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[[File:Paper actions.png|frame|right|Write on it!]]
[[File:Paper actions.png|frame|right|Write on it!]]


Letters, manifests and documents can be printed from a [[General Objects#Printer|printer]] however, this guide is about formatting handwritten text. For start, you will need a pen and paper.
Letters, manifests and documents can be printed from a [[General Objects#Printer|printer]]; however, this guide is about formatting handwritten text. For starters, you will need a pen and paper.
With these items, you can write letters and give them to your friendly station [[Mail Courier]](s) to deliver, engage in paper snowball fights while in interrogation, and create some fancy and bureaucratic forms while in [[Head of Personnel|positions of authority]].
 
If you're feeling bureaucratic, you can find some ideas for how to make any department's mission more official and contrived by viewing the [[Paperwork|paperwork page]]


==Writing Surfaces==
==Writing Surfaces==


[[General_Objects#Paper|Paper]] is most often found in [[General_Objects#Paper_Bin|Paper Bins]] located in most workplaces.
[[General_Objects#Paper|Paper]] is most often found in [[General_Objects#Paper_Bin|Paper Bins]], located in most workplaces.


You can:
You can:
* ''Examine'' the Paper to read it from any distance
* ''Examine'' the Paper to read it from any distance
* Write on with a [[Guide to writing#Writing Tools|Writing Tool]]
* Write on it with a [[Guide to writing#Writing Tools|Writing Tool]]
* [[Guide to writing#Stamps|Stamp]] it
* [[Guide to writing#Stamps|Stamp]] it
* Fold it
* Fold it into a ball, plane, hat, or cigarette packet. It can be unfolded, and the writing will still be legible, allowing for things like sending insults via paper plane.
* Change the item name from 'paper' to any other name with a [[General Objects#Hand Labeler|Hand Labeler]]
* Change the item name from 'paper' to any other name with a [[Science_Objects#Clipboard|clipboard]]
* Make a booklet with multiple sheets using a [[General Objects#Stapler|stapler]]
* Copy it with a [[General Objects#Photocopier|photocopier]]
* Store it in a [[General Objects#Folder|folder]]
* Put it in a [[General Objects#Filing Cabinet|filing cabinet]]


==Writing Tools==
==Writing Tools==
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==Syntax==
==Syntax==


You can markup text to display it is a special way.
You can markup text to display it in a special way.


{| class="mw-collapsible wikitable "
{| class="mw-collapsible wikitable "
! Name !! Syntax !! Result
! Name !! Syntax !! Result
|-id="Huge header"
|-id="Huge header"
| Huge header || <code>[h1]Huge Header[/h1]</code> || [[File:Writing header one.png]]
| Huge header || <code># Huge Header</code> || [[File:Writing header one.png]]
|-id="Large header"
|-id="Large header"
| Large header || <code>[h2]Large Header[/h2]</code> || [[File:Writing header two.png]]
| Large header || <code>## Large Header</code> || [[File:Writing header two.png]]
|-id="Medium header"
|-id="Medium header"
| Medium header || <code>[h3]Medium Header[/h3]</code> || [[File:Writing header three.png]]
| Medium header || <code>### Medium Header</code> || [[File:Writing header three.png]]
|-id="Small header"
|-id="Small header"
| Small header || <code>[h4]Small Header[/h4]</code> || [[File:Writing header four.png]]
| Small header || <code>#### Small Header</code> || [[File:Writing header four.png]]
|-id="Bold"
|-id="Bold"
| Bold || <code>[b]Bold[/b]</code> || [[File:Writing bold.png]]
| Bold || <code>**Bold** or __Bold__</code> || [[File:Writing bold.png]]
|-id="Italic"
|-id="Italic"
| Italic || <code>[i]Italic[/i]</code> || [[File:Writing italic.png]]
| Italic || <code>*Italic* or _Italic_</code> || [[File:Writing italic.png]]
|-id="Underline"
|-id="Underline"
| Underline || <code>[u]Underline[/u]</code> || [[File:Writing underline.png]]
| Underline || <code><nowiki><u>Underline</u></nowiki></code> || [[File:Writing underline.png]]
|-id="Superscript"
| Superscript || <code>Text[sup]Superscript[/sup]</code> || [[File:Writing superscript.png]]
|-id="Block quote"
|-id="Block quote"
| Block quote || <code>[bq]Block Quote[/bq]</code> || [[File:Writing block quote.png]]
| Block quote || <code>> Block Quote</code> || [[File:Writing block quote.png]]
|-id="Unordered list"
|-id="Unordered list"
| Unordered list || <code>Unordered list:[ul][li]List Item A[/li][li]List Item B[/li][/ul]</code> || [[File:Writing unordered list.png]]
| Unordered list || <code>Unordered list:<br>* List Item A<br>* List Item B</code> || [[File:Writing unordered list.png]]
|-id="Center text"
|-id="Center text"
| Center text || <code>[center]Centered[/center]</code> || [[File:Writing centered.png]]
| Center text || <code><nowiki><center>Centered</center></nowiki></code> || [[File:Writing centered.png]]
|-id="Horizontal rule"
|-id="Horizontal rule"
| Horizontal rule || <code>[hr]</code> || [[File:Writing horizontal rule.png]]
| Horizontal rule || <code>___</code> || [[File:Writing horizontal rule.png]]
|-id="Signature"
|-id="Signature"
| Signature || <code>[sign] or [signature]</code> || [[File:Writing signature.png]]
| Signature || <code>%s</code> || [[File:Writing signature.png]]
|- id="Field"
|- id="Field"
| Field || <code>____ </code> || [[File:Writing fill later.png]]
| Field || <code>[_____]</code> || [[File:Writing fill later.png]]
|}
|}


