ThinkTank Manual

(1) THE PARAGRAPH EDITOR

The structure of ThinkTank’s paragraph editor is similar to the structure of ThinkTank itself. The editor displays the paragraph in the Text Area between dashed lines. The editor’s pointer is a flashing cursor that you can move to any character position in the paragraph. At the Top level of the paragraph editor, you can use the arrow keys to move the flashing cursor one character or line at a time. (If you have no up and down arrow keyss use CTRL—Oand CTRL—Kinstead.) You can also use CTRL—Land CTRL—Rto move the flashing cursor to the left and right, one word at a time.

To insert text, simply move the flashing cursor to the insertion point and start typing. ThinkTank automatically adjusts the words so that each line fits within the margins of your screen. Unless you want to end a line before the right margin, you never need to type a carriage return to move to the next line.

The main editing commands are contained on the EDIT Com— mand menu, which you can display by pressing the slash (“/”) key at the Top Level of the paragraph editor. The command

keys are all control keys, like CTRL—I(sometimes abbreviated ^1) for INSERT. You give these commands by holding down the CTRL key and pressing the accompanying letter. All of the com— mand keys — and even all of their subcommand keys - operate from the Top level of the paragraph editor. (If your keyboard has special keys dedicated to some of these functions, you may be able to use them as command keys. See “Special Considera-

tions in Chapter 2 for further information.)

The commands on the EDIT Command Menu include:

*INSERT: Opens up a line for inserting a large block of text. (Command key CTRL—I)

*DELETE: Deletes the character under the flashing cursor. (Command key CTRL—D)

*BACKSPACE: Deletes the character just to the left of the flashing cursor. (Command key CTRL—B)

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