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EDITING
Any document file that has been stored on disk can be recalled and edited. When you
edit a document, you will end up with two copies of the document on the disk. The
original copy will be stored as a BAK (back-up) file and the edited copy will be stored
under the original title.
CHECKING DISK SPACE AND NUMBER OF FILES
It is extremely important that you check the amount of room on your disk before you
begin editing a document file. If there is not enough room on the disk to save two
copies of the document file, your editing changes will not be saved.
The amount of space on a disk is shown to you in "K byte s". (The K means thousand
and each byte is a character.) A page of typing takes about 2K bytes. To find out
how many pages you can type on a disk, divide the number of bytes by 2. If there is
not enough room on the disk to edit a document file, you can copy it to another disk,
or delete some of the files on the disk to make more room.
To check the amount of room on a disk, you use the H command on the Directory to
run the STAT program. The STAT program is simply a set of instructions that tells
the 820-11 to look at your disk and let you know how much room there is on the disk.
This is the Directory Menu
A = WORK ON A DOCUMENT FILE
H = run a program. •• for: ...
B = change disk drives
checking disk space, copying a
C = delete a file
disk
&
seeing B drive directory
D = tum directory off (ON)
ESC key = restart software
E = edit a program
HELP key = change help level
F = print a file
CTRL (-) = scroll directory
down
G
= rename a file
CTRL (=) = scroll directory up
You may touch any key
shown
above.
DIRECTORY of disk A:
Read the steps below to find out how to check disk space. If you wish to practice
this, there is an exercise on page 4-3.
Here'S how it works ...
To check disk space:
•
Begin with the Directory Menu on the screen
•
Put the disk you will be editing in the B drive
•
If the Directory of B is not displayed, press the B key, then type B:
and press RETURN
•
Press the H key
•
Type the word STAT
•
Press RETURN
•
Check the number in the "Bytes Remaining On B:" message
•
Press any key to return to the Directory
EDITING
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