Brief Tour
ThinkTank also has two powerful text editors built into it, which you can reach through the EDIT option on the Main Command Menu. These editors, which are described fully in the reference guide, enable you to insert, append, or delete sections of text; copy them or move them around; and search for
or replace key phrases. They are the best way to revise the text of an outline once it’s been entered.
LEAVE DISKS IN PLACE
Most personal computers don’t have enough memory to hold both the ThinkTank program and a typical outline. So Think— Tank uses your program and data disks as ongoing storage units. Besides increasing the size of the outlines you can create, this minimizes data loss in the event of a power failure or other error.
However, if one of the disks isn’t where the program expects it to be, an error will result. The error will not damage your computer or your disks, but you may have to reload the program and reenter some of your outline. Therefore, as a general rule,
LEAVE BOTH YOUR PROGRAM DISK AND YOUR DATA DISK IN THEIR DRIVES WHILE USING THINKTANK, UNLESS THE PROGRAM SPECIFICALLY ALLOWS YOU TO REMOVE THEM.
There are two times when you may need to take a disk out of its drive. First, when you’re switching from one outline to another or creating a new one, you nay need to change data disks. You can’t just replace one data disk with another. Instead you should use the FILES command to “close” the current outline and “open” the next. ThinkTank will tell you when it’s OK to switch data disks. Be careful not to remove the THINKTANK PROGRAM DISK at this time.
The second instance in which you may need to remove a disk is when you’re porting (transferring) outline material into or out of a text file. To do this you may temporarily have to replace the THINKTANK( PROGRAM DISK with a disk to contain the ported material.. Again, ThinkTank will tell you when to remove the program disk and when to replace it.