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Read the steps below to learn about marking blocks. There's a practice exercise on
page 4-18 that you can use to practice marking blocks.
Here's how it works ...
To mark a block of text:
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Begin with the file on the screen
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Position the cursor at the beginning of the block (on the first character)
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Press CTRL
&
2
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Press the A key
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Move the cursor to the end of the block (after the last character)
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Press CTRL
&
2
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Press the B key
The beginning and end of the block will be marked on the screen by the block markers
as shown below. The beginning block marker looks like a B in parentheses and the
end block marker looks like a K in parentheses.
(8) A block of text may be any length from one word, to a whole page
of typing.
(K)
MORE ABOUT BLOCKS OF TEXT
Block markers cannot be erased while the document file is on the screen. However,
when you store the file, they will automatically be removed.
You can have only one set (beginning and end) of block markers in a file. You can
change the location of the markers as often as you like. To do this, simply move your
cursor to a new position and give the block mark commands. This will move the block
markers from the original location to the new location.
The Block Menu has a block marker display (on/off) command.
You can use this
command to remove the block markers from the display. That is, the markers will
remain in the file, but will not show on the screen. However, it is recommended that
you leave the block marker display ON at all times.
EDITING
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