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V. The Aladdin Main Screen V. The Aladdin Main Screen V. The Aladdin Main Screen
The Edit Menu
The Edit Menu is accessible after you have opened a document
in the Write Mail selection of the GEmail Menu as well when
you are Replying to messages.
1. Cut 1. Cut 1. Cut
Clicking on Cut or pressing [ALT-X] cuts the selected text
(highlighted) out of the edit window you are working in and
saves it to disk. This file is called SCRAP.TXT and is
written to the root directory. This selected TXT file can
then be pasted into another message in Aladdin or loaded into
many of the editors common on the ST.
2. Copy 2. Copy 2. Copy
Clicking on Cut or pressing [ALT-X] writes the selected text
(highlighted) out of the edit window you are working in.
This file is called SCRAP.TXT and is written to the root
directory. This selected TXT file can then be pasted into
another message in Aladdin or loaded into many of the editors
common on the ST.
3. Paste 3. Paste 3. Paste
Clicking on Paste or pressing [ALT-V] will load the TXT file
(SCRAP.TXT) previously made with the Cut command or with a
standard editor (like Steno) and paste it into the message
you are now working on.
4. Delete 4. Delete 4. Delete
Clicking on Delete or pressing [ALT-D] will delete one or
more lines of text that has been selected (highlighted).
5. Paste File 5. Paste File 5. Paste File
Clicking on Paste File or pressing [ALT-I], brings up a
standard GEM file selector box from which you can select a
previously created file or files.
Copyright 1990 by General Electric
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6. Paragraph 6. Paragraph 6. Paragraph
Clicking on Paragraph or pressing [ALT-P] will reformat a
paragraph after editing.
7. Auto Reform 7. Auto Reform 7. Auto Reform
Clicking on Auto Reform or pressing [ALT-R] will toggle the
automatic right justification of your text. The default value
is OFF and we suggest leaving it off when using GEnie.
7. Abort Edit 7. Abort Edit 7. Abort Edit
Clicking on Abort Edit will pop up a dialog box titled
"Really Abort", requiring you to click on a Yes or No button.
Clicking No will put you back into editing your text,
clicking Yes will discard all of the text and place you back
at the Aladdin main screen. You may also press the UNDO key
or press [CTRL-A] to abort an edit session.
Aladdin ST Manual
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