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The Editing Screen
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The Editing Screen is used when editing mail
in your Outgoing Mailbox, and when Replying
to mail in your Incoming Mailbox.
Editing Screen Elements
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The Editing Screen is made up of four elements;
╒══════ 1 ══════╕ 1 = Title line
│┌──────2──────┐│
│├─────────────┤│ 2 = Mail Header
││ 3 ││
│└─────────────┘│ 3 = Mail Text
└────── 4 ──────┘
4 = Mail Text Menu
1 - Title Line
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The top line on the screen, or Title Line,
displays the program name and version number.
2 - Mail Header
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This section of the screen displays the
Received From name, Sent To name, Subject, and
Date & Time Sent for the mail being edited. If
this mail is being created, then the Sent To
name and Date & Time Sent will be blank.
3 - Mail Text
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This section of the screen contains the text of
your mail. The text will word wrap
automatically and is limited to 64,000
characters. When the cursor is in this area,
an indicator appears which displays the
Insert/Overstrike status, and the Mail Text
Menu appears.
4 - Mail Text Menu
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When the cursor is in the Mail Text area, the
Mail Text Menu appears. This menu lists some
of the actions available while editing. A full
list of keystrokes and their actions appears
near the end of this Help Screen.
Editing Screen Notes
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Editing the Subject
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You may edit the Subject when you are editing
mail you created in your Outgoing Mailbox.
(The Subject is not available for editing when
you with the Reply option in the Incoming
Mailbox.) When you press <Enter>, or if you
fill out the Subject completely, the cursor
will jump down to the Mail Text area.
Editing the Mail Text
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The Mail Text area displays 15 lines at a time
of up to 72 characters. It word wraps
automatically and has a limitation of 64,000
characters per mail item. If there are more
than 15 lines in a given item, arrows appear on
the left and right side of the Mail Text area,
near the bottom. These arrows indicate that
you will need to move the cursor to see the
rest of the text. See page four of this
section for a listing and explanation of the
Editing Screen keystrokes.
Creating blank lines
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Blank lines can be created in two ways;
1. Put the cursor at the end of the line above
the desired location for the blank line.
Press <Enter>.
2. Put the cursor at the beginning of the line
where you want a new blank line. Press
<Enter>.
Reformatting paragraphs
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Pressing the <Enter> key is the same as a
carriage return. A paragraph is any text
between two carriage returns or between the
beginning of the text and the first carriage
return. When reformatting text with the
<Alt-P>, remember that the reformatting takes
place FROM THE POSITION OF THE CURSOR TO THE
END OF THE PARAGRAPH. If you wish to reformat
an entire paragraph, the cursor must be at the
beginning of the paragraph
Aborting
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When you press <Esc> to abort editing, one of
two things will happen. If you have made no
changes, you will immediately be returned to
the Mailbox Screen from whence you came. If
you have made changes, you will be asked to
verify that you indeed wish to abort and lose
the changes. If you answer 'No', you will be
placed back in the Mail Text. If you answer
'Yes' the changes will be lost and you will be
returned to the Mailbox Screen from whence you
came.
Editing Screen Keystrokes
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╔══════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ Cursor Movement ║
║ ║
║ Keystroke Moves Cursor... ║
║ ────────────────── ──────────────────── ║
║ <Left Arrow> left one character ║
║ <Right Arrow> right one character ║
║ <Up Arrow> up one line ║
║ <Down Arrow> down one line ║
║ ║
║ <Ctrl-Left Arrow> left one word ║
║ <Ctrl-Right Arrow> right one word ║
║ ║
║ <Home> to beginning of line ║
║ <End> to End of line ║
║ <PgUp> up one screenful ║
║ <PgDn> down one screenful ║
║ ║
║ <Ctrl-Home> to top of screen ║
║ <Ctrl-End> to bottom of Screen ║
║ <Ctrl-PgUp> to beginning of text ║
║ <Ctrl-End> to end of text ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════╝
╔══════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ Erasing Text ║
║ ║
║ Keystroke Erases... ║
║ ─────────── ───────────────────────────── ║
║ <Backspace> character to the left of the ║
║ cursor ║
║ <Del> erase character at the cursor ║
║ position ║
║ <Alt-D> entire line ║
╚══════════════════════════════════════════════╝
╔══════════════════════════════════════════════╗
║ Other Commands ║
║ ║
║ Keystroke Effect... ║
║ ───────── ──────────────────────────────── ║
║ <Ins> toggles between Insert and ║
║ Overstrike modes ║
║ <Tab> inserts 4 spaces (in Insert mode)║
║ or moves cursor over 4 spaces ║
║ (in Overstrike mode) ║
║ <Alt-S> saves text and quits back to the ║
║ Mailbox Screen ║
║ <Esc> aborts edit and quits back to ║
║ the Mailbox Screen ║
║ <Alt-P> reformats paragraph from cursor ║
║ position to end of paragraph ║
║ <Alt-I> imports text from an ASCII file ║
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