Chapter 2 - Basic Editing

Overview

When you first start the editor you find yourself in a Windows® multiple document interface (MDI). This means you can have multiple documents open at once. To open a new window, simply press the toolbar button with the white paper on it, or press Ctrl + N. Now a new window popped up, probably filled with some html code. The code comes from the template file. You can create your own template file if you don't like the one provided (See Chapter 9 - Customization, for more info about that). The editor window works like a normal Windows® text editor, but it has some nice features which normal text editors don't have. All the usual stuff is here Cut, Copy, Paste, Select All, Find and so on. I will talk about the advanced stuff in later chapters.

Create a new file

Press the new file button, first from the left, or press Ctrl + N. This brings up a document using the default template. If you select 'New' from the file menu, a dialog which lets you choose a template pops up.

Open a file

Press the open file button, second from the left, or press Ctrl + O. This brings up a select file dialog, where you choose the file you wish to open.

Save a file

Press the save file button, third from the left, or press Ctrl + S. This saves the file under the last used name. If the hasn't been saved yet, a select file dialog appears and let you choose the name. If you want to save an already saved file under another name, select 'Save as' from the file menu. To save all open unsaved documents, select 'Save all'.

Edit commands:

The program uses the standard shortcuts for edit commands:
Cut Ctrl + X
Copy Ctrl + C
Paste Ctrl + V
Select All Ctrl + A
Find Ctrl + F
(The find command will be explained in detail in later chapters)

The 'Copy' command will copy the current line if no selection is made. The 'Copy Plain Text' command will copy the text without html code.

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