subject: KEYSTROKES OVERVIEW discussion: All special keystrokes which PC-Type II will recognize are discussed in this section. Except for the first group of keystrokes in the section (Moving Around in a Text File), they are all discussed elsewhere in this manual, (generally in more detail), and are presented together here for convenience. The keystrokes have been grouped together where their functions seem to complement one another. The groupings are: (1) MOVING AROUND IN A TEXT FILE Up, Down, Left, Right, Ctrl Up, Ctrl Down, Ctrl Left, Ctrl Right, Home, End, PgUp, PgDn, Ctrl Home, Ctrl End, Ctrl PgUp, Ctrl PgDn Tab Shift, Tab, (2) FUNCTION KEYS F1, Shift F1, Ctrl F1, F2, F3, F4, F5, F6, F7, Ctrl F7, F8, F9, Shift F9, Ctrl F9, F10, Ctrl Break (3) TOGGLE KEYSTROKES Esc, Ins, Ctrl Ins, Ctrl E, Ctrl N, Ctrl W, Ctrl X (4) LINE MODIFIERS Del, Backspace, Ctrl \, Ctrl J, Tab (5) OTHER IMPORTANT KEYSTROKES Tab, Ctrl A, Ctrl I, Ctrl P, Ctrl W (6) KEYSTROKES for MACROS Alt Y, Ctrl Y, Alt A - Alt Z, Ctrl F7, Ctrl K (7) ENTER KEY Enter (8) BOOKMARKS and Cross Hairs Alt 1, Alt 2, Alt 3, Alt 4, Ctrl Q, Alt + (9) HIGHLIGHTING Ctrl B, Ctrl L, Ctrl S, Ctrl U, Ctrl V (10) HIGHLIGHT OPERATION KEYSTROKES Ctrl C, Ctrl D, Ctrl F, Ctrl M, Ctrl R (11) MISCELLANEOUS KEYSTROKES Ctrl T, Ctrl @, Ctrl ^, Ctrl _ Ctrl ., Ctrl Spacebar 54 subject: MOVING AROUND IN A TEXT FILE discussion: In the definitions below, the cursor is assumed to be in the text area and the file being edited to be longer than the number of lines shown on the screen. arrow keys: Up and Down move the cursor one line up or down. The screen will scroll down one line if you press Up at the top of the screen, or scroll up one line if you press Down at the bottom of the screen. (You cannot move outside the "Start" or "End" lines of a file.) Left and Right move the cursor one character left or right. Pressing Left or Right with the cursor at the left or right margin causes the cursor to go to the end of the previous or the beginning of the next line. Home key: The cursor moves to the left margin (or to the indent margin) of the current line. End key: The cursor moves one position beyond the last character in the line. PgUp key: The cursor moves toward the beginning of the file. The line that was at the top of the text area will be moved to the bottom of the text area. (Equivalent to the "Up one screen" option in the Jump menu). PgDn key: The cursor moves toward the end of the file. The line that was at the bottom of the text area will be moved to the top of the text area. (Equivalent to the "Down one screen" option in the Jump menu.) Ctrl Home key: The cursor moves to the left margin of the top line on the screen. (Equivalent to the "Top of screen" option in the Jump menu.) Ctrl End key: The cursor moves to the left margin of the bottom line on the screen. (Equivalent to the "Bottom of screen" option in the Jump menu.) Ctrl PgUp key: The cursor moves to the left margin of the first line of the file. (Equivalent to the "Top of file" option in the Jump menu.) Ctrl PgDn key: The cursor moves to the left margin of the last line of the file. (Equivalent to the "Bottom of file" option in the Jump menu.) Tab key: The cursor moves to the next tab or margin. (This assumes that the Tab Character Insert toggle is OFF). Shift Tab key: The cursor moves to the previous tab or margin. 55 Ctrl Up: The cursor moves to line one of previous paragraph. Ctrl Down: The cursor moves to line one of next paragraph. Ctrl Left: The cursor moves to first character of previous word. Ctrl Right: The cursor moves to first character of next word. 56 subject: FUNCTION KEYS discussion: Function keys have been selected to provide you with the functions most commonly used when editing a file. Common function keys are displayed in the default message shown at the bottom of your screen. Unless noted, the following discussion assumes your cursor is on the Command Line or in the Text Area of a file. F1 - Help: Press F1 for help at any time. When you do, a Help window appears containing information pertaining to the operation you are currently performing, e.g., sorting, defining escape characters, etc. The Help screen may be removed by pressing the Esc key. When you are in the text area, the Help screen is actually a series of screens which describe most of the PC-Type II