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- Rhyming dictionary
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- The major feature of the program is the rhyming dictionary. You
- may press the F4 key to have the program look up all of the words
- in its dictionary that rhyme with a word you enter.
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- After pressing F4, the cursor is in a dialogue box. You can
- simply type in the word to be rhymed and then press the Enter key
- or click the mouse on the OK button. The dialogue box will then
- disappear and the program will list the rhyme words in the rhyme
- window.
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- When the program lists the rhyme words, it places the cursor at
- the top of the list of words in the rhyme window. You may scroll
- through the words by using the up and down arrow keys and the
- PageUp and PageDown keys. You may also scroll using the mouse to
- click on the up or down arrow icons on the scroll bar located on
- the right side of the rhyme window.
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- When you are done scrolling through the rhyme words, you may move
- the cursor back to the text window by pressing the F6 key or by
- clicking the mouse on the window you wish to go to.
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- If you press F4 and enter the dialogue box and then decide not to
- enter a word to be rhymed, you may leave the dialogue box by
- pressing the ESC (escape) key or by clicking the mouse on the
- Cancel button.
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- Menu Commands
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- Commands may be entered by pressing the command key combinations
- or by navigating through the menus.
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- To go to the menu bar, press F10. You may then use the left and
- right arrow keys to move horizontally from item to item on the menu
- bar. You may also use the up and down arrow keys to move vertically.
- If you press the Enter key, the menu item will be selected.
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- Edit Menu
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- The edit menu contains several commands for moving blocks of text
- around. The cut, copy, and delete commands operate on
- highlighted text. Several methods may be used to highlight text.
- If you hold down the Shift key while pressing the arrow keys to
- move the cursor, the text that the cursor moves over will be
- highlighted. You may also highlight text my holding down the
- left mouse button and dragging the mouse over the text to be
- highlighted.
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- KEY SUMMARY
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- In the following command key summary, Ctrl-X means hold down the
- control key, and, while still holding it down, press the key
- following it (in this case the 'X' key). Alt-X is the same but
- means hold down the Alt key and press the letter.
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- Text Window Keys Summary
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- Ctrl-A - Moves the cursor one word left.
- Ctrl-D - Moves the cursor one character right.
- Ctrl-F - Moves the cursor one word right.
- Ctrl-H - Deletes the character to the left of the cursor.
- Ctrl-L - Do the Search Again command.
- Ctrl-O - Toggles indent mode, which determines whether a new
- line is indented even with the line above it.
- Ctrl-R - Moves the cursor up one page.
- Ctrl-T - Deletes from the cursor position to the start of the
- next word.
- Ctrl-V - Toggles between insert and overwrite mode.
- Ctrl-Y - Deletes the entire line that the cursor is on.
- Ctrl-C - Moves the cursor down one page.
- Ctrl-E - Moves the cursor up one line.
- Ctrl-G - Deletes the character the cursor is on.
- Ctrl-M - Inserts a new line.
- Ctrl-S - Move the cursor left one character.
- Ctrl-U - Undo the last deletion.
- Ctrl-X - Moves the cursor down one line.
- Left Arrow - Moves the cursor left one character.
- Right Arrow - Moves the cursor right one character.
- Up Arrow - Moves the cursor up one line.
- Down Arrow - Moves the cursor down one line.
- Ctrl-Left Arrow - Moves the cursor left one word.
- Ctrl-Right Arrow - Moves the cursor right one word.
- Page Up - Moves the cursor up one page.
- Page Down - Moves the cursor down one page.
- Ctrl-Page Up - Moves the cursor to the top of the text.
- Ctrl-Page Down - Moves the cursor to the bottom of the text.
- Insert - Toggles between insert and overwrite mode.
- Delete - Deletes the character the cursor is on.
- Ctrl-Insert - Copies highlighted text into the Clipboard
- buffer without erasing the text.
- Shift-Delete - Removes highlighted text and places it in the
- Clipboard buffer.
- Shift-Insert - Copies the text from the Clipboard buffer into
- the Text or Rhyme window at the cursor position.
- Ctrl-Delete - Erases the highlighted text in the Text or Rhyme
- window.
