Commodore 64 User Manual page 34

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INSERT
When you hold down the SHIFT key and press
the INST/DEL key at the same time, you get
the positive aspect of the INST/D -I key:
instead of erasing characters, you can now
add characters. This is called insening because
you can add characters between existing text
without typing over and erasing anything. You
would want to insert characters if you left out
some letters in a word or if you wanted to
add a word in the middle of a sentence.
For example, type this sentence, exactly as it
appears below:
HIS NAME IS FED.
The sentence appears on your screen.
SCREEN 1
This sentence doesn't make much sense, does
it? But it will—as soon as you insert the miss
ing letter, R, in the word FRED.
First, position the cursor on the character to
the right of the missing letter—on the E in the
word FED.
SCREEN 2
Then, hold down the SHIFT key and press the
INST/DEL key at the same time. This adds a
space where the missing letter should be
inserted, by bumping the rest of the word one
space to the right.
SCREEN 3
Now, type the missing letter, R. You have cor
rected the sentence.
SCREEN 4
Before going on to the next exercise, clear
the screen by holding down a SHIFT key and
pressing the CLR/HOME key.
INST/DEL key
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SCREEN 1
To see the effect of the INSERT function,
first type this message on the screen.
SCREEN 2
Position the cursor on the character to
follow the letter to be inserted.
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SCREEN 3
Using SHIFT plus INST/DEL together leaves a
space for the letter to be Inserted.
SCREEN 4
Once you insert the missing letter, your
sentence Is corrected.