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PRINTING AN OUTLINE
Next let’s try printing an outline. As you recall, print-
ing is one of the functions of ThinkTank’s PORT command.
Before you start the process, there are two preliminaries:
1. The position of the bar cursor determines what part
of an outline will be ported. To print the whole
outline, move the bar cursor to the summit. In this
case, move it to PRODUCT CONCEPT in the PRODUCT
PLAN.
2. Your printer must be ready —— connected and turned
on —— when ThinkTank sends the outline to it.
There’s no way for ThinkTank to warn you or continue
if it’s not ready.
Now you are ready to print your outline. Press “PPFN”
for PORT/PRINTER/FORMATTED (don’t review the format settings
this time). Then press the space bar to begin printing. You
will see your outline “scroll” through a window on the screen
as ThinkTank prints it. If you have any trouble, you can
ESCAPE at any time during printing. You may wish to look at
the formatting options, which are listed under FORMATTED in
the reference guide, to see how they are reflected in the
printed outline. ThinkTank will signal you when the job is
done.
CREATING A NEW OUTLINE
The last task of this tutorial is to create a new outline
on a new disk. Before doing so, restore this one to its
original condition (Figure 3—1) again. First, with the bar
cursor on the (now empty) copy of ADDING AND EDITING, type
“/DO” to DELETE it; it will take quite a while. Then DELETE
the original ADDING AND EDITING. Finish the process of
restoring the outline as described in Chapter 3.
You will need a formatted disk to store your new outline
(see Appendix C for instructions).
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