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MARKING AREAS
There are six different Marking commands in PC-TYPE+. Three of them
are specifically oriented toward character graphics, but may be useful
when performing text functions as well.
ALL MARKING COMMANDS ARE CANCELLED with the AltU (Unmark) keystroke.
All functions performed on marked areas will cause the marks to be
cancelled at the completion of the command with the exception of Copy
functions. The marking will remain in effect for copying so that if
you want to copy a marked area in more than one location you will not
have to go back and remark the area.
Press the PgDn Key
MARKING AREAS (continued)
A Marking command is considered to be completed after the second mark
is issued, although many commands will work with only one mark, and
you may adjust your marks after the second mark has been made. The
first mark will cause a letter signifying the type of marking to blink
on the Command Line. The second mark will stop the blinking. AltU
will remove the character from the Command Line.
Should you forget what the different marking commands are, you may
refresh you memory by looking at HELP panel D (F1 then D), or by using
the BLOCKING FUNCTIONS menu by pressing first F7 and then F1 (Marking
Areas).
Press the PgDn Key
PARAGRAPH MARKING (AltL)
AltL (for Line) is the most common type of marking. The first marking
stroke will mark an entire line. The second marking stroke (on
another line) will mark all the lines between and including the first
and second marks.
Move the cursor to this line and press AltL. Notice the blinking
"P" on the command line. Then move the cursor to the bottom of this
paragraph and press AltL again. Notice that the "P" stops blinking.
The "paragraph" has now been marked and is ready for some other
command such as AltR (reformat), AltC (copy), AltM (move) etc. Now
move the cursor above the line beginning 'The "paragraph" has ..' and
press AltL again. As you can see, you may adjust the marking if you
missed the first time.
Now press AltU and notice that the marking disappears as well as the
"P" on the Command Line.
Press the PgDn Key
SENTENCE MARKING (CtrlL)
If you only want to move or copy (for example), one sentence in a
paragraph, you may use the CtrlL command. Move the cursor to the "M"
at the beginning of this sentence and press CtrlL and then move the
cursor to the period at the end of this sentence and press CtrlL
again.
Notice that in this case the letter "S" blinks on the Command Line
with the first CtrlL and stops blinking with the second. Now modify
your mark by moving the cursor to the end of the word "beginning" in
the marked area and press CtrL again. You have now modified your
marked area. Press AltU to remove the Sentence type marking.
This command is particularly useful with CtrlM and CtrlC to move a
sentence from one paragraph to a particular location in another
paragraph.
Press the PgDn Key
MARKING BLOCKS (CtrlB)
CtrlB is the most versatile of all the marking commands, and the more
advanced PC-TYPE+ functions normally use this type of marking. You
may use this type of marking instead of all the character graphic
marking types described below if you wish - however you will then have
to perform an additional keystroke to perform the desired function.
(*) Move the cursor to the asterisk at the left and press CtrlB.
Notice that the letter "B" is blinking on the Command Line. Move the
cursor three characters to the right and press CtrlC. Notice that you
can copy (or move) one character in this fashion. Now move the cursor
to the asterisk to the right (*) and press CtrlB again. You have now
marked a block and and the "B" on the Command Line has stopped
blinking.
Move the cursor to the letter B in the marked area and press CtrlB to
redefine the marking. Press AltU.
Press the PgDn Key
MARKING AREAS for CHARACTER GRAPHICS (Alt[, AltE, and AltF)
(Alt[, AltE and AltF mentioned below are described in the HELP file
SPCL_CHR).
BOXES and LINES (Alt[)
These three marking commands cause the desired function to happen
immediately upon receipt of the second mark. Move the cursor to the
asterisk (*)
and press Alt[. Notice the character "[" is blinking on
the command line. Now move the cursor to the second asterisk and
press Alt[ again. Notice that the box was drawn immediately.
(*)
(You could alternately have marked the asterisks with CtlB's and then
pressed Ctrl[ with the same end result). If the two marks are in the
same row or in the same column, they mark where a line is to be drawn.
You select your line character from a set of characters by moving the
cursor to the character and pressing F10. Try to draw a line.
Press the PgDn Key
ERASING BOXES AND LINES (AltE)
Go back to the previous screen and mark the upper left corner of your
box with AltE and the lower right corner of your box with another
AltE. Then return here. If you noticed, the letter "E" was blinking
on the Command Line after you pressed your first AltE. (You could
alternately have marked the corners with CtlB's and then pressed CtrlE
for the same end result).
AltE will remove lines the same way. Actually, if you press AltE
twice on the same line or on the same column in a text area, it will
remove the text on that line or column as well.
AltE works in a special way on the special box and lines characters.
Move the cursor to each asterisk below and press AltE and notice the
result.
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Press the PgDn Key
MARK AREAS TO BE FILLED (AltF)
There is a special character in PC-TYPE+ called the Fill Character
which you select by pressing AltG, moving the cursor to the desired
character, and then pressing F10. Do this and select the character.
Notice the character appears on the Command Line. Now move the cursor
to the two asterisks below and press AltF at each asterisk.
* Notice the area is immediately filled with the selected
character. If such a character does not appear on the
Command Line, then the Space character is selected. You
could use this feature to erase an area with any
* contents without disturbing your columns and rows.
The same end result could have been accomplished by marking the two
asterisks with CtrlB's and then pressing CtrlF.
Press F4 to Return to the HELP Menu