{{Department Guides}}
{{Department Guides}}

Latest revision as of 02:52, 13 January 2024

Write on it!

Letters, manifests and documents can be printed from a printer; however, this guide is about formatting handwritten text. For starters, you will need a pen and paper. With these items, you can write letters and give them to your friendly station Mail Courier(s) to deliver, engage in paper snowball fights while in interrogation, and create some fancy and bureaucratic forms while in positions of authority.

If you're feeling bureaucratic, you can find some ideas for how to make any department's mission more official and contrived by viewing the paperwork page

Writing Surfaces

Paper is most often found in Paper Bins, located in most workplaces.

You can:

  • Examine the Paper to read it from any distance
  • Write on it with a Writing Tool
  • Stamp it
  • Fold it into a ball, plane, hat, or cigarette packet. It can be unfolded, and the writing will still be legible, allowing for things like sending insults via paper plane.
  • Change the item name from 'paper' to any other name with a clipboard
  • Make a booklet with multiple sheets using a stapler
  • Copy it with a photocopier
  • Store it in a folder
  • Put it in a filing cabinet

Writing Tools

Different writing tools produce different kinds of fonts. Each tool comes in a variety of colors.

Tool Image Font
Pen
PenNew.png
 Writing header one.png
Fancy Pen
Fancy pen.png
 Writing fancy pen header one.png
Pencil
Pencil.png
 Writing pencil header one.png
Marker
MarkerRed.png
 Writing blue marker header one.png
Crayon
Crayons.gif
 Writing violet blue crayon header one.png

Stamps

Each Head of Staff and the Clown have a special Rubber Stamp in their Office. There are generic Rubber Stamps in many parts of the station.

Configure the Rubber Stamp by clicking on it in your hand. Click on a Field or the Paper itself to create or append a stamp.

Configuration Stamp
Approved Stamp captain approved.png
Rejected Stamp captain rejected.png
Void Stamp void.png
X Stamp X.png
Current Time Stamp shift time.png

Syntax

You can markup text to display it in a special way.

Name Syntax Result
Huge header # Huge Header Writing header one.png
Large header ## Large Header Writing header two.png
Medium header ### Medium Header Writing header three.png
Small header #### Small Header Writing header four.png
Bold **Bold** or __Bold__ Writing bold.png
Italic *Italic* or _Italic_ Writing italic.png
Underline <u>Underline</u> Writing underline.png
Block quote > Block Quote Writing block quote.png
Unordered list Unordered list:
* List Item A
* List Item B		 Writing unordered list.png
Center text <center>Centered</center> Writing centered.png
Horizontal rule ___ Writing horizontal rule.png
Signature %s Writing signature.png
Field [_____] Writing fill later.png


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