Pause using Control-S. Abort using the tab key or Control-I. (Note: The logoff notes CAN be aborted. Please don't drop carrier during the logoff, or the system will take away 2 minutes of your time.)
Control-A will abort you out of ANYthing.
RA is read ALL new messages on EVERY base, starting with base one. If you want to read the new messages on an individual base, go to that base and type "R*". Without the quotes, of course.
The less than [<] and greater than [>] signs will take your backwards or forwards a base at a time.
You can get to a base using the NAME or number. If you want to get to the debate base, you can type "gDEBATE" or any significant string of characters in the base title. If you just type "gD", you will be brought to the first base in the order of bases that has a "D" in its title.
Parsing (stacking) commands saves time and/or repetition. When you log on, if you get a message that you have e-mail, you can type "e/ri/m/ra", and what it will do is put you in email, have you read your mail, allow you to answer it, and then put you back at main and into a read new scan. You can also do it to read your selected bases. If you don't want to read them all, you can type something like this: r1-4,7,9,12- and it will put you into the read new scan mode--BUT it will ONLY give you those bases you chose. In this case, bases one through four, 7, 9, and 12 through the end. Note: You WILL still get the prompt at the end of each base that allows you to post.
If you want to read just specific sections, you can type (as an example) "rGENERAL", and it will give you only the bases listed under the section heading "General Boards" OR the first base with the word "General" in its title.
If you don't want a prompt between messages, go to the Configure section (type "C" from main menu), type "U" for user configure, and answer the prompts.
You can get rid of the constant menus by typing X at almost any prompt.
If you have given yourself too many nulls, go into the Configure section and type "T" for terminal configure. DON'T use too many, unless you like reading at 150 baud. Nulls pause the output considerably--15 nulls may be more than you will ever need for the rest of your life.
In the editor: /e will always bring you to the end of the message. If you type /g5, change line five, and don't add either a /g## or a /e, you will then continue the message from line five on, and rewrite over what you've already done. If you use the /g command, try to use /e after it.
The change command (/c) is global. Use a significant amount of characters to differentiate. But you don't have to go overboard, either. Just make sure the character string is sufficiently unique, or use a line indicator (/c9).
You can restart a message rather than abort. /r will restart the text.
The help files give you most of this information. Take some time to read through them; you'll find it well worth your while.
