Tutorial

now, the time has come to ESCAPE out of this exploration.

Pressing ESC when prompted for a text file name returns you to Top Level. Had you pressed ESC earlier in the PORT process, however, ThinkTank would have returned you to the previous menu, not Top Level. To see this, type “PTSF” from Top Level (the fast path to the format settings). When Think— Tank asks LOOK AT THE FORMAT SETTINGS? pressing ESC returns you to the DIRECTION Menu. (So does ESC in response to the STYLE Menu.) Pressing ESC in response to the DIRECTION Menu returns you to the DEVICE Menu. And pressing ESC in response to the DEVICE Menu returns you to Top Level.

You should now be able to explore the rest of ThinkTank’s command structure on your own. The remainder of this tutorial is a comprehensive example which touches upon each of the major things you can do with ThinkTank.

A COMPREHENSIVE EXAMPLE

So far we’ve explored a great deal of ThinkTank’s command structure -- but we’ve always ESCAPEd back to Top Level before actually doing anything. In this section, we’ll follow through and add to, delete from, edit, reorganize, print, and create a ThinkTank outline.

This part of the tutorial will illustrate how the major pieces of ThinkTank fit together. It follows the command groupings on the ThinkTank reference card. Not all the commands are covered, however.

You will find details about all the commands in the reference guide. We suggest keeping it handy as you follow this example. In addition, we have collected notes and suggestions about using ThinkTank in Chapter 5, to be digested after you become familiar with the basic commands.

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