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Lesson 4
MOVING & COPYING TEXT
In Lesson 3, we learned that Perfect Writer temporarily
saves all text larger than a single character in a special
storage space called the "Save Area." In case you make a mistake
or change your mind, the cut material can be pasted back in its
original location by selecting PASTE from the Top menu.
In this lesson, we will learn how Perfect Writer uses this
simple procedure of cutting and pasting material to copy or move
material from one location to another.
Our first step will be to split the screen into two windows,
afterwards displaying the short letter created in Lesson 1 called
"myletter" in the top window.
Scroll down by selecting:
Escape...Forward...This window
Create two windows:
Escape...Operation...Windows...2 windows
From this point on, follow the instructions in the bottom
window by selecting:
Escape...Forward...Other window
Next, retrieve your practice letter and display it in the
top window by selecting:
Escape...Documents...Read
When Perfect Writer responds "Document to read," type:
"myletter" (followed by the Return key).
MOVING TEXT
The procedure for moving any text, whether word, line,
sentence, paragraph, or marked area, is the same:
1) Cut the material (Perfect Writer will store it
in the Save Area).
2) Move the cursor to the new location.
3) Restore the material using the Paste option.
To see how this works, let's move the last sentence "I think
Perfect Writer is going to be fun" to the very end of the letter.
Position the cursor on the first word of the sentence to be
moved: "I think..." and select:
Escape...Text marking
Move the cursor to the end of the sentence and select:
Escape...Cut...Marked area
Without making any further cuts, move the cursor to the end
of the letter by selecting:
Escape...Forward...End
Press the Return key twice more to move the cursor to a new
line.
Type "P.S." and restore the sentence from the Save Area by
selecting:
Escape...Paste
Perfect Writer restores the cut sentence, leaving the cursor
at the end. Does it need adjusting? If so, move the cursor
inside the sentence and select:
Escape...Appearance...Paragraph...Fill
In this way you can move almost any amount of text from one
location to another, inserting it at precisely the point you
wish.
Perfect Writer allows you to move text not only within a
document, but BETWEEN documents, too. The procedure is basically
the same: Cut the passage to be moved from one document, switch
the cursor to the other document, and recall the material at the
new location by selecting Paste.
Such moves are most easily accomplished using two windows
(as now), in which the two documents are being displayed
simultaneously. As an example, let us move a short paragraph
from this lesson in the bottom window to your exercise letter in
the top window.
Switch the cursor to the bottom window by selecting:
Escape...Operation...Windows...Switch
(Scroll this window using: Escape...Forward...This window.)
Next, move the cursor to the BEGINNING of the following
paragraph and select:
Escape...Cut...Paragraph
"You'll have to come for a visit and practice using Perfect
Writer yourself. I'll let you work through these lessons, and
when you're finished I'll bet you will want to get Perfect
Writer, too! Well, goodbye!"
As soon as the paragraph is cut, Perfect Writer closes up
the text. The cut material is now in the Save Area and you are
free to move around and do other things. Switch the cursor to the
top window:
Escape...Operation...Windows...Switch
(Resume using "Escape...Forward...Other window" to scroll
these instructions.)
In the top window, position the cursor where the cut
paragraph will go: two blank lines below the first paragraph and
indented with a single tab. (You will have to place the cursor
at the end of the first paragraph and press the Return key twice
to make room for the new paragraph.)
Paste the cut paragraph, by selecting:
Escape...Paste
COPYING
Copying differs from moving in that when the operation is
complete, the text is present at both the old and new locations.
Copying is performed by marking the text using Text marking and
then selecting "Escape...Cut...Copy area" on the Cut menu. This
action copies the marked text into the Save area (without
deleting it from its original location). From the Save area, it
can be restored to any number of locations in your document.
SUMMARY
In this lesson, you have learned how to quickly and easily
transfer material from one location to another, either within
a document or between documents.
Simply:
1) Cut the material to be moved or copied into the
Save Area.
2) Without making any further cuts, which would
cause the first deletion to be discarded from the
Save Area, move the cursor to the new location.
3) Insert the material at the new location by selecting
Paste, which recalls the material from the Save Area.
If you wish to proceed to Lesson 5 at this time, select
"Exit PW" from the Top menu.
(Note: Perfect Writer will respond with the message
"Document(s) not saved! Do you still wish to exit?" Answer `y'
for Yes.)
Perfect Writer will present the PSI Menu. Select "Write or
revise a document" specifying "lesson5," followed by Return key.
End of Lesson 4