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Initial Editing Screen and Basic Operations
4-1-2
Basic Operations on the "Edit" Screen
Basic Operations
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S Moving the cursor
There are various cursors, including a cross-hair cursor (intersecting vertical and
horizontal lines) used for drawing graphics and a box used for specifying the posi-
tion of character displays. These cursors can be moved either with the arrow keys
([ ][ ][ ][ ]) or with the mouse. Pressing one of the arrow keys while holding
down the [Shift] key gives larger motion increments (of 16 dots).
To fix a position, either press the
S Character input
Insert/overwrite:
Shifting the character cursor:
Character deletion:
Mark input:
S Numeric value/character-string input
Numeric value/character-string clearance:
S Re-input into fields that have inputs
The following operations are possible, depending on the key that is pressed first
When the [INS], [BS], [DEL], [ ], or [ ] key is pressed first, the operation corre-
sponding to that key is performed while the existing data remains in the input field.
This saves having to input data again when making modifications.
When a key other than one of the above is pressed first, the input field is cleared as
the character corresponding to the pressed key is input. This makes it unneces-
sary to clear the existing data before inputting the new data.
key or click the left mouse button.
The [Insert] key is used to select whether the insert or
overwrite mode is effective for character input.
: Insert mode
The character cursor can be moved to the left and right
with the [ ] and [ ] keys. Pressing the [ ] or [ ] key
while holding down the [Shift] key shifts the cursor to the
head or end of a character-string.
An input character can be deleted by pressing the [Back
Space] key or the [Delete] key.
All characters being input can be deleted by pressing
the [CLR] key.
Pressing the [F3] (Mark) key on the character input
screen displays the mark list window. Select the mark
to be input with the cursor and press the
To clear an input numeric value or character-string dur-
ing numeric value/character-string input, press the
[Home] key.
Section 4-1
: Overwrite mode
key.
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