The "Home Terminal Window" item in the Special Menu causes the main terminal window to be the front-most and re-orients it on the screen to its original position.
The "Clear Graphics Mode" item restores the normal character display mode to the main terminal window after an RLE or other graphic has been displayed. Normally this is done for you automatically by CompuServe, but you may need to invoke this command after using the "Read" or "Download" command in a Forum Data Library.
The "COnference Mode" item in the Special Menu splits the main terminal window into two parts, an upper and lower display separated by a thick black bar. Incoming characters are displayed normally in the upper part of the display, but your keystrokes are displayed in the lower part. This makes using the COnference areas of CompuServe Forums and GEnie RoundTables much easier because it prevents incoming lines typed by other users from disrupting your entries.
In the COnference Mode, your keystrokes are not immediately sent to the host system as they are in the normal mode. Instead, they are held until you press the <RETURN> key. The only exception to this is for control characters, which are immediately transmitted. And if you enter <CTRL>'U', all of your previous keystrokes are erased and you have a fresh start. Your keystrokes shown in this lower display are editable with the mouse, just like with MacWrite or MDS Edit. You can use the mouse-based editing techniques such as double-clicking on words or clicking and dragging to select longer strings. To return to the normal single-screen display, simply select the "COnference Mode" item again. It is a good idea to restore the normal mode as soon as you leave a Forum's COnference area. Cursor addressing can cause the contents of a window to be erased.
The "Print Terminal Window" item in the Special menu prints the contents of the main terminal window, using the high-level printer drivers. This function is compatible with the LaserWriter, as opposed to the "Printer Echo" function from the File menu which only works with the ImageWriter, or a LaserWriter not connected via AppleTalk.