features. You may move from screen to screen in this group by pressing the PgUp or PgDn key. F2 - Menu: F2 displays the Main PC-Type II Menu, (referred to as the "Main Menu" in this text). From the Main Menu, you may move through a series of menus to perform nearly every operation available within PC-Type II. F3 - Markers: F3 displays the Print Marker Menu. From this menu you may add or remove print markers in your text. A print marker is a "flag" which specifies that a special printer operation, such as underlining, is to be turned on or off. (Equivalent to selecting the "(M)arkers for print" option in the Other Functions menu reached by pressing O from the Main Menu.) F4 - Quit: Quits the file being edited without saving it to disk. If the file has been modified, you will be asked if you really want to quit in case F4 is pressed accidentally. If only one file is currently loaded into PC-Type II, you will be returned to DOS. If more than one file is active, then you will be returned to PC-Type II with a different active file. (Equivalent to selecting the "e(X)it only" option in the Filing Options menu reached by pressing Q from the Main menu. F5 - Delete: With the cursor in the text area, F5 deletes the line in which the cursor is located. (You can get the line back with the Whoops key, Ctrl W.) F5 is Equivalent to the "(D)elete line" option in the Line Functions menu reached by pressing L from the Main Menu. F6 - Erase: Erases the character under the cursor and all characters on the line to the right of the cursor. In the Command Line, it operates on the characters in the Command Line. (Equivalent to selecting the "(E)rase to end of line" option in the Line Functions menu reached by pressing L from the Main Menu. 57 F7 - Highlight: Activates the Highlight menu. From this menu you may highlight words, sentences, paragraphs, etc. Highlighting an area implies that you will be performing an operation on the area highlighted, e.g., moving, copying, sorting, etc. (Equivalent to selecting the "(H)ighlight" option in the Main Menu.) F8 - Operate: Activates the Highlight Options menu. All operations which may be performed on a highlighted area may be initiated from this menu. (Equivalent to selecting "(A)rea options" in the Main Menu.) F9 - Save: Saves (and exits) the file being edited. You may change the file specification before saving. If only one file is loaded into PC-Type II, you will be returned to DOS when the file is saved. If more than one file is active, you will be returned to PC-Type II with a different active file. (Equivalent to the "(F)ile" option in the Filing Options menu reached by pressing Q from the Main Menu. Shift F9: Like F9, Shift F9 saves the active file to disk. Unlike F9, however, the file is not removed from memory. After the file is saved, you are returned to the same file to continue editing. (Equivalent to the "(S)ave file" option in the Filing Options menu reached by pressing Q from the Main Menu.) Ctrl F9: Like Shift F9 except that only that portion of the active file which is highlighted will be saved to disk. (Equivalent to the "(H)ighlight save" option in the Filing Options menu reached by pressing Q from the Main Menu.) F10 - Exec: Performs the command currently located on the Command Line, even if you are in the text area. If you are on the Command Line, F10 first moves to the text area and then begins the command. This is a particularly useful function key for keystroke macros. Shift F1: Shift F1 and Ctrl F1 are only useful if you have more Ctrl F1: than one file loaded at a time. Shift F1 will place the next file in the text area, and Ctrl F1 will place the previous file in the text area. Ctrl F7: Terminates a keystroke macro which is in progress. Ctrl Break: While this stroke is not a function key, it performs a similar function to F4. If you press Ctrl Break, you will be returned to DOS regardless of how many files are currently active within PC-Type II. (Of course you will be asked first if that is what you really want to do.) (Equivalent to the "(A)ll quit" option in the Filing Options menu reached by pressing Q from the Main Menu.) 58 subject: TOGGLE KEYSTROKES Esc key: The principal function of the Esc key is to move the cursor from the text area to the Command Line and vice versa. However, the Esc key is a very busy key in PC-Type II, for