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2.3.1 Special Features in the Keyboard Program
Cursor Positioning
To control the position of the cursor within the displayed text use of the following keys:
Arrow keys
Home (Hom)
End
Page Up (PgU)
Page Down (PgD)
Shift right arrow
Shift left arrow
Alt right arrow
Alt left arrow
Deleting Characters
To delete characters in the text use the following keys:
Backspace (BACK)
Delete (DEL)
Paragraph Control
As you are writing or editing text, the Keyboard program's editor automatically controls the text display
so that no more than 80 characters are displayed on a line. When a paragraph contains more than 80
characters, the editor automatically figures out how many words fit on each line. As you edit the text
within a paragraph, the editor continually readjusts word locations as necessary.
When the editor decides to start a new display line the action is called a "soft" return. You may insert a
"hard" return by looking at the enter key (labeled ENT). The hard return will appear on the screen as the
symbol □, and the cursor will move down to the beginning of the next line to start a new paragraph. You
may delete the hard return by looking at the delete key while the cursor is under the hard return symbol.
Speak Key
You can speak individual paragraphs within the text by activating the "Speak" key (labeled SPK) on the
keyboard. The speech synthesizer will then verbalize the entire paragraph where the cursor presently
resides. To select a paragraph for speech, move the cursor to any position within the desired
paragraph.
Moves the cursor right, left, up or down within the
text.
Moves the cursor to the beginning of the line. If
the Home key is activated twice in succession, the
cursor goes to the beginning of the text after the
second activation.
Moves the cursor to the end of the line. If the End
key is activated twice in succession the cursor
goes to the end of the text after the second
activation.
Moves the cursor to the top display line. If the
cursor is already on the top display line it moves
the entire display up six lines.
Moves the cursor to the bottom display line. If the
cursor is already on the bottom display line it
moves the entire display down six lines.
Moves the cursor to the beginning of the next
word.
Moves the cursor to the beginning of the previous
word.
Moves the cursor 10 spaces to the right.
Moves the cursor 10 spaces to the left.
Deletes the character prior to the cursor.
Deletes the character at the cursor.
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