ThinkTank Manual

THE THINKTANK REFERENCE GUIDE

Part II of this manual, the reference guide, contains a full description of each ThinkTank command, including how it works, where to find it, its command key(s), whether it takes a command prefix, and cross—references to related entries.

Keep the reference guide handy as you begin to use Think— Tank. When you want more information about an option than the brief explanation on the screen provides, the reference guide is the place to turn. The entries of this “dictionary” are arranged alphabetically.

The reference guide is the only place you will find information about five Top—Level commands that don’t appear on command menus (and whose functions, therefore, are never explained on the screen). These commands are PERCENT, RE—ENTER, BACKGROUND, SPACE, and READ.

At the end of the reference guide is a list of error messages that ThinkTank displays to help you when something goes wrong.

THE THINKTANK REFERENCE CARD

The reference card provides a concise summary of Think— Tank’s entire command structure, organized by function into seven broad categories. The brief explanation for each command on the reference card is the same one you see on the screen when the command is highlighted by the menu cursor.

If the reference guide is like a dictionary of ThinkTank commands, the reference card is like a map of them. To see this, press the slash (“/”) key from the Top Level of Think— Tank to display the Main Command Menu, which is shown in Figure 3—3. Now look at the reference card and compare the two.

The NEW command under “Adding Information” on the reference card corresponds to the NEW command on the Main Command Menu. Note that NEW appears at the leftmost edge of its panel on the reference card. So do all commands on the Main Command Menu.

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