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        TESTING THE COLOR CODES
        Type the following next to the A> Prompt, like this:

                W           <Press Enter key.>

        The monitor screen will show a white-lettered prompt.
        Now, type in BB for blue background, like this:

                BB           <Press Enter key.>

        The screen color will turn blue.
        You should have white letters on a blue background.
          Type these two colors:

                Y RB        <Press Enter key>

        For yellow letters on a red background.
                        
        Try other combinations. Either color can be first.
        You have 64 possible color combinations. Try various
        combinations and select the ones you like.

        SOME GOOD COLOR COMBINATIONS ARE:

          W BB   (White letters on blue screen)
          Y RB   (Yellow on red background)
          W YB   (White on yellow background)
                                                   
        NOTE: The yellow background color on some Monitors may
        not give a true yellow background color. It may look more of
        a reddish-brown.
                                                             

        MAKING A PRINT-OUT COPY OF YOUR MENU
        If you would like a print-out copy of your Menu use the
        "Type" command and add the "Prn" for print. For example, to
        make a copy of the Menu 2L you would type the following next
        to the A> Prompt, like this:

                Type 2L.Bat >Prn       <Press Enter key.>

        Your printer will make you a copy of Menu 2L showing the
        one and two -lettered codes.

        USING THE COLOR CODES
        Adding background color first, gives better contrast
        between letters and background.
        Start with the background color, then add the different colors
        for the letters: for example, start by using a Red background,
        like this:

                RB          <Press Enter key.>

        The screen will turn red.



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        Now start to type in different colors for the letters,
        like this:

                B           <Press Enter key.>
        
        You should now see the A> Prompt turn Blue.
        Try this one:

                BLB       <Press Enter key.>

        Screen turns black. Now, add yellow letters.

                Y           <Press Enter key.>

        The screen displays yellow letters on a black background.


        ANOTHER EXAMPLE
        Type Dir and press Enter key. When the directory appears
        on the screen all of the lettering will be yellow and
        the background will be black.

        HERE'S MORE!
        If you use the same color for the background and the lettering,
        the color of the Prompt may not be visible.
                            
        The best way to make the background and foreground
        colors blend is to clear the screen with the CLS command
        or your OFF command, so that you will have a black
        and white monitor. Enter the background first, and then
        add the letters. With most monitors, the blend is perfect
        and no Prompt is visible.

        The Off command is in a Batch File that
        is written like this:

                Copy Con Off.Bat
                Prompt $e[0m $p$g
                Cls
                Press F6 key, the press Enter key.
              
        If you can't find your A> Prompt, use your Off command
        to clear the screen.
        The screen should be cleared with the Off command after
        each combination.

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               Press Esc Key and return to Menu.
               Select Chapter 5 "Keyboard Macros".






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