home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Information Please Editor Help Menu
- @1,Using the information please editor
- @2,Control Commands
- ##1
- USING THE INFORMATION PLEASE EDITOR
-
- The Information Please editor allows you to enter new record descriptions or
- to modify descriptions already in a textbase. The Editor you use may be
- different. If you are using the DOS editor, please consult your DOS manual
- for information on its options. The following commands are available in the
- IP editor. Commands are accessed by pressing a function key or by entering a
- CTRL (control) command. The edit keys command are:
-
- Esc-End - Exit without saving modifications.
- F1-Help: Help screens.
- F2-Delete - Deletes lines from current line down.
- F3-Top: Move to the top of the record.
- F4-Bottom: Move to the bottom of the record.
- F5-Files: List files or get file from disk.
- F6-Center a line.
- F7-Save Record and any modifications.
- F8-Clear: Clears editor contents (Does not clear copy buffer).
- F9-Mark: Mark block for copy.
- F10-Copy: Copy text. See also Ctrl-C.
- (continued...)
- ##2
-
- The F9 and F10 commands are used to copy text from one location to another.
- To mark text (store it to be moved), place the cursor at the top left of the
- text and press the F9 key once. Then move the cursor to the bottom right of
- the text and press the F9 key again. Make sure your rectangle covers all of
- the text to move. When you mark the text, it will be highlighted on the
- screen. Move your cursor to where you want the text to be moved and press the
- F10 key. This will insert the text between existing lines in the record. To
- copy text directly over exiting text, use the CTRL-C command rather than the
- F10 command.
-
- To exit the editor and save the description, press the F7-Save key. To exit
- and not save, press the Esc key.
-
- The following Control commands are issued by pressing the CTRL key like a
- shift key, and then simultaneously pressing a single command key.
- ##3
- Control Commands (CTRL)
-
- CTRL A - Makes characters UPPER CASE.
-
- CTRL C - Is similar to the F10 function key. However, instead of first
- inserting blank lines before making a copy, CTRL C will place the copied text
- in the position specified by the cursor, directly over any text that may
- happen to exist.
-
- CTRL D - Deletes all characters on the current line which are to the right of
- the cursor. If the cursor is in column one, the entire line will be deleted.
-
- CTRL-K Changes the menu key at the bottom of the screen.
-
- CTRL F - "Fills" the text from the current line to the next blank line which
- starts with a dot "." Each line is filled with as many words as will fit
- while observing the current line length specifications.
-
- CTRL J - Justifies line to right line length (margin) in editor.
-
- (continued...)
- ##4
- CTRL L - Resets the line length (right margin) within EDIT. After pressing
- CTRL L, you will be prompted to enter the new line length. CTRL S - Will
- search for a specified text. You will be prompted to enter the text to be
- located. Each time this text is matched, it will be highlighted on the
- screen.
-
- CTRL W - Deletes text from the position of the cursor to the next blank. This
- is usually used to delete a word.
-
- CTRL Y - Deletes a line.
-
- CTRL Z - Makes characters lower case.
-
-
-