Part 7 - Editing Text

This section describes everything you need to know about deleting and editing text you have already input.

Moving the Cursor

Use the cursor keys to move the cursor around the display and position it for deleting and editing characters.

To move the cursor

To perform this operation:

Do this:

 

 

Move the cursor left

Press c.

 

 

Move the cursor right

Press v.

 

 

Move the cursor to the beginning of

Press FUNCTION c.

the current line of text

 

 

 

Move the cursor to the end of the

Press FUNCTION v.

current line of text

 

 

 

Deleting an Individual Character

You can delete an individual character with either the BS key or the DEL key. The only difference between the operations of these two keys is the location of the cursor.

To delete a character using the BS key

Example: To change the word “commmputer” to “computer”.

1.Use cand vto move the cursor under “p”.

2.Press BS twice to delete the two m’s to the left of the cursor, shifting “puter” to the left as you do.

To delete a character using the DEL key

Example: To change the word “commmputer” to “computer”.

1.Use cand vto move the cursor under the first (far left) “m”.

2.Press DEL twice to delete the two m’s at the cursor’s position, shifting “mputer” to the left as you do.

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