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Program Text Editing

Buttons are provide to assist with program text editing. Scroll bars, and page navigation buttons are available to move around in the program. A Find/Replace feature is also provided to locate, and/or replace specific text. This feature also allows the user to locate specific blocks throughout a program. A description of these buttons are found on page 353.

Inserting Text:

The Insert button will allow text to be inserted on the program block without overwriting the existing text. When this key is not activated, all text inserted in that block will overwrite existing text.

Locate the block that is to have text inserted, and will keep the existing text.

Place the cursor in the text where new text will be added.

Touch the Insert button to enable it if it is not already enabled, and then enter the additional text.

Overwriting Text:

When the Insert button is not activated, all new text being added in a block will overwrite the existing text. Each character added, will overwrite the next existing available text.

Any text that is not overwritten will have to manually be deleted if it is not going to be used.

Locate the block that is to have text inserted, and will overwrite any existing text.

Place the cursor in the text where the new text will be added.

Touch the Insert button only if it is active, and enter the new text.

11.1 G-Code Program Editing

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