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- The Editing Screen
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- The Editing Screen is used when editing mail
- in your Outgoing Mailbox, and when Replying
- to mail in your Incoming Mailbox.
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- Editing Screen Elements
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- The Editing Screen is made up of four elements;
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- ╒══════ 1 ══════╕ 1 = Title line
- │┌──────2──────┐│
- │├─────────────┤│ 2 = Mail Header
- ││ 3 ││
- │└─────────────┘│ 3 = Mail Text
- └────── 4 ──────┘
- 4 = Mail Text Menu
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- 1 - Title Line
- ──────────────
- The top line on the screen, or Title Line,
- displays the program name and version number.
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- 2 - Mail Header
- ───────────────
- This section of the screen displays the
- Received From name, Sent To name, Subject, and
- Date & Time Sent for the mail being edited. If
- this mail is being created, then the Sent To
- name and Date & Time Sent will be blank.
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- 3 - Mail Text
- ─────────────
- This section of the screen contains the text of
- your mail. The text will word wrap
- automatically and is limited to 64,000
- characters. When the cursor is in this area,
- an indicator appears which displays the
- Insert/Overstrike status, and the Mail Text
- Menu appears.
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- 4 - Mail Text Menu
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- When the cursor is in the Mail Text area, the
- Mail Text Menu appears. This menu lists some
- of the actions available while editing. A full
- list of keystrokes and their actions appears
- near the end of this Help Screen.
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- Editing Screen Notes
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- Editing the Subject
- ───────────────────
- You may edit the Subject when you are editing
- mail you created in your Outgoing Mailbox.
- (The Subject is not available for editing when
- you with the Reply option in the Incoming
- Mailbox.) When you press <Enter>, or if you
- fill out the Subject completely, the cursor
- will jump down to the Mail Text area.
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- Editing the Mail Text
- ─────────────────────
- The Mail Text area displays 15 lines at a time
- of up to 72 characters. It word wraps
- automatically and has a limitation of 64,000
- characters per mail item. If there are more
- than 15 lines in a given item, arrows appear on
- the left and right side of the Mail Text area,
- near the bottom. These arrows indicate that
- you will need to move the cursor to see the
- rest of the text. See page four of this
- section for a listing and explanation of the
- Editing Screen keystrokes.
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- Creating blank lines
- ────────────────────
- Blank lines can be created in two ways;
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- 1. Put the cursor at the end of the line above
- the desired location for the blank line.
- Press <Enter>.
-
- 2. Put the cursor at the beginning of the line
- where you want a new blank line. Press
- <Enter>.
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- Reformatting paragraphs
- ───────────────────────
- Pressing the <Enter> key is the same as a
- carriage return. A paragraph is any text
- between two carriage returns or between the
- beginning of the text and the first carriage
- return. When reformatting text with the
- <Alt-P>, remember that the reformatting takes
- place FROM THE POSITION OF THE CURSOR TO THE
- END OF THE PARAGRAPH. If you wish to reformat
- an entire paragraph, the cursor must be at the
- beginning of the paragraph
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- Aborting
- ────────
- When you press <Esc> to abort editing, one of
- two things will happen. If you have made no
- changes, you will immediately be returned to
- the Mailbox Screen from whence you came. If
- you have made changes, you will be asked to
- verify that you indeed wish to abort and lose
- the changes. If you answer 'No', you will be
- placed back in the Mail Text. If you answer
- 'Yes' the changes will be lost and you will be
- returned to the Mailbox Screen from whence you
- came.
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- Editing Screen Keystrokes
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- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════╗
- ║ Cursor Movement ║
- ║ ║
- ║ Keystroke Moves Cursor... ║
- ║ ────────────────── ──────────────────── ║
- ║ <Left Arrow> left one character ║
- ║ <Right Arrow> right one character ║
- ║ <Up Arrow> up one line ║
- ║ <Down Arrow> down one line ║
- ║ ║
- ║ <Ctrl-Left Arrow> left one word ║
- ║ <Ctrl-Right Arrow> right one word ║
- ║ ║
- ║ <Home> to beginning of line ║
- ║ <End> to End of line ║
- ║ <PgUp> up one screenful ║
- ║ <PgDn> down one screenful ║
- ║ ║
- ║ <Ctrl-Home> to top of screen ║
- ║ <Ctrl-End> to bottom of Screen ║
- ║ <Ctrl-PgUp> to beginning of text ║
- ║ <Ctrl-End> to end of text ║
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- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════╗
- ║ Erasing Text ║
- ║ ║
- ║ Keystroke Erases... ║
- ║ ─────────── ───────────────────────────── ║
- ║ <Backspace> character to the left of the ║
- ║ cursor ║
- ║ <Del> erase character at the cursor ║
- ║ position ║
- ║ <Alt-D> entire line ║
- ╚══════════════════════════════════════════════╝
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- ╔══════════════════════════════════════════════╗
- ║ Other Commands ║
- ║ ║
- ║ Keystroke Effect... ║
- ║ ───────── ──────────────────────────────── ║
- ║ <Ins> toggles between Insert and ║
- ║ Overstrike modes ║
- ║ <Tab> inserts 4 spaces (in Insert mode)║
- ║ or moves cursor over 4 spaces ║
- ║ (in Overstrike mode) ║
- ║ <Alt-S> saves text and quits back to the ║
- ║ Mailbox Screen ║
- ║ <Esc> aborts edit and quits back to ║
- ║ the Mailbox Screen ║
- ║ <Alt-P> reformats paragraph from cursor ║
- ║ position to end of paragraph ║
- ║ <Alt-I> imports text from an ASCII file ║
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- End of Help Screen