Notes and Suggestions

To do this, simply use the UTILITIES/DISK command to tell ThinkTank that you have a hard disk system. It doesn’t matter

if you don’t have a hard disk —— ThinkTank can’t tell the dif- ference. Now, when you create a new outline, you are free to set the size of the file and store it wherever you have enough space.

Of course, there’s a cost to this added power. You will have to use the more complex hard disk version of the FILES command, as described in the reference guide.

GETTING AROUND

The Bar Cursor Express

Command prefixes are especially helpful in moving quickly around an outline. Suppose you’re deep within an outline and want to move to the summit. If you prefix the up (or left) arrow key with some large number, like 1000, ThinkTank will try to move the bar cursor 1000 lines up. Of course it can’t, but it will move as far as it can —— to the summit. Similar- ly, typing 1000 and the down (or right) arrow key will move the bar cursor to the last headline of your outline. You can also use the infinity prefix (#) to move the bar cursor as far as it can go.

The direction commands (UP, D(MN, LEFT, and RIGHT) are also ideal for moving quickly since they follow the structure of your outline. For example, no matter how many headlines in- tervene, the DOWN command will get you to the next headline at the sane level of •the outline. Similarly, the LEFT command, which moves the bar cursor to a higher level of the outline, makes it easy to get to the summit.

Searching and Replacing

You can use KEYWORD/SEARCH to search for key words, phrases, and patterns of characters in an outline, and KEYWORD/XCHANGE to replace one pattern with another. Here are some tips on keyword searches and exchanges:

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