Notes and Suggestions

moment as it returns to Top Level. If you’re adding a Lot of new material, the disk access mounts up and becomes tedious.

You can streamline this process by consistently using the NODE option on the NEW Command Menu. In NEW mode, you return to the NEW Command Menu, not Top Level, when each command is completed. If you are executing a series of NEW commands, you’ll save the time and effort of reading from the disk and selecting NEW each time. NEW mode is especially helpful when you have just created a new outline and want to add a lot of new headlines and paragraphs. We suggest selecting the MODE option routinely whenever you give the NEW command, even when you don’t plan to execute it more than once. It takes little extra time and comes in handy when you decide to add more than one entry.

Use EDIT

You can use ThinkTank’s text editors for more than just editing. In fact, the more you use ThinkTank, the more we suspect you’ll rely on the editors for other tasks.

Suppose you’re in NEW mode, adding numerous headlines to an outline, and the next headline you want to add is not directly up, down, left, or right from the bar cursor. There’s no need to exit from NEW mode and move the bar cursor closer to the new headline. Instead, select the EDIT option which appears on the NEW Command Menu when you’re in NEW mode. Don’t use it to edit the headline; just use the up and down arrow keys (or CTRL—Oand CTRL—K) to move the bar cursor to the new headline position. Then press ESC to exit from the editor and return to the NEW Command Menu, where you’re ready

to select the location of your new headline.

In addition to using the headline editor when entering new headlines, we suggest that you use the paragraph editor when entering new paragraphs. From Top Level, give the com-

mand “EP” (EDIT/PARAGRAPH) instead of “NP” (NEW/PARAGRAPH). Them you’ll be able to use all the editing commands when you first enter the new text.

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