AMSTRAD cpc 6128 User Instruction page 31

Holding down the [CONTROL] key and pressing [CAPS LOCK] once, will return you
to the mode that you were previously in, (i.e. either lower case or capital letters-only).
If you have returned to the capital letters-only mode, simply press [CAPS LOCK] once
again to return to the lower case mode.
This key is used to clear a character within the cursor.
Type in AB C D E F G H . The cursor will be positioned to the right ofthe last letter typed
(H).
Now press the cursor left key
Q
four times. The cursor will have moved four
places to the left, and will be superimposed over the top of the letter E. .
Notice how the letter E
is still visible within the cursor. Press the [CLR] key once and
you will see that the letter E has been cleared and the letters F G H have each moved
one space to the left with the letter F now appearing within the cursor. Now press the
[CLR] key again and hold it down. You will see how the letter F is cleared followed by
the letters G and H.
This key is used to [ESC]ape from a function that the computer is in the process of
carrying out. Pressing the [ESC] key once will cause the computer to temporarily
pause in its function, and will continue again if any other key is pressed.
__Pressing the
[ES~]
key twice will cause the computer to completely [ESC]ape from
the function which it is carrying out. The computer is then ready.for you to type iIi---
some more instructions.
Important
When you reach the right hand edge of the screen by entering 40 characters on a line,
the next character will automatically appear on the following line at the left edge of
the screen. This means that you should NOT press [RETURN] as those of you
accustomed to typewriters might press a carriage return towards the right edge of a
page.
The computer does this automatically for you, and will react to an unwanted
[RETURN] by printing an error message - usually a S
y n t a
x
err
0
r, either there
and then, or when the program is run.
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