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BrunLiJord

BrunWord Elite £55

Mos t word processors, including BrunWord 6128, are

able to drive both daisy wheel and dot matrix

printers. This creates the need for a style of printer

control that is acceptable to two very different

types of printers. BrunWord Elite does not have this

restriction as it is speciﬁcally written to be used

only with dot matrix printers. This gives it a unique

advantage over other word processors and as a

result it is able to provide much more advanced

printer control. This is taken even further, as

BrunWord Elite is supplied with an kJ Bit Printer

Status Port which allows the programme to

continuously monitor the status of the printer, (and

provides the missing Eith bit for the original

CPC6128). This enables the programme to respond

in a more sophisticated way than normally possible,

It will wait for ON LINE or (ESC) if the printer is

initially OFF or OUT OF PAPER but automatically

returns to the editor it the printer is turned OFF.

24 Pin Fonts

Before we designed the fonts for BrunWord Elite,

we studied several good magazines, Fineline and

ainetype are our variations of the two styles

commonly used. Fineline is supplied in 3 sizes and

F-'inet y pe in 2 sizes. To these we added a display

font in computer style and a straightforward 'Heavy'

font. Altogether there are 7 fonts supplied, 4 are

full 24 pin, 2 are middle size 21 pin and one is a

small size 16 pin foot.

BrunWord Elite Features

Bru n Wo rd Elite h a s a ll th e fe a tu re s a n d sp e e d a Bru n Wo rd

6128 and Bru n Sp e ll, p lu s:-

*print I n co lu m n s * Sp e cify p a g e la yo u t * U se sp e cia l h ig h

quality p ro p o rtio n a l fo n ts * U se a d va n ce d m icro ju stiﬁca tio n

with p ro p o rtio n a l te xt * Se t p rin te r m a rg in s in d e p e n d e n tly

*Move p rin t h e a d u p o r d o wn p a p e r, sp e ciﬁe d in in ch e s fro m

top * Se t m icro lin e sp a cin g with in te xt * Prin t lin e o r b o x b y

spe cifying size a n d lin e th ickn e ss * List a b so lu te T ABS with

Proportiona l te xt * D o wn lo a d a tile d ire ctly fro m d isc d u rin g

printing. * C a n b e su p p lie d with in fo -Scrip t fo r d a ta m e rg in g .

Headline

Headline is a print enhancement utility for use with

low cost 9 pin printers. It enables virtually all the

features of BrunWord Elite, including the 24 pin

fonts, to be used with any 9 pin Epson compatible

printer with quadruple graphics (that's all well

known modern 9 pin printers). Features include

micro justiﬁcation of proportional text, single,

double or eight times height and I to 9 times width.

9 Pin Elite

The Elite system tor 9 pin printers

consists of BrunWord Elite, BrunSpell,

Headline, 8 bit printer status port and 7

'type setting' fonts (fonts are 24 pin in

size but only for 9 pin printers). Total

price /55.00 inclusive.

9 Pin Elite+Into

The Elite system as above but including

Info-Script and ,

BrunWord 6128 BO

Info-Script £50

BrurWord 6128 is a complete word processing

package with word processor, spelling checker and

ca*d ﬁling programme. BrunWord 61213 out performs

all other word processors for the CPC6128. It has

its own high speed screen routine, giving it a very

fast screen response and the editor features are

logically arranged to be easy to learn. The spelling

checker, with its dictionary, load into memory at

the same time as the word processor, making

access very convenient and exceptionally fast. It is

Into

and includes all the 4

eatures

BrunSpell• The word processor and database can be

resident together giving the speed and convenience

of access to both programmes with no disc delays.

Database Features

•Very fa st (e .g . ta ke s 1 se co n d to se a rch 2 0 0 0

addresses fo r su rn a m e 'Sm ith ', in itia l 'EV). * Sp e ciﬁ c

ﬁeld search and/or progressive general search.

*instant sort on any ﬁeld, alphabetical, numerical, date

or re ve rse o rd e r (ta ke s n o tim e a s th e d a ta d o e s n o t

move). * 3 se ts o f u se r d e ﬁn e d h e a d in g s to r e a ch ﬁ le .

