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An example of a menu
with
files cou ld look like
this:
1
=
NEW
FILE
2
=
COPY
FILE
3
=
6ANK
hCREDIT CARDS
S=
AUTO RECORDS
6
=
DEFINITIONS
7
=
HDME
INVENTORY
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CHEM
ICAL
ELEMENTS
9 =AECIPES
A
=
CALORIE
COUNTER
B
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NCOME
TAX
When a file has
been
deleted,
its
name no longer
appears
in the
menu.
As files
are
created
and
deleted.
the
fi
le numbers change. so
that
only the
lowest consecutive
numbers are
in
the
menu.
Creating a File
You
're ready to
create
a
file-
a
name
and address
file,
for
example.
Enter
the Primary Menu (by pressing
10'
IW
twice if
necessary).
First press
Cil
to
enter
the
File
System
program.
Then press
CD
to
select NEW FILE
,
and a message
(called
a
"prompt"
because
it
prompts
you to do something)
appears in the Display:
TYPE FILE
NAME,
THEN
ENTER
and
you do just
that:
choose a name for the
file
and press
• •
The Display becomes
blank,
the
flashing
cu
rsor
appears at the
left,
and you start
typing the text of your address
file.
Type as you normally would
on
a
typewriter,
using
for
upper-case
letters and for the symbols above the
numerals, etc.
(
operates as shown on the color-keyed diagram.)
When you type the
file
name,
you can
use
any characters
or punctuation
that
you
want-
characters can be upper or lower
case,
spaces can be included
in
file
names,
and you
can have
two
files
with the same name
(you
can tell them apart by
their
different
menu
numbers).
If
a
file
name is longer than
the
Display it
will
shift
from right to left, showing the entire name before going to the
next
item.
File names,
like file
lines,
can
be
80 characters
long.
Terminate
each
file
line
with
to save the
material.
If
you type more than
80
characters,
each additional
keystroke will change the last
character
and cause
a
beep,
signifying
that
the line
is full.
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