Tutorial

Editing a Paragraph

The Top Level of the paragraph editor strongly resembles the Top Level of ThinkTank. As the Command Area suggests, you can press the arrow keys to move the flashing cursor, type "/" to see the EDIT Command Menu, or press ESC to exit. All of the editing command keys work from the Top Level of the editor as well as from their own menus. As a result, once you learn the editing commands, you can use the “fast path” method to edit your paragraphs. The editing commands are described in detail in the reference guide.

Type “/” to see the EDIT Command Menu (Figure 4—7) and browse through the brief explanations and command keys. All the editor command keys are preceded by a CTRL character, like CTRL—D (abbreviated ^D) for DELETE. (You give this command by holding down the CTRL key and pressing D.) You can refer to the “Editing Text” section of the reference card for the brief explanations and the “Keystroke Configuration Chart” for the command keys. This allows you to edit without looking at the EDIT Command Menu.

ESCAPE from the EDIT Command Menu and try out the arrow keys to move the flashing cursor. (If your keyboard has no up

Figure 4—7: EDIT Command Menu

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