*4 markers for Instant selection, plus one terepo.rary

marker. * M a rke rs ca n b e cle a re d o r in ve rte d a n d a n y

pair can be added (allows complex searches to be

quickly a n d e a sily p 4 rto rrn e d ). * N o se ttin g u p o f ﬁ e ld

type o r le n g th . * Efﬁcie n t sto ra g e . * R e la tio n a l re co rd s,

Pa re nts, So n s a n d D a u g h te rs. * Sim p le ﬁ e ld to ﬁ e ld

arithmetic with ru n n in g to te :. * D ire ct d a ta m e rg in g in to

BrunWord. 'Easy direct label printing, 1 across, 2

across, left of 2 or right of 2. *Single or multi-step.

Brun Word Features

80 o r 1 2 8 COlunin d isp la y. * T o u ch typ in g sp e e d o ve r 2 0 0

words/min. * T ru e in se rt o r o ve rwrite . * Ju stify o r u n ju stity

paragraph o r wh o le te xt. * Ju stiﬁ e d te xt h a s b a la n ce d

appearance. * I n sta n t wo rd wra p , * Blo ck sa ve , m o ve , co p y,

in se rt a n d d e le te . * L o ca l e d itin g with wo rd d e le te / u n d e le te .

*Adjustable m a rg in s a n d T ABs. '

di spl ay

with ﬁle n a m e . * T ru e wo rd co u n t, * F in d and re p la ce . * H e lp

menus. e lite rn o ry ﬁlin g syste m . * Sin g le ch a ra cte r e m b e d d e d

printer co m m a n d s (1 8 with 3 co d e s a n d 2 1 with 1 0 co d e s).

-.Page th ro w m a rke rs, * M u ltip le co p ie s. * Od d / e ve n p a g e

headers/footers with p a g e n u m b e rs. * M u lti ﬁ le p rin tin g

(new p a g e o r co n tin u o u s). * Prin t sp e ciﬁe d p a g e s. * Wo rks

with a n y p rin te r. * T ru e d isp la y su p e rscrip t a n d su b scrip t

num ber s. *User deﬁned print characters, 'Load/Save ASCII

ﬁles fro m / to o th e r wo re p ro ce sso rs. * F ile s ca n b e

encrypted. * M a xim u m ﬁle size a b o u t 9 p a g e s o f te xt.

BrunSpell Features

'M e mory re sid e n t. * C h e cks 4 , 0 0 0 wo rd s/ m in ..3 0 , 0 0 0 wo rd

dictionary. * N o Am e rica n sp e llin g s. * Ad d u p to 5 , 0 0 0 o f

your o wn wo rd s. 'I n sta n t lo o ku p . * H e lp s to ﬁn d co rre ct

spe lling, * Au to m a tic co rre ctio n .

DataFile Features

cAlpha be tica l, n u m e rica l, d a te so rtin g . * U se r d e ﬁn e d

headings. •Se a rch ro u tin e . * D a ta m e rg in g . * L a b e l p rin tin g .

Free Booklet

Data Merging Features

*Simple in te llig e n t syste m , 8 .N &D co n stru ct fu ll

nam e, full address and date. •41 8.2 etc specify

in d ivid u a l ﬁ e ld s. * in se rt o r ﬁ xe d fo rm a t m e rg in g .

*Automatic ju stify a fte r m e rg in g . * Sin g le ste p (se e

before p rin tin g ) o r m u lti-ste p . •Sto p a n y tim e , g o to

word p ro ce sso r, re sta rt sa m e p la ce . * M e rg e d a ta fro m

se ve ra l re co rd s to r su m m e ry, in vo ice , p u rch a se o rd e r

etc. * Sim p le a rith m e tic. * R u n n in g to ta l. * R u n n in g VAT

total. 'C o n d itio n a l lo a d in g . * C o rd itio n a l

Repeat p a tte rn s.

Quotes

'It may seem that I have just written a very long

advert for BrunWord 6129 but haven't, I'm just so

irnpressed• (Phi Craven, ACU Feb 90, page 25.

'One such is Peter Brurring's BrunWord 6128 which

is without doubt in my minct the most powerful and

friendly word processor available for the 6128

today, with the possible exception of.... BrunWord

Hit er (David Dorn, ACU July 90, page 43).

