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- USER MANUAL
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-
- KEYBOARD QUICK REFERENCE CARD
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- Cursor Movement
- LEFT-ARROW Move cursor one character position to the left.
- RIGHT-ARROW Move cursor one character position to the right.
- SHIFT-LEFT-ARROW Move cursor to the beginning of the field.
- SHIFT-RIGHT-ARROW Move cursor to the end of the data in field.
- TAB Move cursor four* character positions to the right.
- SHIFT-TAB Move cursor four* character positions to the left.
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- Field Movement*
- ENTER/RETURN Accept data in the field.
- UP-ARROW Move cursor to the previous field.
- DOWN-ARROW Move cursor to the next field.
- SHIFT-UP-ARROW Move cursor to the first field.
- SHIFT-DOWN-ARROW Move cursor to the final field.
-
- Field Edit
- DELETE Delete character under the cursor.
- BACKSPACE Delete character to the left of the cursor.
- CTRL-X Delete entire contents of the field.
- CTRL-R Restore deleted contents of the field.
- CTRL-D Duplicate field contents from last record.
- CTRL-F Delete forward (chars under and to the right of the cursor).
- CTRL-B Delete backward (characters to the left of the cursor).
-
- Clipboard Commands
- CTRL-O Copy contents of field to the clip.
- CTRL-K Cut contents of field to the clip.
- CTRL-P Paste contents of clip in the field.
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- Miscellaneous Commands
- CTRL-T Place in typeover mode (default).
- CTRL-N Place in insert mode.
- HELP* Display help.
- ESC* Escape from field.
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- *These commands are dependent on your calling program.
-
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- DETAILED EXPLANATION
-
- Fields (a bit of regression...)
-
- A field is defined to be a container on the screen in which you enter
- data. The cursor (a small orange rectangle) appears in the field to show
- you where any data you type will be entered. When you press a key on the
- keyboard, the letter you press will appear in the field under the cursor,
- and the cursor will move one character position to the right. Keep in
- mind that each field has a maximum fixed number of characters that can be
- entered in the field.
-
- Typeover Mode (CTRL-T)
-
- Typeover mode is the default mode for most programs. You can change the
- mode to typeover mode by pressing CTRL-T. When you press a key on the
- keyboard while in typeover mode, the letter you press will appear in the
- field under the cursor, typing over any letter that may already be under
- the cursor (hence the name "typeover"). When you reach the end of the
- field, the cursor will remain fixed over the last character in the field,
- and any character you type will be written over this last character.
-
- Insert Mode (CTRL-N)
-
- To change to insert mode, press CTRL-N. When you press a key on the
- keyboard while in insert mode, the letter you press will appear in the
- field under the cursor, and all characters under and to the right of the
- cursor will be moved over one character position to the right, in
- essence, inserting the character you typed (hence the name "insert"
- mode). When you reach the end of the field, the cursor will remain fixed
- over the last character in the field, and the screen will flash if you
- attempt to type any more characters, for there is no room left in the
- field to insert another character.
-
- Cursor Left (LEFT-ARROW)
-
- Pressing the LEFT-ARROW key moves the cursor one character position to
- the left. If the cursor is already in the first character position in
- the field, the screen will flash, indicating that the cursor cannot move
- to the left any further.
-
- End of Field
-
- As mentioned earlier, each field has a fixed maximum number of characters
- that can be entered into it. Yet, the end of the field is considered to
- be the position immediately to the right of the last character entered.
- However, if the field is completely full, then the end of the field is
- considered to be the last character position itself. For example, if a
- field allows a maximum of 30 characters but currently has only 6
- characters entered, then the end of the field is considered to be the 7th
- character position. But if there are 30 characters entered in that
- field, then the end of the field is considered to be the 30th character
- position. This rule may appear to be violated if there are trailing
- blank spaces typed after the last character in the field. Just remember
- that blank spaces are also considered as typed characters.
-
- Cursor Right (RIGHT-ARROW)
-
- Pressing the RIGHT-ARROW key moves the cursor one character position to
- the right. If the cursor is already at the end of the field, the screen
- will flash, indicating that the cursor cannot move to the right any
- further.
-
- Beginning of Field (SHIFT-LEFT-ARROW)
-
- Pressing and holding the SHIFT key while pressing the LEFT-ARROW key will
- move the cursor to the first character position in the field. If the
- cursor is already at the beginning of the field, the screen will flash,
- indicating that the cursor cannot move to the left any further.
-
- End of Field (SHIFT-RIGHT-ARROW)
-
- Pressing and holding the SHIFT key while pressing the RIGHT-ARROW key
- will move the cursor to the end of the field. If the cursor is already
- at the end of the field, the screen will flash, indicating that the
- cursor cannot move to the right any further.
-
- Cursor Jump Right (TAB)
-
- Pressing the TAB key will move the cursor four character positions to the
- right. If the cursor is already at the end of the field, the screen will
- flash, indicating that the cursor cannot move to the right any further.
- If the cursor is not at the end of the field but less than four character
- positions to the left of the end of the field, the cursor will move to
- the end of the field.
-
- Cursor Jump Left (SHIFT-TAB)
-
- Pressing and holding the SHIFT key while pressing the TAB key will move
- the cursor four character positions to the left. If the cursor is
- already at the first character position in the field, the screen will
- flash, indicating that the cursor cannot move to the left any further.