it also will terminate almost any process in progress. For example, if you are in the middle of defining a sort key, by pressing Esc the sort definition process will be terminated. Esc also exits all menus. Ins key: The Ins key toggles PC-Type II between Insert and Overwrite mode. When Insert mode is active, the cursor will appear as a square. When overwrite mode is active, the cursor will appear as a line. When PC-Type II is in Insert mode, an "I" will appear in the double line at the top left of your screen. When in Overwrite mode, if the cursor is on top of a character and you type another character, the newly typed character will replace the original character in the text. When in Insert mode, the character under the cursor will be shoved to the right (along with all other characters to the right of the cursor) one space. This creates a "hole" in which the newly typed character is placed. If you are in the Command Line, or are responding to requests for information, the Ins key performs the same function but does not alter the Insert/Overwrite mode of the text area. Ctrl Ins: Primarily for use within a keystroke macro, the Ctrl Ins key forces PC-Type II into the Insert mode if it is in Overwrite mode, and has no effect if Insert mode is already active. This allows you to insure that you can begin a macro with Insert on or off. (See Keystroke Macros.) 59 Ctrl E: If you have an EGA or VGA monitor, Ctrl E will toggle the number of lines displayed on the screen from low density, to medium density, to high density. Low density is the standard 25 lines. Medium density is around 35 lines for EGA and 40 lines for VGA. High density is 43 lines for EGA and 50 lines for VGA. (Equivalent to the "(E)GA/VGA toggle" option in the Other Functions menu reached by pressing O from the Main Menu.) Ctrl N: When more than one window is visible on the screen, Ctrl N will move the cursor to the next window, making that next window the active window and its file the active file. As you press Ctrl N, the cursor moves from window to window around the screen. The order of rotation is shown below. (Equivalent to the "(R)otate active window" option in the Screen Options menu reached by pressing S from the Main Menu.) ÚÄÄÄÄÄÂÄÄÄÄÄ¿ The order of rotation from window to ³ 1 ³ 2 ³ window when you press Ctrl N is shown ÃÄÄÄÄÄÅÄÄÄÄÄ´ at the left. If you begin in window 1, ³ 3 ³ 4 ³ Ctrl N will take you next to window 2, ÀÄÄÄÄÄÁÄÄÄÄÄÙ then to 3, 4 and back to 1 again. Ctrl W: When the cursor is in the Command Line, Ctrl W will cycle through the Command Line entries (up to 10 entries are saved). When the last entry is reached, the next Ctrl W will begin again with the first one saved. NOTE: as additional commands are entered, the oldest ones are normally dropped. When the cursor is in the Text Area, Ctrl W will insert the last line deleted or modified below the current line. (See "Other Important Keystrokes" below.) Ctrl X: There are a number of different ways the Enter key has been programmed to behave when pressed within the text area. Ctrl X will toggle PC-Type II into each of these different Enter key modes. For example, one mode merely moves the cursor to the beginning of the next line, while another mode will insert a new line before moving the cursor. (See the "ENTER KEY TOGGLE" description in the Configuration section of this manual.) 60 subject: KEYSTROKES WHICH MODIFY A LINE discussion: Unless noted, the cursor is assumed to be in the text. Del key: Removes the character at the cursor and pulls all characters to the right of the cursor left one space. If the Tab "(W)rap paragraph" toggle is on, succeeding lines of the paragraph will be automatically adjusted to fill any space at the end of the line. Backspace key: May be viewed as a combination of the Left Arrow key and the Del key. Pressing the backspace key causes the cursor to move one space to the left and delete the character in that position. The character at the original cursor location and all those to the right are "pulled" one character to the left. If the cursor is at the left margin, no character is deleted. If the Tab "(W)rap paragraph" toggle is on, succeeding lines of the paragraph will be adjusted to fill any space at the end of the line. Ctrl \: Splits the line at the cursor. The characters on the line to the left of the cursor