Tutorial
THINKTANK’ S COMMAND SYSTEM
ThinkTank’s command system gives you “the best of both worlds”; you can always choose to be prompted and guided or to take a “fast path” to action. Let’s review the two different ways to select a command, using NEW (again) for illustration. We will contrast the most deliberate and the quickest way to create a new headline.
The position of the bar cursor always determines where
the selected command will take effect. Press the ESC key to return to Top Level (if necessary) and use the arrow keys to
move the bar cursor to PERSONNEL RECORDS.
The Deliberate Method
From Top Level, press “/” to display the Main Command Menu and use the right arrow key to move the menu cursor to NEW. On the bottom line of the Command Area you can see:
*the command key for NEW, N, on either end; and
*its brief explanation, ADD A HEADLINE OR PARAGRAPH, in the middle
While a menu is displayed, pressing RETURN selects the highlighted option, in this case NEW. Do so; ThinkTank displays the NEW Command Menu.
Suppose we want to create a new headline below the existing ones. Move the menu cursor to DOWN. Now, since we want the new headline to be three lines down (rather than immediately below the bar cursor headline), type the command prefix “3” before selecting the DOWN option. A “3” appears on the right side of the top line of the Command Area. The command prefix tells ThinkTank how far away it should create the new headline. (You must enter it just before selecting DOWN;
if you enter it before selecting NEW or moving the menu cur- sor, ThinkTank will “forget” it before creating the new head- line.)