Notes and Suggestions
Chapter 5
USING THINKTANK: NOTES AND SUGGESTIONS
We (Living Videotext, Inc.) didn’t just create ThinkTank; we use it . . . a lot. This chapter contains notes and suggestions we’ve accumulated through extensive experience with the program. They will streamline your use of ThinkTank and help you get the most out of the program.
This chapter doesn’t explain any of ThinkTank’s basic com- mands; it assumes you are already familiar with them. Instead it suggests how to best apply them to your own ideas and infor- mation. The suggestions will be most valuable to you if you’ve gained some experience with ThinkTank. Following a brief section on general advice, the topics are organized along the same functional lines as the ThinkTank reference
card.
GENERAL ADVICE
Command Prefixes
You can precede many ThinkTank commands with a command prefix to specify how many times the command will be executed or how many levels of the outline it applies to. The commands that accept prefixes are noted in the reference guide.
There is a special command prefix, the number or pound sign (#), that tells ThinkTank to execute a command as many tines as it can or to apply it to all levels of the outline. When you press this key before a command, ThinkTank displays
the word INFINITY on the first line of the Command Area, signifying that it will perform the next command repeatedly. For example, pressing I and the right arrow key tells ThinkTank to move down as far as it can
A command prefix only affects the command that follows it immediately. For example, if you want to MOVIE an outline three positions UP, type 3 before selecting UP: “M3U.” If you type 3 (“3MU”) or move the menu cursor before selecting