will remain as they were. The character immediately under the cursor and to the right of the cursor will be moved to a new line below at the left margin. If the cursor is at the left margin, this will have the same effect as adding a new line above the current line. (Equivalent to the "(S)plit line" option in the Line Functions menu reached by pressing L from the Main Menu.) In the example below, ^ represents the cursor. Line before Ctrl \ aaaaa bbbbb cccccc ddddd^eeeee ffffff gggggg Lines after Ctrl \ aaaaa bbbbb cccccc ddddd^ eeeee ffffff gggggg Ctrl J: Joins the line on which the cursor is located with text on the next line. If there is too much text in both lines to fit on one line, the excess text will remain on the second line. The cursor remains in the same location. (Equivalent to "(J)oin lines" in the Line Functions menu reached by pressing L from the Main Menu.) Lines before Ctrl J aaa^a bbbbb cccccc ddddd eeeee ffffff gggggg Line after Ctrl J (^ implies cursor position) aaa^a bbbbb cccccc ddddd eeeee ffffff gggggg 61 subject: OTHER IMPORTANT KEYSTROKES Tab: If the "(T)ab char insert" toggle is ON (see Tabs) when the Tab key is pressed, the character under the cursor and all characters on the line to the right of the cursor will be pushed to the right until the character under the cursor is at the next Tab stop. If the "(T)ab char insert" toggle is OFF, the text will not be changed - only the cursor position will be affected. The cursor will move to the next Tab stop. Ctrl A: Inserts a blank line above the cursor and moves the cursor up onto that blank line. The cursor column will remain unchanged (unless the Indent margin comes into play). (Equivalent to "(A)dd line above" in the Line Functions menu reached by pressing L from the Main Menu.) Ctrl I: Insert a blank line below the cursor and move the cursor down into that blank line. The cursor column will remain unchanged (unless the Indent margin comes into play). (Equivalent to "(I)nsert line" in the Line Functions menu reached by pressing L from the Main Menu.) Ctrl W: When the cursor is in the text area, Ctrl W is the Whoops key. This keystroke will bring back lines which have previously been altered or deleted. As soon as a keystroke is made in a line which contains text, that line is added to the "Whoops Buffer". Until the cursor is moved off that line, additional changes to the line will not cause the line contents to be saved to the buffer again. F5, delete a line, F6, erase to the end of a line, and some other strokes will cause a line to be saved to the buffer. When Ctrl W is pressed, the last line added to the buffer will be removed from the buffer and reinserted in the text area directly below the cursor. The buffer will hold up to 15 lines. Ctrl P: This keystroke forces a page break after the line on which the cursor is located. The new page number may be specifically numbered, or specified relative to the current page number. (See the Special Lines section. Equivalent to the "(P)age markers" option in the Line Functions menu reached by pressing L in the Main Menu.) 62 subject: KEYSTROKES FOR MACROS discussion: For details pertaining to these keystrokes, refer to the Keystroke Macro section of this manual. Alt Y: This stroke is used to begin the definition of a new keystroke macro. When it is pressed, the memorization of keystrokes begins and a Y will flash in the upper left corner of your screen. This stroke is also used to end a macro being defined. When this second Alt Y is detected, the macro definition is considered completed and the flashing Y will disappear. Ctrl Y: This stroke may also be used to end a macro being defined. When Ctrl Y is detected, the definition is completed and the flashing Y will disappear. Unlike the Alt Y ending, finishing a macro with Ctrl Y makes it recursive - when the macro is executed, it runs through its keystrokes and when it hits the end, it will begin at the beginning again. Ctrl Y will also initiate the execution of a macro saved in the Y Macro Buffer, i.e., a fully defined macro which was not assigned a key or given a name. Alt A - Alt Z: All the Alt-letter keys, with the exception of Alt Y (defined above), have been reserved for macro initiation. After a macro is defined, you are given the opportunity to assign a lettered key to that macro. If you assigned the