- Home - Moves the cursor to the start of the line.
- End - Moves the cursor to the end of the line.
- Ctrl-Q,F - Search for a word or phrase in the text. Pressing
- Ctrl-Q and the 'F' causes a dialogue box to appear
- prompting you for the word or phrase to search for.
- Ctrl-Q,A - Search for a word or phrase in the text and replace
- it if found.
- Ctrl-Q,C - Moves the cursor to the bottom of the text.
- Ctrl-Q,D - Moves the cursor to the end of the line.
- Ctrl-Q,H - Deletes all characters on the line that are to the
- left of the cursor.
- Ctrl-Q,R - Moves the cursor to the top of the text.
- Ctrl-Q,S - Moves the cursor to the beginning of the current
- line.
- Ctrl-Q,Y - Deletes the characters from the cursor to the end of
- the line.
- Ctrl-K,B - Start block selection to highlight characters in the
- Text or Rhyme window. After pressing Ctrl-K and then
- pressing the 'B' key, you may use the arrow keys to
- highlight text.
- Ctrl-K,K - Copies the highlighted text into a buffer.
- Ctrl-K,C - Pastes the text from the buffer into a window at the
- cursor position.
- Ctrl-K,H - Causes the highlighted text to be unhighlighted.
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- Command Keys Summary
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- Alt-F - File menu.
- F9 - Save the text to a file.
- Alt-X - Exit the program.
- Alt-E - Edit menu.
- Alt-A - Search menu.
- Alt-R - Rhyme menu.
- F4 - Display rhyme words.
- Alt-F4 - Bring the rhyme window to the foreground.
- Alt-W - Window menu.
- Ctrl-F5 - Re-size or move a window.
- F8 - Zoom a window.
- F6 - Go to the previous window.
- F7 - Go to the next window.
- Alt-F3 - Close the current window.
- F1 - Display help.
- F10 - Move to the menu bar to use the menus.
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- Menu Summary
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- File Menu
- * Open - Create a Text window and load a file into it.
- * New - Create a new Text window.
- * Save - Save current window to a file.
- * Save as - Specify a file name and save the current window.
- * Delete - Delete a file from the disk.
- * Print - Print the current window.
- * Change Dir - Change to a new directory.
- * DOS Shell - Temporarily leave the program to run DOS
- commands.
- * Exit - Exit the program.
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- Edit Menu
- * Undo - Restore the most recent deletion.
- * Cut - Delete the highlighted text and put it in the buffer.
- * Copy - Copy the highlighted text to the buffer.
- * Paste - Copy the buffer to the cursor position in the Text
- window.
- * Show Clipboard - Display the clipboard window.
- * Clear - Deletes the highlighted text.
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- Search Menu
- * Find - Find a phrase in the Text or Rhyme window.
- * Replace - Find a phrase and replace it with a new phrase.
- * Search Again - Search for a phrase previously searched for.
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- Rhyme Menu
- * Rhyme Word - Enter a word. The words that rhyme with it are
- then displayed in the Rhyme window.
- * Show Rhyme Window - Bring the rhyme window to the foreground if
- it is buried by other windows or if it is closed.
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- Window Menu
- * Size/Move - Re-size or move the current window.
- * Zoom - Enlarge the window to full screen or reduce it back
- to its original size.
- * Tile - Arrange the Text windows so they are all visible.
- * Cascade - Arrange the Text windows so the top line of each is
- visible.
- * Previous - Go to the previous window.
- * Next - Go to the next window.
- * Close - Close the current window.
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- Message and Dialogue Boxes
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- Various commands display message or dialogue boxes. When you are
- in a dialogue box, pressing the Enter key will cause the default
- option to be executed. The default option is the button that is
- highlighted in white letters. To select another button, press
- the Tab key until it is highlighted and then press Enter to
- select it.
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- Message or dialogue boxes may be exited by pressing the escape
- key (Esc). Some dialogue boxes have a button called Cancel,
- which may also be used to leave the box without any changes
- occurring. Simply press the Tab key until the Cancel button is
- highlighted and then press the Enter key. Alternatively, you can
- click the mouse on the Cancel button.
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