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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
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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.
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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.
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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.
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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.)
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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.)
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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.)
┌─────┬─────┐ The order of rotation from window to
│ 1 │ 2 │ window when you press Ctrl N is shown
├─────┼─────┤ at the left. If you begin in window 1,
│ 3 │ 4 │ Ctrl N will take you next to window 2,
└─────┴─────┘ 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.)
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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
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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.)
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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.
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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)
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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.
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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.)
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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.)
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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.
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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.)
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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.
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