letter key B to the macro, then pressing Alt B would cause that macro to run. Ctrl F7: This keystroke will abort any macro currently being defined or executed. Esc: When a macro is running, if you press the Esc key it will also terminate the macro execution. However, if you are in the user input mode, (Ctrl K described below), then the Esc key will behave as it would normally if you were not in a macro. Ctrl K: This is a special keystroke reserved for macros which tells PC-Type II that the macro is going to be temporarily suspended while you input a unique set of keystrokes followed by the Enter key. When you press Enter, the macro will continue on. When in the Ctrl K mode, a K will flash in the upper left corner of your screen and the cursor will become a rectangle located in the upper half of the character space over which it is positioned. 63 subject: ENTER KEY In general, the Enter key moves the cursor to the left margin of the next line. How it does this depends upon the Enter key mode. (See Ctrl X above or ENTER KEY TOGGLE in the Configuration section of this manual.) Each Enter key action will be shown in the examples below. Assume that the ^ character indicates the location of the cursor when the Enter key is pressed, and the * indicates the cursor location afterwards. The margin settings are shown below the text. ( ), (X), (x), and (\) represent the four Enter key mode settings. ( ) SIMPLE Enter mode Line 1 - the cursor is located^in this line. Line 2 - the cursor is not located in this line. L...................................................................................R (before) Line 1 - the cursor is located in this line. * Line 2 - the cursor is not located in this line. L...................................................................................R (after) (X) NEWLINE Enter mode Line 1 - the cursor is located^in this line. Line 2 - the cursor is not located in this line. L...................................................................................R (before) Line 1 - the cursor is located^in this line. * Line 2 - the cursor is not located in this line. L...................................................................................R (after) (x) NEWBEG Enter mode Line 1 - the cursor is located^in this line. Line 2 - the cursor is not located in this line. L...................................................................................R (before) Line 1 - the cursor is located^in this line. * Line 2 - the cursor is not located in this line. L...................................................................................R (after) (\) SPLIT Enter mode Line 1 - the cursor is located^in this line. Line 2 - the cursor is not located in this line. L...................................................................................R (before) Line 1 - the cursor is located *n this line. Line 2 - the cursor is not located in this line. L...................................................................................R (after) 64 subject: BOOKMARKS Alt 1-4: Each active file inside PC-Type II may have up to four bookmarks. The position of a bookmark is set by pressing Alt 1, Alt 2, Alt 3, or Alt 4. (Use the 1,2,3 and 4 on the line above the letter keys - not on the numeric keypad). When one of these keys is pressed, the position of the cursor within the file will be remembered. (Equivalent to the "set mark n" options in the Bookmarks menu reached by pressing B from the Main Menu.) If you want to change the position of a bookmark within a file, move the cursor to the new position and press Alt 1, 2, 3 or 4 again, and the new position will replace the old. Ctrl Q: To move to a previously set bookmark position, press Ctrl Q. If only one bookmark exists within the file, PC-Type II will immediately go to that remembered position. If more than one bookmark was set inside the file, then you will be asked to define the bookmark you want by pressing the 1, 2 3 or 4 keys. (Equivalent to "(G)oto bookmark" in the Bookmark menu reached by pressing B from the Main Menu.) Alt +: Activates crosshairs. It is often difficult to determine whether characters on one side of the screen line up with characters on the opposite side, or whether characters at the top of the screen line up with characters at the bottom of the screen. When you press Alt +, (the + key on the line of keys above the letter keys), the color of the horizontal and vertical lines radiating from the cursor position will be reversed for the full extent of the screen. The screen will be restored to its normal state by pressing Alt + again, or when any other key is pressed. 