The cursor is the movable blinking underline on the screen that indicates where the next character can be entered. The cursor moves ahead automatically as text is entered.
Use the arrow keys to move the cursor to any point on the screen. \'lhen you move the document displayed, the cursor is moved for you.
For more Section 6, Windows
information on moving the
"Moving Within a Document."
cursor, see
The area of the screen where your document is displayed is called a window.
The text of your document is displayed in the main text area within a window. You may see only part of the document at a time through the window. The content of the window changes as text is entered or edited. The text can be scrolled up and down and sideways so that you can view the entire document through the window.
The screen normally shows only one window, bounded by the document status line and the bottom of the screen. However, you can divide the screen into more than one window if you wish. When you do so, each window is separated from the others by a highlighted strip.
You can open more than one window on the same document, and you can show different documents in different windows at the same time.
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Formatting Shown on the Screen
Normal text is shown on the screen in characters of normal intensity.
Whenever possible the Word Processor shows formatting that you apply to text on the screen.
Underlining, for instance, appears on your screen.
Half-bright characters are used to indicate that some format attribute has been applied to text that cannot be shown on the screen. For example, such characters can be footnote references or can appear in an alternate ribbon color when printed.
The subsection "Character Format Attributes" in Section 8, "Structuring Document Format, ..
discusses format attributes and tells you how to use the Format command to check a character to find out why i t appears half-bright.
Visible Conunand
The Word Processor inserts symbols into text to show that you use special characters such as tab or nonbreaking hyphen. These symbols are shown in Table 2-2.
The formatting symbols used with Word Processor text can be shown on the screen at three levels of visibility:
o Normal mode shows only page and column break marks in addition to your document text.
Characters that have special formatting characteristics are shown in half-bright intensity.
o Half-visible mode shows the paragraph symbol, line break symbol, and spaces.
o Full-visible mode, in addition to the symbols shown in half-visible, shows tab symbols, non-breaking space and hyphen symbols, and discretionary space and hyphen symbols.
To change the screen from normal mode to hal f-visible mode, you press CODE-V. Pressing CODE-V again changes i t from half-visible to full-visible, and pressing CODE-V a third time returns you to normal mode.
Tab1e 2-2. Specia1 Character Symbols.
Symbol Description
, Paragraph
/ Line break
Line break (discretionary) Space
Nonbreaking space Hyphen (nonbreaking) Hyphen (discretionary) Tab
{ } Keep together
Synchronized column mark Page break (floating) Page break (static)
...
. . . . . . . .
Serpentine column break (static)Figure 2-6 shows how the screen appears when you are editing a document in full-visible mode.
It is recommended that you work in half- or full-visible mode when editing, since this allows you to see formatting more easily.
Changing Screen Width
The exact width and length of your screen in characters or lines depends on the model of your workstation. Some workstations have the capability of showing you a l32-column display as well as an 80-column display. If you have this type of workstation, you can change the display
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width from large characters to small ones and see a wider display by using the Zoom command. To give the Zoom command, type CODE and Z together (CODE-Z) • To change the screen back, give the command '. again.
Status Messages and Prompts
The bottom line of the screen is used for status messages and prompts. A status message informs you of a particular occurrence within the system.
A prompt guides you through certain procedures.
For example, when you use the Finish command to finish a document, the prompt
Press GO to confirm FINISH, or CANCEL to cancel the command
is displayed to tell you to confirm the command and the message
Saving •••
is displayed to tell you that the document is being saved.
KEYBOARD
The keyboard is similar to a standard typewriter keyboard, but i t has additional keys. You can think of the keys as organized into six key pads, each of which performs special word processing functions. Figure 2-7 shows the keyboard and the key pads.
Keys are used to enter text and to give commands that tell the Word Processor how you want to manipulate text. You give commands using some keys alone and some in combination with others.
The keystrokes required for each command can be found in the subsection for that command in Section 18, II Commands ~)and Options. II
KEY PADS
The key pads are used as follows:
o The typewr iter pad keys enter characters at the cursor position. Many of these keys are used with the SHIFT and CODE keys to give commands.
o The cursor pad keys have two functions: the arrow keys control cursor movement and the MARK and BOUND keys select and highlight text.
o The function pad keys perform special Word Processor commands.
o The control pad keys perform general editing and control functions. These keys are used to exit from the Word Processor, cancel commands, display a list of available commands, etc.
o The display pad keys move text within a window up or down by lines or pages.
o The numeric pad keys are used as you would use calculator keys, to enter numbers conveniently. The numeric pad also includes the GO and NEXT keys.