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the keyboard when you are finished. The Editing Screen
disappears and the finished titles fill the screen. Congratula-
tions — you have created your first titles! Press NEW LINE/
OK to return to the Editing Screen.
The Editing Screen and the Play Screen
You have just seen how the screen changes appearance,
depending on whether you are creating titles or displaying
them. The Editing Screen (the one with the cursor) is used to
create or change titles.
The Play Screen shows just the titles, with no cursor
or other items. It is the screen you use to display
and record the completed titles.
Pages
Titles are divided into pages. A page is a full screen of titles.
You create a new page by pressing the NEW PAGE key. In
this example, we typed "Sherlock Holmes," then pressed
NEW PAGE, then typed "221B Baker Street." We then used
the up arrow to move the cursor back to the first page and
pressed PLAY.
Page Symbols
A row of page symbols divides one page from the next. These
are described in detail in Chapter 7. Briefly: The first two
symbols and their numbers identify which page this is and
to which project (described in Chapter 8) it belongs. The next
symbols tell which effect will be used to introduce the page;
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how it will be displayed; and which effect will be used to end
its display.
Projects
You can create separate projects (Chapter 8). Each project has
its own pages which are protected from alteration while you
are working on another project. This way several people can
use the same unit, or one person can work on several distinct
jobs. The PAGE INDEX key is used to access projects. It
displays all the pages in all the projects. By moving the
cursor up and down through the Page Index
screen, you can begin work on any page, in any
project. Press NEW LINE/OK to return to the
Editing Screen.
Entering Text
To create a title, simply type some letters and they will
appear at the cursor's location.
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To type a capital letter, hold
SHIFT as you type. Press CAPS
LOCK to type all capital letters (key-
board LED will light). Press it again
to type in normal upper and lower
case (keyboard LED will go out).
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To type special characters (such as the ones printed in
blue on the keys), press ACCENT and a letter at the same
time. For instance, press ACCENT and Q to produce "¢."
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To type an accented letter, simultaneously press
ACCENT and the key with the desired accent mark, then
press the letter to be accented. For example, press ACCENT
and 3 together; then release them and press the A key. You
will see the letter "à."
Lines
Press NEW LINE/OK to end a line of text and begin a new
line.
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