65 Subject: HIGHLIGHTING discussion: By highlighting an area of text, i.e., marking the extremities of an area of interest, numerous operations may be performed on the highlighted area through F8 or the "(A)rea options" of the Main Menu. There are three distinct highlight types. Most of the time you will press each highlighting keystroke twice, once at each extremity of the area of interest. The first highlighting keystroke pressed causes the letter L, B, or S to flash in the upper left corner of your screen. The flashing indicates that the area of interest may not be fully defined. The second time the keystroke is pressed, the flashing will stop. The letter will remain until an operation is performed or the highlighting is turned off. This is to remind you how the area is highlighted. You may correct the definition of the area of interest by pressing a highlighting keystroke more than twice, and you may change the type of highlighting by pressing a different highlighting keystroke without removing the highlight and starting over. Ctrl B: Block highlighting is column oriented. By pressing Ctrl B at two opposite corners of a rectangle in the text area, you define the area of interest as being located within that rectangle. (Equivalent to "(B)lock mark" of the Highlight Marks menu reached by pressing F7.) Ctrl L: Line (paragraph) highlighting is line oriented. By pressing Ctrl L on two different lines, you define an area of interest as consisting of the number of lines between and including the two lines marked. (This could be a paragraph.) (Equivalent to "(L)ine mark" of the Highlight Marks menu reached by pressing F7.) Ctrl S: Sentence highlighting is sentence oriented. By pressing Ctrl S at two different locations in the text area, you define an area of interest as beginning at the location of the top most Ctrl S and continuing through the text to the location of the bottom most Ctrl S. (Equivalent to "(M)ark sentence" of the Highlight Marks menu reached by pressing F7.) 66 Ctrl V: Word highlighting is a special case of Ctrl S highlighting. When you press Ctrl V, the word under the cursor (and one space at the end of the word) will be highlighted with Ctrl S highlighting. The cursor must be on top of a non-space character in a text line, or else an error message will be displayed. (Equivalent to the "(W)ord" option of the Highlight Marks menu reached by pressing F7.) Ctrl U: "Unhighlighting" turns the highlighting off. (Equivalent to "(U)nmark area" of the Highlight Marks menu reached by pressing F7.) 67 subject: HIGHLIGHT OPERATION KEYSTROKES Ctrl C: This keystroke copies a highlighted area to the cursor position. How the area is copied depends upon the highlighting mode. The highlighted area may be in a different file than the current active file. (See "Copy (INSERT and OVERLAY)" in "Operations on Highlighted Areas" for details and examples.) (Equivalent to the "(C)opy insert" option in the Highlight Options menu reached by pressing F8). Ctrl D: This keystroke deletes a highlighted area. The highlighted area may be in a different file than the current active file. (See "DELETE" in "Operations on Highlighted Areas" for details and examples.) (Equivalent to the "(D)elete" option in the Highlight Options menu reached by pressing F8.) Ctrl F: This keystroke fills a highlighted area with the current "fill character". The highlighted area may be in a different file than the current active file. (See "FILL AREA" in "Operations on Highlighted Areas" for details and examples.) (Equivalent to the "(F)ill" option in the Highlight Options menu reached by pressing F8.) Ctrl M: This keystroke moves a highlighted area to the cursor position. How the area is moved depends upon the highlighting mode. The highlighted area may be in a different file than the current active file. (See "Move (INSERT and PASTE)" in "Operations on Highlighted Areas" for details and examples.) (Equivalent to the "(M)ove insert" option in the Highlight Options menu reached by pressing F8.) Ctrl R: This keystroke reformats a highlighted