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Quick summary, Cursor movement, Simple editing, Marked blocks, Search/replace
Saving/switching files, Ruler/windows, Simple formats, Printer fonts/commands
Legend: ^ Ctrl, * Shift, @ Alt, + F key with Ctrl, Shift, or Alt, OR Alt digit
 F1. Show this help;  exit, save, read  +F1. Recording keys on/off, Grey* plays
 F2. Edit ruler line, split/join window +F2. Read ruler line from file
 F3. Copy marked, to file if marking    +F3. Insert file at cursor
 F4. Move, to hold if marking (delete)  +F4. Insert hold at cursor (un-delete)
 F5. Clear all marking                  +F5. Marking through next word
 F6. Switch between marking and marked  +F6. Marking through current line
 F7. Reformat paragraph from cursor     +F7. Turn justify and blank trim on/off
 F8. Change case, of letter or marked   +F8. Center line or marked, in margins
 F9. Set find and replace text          +F9. See and change cursor line number
 F10 Replace found text                 +F10 Un-replace, or Replace to end
@space... fonts on/off     ^Esc..... del word right  *Esc..... transpose right
 Bksp.... del char left    ^Bksp.... del word left   *Bksp.... transpose left
 Enter... new line insert  ^Enter... del to end line *Enter... new line, align
 Tab..... tab forward       Ins..... space in, push  *Ins..... redo Ins's, down
*Tab..... tab backward      Del..... del char right  *Del..... redo Del's, down
 UD arrow up/down line     ^Grey*... redraw screen   *UD arrow top/bottom edge
 LR arrow left/right char  ^LR arrow left/right word *LR arrow left/right edge
 Hom End. lf marg/end line ^Hom^End. save/goto place *Hom*End. beg line/rt marg
 PgU PgD. scroll one line  ^PgU^PgD. prev/next parag *PgU*PgD. scroll window
 ScrLock. Push/Over mode    Grey+-.. find next/back  *Grey+-.. start/end text
The cursor (flashing symbol on screen) shows where you are in your text.
You can change the cursor position with these keys:

UD and LR arrow keys (on the right side) move once in direction shown.
  Shift with arrows moves to edge of screen (PCjr: shift and Fn).
  Ctrl with LR (left and right) arrows moves one word at a time.

Home key moves cursor to left margin, End key to after all text on line,
  Shift with Home to start of text on line;  Shift with End to right margin.
  Ctrl with Home sets the "bookmark", Ctrl with End jumps to "bookmark".

PgUp and PgDn keys scroll a line at a time (PCjr: Fn with up/down arrow).
  Shift with PgUp and PgDn scrolls a screen at a time (PCjr: Shift, no Fn).
  Ctrl with PgUp and PgDn goes a paragraph at a time (PCjr: Shift, Ctrl, no Fn).

Shift Grey+ (or Alt +) moves to start of text;  Shift Grey- (Alt -) to end.

Tab key moves to next tab position;  Shift Tab to previous one.

Alt F9 key (or Alt 9) shows you cursor's column and line number.
  Enter a new line number to jump directly to a particular line.
Simple editing changes text a character at a time.  Typing a character either
  inserts it, pushing text right (pushright mode), or replaces old characters
  (overwrite mode).  Scroll Lock (PCjr: Fn S) switches these modes.  You see
  Push or Over on top line, and cursor changes size.  Num Lock lets you use
  right-hand digit keys as a numeric keypad.  Enter any character code by
  holding Alt and typing the code on this keypad.

Press Enter to start a new line (or break a line in two).  Or just type
  and at right margin the word you're typing gets moved down (wordwrap).
  They insert a "line boundary" character, which Del, Bksp, etc. can delete.

To delete characters typed and go backwards, press Bksp (back arrow on top row);
  to delete ones at cursor and go forward, press Del.  To insert a space but
  not move cursor, press Ins;  use Ins / Del to slide a line back and forth.
  After sliding one line several spaces with Ins or Del, move down and press
  Shift with Ins or Del to slide a series of lines by the same amount.

To delete a word typed and go backwards, press Ctrl Bksp;  to delete one at
  cursor and go forwards, press Ctrl Esc.  To delete from cursor to end of a
  line, press Ctrl Enter;  at start of a line, this deletes line. To recover
  deleted word or line, press Ctrl F4 (or Alt 4).
To move, copy, or delete a block of text, first mark it and then operate on it.

Press F6 and as you move cursor you are MARKING text.  After marking text,
  press F4 to delete it, which moves it to a special area called the hold.  Or,
  press F3 to copy it to a file.  After entering a file name, if the file
  exists you can cancel the copy, make the text replace the file, or append the
  text to end of the file.  Or F5 cancels marking, or F6 makes it MARKED.
  Ctrl F5 (Alt 5) extends marking to next word;  Ctrl F6 to next line.

Ctrl F3 (Alt 3) inserts file at cursor, Ctrl F4 (Alt 4) inserts hold at cursor.
Delete keys Ctrl Esc for next word, Ctrl Bksp for prior word, and Ctrl Enter for
  rest of line are same as marking text and pressing F4.  Ctrl F4 undeletes.

Press F6 with marking text to make it MARKED;  moving cursor does not change
  marked, only marking.  Marked/marking text looks different, and top line says
  "Marking" or "MARKED".  F5 and F6 mark;  F3 copies text, and F4 moves text.

With a marked block of text, press F3 to copy it to cursor position;  copied
  text stays MARKED to make multiple copies.  Or, with a marked block press
  F4 to move it to cursor position;  moved text stays MARKED to try it in
  different places.  Or F5 cancels marked, or F6 makes it MARKING.
Grey+ key, on right (PCjr: Fn with +) searches for next occurrance of some
  text, and Grey- key (PCjr: Fn with -) for previous occurrance.

