Siemens SINUMERIK 840D Operator's Manual page 60

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Operator Components/Sequence of Operations
2.6 General sequence of operation
Over-
write
Mark
block
Copy
block
Delete
block
Mark
block
Paste
block
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Cursor block:
Use the "Direction keys" to position the cursor in the text.
You can page up and down using the "Page" keys.
The character on which the cursor is positioned is deleted.
Press the "Delete" key to delete the character to the left of the cursor.
Press the "Input" key to end a block. "L
automatically generated.
Vertical softkeys
Overwrite
The softkey toggles between insert and overwrite modes.
Mark block
When you press this softkey, the vertical softkey bar changes. The
softkey marks the beginning of a block.
Now position the cursor at the end of the block.
The block is selected automatically.
The softkey copies the selected block into the buffer.
If a line which was generated by a support function is selected, the
complete support block is copied.
It remains stored in the buffer even if another part program
is selected.
The selected block is deleted.
If a line which was generated by a support function is selected, the
complete support block is deleted.
Selection mode is canceled when you select "Mark block".
Paste block
The softkey pastes the cut or copied block from the buffer into the text
in front of the cursor position.
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