Our 16 page free booklet explains all about our

pr ogr am m es. No need to write a letter, just Send a

iarge (A4 size) SAE to 'BrunWord & Printer',

Brunn;ng Software, at the address below.

Comparisons

We h a ve te ste d Oru n Wo rd 6 1 2 8 , Pro te ct a n d

Tesivord 6128 with th e sa m e ﬁle o f 3 3 6 8 wo rd s.

The ﬁ rst te st wa s to co m p a re th e scro llin g

speed of the screen, using line by line scrolling.

This is a vital performance test as the CPC6128

tends to be n a tu ra lly slo w a t th is ta sk. Bru n Wo rd

scrolle d 4 0 % ta ste r th a n Pro te ct wh ich in tu rn

scrolle d 1 9 1 fa ste r th a n T a swo rd .

Prote xt wa s th e fa ste st to ju stify b u t u se d a

•imple process that added spaces at the centre

of each line, giving the middle of the text a

bulging a p p e a ra n ce . I t d id n o t d isp la y a s it we n t

along a n d so n e e d e d a se p a ra te o p e ra tio n to se e

the re su lt. Bru n Wo rd d isp la ye d a s it Ju stiﬁe d a n d

pr oduced the best appearance of ail thriee.

erunWord was 30 times faster than Tesword.

Our simulated typing test achieved 218 words

per minute, Both BrunWord and Pretext had no

trouble a t th is sp e e d b u t T a swo rd wa s ve ry slo w

in se rtin g te xt in to th e sta rt o f a p a ra g ra p h a n d

could o n ly h a n d le 16 wo rd s p e r m in u te .

The spelling test checked all 3366 words.

Bru n Sp e ll to o k 5 2 se co n d s a n d n e e d e d n o d isc

cha nge s. Pro sp e ll to o k 6 m in 2 4 se c a n d n e e d e d

8 disc changes. Taspell took 18 min 46 sec and

needed 3 d isc ch a n g e s.

How They Compare

Protext Disc

& Prospell

BrunWord 6128

& BrunSpes

Tasword 6128

il Taspell

218 wim

218 wirn

16 w/m

150 Wm

218 w/ m

218 wirn

Typing in to 2 4 1 wo rd p a ra g ra p h

Typing into start of text

2 min 2 sec

I min 27 sec

2 min 25 sec

Scroll to end, line by line

1 se c

0.2 se t

34 se c

Justify paragraph of 241 words

Change a p p e a ra n ce to fo rm a t

end Ap p e a ra n ce to F o rm a l

17 sec

53 se c

price /92.00 inclusive.

24 Pin Elite-ﬁn

52 sec

31383 ix im

None

IS m in 4 6 se c

179 iv/m

6 M in 2 4 se c

526 w/m

Spelling check 3366 words

Ave ra g e sp e e d

Disc changes

I sec

0•5 se c

BrunWord Elite, BrunSpell, Info-Script,

back up disc, 8 bit status port and 7

'type setting' fonts for downloading to a

24 pin printer, Total price E90.00 inc.

12 se c

Not p o ssib le

Spelling help 'NEUSS?'

Spe lling che ck wo rd a t cu rso r

Not p o ssib le

40 or 80

Not sh o wn

80 only

Shown

40, 8 0 , I 2 8

Shown

,Screen fo rm a l - co lu m n s

IPage b o u n d a rie s

BrunWord 6128 with BrunSpell & DataFile... £30.00

Info-Script with BrunWord 8128 & BrunSpell.. /50.00

Send cheoue/PO/Access number/Visa number to:

/55.00

9 Pin BrunWord Elite

/92.00

9 Pin BrunWord Elite with Info-Script

Brunning Software

34 Helston Road,

Chelmsford, Essex, CM1 5JF 121 =

Telephone (0245) 252854 (24 Hours)

E90.00

24 Pin BrunWord Elite with Info-Script

/15.00

100 Letters (needs Info-Script)

Supplied on 3in Disc for CPC6128 or CPC6128 Plus.

You must state which computer.

All prices are inclusive for LC Overseas orders sent

insured air mail - Europe add /2.50 : Rest add /7_50

User November 1990

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