Press F9 to set text to search for or replacement text.  The cursor is on top
  line;  enter "Find" text or press F10 and enter "Replacement" text.  When
  entering "Replacement", press F9 to enter "Find" text again;  switch between
  them with F9 and F10.  After entering them, press Enter to resume editing, or
  Grey+ or Grey- to immediately search forward or backward.

During a search small letters match capitals but capitals only match
  themselves. While entering "Find" or "Replacement" text, some keys match in
  special ways.  F3 copies marked area.  F4 copies hold area.  F5 matches any
  letter or digit.  F6 matches any other character;  use "F6theF6" to avoid
  matching "other".  F7 matches any character.  F8 matches a line boundary.

Press F10 to replace "Find" text with "Replacement" text.  First search with
  Grey+ or Grey-;  replace with F10 if appropriate.  Or, just press F10 to
  search for next occurrance and then replace it in one operation.  Press
  Alt F10 (Alt 0) to search and replace continuously from cursor to end, or to
  un-replace last replacement.  During continuous replacement, you can cancel
  process or "lock it in" to make it occur faster.
Press F1 to operate on file being edited and see Help pages.
You may have changed current text since you read it into memory;  it must
  be saved by writing it back to disk at some point or changes will be lost.

F1 then F1 or F1 then Enter just continues editing after refering to Help.

F1 then F2 saves text if you changed it, then exits back to computer's DOS.

F1 then F3 saves text by writing it to disk, whether or not it was changed.

F1 then F4 saves text if it was changed, then tries to start another "shell"
  of DOS.  If successful you can do DOS commands such as DIR, RENAME, DELETE,
  FORMAT, or run other programs while PC-Write and your text are in memory.
  Give DOS command EXIT to resume PC-Write where you left off.

F1 then F5 lets you change file name of text being edited (without saving).

F1 then F6 saves text if it was changed, then lets you switch to another file.

F1 then Esc sets text to "not changed" to cancel automatically save.

The Ruler Line sets margins and tabs, and divides screen into two windows.
  Press F2 to see ruler line and edit it.  Enter L to set left margin, for body
  of a paragraph (wordwrap).  Enter P to set paragraph margin, for first line
  of a paragraph (enter).  Enter R to set right margin, where wordwrap and
  reformatting occur.  Enter B to set ring-bell margin. Enter T to set tab
  stops.  All other characters are ignored.  Shift End releases right margin.

Press F2 to make ruler line divide screen into windows.  Up or down arrow
  moves to window for editing.  F1 then F6 sequence reads another file into
  one window, so switching windows also switches files.  In window, F2 moves
  cursor to ruler line to switch windows.  On ruler line, F2 cancels window.

When you start PC-Write, it trys to read a ruler line from file "RULER.XYZ"
  where "xyz" is your file's extension;  if none, it tries for "RULER.DEF"
  Press Ctrl F2 (Alt 2) to read it from some other file.  First line of file
  has ruler;  rest has customization information about display attributes,
  printer fonts, and other options.




To PC-Write, a paragraph is a line of text, followed by additional lines of
  text which all have same left margin.  First line can be indented or hanging.

Press F7 to reformat paragraph (from cursor line to end, or in marked area)
  so it fits inside right margin.  Reformatting does not affect left margin.
  Reformatting occurs in one of three modes:  JustOff, Justify, or Un-Just.
  JustOff moves words between lines to fit but does not add or remove spaces.
  Justify adds or removes spaces to get right side even at right margin.
  Un-just is like JustOff, but removes any extra spaces added by Justify.
  Mode is on top line.  Press Shift F7 (Alt 7) to change it.

Press F8 to change case of letter between upper and lower.  With marking or
  marked text, all of it has case changed.

Press Shift F8 (Alt 8) to center line between left and right margins.  With
  marking or marked text, all is centered.

Ctrl Space inserts Hard-Space:  use between words that must not be separated
  by reformatting.  Ctrl hyphen inserts Soft-Hyphen;  use within a word where
  it can be separated.  These are translated by page printer.  Ctrl P inserts
  form feed;  use where you want a new page.
Appearance of text, when printed by PR program on your PC-Write disk, is set
  using printer commands and fonts.  Commands are separate lines in text that
  start with a dot.  Fonts are special characters entered with Alt and letter.
  Fonts are visible or hidden;  press Alt with space to switch visibility.
  If visible, top line has box symbol.

Fonts and Alt letter       Printer Dot Commands
B  Boldface/bright         .F:text   footer line, for left facing pages
C  Compressed, 17 cpi      .G:text   footer line, for right facing pages
D  Double wide             .H:text   (.I) header line, left (right) pages
E  Elite, 12 cpi, Fast     .J:number (.K) extra space, left (right) pages
F  Fast, one pass Pica     .L:number length of page, total lines to end
H  Higher/superscript      .M:number multiple line space (.M:2 double sp)
I  Italics (underline)     .N:number page number to use on next page
L  Lower/subscript         .O:file   output file name (.O:prn for printer)
O  Overstrike with /       .R:letter regular (default) font letter
P  Pica, 10 cpi, Quality   .S:number spacing, lines/inch (6, 8, etc)
Q  Quality, two pass Elite .T:file   text filename;  next file to read
S  Second strike (bold)    .U:prompt user input (one line response to prompt)
U  Underline               .U        user input (until user types Ctrl-Z)
V  Variable/proportional   .V:number vertical extra lines at top
W  Double Underline        .W:number width of header/footer lines

