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extend. Enlarging the current selection to include a larger area. [I[] is the
extend selection key.
extension. A suffix added to a filename. An extension may be any 3 legal
filename characters. A period separates extensions from the filename. For
example: in EXAMPLE. DOC, .DOC is the extension. Extensions identify
the type of a particular file. For example, you can assign an extension of
.TX T to any data file containing text. See also filename.
field. The basic unit of information in a file.
file. The unit of storage for your data. Documents, data bases, and
spreadsheets are examples of files.
filename. The name by which the computer recognizes and accesses a file.
The names of all files stored in your computer's memory appear on the
System Manager screen. See also extension.
fill-in command field. A command field that requires you to type
information. See also menu-type command field.
FIND record. The control record in which you enter comparisons
instructing File to search a data base for, and then display, a specific set of
data records. See also comparison; key field.
first line indent. The distance between the left margin of the page and the
first line of each paragraph. A positive measurement indents the line; a
negative measurement "hangs" the indent (sometimes called an
"outdented" paragraph). See also bottom margin; hanging indent; indent;
left margin; margins; right margin; top margin.
flow control. A means by which you can control scrolling. Identified as
xon/xoff, this is one of 6 communications setting items most computers
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