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- MARGINS - TAB STOPS - and INDENTING
-
- There are two ways to modify TABS in PC-TYPE+. The simplest method is
- to press F8 twice. You may also press F8 and then F2 to go to the
- MODIFY DEFAULTS panel, move the Option Selection Bar to the field
- "Default TAB Definitions" and then press F10. (We will describe the
- F8-F8 method in this file, but whatever is said holds true for the
- MODIFY DEFAULTS entry as well.)
-
- If you modify the margins IN EITHER CASE, and subsequently save your
- defaults to a disk file or make them permanent in PC-TYPE+, your
- modified TAB definition will be saved also.
-
- When you press F8 twice the Command Line will be changed to a TAB
- definition line. You may make your changes there and press Enter (or
- F10), in which case the new TAB definition will become effective, or
- press Esc in which case the changes will be ignored.
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- TAB DEFINITION
-
- On the TAB Definition line you may enter up to 30 marks consisting of:
- L - one "L" to signify the left margin
- R - one "R" to signify the right margin
- I - one "I" to signify the indentation position for CtrlR and CtrlJ
- paragraph reformatting commands.
- T - as many "T"s (for tab stops) as you need as long as the total of
- all marks does not exceed 30.
-
- The "R" MUST BE THE RIGHTMOST MARK on the TAB line.
- The "L" MUST BE THE LEFTMOST MARK on the TAB line except that the
- "I" may be to the left or to the right of the "L" to support
- hanging indents. (No L or R will default to line extremes.)
-
- If you defined your lines greater than 78 characters in length, you
- may set the R beyond the screen.
-
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- SETTING TABS
-
- Press F8 twice, press Del a few times, and then press Esc. Your
- changes to the TAB line were ignored. Now press F8 twice and set L to
- column 5, R to column 74, and I to column 10 - then press the Enter
- key. Notice that the I now appears on the TAB line at the bottom of
- your screen.
-
- The "T"s you set merely give you additional stopping points for
- convenience or speed in moving to a new column on your screen. The
- Tab key will move the cursor to the next TAB mark to the right, while
- the Shift TAB key will move you to the previous TAB mark to the left.
- The "L", "R", and "I" are considered as TAB stops to the Tab key.
-
- Move the cursor to the paragraph above and press CtrlR. Notice the
- indentation. Press F8 twice again and move the I to column 1, and
- reformat the paragraph above again with CtrlR. (To get to the
- characters to the left of the "L", use the Shift Tab key.)
- Press the PgDn Key
-
- WIDE MARGINS
-
- If you have not changed the line length definition from that which was
- sent to you originally, the line length should be 101 characters in
- length even though the margins are set to 5 and 74.
-
- Press F8 twice (first remove the "I" from column 1) and then press
- the End key to move the cursor past the R. Then press the space bar a
- number of times. Notice how the screen shifts as you go past 78
- characters. If you remove the R that exists and place a new R past
- column 78, then you can type to the new margin when you return to your
- text area.
-
- We will not ask you to do this since these HELP panels are set up for
- margins at columns 5 and 74, but go ahead if you want.
-
- Press the Enter key or F10 to set the margins.
-
- Press F4 to Return to the HELP Menu
-