ThinkTank Manual

GETTING AROUND

Arrow Keys and Direction Commands

Begin at Top Level with the THINKTANK DEMONSTRATION outline restored to its initial condition (Figure 3—1). Use the arrow keys, as discussed in Chapter 3, to move the bar cursor up and down the outline. If your keyboard has all four arrow keys, note that the up and left arrows are identical and the down and right arrows are identical. ThinkTank “squawks” when you attempt to move the bar cursor past the last headline.

Now try the four direction commands. The command keys

are U for UP, D for DOWN, L for LEFT, and R for RIGHT. Unlike the arrow keys, the direction commands follow the structure of the outline. The “squawks” will help you learn how these commands operate.

Both the arrow keys and the direction commands accept command prefixes as discussed in the reference guide. Also, both the arrow keys and the direction commands ignore headlines that are “hidden” (not expanded at the time). If you

want to move the bar cursor to a headline that is hidden, you must expand it first.

Now move the bar cursor to PRODUCT CONCEPT and press “,“ (comma) to EXPAND it as described in Chapter 3. Try the arrow keys and direction commands again. Note how they skip over the paragraph; the bar cursor points only to headlines, not to paragraphs. Move the bar cursor back to PRODUCT CONCEPT and press “.“ (period) to COLLAPSE it again.

What is an Outline?

EXPAND the following series of headlines: INTENDED MAR- KETS, DEMOGRAPHIC SEGMENTS, PSYCHOGRAPHIC SEGMENTS, and DRINKING HABITS. The screen should look like Figure 4—3 Now follow this sequence of COLLAPSEs and EXPANDs to see how the position of the bar cursor affects the “scope” of a command:

1.COLLAPSE DRINKING HABITS and EXPAND it again;

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