Cursor Control Keys - North Star Advantage User Manual

2.5.3 Cursor Control Keys
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Cursor Control Keys
Figure 2-10
The cursor is a small highlighted marker that appears on the screen to indicate the placement
of the next character entered. Just as the position 0f the typing element on a typewriter marks
where you are located on the page, the position of the cursor shows where you are located
on the screen.
Some programs allow you to move the cursor around with the tab, space bar, and back space.
The cursor control keys shown in Figure 2-10 allow you to move the cursor more quickly, and
without causing any erasures.
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The cursor control keys are marked with arrows showing direction. With most programs, if
you hold down a SHIFT key and a cursor control key, the cursor moves in the direction of the
arrow until you release the key.
When you press the CURSOR LOCK key once, the red light goes on, and the keys in this group
function as cursor control keys, instead of numeric keys. You remove the CURSOR LOCK
by pressihg it again. This turns the light off.
The CURSOR LOCK key is comparable to the ALL CAPS key. It allows you to shift the keys on
this keypad from the numeric mode (unshifted) to the cursor control mode (shifted). The
CURSOR LOCK only affects the cursor keys on the numeric pad, as ALL CAPS only affects
alphabetic keys.
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