on Embedding
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The embedding technique is new to this version of INSIGHT. Consult your
printer manual and locate its chart of control codes, usually in the
appendix. You will find codes to set its various character sizes, pitches
and styles. A chart should show the code in normal ASCII, hexadecimal and
decimal. To embed decimal ASCII sequences in the string, enclose them in
curly braces and separate with commas.

Example: The sequence to reset an EPSON FX80 is ESCAPE @, and to set it to
         12 characters per inch is ESCAPE M. The ASCII code for escape is
         27 decimal, "M" is 77, and "@" is 64. You could key either of the
         following:

         {27,64,27,77}
         {27}@{27}M

Note that you are free to key a title as part of the string. For example,
the following string:


         {18,27}G{14}This calculation done by John Smith{27}H

would set an EPSON FX80 to 12 CPI, then turn double strike on, then turn
one line expanded on, print the title and finally turn double strike off.

HELP# 127
This MDT is too large for the memory allocation scheme of this version to
accommodate.

HELP# 129
APPENDING TO OR CREATING A DISK FILE PRINTED REPORT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Whenever a printed report is routed to a disk file you have two options:

1) Add the report to the end of an existing file. This is handy where a
   report is being compiled which must show the formulas of many recipes on
   the same page. Usually, after a number of detail reports are appended to
   the same print file, it will be edited with a word processor to remove
   repetitive title lines etc. You can even produce a spreadsheet-like
   report with columns headed with oxide names and rows labeled with recipe
   names.

2) Create a new file with only the current printed report in it. This is the
   option most often used when you are not processing batches of recipes.

HELP# 131
CHOOSING A COLUMN FOR DISPLAY PRECISION ADJUSTMENT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
INSIGHT is ready to adjust the amount of precision with which it shows
numbers in any of the columns. First you must specify the column. Only
columns which display numeric values can be adjusted here.

Recipe Window Column 2 shows material amounts in the recipe;
Formula Window Column 2 shows the reference formula;
Formula Window Column 3 shows the calculated formula.

These settings will be preserved from session to session in the
configuration file.

Note that precision settings affect not only the way numbers are shown on
video displays, but the way they appear on printed reports. They do not,
however, affect the internal precision with which numbers are stored by
INSIGHT.

HELP# 133
SPECIFYING THE DIGITS OF PRECISION FOR A COLUMN
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You have already indicated which column number is to be precision-adjusted.
INSIGHT is waiting for you to change the current number of digits it should
display after the decimal point for numbers in that column.

Adjustments in precision here do not affect column width settings.
Indicating a higher value here (more precision), restricts the range of
numbers that can be displayed. You may need to increase column width to
accommodate some numbers, if precision is increased here.

A note about printed reports:  Since column width and precision settings
also affect the way printed reports are done, high precision and column
width values restricts the number of columns a printout can have. It is
wise to choose only enough precision to suit your needs, and therefore
maximize the number of columns attainable on printouts.

HELP# 135
SPECIFYING A RECIPE DISK OPERATION
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
INSIGHT is asking what recipe file operation you wish to do.

>Open means that INSIGHT asks for a file name, then reads a recipe file from
 the disk and brings it into memory.

>Save means that INSIGHT writes the current recipe to the disk for a
 permanent record.

>Close erases the current recipe and its associated formula in the formula
 window. The reference formula in this window remains unaffected. This
 is equivalent to the former >Reset >Recipe.

>Name permits you to change the name of the current recipe. This name occurs
 on all printouts of the current recipe. It becomes the new name of any
 material >Created in the current MD Table, and is saved to disk with the
 rest of the recipe.

