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Creating a Text File
Assume you want to create a text
file to store seminar notes. To
create the file, enter the TEXT
program. TEXT asks:
File to edit?
Enter a name for a file that has
6 or fewer characters. For exam-
ple,
type SEMINR (ENTER!
TEXT creates a file named
SEMINR. You see a blank screen
with a back arrow and a blinking
box.
The back arrow is the end of the
file. The blinking box (called the
"cursor") is your position in the
file.
Entering Text
Release the fCAPS LOCK] key if
it is pressed to get out of the
"all caps" mode. Then type
these notes letting the words
"wrap" from one line to the
next. (The only time you need to
press [ENTER), the carriage
return, is when you must end a
line, such as the end of a
paragraph.)
"Use of Portable Computers
at Customer Locations,"
Computer Seminar, June 15,
1984:
(ENTER!
1. Enter orders
(ENTER)
2. Transmit orders to main
computer (ENTER)
3. Access timesharing
computer CE
Note how TEXT adjusts the
words that wrap to the next line.
You see this on your screen:
''Use of P o r t a b l e C o m p u t e r s at C u s t o m e r
L o c a t i o n s , ' ' C o m p u t e r S e m i n a r , J u n e 1 5 ,
1 9 8 4 : «
>. E n t e r o r d e r s - *
2. T r a n s m i t o r d e r s to main c o m p u t e r - *
3 . A c c e s s t i m e s h a r i n g computer-*
To correct mistakes: Use the
fBKSP) key (at the top, right cor-
ner).
It backspaces and erases.
To insert text: Using the arrow
keys, move the cursor to position
at which you want to insert text;
then type your insertion. For ex-
ample, move the cursor up to the
"U"
in "Use" and type Reps .
TEXT adjusts your text
accordingly:
' ' R e p s Use of P o r t a b l e C o m p u t e r s at
C u s t o m e r L o c a t i o n s ,
1 1
C o m p u t e r S e m i n a r ,
J u n e 1 5 , 1 9 8 4 : - *
1. E n t e r orders-*
2. T r a n s m i t o r d e r s to m a i n c o m p u t e r - *
3. A c c e s s t i m e s h a r i n g computer-*
8 / Writing Notes and Letters
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