Working with the ASCII Editor
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Message List The message list panel contains all messages in the current project. Click a
message to edit or preview it in the Editor / Preview window.
From the right-click menu:
Editor/Preview
Window The editor window is a WYSIWYG message edi tor. Enter instructions into the edit or
by using either the toolbox buttons or the keyboard hot keys. The preview window is
a view-only preview display of the currently selected ASCII message. To toggle
between the editor and preview windows, right-click the desired message and select
Preview or Editor.
Note: A yellow message denotes a message that has too many words.
To... Function Result
Cut/Copy/Paste
messages:
Select cut, copy, or paste The message is added to the
windows clipboard and can be
pasted into any other message.
Insert a message: Select Insert (INSERT) Shuffles the messages up from
the selected message.
Clear a message: Select Clear (DELETE) Deletes all words from the
selected message.
Delete a message: Select Delete (SHIFT+DELETE) Deletes the selected message
and moves messages up.
Initialize all
messages:
Select Initialize Clears all messages.
Note: Instructions placed after a carriage return will be ignored.
Note: Do not confuse blank cells with spaces. Blank cells will be removed when
the message is saved.