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- FUNCTION KEYS
-
- Those functions which seemed to be most common or could be logically
- grouped together were implemented with the Function Keys.
-
-
- HELP - F1
-
- First is the HELP key, F1. By pressing F1, you will be presented with
- a menu of PC-TYPE+ functional categories from which you can select the
- category of interest. These HELP screens are for quick reference if
- you know the capability exists but can't remember how to make it work.
- Once you have pressed F1, you select your category by pressing the
- lettered keys "a" through "n". Pressing F1 will always return you to
- the menu and pressing Esc will always return you to your text area.
- Press F1 and then press, "a", "b", ... and finally the Esc key.
- (F7 and F8 are also HELP functions of a kind.)
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- FILE TOGGLE - Shift F1 and Ctrl F1
-
- If you are editing more than one file at a time, holding down the
- Shift key and pressing F1 or holding down the Ctrl key and pressing F1
- will toggle you back and forth between the active files. If you had 4
- files active, Shift F1 would bring you first to File 2, then to File
- 3, File 4, and then back to File 1. Ctrl F1 would bring you from File
- 1 to File 4, to File 3, etc.
-
- PRINT Key - F3 and Shift F3
-
- F3 is reserved for Printer related items. F3 will bring up a menu of
- Print Marker options which set flags for sending Escape codes to your
- printer. Press F3 and the Esc. (See the help file "BOLD_ETC"). Now
- press Shift F3 and then Esc. The panel you just saw was for
- controlling the actual printing operations. (See the help file
- "PRINTING").
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- LINE CONTROL FUNCTIONS - F2 F5 and F6
-
- F2 - INSERT new line below current line
- F5 - DELETE current line
- F6 - ERASE current line from cursor to right
-
- F2 will insert a new line beneath the line the cursor is currently on
- and move the cursor to the beginning of that new line. Move the
- cursor to the asterisk to the right and press F2. (*)
- Now you should be on the new line. Press F5. Obviously, F5 deletes
- the line you are on. Now move the cursor to the asterisk on the line
- below and press F6. (*) xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
- F6 Erases everything on the line under and to the right of the cursor.
-
- To erase everything to the left of the cursor, the easiest way is to
- press Ctrl~ and then F5. (*) Try that at the asterisk to the left.
- (You can easily create this as a keystroke MACRO.)
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- SPECIAL FUNCTIONS - F7 and F8
-
- Press F7 and then press Esc. Through F7 you can perform all the
- features inside PC-TYPE+ which require marking text areas, e.g.,
- copying, moving areas, sorting, summing, etc., or any of the graphics
- related functions. When you press F7, if you then press F1, F2 or F3
- you will be presented with another small menu with a new list of
- options.
-
- In these menus, if the second column contains a keystroke definition,
- then either that keystroke or the corresponding function key will
- perform the indicated function. This keystroke could also have been
- used directly without calling up the small menus.
-
- Press F8 and then press Esc. F8 contains those functions which do not
- really pertain to changing your text, but more to PC-TYPE+'s
- functionality. They were conveniently grouped together here under F8.
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- QUITTING - F4
-
- If you have used these HELP files before, you are already familiar
- with F4 which will rapidly get you out of the file you are editing
- without saving that file to disk. If you have modified the file,
- PC-TYPE+ will prompt you first with an "Are You Sure?" message so that
- you cannot accidentally press F4 and lose all of your hard work.
-
- If you didn't make any changes to the file, you will be returned
- immediately to DOS when you press the QUIT key, F4.
-
- If the file you are currently editing is the only active file in
- PC-TYPE+, when you QUIT you will return to DOS. If there are more
- than one file in PC-TYPE+, when you quit, you will return to the
- adjacent active file.
-
- When you quit with F4, the file on disk will not have been changed.
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- SAVING FILES to DISK - F9 - Shift F9 - Ctrl F9
-
- When you save a file to disk with F9, ShF9, or CtrlF9 you will be
- given the opportunity to change the name and/or path of where you want
- the current file to be placed. Subdirectories are supported. F9 will
- save the file where you want it and remove the file from active
- status. If it is the only file you are editing, you will then be
- returned to DOS. If there are other files active, you will be
- returned to the adjacent active file.
-
- Shift F9 operates like F9 except after saving the file, you will be
- returned to the same file where you left it before saving it.
-
- Ctrl F9 works like Shift F9 except that you must first mark an area.
- Then only the marked area will be saved and you will be returned to
- your editing session. (See HELP file SAVE_FIL for a more detailed
- discussion.
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- Ctrl Break
-
- While Ctrl Break is not a Function key, it is discussed here because
- it performs a similar function to F4. Ctrl Break will return you to
- DOS regardless of how many files are currently active.
-
- Before returning you to DOS however, you will first be prompted with
- the message "Are you sure?" to ensure you do not accidentally lose all
- of your editing work.
-
- This is convenient if you want to get out in a hurry. Ctrl Break will
- work in almost every function within PC-TYPE+.
-
-
- When you quit with Ctrl Break, the file(s) on disk will not have been
- changed.
-
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- PERFORM the Command Line Instruction - F10
-
- F10 is a very special keystroke. While you are in the text area, by
- pressing F10, the instruction on the Command Line will be performed
- and your cursor will remain IN THE TEXT AREA unless a diagnostic
- message is displayed - then the cursor will go to the Command Line.
-
- While this doesn't sound all that impressive, besides being
- occassionally convenient, it is the cornerstone for performing many
- types of Keystroke Macros.
-
- Move the cursor to the asterisk (*). Then press Esc, go to the
- Command Line and type /aaa. Then press Esc to return to the asterisk
- and finally press F10. The cursor should now be on the aaa above.
- Press F10 again. You can see how this feature can provide interesting
- possibilities for finding a string and then continuing with whatever
- elements you want in your Macro. (See help file MACROS).
-
- Press F4 to Return to the HELP Menu