- If the cursor is not at the beginning of the field, but less than four
- character positions to the right of the beginning of the field, the
- cursor will move to the beginning of the field.
-
- Delete Character (DELETE)
-
- Pressing the DELETE key will delete the character under the cursor, and
- move all characters to the right of the cursor one character position to
- the left. If the cursor is at the end of the field and the field is not
- full (in other words, the cursor is one character position to the right
- of the last character entered in the field), the screen will flash,
- indicating that the cursor is not over a character.
-
- Backspace over a Character (BACKSPACE)
-
- Pressing the BACKSPACE key will delete the character to the left of the
- cursor and move all characters under and to the right of the cursor one
- character position to the left. If the cursor is at the beginning of the
- field, the screen will flash, indicating that there are no characters to
- the left of the cursor that can be deleted.
-
- Delete Field Contents (CTRL-X)
-
- Pressing and holding the CTRL key while pressing the 'X' key will delete
- the entire contents of the field and place the cursor in the first
- character position. If the field is empty, the screen will flash,
- indicating that there are no characters to be deleted.
-
- Restore Field Contents (CTRL-R)
-
- Pressing and holding the CTRL key while pressing the 'R' key will restore
- the contents of the field when the cursor first appeared in the field, or
- the contents of the field that were deleted with CTRL-X command. The
- cursor will then move to the first character position of that field. If
- the field's contents have not been deleted with the CTRL-X command for
- this record, or if this command is not supported in the current field
- (some programs may elect not to support this feature), the screen will
- flash.
-
- Duplicate Field Contents (CTRL-D)
-
- Pressing and holding the CTRL key while pressing the 'D' key will
- duplicate the contents of the current field from the last record. The
- cursor will then move to the first character position of that field. If
- there was no previous record (i.e. this is the first record entered), if
- the contents of this field for the previous record were blank, or if this
- command is not supported in the current field, the screen will flash.
-
- Delete Forward (CTRL-F)
-
- Pressing and holding the CTRL key while pressing the 'F' key will delete
- all characters under and to the right of the cursor. The cursor is then
- considered to be at the end of the field. If the cursor is already at
- the end of the field or if the field is empty, the screen will flash,
- indicating that there are no characters to delete.
-
- Delete Backward (CTRL-B)
-
- Pressing and holding the CTRL key while pressing the 'B' key will delete
- all characters to the left of the cursor. The characters under and to
- the right of the cursor will be shifted to the left so that the character
- under the cursor and the cursor itself are placed in the first character
- position in the field.
-
- Stored Character Position
-
- The character position in which the cursor last appeared is stored for
- each field. When you first begin a program, each time the cursor jumps
- to a new field, it moves to the first character position of that field.
- As you hop from field to field, the program remembers where the cursor
- was in that field. For example, if you are in the City field and you
- type "St. Petersburf" and press <RETURN>, the program will remember that
- the cursor was just past the (incorrect) 'f' in the City field. If you
- notice this error and return to the City field, the cursor will
- automatically place itself where it was when you were last in this field,
- in other words, just to the right of the 'f'. Then all you need to do is
- to press BACKSPACE and type a 'g'. The cursor placement in each field is
- stored only for the current record. If you cancel or update the current
- record and begin working on another, the cursor will again appear in the
- first character position of each field as you jump to that field.
-
- ClipBoard
-
- The SmartFields system comes with its own built-in clipboard, which is
- not the same as the Amiga clipboard device. Thus, data saved to the
- SmartFields clipboard cannot be transferred to and from word processing
- and other programs that make use of the Amiga clipboard. The SmartFields
- clipboard allows you to copy data between the same or different fields in
- the same or different windows of the same program. The origination and
- destination fields can also be of equal or different lengths. The
- SmartFields clipboard can store the contents from only one field at a
- time. Thus, if you make subsequent copies of a field to the clipboard,
- only the most recent copy will be saved.
-
- Cut to Clipboard (CTRL-K)
-
- Pressing and holding the CTRL key while pressing the 'K' key will delete
- the contents of the current field and copy them to the clipboard. Any
- data currently in the ClipBoard buffer will be destroyed. The cursor
- will then be moved to the first character position of the now empty
- current field. If the current field is empty, the screen will flash,
- indicating that there is nothing in the current field to be copied to the
- clipboard.
-
- Copy to Clipboard (CTRL-O)
-
- Pressing and holding the CTRL key while pressing the 'O' key will copy
- the contents of the current field to the clipboard. The cursor will not
- move, and the contents of the current field will not be changed. If the
- current field is empty, the screen will flash, indicating that there is
- nothing in the current field to be copied to the clipboard.
-
- Paste from Clip (CTRL-P)
-
- Pressing and holding the CTRL key while pressing the 'P' key will delete
- the contents of the current field and place the contents of the clipboard
- in that field. If the contents in the clipboard are longer than the
- maximum number of characters allowed in the current field, the clipboard
- contents will be truncated at the right end to fit in the current field.
- The contents of the clipboard buffer will not be changed. The cursor
- will then move to the first character position in the current field. If
- the clipboard is empty, then the screen will flash, indicating that there
- is nothing in the clipboard to be copied.
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- User Manual 01/13/90
- © Copyright 1990 Timm Martin
- All Rights Reserved Worldwide
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