Commodore Magic Desk I Manual page 5

MAGIC
DESK' " I
TVPE AND FILE
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Labeling folders
&
pages :
YELLOW FILE FO LDERS
and WHITE PAGES can be
individually labeled, but you
can file a page in a folder
or page location without using labels. To type
a label, select the FILE FOLDER or PAGE
LOCATION and use th e computer KEY-
BOARD to type the label. Later, you can go
back and type a new label over the old one ,
or erase a label by using the INSTIDEL KEY
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Pages &
Viewing Files
Open a file drawer: Go to the
opening MAG IC DESK screen .
Move th e POINTING FINGER to
one of the 3 FILE DRAWERS in the
FILE CAB IN ET and press the AC -
TION BUTTON. The DI SK DRIVE
makes a whirring noise and the
yellow FILE FO LDERS appear.
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Choose a file folder: Flip
back and forth through the
yellow file s by moving the
JOYSTICK / CONTROLLER
up or down. The "sepa rated " file is the one
you're working with .
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Open the file folder: Press the
ACT ION BUTTON to de-activate
the FILE FOLDE R screen , then
move the PO INTI NG FINGER to
the picture of the 3 PAGES and
press the AC TI ON BUTT O N.
The DI SK DRI VE whi rs and 10 WHITE
PAGES appear.
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Choose a page
~ocation :
Flip back
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and forth through
the whi te PAGES
by using the JOYST ICK / CO NTR OL LER.
The "separated" page is the location you 're
working with.
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Save a typed page,
If
you'ye
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typed a page and left it in the
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TYPEWRITER, a sma ll pic ture of
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a TYPED PAGE appea rs in the
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To fil e tha t page in a PAGE LO-
CATION in a FILE FOLDER , press the AC -
TION BUTTON and move the POINTIN G
FINGER to the sma ll picture of the DISK.
PRESS THE ACT ION BUTTON AGAIN and
the page tha t was left in the TYPEWRITER is
automatically stored at the page location in
the file folder and drawer you 've selected .
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Viewing a filed page: If you on ly
wa nt to VIEW a page you've
fi led, repeat the procedure s de-
sc ri bed above , but instead of
POINTING at the DI SK picture ,
POINT at the picture of the
SINGLE PAGE. The page will be transferred
from the FILE to the TYPEWRITER, where
you can VIEW IT by moving the CRSR keys
on the keyboard , CHANGE IT by retyping
al l or part of it, or ERASE it by using the
WASTEBASK ET.
Caution: If you try to save a new typed page
in the same loca tion where a page is al-
ready stored, the old page wi ll be ERAS ED
and cannot. be retrieved.