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- .f3 - # - Chapter 9 - Windows
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- .tc 9. USING WINDOWS ......................................#
- CHAPTER 9 USING WINDOWS
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- .imWindows
- When you edit a file, you can only look at a bit of it at a time
- (unless it is small enough). That bit is known as a window on the
- file. The window can be moved around by means of various commands,
- including the Page Up and Page down keys.
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- For many word processing tasks, one window is enough, but not always.
- You may want to look at a previous letter you wrote, or at different
- chapters in a document to ensure that the wording is consistent. This
- is especially true if you are programming.
-
- Word fugue gives you the ability to have up to 8 windows open at once.
- You can have them all on the screen, or zoom one to the foreground and
- drop all the others off the screen. Each window can look at a
- different file, or at any file in any other window. Any changes you
- make in one window will be reflected in all other windows that are
- looking at the file.
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- .tc Opening a Window ...................................#
- Opening a Window
-
- .ix Opening
- To open a window, press Shift F3 or Ctrl O A to Open Another window.
- An open window must be editing a file, so you will be prompted for the
- name of the file to edit. You may use wild cards etc as in any open
- file command.
-
- Word Fugue will divide the current window to display the new window.
- If the current window is only 2 lines deep, another window will be
- divided, and a search will be made for the first one that has
- sufficient lines. (This is only a consideration if you have several
- windows open on screen already). If you have Zoom Window active, the
- new window will occupy the entire screen, instead of dividing another
- window.
-
- When you specify the file name, Word Fugue will check whether it is
- already editing the file by expanding out the file name you entered
- into its full pathname, and checking that against the list of open
- files. If it finds the same name in the list of files it is currently
- editing, it will set the new window to look at the existing file. If
- it does not find the file, it will read in the new file.
-
- Note If you are editing files on floppy disk, you can trick Word
- Fugue into believing you are editing the same file by using
- the same name for a file on 2 floppy disks that you insert in
- the same drive (one after the other).
-
- Files being edited are read into memory, so if you have 2
- windows looking at the same file, there is only ever one copy
- in memory. This ensures that all windows have the changes
- reflected in them.
-
- The maximum number of windows is 8, but you are also limited
- by the amount of memory available. If the file is too big,
- Word Fugue will read in as much as it can, and the file will
- be marked as changed.
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- Fig 9.1 - Word Fugue with 8 windows on Screen
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- .tc Zoom Window ........................................#
- Zoom Window
-
- .ix Making Full Size (Shift F5)
- .ix Zooming
- This command toggles the Zoom Window flag. If the flag is on, the
- current window is expanded to occupy the entire screen, and the status
- line will show >Z< in the left hand corner. If the flag is off, all
- windows will be shown on the screen. Each window will be shortened in
- order to fit all windows in the display area.
-
- To toggle the Zoom Window flag, press Shift F5 or Ctrl O Z.
-
- .tc Resize Window ......................................#
- Resize Window
-
- .ix Resizing (Shift F6)
- This command is used when you have several windows displayed on the
- screen at the same time. It changes the height of the window dividing
- line, making the current window bigger or smaller. For most effective
- use, you should resize each window, since the command will only resize
- the window by taking lines from the window below, (unless the current
- window is the bottom one, in which case it will take lines from the
- one above). The minimum window size is 2 lines. If the ruler line is
- displayed, it takes up an additional line, although you can turn off
- the ruler, shrink the window to 2 lines, and then turn it back on, in
- which case the window will occupy only one line.
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- To resize the window, press Shift F6 or Ctrl O S. You will be prompted
- to use the up and down arrow keys to move the window divider, and to
- press Enter when you are finished resizing the window.
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- .tc Switching Windows ..................................#
- Switching Windows
-
- .ir Goto window - See also Next & Previous
- When you have several windows open, you need to be able to switch back
- and forth between them. There are several command that allow you to do
- this.
-
- Next Window
- .ix Next Window (F9)
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- This command takes you to the next window down the screen. (If Zoom is
- on, you wont be able to see the next window until you get to it).
- Press F9 or Ctrl O N to go to the next window. If you press this
- command repeatedly, you will cycle around the open windows.
-
- Previous Window
- .ix Previous Window (Shift F9)
-
- This command takes you to the previous window which is the one above
- the current one. Press Shift F9 or Ctrl O P to go to the previous
- window. If you press this command repeatedly, you will cycle around
- all the windows.
-
- Goto Window
- .ix Goto Window (^JW)
-
- This will move the cursor to the current position in another window on
- the screen from a menu of open windows. Press Alt F6 or Ctrl J W. If
- only one window is available, nothing will happen. Otherwise a menu
- will appear, showing the available windows, and the files currently in
- each one. Select one of these choices by moving the selection bar or
- by pressing the number of the desired window.
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- .tc Closing A Window ...................................#
- Closing A Window
- .ix Closing (Shift F4)
-
- A window can be closed by pressing Shift F4. The current text window
- will be cleared. If it has been modified since being saved to disk,
- you will be given the opportunity to save it. The window will then be
- closed. If the window is the only one on the screen, you will return
- to the Word Fugue menu system.
-
- If you had several windows looking on the same file, and you save it,
- that condition will be reflected in the other windows.
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- .tc Copying From One Window To Another .................#
- Copying From One Window To Another
- .ix Copying between windows
- .ixCopying ;Copying between windows
-
- To copy text from one file to another using windows, simply mark the
- block of text in the source window pressing Ctrl K B at the beginning
- and Ctrl K K at the end of the block. Go to the other window, and
- position the cursor at the location where you want the text inserted.
- Press Ctrl K C if you want the text copied, and Ctrl K V if you want
- the text moved. For more information on blocks, refer to chapter 6.