The Redo command (fl) allows you to repeat edit operations. When you press fl, the Word Processor repeats any keystrokes (characters typed or deleted, or commands given) since the edit operation was begun.
For example you can make an edit, scroll through the document to find points at which you want to
rep~ft it, press fl, ,and the edit is repeated.
The beginning of the edit operation is defined for Redo as when you moved to a point where you began changing text (usually since the cursor was last moved) or when you gave the last command.
Since the operatio~ recalled is delimited by the use of the cursor keys, a long string of characters that you type in are all repeated when you use Redo • You may want to intentionally move the cursor to delimit a certain string of edits that you know you want to repeat using Redo.
Redo does not reselect text. If you perform an edit, then make a selection, the edit is repeated, not the selection.
Redo repeats only keystrokes· and is not location specific. You can repeat keystrokes at any point in a document or you can move from one window to another and repeat keystrokes with Redo.
Redo is useful for
o Repeating a command involving more than one step, such as Boldface.
o Deleting the same number of spaces characters from several different lines.
example, if you press DELETE 10 times, or For then
move your cursor to another place in text and press fl, 10 characters are deleted in the new position.
o Entering a sequence of characters several times in a row, when you do not want to make an entry in your phrase file.
For more complicated series of repetitions, you can use a keystroke macro to repeat any series of keystrokes, including commands. Using keystroke macros is described in Section 20, II Introduction to Keystroke Macros, II and Section 21, IIAdvanced Use of Keystroke Macros.1I
FINDING CHARACTERS OR BLOCKS OF CHARACTERS IN TEXT You can use the Search command (f6) to find any string of characters (including spaces and format symbols) in your document.
To do so, give the Search command. Then complete the Search command form by entering a string of characters for which you want to search. The Word Processor scans the document from the point where you have your cursor and continues downwards to the end of the document.
Search finds the first occurrence of the string of characters, highlights i t (unless you speci fied otherwise), and stops so that you can make edits.
To find the next occurrence you must give the Search command again. For each session, the Search form maintains the fields as you completed them last, so that you can continue the search without completing the form again. Just press f6 and GO. Alternatively, if you have not edited, you can use Redo to execute the command again.
You can search a limited area by selecting text before you give the Search command.
The Word Processor searches for the string of characters you specify wherever that string occurs, even within words. Thus, if you enter the string IImovell, IImove ll is found in II Remove II • Try to make the string as unique as possible to avoid finding inapplicable occurrences. Adding a space
before move, for instance, would eliminate finding the string in Remove.
You can Search for characters that cannot be typed into the Search form, such as the paragraph symbol. The procedure you use is described in
"Search" in Section 18, "Commands and Options."
REPLACING TEXT
Sometimes you want to replace several occurrences of the same text with other text. You might do this because you decide to change terminology, or because you wish to use the same form of explanation several times for different things.
The Replace command (SHIFT-f6) replaces a string of characters throughout your document or throughout a selection with another string. If you leave the "Replace with" field blank, the Word Processor removes the string you are searching for and does not replace i t with anything, in effect deleting it.
You can specify that the replacement string have exactly the capitalization you type in, or the Word Processor alters the replacement to match the capitalization of the string it is replacing.
Replacement strings inherit formatting from the text they replace. That is, if you replace boldface text, the replacement text is made boldface, whether you specify boldface in the
"Search for" field or not.
REMOVING EDITS
You may want to remove editing and return text to its original format.
The Undo command (f2 ) reverses the last set of keystrokes (those since the last use of the cursor keys). It is useful to think of Undo as a command that erases an edit performed at a specific place in the document.
For example,
o If you move the cursor and start to type, and then change your mind: Undo will quickly delete what you typed.
0 If you begin to insert a new sentence and realize it should be placed elsewhere, you can use Undo to remove it: and then move the cursor to the new place and use Redo to insert the text there.
If you use a command and want to change it, Undo will bring the text back as i t was before the command.
You can scroll or move the cursor keys after an edit or command and still Undo either: however, once you start your next edit, i t is too late for Undo.
Do not think of Redo and Undo as opposites.
Although you can retrieve an edit erased with Undo by using Redo, Undo removes an edit at a specific location and Redo repeats a series of keystrokes.
The Discard Edits command (CODE-U) is a more powerful way to undo your . edits. Discard Edits removes all edits since your last Save. If you have not saved since you began your session, the Discard Edits undoes all edits since you invoked the Word Processor. Since this also erases all your work, Discard Edits is only an effective tool to use to undo edits if you save frequently.
The Replace command is another useful way to remove edits. You can replace text with nothing.
(See "Replacing Text" above.)
You can also use delete to remove text. When you press DELETE the character at the cursor point is deleted. I f you hold the key down, successive characters are deleted. You can also make a selection and press DELETE. DELETE only works wi th a selection if you have placed your cursor within the selection.