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- Getting Help
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- Plan/IT On-Line Help is designed to give you fast information to get
- you started using Plan/IT . Each Menu has an associated Help Menu
- Item which gives a brief explanation of that Menu Item.
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- The Control Window has two menus: Control and Printer Control.
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- Control Menu has many of the same commands that appear on the
- Project Menu. Please see the Project Menu Help File.
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- Printer Control Menu allows you to access many of the more
- frequently used commands for printing found in Preferences.
- Any changes will be saved to the Preferences File. To learn
- more about the commands on this Menu see the discussion of
- Preferences in your Amiga Manual.
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- This section of Plan/IT On-Line Help gives you information useful
- for using Plan/IT in general. The topics covered include:
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- * Active Cell Movement
- * Mouse Buttons
- * Cursor
- * Selecting Ranges
- * Double Menus
- * Formulas
- * Naming Ranges
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- To return to this section of On-Line Help at any time, type "?" into
- any Cell before entering any data into that Cell.
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- Please note that each Help Topic makes reference to the section
- of the Manual which goes into greater detail on the topic.
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- Active Cell Movement
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- The Active Cell can be moved about the Worksheet by several methods.
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- * Pointer and Select (left) Mouse Button - Point to any Cell and
- then click on the Cell with the left mouse button to make that Cell
- the Active Cell
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- * Tab Key - moves the Active Cell to the right one Column
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- * Return Key - generally moves the Active Cell down on Row unless
- Return Key movement altered under the Options Menu
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- * Arrow Keys - four arrow keys move Active Cell in designated
- direction
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- * Shift Arrow - moves Active Cell to the last Cell in the
- direction of the Arrow Key
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- * Control with Return - moves Active Cell to Column A of the
- next Row
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- * F9 with Shift - moves Active Cell to Cell Address A1
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- * F10 with Shift - moves Active Cell to Cell Address in last
- Row furthest to the right.
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- * Wordstar Keys - Control with X moves Active Cell Down
- - Control with S moves Active Cell Left
- - Control with D moves Active Cell Right
- - Control with E moves Active Cell Up
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- * Select Menu Item - The Commands Menu has several Submenu
- Items for relocating the window on the Worksheet and selecting
- a Range and/or moving the Active Cell.
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- Mouse Buttons
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- Menu (right) Mouse Button - pulls down Menus and selects Menu Items
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- Select (left) Mouse Button - selects Active Cell, File Names,
- Function Names, Named Ranges, Formula Buttons, File and Drawer Icons,
- highlights Ranges, activates Scroll Bars, Close Gadget, and Window
- Sizing Gadget.
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- Cursor
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- The Cursor is the site of current input in the Cell Contents Display.
- It can be moved with Arrow Keys or the Tab Key.
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- Function Keys
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- The Function Keys (F1-F10) perform several commonly used Plan/IT
- functions with one keystroke. A template is supplied with Plan/IT
- which you can place in the tray above the function keys to provide
- a quick reference.
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- The key functions are as follows:
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- F1 - Calculate Now Shifted F1 - Save
- F2 - Cut Shifted F2 - Print
- F3 - Copy Shifted F3 - Align
- F4 - Paste Shifted F4 - Paste Data
- F5 - Clear Shifted F5 - Clear Data
- F6 - Select Cell Shifted F6 - Easy Sort
- F7 - Fill Right Shifted F7 - Sort
- F8 - Fill Down Shifted F8 - Find
- F9 - Insert Row Shifted F9 - Select A1
- F10 - Insert Column Shifted F10 - Select Last Cell
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- Selecting Ranges
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- A Range is a collection of Cells. Generally a Range is selected by
- clicking on the top left most Cell and dragging the Pointer to the
- bottom right most Cell. See manual for other methods for selecting
- large Ranges.
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- Sub Menus
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- Plan/IT has 8 pull down Menus. Many of the Menu Items have
- Submenus listing selections for the Menu Item. To select a Menu
- Item, click the Menu (right) mouse button, pull down the Menu and
- move the highlight stripe to Menu Item and then on the Submenu Item,
- if a Submenu is present. Release mouse button.
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- Formulas
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- Calculations on the Plan/IT Worksheet are performed by Formulas
- entered into the Cells. A Formula always begins with an equal
- sign "=" and is followed by Cell References, operators, and possibly
- built-in Functions. Many of the elements of a Formula can be
- inputted by clicking on the Formula Buttons across the top of the
- Worksheet Window.
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- Named Ranges
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- After a Range has been selected, you can name it for future
- reference. The name is specified in the Edit Menu under the Menu
- Item Define Name.
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