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Displaying and editing text files

To open and edit text files (ASCII files, e.g. with the extension

or ini), proceed as follows:

Call the file manager

Select the drive and the directory in which the text

file is saved

Move the highlight to the text file

Press the ENT key: The TNC displays a window for

selection of the editor

Press ENT to select the

Alternatively, you can also open the TXT files with

the TNC's internal text editor

The TNC opens the text file in its own application

If you open an H or I file on an external drive and

save it on the TNC drive using Mousepad, the

programs are not converted automatically to the

internal control format. Programs that are saved

in this way cannot be run or opened with the TNC

With the key combination ALT+TAB you can always return to the

TNC user interface while leaving the text file open. Alternatively,

you can also click the corresponding symbol in the taskbar to

switch back to the TNC interface.

The shortcuts you are familiar with from Windows, which you can

use to edit texts quickly (CTRL+C, CTRL+V,...), are available within

To exit Mousepad, proceed as follows:

Use the mouse to select the File menu item

Select the menu item Quit: The TNC returns to the file manager

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additional tool

Working with the file manager

application.