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MARGINS - TAB STOPS - and INDENTING
There are two ways to modify TABS in PC-TYPE+. The simplest method is
to press F8 twice. You may also press F8 and then F2 to go to the
MODIFY DEFAULTS panel, move the Option Selection Bar to the field
"Default TAB Definitions" and then press F10. (We will describe the
F8-F8 method in this file, but whatever is said holds true for the
MODIFY DEFAULTS entry as well.)
If you modify the margins IN EITHER CASE, and subsequently save your
defaults to a disk file or make them permanent in PC-TYPE+, your
modified TAB definition will be saved also.
When you press F8 twice the Command Line will be changed to a TAB
definition line. You may make your changes there and press Enter (or
F10), in which case the new TAB definition will become effective, or
press Esc in which case the changes will be ignored.
Press the PgDn Key
TAB DEFINITION
On the TAB Definition line you may enter up to 30 marks consisting of:
L - one "L" to signify the left margin
R - one "R" to signify the right margin
I - one "I" to signify the indentation position for CtrlR and CtrlJ
paragraph reformatting commands.
T - as many "T"s (for tab stops) as you need as long as the total of
all marks does not exceed 30.
The "R" MUST BE THE RIGHTMOST MARK on the TAB line.
The "L" MUST BE THE LEFTMOST MARK on the TAB line except that the
"I" may be to the left or to the right of the "L" to support
hanging indents. (No L or R will default to line extremes.)
If you defined your lines greater than 78 characters in length, you
may set the R beyond the screen.
Press the PgDn Key
SETTING TABS
Press F8 twice, press Del a few times, and then press Esc. Your
changes to the TAB line were ignored. Now press F8 twice and set L to
column 5, R to column 74, and I to column 10 - then press the Enter
key. Notice that the I now appears on the TAB line at the bottom of
your screen.
The "T"s you set merely give you additional stopping points for
convenience or speed in moving to a new column on your screen. The
Tab key will move the cursor to the next TAB mark to the right, while
the Shift TAB key will move you to the previous TAB mark to the left.
The "L", "R", and "I" are considered as TAB stops to the Tab key.
Move the cursor to the paragraph above and press CtrlR. Notice the
indentation. Press F8 twice again and move the I to column 1, and
reformat the paragraph above again with CtrlR. (To get to the
characters to the left of the "L", use the Shift Tab key.)
Press the PgDn Key
WIDE MARGINS
If you have not changed the line length definition from that which was
sent to you originally, the line length should be 101 characters in
length even though the margins are set to 5 and 74.
Press F8 twice (first remove the "I" from column 1) and then press
the End key to move the cursor past the R. Then press the space bar a
number of times. Notice how the screen shifts as you go past 78
characters. If you remove the R that exists and place a new R past
column 78, then you can type to the new margin when you return to your
text area.
We will not ask you to do this since these HELP panels are set up for
margins at columns 5 and 74, but go ahead if you want.
Press the Enter key or F10 to set the margins.
Press F4 to Return to the HELP Menu