HELP# 137
FILE NAMES
~~~~~~~~~~
The >Recipe, >MDT and >Configuration file save, as well as the >Print to
>File operation, require file names. Your DOS manual outlines the proper
way to specify a file name.  You are limited to eight characters, and note
that DOS does not accept certain keycodes. Do not include the following
characters in any filenames:

  ,       (comma)
  .       (period)
  "       (quotes)
  /       (slash)
  \       (backslash)
  [ and ]
  ; and :
  < and >
  |       (vertical bar)
  + and =
  * and ?
  blank or space

Every time a name is requested, the last one used for that type of file
operation becomes the default. The default directory will be shown. You can
key a valid path name with the file name for MDT, RCP and PRN files, and
this sets the default directory for future disk access.

Push the F3 key for the file window.
See Special Help Topics for information on working with directories and
the file window.

Use the >DOS >Call option at the main menu to drop into the DOS command
interpreter, where you can issue a DIR command to see what files are avail-
able.

HELP# 139
No help item available.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
HELP# 141
About screen.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~
HELP# 143
SPECIFYING A RECIPE FILE NAME TO COMBINE WITH THE CURRENT RECIPE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
INSIGHT can combine two recipes into one by adding a disk file recipe to the
one currently in the recipe window. Materials shared by both combine their
amounts in the new recipe, other materials are added at the end of the
current recipe. If no recipe currently resides in the recipe window, this
operation aborts.

The option provides a handy way to derive line blend recipes. If, for
example, you have mixed two glazes in a 2:1 ratio, key in each recipe and
adjust the total of the first to be twice that of the second, then use this
option to combine them into one recipe.

The F6 key at the main menu provides a list of all recipe files in the
current recipe directory.

HELP# 145
Choose >Cancel or press <Escape> to abort this operation.

HELP# 147
Choose >Cancel or press <Escape> to abort this operation.

HELP# 149
SAVING A CHANGED RECIPE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The current recipe has been altered since the last time it was opened from
disk. This was done by editing materials, setting the LOI, doing a recipe
combine or setting the name.

HELP# 153
SAVING CONFIGURATION TO DISK
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
INSIGHT saves configuration to disk automatically at shut down, so normally
you never need to think about it. However, the program does allow you to
specify a configuration file other than the default at start up by using the
-C command line parameter.

To operate with multiple configuration files, set up the windows and options
as desired for each, then use this item to save CNF files of different names.
Launch INSIGHT with each by typing:

  INSIGHT -Ccnffile

HELP# 157
NEW PAGE SEQENCE
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
INSIGHT sends this ASCII sequence to your printer when you use the >Print
>Pagefeed option. You can type any ASCII characters, and embed ASCII
sequences within braces.

Consult your printer manual and locate its chart of control codes, usually
in the appendix. You will find codes to set its various character sizes,
pitches and styles. A chart should show the code in normal ASCII,
hexadecimal and decimal.

To embed decimal ASCII sequences in the string, enclose them in curly braces
and separate with commas.

Example: The character code sequence to eject the page on an EPSON FX80 is
         12 decimal, so you would key to following:

         {12}

Note that you are free to key a title as part of the sequence and include
other control codes to reset the printer, set character size, etc. For
example:

         {12,27,64,14}Calculations by John Smith

would pagefeed, reset, turn on expanded print for one line on an EPSON FX80
and then print the title at the top of the page.

This setting will be preserved from session to session in the configuration
file. Note also that the embedding technique is new to this version of
INSIGHT.


HELP# 159
INSERTING A NEW COLUMN IN THE MDT
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
INSIGHT brings the entire MDT database into memory during operation to
provide maximum speed. This database is like a spreadsheet in that it loads
from disk with a predefined number of oxide columns and materials rows. The
>Columns choice in this menu lets you widen the table, however, you may like
to insert certain oxides somewhere in the middle to adhere to a preferred
ordering or grouping scheme.

To insert a new column, this item shifts columns in the table to the right.
The last column is lost. It is therefore important to make sure the last
column is vacant before executing this command. As shipped, it is not vacant.
You must first widen the table with the >Columns command, then use this to
insert.

Note that INSIGHT is shipped with vacant oxide columns in its standard MDT,
so you may be able to use these for oxides definitions you wish to add.

HELP# 161
FILE NAME DUPLICATION
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
You cannot use the same file name to save another MDT table. This option is
intended where an MFI recipe is to be saved for formula context transport to
another system running INSIGHT. INSIGHT prevents use of the same file name
as a precaution to avoid overwriting the current MDT table file and loosing
its contents.

HELP# 181

HELP# 187
FILE OVERWRITE DIALOG
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
The file name chosen for a >Save operation already exists in the indicated
or default directory. The options are:

>Yes, use the same name, and therefore replace the existing file.

>No, select another file name for subsequent name duplication checking;

>Cancel, and go to Main Menu, aborting this >Save operation.

Note: Selecting a file of the same name for the >Print to >File feature,
      initiates a dialog to either create a new file of the same name, or,
      append the new printout onto the end.

HELP# 189
This confirmation dialog provides an opportunity to cancel and return to
the main menu.

HELP# 191
SPECIFYING MEMBERS FOR THE >BOTTOM SUBGROUP OF THE RATIO EQUATION
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
This option sets up the Ratio array, a list of digits, one alphabetic digit
per oxide. This dialog defines a "B" digit for selected oxides, to indicate
their membership in the >Bottom subgroup of oxides for the Ratio Equation.

To set membership, move the cursor to selected oxides and press <RETURN>.
The status of each oxide is indicated by a "" or ">" prefix character,
the "" sign indicating membership. Unused oxide records will display as >--,
>Avail or >Unused. Just ignore these.

If any oxide must have a Non-participant status, move back to the last menu,
>Clear all and then reassign >Top and >Bottom members.

Press <ESCAPE> when you are done.

HELP# 193
SPECIFYING MEMBERS FOR THE >TOP SUBGROUP OF THE RATIO EQUATION
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This menu option allows you to set membership for the >Top subgroup in the
Ratio Array. See the help screen for >Bottom for more info.

HELP# 999
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