area IF THE CURSOR IS INSIDE THE HIGHLIGHTED AREA. How the area is reformatted depends upon the highlighting mode. If the highlight is Ctrl S, Ctrl R will not reformat the highlighted area. (See "REFORMAT AREA" in "Operations on Highlighted Areas" for details and examples.) If the cursor is inside the highlighted area, Ctrl R is the same as the "(L)eft justify" option of "(R)eformat" in the Highlight Options menu. If no area is highlighted, or if the cursor is outside the highlighted area, Ctrl R reformats the paragraph in which it is located with left justification and then moves the cursor to the beginning of the next paragraph. This is equivalent to the "(L)eft justify" option of the "(P)aragraph" option in the Reformat menu. Access the Reformat menu by selecting the (R)eformat option of the Main Menu. 68 subject: FAULT FINDER Ctrl O: If the cursor is on a word, Ctrl O causes the Fault Finder to check the spelling of that word. If the word does not appear in the Fault Finder dictionary, you may ask the Fault Finder to offer a selection of alternative words, one of which may be used to replace the word being checked. (See the Fault Finder section of this manual.) (Equivalent to the "(W)ord check" option of the Main Menu.) Ctrl Z: This keystroke initiates the Fault Finder. It will begin checking the spelling of each word in the current file beginning with any word under the current cursor position. This process will proceed toward the end of the file until: (1) the end of the file is reached. (2) a word is encountered which is not in the Fault Finder dictionary. (3) the same word is discovered twice in succession. If condition 2 is encountered you may replace the questionable word with a word from a suggested list, continue, or stop. If condition 3 is encountered, you may continue, stop, or delete one of the duplicates. (See the Fault Finder section of this manual.) (Equivalent to the "(F)ault Finder" option of the Main Menu.) 69 subject: MISCELLANEOUS KEYSTROKES Ctrl T: The line and page numbers of the line in the file in which the cursor is located are displayed in a window when Ctrl T is pressed. This takes into consideration Special Lines, headers, footers, etc. (Equivalent to the "Where are we in text" option of the Jump menu.) Ctrl @: (or Ctrl 2) This keystroke presents a window of all valid PC-Type II characters which may be used in your text. Move the cursor in this window until it is on a specific character, and then press F10. The character under the cursor is treated as it was typed. For example, if you press Ctrl @, move the cursor over the "beta" character, and then press F10, then the "beta" character will be placed in your text (or on the Command Line) as if you had typed the character. This action also forces the selection of a new "fill character". (See the Configuration section or Ctrl F.) The current "fill character" is shown on the double line in the upper left corner of your screen. Ctrl ^: (or Ctrl 6) This keystroke will insert the current "fill character" into your text (or on the Command Line) as if you had typed the fill character. The current "fill character" is shown on the double line in the upper left corner of your screen. (Equivalent to "(P)ut ASCII character" in the Other Functions menu reached by pressing O from the Main Menu.) Ctrl _: (or Ctrl -) This keystroke will insert the contents of the Math Buffer in the text area at the current cursor position. The "Math Buffer" is loaded by: (1) performing a CALC function on the Command Line. (2) performing a "(Q)uantity" operation on a highlighted area. (3) running Mail-Merge with the "Define" option. (Equivalent to the "(A)nswer insert" option in the Other Functions menu reached by pressing O from the Main Menu.) Ctrl .: This keystroke places the character . in your text. It is called a "soft period" and is converted to a regular period via the printer translation table when your file is printed. It is used to prevent two spaces after abbreviations such as "Mr." when reformatting a paragraph. Ctrl Spacebar: This keystroke places a special character in your text which looks like a little square. It is called a "hard space" and is converted to a regular space via the printer translation table when your file is printed. It is used to keep two or more words from being split at the right margin. 70