Appendix A: Keyboard Charts - Canon Cat Reference Manual

CALC
A command
that
allows
vou to do calculations in
the
midst
of text.
CAPS
An
autohighlighting
command that capitalizes the text
covered in your
last leap, or typed since you last moved
the
cursor
or used
a
command.
Also
changes
all-capital text to
all-lowercase.
capital
An
uppercase
letter
such
as
A, B, or
C.
carrier signal
The
whistling
tone modems
use
to transmit information
over the phone
line.
Rapid changes
in
the tone
transmit
characters.
Centered
Paragraph style in which lines
are
centered
with
respect
to
the
left
and
right
margins.
character
An odd or unusual person.
Also
a
letter, number, or symbol
generated by pressing the Cat's
keys.
character
set
A collection ofcharacters. Each of
the
Cat's
16
keyboards
has a
particular
set
of characters
for typing
and
printing.
See
Appendix
A:
Keyboard Charts, page l14.
checksum
A value which
can be
quickly
tested
to
see
if
data
that
generated
it
has been changed
or
damaged.
circular
leap
The
capability
to leap in
one
direction
and
circle
the
entire
text
in
search
of the leap pattern.
clean
text
The on-screen text is safely recorded on disk. The cursor
blinks
at
a
faster rate
when
the
text
is
clean (happy cursor).
column
Vertically
aligned characters,
words, or
numbers.
The
character positions
at
which text may
be
vertically
aligned.
command
An
action initiated by
the use
of
a
command
key.
Most
command names are
printed in blue
on the
fronts of
the
keys.
Command
names
are
capitalized throughout
your
manuals.