The Equation Editor
3-106 AWG610 Arbitrary Waveform Generator User Manual
Table 3–31 describes the front-panel buttons, keys and knob to use for entering
and editing text.
. It is highly recommended that you install a standard PC-style keyboard if
you intend to use the Equation editor. It is much easier to enter and edit text
from a keyboard than to use the instrument front-panel controls.
Table3-31: FrontĆpanel Equation editor controls
Control Description
aand 'button Moves the caret horizontally in the edit area. Hold down an arrow key to
continue moving the caret in the specified direction.
yand bbutton Moves the caret vertically in the edit area. Hold down an arrow key to
continue moving the caret in the specified direction.
General purpose
knob
Selects a character in the Character Palette.
ENTER button Inserts the highlighted character in the Character Palette at the caret
location.
Key Deletesthe character that is to the left of the caret in the edit area.
SHIFT Button Togglesbetween the uppercase and lowercase character modes in the
Character Palette.
Key Insertsa line feed character at the caret position and moves all following
text down a line.
Do the following steps to insert a character:
1. Use the general purpose knob to select the character from the character
palette.
2. Press the ENTER key.
The character is inserted at the current caret position.
3. Use the arrow keys to move the caret in the edit area.
You must select text before doing copy or cut operations. Do the following steps
to select text:
1. Move the caret to the start of your text to select.
2. Push Edit (bottom)Selection (side) menu.
3. Push the a or ' buttons to select text. See Figure 3–24. The selected text is
highlighted. You can now cut or copy the selected text to the paste buffer.
FrontĆPanel Edit ControlsSelecting Text