ThinkTank Manual

Configure: To adapt ThinkTank to your computer system, needs, and preferences. You can configure ThinkTank’s disk setup, command keys, and SPECIALIST commands.

Data Disk: A disk which holds a ThinkTank outline. The THINK— TANK DATA DISK is the sample data disk supplied with the ThinkTank program.

Deeper Level:Same as beneath.

Depth: Number of outline (indentation) levels.

Default:Value of an option that is assumed, by default, unless you enter another.

Device: In the PASCAL operating system, an all—purpose term that refers to your computer console (screen and keyboard), disk drives, printers, and other “peripherals.”

Directly Subordinate: Immediately (one level) beneath.

Down: Below, but at the same level in the outline structure.

Error Message: Displayed to tell you that something happened

unexpectedly.

Escape Valve: Pressing the ESCAPE key. A consistent way to stop whatever you’re doing and return to where you started.

Exit: To leave, conclude, or terminate a process; to exit from ThinkTank is to return control of your computer to its operating system.

Expand: To reveal the information hidden beneath a headline.

Explanation Line: When a menu is displayed, the bottom line of the Command Area contains an explanation of the highlighted option.

File: Programs, outlines, and text are stored on your disk in files. Each file is identified by a unique name.

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